Everything Revealed During The Bloomburrow Preview Stream

On Tuesday, July 9th, Wizards of the Coast revealed a bushel of new cards from Bloomburrow, the latest upcoming Magic: The Gathering expansion. Bloomburrow takes place on a plane of existence devoid of humanoid creatures. In their absence, woodland creatures populate the plane, so prepare to channel your inner Redwall; without further ado, here are the reveals!

Kindred-Matters Archetypes

While Bloomburrow is not explicitly stated to be a "creature-type matters" set, there are assuredly a ton of cards that will reflect creature-type synergies. The "Village" cycle of lands, revealed during MagicCon Amsterdam not even two weeks ago, is a good example of this. Beyond those, however, the Mentor cycle of cards exemplifies this concept fairly well.

Fireglass Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from Bloomburrow. — Fireglass Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from *Bloomburrow*.

Lilysplash Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from Bloomburrow. — Lilysplash Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from *Bloomburrow*.

Plumecreed Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from Bloomburrow. — Plumecreed Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from *Bloomburrow*.

Seedglaive Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from Bloomburrow. — Seedglaive Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from *Bloomburrow*.

Starseer Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from Bloomburrow. — Starseer Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from *Bloomburrow*.

Tidecaller Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from Bloomburrow. — Tidecaller Mentor, a new archetype tentpole card from *Bloomburrow*.

Valley Questcaller, seen below, is another card that cares about multiple creature types at once. While at the time of writing we do not know if Valley Questcaller is part of a cycle akin to the Villages, cards akin to it are all but assured to appear.

Valley Questcaller, a new card from Bloomburrow. — Valley Questcaller, a new card from *Bloomburrow*.

The Woodland showcase treatment of Valley Questcaller.

The ten creature types represented most in the population of Bloomburrow are the following:

Birds
Bats
Mice
Rabbits
Rats
Otters
Frogs
Lizards
Squirrels
Raccoons

The art for Three Tree City, a new card from Bloomburrow. Illustrated by Grady Frederick. — The art for Three Tree City, a new card from *Bloomburrow*. Illustrated by **Grady Frederick**.

Legends Of Bloomburrow

As is the new normal with every Magic set nowadays, there are many new legendary creatures in the Bloomburrow expansion. These legendary creatures were revealed during the preview stream:

Alania, Divergent Storm, a new legendary creature card from MTGBLB.

Camellia, the Seedmiser, a new legendary creature card from MTGBLB.

Finneas, Ace Archer, a new legendary creature card from MTGBLB.

Glarb, Calamity's Augur, a new legendary creature card from MTGBLB.

Kastral, the Windcrested, a new legendary creature card from MTGBLB.

Muerra, Trash Tactician, a new legendary creature card from MTGBLB.

Maha, Its Feathers Night, a new legendary creature card from MTGBLB. One of the Calamity Beasts that feature in the set's plotline.

Card Mechanics of Bloomburrow

Bloomburrow has a variety of new and interesting game mechanics that evoke the titular setting. One such mechanic is called Offspring. When you cast a spell with offspring, you may pay an additional cost. If you do, create a token copy of the spell, except it's 1/1. It's little, but these creatures seem to often have a big impact in groups.

Another new mechanic, one you'll have seen on Muerra, Trash Tactician, is expend. Expending mana is now tracked for purposes of abilities like Muerra's, and so each turn you will have to keep count of the total mana you've spent that turn. This may be a strong mechanic as it rewards players for doing something they already do without a payoff.

Parting Gust, a new card from Bloomburrow. — Parting Gust, a new card from *Bloomburrow*.

Gifts are a new mechanic in the set as well. When you cast the spell, you can promise something for your opponent. If you do or if you don't, something additional occurs within the spell's effect.

Finally, the forage cost word is a new mechanic within the set. To forage, you must either sacrifice a Food token or exile three cards from your graveyard, as seen below:

Osteomancer, a new card from Bloomburrow. — Osteomancer, a new card from *Bloomburrow*.

Special Showcase Treatments

Bloomburrow has its share of showcase variants. Below you can see the Woodland treatment, as we showed you on Valley Questcaller. You'll also see the Field Notes treatment, specifically for the Calamity Beasts, fearsome monsters prevalent in the setting.

The Woodland showcase treatment for Mabel, Heir to Cragflame.

The Woodland showcase treatment for Alania, Divergent Storm.

The alternate Woodland showcase treatment for Kastral, the Windcrested.

The alternate Woodland showcase treatment for Finneas, Ace Archer.

The alternate Woodland showcase treatment for Camellia, the Seedmiser.

The Field Notes showcase version of Maha, Its Feathers Night, one of Bloomburrow's Calamity Beasts.

The Field Notes showcase version of Ygra, Eater of All, one of Bloomburrow's Calamity Beasts.

Beyond the Field Notes and the Woodland showcase treatments, we also can show you several cards with a Japanese raised-foil art treatment. Here are a few of them:

The alt-art Japanese showcase treatment for Alania, Divergent Storm.

The showcase Japanese alt-art treatment for Kastral, the Windcrested.

The showcase Japanese alt-art treatment for Finneas, Ace Archer.

The showcase Japanese alt-art treatment for Camellia, the Seedmiser.

The showcase Japanese alt-art treatment for Ral, Crackling Wit.

Face Commanders Of Bloomburrow

Being Commander's Herald, we wouldn't leave you in the dark. If we have the face commanders from a series of preconstructed decks, we would naturally tell you all about them! As such, here are the face commanders from the Bloomburrow Commander decks:

Bello, Bard of the Brambles, the face commander of the Animated Army Bloomburrow Commander precon. — Bello, Bard of the Brambles, the face commander of the Animated Army *Bloomburrow* Commander precon.

Hazel of the Rootbloom, the face commander of the Squirrel Away Bloomburrow Commander precon. — Hazel of the Rootbloom, the face commander of the Squirrel Away *Bloomburrow* Commander precon.

Ms. Bumbleflower, the face commander of the Peace Offering Bloomburrow Commander precon. — Ms. Bumbleflower, the face commander of the Peace Offering *Bloomburrow* Commander precon.

Zinnia, Valley's Voice, the face commander of the Family Matters Bloomburrow Commander precon. — Zinnia, Valley's Voice, the face commander of the Family Matters *Bloomburrow* Commander precon.

Some Other Cards Shown

Other cards revealed today don't quite fit into these categories, but we're more than happy to show them to you now!

Artist's Talent, a new card from MTGBLB.

Flowerfoot Swordmaster, a new card from MTGBLB.

Jace, the Mind Sculptor, a newly reprinted card from MTGBLB. Seen in a special pack found only in precons.

Season of Weaving, a new card from MTGBLB.

Tamiyo, Field Researcher, a newly reprinted card from MTGBLB. Seen in a special pack found only in precons.

Three Tree City, a new card from MTGBLB.

Th-th-th-That's All, Folks!

Bloomburrow officially releases on August 2nd. In the meantime, you can watch the debut trailer here.

As always, we ask: are you excited for Bloomburrow? We sure feel the cuteness coursing through our brains! Is there a particular card you want to build around? Feel free to sound off in the comments below!