Official AotP:Shadows Over Innistrad Announcement!!!

The new cards look brutal.

I really like those cards.

Thoughts:

Moonlight Hunt makes me think the squad werewolves also transform. That would mean the that the and squads have 2-3 each, not 4 like I thought earlier.

The wording on the cards makes me think there is some ability that lets you cast at instant speed.

Fell the Mighty is absolutely bonkers

I agree, these cards, especially the ones, are bonkers.

I also agree that the wording on the cards implies that instant speed lurks somewhere.

My thoughts are:
1) I hated before, and now I despise them. Card advantage, creature advantage... These are big deals in this game.
Welcome to the Fold compared to Malevolent Whispers.
WttF (WTF, indeed) can be used on your opponents unique creatures, or more importantly, on your own creatures for a double tap attack They attack, then play card to move and attack again, 4 spaces away from your pwalker.
MW must be used on an opponents creature (any type, common or unique) from 2 spaces away from your pwalker. Since all we have right now is unique, the minor distinction is pointless. I hate ...

2) I believe the cards are strongly in keeping with their respective color flavors. Even . I just hope the first blush disparity is gone once gameplay happens. But I trust the designers enough to hopefully learn from how good certain colors were and were not from the first base set.

3) I really hope there are actual spell deck construction rules now as was rumored to go along with this set.

Cost doesn't really matter much currently, without deck building restrictions beyond what we have now.
While is true we must have exactly 12 cards and no more than 200 points in the deck, such a thing matters little to while stuff like or struggle.

I am obviously biased, but the that enjoys in this game is glaringly obvious. Card advantage and creature advantage matters. Add to that tempo and recursion, and we have all the strong bases covered.
Where do other colors fit in there? Kinda do the same thing, but weaker?
I'll take the good cards for 40 points over semi good (comparatively) for half the price.
I really hope the other 39 cards or the overall gameplay can dissuade me, but the comparison between those two isn't remotely balanced from my perspective.
I'm not trying to be grouchy, I was just hoping that wotcs love affair with all things and Jace would subside a tiny bit so that another color would look rude at first blush for a change.

Ahh yes, but the new Jace gives an additional 25 points to work with. This doesn't exactly help anything...

Possible, but I could have swore that I saw a response from hasbro somewhere stating that a Planeswalkers turn is your turn. I could very well be wrong. Im not seeing anything in the rulebook about a squad turn though.

But lets assume for a moment that the "Planeswalkers turn" is only for the Planeswalkers when it is activated. This means that WttF effectively grants haste to a newly summoned squad. Which is typically a and sometimes ability.
While 40 points is pricey to do that, it is extremely powerful.
The utility and advantage of WttF would be worth it at twice that cost.

But you're right. This is all just knee jerk theory stuff until some gameplay is done.

I already have a question about Moonlight Hunt: It simply says "X is the number of figures with transform adjacent to that creature". So that obviously includes your opponent's figures with transform. What happens if the target itself has transform? I can't remember if a figure is considered to be adjacent to itself?

And side note: It says it can't be greater than 4. How often would that really come up? They are either protecting themselves for future releases or there are more transforming figures in this set besides the 2-man squad and planeswalker.

Considering how they do color, I'm seriously wondering if we'll ever get multi-colored creatures. I was sure that since SOI would be having three two color walkers there would be at least one, but since Avacyn is supposed to be and is now pure  I wonder if that will be the case for all two colors, they'll just be made the more identifiable color.

From the Amazon pics (thanks smutteringplib) this time the boards are DOUBLE SIDED !!!!
Onr side is , while the other side looks more cobblestone/sand with water. If I am seeing it correctly, the cobblestone/sand side of the boards is the side that will connect in with the original set.