They are all rares, they all show off their respective guild's keyword, and all seem at least semi-playable if not outright fantastic (hello Whispering Madness).
While nothing says all the prerelease promos have to be creatures, they do tend to skew towards Timmy. I don't really get that feeling from a lot of these cards. RTR also showed that the promos don't have to actually contain the guild mechanic.
I've said it before, I'll say it again. These cards are just exciting rares with the guild mechanic on them. There is absolutely NOTHING that says these are the pre-release promos/intro pack rares. Honestly, I hope they aren't, since some of them (Looking at you Fathom Mage) are so much worse than the others. And RTR has shown that the promos don't have to have the guild mechanic.
Several others have made this guess, and I still heavily doubt it.
The "wow" factor varies a lot between the 5-
I think they just picked cards to show off the mechanics.
It would be a bit weird (though not inconceivable) for all 5 promos to have mechanics when they didn't last time.
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Can't wait to see their alternate artwork.
UBBreya's Toybox (Competitive, Combo)WR
RGodzilla, King of the MonstersG
-Retired Decks-
UBLazav, Dimir Mastermind (Competitive, UB Voltron/Control)UB
"Knowledge is such a burden. Release it. Release all your fears to me."
—Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
I've said it before, I'll say it again. These cards are just exciting rares with the guild mechanic on them. There is absolutely NOTHING that says these are the pre-release promos/intro pack rares. Honestly, I hope they aren't, since some of them (Looking at you Fathom Mage) are so much worse than the others. And RTR has shown that the promos don't have to have the guild mechanic.
The "wow" factor varies a lot between the 5-
I think they just picked cards to show off the mechanics.
It would be a bit weird (though not inconceivable) for all 5 promos to have mechanics when they didn't last time.
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
UBBreya's Toybox (Competitive, Combo)WR
RGodzilla, King of the MonstersG
-Retired Decks-
UBLazav, Dimir Mastermind (Competitive, UB Voltron/Control)UB
"Knowledge is such a burden. Release it. Release all your fears to me."
—Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
Looks like they aren't the prerelease cards you mean right? Since it is clear from that page that they are not the prerelease cards.
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What a shame..what a shame...