Best Final Fantasy Spoilers For Friday, May 23rd

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Josh Nelson
Josh Nelson
Best Final Fantasy Spoilers For Friday, May 23rd
Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Ahh, Friday. The day when many people get the opportunity to begin winding down from the busy workweek. Well, our due diligence slows that downtime for us a little, because now it's time to showcase some Final Fantasy spoilers! These previews are from across the content dated Friday, May 23rd. In it, you'll see cards from Through the Ages, some fresh faces, and even some cards that are downright overkill. We aim to get these out to you ahead of their inclusion in the official Card Image Gallery for the set, because we're cool like that. Are you ready? Let's venture forth!

A Single Reveal From Thursday, May 22nd

In our need to cover as many Final Fantasy spoilers from May 22nd as we could, we nevertheless saw that one made it out post-publication. This card, in particular:

Gogo, Master of Mimicry, a new card from Final Fantasy. Previewed late in the day on Thursday, May 22nd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Gogo, Master of Mimicry, a new card from Final Fantasy. Previewed late in the day on Thursday, May 22nd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Gogo, Master of Mimicry is a very strong take on Strionic ResonatorStrionic Resonator. The main reason we didn't cover Gogo as an addendum is that we only had the Japanese render post-publication. But my oh my, this card is glorious for players who like doubling up on their abilities... Or tripling up. Or quadrupling. You get the idea.

Final Fantasy Previews For Friday, May 23rd

With Gogo out of the way, let's jump right in to cover today's spoilers! There are approximately twelve previews from the set proper, as well as one new reveal from the Through the Ages bonus sheet. Let's look at the Final Fantasy main set first:

Raubahn, Bull of Ala Mhiga

Raubahn, Bull of Ala Mhiga, a new card from Final Fantasy. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Raubahn, Bull of Ala Mhiga, a new card from Final Fantasy. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Vaan, Street Thief

Vaan, Street Thief, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Vaan, Street Thief, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Tellah, Great Sage

Tellah, Great Sage, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Tellah, Great Sage, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Hope Estheim

Hope Estheim, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Hope Estheim, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Overkill

Overkill, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Overkill, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus

Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Ride the Shoopuf

Ride the Shoopuf, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Ride the Shoopuf, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Sleep Magic

Sleep Magic, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Sleep Magic, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Cargo Ship

Cargo Ship, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Cargo Ship, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Ninja's Blades

Ninja's Blades, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Ninja's Blades, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Clive's Hideaway

Clive's Hideaway, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Clive's Hideaway, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Balamb Garden, SeeD Academy

Balamb Garden, SeeD Academy, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Balamb Garden, SeeD Academy, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Friday, May 23rd. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Balamb Garden, Airborne, the rear face of Balamb Garden, SeeD Academy. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

Balamb Garden, Airborne, the rear face of Balamb Garden, SeeD Academy. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix.

The addition of a rare dual land may imply the existence of other rare dual lands in the set. Will this come to pass? This remains to be seen, but it seems plausible that it will.

Through the Ages Bonus Sheet Reveal

Finally, there was one card from the Through the Ages sheet revealed today:

Gilgamesh, Weapon Collector, a reskin of Godo, Bandit Warlord. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Gilgamesh, Weapon Collector, a reskin of Godo, Bandit Warlord. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

This leaves us with the following Final Fantasy games needing this many cards worth of representation from Through the Ages:

  • FFIV: 1
  • FFVII: 1
  • FFVIII: 1
  • FFIX: 2
  • FFX: 1
  • FFXI: 1

With only seven cards remaining in the game crunch, things are getting pretty down to the wire!

And now, let's ask you, dear readers: Have you played many of the sixteen main Final Fantasy games? Are you feeling good about the games you like most in the series, and namely, how well they're represented in this Magic set? And, if you haven't played a lot of the video games, has this set inspired you to do so? Sound off below!

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