Best Final Fantasy Spoilers For Wednesday, May 21st

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Josh Nelson
Josh Nelson
Best Final Fantasy Spoilers For Wednesday, May 21st
Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

It's another fine Wednesday, and previews for Final Fantasy are continuing as expected! That means more bangers, some neat cycles, and some great callbacks, sometimes all at once! Let's not dawdle; here are the reveals from Wednesday, May 21st, as well as what we missed on May 20th.

May 20th's Final Fantasy Previews

So, shortly after publishing yesterday's recap article, we immediately caught wind of some other previews that slipped past us. It was only a small handful of cards, but regardless, we will show those right now:

Lion Heart, a new card from Final Fantasy. Previewed on Tuesday, May 20th. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Lion Heart, a new card from Final Fantasy. Previewed on Tuesday, May 20th. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Aettir and Priwen, a new card from Final Fantasy. Previewed on Tuesday, May 20th. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Aettir and Priwen, a new card from Final Fantasy. Previewed on Tuesday, May 20th. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Of note: Lion Heart looks pretty drastically different from how it does in Final Fantasy VIII. This is likely because of the policies Wizards of the Coast has to adhere to when depicting guns and gun-like items (such as Squall's gunblade). The art is still fantastic, make no mistake, but it's also very unlike how we expect Squall's weapon to appear, per se. On to May 21st!

May 21st Reveals

Wednesday, May 21st had a fair amount of neat cards for players to spoil themselves with. We got a lot of cards in white and blue, with a small peppering of black and green added as well. In addition, the tentpole uncommon dual land cycle previewed today as well. But enough talk; let's look at the previews!

Crystal Fragments, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Crystal Fragments, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Summon: Alexander, the rear face of Crystal Fragments. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Summon: Alexander, the rear face of Crystal Fragments. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Magitek Armor

Magitek Armor, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Magitek Armor, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Slash of Light

Slash of Light, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Slash of Light, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Clash of the Eikons

Clash of the Eikons, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Clash of the Eikons, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Garnet, Princess of Alexandria

Garnet, Princess of Alexandria, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Garnet, Princess of Alexandria, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Qiqirn Merchant

Qiqirn Merchant, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Qiqirn Merchant, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Locke Cole

Locke Cole, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Locke Cole, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Ether

Ether, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Ether, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Snow Villiers

Snow Villiers, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Snow Villiers, a new card from MTGFIN. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Omega, the Heartless (English Name Currently Pending)

Of note, there was one card spoiled that still doesn't have an English render yet. That card is (tentatively) called Omega, the Heartless. That card's gameplay mechanics are not in question, although the name and any added flavor text are, at current. However, here is what that card does, along with its Japanese render:

Omega, the Heartless

Legendary Artifact Creature - Robot (U)

Wave Cannon - When Omega enters, for each opponent, tap up to one nonland permanent that player controls. Put X stun counters on each of those permanents and you gain X life, where X is the number of nonbasic lands you control. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, instead remove a stun counter from it.)

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Omega, the Heartless, a card from Final Fantasy, here shown in Japanese (actual name pending). Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

Omega, the Heartless, a card from Final Fantasy, here shown in Japanese (actual name pending). Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

The Town cycle

Finally, the Town cycle of uncommon dual lands has also been revealed! These don't have additional effects or anything besides entering tapped. Still, they're pretty nice callbacks to various locations in the Final Fantasy series' many games. Take a look!

The cycle of ten Town dual lands from Final Fantasy. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

The cycle of ten Town dual lands from Final Fantasy. Previewed on Wednesday, May 21st. Image credit: Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix

If you are looking at this article via a mobile device or otherwise can't see the names of these cards, we can offer nine of the ten (the tenth is in Japanese, so the name can't be confirmed):

  • White-blue: Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars, from FFXIV
  • Blue-black: Treno, Dark City, from FFIX
  • Black-red: Vector, Imperial Capital, from FFVI
  • Red-green: Gongaga, Reactor Town, from FFVII
  • Green-white: Windurst, Federation Center, from FFXI
  • White-black: Insomnia, Crown City, from FFXV
  • Blue-red: Baron, Airship Kingdom, from FFIV
  • Black-green: Gohn, Town of Ruin, from FFV
  • Red-white: [Rabanastre], from FFXII
  • Green-blue: Guadosalam, Farplane Getaway, from FFX

Tomorrow Is Another Day

We will assuredly have more Final Fantasy previews available tomorrow. Until then, we'll open the floor to you, dear readers. Are you currently building any particular Final Fantasy-centric decks? Are you doing so for Standard, Commander, or any other formats? Do the spoilers from today pique your interest when building them? Sound off below!

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