We say 'officially', because we got a sneak peek into some of the coming cards a couple of weeks ago, amid the Jumpstart: Historic Horizons spoilers, so these aren't actually the first new cards we've seen for the set - but Thursday was the first official day of the preview season, and we're incredibly excited to see what else the set brings, given how many cool cards we saw in the first 24 hours (don't miss Wargamer's exclusive spoilers, including wolfy Enchantment Howl of the Hunt) The point is, we're about the enter a prolonged spooky season courtesy of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, with this set telling the tale of how the humans of Innistrad are coping with the nights getting longer, and the creatures of the night - specifically werewolves, in this set - becoming more powerful, and seemingly far hungrier too
Birds of Paradise and Sylvan Caryatid are staples in my 5-color decks for their perfect fixing
What comes after these format movers and shakers
Add in the low supply of many Reserved List cards (which occasionally allows sellers to manipulate the headline price number by listing a copy at an unrealistically high price point, which is how we ended up with Moat at $100,000 this week, even with a BSG 9.5 copy for sale at $3,400 and a played copy at $1,500), and the headline price of a card tends to overstate the price that you can actually get the card for, if you are willing to lower your standards a bit
It also supports wheel strategies very well and is the total embodiment of Izzet tempo
