The Lost Caverns of Ixalan/Trivia

==Maro's Lost Caverns Teaser==
Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.
===First up, here are some things you can expect:===
*A new card with the word “three times” in its rules text 
*A new land subtype Cave
*An aura card we’ve reprinted numerous times over twenty years appears with a new name and is one mana cheaper <c>Petrify</c> (<c>Arrest</c>)
*A redone version of a popular mechanic that first premiered in 2009 Discover, a "fixed" version of cascade
*A new mechanic representing crafting Craft
*A card capable of animating both artifacts and enchantments 
*A popular Tempest sorcery returns as an “enter the battlefield” effect ()
*A new ability word that cares about what is in your graveyard Descend
*Some counters in the set: bore, chorus, dread, finality, landmark, lore, net, point, stun, and time; one of which is a new deciduous counter Finality counters are deciduous
*Some creature tokens: 0/1 green Dinosaur Eggs, 1/1 colorless Gnomes, 1/1 white Vampire, 1/1 blue Merfolk, 1/1 black Bat, 1/1 black Fungus, 2/2 black Skeleton Pirate, 3/1 red Dinosaur, 3/2 red and white Spirit, 3/3 green Dinosaur, 4/3 black Vampire Demon, 4/4 white Angel, 4/4 white and blue Golem (note that some of these tokens have additional abilities)
===Here are snippets of rules text, you’ll see:===
*“As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap four untapped artifacts, creatures, and/or land you control.” 
*“Until end of turn, target artifact or creature becomes a Dinosaur” 
*“Then destroy all other creatures if its power is exactly 20.” 
*“When you <new keyword>, <new keyword> again for the same value.” (the keyword is discover)
*“Whenever you’re dealt combat damage, the attacking player gains control of CARDNAME and untaps it.” 
*“Equip – Pay or discard a card.” 
*“Whenever you cast a permanent spell using mana produced by CARDNAME, up to one other target permanent you control becomes a copy of that spell until end of turn.” (transforms from )
*“Skeletons you control get +1/+0 and have haste.” 
*“If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.” 
*“When there are 1,000 or more time counters on CARDNAME, sacrifice it and each opponent loses 1,000 life.” 
===Here are some creature type lines from the set:===
*Artifact Creature – Dinosaur Gnome 
*Creature – Salamander Wurm 
*Creature – Merfolk Warrior Scout 
*Legendary Creature – Bat God 
*Creature – Capybara 
*Legendary Creature – Skeleton Spirit Pirate (transforms from )
*Artifact Creature – Nautilus 
*Creature – Beast Horror Spirit 
*Creature – Fungus Snail 
*Creature – Dinosaur Skeleton Horror 
===Finally, here are some names in the set:===
* Artifact (transforms from )
* Sorcery
* Artifact Vehicle
* Creature Beast Horror Spirit
* Artifact Equipment
* Enchantment Aura
* Instant
* Artifact Equipment
* Artifact Equipment (transforms from )
* Enchantment
==Gavin's Lost Caverns of Ixalan Teaser==
Gavin Verhey gave a teaser with the following hints about the new cards in the Commander decks:
#There is a one-mana creature that taps for three mana 
#There is a card with both populate and proliferate 
#There is a card that is a colorshifted version of a popular commander card from last Ixalan block ()
#There is a card that has an ability that begins, "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell you don’t own..." 
#There is a card named "<c>The Indomitable</c>" <c>The Indomitable</c>
#There is a dinosaur with the same exact name as its creature type 
#There is a legend that puts flood counters on permanents 
#There is a card that counts devotion to white and black 
#There is a legend with the type human fungus pirate 
#There is a card named <c>Skeleton Crew</c> <c>Skeleton Crew</c>
#There is a card with an ability that contains, "Treasures you control are ________ in addition to their other types..." You'll have to figure out the rest (They're Equipment in addition to their other types)
#There are a TON of returning mechanics Coven (), persist (), proliferate ( & ), retrace (), partner (), parley (), boast (), escape (), ascend (), myriad (), evolve (), convoke and exalted (), Adventure (), shield counters (), mentor (), encore (), and populate ( & )
==Miscellaneous==
* breaks normal formatting rules by using Huatli's personal pronouns, which are reserved for planeswalker cards, rather than the gender-neutral it/its pronouns which are normally used on creature cards. This is likely because the card depicts a desparked planeswalker.
*Just like with Streets of New Capenna, the angels depicted on several cards are otherwise unmentioned in the storyline.
*<c>Diamond Pick-Axe</c> is also a pickaxe variant that can be found within the various Minecraft games. The design of an underground world being linked to the crafting of resources was a younger-generation perspective, of which Minecraft had a large influence.
**It is the second Magic card to be inspired by Minecraft, after the Markus Persson (Notch) designed .
*Design conceived of <c>Francisco, Fowl Marauder</c> as the pet of either Malcolm Lee or Breeches and modeled his ability after both of their Commander Legends cards.
*The set shares similarities with the mobile game Fate/Grand Order's Lostbelt 7: Golden Sea of Trees Travelogue: Nahui Mictlan, which was released in January 2023. Both share an underground Mayan themed circular world with an internal sun.
*The set was released on the same day as Valiant Smashers, a Yu-Gi-Oh! booster pack which featured the debut of Mementotlan, an archetype based around the concept of the Mayan underworld.
==References==
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