MTG Duskmourn Spoilers Reveal Ninjutsu Planeswalker, Gigantic Villain, and More

It’s the last day of August, and Duskmourn spoilers have finally begun. Debuting in less than a month, this first look is a bit earlier than most. Either way, PAX 2024 is hosting a ton of Duskmourn spoilers for players to take a look at.

From crazy Planeswalkers that give permanent buffs to your board, to a new gigantic Reanimator target, there’s a lot to see in the latest Duskmourn spoilers!

Valgavoth, Terror Eater

Valgavoth is the big bad of the Duskmourn set, and he is a much bigger deal than it first appears. As we discussed in a recent article, Valgavoth is such a massive threat to the multiverse that he could become the next major arc-long villain. Becoming the entirety of the Duskmourn plane and showing signs of using the Omenpaths, Valgavoth is absolutely terrifying.

As a creature, Valgavoth is very difficult to get rid of once it enters play. Sacrificing three nonland permanents makes this creature tough to even target, and anything your opponents lose turns into your strength. Thanks to Lifelink, you should never run out of life to play your opponent’s spells.

In terms of playability, nine mana is a tough ask, and this doesn’t seem like a better reanimation target than Atraxa, Grand Unifier, so Valgavoth may not see a ton of play outside of Commander.

Kaito, Bane of Nightmares

We now have a Ninjutsu Planeswalker. If you guessed that this would be a thing, we are very impressed. This is a Planeswalker creature, which allows Ninjutsu to work a bit better as intended. Hexproof presents Kaito from being targeted by creature removal, which, frankly, makes the card playable vs unplayable.

Kaito is a Ninja Typal player’s dream. A +1 ability that permanently buffs Ninjas and is stackable is absolutely absurd. This is an auto-include in any deck with a Ninjutsu or Ninjas theme, or subtheme.

If you don’t want to buff your creatures, Kaito can offer card draw AND card selection as long as an opponent has lost life. Considering that Kaito is also a creature, this is absolutely ludicrous, as it can enable the life loss itself. The final ability is subpar, but Kaito already looks absolutely incredible. Expect to see a lot of this Planeswalker in the future.

Zimone, All-Questing

A very flavorful card, Zimone truly harnesses the power of math. this card can create a ton of board presence when you play to it. As mentioned during the reveal of this card, the prime number of lands can be manipulated in some really interesting ways when you use sacrifice lands like Fetch Lands or Evolving Wilds. Simply don’t find a land, and you can reset your prime land count while playing a land.

Winter, Misanthropic Guide

This card screams Commander, but may be too difficult to leverage in constructed. There’s certainly some synergy to be had with Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, but giving both players two extra cards is a dubious ask. The Delirium effect in Commander is certainly worthwhile, but may only have a larger effect in Commander formats. Ward 2 certainly helps Winter to survive opposing removal, but we’re not too impressed by this card outside of the Commander format.

A New Crab

Scrabbling Skullcrab is not as scary as the mill crabs of the past, but it does show off the new Eerie mechanic. This mechanic rewards you for fully unlocking rooms and playing enchantments.

This crab is definitely draft chaff, unless there’s a unique new deck that manages to break it.

Dollmaker’s Shop

There’s a lot to break down with this card. Dollmaker’s Shop and Porcelain Gallery demonstrate our first MTG Room enchantment. Basically, you cast one of these split enchantment cards and have them enter play. The other portion of the Room can be unlocked whenever you like by paying its mana cost when the Room is on the battlefield. Think of it like Leveling up a Class Enchantment.

This particular combo seems quite powerful. Offering a consistent string of tokens in the early game, as well as an anthem that makes them all terrifying in the lategame. Dollmaker’s Shop certainly has the potential to take over a game of Magic. It is interesting that Porcelain Gallery can end up being a downside if you get your creatures board wiped, however.

The Enduring Cycle

A new cycle of Enduring enchantment creatures are coming in Duskmourn. Representing a glimmer of hope for those trying to survive on the plane, these creatures have the potential to come back as enchantments after they die. Of course, this also means that, should you flicker these as enchantments, they can come back as creatures once again.

Both of these creatures seem pretty strong. Enduring Innocence can consistently draw a card each turn in a variety of different decks. This could easily come in as sideboard tech in Convoke decks in various formats. Enduring Curiosity on the other hand, looks fantastic in Commander.

Overlords

Overlord of the Mistmoors introduces a cycle that we’ve seen a bit of already. The Impending mechanic is an interesting one, evoking the doom of something wicked coming your way. These remind me of Titans from the olden days, but have additional payoffs that allow them to fit into your curve more organically. notably, the Overlords can attack the turn that they become a creature since they don’t have summoning sickness should they be played with the Impending cost.

Manifesting Dread

These three cards were used as examples for an upgrade to the Manifest mechanic from Fate Reforged. like Manifest, the top card of your library becomes a 2/2. That card can be flipped if its a creature for its mana value. Unlike Manifest, you get some card selection on this trigger, looking at the top two cards and putting one in the grave.

Hauntwoods Shriker is the Mythic Rare here that has a ton of potential. Not only does this card threaten to create a gigantic board state, but you can Manifest something gigantic like Atraxa, Grand Unifier, and flip it for two mana. This extends to the new Valgavoth as well.

A ‘Demonic’ Tutor

Demonic Counsel is a better Demonic Tutor than Diabolic Tutor. Delirium, a returning mechanic, isn’t too difficult to turn on, and making contingency plans if you cannot find it could make this card an absolute menace. Demonic Counsel has multi-format potential, but it’s difficult to know if this will perform or not. Is hitting Delirium too high of a cost to turn this on? Certainly not outside of Commander. In constructed, however, it could be difficult to enable.

Veteran Survivor

White weenie has yet another contender for to consider for its various builds in Standard and Pioneer. Convoke loves the new Survival mechanic that these cards provide. If there are some particularly powerful Survival effects among these, we could be seeing a lot of them in constructed formats.

The Jolly Balloon Man

Duskmourn’s horiffic atmosphere can be felt with this particular spoiler. The Jolly Balloon Man is incredibly powerful. Just look at what the last mode of Fable of the Mirror-Breaker is capable of. The sorcery speed of this effect does limit a lot of what the card is capable of, but The Jolly Balloon Man certainly seems like a fun Commander, and could see some constructed play.

Norin, Swift Survivalist

A fun nod to Norin from the past, Norin, Swift Survivalist definitely has the ability to see play in both constructed and Commander. There are a lot of tricky situations that Norin can create with powerful ETB creatures. Do your opponents just let the card deal damage, or do they let you recast it? Either way, you end up ahead thanks to Norin.

Collected Company?

While Collected Company was not previewed as a card, we did get this image suggesting that the card may be coming in the main set of Duskmourn. We recently got a Special Guests version of this card, however, so a reprint could be coming in a way that does not make it Standard legal.

Should Collected Company become Standard legal, it would certainly shake up the format. This is one of the more powerful and iconic spells of Magic’s history, capable of spitting out toolbox combos at instant speed. The recent Amalia Life deck in Pioneer that received a ban this week is a great example of what this card can be capable of.