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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 28/09/2026

I would like to see more Lander tokens in Magic.

Lander
Token Artifact — Lander

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Illustrated by Madeline Boni

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 27/09/2026

I will say, these two super impressed me. Always played out great.

Traxos, Academy Guardian
{3}{U}
Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon Construct

This spell costs {2} less to cast if you’ve cast a noncreature spell this turn.

Flying, vigilance

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

“Tolaria has stood for a thousand years. You’re looking at why.”
—Lyra, Tolarian headmaster

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Watermark: Echoverse

Illustrated by Aaron Miller

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 27/09/2026

Went 2-3 in a five round (!!) Prerelease. Played Esper Control for the first two matches and then pivoted into Red-Green splashing black for removal. Green felt shallow originally, but apparently playing your bombs is the way. 🤷 Empower Jace is a super interesting design, though. #MTGFracture

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 25/09/2026

Avatar continues to overperfom for me in Anzrag. Rancor is another I feel is a little underrated, as it should see more play in non-Voltron builds. Cunning Rhetoric is another nice one if you want some back and forth at the casual tables. Always been impressed by this one.

Rancor
{G}
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample.

When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner’s hand.

Hatred outlives the hateful.

Watermark: Friday Night Magic

Illustrated by Kev Walker

Cunning Rhetoric
{2}{B}
Enchantment

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player’s library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Illustrated by Chris Rallis

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 24/09/2026

There isn't a ton I want from Reality Fracture, but Ajani's Anguish is a slam dunk for Anzrag. Such a clean bit of design. 👌 #MTGFracture

Ajani's Anguish
{X}{R}
Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, it deals X damage to any target.

Creatures you control have trample.

Illustrated by Molly Mendoza

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 18/09/2026

Started picking up some odds and ends for Karn, Gilded Guardian. I think I want a Bracket 4 deck since I have a couple of 2's already. Couldn't pass up buying a pile of Mirrodin basics, though.

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 14/09/2026

Now I'm all up and running in the new place, it is time to pen a new piece for @cascadecascade.com 🇨🇦

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 09/09/2026

Utterly adore what I'm seeing in Reality Fracture, but I feel some of these Special Guests cards could've been Store Championship or RCQ promos? Necrodominance and Consign to Memory see extensive play in Modern Constructed, I guess I'm a little surprised to see them here. #MTGFracture

Necrodominance
{B}{B}{B}
Legendary Enchantment

Skip your draw step.

At the beginning of your end step, you may pay any amount of life. If you do, draw that many cards.

Your maximum hand size is five.

If a card or token would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Illustrated by Marina Banker

Consign to Memory
{U}
Instant

Replicate {1} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Counter target triggered ability or colorless spell.

Walls to hold the unsightly past at bay, a new truth painted within.

Illustrated by Marina Banker

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 08/09/2026

Gonna try to keep things traditional and/or flavorful to Mirrodin and The Brothers' War me thinks. 👀 #MTGCommander

Fist of Suns
{3}
Artifact

You may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast.

“It is all in my grasp. Every petty dream, every grand scheme, every soul, every fear. It all flows through me and from me.”
—Memnarch

Illustrated by Arnie Swekel

Cranial Plating
{2}
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.

{B}{B}: Attach this Equipment to target creature you control.

Equip {1}

Illustrated by Adam Rex

Sculpting Steel
{3}
Artifact

You may have this artifact enter as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield.

“Based on his early work with primal clay, Tawnos refined the rare metals in the earth into self-assembling strands.”
—After the War

Illustrated by Heather Hudson

Darksteel Mutation
{1}{W}
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature is an Insect artifact creature with base power and toughness 0/1 and has indestructible, and it loses all other abilities, card types, and creature types.

Infinitely powerless.

Illustrated by Daniel Ljunggren

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 08/09/2026

I like that Echoverse Karn is a wearing a fancy cape and is holding a staff, just like his Dad would.

Urza's Tower
Land — Urza's Tower

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza’s Mine and an Urza’s Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza studied the creations of the Thran not simply to learn from them, but to surpass them.

Illustrated by Brian Snõddy

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 08/09/2026

Karn, Gilded Guardian has become one of my favorite pieces of Magic art (Scott never misses, this is simply stunning) and Karn happens to be one of my favorite characters in all of Magic. Can't wait to build this in Commander - I'm going draw all of the cards. 😤 #MTGFracture

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 06/09/2026

The thing about moving house is you seemingly unearth cool things you forgot you even owned.

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 02/09/2026

It's a reference to Overprotect from Bloomburrow. No one messes with Blor!

Overprotect
{1}{G}
Instant

Target creature you control gets +3/+3 and gains trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn.

“Blor’s defenses are impervious!”
—Blor the Impervious

Illustrated by Pavel Kolomeyets

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 30/08/2026

In today's episode of "cards Ross explains to me over a pint" is this one, which apparently was quite good in Champions of Kamigawa Limited if you forced blue-red.

Dampen Thought
{1}{U}
Instant — Arcane

Target player mills four cards.

Splice onto Arcane {1}{U} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card’s effects to that spell.)

Illustrated by Arnie Swekel

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 25/08/2026

Looks like the Echoverse's Winter has one phase instead of going through many phases. Good for them. #MTGFracture

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 24/08/2026

When you're being mean, this is who you're being mean to btw

Baleful Strix
{U}{B}
Summon Artifact Bird

Flying, deathtouch

When Baleful Strix enters the battlefield, draw a card.

1/1
Illustrated by MSCHF

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 21/08/2026

In today's episode of "Magic cards Ross explains to me" is this one, which was probably quite good with Time Vault back in the day.

Flame Fusillade
{3}{R}
Sorcery

Until end of turn, permanents you control gain “{T}: This permanent deals 1 damage to any target.”

“A single item acting as lantern and lance? Now that’s military efficiency.”
—Brev Grezar, Boros lieutenant

Illustrated by Dany Orizio

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Emma Partlow 🔜 British Pauper Open '26 @emmapartlow.com · 18/08/2026

A question I've enjoyed asking lately - if you could write a book about any Magic: The Gathering card, what would it be and why? Mine would be Gitaxian Probe.