(2024-11-08) The companion ability has no effect if the card isnt revealed as your companion at the start of the game, and it creates no restrictions on putting a card with a companion ability into your starting deck
While four different versions of the Goblin himself have already been revealed ( one of them by us back in March ), today we have a first look at cards depicting his signature weapon, glider, and home base
and 1x Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood) players must have an active MTG Arena account that uses the same email address as the Wizards account they use to register for the sanctioned WPN event
reveal up to 1 card with a [Trigger] other than [Lilith] and add it to your hand
Sometimes white has some great removal (like Oblivion Ring or Pacifism), but in this set, the best we have is Devouring Light
Thankfully, unlike the unorthodox mechanics of Battle cards, Backup is a fairly straightforward MTG mechanic