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See also the Version 18 Planeswalker Changes

Version 18 updates fall into three main categories:

• Mercenary cards (used by Har-Oha) have all been standardized with "Wazani X" naming. A second Mercenary card has been added to test the waters.
• A number of underplayed Uncommons were upgraded to reward players for pursuing certain strategies.
• Smaller tweaks due to typos, rules questions, balance tweaks, and other considerations.

Mercenary Changes:

• City Sentry now Wazani Sentry
• City Spotter now Wazani Spotter
• Wayward Paladin now Wazani Veteran. I'm hoping to develop a "bros" identity for Red like there is for the black and blue Mercenary, but for now I'm just renaming.
• Wazir Rebel now Wazani Broker
• Wazani Collector now Affluent Collector as it isn't intended to be a Mercenary
• Halls of Farsight replaced with Wazan, City of Coin. This experiments with both Mercenary build arounds and the idea of paying Loyalty. I'm not sure if paying loyalty will be fun or if it will feel like depriving players of the most fun card of their deck.

Uncommon Rebuilds:

• Leader of the Lost changed to Listener of the Lost, providing some life gain for slower Arise decks.
• Decisive Strike replaced with Reinforcements on the Way. This unique build-around helps reinforce "go wide" white weenie decks.
• Faceless of Abernath changed to Advent Seer. This design is somewhat temporary, meant to bridge Arise decks with more combo-oriented decks.
• Changed Synthesis of Epiphanies to be a crazy non-creature build around. Will be further adjusting after play testing.
• Blazewielder replaced with Slagwielder. There needed to be another Elemental for Gralanth, and Blazewielder, though strong, was one of the few common creatures that could budge. I'm hoping to add more variety to red beyond burn.
• Changed Armor of the Order to fit in with Reinforcements on the Way.

Other Changes:

• Goltran Prison changed to Ethereal Prison, reduced its upfront cost, and clarified what happens if the Prison is destroyed.
• Chael’s Siphoner now Chael’s Conscript. Siphoner was left over from when there was more "life economy" in the set's design, before the Contenders were created. The new Conscript is a generally useful Arise card that further rewards stocking up on graveyard cards.
• Stalking Gloom gets a new picture and name with Choking Gloom.
• Blazewielder replaced with Slagwielder. There needed to be another Elemental for Gralanth, and Blazewielder, though strong, was one of the few common creatures that could budge. I'm hoping to add more variety to red beyond burn.
• Changed Hill Crusader to give some better push-through power to White.
• Changed Pull Beneath to be a normal bounce spell with a Scry 2 rider. I could imagine changing this again, but the previous version was too awkward and inconsistent.
• Changed Mana Weirding nerfed from Forerunner 2 to Forerunner 1 with haste. I think the Weirding single-handedly ruined a few games.
• Changed Scourge of the Coasts to include "you control". Thanks to Edmund who managed to not only notice the wrong wording but also managed to leverage it to come back in a game.