While leaks discussed this set in early 2024, Wizards of the Coast officially revealed the Duskmourn: House of Horror set for Magic: The Gathering at MagiCon Amsterdam. The set follows Bloomburrow in a complete change of aesthetic that’s enough to give you whiplash.
When is the release date for the MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set?
The MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set will be available to pre-order from June 28, 2024, and will be released on September 27, 2024. The set will feature the standard selection of Play and Collector Boosters and will also have commander decks for you to purchase so you can quickly set up a game and play with friends. It’s the final set of all those hinted at towards the end of 2023, so more sets leading into 2025 should be announced once this one is in our hands.
All confirmed cards for the MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set
Bwloe, I’ve listed every confirmed card for the MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set. This includes all the text on these cards so you can check what they do well ahead of the set’s release.
Toby, Beastie Befriender
A 1/1 Legendary Creature Human Wizard. When Toby, Beastie Befriender enters the battlefield, you create a 4/4 white Beast creature token with “this creature can’t attack or block alone.” Provided you have four or more creature tokens, all of the creature tokens you control will have flying.
The Wandering Rescuer
A 3/4 Legendary Creature Human Samurai Noble with Flash, Convoke, and Double Strike. Other tapped creatures you control have hexproof.
Screaming Nemesis
A 3/3 Creature Spirit with Haste. Whenever Screaming Nemesis is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any other target. If a player is dealt damage this way, they can’t gain life for the rest of the game.
Overlord of the Hauntwoods
6/5 Enchantment Creature Avatar Horror with Impending. Whenever Overlord of the Hauntwoods enters the battlefield or attacks, create a tapped colorless land token named Everywhere that is every basic land type.
Nowhere to Run
An Enchantment with Flash. When Nowhere to Run enters the battlefield, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn. Creatures your opponents control can be the targets of spells and abilities as though they didn’t have hexproof. Ward abilities of those creatures don’t trigger.
Leyline of Hope
An Enchantment, if Leyline of Hope is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. If you would gain life, you gain that much like plus 1 instead. As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Fear of Missing Out
A 2/3 Enchantment Creature Nightmare. When Fear of Missing Out enters the battlefield, discard a card and then draw a card. Delirium – Whenever Fear of Missing Out attacks for the first time each turn, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, untap target creature. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Enduring Tenacity
A 4/3 Enchantment Creature Snake Glimmer. Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life. When Enduring Tenacity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control. It’s an enchantment now.
Doomsday Excruciator
A 6/6 Creature Demon with Flying. When Doomsday Excruciator enters the battlefield, if it was cast, each player exiles all but the bottom 6 cards of their library face down. At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card.
Cursed Recording
An Artifact. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a time counter on Cursed Recording. Then, if there are 7 or more time counters on it, remove those counters, and it deals 20 damage to you. Tap to copy the instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn and choose new targets for the copy.
Come Back Wrong
A Sorcery. Destroy target creature. If a creature card is put into a graveyard this way, return it to the battlefield under your control. Sacrifice it at the beginning of your next step.
Collected Company
An Instant. Look at the top six cards of your library. Put up to two creature cards within mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Time Bends to my Will
A Scheme. When you set this scheme in motion, take an extra turn after this one. Skip the untap step of that turn.
I Will Savor Your Agony
A Scheme. When you set this scheme in motion, choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
- Destroy target creature.
- Target player draws a card.
- Target player gains 5 life.
Chainsaw
An Artifact Equipment. When Chainsaw enters the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to up to one target creature. Whenever one or more creatures die, put a rev counter on Chainsaw. Equipped creature gets +X/+0, where X is the number of rev counters on Chainsaw. Equip 3.
All rarities in the MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set
At the time of writing, we know that the MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set will have every standard rarity, but more specific pull rates will be revealed closer to its release. However, Wizards of the Coast has also stated that this will be the first set to include Japanese Showcase cards with unique art styles and text. You can see some of these in the above section in this article. I think they look pretty fantastic and much more vibrant than the standard versions.
The only other variation to cards in this set are Lurkers. These are creatures that appear in the background of specific pieces of art, but there are versions with them and without them. They’re incredibly spooky and absolutely nail that feeling of unnerving horror in a TCG.
What is the story in the MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set?
The story for the MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set hasn’t yet been revealed by Wizards of the Coast. However, the plane of Duskmourn is an endless haunted house, and the artwork and cards suggest that a group of survivors has entered it and must find a way to escape the horrors haunting the halls.
My money is on a classic 1980s-inspired slasher movie story with an MTG twist. Something that sees the big evil monster controlling the plane ends up being an entity we’ve known for years in another form or a force that seeps out of the plane, thanks to these unwitting survivors.
Where to buy the MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set
The best place to buy the MTG Duskmourn: House of Horrors set is your local game store. Supporting these physical stores will help enable more local events, which is a huge part of the MTG community. However, getting to a store’s not always possible, so I’ve got some online recommendations for you.
- Amazon (US & UK): We all know Amazon is a great online retailer for getting stuff delivered to your door, mostly on time. The only issue I have with Amazon is that it charges a much higher price for the same product other retailers offer.
- Chaos Cards (US & UK): Chaos Cards is a fantastic online retailer with a points system and generally lower prices. You’ll need to snap the products up quickly, though, because they don’t stay in stock for long.
- Magic Madhouse (US & UK): Magic Madhouse is my go to retailer for MTG cards online. If you pre-order early enough, you can get some sets at ridiculously low prices. If you leave it too long, though, you’ll end up paying through the nose. Pre-order early when you know you’re desperate to own product for a particular set.
- Axion Now (UK Only): Axion Now is a great UK retailer and one of the best-known MTG stores in the country. However, being so well known, it sells out of its stock allocation extremely quickly. Get your orders in as fast as possible here because they’ll be delivered safely and securely. I’ve never had an issue with them and have ordered from them many times.
- GAME (UK Only): GAME is another UK-only retailer that sells MTG products. Since it scrapped its rewards point system, it’s barely worth using the company. However, it does have stock when many other stores don’t, so give it a look if you can’t quite find what you’re looking for elsewhere.
