Duskmourn is Available for Trade
John Sherwood • September 19, 2024
(Stay Hidden, Stay Silent|Art by Josu Hernaiz)
Ring the (Opening) Doorbell!
Friendly greetings and welcome to The House! The Cardsphere team is pleased to announce Duskmourn (DSK) and Duskmourn Commander (DSC) cards are available to trade! I'm John Sherwood, author of Tricks of the Trade, and I dare you to follow me through The House to find your next trades.
Duskmourn Modern Frames
Even the modern framed cards for Duskmourn include some unexpected surprises. Fifteen regular cards feature Lurking Evil Art Variants. Each version of the card depicts the same scene, and the variants reveal some hidden horror. For example, the Lurking Evil Art Variant of Optimistic Scavenger features a nightmarish shadow lurking behind.
These paired variants are perfect for showing off multiples in constructed decks, or just to collect and look at. And if you're unsure if you have the Lurking Evil version of the card, you can check the collector number at the bottom. These versions will be numbered 287 - 301.
Showcase
Featuring a retro-cyberpunk frame, the showcase treatment for Duskmourn is a pop culture tribute to decades of ghost hunting media. Worthy of my chef's kiss in this category is Unwanted Remake, with its jab at the entirety of the horror genre.
Borderless and Extended Art
Unfortunately for the denizens of Duskmourn, there is no borderless Cult Healer. The survivors will have to wait for a visit from a doctor without a border. Story hero Kaito, Bane of Nightmares made the borderless cut, along with the new verge land cycle, ten of the new room enchantments, and an assortment of creatures.
The art for these borderless cards is fantastic, and I'm counting on people who open more sealed product than me to make these available in their Haves.
Meanwhile, the Extended Art cards look similarly exquisite. While Borderless cards feature unique art, the Extended Art cards gift us an expanded view of various regular print rares and mythics. Each Extended Art card expands the frame of the image, and some of them reveal significant details. For example, the Extended Art Dissection Tools shows the wicked hooked end of the forceps.
Double Exposure
Like a horror movie loosely "inspired by actual events," the Double Exposure treatment is loosely inspired by double-exposed film photographs. Simple, yet haunting, the stark color contrast jumps out at you from black backgrounds. I'm especially fond of the multicolor Double Exposures in yellow and purple, such as Marina Vendrell.
Textured Finishes
Spinning off the Double Exposures, a select group of five textured foil cards have the double exposure art with a crimson twist. The backgrounds are flat black, showcasing the focal character in white and the second image layer in blood red.
Japanese Showcase and Fracture Foils
Showcasing the art of contemporary Japanese artists, these showcase cards add a splash of color and flavor. Available in non-foil, traditional foil, and a special fracture foil treatment, these artists reimagine two cycles of creatures found in the main set. On one hand, the Japanese Showcase glimmers, such as Enduring Courage, feel extra bright and hopeful.
On the other hand, the Japanese showcase avatar horrors seem extra creepy, like Overlord of the Mistmoors.
Promos
Wrapping up the main set, we get different promotional versions of seven cards as promotional cards. Some of them have the same art as their regular counterparts, but different frames like Shardmage's Rescue from the Promo Pack.
Special Guests
Moving away from the main set, we have the Special Guest cards. The Duskmourn Special Guest reprints put a thrilling spin on ten classic cards. All of these Guest cards are special in their own right, but I'm privileged to choose one to exhibit. My personal favorite is Expropriate. I don't even want to play it. I just want to look at it.
Nothing could be more evocative of time and money than sand and coins slipping from your fingers. Playing this card might start arguments, but everyone should agree the art perfectly pairs realistic composition with evocative imagery of the card's mechanics.
Duskmourn Commander
Finally, we come to the end. The Commander products for Duskmourn introduce forty new cards. Eight are borderless legendary creatures. The other thirty-two are available in both modern and extended art frames. The four Commander decks contain a combined 260 reprints, 29 of them have new art, of which my personal favorite is the new Aminatou Ponder.
The Commander Promos consist of six reprints. Three are comically disturbing borderless alternate arts, and three look like paperback covers for horror novels.
We Survived!
...At least I did. Scream if you didn't make it out of The House. I may not be able to help you escape from Valgavoth, but hopefully this article helps you sort out which new cards you'll be trading here on Cardsphere. Update your Wants and Haves for the release of Duskmourn, and happy trading!
Duskmourn - Double Exposure Textured Foil
Duskmourn - Japan Showcase Fracture Foil
Duskmourn - Lurking Evil Variants
