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We say 'officially', because we got a sneak peek into some of the coming cards a couple of weeks ago, amid the Jumpstart: Historic Horizons spoilers, so these aren't actually the first new cards we've seen for the set - but Thursday was the first official day of the preview season, and we're incredibly excited to see what else the set brings, given how many cool cards we saw in the first 24 hours (don't miss Wargamer's exclusive spoilers, including wolfy Enchantment Howl of the Hunt) The point is, we're about the enter a prolonged spooky season courtesy of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, with this set telling the tale of how the humans of Innistrad are coping with the nights getting longer, and the creatures of the night - specifically werewolves, in this set - becoming more powerful, and seemingly far hungrier too

They all needed the acorn symbol, as those mechanics don't work in tournament play, and they ended up as uncommon so we could print that acorn stamp

And it only got cooler when Rayquaza got an overpowered Mega form over a decade later that sent the competitive world into a tizzy