With Ranar the Ever-Watchful in play, the first card you foretell each turn costs to foretell.
R&D created a foretell helper token that you can optionally use to assist during gameplay. Some cards have additional benefits if the spell was foretold before being cast.Įach card with foretell has a raven watermark as a nod to Alrund with the Light of Starnheim shape (the diamond) in the center. The implementation has roots in Echo (installment costs), Suspend (setting the card into exile for cheaper casting later), and Morph (hidden information, uniform baseline, installments). Foretelling is optional, so you can always just cast the spell as normal if you're looking for a more immediate impact.įoretell essentially splits the cost of a card over two turns. You may cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost (the mana cost listed as part of the foretell keyword). ĭuring your turn, you may pay and exile a card with foretell from your hand face down. Foretell was designed as the combination of capturing a top-down omen flavor and a mechanic called 'layaway' that Mark Rosewater had created many years ago based on a mechanic from the 'Star Wars Trading Card' game.
