Hour of Devastation: Grand Prix Las Vegas Spoilers – Invocations & More!

Announcement Week: Day 5

Grand Prix Las Vegas is here, and as promised, Wizards has dumped a ton of new Hour of Devastation spoilers on us, including the first three Invocations: Damnation, Blood Moon and Desolation Angel.

We also got our first look at a new god in Hour of Devastation, The Scorpion God. Unlike the Amonkhet gods, however, it appears the gods post-Nicol Bolas are non-indestructible creatures right off the bat.

See more spoilers from Hour of Darkness, like Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh, new full art basic lands, a slew of promos and the defeat of the Gatewatch. Looking beyond Hour of Devastation, check out the early spoilers for Ixalan.

The literally giant game of Magic and final reveal of The Scorpion God may not have gone quite as planned (see below), but Wizards should be commended for trying something fun and new when it comes to spoiler announcements.

Let’s take a look at the Invocations below first, followed by the main-set Hour of Devastation cards revealed during the giant card game.

Damnation Invocation

Damnation – 2BB
Sorcery (Invocation)
Destroy all creatures. They can’t be regenerated.

039/054 MPS – Illus. Zack Stella

Blood Moon Invocation

Blood Moon – 2R
Enchantment (Invocation)
Nonbasic lands are mountains.

046/054 MPS – Illus. Christine Choi

Desolation Angel Invocation

Desolation Angel – 3BB
Creature – Angel (Invocation)
Kicker WW
Flying
When Desolation Angel enters the battlefield, destroy all lands you control. If it was kicked, destroy all lands instead.
5/4

040/054 MPS – Illus. Bastien L. Deharme

The Scorpion God

The Scorpion God – 3BR
Legendary Creature – God (Mythic)
Whenever a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, draw a card.
1BR: Put a -1/-1 counter on another target creature.
When The Scorpion God dies, return it to its owner’s hand at the beginning of the next end step.
6/5

146/199 M – Illus. Lius Lasahido

Gilded Cerodon

Gilded Cerodon – 4R
Creature – Beast (Common)
Whenever Gilded Cerodon attacks, if you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, target creature can’t block this turn.
4/4

Flavor text: The plating of its horns is a token of honor from Hazoret, who favors creatures with great hearts.
094/199 C – Illus Matt Stewart

Hour of Revelation

Hour of Revelation – 3WWW
Sorcery (Rare)
Hour of Revelation costs 3 less to cast if there are ten or more nonland permanents on the battlefield.
Destroy all nonland permanents.

Flavor text: In the first moments, the gate to the afterlife opened, and the people were prostrate in the light of the God-Pharaoh.
015/199 R – Illus. Raymond Swanland

Inferno Jet

Inferno Jet – 5R
Sorcery (Uncommon)
Inferno Jet deals 6 damage to target opponent.
Cycling 2

Flavor text: “When the whole world is crazy, it’s important to find something you can rely on.”
099/199 U – Illus. Takub Kasper

Marauding Boneslasher

Marauding Boneslasher – 2B
Creature – Zombie Minotaur (Common)
Marauding Boneslasher can’t block unless you control another Zombie.

Flavor text: With the Hekma destroyed, the wandering dead that sought entrance to Naktamun had free rein to lay waste to the city.
070/199 C – Illus. Victor Adame Minguez

Steadfast Sentinel

Steadfast Sentinel – 3W
Creature – Human Cleric (Common)
Vigilance
Eternalize 4WW (4WW, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that’s a copy of it, except it’s a 4/4 black Zombie Human Cleric with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

024/199 C – Illus Karl Kopinski

Accursed Horde

Accursed Horde – 3B
Creature – Zombie (Uncommon)
1B: Target attacking Zombie gains indestructible until end of turn.
3/3

056/199 U – Illus. Victor Adame Minguez

Angel of the God-Pharaoh

Angel of the God-Pharaoh – 4WW
Creature – Angel (Uncommon)
Flying
Cycle 2
4/4

Flavor text: The angels did not deceive. From the start, they were clear their allegiance was to the God-Pharaoh and to him alone.
004/199 U – Illus. E. M. Gist

Carrion Screecher

Carrion Screecher – 3B
Creature – Zombie Bird (Common)
Flying
3/1

Flavor text: The banished have come home to roost.
061/199 C – Illus Tomasz Jedruszek

Defiant Khenra

Defiant Khenra – 1R
Creature – Jackal Warrior (Common)
2/2

Flavor text: There were those who saw the death of the gods and the city’s collapse as a final test of worth. Some believed it meant the God-Pharaoh had been killed. Only a few realized they had been deceived.
089/199 C – Illus. David Palumbo

Desert of the Indomitable

Desert of the Indomitable
Land – Desert (Common)
Desert of the Indomitable enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add G to your mana pool.
Cycling 1G

172/299 C – Illus. ???

Desert of the Fervent

Desert of the Fervent
Land – Desert (Common)
Desert of the Fervent enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add R to your mana pool.
Cycling 1R

170/199 C – Illus. Titus Lanter

Grind / Dust

Grind 1B
Sorcery (Rare)
Put a -1/-1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.

Dust 3W
Sorcery
Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Exile any number of target creatures that have -1/-1 counters on them.

155/199 R – Illus. Josh Hass

Khenra Eternal

Khenra Eternal – 1B
Creature – Zombie Jackal Warrior (Common)
Afflict 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 1 life.)
2/2

Flavor text: For many years, servant mummies toiled in the mines to extract lazotep. The emergence of the Eternals revealed the sacred substance’s true purpose.
066/199 C – Illus. Tomaz Jedruszek

Open Fire

Open Fire – 2R
Instant (Common)
Open Fire deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Flavor text: Some khenra archers fashion their arrows with a personal touch.
105/199 C – Illus. Jason Kang

Sand Strangler

Sand Strangler – 3R
Creature – Beast (Uncommon)
When Sand Strangler enters the battlefield, if you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, you may have Sand Strangler deal 3 damage to target creature.
3/3

Flavor text: The bombardment of sand disorients, chokes, and ultimately tenderizes its prey.
107/199 U – Illus. Aaron Miller

Sidewinder Naga

Sidewinder Naga – 2G
Creature – Naga Warrior (Common)
As long as you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, Sidewinder Naga gets +1/+0 and has trample.
3/2

Flavor text: “Those who embrace the harsh land rather than fight it find they have a powerful ally.” – Nissa Revane
134/199 C – Illus. Victor Adame Minguez

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