First, James finishes complete design mockups of our card, and those make the rounds for approval
Additionally, Jim Hawkins can move to a new location for free whenever one is played
The mechanic is meant to encourage blocking and force players to make smart trades in combat, but its unlikely to return because of a general shift away from that play pattern
To unpack it in simple terms, this Grixis (Red, Blue and Black) creature has the ability to copy instant or sorcery spells that target just one player or permanent and use the new copies so that every player at the table (except you) gets hit instead
Instead, they supplied us with three generals that could be paired together (using the brand new partner mechanic introduced in Commander 2016 ) to substitute for the general on the front of the box
If you have a full party, it deals 3 damage to each opponent instead