Mount
Mount is a creature type job introduced Outlaws of Thunder Junction. Currently it has only appeared on cards that have the Saddle keyword action.[1][2][3] It doesn't have any specific rules associated with it.
| Creature Type | |
|---|---|
| (Subtype for creature/kindred cards) | |
| Introduced | Outlaws of Thunder Junction |
| Last used | Aetherdrift |
| Scryfall Statistics | |
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32 cards  31.3%  3.1%  3.1%  18.8%  31.3%  12.5% | |
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36 typal synergy cards  8.3% 30.6% 2.8% 8.3% 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% | |
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1239 artworks 7.6% 28.8% 6.5% 13.2% 12.3% 11.5% 20.3% | |
Description
A mount is a class of creatures that are suited for riding or have been trained to be ridden. They are girthed with a padded and leather-covered seat. On Thunder Junction, the range of animals that can be saddled is much wider than in reality, with equine-adjacent things like Unicorns or Hippogriffs, stranger ones like Bears or Salamanders, and perhaps the oddest one of all in a porcupine.
Mechanically, Mount is to saddle as Vehicle is to crew, being the subtype that the new mechanic is linked to. There's no real connection between Mounts and saddle other than a flavorful one. If a Mount becomes some other creature type, it will still have saddle, and non-Mounts can gain saddle if effects allow them to do so.
The flavor of Saddle is that the rider is now on the mount, and the combination makes them better.[4]
Mount / Saddle is not going straight to evergreen, but R&D is exploring how often they want to use it.[5]
History
Saddle and Mount had originally been designed for Aetherdrift. Outlaws of Thunder Junction had a different riding mechanic (it was more complex, with a mutate-ish quality). R&D decided it was odd to have two different mechanical version hitting the same flavor so close to one another. Saddle was simple and more intuitive, so they changed OTJ’s mechanic to saddle.[6]
Notable Mounts
- The Gitrog monster
Trivia
- Horsemanship and Mount are technically unrelated.
- In vision design, Mount originally was a variation on Mutate.[7]
Gallery
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Coat variations.[8]
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Chrome American Paint horses.[9]
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With Sterling Company tack.[9]
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Coat variations.[9]
References
- ↑ Matt Tabak (March 26, 2024). "Outlaws of Thunder Junction Mechanics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 26, 2024). "My first thought on seeing this is to wonder why it's not the same problem as the Kindred card type?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 1, 2024). "Outlaw of the Land, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 31, 2024). "Why does saddle make the mount better instead of making the rider better?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 27, 2024). "Is Mount/Saddle going straight to evergreen/deciduous like vehicles?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 15, 2025). "Is mount deciduous?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 15, 2024). "Outlaw of Thunder Junction Vision Design Handoff Document, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c April Prime (April 9, 2024). "One of the horses from Outlaws of Thunder Junction". Twitter.
- ↑ a b c April Prime (April 9, 2024). "The Silver Star gang's liquid chrome horses". Twitter.
- ↑ April Prime (April 8, 2024). "This guy was inspired by basilisks and good ol' banyard roosters". Twitter.