There is no veracity to that rumor at all. As others have said, this rumor constantly circulates, and if there was any confirmation about the absolution of it, we would be hearing more specific details. Any rumor that states "The Reserved List may be abolished soon" without any specific details or coming from a well-known person in the MTG community should be considered nonsense.
As much as I like zombies, it's a massive massive massive flavour fail not having a werewolf themed commander deck for this release.
That Champion of the Perished is awesome though!
Our glimpse of Kamigawa with Yuriko doesn't indicate it is cyberpunk, and Neon Dynasty doesn't need to mean that. Unless she was from old timeline Kamigawa.
I'd prefer an updated, resonant Kamigawa, but still retain that feudal theme.
Do we know if Yuriko is "currently alive in Kamigawa" or just a character from the old world? I didn't know there was any lore about her, only she's a cool card in a brutal deck hehe. There's nothing on her art that indicates she's in a Cyberpunk Neon Dynasty, but if a theme is going to be old vs new then she could definitely be "alive right now"
Would love to see more of her and some ninjas. that Tiger's Shadow card is so sick.
I'm worried how futuristic Cyberpunk Kamigawa will be. Kaladesh is my faviourite plane in terms of aesthetics and art design, but I think they were really pushing the "high tech aether-punk" for what I'd like to see in Magic. As long as the new Kamigawa doesn't get higher tech than that then it's cool.
My guess, like every other decision they make, is money.
I'd be so hype for an energy/Kaladesh commander.
That Champion of the Perished is awesome though!
They won't stop, it's going to become the main focus the second it's more profitable.
Do we know if Yuriko is "currently alive in Kamigawa" or just a character from the old world? I didn't know there was any lore about her, only she's a cool card in a brutal deck hehe. There's nothing on her art that indicates she's in a Cyberpunk Neon Dynasty, but if a theme is going to be old vs new then she could definitely be "alive right now"
Would love to see more of her and some ninjas. that Tiger's Shadow card is so sick.
So pretty much like real world Japan hehe.
I really don't like this digital only stuff.