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Throne of Eldraine is inspired by fairy tales from King Arthur's Camelot and the European Grimms' Fairy Tales. [5] [6] Previously Magic "had Faerie-focused sets [...] in the Lorwyn block, which saw various fairy tale-inspired tribes of creatures move to the fore while also introducing Planeswalkers as a concept for competitive play".
Tribal Wars: a constructed casual format in which one-third of every deck must be of a single creature type. [2] [62] Common tribes in Magic include elves, goblins, and merfolk. Certain cards are banned in the Magic Online variant of Tribal Wars that would be overly swingy against known enemy Tribal decks, such as Circle of Solace or Engineered ...
The Commander format has each player provide a 100-card deck, using cards from any printed sets excluding those that are banned, with the requirement that each card outside basic lands to be unique, in contrast to normal Magic decks that allow up to four copies of a card from the game's current base and expansion sets. The Commander format ...
Aggro decks focus on converting their cards into damage; they prefer to engage in a race for tempo rather than a card advantage-based attrition war. Aggro generally relies upon creatures as its accumulative source of damage. Aggro decks can quickly overwhelm unprepared opponents and proceed to eke out the last bit of damage they need to end the ...
The set's mechanics and effects take mainly graveyard themes, with a minor focus on tribal themes. The tagline for the set is "Horror Lurks Within". It has 264 cards. [3] [7] Magic returned to the plane of Innistrad in 2016 with the [8] Shadows Over Innistrad block, consisting of Shadows Over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon. This article deals with ...
Khans of Tarkir is a Magic: The Gathering block consisting of Khans of Tarkir (September 26, 2014), Fate Reforged (January 23, 2015), [9] and Dragons of Tarkir (March 27, 2015). The block's setting is based on a mix of cultures of Central and East Asia.
Starter decks, which are part of the Magic product line, are aimed at giving novice players ideas for deck construction. [19] Players expand their card library for deck construction through booster packs , which have a random distribution of cards from a specific Magic set and are defined by rarity. [ 20 ]
The Zendikar block is a Magic: The Gathering block consisting of the sets Zendikar (October 2, 2009), [1] Worldwake (February 5, 2010), [2] Rise of the Eldrazi (April 23, 2010). [3] The eponymous setting is a vast, untamed wilderness, whose few bastions of civilization exist primarily for outfitting treasure-seeking expeditions to distant locales.