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In the lore of Magic the gathering the Multiverse is a collection of planes (described somewhat like pocket universes) which are usually named after the primary planet contained within them. Travel between these planes is possible, and a few powerful beings known as "Planeswalkers" are capable of traversing between them at will.
Over the last few years, pre-constructed Magic: The Gathering decks have traditionally centered around a given planeswalker, a powerful character from the fiction of that universe. The newest set of cards, Kaldheim launched on Feb. 5 without Planeswalker Decks, offering up pre-constructed Commander decks instead.
The trading card game Magic: The Gathering has released a large number of sets since it was first published by Wizards of the Coast.After the 1993 release of Limited Edition, also known as Alpha and Beta, roughly 3-4 major sets have been released per year, in addition to various spin-off products.
Magic: The Gathering (colloquially known as Magic or MTG) is a tabletop and digital collectible card game created by Richard Garfield. [1] Released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast , Magic was the first trading card game and had approximately fifty million players as of February 2023 [update] .
Ravnica is a Magic: The Gathering block that consists of three expert-level expansion sets: Ravnica: City of Guilds (October 7, 2005), Guildpact (February 3, 2006), and Dissension (May 5, 2006). Following in the tradition of other Magic blocks, Ravnica takes place in a plane of the multiverse that was previously unexplored in the game's backstory.
Kaladesh is a Magic: The Gathering expansion block consisting of the sets Kaladesh and Aether Revolt.The block debuted with the release of Kaladesh on September 30, 2016. The block is set on the plane of Kaladesh (later renamed Avishkar), the original home of planeswalker Chandra Nalaar, and features an emphasis on artifacts, their creators and the magical aether which powers them.
While "most of Magic: the Gathering's main characters have been missing in action" since the War of the Spark (2019), a few Planeswalkers mark their return in Zendikar Rising. [8] This includes Nissa Revane and Nahiri, both natives of Zendikar, [8] [9] and Jace, who is from Vryn [10] and who once was the Living Guildpact of Ravnica. [8]
The Art of Magic: The Gathering – Ixalan (2017) by James Wyatt was published by VIZ Media in January 2018. [8] Jay Annelli, for CoolStuffInc, wrote "The Art of Magic: the Gathering - Ixalan switches from the vertical approach of the last two art books to a more horizontal approach, covering the four warring factions of Ixalan in great detail ...