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| The '''Onslaught block''' is the eighth [[Block (sets)|block]], consisting of the [[large expansion]] ''[[Onslaught]]'' ({{Set symbol|ONS symbol.png|}}) and the two [[small expansion]]s ''[[Legions]]'' ({{Set symbol|Exp_sym_legions.gif) and ''[[Scourge]]'' ({{Set symbol|SCG symbol.gif}}). The block came out in 2002-2003.
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| The theme of the Onslaught block is [[creature type]]s, "[[Tribal (theme)|tribal]]".
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| The ''Onslaught'' block was the first to introduce at least one new [[keyword]] in each set, a trend which all blocks since have followed.
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| Keywords introduced in this block: [[Amplify]], [[Morph]], [[Provoke]], [[Storm]], [[Cycling|Typecycling]]
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| [[Evergreen]] keywords introduced: [[Double strike]], [[Fear]].
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| Keywords reused from the past: [[Cycling]].
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| ==Development codes==
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| On the development codenames for the Onslaught block, MTG.com columnist [[Mark Rosewater]] writes:
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| {{cquote|For Onslaught block, [[Bill Rose]] (the head of [[R&D]]) selected the three spokescharacters from an auto parts store named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pep_Boys Pep Boys]: Manny, Moe, and Jack. While this fit the set order, it proved to have one huge flaw: Half of R&D didn't grow up near a Pep Boys, so they didn't know what order the three went in.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/daily/mr33|Codename of the Game|[[Mark Rosewater]]|August 12, 2002}}</ref>}}
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| ==Theme decks==
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| {{Main|Onslaught block/Preconstructed theme decks}}
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==Sets==
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| {{Onslaught block}}
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| {{Sets}}
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| [[Category:Magic blocks]] | |