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|release = February 2, 2007 | |release = February 2, 2007 | ||
|plane = [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | |plane = [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]] | ||
|mechanics = [[Timeshifted]] cards, | |mechanics = [[Timeshifted]] cards, [[Split card]]s, [[Rebel]]s, [[Sliver]]s, [[Thallid]]s, [[Spellshaper]]s | ||
|keywords = [[Echo]], | |keywords = [[Echo]], [[Flanking]], [[Flash]], [[Kicker]], [[Madness]], [[Morph]], [[Split second]], [[Suspend]], [[Vanishing]] | ||
|size = 165<br/> | |size = 165 cards<br/>{{curmb|60|55|50}} | ||
|code_expansion = PLC | |code_expansion = PLC | ||
|code_expansion_ref= | |code_expansion_ref={{DailyRef|magic-online/time-spiral-block-tpf-sealed-deck-tournament-ii-2009-12-21|Time Spiral Block (TPF) Sealed Deck Tournament II|[[Mike Gills]]|December 21, 2009}} | ||
|code_development = Crackle | |code_development = Crackle | ||
|series = [[Time Spiral block]] | |series = [[Time Spiral block]] | ||
|first = | |first = Time Spiral | ||
|second = | |second = Planar Chaos | ||
|third = | |third = Future Sight | ||
|previous = | |previous = {{noslash|Time Spiral/Timeshifted}} | ||
|next = | |next = Future Sight | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Planar Chaos''''' is the forty-first ''[[Magic]]'' [[expansion]] and was released in February 2007 as the second set in the [[Time Spiral block]]. [[Prerelease]] Events were held on January 20, 2007.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/announcing-2006-05-08| Announcing ''Planar Chaos''|[[Magic Arcana]]|May 08, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/planar-chaos-prerelease-primer-2007-01-15|''Planar Chaos'' Prerelease Primer|[[Brian David-Marshall]]|January 15, 2007}}</ref> | {{otheruses}} | ||
'''''Planar Chaos''''' is the forty-first (41st) ''[[Magic]]'' [[expansion]] and was released in February 2007 as the second set in the [[Time Spiral block]]. [[Prerelease]] Events were held on January 20, 2007.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/announcing-2006-05-08| Announcing ''Planar Chaos''|[[Magic Arcana]]|May 08, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/planar-chaos-prerelease-primer-2007-01-15|''Planar Chaos'' Prerelease Primer|[[Brian David-Marshall]]|January 15, 2007}}</ref> | |||
==Set details== | ==Set details== | ||
''Planar Chaos'' contains 165 all new black-bordered cards (50 rares, 55 uncommons, and 60 commons), including a 45-card "[[Timeshifted#Timeshifted in Planar Chaos|timeshifted]]" subset (ten rares, 15 uncommons, and 20 commons). The theme of this expansion is "the (alternate) present"; to fit the theme | ''Planar Chaos'' contains 165 all new black-bordered cards (fifty (50) rares, fifty-five (55) uncommons, and sixty (60) commons), including a forty-five (45)-card "[[Timeshifted#Timeshifted in Planar Chaos|timeshifted]]" subset (ten (10) rares, fifteen (15) uncommons, and twenty (20) commons). The theme of this expansion is "the (alternate) present"; to fit the theme of the block ("time").<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/chaos-theory-2007-01-08|Chaos Theory|[[Mark Rosewater]]|January 08, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|order-and-planar-chaos-2007-01-08|Order and (Planar) Chaos|[[Rei Nakazawa]]|January 08, 2007}}</ref> Its [[expansion symbol]] is a depiction of two overlapping planes.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/logo-symbol-2006-10-26|''Planar Chaos'' Logo & Symbol|[[Magic Arcana]]|October 26, 2006}}</ref> There are no [[artifact]]s in ''Planar Chaos''. | ||
===Timeshifted=== | ===Timeshifted=== | ||
{{ | {{see|Planar Chaos/Planeshifted}} | ||
The 45 [[timeshifted]] cards in ''Planar Chaos'' (also known as '' | |||
The forty-five (45) [[timeshifted]] cards in ''Planar Chaos'' (also known as ''[[colorshift]]ed'' or ''[[planeshifted]]'') represent cards being reprinted from an alternate reality. They are each functionally identical to an old card, with the crucial exception of their color (and possibly with a different creature type, or referencing a different color or land type in its abilities). Cards that were timeshifted in ''Planar Chaos'' had a slightly different [[Card frame|border]], and their title and types were written in white instead of black. In contrast to ''Time Spiral'', they had regular colored [[expansion symbol]]s. | |||
===Marketing=== | ===Marketing=== | ||
''Planar Chaos'' was sold in | ''Planar Chaos'' was sold in fifteen-card [[boosters]], four [[preconstructed theme deck]]s and a [[fat pack]].<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/fat-pack-cardbox-art-2007-03-27|Fat Pack Cardbox Art|[[Magic Arcana]]|March 27, 2007}}</ref> The decks and the fat pack contained a [[Pro Tour Player Cards|Pro Tour Players Card]]. The booster packs featured artwork from <c>Radha, Heir to Keld</c>, <c>Jedit Ojanen of Efrava</c> and <c>Darkheart Sliver</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/planar-chaos-booster-packaging-2007-01-04|''Planar Chaos'' Booster Packaging|[[Magic Arcana]]|January 04, 2007}}</ref> The [[prerelease card]] was the [[foil]] [[alternate art]] <c>Oros, the Avenger</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/planar-chaos-prerelease-card-2007-01-16|''Planar Chaos'' Prerelease Card|[[Magic Arcana]]|January 16, 2007}}</ref> The [[release card]] was <c>Hedge Troll</c>. The set was accompanied by the [[Planar Chaos (novel)|novel of the same name]], written by [[Scott McGough]] and [[Timothy Sanders]]. | ||
The booster packs included eight "normal" commons, three "timeshifted" commons, two "normal" uncommons, one "normal" [[rare]] and one "timeshifted" rare or uncommon card (there are three times as many "timeshifted" uncommon cards than there are "timeshifted" rare cards, making it three times as likely that an uncommon will appear in this slot). | The booster packs included eight "normal" commons, three "timeshifted" commons, two "normal" uncommons, one "normal" [[rare]] and one "timeshifted" rare or uncommon card (there are three times as many "timeshifted" uncommon cards than there are "timeshifted" rare cards, making it three times as likely that an uncommon will appear in this slot). | ||
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{{Main|Planar Chaos (novel)}} | {{Main|Planar Chaos (novel)}} | ||
[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]’s temporal fabric is no longer fraying at the edges — it’s ripping down the middle.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/flavor-chaos-2007-02-05|Flavor From the Chaos|[[Rei Nakazawa]]|February 05, 2007}}</ref> The [[time rift]]s have not only merged the past with the present, but also splintered the [[timeline]] into thousands of alternate histories.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/dominaria’s-greener-alternate-pasts-2007-01-11|Dominaria’s Greener Alternate Pasts|[[Magic Arcana]]|January 11, 2007}}</ref> These divergent Dominarias overlap with the known world in bizarre ways, combining the familiar with the shockingly new. [[Teferi]], having lost his [[Planeswalker's spark]], still struggles to mend the planar rifts before they corrode the very structure of the multiverse. With his allies [[Jhoira]] and [[Venser]], he has already succeeded in restoring the wayward region of [[Shiv]] to its natural place in Dominaria, healing one rift. But danger awaits them as the trio attempts to teleport to [[Urborg]]: the chaos of an alternate Dominaria…<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070519165543/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/planarchaos2/story1 Michael G. Ryan (January, 2007) "Destiny". Magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.]</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/backwards-through-looking-glass-2007-03-01|Backwards Through the Looking Glass|[[Doug Beyer]]|March 01, 2007}}</ref> | [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]’s temporal fabric is no longer fraying at the edges — it’s ripping down the middle.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/flavor-chaos-2007-02-05|Flavor From the Chaos|[[Rei Nakazawa]]|February 05, 2007}}</ref> The [[time rift]]s have not only merged the past with the present, but also splintered the [[timeline]] into thousands of alternate histories.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/dominaria’s-greener-alternate-pasts-2007-01-11|Dominaria’s Greener Alternate Pasts|[[Magic Arcana]]|January 11, 2007}}</ref> These divergent Dominarias overlap with the known world in bizarre ways, combining the familiar with the shockingly new. [[Teferi]], having lost his [[Planeswalker's spark]], still struggles to mend the planar rifts before they corrode the very structure of the multiverse. With his allies [[Jhoira]] and [[Venser]], he has already succeeded in restoring the wayward region of [[Shiv]] to its natural place in Dominaria, healing one rift. But danger awaits them as the trio attempts to teleport to [[Urborg]]: the chaos of an alternate Dominaria…<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070519165543/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/planarchaos2/story1 Michael G. Ryan (January, 2007) "Destiny". Magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.]</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/backwards-through-looking-glass-2007-03-01|Backwards Through the Looking Glass|[[Doug Beyer]]|March 01, 2007}}</ref> | ||
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{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
|- | |||
! Title !! Author !! Release Date !! Setting (plane) !! Featuring | |||
|- | |||
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160521204543/http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/time-twists-and-destinies-interchange-2007-01-25 Time Twists and Destinies Interchange] || [[Matt Cavotta]] || January 25, 2007 || [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]], [[Rath]] || [[Shikka]], Talack, [[Mirri]], [[Selenia]], [[Crovax]], [[Jedit Ojanen]] | |||
|- | |||
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20070227094048/http://www.wizards.com:80/default.asp?x=magic/planarchaos2/story1 Destiny] || [[Rei Nakazawa]] || February 27, 2007 || [[Rath]] || [[Gerrard]], [[Crovax]], [[Selenia]], [[Sisay]], [[Mirri]], [[Starke]], [[Tahngarth]], [[Karn]], [[Orim]], [[Volrath]] | |||
|} | |||
==Mechanics== | ==Mechanics== | ||
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*[[Blue]] received [[vigilance]] (e.g. <c>Serra Sphinx</c>), [[discard]] (e.g. <c>Piracy Charm</c>), giving creatures +X/-X or -X/+X (e.g. <c>Shaper Parasite</c>) and the ability to destroy creatures (e.g. <c>Pongify</c>). | *[[Blue]] received [[vigilance]] (e.g. <c>Serra Sphinx</c>), [[discard]] (e.g. <c>Piracy Charm</c>), giving creatures +X/-X or -X/+X (e.g. <c>Shaper Parasite</c>) and the ability to destroy creatures (e.g. <c>Pongify</c>). | ||
*[[Black]] received [[first strike]] (e.g. <c>Spitting Sliver</c>), [[lifelink]]-like effects (e.g. <c>Vampiric Link</c>), control effects (e.g. <c>Enslave</c>), tapping creatures (e.g. <c>Midnight Charm</c>), and spell/damage redirection (e.g. <c>Muck Drubb</c>). | *[[Black]] received [[first strike]] (e.g. <c>Spitting Sliver</c>), [[lifelink]]-like effects (e.g. <c>Vampiric Link</c>), control effects (e.g. <c>Enslave</c>), tapping creatures (e.g. <c>Midnight Charm</c>), and spell/damage redirection (e.g. <c>Muck Drubb</c>). | ||
*[[Red]] received [[reach]] (e.g. <c>Needlepeak Spider</c>), [[trample]] (e.g. <c>Battering Sliver</c>), [[fear]]-like effects (e.g. <c>Skirk Shaman</c>), "pump" effects (e.g. <c>Fatal Frenzy</c>), returning opponent's permanents (e.g. <c>Stingscourger</c>) and spells that target flying creatures (e.g <c>Hammerheim Deadeye</c>). | *[[Red]] received [[reach]] (e.g. <c>Needlepeak Spider</c>), [[trample]] (e.g. <c>Battering Sliver</c>), [[fear]]-like effects (e.g. <c>Skirk Shaman</c>), "pump" effects (e.g. <c>Fatal Frenzy</c>), returning opponent's permanents (e.g. <c>Stingscourger</c>) and spells that target flying creatures (e.g. <c>Hammerheim Deadeye</c>). | ||
*[[Green]] received [[flying]] (e.g. <c>Giant Dustwasp</c>), [[haste]] (e.g. <c>Reflex Sliver</c>), life gain/damage prevention (e.g. <c>Essence Warden</c>), card-drawing effects (e.g. <c>Harmonize</c>) and returning creatures from the graveyard (e.g. <c>Deadwood Treefolk</c>). | *[[Green]] received [[flying]] (e.g. <c>Giant Dustwasp</c>), [[haste]] (e.g. <c>Reflex Sliver</c>), life gain/damage prevention (e.g. <c>Essence Warden</c>), card-drawing effects (e.g. <c>Harmonize</c>) and returning creatures from the graveyard (e.g. <c>Deadwood Treefolk</c>). | ||
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''Planar Chaos'' has ten [[cycles]] and three [[vertical cycles]]: | ''Planar Chaos'' has ten [[cycles]] and three [[vertical cycles]]: | ||
{| class="wikitable | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Cycle name | ! Cycle name | ||
! {{W}} | ! {{W}} | ||
! {{U}} | ! {{U}} | ||
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! {{G}} | ! {{G}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'''Alternate legendary creatures''' | |rowspan="2"|'''Alternate legendary creatures''' | ||
| | |{{card|Crovax, Ascendant Hero||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Ascendant Evincar</c>) | ||
|{{card|Braids, Conjurer Adept||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Braids, Cabal Minion</c>) | |||
| | |{{card|Mirri the Cursed||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Mirri, Cat Warrior</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Akroma, Angel of Fury||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Akroma, Angel of Wrath</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Jedit Ojanen of Efrava||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Jedit Ojanen</c>) | ||
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|colspan="5"|Each of these legendary creatures is based on a legendary creature from a past set.<ref>{{DailyRef|controlled-chaos-2007-01-18|Controlled Chaos|[[Brady Dommermuth]]|January 18, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Time After">{{DailyRef|making-magic/time-after-time-spiral-2021-03-15|Time After Time Spiral|[[Mark Rosewater]]|March 15, 2021}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Charm]]s''' | |||
|{{card|Dawn Charm||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Piracy Charm||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Midnight Charm||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Fury Charm||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Evolution Charm||PLC}} | |||
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|colspan="5"|Common [[modal]] [[instant]]s with three options that are each illustrated by [[John Avon]] with artwork depicting a small stone framed in jewelery held in two hands. In addition, each featured an ability (regeneration, discard, first strike, trample and flying) that their color doesn't normally have.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/planar-chaos-charms-2007-02-06|''Planar Chaos'' Charms|[[Magic Arcana]]|February 06, 2007}}</ref> | |||
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|''' | |rowspan="2"|'''Common Slivers''' | ||
| | |{{card|Poultice Sliver||PLC}}<br/>([[regenerate]]) | ||
|< | |{{card|Synchronous Sliver||PLC}}<br/>([[vigilance]]) | ||
| | |{{card|Spitting Sliver||PLC}}<br/>([[first strike]]) | ||
| | |{{card|Battering Sliver||PLC}}<br/>([[trample]]) | ||
| | |{{card|Reflex Sliver||PLC}}<br/>([[haste]]) | ||
|< | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |colspan="5"|Each of these common monocolored Slivers grant abilities that their color doesn't normally have {{-}} <c>Poultice Sliver</c> ([[regeneration]]). | ||
|Each of these common monocolored Slivers grant abilities that their color doesn't normally have {{-}} <c>Poultice Sliver</c> ([[regeneration]]). | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'''[[Magi]]''' | |rowspan="2"|'''[[Magi]]''' | ||
| | |{{card|Magus of the Tabernacle||PLC}}<br/>(<c>The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale</c>) | ||
|{{card|Magus of the Bazaar||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Bazaar of Baghdad</c>) | |||
| | |{{card|Magus of the Coffers||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Cabal Coffers</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Magus of the Arena||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Arena</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Magus of the Library||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Library of Alexandria</c>) | ||
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| | |colspan="5"|Each of these rare [[Human]] [[Wizard]] creatures has the abilities of a powerful [[land]] from the past.<ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/trip-library-2007-01-12|A Trip to the Library|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|January 12, 2007}}</ref> | ||
|Each of these [[ | |||
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|''' | |rowspan="2"|'''Spellshapers''' | ||
| | |{{card|Ghost Tactician||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Scare Tactics</c>) | ||
|{{card|Dreamscape Artist||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Harrow</c>) | |||
|<c> | |{{card|Ridged Kusite||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Guided Strike</c>) | ||
|<c> | |{{card|Firefright Mage||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Shriek of Dread</c>) | ||
|<c> | |{{card|Sophic Centaur||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Gerrard's Wisdom</c>) | ||
|<c> | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''' | |colspan="5"|Each of these [[spellshaper]]s references an [[instant]] or [[sorcery]] that was previously printed in a different color. | ||
|Each of these | |- | ||
| | |rowspan="2"|'''Suspend X cards''' | ||
| | |{{card|Benalish Commander||PLC}} | ||
| | |{{card|Aeon Chronicler||PLC}} | ||
| | |{{card|Roiling Horror||PLC}} | ||
| | |{{card|Detritivore||PLC}} | ||
|{{card|Fungal Behemoth||PLC}} | |||
|- | |||
|colspan="5"|Each of these rare creatures has power and toughness */*, an ability defining *, "Suspend X{{-}}[mana cost including {{X}}]. X can't be 0," and a [[triggered ability]] that triggers on the removal of time counters while it is suspended that improves the game state for the definition of "*". | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan="2"|'''Vanishing creatures''' | |||
|{{card|Calciderm||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Tidewalker||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Waning Wurm||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Lavacore Elemental||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Deadwood Treefolk||PLC}} | |||
|- | |||
|colspan="5"|Each of these are uncommon creatures with [[vanishing]]. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Cycle name | ! Cycle name | ||
! {{W}}{{B}} | ! {{W}}{{B}} | ||
! {{R}}{{W}} | ! {{R}}{{W}} | ||
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! {{B}}{{G}} | ! {{B}}{{G}} | ||
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|'''Enemy-color Slivers''' | |rowspan="2"|'''Enemy-color Slivers''' | ||
| | |{{card|Necrotic Sliver||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Vindicate</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Cautery Sliver||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Goblin Legionnaire</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Frenetic Sliver||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Frenetic Efreet</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Dormant Sliver||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Jungle Barrier</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Darkheart Sliver||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Dark Heart of the Wood</c>) | ||
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|colspan="5"|Each of these uncommon Slivers with enemy-color mana costs have abilities that mimic previous enemy-color cards. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Cycle name | ! Cycle name | ||
! {{W}}{{B}}{{R}} | ! {{W}}{{B}}{{R}} | ||
! {{U}}{{R}}{{G}} | ! {{U}}{{R}}{{G}} | ||
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! {{B}}{{G}}{{U}} | ! {{B}}{{G}}{{U}} | ||
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|'''Legendary Dragons''' | |rowspan="2"|'''Legendary Dragons''' | ||
| Each of these [[rare]] [[legendary]] [[Dragon]]s has a mana cost of {{3}}MNO (where N and O are the enemy colors of M), [[flying]], a [[triggered ability]] with a cost of {{2}}M that triggers on dealing combat damage to a player, and [[power]]/[[toughness]] of 6/6. <ref>{{DailyRef|arc/dragons-planar-chaos-2014-08-28|The Dragons of Planar Chaos|Blake Rasmussen|August 28, 2014}}</ref> The cycle is a reference to the cycle of three-colored Legendary Dragons from ''[[Invasion]]''.<ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/rebirth-cool-2007-01-19|The Rebirth of Cool|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|January 19, 2007}}</ref | |{{card|Oros, the Avenger||PLC}} | ||
|{{card|Intet, the Dreamer||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Teneb, the Harvester||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Numot, the Devastator||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Vorosh, the Hunter||PLC}} | |||
|- | |||
|colspan="5"|Each of these [[rare]] [[legendary]] [[Dragon]]s has a mana cost of {{3}}MNO (where N and O are the enemy colors of M), [[flying]], a [[triggered ability]] with a cost of {{2}}M that triggers on dealing combat damage to a player, and [[power]]/[[toughness]] of 6/6.<ref>{{DailyRef|arc/dragons-planar-chaos-2014-08-28|The Dragons of Planar Chaos|Blake Rasmussen|August 28, 2014}}</ref> The cycle is a reference to the cycle of three-colored Legendary Dragons from ''[[Invasion]]''.<ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/rebirth-cool-2007-01-19|The Rebirth of Cool|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|January 19, 2007}}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Cycle name | ! Cycle name | ||
! {{W}}<{{U}} | ! {{W}}<{{U}} | ||
! {{U}}<{{B}} | ! {{U}}<{{B}} | ||
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! {{G}}<{{U}} | ! {{G}}<{{U}} | ||
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|'''Colorshifted reprints''' | |rowspan="2"|'''Colorshifted reprints''' | ||
| | |{{card|Malach of the Dawn||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Ghost Ship</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Piracy Charm||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Funeral Charm</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Dunerider Outlaw||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Whirling Dervish</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Prodigal Pyromancer||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Prodigal Sorcerer</c>) | ||
| | |{{card|Fa'adiyah Seer||PLC}}<br/>(<c>Sindbad</c>) | ||
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|colspan="5"|The cards referenced by each of these colorshifted cards appeared in the [[Time Spiral]] expansion's timeshifted subset. | |||
|} | |} | ||
===Vertical cycle=== | ===Vertical cycle=== | ||
{| class="wikitable | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Cycle name | ! Cycle name | ||
! | ! {{keyrune|PLC}} | ||
! {{keyrune|PLC|rarity=u}} | |||
! | ! {{keyrune|PLC|rarity=r}} | ||
! | |- | ||
|rowspan="2"|'''Extortion''' | |||
|{{card|Dash Hopes||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Phantasmagorian||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Temporal Extortion||PLC}} | |||
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|colspan="5"|Each of these black spells allow a player to pay a steep cost in order to counter these powerful spells. | |||
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|''' | |rowspan="2"|'''White Bounce''' | ||
| | |{{card|Whitemane Lion||PLC}} | ||
| | |{{card|Stormfront Riders||PLC}} | ||
| | |{{card|Dust Elemental||PLC}} | ||
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| | |colspan="5"|Each of these white spells are creatures that have flash and return an increasing number of creatures you control to your hand when they enter the battlefield | ||
|Each of these white spells are creatures that have flash and return creatures you control to your hand when they enter the battlefield | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'''Red Split''' | |rowspan="2"|'''Red Split''' | ||
|Each of these red spells is a [[split card]] where both spells are red, unlike other split cards where each is a different color.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/boombust-mural-2007-03-06|Boom/Bust Mural|[[Magic Arcana]]|March 06, 2007}}</ref> These are the only split cards in ''Planar Chaos''. | |{{card|Dead/Gone||PLC}} | ||
|{{card|Rough/Tumble||PLC}} | |||
|{{card|Boom/Bust||PLC}} | |||
|- | |||
|colspan="5"|Each of these red spells is a [[split card]] where both spells are red, unlike other split cards where each is a different color.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/boombust-mural-2007-03-06|Boom/Bust Mural|[[Magic Arcana]]|March 06, 2007}}</ref> These are the only split cards in ''Planar Chaos''. | |||
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==Notable cards== | ==Notable cards== | ||
*<c>Aeon Chronicler</c> saw widespread play as an uncounterable card advantage machine and possible finisher in blue control decks. | *<c>Aeon Chronicler</c> saw widespread play as an uncounterable card advantage machine and possible finisher in blue control decks. | ||
*<c>Damnation</c>, a colorshifted <c>Wrath of God</c> with similar artwork giving black control decks a strong board sweeper. | *<c>Damnation</c>, a colorshifted <c>Wrath of God</c> with similar artwork giving black control decks a strong board sweeper.<ref name="Time After"/> | ||
*<c>Detritivore</c>, a red card that | *<c>Detritivore</c>, a red card that continually would destroy non-basic lands in a [[Standard]] format filled with them. It was also used in combination with <c>Wildfire</c> from ''[[9th Edition]]'' in land destruction decks, providing an able finisher. | ||
*<c>Extirpate</c>, a strong card punishing Combo decks. | *<c>Extirpate</c>, a strong card punishing Combo decks. | ||
*<c>Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth</c>, a land that turns other lands into Swamps and which saw widespread tournament play, e.g. in [[Extended Hexmage Depths deck]]. | *<c>Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth</c>, a land that turns other lands into Swamps and which saw widespread tournament play, e.g. in [[Extended Hexmage Depths deck]]. | ||
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| Set Information | |||||
| Set symbol | |||||
| Symbol description | overlapping planes | ||||
| Design |
Bill Rose (lead) Matt Place Mark Rosewater Paul Sottosanti | ||||
| Development |
Devin Low (lead) Zvi Mowshowitz Brian Schneider Henry Stern Mike Turian | ||||
| Art direction | Jeremy Jarvis | ||||
| Release date | February 2, 2007 | ||||
| Plane | Dominaria | ||||
| Themes and mechanics | Timeshifted cards, Split cards, Rebels, Slivers, Thallids, Spellshapers | ||||
| Keywords/ability words | Echo, Flanking, Flash, Kicker, Madness, Morph, Split second, Suspend, Vanishing | ||||
| Set size |
165 cards (60 commons, 55 uncommons, 50 rares) | ||||
| Expansion code | PLC[1] | ||||
| Development codename | Crackle | ||||
| Time Spiral block | |||||
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- For other uses, see Planar Chaos (disambiguation).
Planar Chaos is the forty-first (41st) Magic expansion and was released in February 2007 as the second set in the Time Spiral block. Prerelease Events were held on January 20, 2007.[2][3]
Set details
Planar Chaos contains 165 all new black-bordered cards (fifty (50) rares, fifty-five (55) uncommons, and sixty (60) commons), including a forty-five (45)-card "timeshifted" subset (ten (10) rares, fifteen (15) uncommons, and twenty (20) commons). The theme of this expansion is "the (alternate) present"; to fit the theme of the block ("time").[4][5] Its expansion symbol is a depiction of two overlapping planes.[6] There are no artifacts in Planar Chaos.
Timeshifted
- See also Planar Chaos/Planeshifted.
The forty-five (45) timeshifted cards in Planar Chaos (also known as colorshifted or planeshifted) represent cards being reprinted from an alternate reality. They are each functionally identical to an old card, with the crucial exception of their color (and possibly with a different creature type, or referencing a different color or land type in its abilities). Cards that were timeshifted in Planar Chaos had a slightly different border, and their title and types were written in white instead of black. In contrast to Time Spiral, they had regular colored expansion symbols.
Marketing
Planar Chaos was sold in fifteen-card boosters, four preconstructed theme decks and a fat pack.[7] The decks and the fat pack contained a Pro Tour Players Card. The booster packs featured artwork from Radha, Heir to Keld, Jedit Ojanen of Efrava and Darkheart Sliver.[8] The prerelease card was the foil alternate art Oros, the Avenger.[9] The release card was Hedge Troll. The set was accompanied by the novel of the same name, written by Scott McGough and Timothy Sanders.
The booster packs included eight "normal" commons, three "timeshifted" commons, two "normal" uncommons, one "normal" rare and one "timeshifted" rare or uncommon card (there are three times as many "timeshifted" uncommon cards than there are "timeshifted" rare cards, making it three times as likely that an uncommon will appear in this slot).
Additional art for several tokens was designed for Magic Online.[10][11]
Flavor and Storyline
Dominaria’s temporal fabric is no longer fraying at the edges — it’s ripping down the middle.[12] The time rifts have not only merged the past with the present, but also splintered the timeline into thousands of alternate histories.[13] These divergent Dominarias overlap with the known world in bizarre ways, combining the familiar with the shockingly new. Teferi, having lost his Planeswalker's spark, still struggles to mend the planar rifts before they corrode the very structure of the multiverse. With his allies Jhoira and Venser, he has already succeeded in restoring the wayward region of Shiv to its natural place in Dominaria, healing one rift. But danger awaits them as the trio attempts to teleport to Urborg: the chaos of an alternate Dominaria…[14][15]
Savor the Flavor
| Title | Author | Release Date | Setting (plane) | Featuring |
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| Time Twists and Destinies Interchange | Matt Cavotta | January 25, 2007 | Dominaria, Rath | Shikka, Talack, Mirri, Selenia, Crovax, Jedit Ojanen |
| Destiny | Rei Nakazawa | February 27, 2007 | Rath | Gerrard, Crovax, Selenia, Sisay, Mirri, Starke, Tahngarth, Karn, Orim, Volrath |
Mechanics
Flash, split second and suspend were introduced in Time Spiral. Echo,[16] flanking, kicker, madness, morph are all keywords used in previous sets. Planar Chaos marked the first appearance of spells with echo costs that did not match their casting costs, as well as the first appearance of single color split cards.
Vanishing is introduced in this expansion, which works similarly to fading from Nemesis. Vanishing uses time counters to interact with suspend cards and induces sacrifice at the removal of the final counter to make the mechanic more intuitive than its predecessor.[17]
In keeping with the theme of alternate realities converging, Planar Chaos features numerous cards with abilities "usually" assigned to another color:
- White received shroud (then "This creature can't be the target of spells and abilities.") (e.g. Calciderm), regeneration (e.g. Revered Dead), countering (e.g. Mana Tithe) and returning creatures to your hand (e.g. Stormfront Riders).
- Blue received vigilance (e.g. Serra Sphinx), discard (e.g. Piracy Charm), giving creatures +X/-X or -X/+X (e.g. Shaper Parasite) and the ability to destroy creatures (e.g. Pongify).
- Black received first strike (e.g. Spitting Sliver), lifelink-like effects (e.g. Vampiric Link), control effects (e.g. Enslave), tapping creatures (e.g. Midnight Charm), and spell/damage redirection (e.g. Muck Drubb).
- Red received reach (e.g. Needlepeak Spider), trample (e.g. Battering Sliver), fear-like effects (e.g. Skirk Shaman), "pump" effects (e.g. Fatal Frenzy), returning opponent's permanents (e.g. Stingscourger) and spells that target flying creatures (e.g. Hammerheim Deadeye).
- Green received flying (e.g. Giant Dustwasp), haste (e.g. Reflex Sliver), life gain/damage prevention (e.g. Essence Warden), card-drawing effects (e.g. Harmonize) and returning creatures from the graveyard (e.g. Deadwood Treefolk).
Creature types
The following creature types are introduced in this expansion: Hellion.
The following creature types are used in this expansion but also appear in previous sets: Angel, Ape, Assassin, Avatar, Beast, Bird, Cat, Centaur, Cleric, Dragon, Drake, Druid, Elemental, Elf, Fungus, Gargoyle, Giant, Goblin, Horror, Illusion, Insect, Kavu, Knight, Lhurgoyf, Merfolk, Phoenix, Rebel, Rogue, Serpent, Shade, Shaman, Shapeshifter, Sliver, Snake, Soldier, Spellshaper, Sphinx, Spider, Spirit, Treefolk, Troll, Vampire, Wall, Warrior, Wizard, Wurm, Zombie.
Cycles
Planar Chaos has ten cycles and three vertical cycles:
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| Alternate legendary creatures | Crovax, Ascendant Hero (Ascendant Evincar) |
Braids, Conjurer Adept (Braids, Cabal Minion) |
Mirri the Cursed (Mirri, Cat Warrior) |
Akroma, Angel of Fury (Akroma, Angel of Wrath) |
Jedit Ojanen of Efrava (Jedit Ojanen) |
| Each of these legendary creatures is based on a legendary creature from a past set.[18][19] | |||||
| Charms | Dawn Charm | Piracy Charm | Midnight Charm | Fury Charm | Evolution Charm |
| Common modal instants with three options that are each illustrated by John Avon with artwork depicting a small stone framed in jewelery held in two hands. In addition, each featured an ability (regeneration, discard, first strike, trample and flying) that their color doesn't normally have.[20] | |||||
| Common Slivers | Poultice Sliver (regenerate) |
Synchronous Sliver (vigilance) |
Spitting Sliver (first strike) |
Battering Sliver (trample) |
Reflex Sliver (haste) |
| Each of these common monocolored Slivers grant abilities that their color doesn't normally have — Poultice Sliver (regeneration). | |||||
| Magi | Magus of the Tabernacle (The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale) |
Magus of the Bazaar (Bazaar of Baghdad) |
Magus of the Coffers (Cabal Coffers) |
Magus of the Arena (Arena) |
Magus of the Library (Library of Alexandria) |
| Each of these rare Human Wizard creatures has the abilities of a powerful land from the past.[21] | |||||
| Spellshapers | Ghost Tactician (Scare Tactics) |
Dreamscape Artist (Harrow) |
Ridged Kusite (Guided Strike) |
Firefright Mage (Shriek of Dread) |
Sophic Centaur (Gerrard's Wisdom) |
| Each of these spellshapers references an instant or sorcery that was previously printed in a different color. | |||||
| Suspend X cards | Benalish Commander | Aeon Chronicler | Roiling Horror | Detritivore | Fungal Behemoth |
Each of these rare creatures has power and toughness */*, an ability defining *, "Suspend X—[mana cost including  ]. X can't be 0," and a triggered ability that triggers on the removal of time counters while it is suspended that improves the game state for the definition of "*".
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| Vanishing creatures | Calciderm | Tidewalker | Waning Wurm | Lavacore Elemental | Deadwood Treefolk |
| Each of these are uncommon creatures with vanishing. | |||||
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| Enemy-color Slivers | Necrotic Sliver (Vindicate) |
Cautery Sliver (Goblin Legionnaire) |
Frenetic Sliver (Frenetic Efreet) |
Dormant Sliver (Jungle Barrier) |
Darkheart Sliver (Dark Heart of the Wood) |
| Each of these uncommon Slivers with enemy-color mana costs have abilities that mimic previous enemy-color cards. | |||||
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| Legendary Dragons | Oros, the Avenger | Intet, the Dreamer | Teneb, the Harvester | Numot, the Devastator | Vorosh, the Hunter |
Each of these rare legendary Dragons has a mana cost of  MNO (where N and O are the enemy colors of M), flying, a triggered ability with a cost of  M that triggers on dealing combat damage to a player, and power/toughness of 6/6.[22] The cycle is a reference to the cycle of three-colored Legendary Dragons from Invasion.[23]
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| Colorshifted reprints | Malach of the Dawn (Ghost Ship) |
Piracy Charm (Funeral Charm) |
Dunerider Outlaw (Whirling Dervish) |
Prodigal Pyromancer (Prodigal Sorcerer) |
Fa'adiyah Seer (Sindbad) |
| The cards referenced by each of these colorshifted cards appeared in the Time Spiral expansion's timeshifted subset. | |||||
Vertical cycle
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| Extortion | Dash Hopes | Phantasmagorian | Temporal Extortion | |
| Each of these black spells allow a player to pay a steep cost in order to counter these powerful spells. | ||||
| White Bounce | Whitemane Lion | Stormfront Riders | Dust Elemental | |
| Each of these white spells are creatures that have flash and return an increasing number of creatures you control to your hand when they enter the battlefield | ||||
| Red Split | Dead/Gone | Rough/Tumble | Boom/Bust | |
| Each of these red spells is a split card where both spells are red, unlike other split cards where each is a different color.[24] These are the only split cards in Planar Chaos. | ||||
Card comparisons
Notable cards
- Aeon Chronicler saw widespread play as an uncounterable card advantage machine and possible finisher in blue control decks.
- Damnation, a colorshifted Wrath of God with similar artwork giving black control decks a strong board sweeper.[19]
- Detritivore, a red card that continually would destroy non-basic lands in a Standard format filled with them. It was also used in combination with Wildfire from 9th Edition in land destruction decks, providing an able finisher.
- Extirpate, a strong card punishing Combo decks.
- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, a land that turns other lands into Swamps and which saw widespread tournament play, e.g. in Extended Hexmage Depths deck.
Theme decks
The preconstructed theme decks are:[25][26]
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| Ixidor's Legacy | U | ||||
| Unraveling Mind | B | R | |||
| Endless March | W | R | |||
| Rituals of Rebirth | W | B | G | ||
Trivia
References
- ↑ Mike Gills (December 21, 2009). "Time Spiral Block (TPF) Sealed Deck Tournament II". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (May 08, 2006). "Announcing Planar Chaos". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Brian David-Marshall (January 15, 2007). "Planar Chaos Prerelease Primer". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 08, 2007). "Chaos Theory". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Rei Nakazawa (January 08, 2007). "Order and (Planar) Chaos". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (October 26, 2006). "Planar Chaos Logo & Symbol". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (March 27, 2007). "Fat Pack Cardbox Art". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (January 04, 2007). "Planar Chaos Booster Packaging". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (January 16, 2007). "Planar Chaos Prerelease Card". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (March 15, 2007). "Planar Chaos Token Art 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (March 22, 2007). "Planar Chaos Token Art 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Rei Nakazawa (February 05, 2007). "Flavor From the Chaos". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (January 11, 2007). "Dominaria’s Greener Alternate Pasts". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Michael G. Ryan (January, 2007) "Destiny". Magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (March 01, 2007). "Backwards Through the Looking Glass". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 12, 2007). "You Can Say That Again". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 15, 2007). "Utter Chaos". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Brady Dommermuth (January 18, 2007). "Controlled Chaos". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (March 15, 2021). "Time After Time Spiral". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (February 06, 2007). "Planar Chaos Charms". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Aaron Forsythe (January 12, 2007). "A Trip to the Library". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (August 28, 2014). "The Dragons of Planar Chaos". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Aaron Forsythe (January 19, 2007). "The Rebirth of Cool". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (March 06, 2007). "Boom/Bust Mural". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (December 14, 2006). "Unwrap the Planar Chaos Theme Decks". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar (April 02, 2007). "Preconstructing Planar Chaos". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.