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'''The Dark''' is the fourth [[Magic]] expansion and was released in 1994. | '''The Dark''' is the fourth [[Magic]] expansion and was released in 1994. It was sold in eight-card packs. It includes a goblin tribal theme and powerful abilities with intense colored mana and upkeep costs. | ||
====Design & Development==== | |||
====Cycles==== | |||
'''The Dark''' has no cycles. | |||
====Creature Types==== | |||
'''The Dark''' is the first expansion to explore a "tribe," or a specific creature type. It contains six [[goblin|goblins]], a card named "Goblin Rock Sled," two creatures with abilities that reference goblins, two [[Aura|Auras]] that can give a bonus to goblins, and a [[sorcery]] to [[destroy]] all goblins. Despite this creature-type theme, most of the rest of the set used unusual, creature-specific creature types like other early expansions. | |||
The following creature types were introduced in this expansion: Ball Lightning, Bandit, Banshee, Brother, Cave People, Eater, Eel, Exorcist, Fallen, General, Hunter, Leech, Lurker, Miracle Worker, Mob, Murk Dwellers, Nameless Race, Niall Silvain, People of the Woods, Pikemen, Preacher, Rag Man (later changed to Minion), Robber, Rock Sled, Scavenger Folk (later changed to just Scavenger), Shark, Sister, Squire, Tracker, Uncle Istvan, Viper, and Whippoorwill. | |||
The following creature types were used in this expansion but also appeared in previous sets: Drake, Elf, Goblin, Hag, Imp, Knight, Leviathan, Merfolk, Monster, Rat, Ship, Slug, Treefolk, Wall, Wizard, Wurm and Zombie. | |||
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Revision as of 03:47, 25 July 2006
Template:Expansion Nonblock The Dark is the fourth Magic expansion and was released in 1994. It was sold in eight-card packs. It includes a goblin tribal theme and powerful abilities with intense colored mana and upkeep costs.
Design & Development
Cycles
The Dark has no cycles.
Creature Types
The Dark is the first expansion to explore a "tribe," or a specific creature type. It contains six goblins, a card named "Goblin Rock Sled," two creatures with abilities that reference goblins, two Auras that can give a bonus to goblins, and a sorcery to destroy all goblins. Despite this creature-type theme, most of the rest of the set used unusual, creature-specific creature types like other early expansions.
The following creature types were introduced in this expansion: Ball Lightning, Bandit, Banshee, Brother, Cave People, Eater, Eel, Exorcist, Fallen, General, Hunter, Leech, Lurker, Miracle Worker, Mob, Murk Dwellers, Nameless Race, Niall Silvain, People of the Woods, Pikemen, Preacher, Rag Man (later changed to Minion), Robber, Rock Sled, Scavenger Folk (later changed to just Scavenger), Shark, Sister, Squire, Tracker, Uncle Istvan, Viper, and Whippoorwill.
The following creature types were used in this expansion but also appeared in previous sets: Drake, Elf, Goblin, Hag, Imp, Knight, Leviathan, Merfolk, Monster, Rat, Ship, Slug, Treefolk, Wall, Wizard, Wurm and Zombie.