Dragons of Tarkir

Dragons of Tarkir
Set Information
Set symbol
Keywords/​ability words	Bolster, Rebound, Exploit, Dash, Formidable, Megamorph
Set size	264 cards
Expansion code	DTK
Development codename	Louie

Dragons of Tarkir is the 67th Magic expansion, and the third and last in the Khans of Tarkir block. It will be released March 27 , 2015. Dragons of Tarkir is a large expansion.

Set details

Dragons of Tarkir is designed to be drafted with Fate Reforged but not with Khans of Tarkir . Also, Dragons of Tarkir will not rotate out of Standard with Khans of Tarkir and Fate Reforged, but instead will rotate out with Magic Origins due to Standard's regulation changes. To differentiate the drafting experience from Khans of Tarkir / Fate Reforged, Dragons of Tarkir was designed around 5 sets of allied color pairs.

Dragons of Tarkir contains 264 cards (5 less than Khans of Tarkir) and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. Like the one from Scourge before, the expansion symbol of Dragons of Tarkir represents a dragon's head. There are more than twice as many dragons in this set than in any other set and they appear in all colors. the set also contains many cards that reference Dragons and care about Dragons.

Each of the five clans known from the previous sets is now integrated with one of the Dragon broods. The icons of the broods, the were first seen in fate Reforged, appear as watermarks in the text boxes of the cards. This has no effect on gameplay. Ther are several "crossover cards" that reference characters or situations from the alternate timeline, redone.

Storyline

After Sarkhan Vol has done his duty in the past, the story now returns to the present of Tarkir. But it seems that changing the past has produced some unexpected results. Mighty Dragons now rule the skies and the five clans that comprise most of Tarkir's populace. Known characters have an altered fate; Zurgo is just a puny orc and Narset has not died at all but became a planeswalker instead.

The clans

Clan name	Parallel	Colors	Dragon Aspect	Mechanic	Symbol	Dragonlord
Dromoka	The Abzan Houses		Endurance	Bolster	Scale of the dragon	Dragonlord Dromoka
Ojutai	The Jeskai Way		Cunning	Rebound	Eye of the dragon	Dragonlord Ojutai
Silumgar	The Sultai Brood		Ruthlessness	Exploit	Fang of the dragon	Dragonlord Silumgar
Kolaghan	The Mardu Horde		Speed	Dash	Wing of the dragon	Dragonlord Kolaghan
Atarka	The Temur Frontier		Savagery	Formidable	Claw of the dragon	Dragonlord Atarka

Marketing

Dragons of Tarkir will be sold in 16-card boosters (the 16th card being a marketing card), five intro packs, an event deck and a fat pack.

Prerelease

Tarkir Dragonfury

Tarkir Dragonfury spindown life counters

The Dragons of Tarkir prerelease takes place on March 21-22, 2015. As a special gimmick, each participating store will receive a Tarkir Dragonfury playing board with character pieces that stand upright on them. The board is a Tarkir landscape, and the pieces can knocked down by a throw with a special spindown life counter, themed to the breath weapon of one of the five Tarkir dragonlords. Each piece has a point value on it, and the player gets points equal to the total number he or she knocks down. If the die ends up in the central circle, the score is doubled. Every player gets two rolls (resetting the board between each roll). Depending on the highest score, up to four alternate art promotional cards can be won: a land, a common, an uncommon and a rare.

Promotional cards

• Dragonfury: Evolving Wilds, Dragon Fodder, Dragonlord's Servant and Foe-Razer Regent
• Launch promo: Deathbringer Regent
• Game Day: Scaleguard Sentinels
• Game Day (Top 8): Thunderbreak Regent
• Buy-a-Box: Ojutai's Command

• Prerelease, one of ? according to the chosen clan:

TBA

Tokens, emblems and overlay cards

Morph / Megamorph overlay card.

The sixteenth card in the boosters can be a token, emblem or overlay card, with an advertisement on the back side. The overlay card can be used on face-down Megamorph cards to remind players of their power and toughness and that it can be turned face-up for its Megamorph cost.

Themes and mechanics

Bolster and Dash returned from Fate Reforged, as the mechanics for the green-white Dromoka and black-red Kolaghan clans, respectively.

Rebound was repeated from the Rise of the Eldrazi set, and became the mechanic of the white-blue Ojutai clan.

In addition three new mechanics were featured:

• Exploit — When a creature with exploit enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature you control. Each creature with exploit has another ability that gives you a benefit when it "exploits a creature." Exploit is the signature ability of the blue-black Silumgar clan.
• Formidable — Creatures with this ability word care in some way about controlling creatures with total power 8 or greater. Formidable is the signature mechanic of the red-green Atarka clan.
• Megamorph — This is basically morph with an extra bonus. Turning creatures them face-up by paying their megamorph cost puts a +1/+1 counter on the creature.

Card types

The set sees the return of the elder type, which is used for the Dragonlords.

Cycles

Dragons of Tarkir has at least eight cycles.

• Dragonlords: five mythic legendary allied-colored elder dragons that are the aged-up versions of their Fate Reforged counterpart. — Dragonlord Ojutai, Dragonlord Silumgar, Dragonlord Kolaghan, Dragonlord Atarka, and Dragonlord Dromoka
• Rare Gold Dragons: Five rare allied-colored dragons that appear as the face of the intro packs. — Arashin Sovereign, Pristine Skywise, Necromaster Dragon, Boltwing Marauder, and Harbinger of the Hunt
• Regents: Five rare mono-colored dragons. — Sunscorch Regent, Deathbringer Regent, Thunderbreak Regent, Foe-Razer Regent
• Commands: Five rare allied-colored modal spells with four options, allowing you to choose two. — Ojutai's Command, Silumgar's Command, Kolaghan's Command, Atarka's Command, Dromoka's Command,
• Former Khans: Four rare legendary creatures and one mythic planeswalker that detail the fates of the Khans from Khans of Tarkir in the new timeline. — Narset Transcendent, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Zurgo Bellstriker
• Uncommon Gold Dragons: Five uncommon gold-colored dragons.
• Uncommon Mono-Colored Dragons: Five uncommon mono-colored dragons.
• Uncommon Mana Stones: Five uncommon artifacts that tap for mana.

Reprinted cards

The following cards have been reprinted from previous sets:

• Dragon Fodder, first printed in Shards of Alara and last seen in Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons (also a functional reprint of Krenko's Command).
• Evolving Wilds, first printed in Rise of the Eldrazi and last seen in Commander 2014.

Strictly better or worse

• Aerie Bowmasters is strictly better than Cloudcrown Oak.
• Anticipate is strictly worse than Impulse.
• Scaleguard Sentinels is strictly better than Elvish Warrior.
• Stampeding Elk Herd is strictly better than Hollowhenge Beast, Silverback Ape, and Jungle Wurm.
• Lightning Berserker is strictly better than Crazed Goblin, Dwarven Trader, and Mons's Goblin Raiders.
• Gudul Lurker is strictly better than Fugitive Wizard, Grayscaled Gharial, Merfolk of the Pearl Trident, Triton Shorestalker, and Wandering Ones.
• Stormcrag Elemental is strictly better than The Lady of the Mountain.
• Stratus Dancer is strictly better than Coral Merfolk, Drake Familiar, Gossamer Phantasm, Jhessian Lookout, Sea Eagle, Vaporkin, Welkin Tern, and Wetland Sambar.

External links

• Dragons of Tarkir official productpage