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| ''[[Kaladesh]]'' | |''[[Kaladesh]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Inventors' Fair||KLD}} | *{{card|Inventors' Fair||KLD}} | ||
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*{{card|Dark Intimations||AER}} | *{{card|Dark Intimations||AER}} | ||
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| ''[[Amonkhet]]'' | |''[[Amonkhet]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Renewed Faith||AKH}} | *{{card|Renewed Faith||AKH}} | ||
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*{{card|Gideon's Intervention||AKH}} | *{{card|Gideon's Intervention||AKH}} | ||
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| ''[[Hour of Devastation]]'' | |''[[Hour of Devastation]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Hour of Revelation||HOU}} | *{{card|Hour of Revelation||HOU}} | ||
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*{{card|Perilous Voyage||XLN}} | *{{card|Perilous Voyage||XLN}} | ||
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| ''[[Rivals of Ixalan]]'' | |''[[Rivals of Ixalan]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Flood of Recollection||RIX}} | *{{card|Flood of Recollection||RIX}} | ||
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*{{card|In Bolas's Clutches||DOM}} | *{{card|In Bolas's Clutches||DOM}} | ||
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| ''[[Guilds of Ravnica]]'' | |''[[Guilds of Ravnica]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Firemind's Research||GRN}} | *{{card|Firemind's Research||GRN}} | ||
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*{{card|Thousand-Year Storm||GRN}} | *{{card|Thousand-Year Storm||GRN}} | ||
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| ''[[Ravnica Allegiance]]'' | |''[[Ravnica Allegiance]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Rampage of the Clans||RNA}} | *{{card|Rampage of the Clans||RNA}} | ||
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*{{card|Emergency Powers||RNA}} | *{{card|Emergency Powers||RNA}} | ||
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| ''[[War of the Spark]]'' | |''[[War of the Spark]]'' | ||
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*Act 1 | *Act 1 | ||
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**{{card|Planewide Celebration||WAR}} | **{{card|Planewide Celebration||WAR}} | ||
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| ''[[Throne of Eldraine]]'' | |''[[Throne of Eldraine]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Unexplained Vision||ELD}} | *{{card|Unexplained Vision||ELD}} | ||
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*{{card|Happily Ever After||ELD}} | *{{card|Happily Ever After||ELD}} | ||
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| ''[[Theros Beyond Death]]'' | |''[[Theros Beyond Death]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Agonizing Remorse||THB}} | *{{card|Agonizing Remorse||THB}} | ||
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*{{card|Heliod's Punishment||THB}} | *{{card|Heliod's Punishment||THB}} | ||
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| ''[[Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths]]'' | |''[[Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Tentative Connection||IKO}} | *{{card|Tentative Connection||IKO}} | ||
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*{{card|Lead the Stampede||IKO}} | *{{card|Lead the Stampede||IKO}} | ||
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| ''[[Zendikar Rising]]'' | |''[[Zendikar Rising]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Lithoform Engine||ZNR}} | *{{card|Lithoform Engine||ZNR}} | ||
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*{{card|Nahiri's Lithoforming||ZNR}} | *{{card|Nahiri's Lithoforming||ZNR}} | ||
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| ''[[Kaldheim]]'' | |''[[Kaldheim]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Battle for Bretagard||KHM}} | *{{card|Battle for Bretagard||KHM}} | ||
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*{{card|The World Tree||KHM}} | *{{card|The World Tree||KHM}} | ||
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| ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'' | |''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Crackle with Power||STX}} | *{{card|Crackle with Power||STX}} | ||
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*{{card|Tempted by the Oriq||STX}} | *{{card|Tempted by the Oriq||STX}} | ||
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| ''[[Innistrad: Midnight Hunt]]'' | |''[[Innistrad: Midnight Hunt]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Borrowed Time||MID}} | *{{card|Borrowed Time||MID}} | ||
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*{{card|Unnatural Moonrise||MID}} | *{{card|Unnatural Moonrise||MID}} | ||
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| ''[[Innistrad: Crimson Vow]]'' | |''[[Innistrad: Crimson Vow]]'' | ||
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*{{card|By Invitation Only||VOW}} | *{{card|By Invitation Only||VOW}} | ||
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*{{card|Wedding Invitation||VOW}} | *{{card|Wedding Invitation||VOW}} | ||
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| ''[[Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty]]'' | |''[[Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Anchor to Reality||NEO}} | *{{card|Anchor to Reality||NEO}} | ||
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| ''[[Streets of New Capenna]]'' | |''[[Streets of New Capenna]]'' | ||
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*{{card|An Offer You Can't Refuse||SNC}} | *{{card|An Offer You Can't Refuse||SNC}} | ||
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*{{card|Urabrask, Heretic Praetor||SNC}} | *{{card|Urabrask, Heretic Praetor||SNC}} | ||
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| ''[[Dominaria United]]'' | |''[[Dominaria United]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Ertai's Scorn||DMU}} | *{{card|Ertai's Scorn||DMU}} | ||
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*{{card|Twinferno||DMU}} | *{{card|Twinferno||DMU}} | ||
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| ''[[The Brothers' War]]'' | |''[[The Brothers' War]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Ashnod's Intervention||BRO}} | *{{card|Ashnod's Intervention||BRO}} | ||
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*{{card|Wasteful Harvest||BRO}} | *{{card|Wasteful Harvest||BRO}} | ||
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| ''[[Phyrexia: All Will Be One]]'' | |''[[Phyrexia: All Will Be One]]'' | ||
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*{{card|All Will Be One||ONE}} | *{{card|All Will Be One||ONE}} | ||
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*{{card|Vanish into Eternity||ONE}} | *{{card|Vanish into Eternity||ONE}} | ||
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| ''[[March of the Machine]]'' | |''[[March of the Machine]]'' | ||
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*{{card|Archangel Elspeth||MOM}} | *{{card|Archangel Elspeth||MOM}} | ||
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*{{card|Wrenn and Realmbreaker||MOM}} | *{{card|Wrenn and Realmbreaker||MOM}} | ||
*{{card|Wrenn's Resolve||MOM}} | *{{card|Wrenn's Resolve||MOM}} | ||
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|''[[Wilds of Eldraine]]'' | |||
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Revision as of 11:46, 16 August 2023
Story Spotlights are a small group of cards found in each expansion set from Kaladesh onward. They are marked by the words "Story Spotlight" (initially followed by a sequence number) below the text box.
Description
Story Spotlights convey the broad strokes of that set's storyline when collected and read in order. Each such card also shows the web address for Magic Story, mtgstory.com, where the complete narrative can be read.[1][2][3]
In addition to the text label at the bottom of the card, each early Story Spotlight card carried a watermark of the planeswalker symbol in its text box.[4] Until Rivals of Ixalan, each set had a total of 5 Story Spotlight cards.[5]
History
The story has been told in a variety of media, including novels, comic books, webcomics, and ebooks. Currently, new chapters are published weekly in the online Magic Story column, which is more popular and more widely read than all previous models of storytelling.[6] However, many players remain unfamiliar with the story. Story Spotlights were created to make the story more visible, and draw less enfranchised players to the online column.[7]
Story Spotlights are the latest of several iterations showing the story on cards. Tempest card art depicted the story nearly scene-for-scene, but the cards lacked any explicit order.[8] At some point afterward, a policy was instituted barring cards from showing key story events.[9] More recently, that policy was dropped, and a concerted effort was made to convey major plot points on cards.[10]
Before their printing, the name "Pivotal Moments" was considered for the Story Spotlight cards. However, it was changed for being inadequately self-explanatory.[11]
Because Core Set 2019 was filling in the story and was not part of the current storyline, it had no Story Spotlights.[12]
Starting with Guilds of Ravnica, the story spotlight cards no longer tell you the order they occur in. This was done to give away less of the story when the set was previewed.[13][14]
As of War of the Spark. the Story Spotlights no longer featured the planeswalker symbol watermark.
Lists of Story Spotlights
External links
References
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (September 16, 2016). "Kaladesh Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 17, 2016). "Odds & Ends: Kaladesh, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Creative Team (November 9, 2016). "The Making of Kaladesh". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 05, 2016). "What is the significance of the watermark on Inventors' Fair?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 15, 2016). "Highlighting the story moments on cards is a great idea...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 18, 2016). "Why do you see engagement in Weekly Columns as success of the storytelling?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Magic at PAX: Kaladesh World-Building Panel
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (August 30, 2015). "Tempest Storyboard". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 23, 2017). "Was this a change after the end of Theros block?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 06, 2016). "Will we ever get a return to the Weatherlight Saga style...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 06, 2016). ""Story Spotlight" cards is the new "official" term for what had previously been called "Pivotal Moment" cards, is that correct?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 21, 2018). "Are there no Story Spotlight cards in the new Core Set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 03, 2018). "Is it the new norm that story spotlight cards no longer indicate their order among themselves within a set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 03, 2018). "Not giving the Story Spotlight cards numbers removes the utility of them.". Blogatog. Tumblr.