Wilds of Eldraine

Wilds of Eldraine

 

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Enchanting Tales

 

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Wilds of Eldraine
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Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	An open storybook with a diamond nestled in the pages
Design	Chris Mooney (lead) Mark Rosewater
Art direction	Andrew Vallas
Release date	September 8, 2023
Expansion code	WOE
Development codename	Netball
Quilting Standard
Wilds of Eldraine The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Polo
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
Commander Masters Commander Decks Wilds of Eldraine Enchanting Tales

Expansion symbol

Wilds of Eldraine is the ninety-seventh Magic expansion. It will be released on September 8, 2023.

Set details

“

A Tale Only You Can Tell

”

Wilds of Eldraine contains TBA regular cards (), and includes randomly inserted traditional foil versions of all cards. The regular cards include 5 full-art "fairy tale" basic lands by Hari & Deepti (#262-266). Alternate card frames have a different card number than the original version. Borderless cards are #TBA-TBA. Storybook showcase cards are #TBA-TBA, and extended art cards are #TBA-TBA.

Wilds of Eldraine Set Boosters feature Universes Within versions of the Secret Lair Drop Series: The Walking Dead characters.

Storyline

Eriette, Charming Witch by Magali Villeneuve

The storybook world of Eldraine awaits as we venture beyond the Realm into the darker Wilds, filled with fairy-tale wonder — and danger. The witch Eriette, her sisters and Talion are responsible for a curse that’s lying over the land as others vie for power in a land looking for leadership. As Will Kenrith takes up his father’s sword and seeks peace as a way to fix his home, his twin sister Rowan, now a Strixhaven trained mage, thinks she can gain enough magical power to make everything back to the way it was. Meanwhile the non-desparked planeswalker Ashiok has arrived to profit from the slumber curse nobody can wake up from.

This visit delves much heavier into the fairy tales and less into the Arthurian legend, though it's still in the set. Wilds of Eldraine is the first set in the three year Omenpath Arc, with creatures from elsewhere randomly showing up on the planes where the story take place.

Marketing

Syr Ginger on the Collector Booster

Wilds of Eldraine is sold in regular 16-card Draft Boosters (one card being a marketing card), Collector Boosters, Set Boosters, the Wilds of Eldraine Bundle and two Commander decks. The Jumpstart Boosters for this set have been replaced by a Starter Kit. Starting with this set, the packaging for the Commander decks is changed. They don't show the face card anymore on the front. The land slot will have full-art lands in 33% of draft/set boosters.

Wizards of the Coast won't be releasing Jumpstart Boosters alongside Wilds of Eldraine. However, as with previous new-to-Magic Standard-legal cards in Jumpstart Boosters, you'll be able to find additional Standard-legal cards in Set and Collector Boosters.

Enchanting Tales

Enchanting Tales is a separate set of cards associated with Wilds of Eldraine, similar to the Retro Artifacts and Multiverse Legends Bonus sheets. In Enchanting Tales, Wizards of the Coast have reprinted 63 enchantments with a special card frame and the set code WOT. Wilds of Eldraine Draft and Set Boosters contain TBA Enchanting Tales cards, and Collector Boosters have at least TBA. These will only be legal in formats that they are already legal in and in Historic. They are not part of the Standard environment, however, the cards may be used in Limited events.

Events

• Prerelease: September 1–7, 2023
• Digital release: September 5, 2023
• WPN Game Store Open House: September 8–10
• Friday Night Magic: September 8 – November 3
• Commander Nights: September 9 – November 9
• WPN Store Championship: September 30 – October 8

Promos

• Buy-a-Box: alternate art
• Store Championship promos: textless Moonshaker Cavalry (participation), (Top 8), textless (winner)
• 30th Anniversary promos: French Hornet Queen, Harvester of Souls, Spanish Kalonian Hydra and Goblin Rabblemaster

Tokens and markers

Wilds of Eldraine has tokens and emblems

1. 1/1 Nightmare creature with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, if a card was put in exile this turn, put a +1/+1 counter in this creature." for Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator.
2. Food artifact for Tough Cookie.

Themes and mechanics

Where the original Eldraine had a theme for both artifacts and enchantments, this time it trends heavier to the Enchantment themes. Food is also a major theme again, and this time it is a bit more aggressive, seeing multiple legendaries.

Nightmares, a creature type known from Alpha will get an unprecedented tribal support in . Other major creature types are the Faeries and Elves.

Adventures make a return, with adventurers getting new card types beyond creatures. Some of them are multicolor now.

Sagas will make up an important part of the set, now based on classic and re-imagined fairy tales.

Card types

This set features one Planeswalker card: Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator. Going forward, the general intent is that there will be only one Planeswalker per set.

Limited archetypes

Wilds of Eldraine features the following Limited archetypes, each based on a well-known fairytale:

• : (The Snow Queen)
• : Mill (Sleeping Beauty)
• :
• : (Little Red Riding Hood)
• :
• : Nightmare Tribal (Snow White)
• :
• : Food (Hansel and Gretel)
• :
• : (Jack and the Beanstalk)

Cycles

Cycle name

Cycle name
Enemy color creature lands	Restless Fortress

Cycle name
Allied colors Adventures		Cruel Somnophage

Cycle name
Legendary antagonists	Hylda of the Icy Crown	Eriette of the Charmed Apple	Talion, the Kindly Lord			Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Legendary protagonists	Will, Scion of Peace		Kellan	Rowan, Scion of War		Greta, Sweettooth Scourge	Ruby, Daring Tracker			Troyan, Gutsy Explorer

Reprinted cards

• Evolving Wilds, first printed in Rise of the Eldrazi, last seen in Lord of the Rings Commander.
• Sleight of Hand, first printed in Portal Second Age, last seen in Ultimate Masters.

Preconstructed decks

Wilds of Eldraine features two Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.

Theme deck name	Color Identity					Commander
Virtue and Valor	W				G
Fae Dominion		U	B