Prophecy

For other uses, see Prophecy (disambiguation).

Prophecy
Set Information
Set symbol
Themes and mechanics	Alternate casting costs, Avatars, Land sacrifice, Mercenaries versus Rebels, Rhystic magic, Spellshapers, Tapped or untapped lands
Set size	143 cards (55 commons, 44 uncommons, 44 rares)
Expansion code	PCY
Development codename	Dionysius

Prophecy is the third set in the Masques block. It is the 20^th Magic expansion and was released on June 5, 2000.

Set details

Ref on design http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/245 - to be incorporated in description; MaRo states Prophecy was second-worst designed set.

Flavor and storyline

Resembles anc. Gk. wars. Reflected in code name too.

Critical reception

Prophecy made little impression on the tournament scene. Some cards that were used to varying degrees include Avatar of Woe, Mageta the Lion, Chimeric Idol, Spiketail hatchling and Foil. Prophecy is regarded as one of the worst expansions in the history of the game, often being compared to Homelands.

Two of the first creature type hoser enchantments ever printed in Magic were designed specifically for this block: Brutal Suppression (anti-rebel) and Root Cage (anti-mercenary).

Themes and mechanics

Like Mercadian Masques, Prophecy had no new keywords. It did, however, introduce several new themes:

• Anti-rebel — cards like Brutal Suppression and Rebel Informer. (see notable cards)
• Rhystic magic — Discounted spells and abilities that work properly unless a specified player pays a set amount of mana.
• A land theme, with several permanents having abilities involving sacrificing lands and several cards that gained bonuses when all of their controller's lands were tapped.

Creature types

No novel creature types were introduced in this expansion.

The following creature types that are not new to Magic are used in this expansion:

• Angel
• Avatar
• Beast
• Berserker (retroactively)
• Bird
• Boar
• Cat
• Cleric
• Drake
• Druid
• Efreet
• Elemental
• Elephant
• Frog (retroactively)
• Golem
• Griffin
• Homunculus (retroactively)
• Horror (retroactively)
• Human (retroactively)
• Illusion
• Insect
• Juggernaut (retroactively)
• Mercenary
• Minotaur
• Nightstalker
• Rebel
• Serpent
• Shade
• Snake
• Soldier
• Spellshaper
• Spider
• Squid (retroactively)
• Turtle
• Wall
• Warrior (retroactively)
• Worm (retroactively)
• Wurm
• Zombie

The creature types Ghost and Ship were used in this expansion at the time of printing but were later changed to Spirit and Human, respectively.

Cycles

Cycle name	Description and notes	White card(s)	Blue card(s)	Black card(s)	Red card(s)	Green card(s)
Avatars	Each of these rare Avatar creatures cost CC and, at least, have a static ability that reduces its cost by if certain conditions are met and a static combat or evasion ability.	Avatar of Hope	Avatar of Will	Avatar of Woe	Avatar of Fury	Avatar of Might
Avatars	Each of these rare Avatar creatures cost CC and, at least, have a static ability that reduces its cost by if certain conditions are met and a static combat or evasion ability.	Avatar of Hope	Avatar of Will	Avatar of Woe	Avatar of Fury	Avatar of Might
Avatars	Each of these rare Avatar creatures cost CC and, at least, have a static ability that reduces its cost by if certain conditions are met and a static combat or evasion ability.	Avatar of Hope	Avatar of Will	Avatar of Woe	Avatar of Fury	Avatar of Might
Avatars	Each of these rare Avatar creatures cost CC and, at least, have a static ability that reduces its cost by if certain conditions are met and a static combat or evasion ability.	Avatar of Hope	Avatar of Will	Avatar of Woe	Avatar of Fury	Avatar of Might
Legendary Spellshapers	Each of these rare legendary Spellshaper creatures cost CC and have an activated ability costing two cards and an amount of mana for a potent effect.	Mageta the Lion	Alexi, Zephyr Mage	Greel, Mind Raker	Latulla, Keldon Overseer	Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
Winds	Each of these rare Instant or Sorcery spells has a converted mana cost of 9 and a potent effect.	Blessed Wind	Denying Wind	Plague Wind	Searing Wind	Vitalizing Wind

• Field Auras: Each of these uncommon auras enchants a land giving it a new tap ability — Barbed Field, Flowering Field, Noxious Field, Sunken Field and Verdant Field.
• Flash Auras: Each of these common auras costs C, has flash, targets a creature and is named after a legendary spellshaper — Alexi's Cloak, Greel's Caress, Jolrael's Favor, Latulla's Orders and Mageta's Boon.
• Pitch spells: Each of these uncommon spells has an alternate cost that includes discarding a basic land card of the appropriate type — Abolish, Foil, Outbreak, Flameshot and Snag.

Vertical cycles

Cycle name	Description and notes	Common card(s)	Uncommon card(s)	Rare card(s)
Soft counterspell Drakes	Each of these blue Drake creatures with flying have an activated ability costing the sacrifice of the creature to counter a targeted spell unless its controller pays an additional amount of mana. This vertical cycle is unusual in that there is no rare member, and the intermediate Spiketail Drakeling was revealed upon the release of Time Spiral.	Spiketail Hatchling	Spiketail Drake

Pairs

Matched pairs

Prophecy has X matched pairs.

Mirrored pairs

Prophecy has X mirrored pairs.

Reprinted cards

Reprinted cards

Card	Introduced in	Featured in	Notes
CARD NAME	SET

Preconstructed decks

Theme decks

Prophecy has four theme decks, of which three are bicolored and one is monocolored. Template:Theme decks

References

External links

• Prophecy product information page — Wizards of the Coast