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   Development Team = Mike Elliott (lead)<br>[[William Jockusch]]<br>Bill Rose<br>Mark Rosewater<br>[[Henry Stern]]|
   Development Team = Mike Elliott (lead)<br>[[William Jockusch]]<br>Bill Rose<br>Mark Rosewater<br>[[Henry Stern]]|
   Release Date = March 1998|
   Release Date = March 1998|
   Mechanics = en-Kor, Flowstone, Licids, Slivers, Spikes |
   Mechanics = [[En-Kor ability|en-Kor]], [[Flowstone]], [[Licids]], [[Slivers]], [[Spikes]]|
   Keywords = [[Buyback]], [[Shadow]] |
   Keywords = [[Buyback]], [[Shadow]]|
   Size = 143 (55 Common 44 Uncommon 44 Rare)|
   Size = 143 (55 Common 44 Uncommon 44 Rare)|
   Expansion Code = STH |
   Expansion Code = STH |

Revision as of 13:47, 12 March 2012

For other uses see Stronghold (location)

Template:Expansion Stronghold is the thirteenth Magic expansion and was released in 1998 as the second set and first small expansion in the Tempest block.

Mechanics and abilities

The block mechanics buyback and shadow are expanded upon in this set.

The ability associated with the en-Kor, based on the defunct ability banding, are introduced in this set. The abilities associated with Slivers, Licids, Flowstone, and especially Spikes are expanded upon in this set.

Creature types

No new creature types are introduced in this expansion.

The following creature types are used in this expansion but also appear in previous sets: Assassin, Basilisk, Beast, Bird, Cleric, Drake, Druid, Elephant, Elf, Fish, Giant, Goblin, Hydra, Illusion, Imp, Insect, Licid, Minion, Phoenix, Rat, Shapeshifter, Skeleton, Sliver, Soldier, Spike, Spirit, Thrull, Vampire, Wizard, Wall.

Cycles

Stronghold has three cycles:

Theme decks

The pre-constructed theme decks are:

Template:Theme decks

Notable cards

  • Mox Diamond - This rare artifact requires a land card to be discarded as an additional cost, thereafter it produces a mana of any color.
  • Sliver Queen - The Queen is a 7/7 Sliver which produces sliver tokens. It's casting cost of 1 of each colored mana is often referred to as "WUBRG" {pronounced woo-berg}. Stronghold was the first set to feature a five-colored card.

Reprinted cards

The following cards have been reprinted from previous sets and included in Stronghold.

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