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'''Incarnation''' literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh. It refers to the conception and birth of a sentient creature which is the material manifestation of a [[force]] or concept whose original nature is immaterial.
'''Incarnation''' literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh. It refers to the conception and birth of a sentient creature which is the material manifestation of a [[force]] or concept whose original nature is immaterial.


The [[creature]] [[subtype|type]] first appeared in ''[[Judgement]]'' Each of these [[uncommon]] creatures had a common [[keyword ability]], and gives creatures you control that ability as long as the it is in your graveyard and you control a land of the appropriate type: <c>Valor</c>, <c>Wonder</c>, <c>Filth</c>, <c>Anger</c>, and <c>Brawn</c>. <c>Genesis</c> and <c>Glory</c> are incarnations with similar abilities, but are not part of the [[cycle]].
As a [[creature]] [[subtype|type]] it first appeared in ''[[Judgement]]''. <c>Personal Incarnation</c> from ''[[Alpha]]'' gained the subtype Incarnation retroactively.


Inspired by the original cycle, ''[[Lorwyn]]'' had a cycle of [[rare]] [[Elemental]] Incarnations costing {{3}}CCC. Each grants a powerful boon to its [[controller]], and is shuffled back into its [[owner]]'s [[library]] if put into its owner's [[graveyard]] from anywhere {{-}} <c>Purity</c>, <c>Guile</c>, <c>Dread</c>, <c>Hostility</c>, and <c>Vigor</c>.
==Judgement cycle==
* <c>Valor</c>
* <c>Wonder</c>
* <c>Filth</c>
* <c>Anger</c>
* <c>Brawn</c>


<c>Personal Incarnation</c> from ''[[Alpha]]'' gained the subtype Incarnation retroactively.
<c>Genesis</c> and <c>Glory</c> are incarnations with similar abilities, but are not part of the [[cycle]].


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==Lorwyn cycle==
Inspired by the original cycle, ''[[Lorwyn]]'' had a cycle of [[rare]] [[Elemental]] Incarnations
* <c>Purity</c>
* <c>Guile</c>
* <c>Dread</c>
* <c>Hostility</c>
* <c>Vigor</c>.
 
[[Category:Creature types]]

Revision as of 14:29, 26 January 2013

Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh. It refers to the conception and birth of a sentient creature which is the material manifestation of a force or concept whose original nature is immaterial.

As a creature type it first appeared in Judgement. Personal Incarnation from Alpha gained the subtype Incarnation retroactively.

Judgement cycle

Genesis and Glory are incarnations with similar abilities, but are not part of the cycle.

Lorwyn cycle

Inspired by the original cycle, Lorwyn had a cycle of rare Elemental Incarnations

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