Modern Masters 2015

Modern Masters 2015
Set Information
Set symbol
Themes and mechanics	Arcane, Eldrazi and Drones, Elementals, Spiritcraft, Phyrexian mana
Keywords/​ability words	Affinity, Bloodthirst, Changeling, Convoke, Domain, Exalted, Graft, (Multi)kicker, Living weapon, Metalcraft, Proliferate, Soulshift, Sunburst, Wither
Set size	249 cards (101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares)
Expansion code	MM2

Modern Masters 2015, officially styled as Modern Masters (2015 Edition), is the second set in the Modern Masters series. It is a booster-based compilation set containing cards legal in, and intended for, the Modern format. It will be released on May 22nd, 2015.

Set details

“

Draft Like a Master

”

Modern Masters 2015 is a 249 card set consisting of reprints of cards originally printed between Eighth Edition and New Phyrexia. Modern Masters 2015 is exclusively booster-based, thus no satellite products such as preconstructed theme decks are branded with the set. Each booster contains 15 playable cards: 10 commons, 3 uncommons, one rare or mythic rare, and one foil card of any rarity replacing the basic land which would normally be found in a booster as Modern Masters 2015 does not contain a run of basic lands. Due to the higher expected average value of the cards contained in a booster and the lower print run, the MSRP of one booster of Modern Masters is set to $9.99 ($3 higher than the first Modern Masters set). Due to the higher MSRP booster displays only contain 24 packs, which is also the number required for a regular draft (three boosters for each of eight players), as the set was designed specifically for draft. As an experiment, the packaging for boosters was made of recyclable paperboard. The 16-card boosters (the sixteenth card is a marketing card) feature artwork from Noble Hierarch, Karn Liberated and Vendilion Clique. A number of cards change rarity from their original printing to create a better drafting environment or because mythic rare wasn't introduced until the Alara block. Some cards receive new artwork.

The set will be printed in English, Japanese and Chinese Simplified.

Paperboard booster

Paperboard booster, back side

Magic Online

Modern Masters 2015 will be releasing on Magic Online May 29, 2015. It will not be available for redemption.

Themes and mechanics

Some mechanics were dictated by cards that were wanted for constructed reasons. Other mechanics were chosen because they were synergistic with those mechanics and each other. As the two new blocks entering were Zendikar and Scars of Mirrodin blocks, R&D leaned slightly on choosing themes from those two blocks.

• Colorless: Eldrazi / Drones
• : Artifacts / Metalcraft / Affinity
• : Spirits / Arcane, Spiritcraft / Soulshift
• : Counters / Proliferate / Wither / Graft
• : Elementals
• : Tokens / Sacrificing
• : Aggro / Bloodthirst / (Multi)kicker
• : Tokens / Graft/ Convoke
• Multicolor: Domain, Sunburst

Changes in rarity

Common to Uncommon

• Devouring Greed
• Spread the Sickness
• Lightning Bolt
• Mutagenic Growth
• Agony Warp
• Ethercast Knight
• Glassdust Hulk
• Pillory of the Sleepless
• Sigil Blessing
• Wrecking Ball
• Cranial Plating
• Expedition Map
• Ravnica block bounce lands
  • Azorius Chancery
  • Boros Garrison
  • Dimir Aqueduct
  • Golgari Rot Farm
  • Gruul Turf
  • Izzet Boilerworks
  • Orzhov Basilica
  • Rakdos Carnarium
  • Selesnya Sanctuary
  • Simic Growth Chamber

Uncommon to Common

• Conclave Phalanx
• Skyhunter Skirmisher
• Telling Time
• Thrummingbird
• Vigean Graftmage
• Ghostly Changeling
• Plagued Rusalka
• Thief of Hope
• Dragonsoul Knight
• Gut Shot
• Inner-Flame Igniter
• Viashino Slaughtermaster
• Alloy Myr
• Cathodion
• Runed Servitor
• Rusted Relic
• Sickleslicer
• Sphere of the Suns

Rare to Common

• Scion of the Wild

Rare to Uncommon

• Hikari, Twilight Guardian
• Novijen Sages
• Incandescent Soulstoke
• Skarrgan Firebird
• Worldheart Phoenix
• Cytoplast Root-Kin
• Eldrazi Temple

Rare to Mythic

• Bitterblossom

Mythic to Rare

• All is Dust
• Indomitable Archangel
• Apocalypse Hydra
• Etched Monstrosity
• Eye of Ugin

Cycles

There is one (double) cycle in Modern Masters 2015:

• Bounce (or Karoo) lands: ten uncommon lands that enter the battlefield tapped, provided its controller returns a land he or she controls to its owner's hand. Each of these lands can tap to produce two mana, one of each of the its associate guild's colors. — Azorius Chancery, Boros Garrison, Dimir Aqueduct, Golgari Rot Farm, Gruul Turf, Izzet Boilerworks, Orzhov Basilica, Rakdos Carnarium, Selesnya Sanctuary, and Simic Growth Chamber.

Token cards

The set comes with 16 tokens.

Token	Last featured in	Produced by	Notes
0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn	Rise of the Eldrazi		Ulamog spawn
0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn	Rise of the Eldrazi	Nest Invader	Emrakul spawn
0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn	Rise of the Eldrazi	Dread Drone Kozilek's Predator	Kozilek spawn
1/1 white Soldier	Commander 2014	Raise the Alarm
1/1 white Spirit with flying	Fate Reforged	Spectral Procession
1/1 black Faerie Rogue with flying	Shadowmoor	Bitterblossom	New art
0/0 black Germ	Commander 2014	Flayer Husk Mortarpod Sickle Slicer
1/1 black Thrull	Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic	Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder	Art from Magic Online
3/3 green Elephant	Conspiracy	Bestial Menace
1/1 green Insect	Magic 2015	Ant Queen
1/1 green Saproling	Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas	Necrogenesis Scatter the Seeds Selesnya Guildmage Tukatongue Thallid
1/1 green Snake	Khans of Tarkir	Bestial Menace
2/2 green Wolf	Magic 2015	Bestial Menace Wolfbriar Elemental
1/1 green/black Worm	Modern Masters (2013)	Creakwood Liege
3/3 colorless Golem	Theros	Precursor Golem
1/1 colorless Myr	New Phyrexia	Myrsmith

Notable cards

• Tarmogoyf, the most expensive card in the Modern format. Like in the first Modern Masters, it is printed as a mythic rare.
• Cards with new art:
  • Daybreak Coronet
  • Vendilion Clique
  • Shadowmage Infiltrator
  • Pillory of the Sleepless
  • Etched Champion

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