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Modern Masters 2015
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Set Information
Set symbol
Design	Erik Lauer (lead); Ben Hayes; Ken Nagle
Development	Tom LaPille (lead); Ben Hayes; Max McCall; Adam Prosak
Art direction	Jeremy Jarvis
Release date	May 22, 2015
Themes and mechanics	Arcane, Eldrazi and Drones, Elementals, Spiritcraft, Hybrid mana, Phyrexian mana
Keywords/ability words	Annihilator, Affinity, Landcycling, Bloodthirst, Changeling, Convoke, Evoke, Domain, Exalted, Graft, (Multi)kicker, Landcycling, Living weapon, Metalcraft, Proliferate, Soulshift, Sunburst, Wither
Set size	249 cards; (101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares)
Expansion code	MM2
Physical Masters series
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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 was released on May 22, 2015.^[3]^[4]

Set details

“

Draft Like a Master

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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 was 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 english language boosters was made of recyclable paperboard.^[5] This gave cause for concern about the possibilty of resealing the packages with other content and also about printing and collation issues.^[6]^[7] The packaging material features the word Magic, without : The Gathering, a first in Magic history. The 16-card boosters (the sixteenth card is a marketing card) feature artwork from Noble Hierarch, Karn Liberated and Vendilion Clique.^[8] A number of cards changed rarity from their original printing to create a better drafting environment^[9] or because mythic rare wasn't introduced until the Alara block. Some cards receive new artwork.^[10]

The set was printed in English, Japanese and Chinese Simplified.

Magic Story

Main article: Magic Story

Title	Author	Release Date	Setting (plane)	Featuring
The Dragon's Errand	Alexander Smith	2015-05-06	Kamigawa	Kiki-Jiki, Meloku

Magic Online

Modern Masters 2015 released on Magic Online on May 29, 2015. It was not available for redemption.^[11]

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.^[12] During the coverage of GP Utrecht (Modern Masters Weekend) the following limited archetypes were presented on one of the official Twitch channels:

: Metalcraft/Affinity (Ethercaste Knight, Glassdust Hulk)
: Proliferate^[13] (Tezzeret's Gambit, Spread the Sickness)
: Bloodthirst aggro (Ashenmoor Gouger)
: Domain ramp (Rampant Growth)
: Convoke tokens (Selesnya Guildmage, Sigil Blessing)
: Spiritcraft/Soulshift)^[14] (Restless Apparition)
: Elementals (Shrewd Hatchling)
: Sacrifice/Tokens (Drooling Groodion, Necrogenesis)
: Double strike/Equipment (Boros Swiftblade, Hearthfire Hobgoblin)
: Graft (Plaxcaster Frogling)

Changes in rarity

Common to Uncommon

Uncommon to Common

Rare to Common

Scion of the Wild

Rare to Uncommon

Rare to Mythic

Bitterblossom

Mythic to Rare

Cycles

There are two cycles in Modern Masters 2015, one of which is a double cycle:

Enemy color hate: five uncommon cards that specifically go against the color's two enemy colors. — Celestial Purge, Flashfreeze, Deathmark, Combust, Karplusan Strider.
Bounce 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.^[15]

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 Sickleslicer
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	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:

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 * {{W}}{{U}}: [[Metalcraft]]/[[Affinity]] (<c>Ethercaste Knight</c>, <c>Glassdust Hulk</c>)
-* {{U}}{{B}}: [[Proliferate]]<ref>{{NewRef|latest-developments/not-so-new-world-order-2015-05-08|Not-so-New World Order|[[Sam Stoddard]]|May 8, 2015}}</ref>
+* {{U}}{{B}}: [[Proliferate]]<ref>{{NewRef|latest-developments/not-so-new-world-order-2015-05-08|Not-so-New World Order|[[Sam Stoddard]]|May 8, 2015}}</ref> (<c>Tezzeret's Gambit</c>, <c>Spread the Sickness</c>)
 * {{B}}{{R}}: [[Bloodthirst]] [[aggro]] (<c>Ashenmoor Gouger</c>)
-* {{R}}{{G}}: [[Domain]] [[ramp]]
+* {{R}}{{G}}: [[Domain]] [[ramp]] (<c>Rampant Growth</c>)
 * {{G}}{{W}}: [[Convoke]] [[tokens]] (<c>Selesnya Guildmage</c>, <c>Sigil Blessing</c>)
 * {{W}}{{B}}: [[Spiritcraft]]/[[Soulshift]])<ref>{{NewRef|limited-information/modern-masters-2015-edition-previews-2015-05-06|''Modern Masters 2015 Edition'' Previews|[[Marshall Sutcliffe]]|May 6, 2015}}</ref> (<c>Restless Apparition</c>)

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