Battle for Zendikar

Battle for Zendikar
Set Information
Set symbol
Set size	274
Expansion code	BFZ
Development codename	Blood

Battle for Zendikar will be the 68th Magic expansion, and the first in the Battle for Zendikar block. It will be released October 2, 2015. Battle for Zendikar is a large expansion, and the Battle for Zendikar block will be the first block of the Two-Block Paradigm.

Set details

The set contains 274 cards, which is 5 more than the current default for large sets.

Storyline

Battle for Zendikar returns the storyline to Zendikar which previously has been featured in the Zendikar block. It is a plane of adventure, many treasures, and potent mana supplies. The plane is littered with large, floating polyhedron-shaped stones called Hedrons, that were created by Nahiri, the Kor Lithomancer. Together with Ugin and Sorin Markov she used them to trap the horrendous Eldrazi on the plane. Thousands of years later, the meeting of Sarkhan Vol, Chandra Nalaar and Jace Beleren in the Eye of Ugin chamber unvoluntary loosened the bonds that kept the Eldrazi in torpor. The Eldrazi were finally released by the elf Nissa Revane, thinking that they would leave Zendikar far behind them. She was wrong. Two years after the initial destruction, at least Ulamog is still around.

Now, Gideon Jura takes the lead of a group of planeswalkers in facing the Eldrazi alongside the residents of Zendikar. Meanwhile, the trapped planeswalker-turned-demon Ob Nixilis is desperate for a way off of the plane. A pivatol moment in the storyline is the Slaughter at Sea Gate.

Marketing

Battle for Zendikar is sold in 16-card boosters (one card being a marketing card), five intro packs, one event deck and a fat pack.

Prerelease

At the prerelease (September 26–27, 2015) each player will receive a special hedron-themed Prerelease pack that they can use after the event as a take-home deck box. Inside each Prerelease box, there will be six Battle for Zendikar Booster packs along with a randomized, date-stamped premium promo card and a spindown life counter.

Promotional cards

• Launch promo: TBA
• Game Day: full-art TBA
• Game Day (Top 8): full-art TBA
• Buy-a-Box: TBA

• Prerelease: TBA