Kaladesh

Kaladesh
Set Information
Set symbol
Themes and mechanics	Energy counters, Vehicle
Keywords/​ability words	Crew, Fabricate
Set size	264
Expansion code	KLD
Development codename	Lock

Kaladesh is the 72^nd Magic expansion, and the first in the Kaladesh block. It will be released on September 30, 2016, and is a large expansion. It is set on the plane of the same name.

Set details

Kaladesh contains 264 cards (presumably 15 basic lands, 101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares) and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. The expansion symbol is a Far Eastern inspired floral motif.

Kaladesh premieres Planeswalker decks, which replace Intro packs. The Fat pack is reimagined as the Kaladesh Bundle.

Although Wizards of the Coast used the ligature Æ — the A and E combined into one letter — for æther (aether) since the beginning of the game, this was changed for Kaladesh, which features the stuff heavily. According to Blake Rasmussen, it caused way more issues than it was worth (particularly in translation). The set introduces create as a new vocabulary word. Create will be used when a card or effect puts a token onto the battlefield.

Storyline

“

Invent your Tomorrow

”

Kaladesh (first glimpsed in Magic Origins as the birthplane of Chandra Nalaar) is a plane where natural mages are rare. Work that would be done with magic on other planes is instead accomplished through devices. The automatons, thopters and other artifact creatures of the plane are fueled by aether, which is heavily trafficked. Artifacts are built as much for beauty as for function. Fire magic is strictly banned, and pyromancy punishable with a death sentence.

Kaladesh is ruled by Consuls. Their forces and works are nearly omnipresent.

Marketing

Kaladesh is sold in 16-card boosters (one card being a marketing card), two planeswalker decks, the Kaladesh bundle, a Deck Builder's Toolkit and a Gift Box.

Prerelease

Prerelease Events take place on September 24, 2016.

Promotional Cards

• Prerelease: a stamped card that can be any rare or mythic rare from the set.
• Launch promo: TBA
• Game Day: full-art TBA
• Game Day (Top 8): full-art TBA
• Buy-a-Box: TBA

Reprinted cards

• Aether Tradewinds, first printed in Worldwake, last seen in Conspiracy.

Functional Reprints

• Curio Vendor is a functional reprint of Coral Eel, Coral Merfolk, Jhessian Lookout, Wetland Sambar, and Wu Infantry .
• Tasseled Dromedary is a functional reprint of Yoked Ox.
• Terror of the Fairgrounds is a functional reprint of Cobblebrute and Hulking Devil.

Card comparisons

• Furious Reprisal is strictly better than Swelter.
• Glint-Sleeve Artisan is strictly better than Alaborn Trooper, Benalish Veteran, Keepers of the Faith, Pearled Unicorn, Regal Unicorn, Shu Elite Infantry, Shu Foot Soldiers, and Trokin High Guard.
• Propeller Pioneer is strictly better than Assault Griffin.

Preconstructed decks

Kaladesh will have two planeswalker decks:

Planeswalker deck name	Colors Included					Planeswalker
Unknown						unknown
Unknown						unknown