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==Cycles==
==Cycles==
''Ixalan'' has six [[cycles]], one of which is reprinted. Notably, three of these cycles are partial, due to the uneven distribution of colors among the set's tribes.
''Ixalan'' has seven [[cycles]], one of which is reprinted. Notably, three of these cycles are partial, due to the uneven distribution of colors among the set's tribes.


*'''[[Legendary]] transforming [[enchantment]]s''': Five [[rare]] legendary enchantments that [[transform]] into legendary lands when a condition is met; these lands tap for colored mana and have another powerful activated ability {{-}} <c>Legion's Landing</c> // <c>Adanto, the First Fort</c> ({{W}}), <c>Search for Azcanta</c> // <c>Azcanta, The Sunken Ruin</c> ({{U}}), <c>Arguel's Blood Fast</c> // <c>Temple of Aclazotz</c> ({{B}}), <c>Vance's Blasting Cannons</c> // <c>Spitfire Bastion</c> ({{R}}), and <c>Growing Rites of Itlimoc</c> // <c>Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun</c> ({{G}}).
*'''[[Legendary]] transforming [[enchantment]]s''': Five [[rare]] legendary enchantments that [[transform]] into legendary lands when a condition is met; these lands tap for colored mana and have another powerful activated ability {{-}} <c>Legion's Landing</c> // <c>Adanto, the First Fort</c> ({{W}}), <c>Search for Azcanta</c> // <c>Azcanta, The Sunken Ruin</c> ({{U}}), <c>Arguel's Blood Fast</c> // <c>Temple of Aclazotz</c> ({{B}}), <c>Vance's Blasting Cannons</c> // <c>Spitfire Bastion</c> ({{R}}), and <c>Growing Rites of Itlimoc</c> // <c>Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun</c> ({{G}}).
*'''Keepers''': Five [[common]] creatures with an activated ability that each costs {{7}} and one colored mana, tapping and sacrificing the creature. They function as late-game mana sinks, similar to the Invokers from ''[[Legions]]'' and ''[[Rise of the Eldrazi]]'' {{-}} <c>Encampment Keeper</c> ({{W}}), <c>Shore Keeper</c> ({{U}}), <c>Blight Keeper</c> ({{B}}), <c>Fire Shrine Keeper</c> ({{R}}), and <c>Ixalli's Keeper</c> ({{G}}).
*'''Keepers''': Five [[common]] creatures with an activated ability that each costs {{7}} and one colored mana, tapping and sacrificing the creature. They function as late-game mana sinks, similar to the Invokers from ''[[Legions]]'' and ''[[Rise of the Eldrazi]]'' {{-}} <c>Encampment Keeper</c> ({{W}}), <c>Shore Keeper</c> ({{U}}), <c>Blight Keeper</c> ({{B}}), <c>Fire Shrine Keeper</c> ({{R}}), and <c>Ixalli's Keeper</c> ({{G}}).
*'''[[Allied color]] [[check lands]]''': Each of these five [[rare]] [[dual land]]s comes into play tapped unless you control a land of one of the appropriate types. This cycle was first printed in ''[[Magic 2010]]'' {{-}} <c>Glacial Fortress</c> ({{W/U}}), <c>Drowned Catacomb</c> ({{U/B}}), <c>Dragonskull Summit</c> ({{B/R}}), <c>Rootbound Crag</c> ({{R/G}}), and <c>Sunpetal Grove</c> ({{G/W}}).
*'''Two-colored draft archetypes''': Eight uncommon cards which each represent a two-colored draft [[archetype]] {{-}} <c>Deadeye Plunderers</c> ({{U/B}} treasure), <c>Dire Fleet Captain</c> ({{B/R}} [[pirate]] aggro), <c>Raging Swordtooth</c> ({{R/G}} [[enrage]]), <c>Belligerent Brontodon</c> ({{G/W}} [[dinosaur]] ramp), <c>Call to the Feast</c> ({{W/B}} [[vampire]]s), <c>Shapers of Nature</c> ({{G/U}} [[merfolk]]), <c>Marauding Looter</c> ({{U/R}} [[raid]]), and <c>Sky Terror</c> ({{R/W}} dinosaur aggro).
*'''Two-colored draft archetypes''': Eight uncommon cards which each represent a two-colored draft [[archetype]] {{-}} <c>Deadeye Plunderers</c> ({{U/B}} treasure), <c>Dire Fleet Captain</c> ({{B/R}} [[pirate]] aggro), <c>Raging Swordtooth</c> ({{R/G}} [[enrage]]), <c>Belligerent Brontodon</c> ({{G/W}} [[dinosaur]] ramp), <c>Call to the Feast</c> ({{W/B}} [[vampire]]s), <c>Shapers of Nature</c> ({{G/U}} [[merfolk]]), <c>Marauding Looter</c> ({{U/R}} [[raid]]), and <c>Sky Terror</c> ({{R/W}} dinosaur aggro).
**Unusually, this cycle is missing {{W/U}} and {{B/G}} cards. This is due to no tribes on Ixalan consisting of those color combinations.<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/165407565063/can-you-explain-why-wu-and-bg-didnt-get|title=Can you explain why W/U and B/G didn't get uncommon draft build arounds?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> {{W/U}} ([[flying]]) and {{B/G}} ([[explore]]) are still viable draft archetypes, albeit ones designed for "more advanced drafters."<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/165407175298/im-not-sure-whether-or-not-im-supposed-to-be|title=I'm not sure whether or not I'm supposed to be able to draft WU and BG in Ixalan.|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=September 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Odss and Ends">{{NewRef|making-magic/odds-ends-ixalan-part-1-2017-10-09|Odds & Ends: ''Ixalan'', Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 9, 2017}}</ref>  
**Unusually, this cycle is missing {{W/U}} and {{B/G}} cards. This is due to no tribes on Ixalan consisting of those color combinations.<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/165407565063/can-you-explain-why-wu-and-bg-didnt-get|title=Can you explain why W/U and B/G didn't get uncommon draft build arounds?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> {{W/U}} ([[flying]]) and {{B/G}} ([[explore]]) are still viable draft archetypes, albeit ones designed for "more advanced drafters."<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/165407175298/im-not-sure-whether-or-not-im-supposed-to-be|title=I'm not sure whether or not I'm supposed to be able to draft WU and BG in Ixalan.|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=September 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Odss and Ends">{{NewRef|making-magic/odds-ends-ixalan-part-1-2017-10-09|Odds & Ends: ''Ixalan'', Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 9, 2017}}</ref>  
*'''Explorer Commons''': Each of these five [[common]] creatures [[explore]]s when they enter the battlefield. The cycle has a rising [[converted mana cost]] in reverse [[enemy color]] order {{-}} <c>Ixalli's Diviner</c> ({{1}}{{G}}), <c>Siren Lookout</c> ({{2}}{{U}}), <c>Brazen Buccaneers</c> ({{3}}{{R}}), <c>Sunrise Seeker</c> ({{4}}{{W}}), <c>Queen's Agent</c> ({{5}}{{B}}).
**The other two explorers at common are [[black]] (<c>Dire Fleet Interloper</c> {{3}}{{B}}) and [[green]] (<c>Tishana's Wayfinder</c> {{2}}{{G}}) to help the {{B/G}} draft archetype.
*'''Legendary creatures''': Four [[mythic rare]] legendary creatures, each of which is of one of the four tribes and has a [[color identity]] of all colors for that tribe {{-}} <c>Admiral Beckett Brass</c> ({{U}}{{B}}{{R}} pirates), <c>Gishath, Sun's Avatar</c> ({{R}}{{G}}{{W}} dinosaurs), <c>Tishana, Voice of Thunder</c> ({{G}}{{U}} merfolk), and <c>Vona, Butcher of Magan</c> ({{W}}{{B}} vampires).
*'''Legendary creatures''': Four [[mythic rare]] legendary creatures, each of which is of one of the four tribes and has a [[color identity]] of all colors for that tribe {{-}} <c>Admiral Beckett Brass</c> ({{U}}{{B}}{{R}} pirates), <c>Gishath, Sun's Avatar</c> ({{R}}{{G}}{{W}} dinosaurs), <c>Tishana, Voice of Thunder</c> ({{G}}{{U}} merfolk), and <c>Vona, Butcher of Magan</c> ({{W}}{{B}} vampires).
*'''Avatars of the sun''': Three rare or mythic dinosaurs, each tied flavor-wise to a different aspect of the [[Threefold Sun]] and with related flavor texts {{-}} <c>Wakening Sun's Avatar</c> ({{W}}), <c>Burning Sun's Avatar</c> ({{R}}), <c>Verdant Sun's Avatar</c> ({{G}}).
*'''Avatars of the sun''': Three rare or mythic dinosaurs, each tied flavor-wise to a different aspect of the [[Threefold Sun]] and with related flavor texts {{-}} <c>Wakening Sun's Avatar</c> ({{W}}), <c>Burning Sun's Avatar</c> ({{R}}), <c>Verdant Sun's Avatar</c> ({{G}}).
*'''[[Allied color]] [[check lands]]''': Each of these five [[rare]] [[dual land]]s comes into play tapped unless you control a land of one of the appropriate types. This cycle was first printed in ''[[Magic 2010]]'' {{-}} <c>Glacial Fortress</c> ({{W/U}}), <c>Drowned Catacomb</c> ({{U/B}}), <c>Dragonskull Summit</c> ({{B/R}}), <c>Rootbound Crag</c> ({{R/G}}), and <c>Sunpetal Grove</c> ({{G/W}}).


==Mirrored pair==
==Mirrored pair==

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Ixalan
Set Information
Set symbol
Themes and mechanics Tribal, Double-faced cards, Vehicles, Treasure tokens, +1/+1 counters, life as a resource
Keywords/​ability words Explore, Enrage, Raid, Crew, Transform
Set size 279 + 10
Expansion code XLN[2]
Development codename Ham

Ixalan [ˈɪk.sə.lɑːn][3] (rhymes with "fix a con")[4] is the 76th Magic expansion, and the first in the Ixalan block. It was released on September 29, 2017,[5] and is a large expansion.

Set details

Ixalan contains 279 cards (20 basic land, 101 common, 80 uncommon, 63 rare, and 15 mythic rare) and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards.[6] Ten additional cards are found in the set's planeswalker decks (2 mythic planeswalkers, 2 rares, 2 uncommons, 2 commons, and 2 common dual lands). These are numbered #280/279 to #289/279.[7] Ten of the rares are Double-faced cards which were printed on a seperate print sheet. These appear in the rare/mythic slot of booster packs, which changes the mythic rare to rare ratio from 15:106 to 15:126.[8][9] A checklist card replaces the basic land in some boosters. Five of the basic lands depict a lost Jace Beleren.[7] The boosters feature artwork from Slash of Talons, Vicious Conquistador, Hijack, Fire Shrine Keeper and Vraska, Relic Seeker.

A complete Ixalan rare foil print sheet was leaked three months before prerelease, which caused Wizards of the Coast to re-evaluate their preview plan.[10][11]

Misprints

A number of non-foil, double-sided Ixalan cards were mistakenly printed on incorrect card stock.[12]

Rules change

Starting with this set, all planeswalkers past, present, and future have the supertype legendary.[13] They will also be subject to the "legend rule" instead of the "planeswalker uniqueness rule", which is being removed from the game.

Storyline

“  Brave the Unknown  ”

This is a story about desire. It is desire for power, desire for companionship, desire for approval, desire for discovery, and everyone is racing to get what they want first.[14] For centuries, the untamed jungles of Ixalan have hidden a coveted secret: Orazca, the city of gold, which houses a mysterious artifact, the Immortal Sun. But no secret can remain undiscovered, and no treasure can be taken uncontested.[15] The dinosaur riding warriors of the Sun Empire and the merfolk shamans of the rival River Heralds are met by the vampire conquistadores of the Legion of Dusk and the pirates of the Brazen Coalition.[16][14]

Vraska poses as a pirate on the high seas, while Jace Beleren is stranded on the plane with loss of all his memories.

The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Ixalan are: Ixalan's Binding, Vraska's Contempt, River's Rebuke, Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca, and Perilous Voyage.

Marketing

Ixalan is sold in 16-card boosters (one card being a marketing card), two planeswalker decks, the Ixalan bundle and a Deck Builder's Toolkit.[17][7]

There is no Masterpiece Series accompanying Ixalan.[18]

As part of the preview season, Wizards of the Coast distributed trackable game pieces to stores, fans, volunteers, and some well-known community folk. As game pieces travelled from from geochache to geocache, the distances they travelled influenced the release of preview cards.[16]

Events

  • Prerelease Events took place on September 23, 2017.[19]
  • Magic Online Launch: September 25, 2017
  • Dino-Sized Weekend: The weekend of October 28–29, stores around the world host six-pack Sealed events, three-pack Draft events, and very special dino-sized Draft events using four packs of Ixalan instead of three.[20]
  • Mid-Season League: Running November 6 through December 3, stores can run Ixalan Mid-Season Leagues.[20]

Promotional Cards

Tokens

Ixalan features 10 tokens.[23]

  1. {W} 1/1 Vampire with Lifelink for Legion's Landing, Adanto, the First Fort, Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle, Paladin of the Bloodstained, Queen's Commission and Call to the Feast
  2. {U} 2/2 Illusion with "When this creature becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it." for Jace, Cunning Castaway
  3. {U} 1/1 Merfolk with Hexproof for Deeproot Waters
  4. {B} 2/2 Pirate with Menace for Fathom Fleet Captain and Vraska, Relic Seeker
  5. {G} 3/3 Dinosaur with Trample for Raptor Hatchling, Thundering Spineback, Huatli, Warrior Poet and Regisaur Alpha
  6. {G} 0/2 Plant with Defender for Dowsing Dagger
  7. {C} Treasure Artifact (Sun Empire flavored) with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool." for Pirate's Prize, Prosperous Pirates, Sailor of Means, Spell Swindle, Contract Killing, Dire Fleet Hoarder, Heartless Pillage, Revel in Riches, Ruthless Knave, Wanted Scoundrels, Captain Lannery Storm, Trove of Tempation, Wily Goblin, Deadeye Plunderers, Vraska, Relic Seeker, Prying Blade and Treasure Map.
  8. {C} Treasure Artifact (Legion of Dusk flavored)
  9. {C} Treasure Artifact (River Heralds flavored)
  10. {C} Treasure Artifact (Brazen Coalition flavored)

Themes and mechanics

Ixalan is a tribal set, with Pirates ({B}{U}{R}), Dinosaurs ({G}{W}{R}), Merfolk ({G}{U}) and Vampires ({W}{B}).[24][25][26][27] This is the first time Magic has an uneven color distribution of factions within a set. Though the tribes are asymmetrical, the colors are not. Each color has two tribes. The fact that Pirates and Dinosaurs both need more cards to become tribes properly (as compared to merfolk and vampires, who are already pretty established) was a factor in them becoming the two 3 color factions.[28][29][30][31][32] The two colour pairs that are not represented in this scheme - {B}{G} and {U}{W} - do not have multicoloured signpost uncommons, but have explore and fliers as a theme respectively.

Raid returns from Khans of Tarkir (now connected to Pirates), Crew from Kaladesh (connected to the ships from Torrezon), and Transform from Innistrad (the double-faced cards now highlighting the tales and tools of discovery).[13][33] The DFC's all have a Land on the "back" face cards, which features a map-inspired card frame. The front face is recognized by the icon of a compass rose and the the back face is marked by the land icon last seen in Future Sight .

There are two new named mechanics:

  • Explore — Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back on top or into your graveyard.
  • Enrage — Whenever a creature with this ability word is dealt damage, it has some consequences. This is the signature mechanic of the Dinosaurs.[13]

The Merfolk make use strategy revolves around being very difficult to block and growing via +1/+1 counters, while Vampires use life as a resource.[13]

Card types

Treasure

Ixalan introduces the treasure artifact subtype and the return of the dinosaur creature type.[34] The trilobite creature type is new.

Vehicles are back from the Kaladesh block in the form of ships.

Cycles

Ixalan has seven cycles, one of which is reprinted. Notably, three of these cycles are partial, due to the uneven distribution of colors among the set's tribes.

Mirrored pair

Ixalan has one mirrored pair,

Reprinted cards

Common to Uncommon

Functional Reprints

Card comparisons

Main article: Ixalan/Card comparisons

Preconstructed decks

Main article: Ixalan/Planeswalker decks

Ixalan will have two planeswalker decks:

Planeswalker
deck name 		Colors Included Planeswalker
{W} {U} {B} {R} {G}
Jace U G Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
Huatli W R Huatli, Dinosaur Knight

Notable cards

References

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