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| The '''Tempest block''' is the third [[Block (sets)|block]], consisting of the [[large expansion]] ''[[Tempest]]'' ([[Image:Tempest.gif]]) in October 1997 and the two [[small expansion]]s ''[[Stronghold]]'' ([[Image:Stronghold.gif]]) and ''[[Exodus]]'' ([[Image:Exodus.gif]]). Its official name is the Rath Cycle. The block came out in 1997-1998.
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| [[Keywords]] introduced in this block: [[Buyback]], [[Shadow]]. | |
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| [[Licid]]s, [[Sliver]]s and [[Spikes]] first appeared in this block.
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| ==Mega cycle==
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| One [[mega cycle]] exists across the block's three sets:
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| * '''Retrievers''': Each of these 2/2 creatures returns a card of a certain type to your hand when it comes into play {{-}} four from ''[[Exodus]]'': <c>Treasure Hunter</c> ([[artifact]]), <c>Scrivener</c> ([[instant]]), <c>Anarchist</c> ([[sorcery]]), <c>Cartographer</c> ([[land]]) and one from ''[[Tempest]]'': <c>Gravedigger</c> ([[creature]]). Four out of the five were reprinted in ''[[Odyssey]]''; <c>Treasure Hunter</c> was replaced by <c>Auramancer</c>.
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| ==Theme decks==
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| {{Main|Tempest block/Preconstructed theme decks}}
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| Theme decks from this block have 3 rares. After this block, theme decks contain 2 rares each.
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| ==Sets==
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| {{Tempest block}}
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| {{sets}}
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| [[Category:Tempest block|*]]
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