Mega cycle

A mega cycle is a cycle with its member cards distributed across separate sets in a block. When these sets are spread across multiple blocks, this is sometimes referred to as a mega-mega cycle - with the shift away from blocks, normal mega cycles are much rarer.

List of mega cycles

Three-card mega cycles

One card per set within one block.

Cycle name	1st Set	2nd Set	3rd Set
Land Kavus	Slimy Kavu (Invasion)	Kavu Recluse (Planeshift)	Tundra Kavu (Apocalypse)
	Each of these Kavu is a red 2/2 creature with a mana cost of and an activated ability requiring to tap to change a land's type into another. The first two change the land into the allies of red, while the last one changes it into the color's enemies.
Kaldra	Sword of Kaldra (Mirrodin)	Shield of Kaldra (Darksteel)	Helm of Kaldra (Fifth Dawn)
	Each of these three rare legendary Equipment is a constituent required to put the legendary Kaldra creature token onto the battlefield. Each of these cards was its set's prerelease promotional card.
Ezrith destroy	Premature Burial (Time Spiral)	Cradle to Grave (Planar Chaos)	Grave Peril (Future Sight)
	Each of these black cards costs and destroy a nonblack creature at different points in time. They feature a flavor text of Ezrith, Druid of the Dark Hours.

Four-card mega cycles

Cycle name
Gold counterspells	Absorb (Invasion) (Healing Salve)	Undermine (Invasion) (Bump in the Night)	Suffocating Blast (Apocalypse) (Lightning Strike)	Mystic Snake (Apocalypse) (Grizzly Bears)
	Each of these multicolored spells has in its casting cost and includes a Counterspell attached to a color appropriate effect.
Cycle name
Mutations	Aura Mutation (Invasion) (Enchantments)	Aether Mutation (Apocalypse) (Creatures - bounce)	Death Mutation (Apocalypse) (Creatures - destroy)	Artifact Mutation (Invasion) (Artifacts)
	Each of these multicolored spells has in its casting cost, destroys or disrupts resources, and creates 1/1 Saproling creature tokens equal to the resource's converted mana cost.

Five-card mega cycles

Cycle name
Retrievers	Treasure Hunter (Exodus) (Artifacts)	Scrivener (Exodus) (Instants)	Gravedigger (Tempest) (Creatures)	Anarchist (Exodus) (Sorceries)	Cartographer (Exodus) (Lands)
	Each of these 2/2 creatures returns a card of a certain type from your graveyard to your hand when it comes into play.
Alternate-win enchantments	Test of Endurance (Judgment)	Battle of Wits (Odyssey)	Mortal Combat (Torment)	Chance Encounter (Odyssey)	Epic Struggle (Judgment)
	Each of these cards is an alternate-win card.
Tapping lords	Master Apothecary (Odyssey) (Clerics)	Patron Wizard (Odyssey) (Wizards)	Zombie Trailblazer (Torment) (Zombies)	Dwarven Bloodboiler (Judgment) (Dwarven)	Seton, Krosan Protector (Odyssey) (Druids)
	Each of these creatures costs MMM and confers an effect by tapping other creatures of the same subtype. Of note, the green card of this cycle is the only one to have its creature be legendary.
Dominarian legendary lands	Flagstones of Trokair (Time Spiral)	Academy Ruins (Time Spiral)	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (Planar Chaos)	Kher Keep (Time Spiral)	Pendelhaven (Time Spiral)
	Some of these lands help to show the degradation of Dominaria.
Lorwyn legends	Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile (Lorwyn)	Vendilion Clique (Morningtide)	Maralen of the Mornsong (Morningtide)	Ashling the Pilgrim (Lorwyn)	Rhys the Exiled (Morningtide)
	Each of these legendary monocolored creatures are from Lorwyn–Shadowmoor plane.
Rare Changelings	Mirror Entity (Lorwyn)	Shapesharer (Lorwyn)	Cairn Wanderer (Lorwyn)	Taurean Mauler (Morningtide)	Chameleon Colossus (Morningtide)
	Each of these rare shapeshifter creatures has changeling and another powerful ability.
Rare artifacts	Peacewalker Colossus (Aether Revolt)	Merchant's Dockhand (Aether Revolt)	Scrapheap Scrounger (Kaladesh)	Bomat Courier (Kaladesh)	Lifecrafter's Bestiary (Aether Revolt)
	Each of these rare artifacts has an activated ability requiring a color.

Guild mega cycles

Ravnica's design is based upon the use of all ten two-color combinations in the forms of guild, and its popularity has resulted in multiple set revisits. As such, mega cycles are prevalent, even after the shift to leave small sets and yearly blocks behind.

List of mega-mega cycles

A mega-mega cycle (a.k.a Supercycle) is a cycle with its member cards distributed across separate sets; unlike a megacycle, however, these sets are not all within a single block but are from multiple blocks.

Two-card mega-mega cycles

Mirrored pair		Description
Platinum Angel (Mirrodin)	Abyssal Persecutor (Worldwake)	An angel that makes it impossible for you to lose the game and your opponents to win and a demon that does the opposite.
Chief Engineer (Magic 2015)	Inspiring Statuary (Aether Revolt)	A creature that grants Convoke to artifacts and an artifact that grants Improvise to non-artifacts.
Druid of the Anima (Shards of Alara)	Urborg Elf (Apocalypse)	Two 1/1 green Elf Druids with mana cost . One tap for or one of its ally colors and the other for or one of its enemy colors .
Noble Hierarch (Conflux)	Ignoble Hierarch (Modern Horizons 2)	Two 0/1 green creatures with mana cost and Exalted. One tap for or one of its adjacent clockwise colors (Bant) and the other for or one of its adjacent counterclockwise colors (Jund).

Three-card mega-mega cycles

Cycle name	Common	Uncommon	Rare
Delver evolution	Delver of Secrets (Innistrad)	Aberrant Researcher (Shadows over Innistrad)	Docent of Perfection (Eldritch Moon)
	Each of these double-faced cards depicts the further descent into madness of a single unknown researcher. The type line, power, and toughness of each card's front face are identical to that of the previous card's back face.
Cycle name
Mana/Draw rocks	Mind Stone (Weatherlight)	Hedron Archive (Battle for Zendikar)	Dreamstone Hedron (Rise of the Eldrazi)
	Each of these Artifacts with 2X mana cost can be tapped for X colorless mana, or draw X cards by paying X mana and sacrificing them.
Cycle name
Legendary dragons	Lathliss, Dragon Queen (Core Set 2019)	Drakuseth, Maw of Flames (Core Set 2020)	Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge (Core Set 2021)
	Three red rare legendary Dragons released in each Core Set starting from 2019 to 2021.

Four-card mega-mega cycles

Cycle name
Gold counterspells	Absorb (Invasion) Render Silent (Dragon's Maze)	Undermine (Invasion)	Double Negative (Alara Reborn) Counterflux (Return to Ravnica)	Voidslime (Dissension)
	Each of these rare instants costs plus one mana of another color. The cycle was originally "completed" with Alara Reborn, but Return to Ravnica block added two others. Each of these cards is a counterspell with a bonus or increased flexibility.
Cycle name	vs	vs	vs	vs
Paladins	Northern Paladin (Alpha)	Southern Paladin (Weatherlight)	Eastern Paladin (Urza's Saga)	Western Paladin (Urza's Saga)
	Each of these paladins is a 3/3 black or white knight creature with a converted mana cost of 2MM. The black paladins can tap for to destroy a creature of one specific color; the white paladins can destroy any permanent of one specific color for and tapping instead. All of them were reprinted in Seventh Edition, in which there is a story of a war among the paladins narrated through the flavor text of cards from the set.
Cycle name
Walking batteries	Myr Moonvessel (Darksteel)	Su-Chi Cave Guard	Cathodion (Urza's Saga)	Su-chi (Antiquities)
	Each of these X/X artifact creatures with X mana cost produces X colorless mana when they die.

Five-card mega-mega cycles

Cycle name
Legendary lands	Kor Haven (Nemesis)	Teferi's Isle (Mirage)	Volrath's Stronghold (Stronghold)	Keldon Necropolis (Invasion)	Yavimaya Hollow (Urza's Destiny)
	The "original" Mega-Mega cycle. Each of these rare legendary lands has at least two abilities, one of which is a mana ability. These lands represent notable locations from the Weatherlight Saga of the Magic storyline.
Legendary lands II	Kor Haven (Nemesis)	Academy Ruins (Time Spiral)	Volrath's Stronghold (Stronghold)	Kher Keep (Time Spiral)
	A revision of the "original" Mega-Mega cycle for aesthetic reasons. Each of these rare legendary lands taps for and has a 1M activated ability.
Topdeck lands	Hall of Heliod's Generosity (Modern Horizons)	Academy Ruins (Time Spiral)	Volrath's Stronghold (Stronghold)
	Each of these legendary lands taps for colorless and features a colored ability to place a certain type of card in your graveyard on top of your library.
Atogs	Auratog (Tempest)	Chronatog (Visions)	Necratog (Weatherlight)	Atog (Antiquities)	Foratog (Mirage)
	Each of these 1/2 Atog creatures, all but Atog itself being inspired by Atog, "ate" a resource to "grow"; each Atog has an activated ability costing a resource or commodity for an increase in its power and toughness until end of turn. Also includes the five color Atogatog (Odyssey), which eats other Atogs.
+1/+1 Lords	Soldiers	Merfolks	Zombies	Goblins	Elves
	Field Marshal (Coldsnap) Captain of the Watch (Magic 2010)	Lord of Atlantis (Alpha) Merfolk Sovereign (Magic 2010)	Lord of the Undead (Planeshift) Death Baron (Shards of Alara) Cemetery Reaper (Magic 2010)	Goblin King (Alpha) Goblin Chieftain (Magic 2010)	Elvish Champion (Invasion) Elvish Archdruid (Magic 2010)
	Each of these rare confers other creatures of a characteristic creature subtype associated with that card's color and relevant to its name +1/+1 and, more often than not, an additional ability. The original three from Limited Edition Alpha, Lord of Atlantis, Zombie Master (not listed, gives no stat bonus), and Goblin King were printed with the Lord creature subtype, but this creature subtype was removed following the Grand Creature Type Update. Following a shift in focus on, and the success of, "creature subtypes matter", or "tribal", various iterations of Lords have been printed.
Protection angels	Voice of Truth (Nemesis)	Voice of Reason (Urza's Destiny)	Voice of Grace (Urza's Saga)	Voice of Law (Urza's Saga)	Voice of Duty (Urza's Destiny)
	Each of these uncommon 2/2 white Angel creatures costing with flying and protection from a specific color. The flavor text of each of these cards is from the "Song of All", a fictitious sacred text from the Serra religion. Voice of All, an uncommon Angel costing with flying and protection from a color chosen as it enters the battlefield, was released in Planeshift, as an homage to the mega-mega cycle.
Tutors	Enlightened Tutor (Mirage)	Mystical Tutor (Mirage)	Vampiric Tutor (Visions)	Gamble (Urza's Saga)	Worldly Tutor (Mirage)
	Each of these rares allows its controller to search his or her library for a card, albeit with certain conditions. The joke card Goblin Tutor from Unglued pays homage to this mega-mega cycle.
Towers	Tower of Eons (Mirrodin)	Tower of Fortunes (Mirrodin)	Tower of Murmurs (Mirrodin)	Tower of Calamities (Scars of Mirrodin)	Tower of Champions (Mirrodin)
	Each of these rare noncreature artifacts costing has an activated ability costing and . Tower of Calamities was introduced in Scars of Mirrodin after Design and Development realized that players associated or might associate, the released four Towers' effects with a color each, and its amount of damage was decided by extrapolating the established pattern of an effect increasing by two.
Elementary forces	Celestial Force (Commander)	Tidal Force (Commander 2013)	Baleful Force (Commander 2013)	Magmatic Force (Commander)	Verdant Force (Tempest)
	Each of these rare Elemental creatures has a mana cost of 5MMM, a power/toughness of 7/7 and an ability that triggers each upkeep.
Oaths of the Gatewatch	Oath of Gideon (Oath of the Gatewatch)	Oath of Jace (Oath of the Gatewatch)	Oath of Liliana (Eldritch Moon)	Oath of Chandra (Oath of the Gatewatch)	Oath of Nissa (Oath of the Gatewatch)
	Each of these rare legendary enchantments has an enter the battlefield effect and second effect with some kind of Planeswalker interaction.
Morphlings	Brightling (Battlebond)	Morphling (Urza's Saga)	Endling (Modern Horizons)	Torchling (Planar Chaos)	Thornling (Conflux)
	Creatures that have three colored activated abilities as well as the ability ": ~ gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn." Each one has a mana cost of MM and some amount of generic mana. (Aetherling is not considered part of the cycle and only has 2 colored abilities.)
Sorcery magi	Magus of the Balance (Commander 2018)	Magus of the Mind (Commander 2017)	Magus of the Will (Commander 2016)	Magus of the Wheel (Commander 2015)	Magus of the Order (Commander Legends)
	Each of these rare wizards has a converted mana cost and activated ability reminiscent of powerful and iconic sorcery from Magic's past.
"Cones"			Incremental Blight (Shadowmoor) Gruesome Menagerie (Guilds of Ravnica)	Cone of Flame (Weatherlight)	Incremental Growth (Lorwyn) Bestial Menace (Worldwake)
	Each of these sorceries has a converted mana cost of 3MM and a repeated effect that does one, two, and three of a certain action.
Innistrad angels	Avacyn, Angel of Hope (Avacyn Restored)	Bruna, Light of Alabaster (Avacyn Restored)	Liesa, Shroud of Dusk (Commander Legends) Liesa, Forgotten Archangel (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)	Gisela, Blade of Goldnight (Avacyn Restored)	Sigarda, Host of Herons (Avacyn Restored) Sigarda, Champion of Light (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
	The Archangels of Innistrad, Avacyn and her sisters. Each of them has plus one mana of another color in their mana cost.
Young spellcasters			Young Necromancer (Modern Horizons 2)	Young Pyromancer (Magic 2014)
	Each of these uncommon young Spellcasters is imitating a famous planeswalker of same race and same creature class.
Return of the Phyrexian Praetors	Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)	Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)	Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (Dominaria United)	Urabrask, Heretic Praetor (Streets of New Capenna)	Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider (Kaldheim)
	Five mythic rare legendary Phyrexian Praetor creatures depicting the rulers of the Phyrexians, who were introduced in New Phyrexia. They appear individually within sets across multiple planes. Similar to their original versions, they give a positive effect to the player controlling them, and a mirrored effect that hurts the opponent.
Charm creatures	Charming Prince (Throne of Eldraine)	Aether Channeler (Dominaria United)	Callous Bloodmage (Strixhaven: School of Mages)	Kargan Intimidator (Zendikar Rising)	Gala Greeters (Streets of New Capenna)
	Five rare creatures that have an ability with three modes.
Commander Suspend spells		Inspiring Refrain (Commander 2021)		Rousing Refrain (Commander 2021)	Venture Forth (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
	Five spells that are rather overcosted, but have a significantly cheaper suspend cost. In addition, once they resolve, they exile themselves with time counters, allowing them to be reused. So far, each has been printed in a preconstructed Commander deck and synergizes specifically with the face commander.
Un-Set Player Types		Johnny, Combo Player (Unsanctioned)	Spike, Tournament Grinder (Unstable)	Vorthos, Steward of Myth (Unfinity)	Timmy, Power Gamer (Unglued)
	Legendary Human Gamer creatures representing the Player Types. They are Acorn cards that were introduced in different Un-Sets. In particular, the psychographic profiles (Timmy/Tammy, Johnny/Jenny, and Spike) are 1/1 creatures that cost 2MM with an activated ability that has a mana value of 4.
Subgame Sorceries	Shahrazad (Arabian Nights)		Enter the Dungeon (Unhinged)	The Countdown Is At One (Unstable)	Tug of War (Unfinity)
	Rare or higher sorceries that generate a subgame. Shahrazard is renowned as one of the strangest cards due to introducing the subgame, and due to the subgame being identical to a normal game, it resulted in extremely long games and was banned anywhere it would be legal because of it. As such, the others are Acorn cards that were introduced in subsequent Un-Sets, each with a provision to accelerate the subgame. To complete the cycle, Rosewater believes the next subgame card is likely to be blue.
Cycle name	East	North	Center	South	West
Kodamas	Kodama of the East Tree (Commander Legends)	Kodama of the North Tree (Champions of Kamigawa)	Kodama of the Center Tree (Betrayers of Kamigawa)	Kodama of the South Tree (Champions of Kamigawa)	Kodama of the West Tree (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
	The Kodamas are a group of 5 legendary Spirits from Kamigawa.
Cycle name
Omnath	Omnath, Locus of Mana (Worldwake)	Omnath, Locus of Rage (Battle for Zendikar)	Omnath, Locus of the Roil (Core Set 2020)	Omnath, Locus of Creation (Zendikar Rising)	Omnath, Locus of All (March of the Machine)
	Omnath's Evolution. There is a possibility of a version to be included.
Phyrexian Monsters
	Phyrexian Vindicator (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)		Phyrexian Obliterator (New Phyrexia)	Phyrexian Harvester
5/5 Phyrexian Horrors with a mana cost of four colored pips, with an evergreen ability and an ability that does something powerful when they are damaged.

Six-card mega-mega cycles

Cycle name	or less					or greater
Mages	Trinket Mage (Fifth Dawn)	Tribute Mage (Modern Horizons)	Trophy Mage (Aether Revolt)			Treasure Mage (Mirrodin Besieged)
	Each of these mages is a 2/2 blue Human wizard and has as casting cost. When any of them enters the battlefield, its controller can search in their library for an artifact card with a specific converted mana cost. This cycle will be completed in future sets.
Cycle name
Spellshaped	Goldmeadow Harrier (Lorwyn)	Cloud Sprite (Mercadian Masques)	Festering Goblin (Onslaught)	Spark Elemental (Fifth Dawn)	Llanowar Elves (Alpha)	Metallic Sliver (Tempest)
	Creatures created by the spellshapers of Future Sight:
	Goldmeadow Lookout	Cloudseeder	Skirk Ridge Exhumer	Sparkspitter	Llanowar Mentor	Sliversmith
Cycle name
Elder dragons	Arcades Sabboth	Chromium	Nicol Bolas	Vaevictis Asmadi	Palladia-Mors	Piru, the Volatile
	Six rare three colored Elder Dragons. Each of these legendary Dragons has a mana cost of MMNNOO, flying, an upkeep cost of MNO, and power/toughness of 7/7. This cycle started with the shard colors in legends and introduced a sixth with the release of Modern Horizons 2.

Double mega-mega cycles

Many land cycles are double mega-mega cycles that started in one set and were completed in another.

Cycle name
Pain lands	Adarkar Wastes	Underground River	Sulfurous Springs	Karplusan Forest	Brushland	Caves of Koilos	Shivan Reef	Llanowar Wastes	Battlefield Forge	Yavimaya Coast
	Ten rare dual lands that add either one of two colors, dealing 1 damage to its user in the process, and can also add colorless mana without any drawback. The allied pain lands were printed originally in Ice Age and the enemy ones were originally printed in Apocalypse. They have been reprinted many times since.
Talismans	Talisman of Progress	Talisman of Dominance	Talisman of Indulgence	Talisman of Impulse	Talisman of Unity	Talisman of Hierarchy	Talisman of Creativity	Talisman of Resilience	Talisman of Conviction	Talisman of Curiosity
	Ten uncommon artifacts that resemble the pain lands mentioned above, having the same text box as them, except they are artifacts that cost 2 generic to cast. The cycle started in Mirrodin with the allied colors and was completed in Modern Horizons with the enemy colors, almost 19 years later.
Check lands	Glacial Fortress	Drowned Catacomb	Dragonskull Summit	Rootbound Crag	Sunpetal Grove	Isolated Chapel	Sulfur Falls	Woodland Cemetery	Clifftop Retreat	Hinterland Harbor
	Ten rare dual lands that enter the battlefield tapped unless the player controls a land with a basic land type that corresponds with either color the land can produce. The allied colors were originally printed in Magic 2010 and the enemy colors were originally printed two years later in Innistrad. They have been reprinted many times since.
Spells	Sphinx's Revelation (Return to Ravnica)	Reap Intellect (Dragon's Maze)	Rakdos's Return (Return to Ravnica)	Clan Defiance (Gatecrash)	March of the Multitudes (Guilds of Ravnica)	Immortal Servitude (Gatecrash)	Epic Experiment (Return to Ravnica) Invoke the Firemind (Guildpact)	Gaze of Granite (Dragon's Maze)	Aurelia's Fury (Gatecrash) Brightflame (Ravnica: City of Guilds)	Biomass Mutation (Gatecrash)
	Each of these multicolored rare or mythic rare spells from the Ravnica blocks has in their cost.
Dual colored elder dragons	Dragonlord Ojutai	Dragonlord Silumgar	Dragonlord Kolaghan	Dragonlord Atarka	Dragonlord Dromoka	Shadrix Silverquill	Galazeth Prismari	Beledros Witherbloom	Velomachus Lorehold	Tanazir Quandrix
	Ten elder dragons representing a color pair each. Each dragon is the founder and/or leader of their groups named after themselves respectively.
Dual colored commands	Ojutai's Command	Silumgar's Command	Kolaghan's Command	Atarka's Command	Dromoka's Command	Silverquill Command	Prismari Command	Witherbloom Command	Lorehold Command	Quandrix Command
	Ten rare two-colored modal spells, each has four modes and allows you to choose two of them. This cycle started with the allied colors in Dragons of Tarkir and completed with the enemy colors in Strixhaven. Each one is named after an Elder Dragon.
Bond lands	Sea of Clouds	Morphic Pool	Luxury Suite	Spire Garden	Bountiful Promenade	Vault of Champions	Training Center	Undergrowth Stadium	Spectator Seating	Rejuvenating Springs
	Ten rare lands that produce two colors of mana and enter the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. This cycle started with the allied colors in Battlebond and completed with the enemy colors in Commander Legends.
Dual Manlands	Celestial Colonnade	Creeping Tar Pit	Lavaclaw Reaches	Raging Ravine	Stirring Wildwood	Shambling Vent	Wandering Fumarole	Hissing Quagmire	Needle Spires	Lumbering Falls
	Ten rare lands that produce two colors of mana, enter the battlefield tapped and can become Elemental creatures. This cycle started with the allied colors in Worldwake and completed with the enemy colors in Battle for Zendikar and Oath of the Gatewatch.
Pathways	Hengegate Pathway Mistgate Pathway	Clearwater Pathway Murkwater Pathway	Blightstep Pathway Searstep Pathway	Cragcrown Pathway Timbercrown Pathway	Branchloft Pathway Boulderloft Pathway	Brightclimb Pathway Grimclimb Pathway	Riverglide Pathway Lavaglide Pathway	Darkbore Pathway Slitherbore Pathway	Needleverge Pathway Pillarverge Pathway	Barkchannel Pathway Tidechannel Pathway
	Ten rare dual lands that are modal double-faced cards, which allow you to choose which of the two faces you want to play, with each face adding one mana of each color. Six of them were printed in Zendikar Rising and the other four in the next set, Kaldheim.
Jumpstart hybrid legends	Inniaz, the Gale Force ()	Kels, Fight Fixer ()	Sethron, Hurloon General ()	Neyith of the Dire Hunt ()	Emiel the Blessed ()	Rodolf Duskbringer ()	Mizzix, Replica Rider ()	Zask, Skittering Swarmlord ()	Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier ()	Kenessos, Priest of Thassa ()
	Ten rare (mythic rare in Emiel's case) monocolored legendary creatures seen in the physical Jumpstart sets, each of which has an ability requiring hybrid mana. Their colors are the second color of each pair.
Mirran swords	Sword of Truth and Justice (Modern Horizons)		Sword of Sinew and Steel (Modern Horizons)	Sword of Forge and Frontier (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)	Sword of Hearth and Home (Modern Horizons 2)	Sword of Light and Shadow (Darksteel)	Sword of Fire and Ice (Darksteel)	Sword of Feast and Famine (Mirrodin Besieged)	Sword of War and Peace (New Phyrexia)	Sword of Body and Mind (Scars of Mirrodin)
	Each of these rare/mythic rare Equipment costing has an equip cost of and "Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from [color 1] and from [color 2].", and an ability with two effects, one associated with each color, that is triggered whenever the equipped creature deals combat damage to a player. The colors associated with the Swords are nominally and visually alluded to. This cycle may or may not be completed before October 6, 2024. Sword of Dungeons & Dragons (Unstable) is a parody of this cycle.
Cycle name
Ultimatums	Clarion Ultimatum	Brilliant Ultimatum	Cruel Ultimatum	Violent Ultimatum	Titanic Ultimatum	Ruinous Ultimatum	Genesis Ultimatum	Eerie Ultimatum	Inspired Ultimatum	Emergent Ultimatum
	Ten rare three-colored sorceries with powerful effects and mana costs in the format MMNNNOO. This cycle started with the shard colors in Shards of Alara and completed with the wedge colors in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths.
Triple Taplands	Seaside Citadel	Arcane Sanctum	Crumbling Necropolis	Savage Lands	Jungle Shrine	Nomad Outpost	Frontier Bivouac	Sandsteppe Citadel	Mystic Monastery	Opulent Palace
	Ten uncommon lands that come into play tapped and can be tapped for one of three colors of mana. This cycle started with the shard colors in Shards of Alara and completed with the wedge colors in Khans of Tarkir.
Primeval Dragons	Treva, the Renewer	Dromar, the Banisher	Crosis, the Purger	Darigaaz, the Igniter	Rith, the Awakener	Oros, the Avenger	Intet, the Dreamer	Teneb, the Harvester	Numot, the Devastator	Vorosh, the Hunter
	Ten rare three colored Dragons. Each of these legendary Dragons has a mana cost of MNO (where M is the center color and NO are either it allied or enemy colors), flying, a triggered ability with a cost of M that triggers on dealing combat damage to a player, and power/toughness of 6/6. This cycle started with the shard colors in Invasion and completed with the wedge colors in Planar Chaos.
Ascendancies	Brokers Ascendancy	Obscura Ascendancy	Maestros Ascendancy	Riveteers Ascendancy	Cabaretti Ascendancy	Mardu Ascendancy	Temur Ascendancy	Abzan Ascendancy	Jeskai Ascendancy	Sultai Ascendancy
	Ten rare three-colored Enchantments with powerful effects and mana costs in the format MNO. This cycle started with the wedge colors in Khans of Tarkir and completed with the shard colors in Streets of New Capenna.
Triple Tricycles	Spara's Headquarters	Raffine's Tower	Xander's Lounge	Ziatora's Proving Ground	Jetmir's Garden	Savai Triome	Ketria Triome	Indatha Triome	Raugrin Triome	Zagoth Triome
	Ten uncommon lands that come into play tapped and can be tapped for one of three colors of mana or cycled for . This cycle started with the wedge colors in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths and completed with the shard colors in Streets of New Capenna.

See also

• Cycle
• Vertical cycle