Alara Reborn
Alara Reborn is the third set in the Alara block. Prerelease events will take place on April 25-26, 2009, launch parties on April 30-May 3, 2009.
Flavor
“ | The birth of one world. The death of five.[1] | ” |
Cycles
Alara Reborn has 4 cycles:
- Borderposts: Each of these common artifacts costs CD, has an alternative casting cost of "pay and return a basic land you control to its owner's hand", comes into play tapped and has ": Add C or D to your mana pool" — Fieldmist Borderpost, Mistvein Borderpost, Veinfire Borderpost, Firewild Borderpost, and Wildfield Borderpost.
- Dual-Landcyclers: Each of these common creatures costs nCD and has two landcycling abilities, each getting one of the basic lands of its color combination for — Sanctum Plowbeast, Jhessian Zombies, Igneous Pouncer, Valley Rannet, Pale Recluse.
- Hybrid-cyclers: Each of these common creatures costs nCD and cycles for C/D Hybrid — Glassdust Hulk, Monstrous Carabid.
- Shard Blades: Each of these common 2/1 creatures costs HC, where C is the main color of a shard and H is the Hybrid of it's two side colors. Each of them has "As long as you control another multicolored permanent, this creature gets +1/+1 and has [ability word]" — Bant Sureblade, Esper Stormblade, Grixis Grimblade, Jund Hackblade, and Naya Hushblade.
- Cascade commons: Each of these common spells costs nCD and has the new keyword Cascade: Captured Sunlight, Demonic Dread, Deny Reality, Stormcaller's Boon, and Violent Outburst.
- Cascade uncommons: Each of these uncommon spells costs nCD and has the new keyword Cascade: Ardent Plea, Bituminous Blast, Bloodbraid Elf, Enlisted Wurm, and Kathari Remnant.
Reprinted cards
- Meddling Mage — last seen in Planeshift.
- Terminate — last seen in Planeshift.
References
Intro Packs
The intro packs are:[1] Template:Intro packs