Alara Reborn

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Alara Reborn is the third set in the Alara block. Prerelease events took place on April 25-26, 2009, launch parties on April 30-May 3, 2009. The set went on sale April 30, 2009 which was a day earlier then anticipated due to the May Day (May 1) holiday.

Flavor

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The birth of one world. The death of five.^[1]

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Cycles

Most of Alara Reborn's cycles have cards of two or even three different types - sorceries, enchantments and creatures, for example. Alara Reborn has 13 cycles:

Allied-colored equipments: Each of these uncommon equipment artifacts costs NCD, where CD are allied colors and has an uncolored equip cost. — Shield of the Righteous, Mask of Riddles, Demonspine Whip, Mage Slayer, Behemoth Sledge.
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.
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.
Cross-shard creatures: Each of these common creatures costs NCD, where CD are allied colors, and is flavored to be a blend of the two shards its colors are in — Ethercaste Knight, Sigiled Behemoth, Etherium Abomination, Gorger Wurm, and Kathari Bomber.
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.
Enemy-colored uncommons: Each of these uncommon spells costs CD, where CD are enemy colors. — Vectis Dominator, Putrid Leech, Winged Coatl, Magefire Wings, Cerodon Yearling.
Hybrid-cyclers: Each of these common spells costs nCD and cycles for C/D Hybrid — Glassdust Hulk, Architects of Will, Monstrous Carabid, Deadshot Minotaur, Sigil of the Nayan Gods.
Hybrid-gold commons: Each of these common spells costs NHC, where C is the main color of a shard and H is the Hybrid of its two side colors. — Crystallization, Arsenal Thresher, Sewn-Eye Drake, Sangrite Backlash, Trace of Abundance.
Hybrid-gold uncommons: Each of these uncommon spells costs NHC, where C is the main color of a shard and H is the Hybrid of its two side colors. — Messenger Falcons, Thopter Foundry, Slave of Bolas, Giant Ambush Beetle, Marisi's Twinclaws.
Shard-colored uncommons: Each of these uncommon spells costs NCDE, where CDE are the colors of one shard. — Flurry of Wings, Etherwrought Page, Drastic Revelation, Dragon Appeasement, Gloryscale Viashino.
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 its 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.
Sojourners: Each of these common creatures costs NCDE, where CDE are the colors of one shard, has cycling D and has a triggered ability, when it is cycled or put into a graveyard from play. Each of them was illustrated by John Avon — Bant Sojourners, Esper Sojourners, Grixis Sojourners, Jund Sojourners, and Naya Sojourners.