Amonkhet

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Amonkhet
Set Information
Set symbol
Themes and mechanics Graveyard matters, Cartouche, Curse, Discard, Brick counters, -1/-1 counters, Split cards
Keywords/​ability words Aftermath, Cycling, Embalm, Exert
Set size 269 (+ 10 + 8)
Expansion code AKH[2]
Development codename Barrel

Amonkhet is the 74th Magic expansion, and the first in the Amonkhet block. It will be released on April 28, 2017,[3] and is a large expansion. It is set on the plane of the same name.

Set details

Amonkhet is a top-down-designed Magic set, meaning that it was designed and developed with flavor in mind first. The set is inspired by Ancient Egypt mixed with imagery referencing Nicol Bolas.[4][5][6][7][8]

Amonkhet contains 269 cards (20 basic lands, 101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares) and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. The expansion symbol is a pyramid. The Planeswalker decks contain 10 additional cards that are considered to be part of the set (2 mythic planeswalkers, 2 rares, 2 uncommons, 2 commons and 2 common dual taplands). These are numbered #270/269 to #279/269). The other 8 dual taplands appear in the Deck Builder's Toolkit (#279/269 to #280/287) [9] Full-art basic lands appear in approximately one out of every four boosters and are available in other products as well.[10] The set introduces punch cards with markers and counters to the game.

Storyline

“  Rise Among the Worthy  ”

Amonkhet is a plane ruled by Nicol Bolas. The desert oasis forges warriors. They train their entire life for a chance to face the Trials of the Five Gods and join the elite ranks of the Worthy and to claim an honored place in the Afterlife. They prepare for the great God-Pharaoh's return. When The Gatewatch arrives to take out Bolas, they meet with fierce resistance.

The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Amonkhet are: Renewed Faith, Cruel Reality, Anointed Procession, By Force, and Gideon's Intervention.

Marketing

Amonkhet is sold in 16-card boosters (one card being a marketing card), two planeswalker decks, the Amonkhet bundle, a Deck Builder's Toolkit and a Gift Box. [11] The boosters feature artwork from Combat Celebrant, Battlefield Scavenger, Oketra the True, Honored Crop-Captain and Curator of Mysteries.[10]

Amonkhet Invocations

The Masterpiece Series for Amonkhet block are called Amonkhet Invocations. These are all premium foil cards with a special Amonkhet card frame and a separate expansion symbol (). Thus, they are not part of the sets. Amonkhet Invocations are all about the Amonkhet gods, their magic and their servants.[12] They include all new art, a card frame inspired by Egyptian steles without flavor text. They appear slightly more often than premium mythic rares. These cards are playable in limited and formats where they're already legal. There are 30 Invocation cards appearing with Amonkhet and 24 more cards appear in Hour of Devastation.

Main article: Amonkhet Invocations

Events

  • Magic Open House takes place on April 15, 2017. It is an event-filled day where players can stop by their local store for fun, casual play that includes learn-to-play Magic events, free 2017 Welcome Decks for new players, and premium foil full-art lands for interacting on digital.[13] [14]
  • Prerelease Events take place on April 22, 2017.[15]
  • Release on Magic Online: Monday, April 24, 2017. This even earlier than the paper release.[16]
  • Standard Showdown starts May 6, 2017.[17]
    • Prize boosters contain four cards: 2 rares or mythic rares from a currently legal Standard set, 1 Amonkhet full-art land, 1 premium card of any rarity from a currently legal Standard set.

Promotional Cards

Tokens and emblems

Punch card

There are 24 tokens and 1 emblem for Amonkhet. Every creature spell with Embalm has a unique matching token.[18]

  1. Embalmed Angel of Sanctions
  2. Embalmed Anointer Priest
  3. Embalmed Aven Initiate
  4. Embalmed Aven Wind Guide
  5. Embalmed Glyph Keeper
  6. Embalmed Heart-Piercer Manticore
  7. Embalmed Honored Hydra
  8. Embalmed Labyrinth Guardian
  9. Embalmed Oketra's Attendant
  10. Embalmed Sacred Cat
  11. Embalmed Tah-Crop Skirmisher
  12. Embalmed Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun
  13. Embalmed Trueheart Duelist
  14. Embalmed Unwavering Initiate
  15. Embalmed Vizier of Many Faces
  16. {W} 1/1 Cat with Lifelink for Regal Caracal
  17. {W} 1/1 Warrior with Vigilance for Cartouche of Solidarity, Oketra the True, Oketra's Monument, Start (Start/Finish), Supply Caravan
  18. {U} 2/2 Drake with Flying for Drake Haven
  19. {B} 1/1 Insect for Nest of Scarabs
  20. {B} 2/2 Zombie for Cradle of the Accursed, Liliana, Death's Majesty, Liliana's Mastery, Doomed Dissenter, Stir the Sands
  21. {G} 4/2 Beast for Trial of Strength
  22. {G} 3/3 Hippo for Mouth (Mouth/Feed)
  23. {G} 1/1 Snake with Deathtouch for Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
  24. {G} 5/5 Wurm for Sandwurm Convergence
  25. Emblem for Gideon of the Trials

In addition some boosters feature a punch card with markers for exerted and embalmed, brick counters and -1/-1 counters.

Themes and mechanics

The bottom half of Amonkhet split cards is turned sideways for easy use out of the graveyard

Amonkhet has a strong graveyard component.[19][20] Unlike Shadows over Innistrad, this uses the graveyard mainly as a resource.[21]

Several cards in the set have abilities that care about you discarding other cards. They'll benefit you if an opponent makes you discard your cards, or if you discard them yourself.

The set makes use of brick counters and -1/-1 counters.

Amonkhet has three new named mechanics.

  • Embalm — The embalm ability can only be activated if the creature is in the graveyard. When activated, the card is exiled and creates a token copy of itself. This creature token is a copy of the embalmed creature, except that it is a zombie in addition to its other creature types and monocolored white.
  • Exert — When you declare an attacker with this ability, you make the decision whether to exert it. If you choose to exert, the creature gains a bonus. If you did, the creature won't untap as normal during your next untap phase.
  • AftermathSplit cardhalves with aftermath may only be cast from your graveyard. They are exiled after casting.
    • While regular split cards were named with an ”A and B“ convention, Aftermath cards use an ”A to B“ convention.[22]

The set has one returning named mechanics:

Card types

Cycles

Amonkhet has twelve cycles, one of which is a double cycle and one a vertical cycle:

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Vertical cycle

Reprinted cards

Functional reprints

Card comparisons

Preconstructed decks

Amonkhet will have two planeswalker decks:

Planeswalker
deck name
Colors Included Planeswalker
{W} {U} {B} {R} {G}
Gideon W R Gideon, Martial Paragon
Liliana B G Liliana, Death Wielder

Notable cards

Trivia

Main article: Amonkhet/Trivia

References

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