Wilds of Eldraine
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Wilds of Eldraine | |||||
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Set Information | |||||
Set symbol | |||||
Symbol description | An open storybook with a diamond nestled in the pages | ||||
Design | Chris Mooney (lead), Mark Rosewater, Erik Lauer, Jenna Helland, Doug Beyer, Dan Musser, Annie Sardelis | ||||
Development | Ian Duke (lead), Chris Mooney, Reggie Valk, Daniel Holt, James Rose, Ethan Fleischer, Daniel Xu, Andrew Brown, Michael Majors, Neale LaPlante Johnson | ||||
Art direction | Andrew Vallas | ||||
Release date | September 8, 2023 | ||||
Themes and mechanics | Adventures, Enchantment matters, Food, Roles | ||||
Keywords/ability words | Bargain, Celebration | ||||
Set size | 266 + 113 | ||||
Expansion code | WOE[1] | ||||
Development codename | Netball | ||||
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Wilds of Eldraine is the ninety-seventh Magic expansion. It will be released on September 8, 2023.[2][3][4][5]
Set details
“ | A Tale Only You Can Tell | ” |
Wilds of Eldraine contains TBA regular cards (101 commons, 80 uncommons, 60 rares, 20 mythic rares, b basic lands), and includes randomly inserted traditional foil versions of all cards. The regular cards include 5 full-art "fairy tale" basic lands by Hari & Deepti (#262-266). Normal basic lands are #267-276. Alternate card frames have a different card number than the original version.[6] Storybook showcase cards are #277-296. Borderless cards are #297-307, the new Jumpstart cards are #308-317 and extended art cards are #318-372. Promo cards are numbered #373-379.
Wilds of Eldraine Set Boosters feature Universes Within versions of the Secret Lair Drop Series: The Walking Dead characters (SLX #018-023).[4]
Storyline
The storybook world of Eldraine awaits as we venture beyond the Realm into the darker Wilds, filled with fairy-tale wonder — and danger. The witch Eriette, her sisters, and Talion are responsible for a curse that’s lying over the land as others vie for power in a land looking for leadership. As Will Kenrith takes up his father’s sword and seeks peace as a way to fix his home, his twin sister Rowan, now a Strixhaven trained mage, thinks she can gain enough magical power to make everything back to the way it was. Meanwhile the non-desparked planeswalker Ashiok has arrived to profit from the slumber curse nobody can wake up from.[4]
This visit delves much heavier into the fairy tales and less into the Arthurian legend, though it's still in the set.[7] Wilds of Eldraine is the first set in the three-year Omenpath Arc, with creatures from elsewhere randomly showing up on the planes where the story takes place.
The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Wilds of Eldraine are:
Magic Story
Title | Author | Publishing date | Set | Setting (plane) | Featuring |
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Episode 1: Pure of Heart | K. Arsenault Rivera | 2023-08-08 | Wilds of Eldraine | Eldraine | Will Kenrith, Rowan Kenrith, Imodane, Kellan, Ronald, Hex, Talion |
Episode 2: Wandering Knight, Budding Hero | K. Arsenault Rivera | 2023-08-09 | Wilds of Eldraine | Eldraine | Rowan Kenrith, Royse, Algenus Kenrith, Linden Kenrith, Kellan, Duncan, Ruby, Agatha, Imodane, Peter |
Episode 3: Two Great Banquets | K. Arsenault Rivera | 2023-08-10 | Wilds of Eldraine | Eldraine | Rowan Kenrith, Saxon, Joshua, Ashiok, Eriette, Kellan, Ruby, Troyan, Beluna, Yorvo, Albiorix |
Episode 4: Ruby and the Frozen Heart | K. Arsenault Rivera | 2023-08-11 | Wilds of Eldraine | Eldraine | Kellan, Ruby, Peter, Hylda, Talion |
Episode 5: Broken Oaths | K. Arsenault Rivera | 2023-08-14 | Wilds of Eldraine | Eldraine | Kellan, Ruby, Rowan Kenrith, Will Kenrith, Eriette, Imodane, Ashiok, Ronald, Hex |
Marketing
Wilds of Eldraine is sold in regular 16-card Draft Boosters (one card being a marketing card), Collector Boosters, Set Boosters, the Wilds of Eldraine Bundle and two Commander decks.[8] The Jumpstart Boosters for this set have been replaced by a Starter Kit. Starting with this set, the packaging for the Commander decks is changed. They don't show the face card anymore on the front. The land slot will have full-art lands in 33% of draft/set boosters.
Wizards of the Coast won't be releasing Jumpstart Boosters alongside Wilds of Eldraine. However, as with previous new-to-Magic Standard-legal cards in Jumpstart Boosters, you'll be able to find additional Standard-legal cards in Set and Collector Boosters.[7][6]
Enchanting Tales
Enchanting Tales is a separate set of cards associated with Wilds of Eldraine, similar to the Retro Artifacts and Multiverse Legends Bonus sheets. In Enchanting Tales, Wizards of the Coast have reprinted 63 enchantments with a special card frame and the set code WOT.[7] Wilds of Eldraine Draft Boosters contain 1 Enchanting Tales cards, Set Boosters contain 1-3, and Collector Boosters contain 3-4. These will only be legal in formats that they are already legal in and in Historic. They are not part of the Standard environment, however, the cards may be used in Limited events.
Events
- Prerelease: September 1–7, 2023
- Digital release: September 5, 2023
- WPN Game Store Open House: September 8–10
- Friday Night Magic: September 8 – November 3
- Commander Nights: September 9 – November 9
- WPN Store Championship: September 30 – October 8
Promos
- Prerelease: a stamped card that can be any rare or mythic rare of Wilds of Eldraine.
- Other events: cards from the Wilds of Eldraine universal promo pack.
- The seasonal dark-frame promos are: Stroke of Midnight, Sleight of Hand, Faerie Dreamthief, Torch The Tower and Tanglespan Lookout.
- Buy-a-Box: alternate art Expel the Interlopers
- Bundle: foil alternate art Lich-Knights' Conquest,
- Store Championship promos: Tail Swipe (participation), Transcendent Message (Top 8), textless Moonshaker Cavalry (winner)
- 30th Anniversary promos: French Hornet Queen, Harvester of Souls, Spanish Kalonian Hydra and Goblin Rabblemaster
- WPN promos: Ice Out and Pyroblast (anime borderless cards illustrated by Takuma Ebisu).[9]
- Bring-a-Friend: Cultivate
- Commander Party: retro frame Syr Konrad, the Grim
- Magic Open House: retro frame Drown in the Loch
Beadle & Grimm's
Beadle & Grimm's released a special Token Set in conjunction with Wilds of Eldraine. This consisted of a tin box depicting Syr Ginger fighting multiple Food Horrors, a Syr Ginger metal life counter (1–40), six Sweettooth-themed dice (1 x d20, 2 x d10, 3 x d6), seven aluminum role token cards and seven metal gingerbread counters (5 x +1 , 2 x +5).
Tokens and markers
Wilds of Eldraine has at least 17 tokens.
- 1/1 Bird creature with flying for Knight of Doves.
- 1/1 Human creature for Have for Dinner, Return from the Wilds, Stroke of Midnight and Welcome to Sweettooth.
- 2/2 Knight creature with vigilance for Ardenvale Fealty and Train Troops.
- 1/1 Mouse creature for Three Blind Mice.
- 1/1 Faerie creature with flying and “This creature can block only creatures with flying.” for Faerie Slumber Party and Into the Fae Court.
- 1/1 Nightmare creature with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, if a card was put in exile this turn, put a +1/+1 counter in this creature." for Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator.
- 1/1 Rat creature with "This creature can't block." for Experimental Confectioner, Harried Spearguard, Lord Skitter, Sewer King, Lord Skitter's Butcher, Ogre Chitterlord, Pest Problem, Rat Out, Redcap Gutter-Dweller, Song of Totentanz, Tangled Colony, Totentanz, Swarm Piper, Twisted Sewer-Witch, Voracious Vermin and Warehouse Tabby.
- 3/3 Beast creature for The Huntsman’s Redemption.
- Gruff Triplets, a 3/3 Satyr Warrior creature with trample and "When Gruff Triplets dies, put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to its power on each creature you control named Gruff Triplets." for Gruff Triplets.
- 4/4 Elemental creature for Hylda of the Icy Crown.
- Food artifact for Experimental Confectioner, Food Coma, Have For Dinner, Gingerbread Hunter, The Goose Mother, Greta, Sweettooth Scourge, Intrepid Trufflesnout, Night of the Sweets' Revenge, Old Flitterfang, Provisions Merchant, Restless Cottage, Return from the Wilds, Scream Puff, Skybeast Tracker, Sweettooth Witch, The Witch's Vanity, Tough Cookie and Welcome to Sweettooth.
- Food artifact.
- Treasure artifact for Charming Scoundrel, Decadent Dragon, Discerning Financier, Flick a Coin and Korvold and the Noble Thief.
- Monster Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature" and "Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample." for Become Brutes, Faunsbane Troll, Monstrous Rage and Syr Armont, the Redeemer.
Sorcerer Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature" and "Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1." for Living Lectern, Spellbook Vendor and Splashy Spellcaster. - Royal Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature" and "Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ward ." for Bethroth the Beast, Charmed Clothier and Royal Treatment.
Young Hero Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature" and "Enchanted creature has "whenever this creature attacks, if its toughness is 3 or less, put a +1/+1 counter on it."" for Cut In, Embereth Veteran and Return Triumphant. - Cursed Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature" and "Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 1/1." for Asinine Antics, Cursed Courtier, Gadwick's First Duel and Spiteful Hexmage.
Wicked Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature", "Enchanted creature gets +1/+1." and "When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life." for Charming Scoundrel, Lord Skitter's Blessing, Not Dead After All, Price of Beauty, Twisted Fealty, Twisted Sewer-Witch and The Witch’s Vanity.
Themes and mechanics
Where the original Eldraine had a theme for both artifacts and enchantments, this time it trends heavier to the Enchantment themes.[10] Food is also a major theme again, and this time it is a bit more aggressive, seeing multiple legendaries.[11]
Adventures make a return, with adventurers getting new card types beyond creatures. Some of them are multicolor now.[12]
Sagas also make up an important part of the set, now based on classic and re-imagined fairy tales.
Wilds of Eldraine introduces Bargain, a keyword ability that allows you to sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast the spell for an additional effect. Another new mechanic is Celebration, an ability word for abilities that trigger if two or more nonland permanents entered the battlefield under your control this turn. Several cards create new predefined tokens portrayed as Roles, aura enchantments that attach to creatures giving them different abilities, but only one role controlled by the same player can exist at the same time on a creature.
Card types
Wilds of Eldraine introduces the Role aura enchantment type.[10]
This set features one Planeswalker card: Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator. Going forward, the general intent is that there will be only one Planeswalker per set.[11][13]
Rats get multiple cards and tribal support in , while Faeries get the same in . Other notable creature types are Nightmares, Mice, Giants and Satyrs.
Limited archetypes
Wilds of Eldraine features the following Limited archetypes, each based on a well-known fairy tale:[14]
- : Tapping opponents' creatures - "The Frost Queen"[15] ("The Snow Queen")[10]
- : Faerie control - "Enchanting Slumber"[15] ("Sleeping Beauty")[10]
- : Rat token aggro - "Dark Piper"[15] ("The Pied Piper of Hamelin")[10]
- : "Ferocious" - "Ruby and the Wolf"[15] ("Little Red Riding Hood")[10]
- : Enchanted creatures - "Armont and the Beasts"[15] ("Beauty and the Beast")[10]
- : Bargain and sacrifice - "Pale as Snow"[15] ("Snow White")[10]
- : Instants, sorceries, and Adventures - "The Magician's Misstep"[15] ("The Sorcerer's Apprentice")[10]
- : Food - "Greta the Witch Hunter"[15] ("Hansel and Gretel")[10]
- : Celebration aggro - "Ash" ("Cinderella")[10]
- : Big Spells - "The Kingdom of Storms"[15] ("Jack and the Beanstalk")[10]
Cycles
Cycle name | |||||
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Adventure Virtues | Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty | Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Vision | Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn | Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze | Virtue of Strength // Garenbrig Growth |
Five mythic enchantments named after a virtue and an Adventure spell named after the respective Court. | |||||
Uncommons sagas | The Princess Takes Flight | Gadwick's First Duel | The Witch's Vanity | Korvold and the Noble Thief | Welcome to Sweettooth |
Five uncommon sagas. | |||||
Adventure Commons | Besotted Knight // Betroth the Beast | Aquatic Alchemist // Bubble Up | Conceited Witch // Price of Beauty | Ratcatcher Trainee // Pest Problem | Beanstalk Wurm // Plant Beans |
Five common creatures with an adventure spell. | |||||
Cycle name | |||||
Restless manlands | Restless Fortress | Restless Spire | Restless Cottage | Restless Bivouac | Restless Vinestalk |
Five enemy color lands that can become creatures with an ability and grant a bonus when they attack. |
Double cycles
Vertical cycle
Cycle name | ||||
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Witch's Boons | Eriette's Tempting Apple | Hylda's Crown of Winter | Agatha's Soul Cauldron | |
Three Legendary Artifacts that represent the boons granted to the trio of witches by Lord Talion. |
Pairs
Mirrored pair | Description | |
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Will, Scion of Peace () | Rowan, Scion of War () | Two mythic legendary creatures that tap to reduce the cost of spells of their respective colors depending on the life gain/lost this turn. |
Rowdy Research () | Witchstalker Frenzy () | Two uncommon instants that costs less to cast for each creature that attacked this turn. |
Reprinted cards
- Glass Casket, first printed in Throne of Eldraine.
- Disdainful Stroke, first printed in Khans of Tarkir, last seen in Streets of New Capenna.
- Evolving Wilds, first printed in Rise of the Eldrazi, last seen in Lord of the Rings Commander.
- Gingerbrute, first printed in Throne of Eldraine, last seen in Jumpstart.
- Prophetic Prism, first printed in Rise of the Eldrazi, last seen in Commander Masters.
- Sleight of Hand, first printed in Portal Second Age, last seen in Ultimate Masters.
- Soul-Guide Lantern, first printed in Theros Beyond Death, last seen in Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander.
Preconstructed decks
Wilds of Eldraine features two Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.
Theme deck name |
Color Identity | Commander | ||||
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Virtue and Valor | W | G | Ellivere of the Wild Court | |||
Fae Dominion | U | B | Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor |
References
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- ↑ Wizards Presents 2022 (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (August 18, 2022).
- ↑ Adam Styborski (August 18, 2022). "The Next Year of Magic From Wizards Presents". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c The Preview Panel at MagicCon Minneapolis (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (May 5, 2023).
- ↑ Billie Kaplan (May 5, 2023). "On September 8, Be Ready for Wilds of Eldraine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Mike Turian (August 15, 2023). "Collecting Wilds of Eldraine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Jubilee Finnegan (July 28, 2023). "A First Look at Wilds of Eldraine". magicthegathering.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023.
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- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (August 15, 2023). "Celebrate Tour Local Gamestore with Wilds of Eldraine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Mark Rosewater (August 15, 2023). "Wilds Story, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b The Preview Panel at MagicCon: Barcelona (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (July 28, 2023).
- ↑ Matt Tabak (August 15, 2023). "Wilds of Eldraine Mechanics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (July 28, 2023). "Mark confirms the general intent is that it is one Planeswalker per set.". Twitter.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 21, 2023). "Wilds Story, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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