Ultimate Masters

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Ultimate Masters
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Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description Infinity symbol
Release date December 7, 2018
Set size 254
Expansion code UMA[2]
Physical Masters series
[[Masters 25]] [[Ultimate Masters]] N/A
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
[[Game Night]] Ultimate Masters [[Ravnica Allegiance]]

Ultimate Masters is a booster-based compilation set that will be released on December 7, 2018. It will be the last masters series "for the foreseeable future".[3][4] It is designed to be drafted and is meant to be the conclusive celebration of twenty-five years of Magic: The Gathering.

Set details

Ultimate Masters booster pack
Ultimate Masters product range

Ultimate Masters contains 254 cards (101 common, 80 uncommon, 53 rare, and 20 mythic rare) and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. The product contains cards from across Magic 's entire history with some of Magic's most popular cards. Every booster box of Ultimate Masters contains 24 booster packs — each with fifteen randomly inserted game cards, including one premium foil card in every pack. The 16-card boosters (the sixteenth card is a marketing card) feature artwork from Liliana of the Veil, Karn Liberated, and Vengevine. The set will be released in English and Japanese.

Boxes of Ultimate Masters will only be available through local games stores, while larger box stores like Walmart and Target will have three-pack blisterpacks (Draft Packs). Ultimate Masters has an MSRP higher than previous Masters products. MSRP $13.99 is per booster pack, $335.76 per Booster box and $34.99 per blisterpack. WotC says that “supplies will be limited,” implying that the print run for Ultimate Masters will likely be small.

Ultimate Box Topper

Each booster box comes with a random semi-borderless foil box topper, each being available as regular card in the set, too.[5] There is a total of 40 box toppers.

Magic Online

Ultimate Masters releases on Magic Online on December 7th, 2018, the same day as the paper set. Box toppers will be distributed by Treasure Chests.

Themes and mechanics

Every color in this set has multiple cards that care about the graveyard in some way, providing resources for Delve, Flashback, and Dredge in blue, black and green.[6] White and red see the return of the Heroic mechanic from Theros. In addition, white has a heavy Aura sub-theme, and Madness is prevalent in red.

Changes in rarity

Common to Uncommon

Uncommon to Common

Uncommon to Rare

Rare to Uncommon

Rare to Mythic Rare

Mythic Rare to Rare

Cycles

Token cards

Ultimate Masters has 15 tokens.

  1. {W} 1/1 Citizen creature, for Template:Cardlink.
  2. {W} 1/1 Spirit creature with flying, for Template:Cardlink.
  3. {U} 2/2 Drake creature with flying, for Template:Cardlink.
  4. {U} 2/2 Homunculus creature, for Template:Cardlink.
  5. {B} 20/20 black Avatar creature with flying and indestructible named Marit Lage, for Template:Cardlink.
  6. {B} 1/1 Faerie Rogue creature with flying, for Template:Cardlink.
  7. {B} 6/6 Wurm creature with trample, for Template:Cardlink.
  8. {B} 2/2 Zombie creature, for Template:Cardlink, Template:Cardlink, Template:Cardlink, and Template:Cardlink.
  9. {R} 1/1 Elemental creature, for Template:Cardlink and Template:Cardlink.
  10. {R} 1/1 Soldier creature with haste, for Template:Cardlink.
  11. {R} 3/1 Elemental creature named Spark Elemental, with trample, haste, and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Spark Elemental," for Template:Cardlink.
  12. {G} 4/4 Elemental creature, for Template:Cardlink.
  13. {G} X/X Ooze creature, for Template:Cardlink.
  14. {G} 1/2 Spider creature with reach, for Template:Cardlink.
  15. {W/B} 1/1 Spirit creature with flying, for Template:Cardlink.

Notable cards

Cards with new art

Cards with new flavor text

References