Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
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| Symbol description | Wolf head in front of the full Innistrad moon | ||||
| Design | Mark Rosewater | ||||
| Release date | September 24, 2021 | ||||
| Themes and mechanics | Werewolves, TDFCs, Graveyard matters | ||||
| Keywords/ability words | Flashback | ||||
| Expansion code | MID | ||||
| Development codename | Golf | ||||
| "Ice Skating" Standard | |||||
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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt is the 89th Magic expansion.[1] It will be released on September 24, 2021, and is paired up with Innistrad: Crimson Vow which releases two months later.[2][3]
Set details
The set was originally announced with the provisional name Innistrad: Werewolves.[2] Based on the registration of public domains on September 18, 2020, the final name was speculated to be Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, which was confirmed on March 18, 2021. [4][5] Both Innistrad sets are full size sets and they both are Standard-legal. Although they come out only two months apart, R&D is not changing how many sets are being added to Standard during the rotation window, but are just moving around when they come out.[6] The sets are designed to draft by themselves, but they also will draft well together. The two sets are synergistic and overlap in spots.[7][8]
Storyline
TBA
Marketing
Midnight is sold in regular 16-card Draft Boosters (one card being a marketing card), Theme Boosters, Collector Boosters, Set Boosters, the Midnight Hunt Bundle, and two Commander decks.
Events
- Magic Online and MTG Arena release:
- Tabletop Prerelease: September 17, 2021[9]
- Launch party:
- Friday Night Magic:
- Commander Nights:
Promotional cards
- Prerelease: a stamped card that can be any rare or mythic rare of Midnight Hunt.
- Other events: cards from the Midnight Hunt' universal promo pack.
- The seasonal dark-frame promos are: Join the Dance (MID, #391),
- Buy-a-Box: foil alternate art
- Bundle promo: foil alternate art
Tokens/emblems/markers
The sixteenth card in the boosters is a token creature card, an emblem or a marker, with advertisements on the back side. It can also be a helper card with a standard card back. There are at least a total of 2 tokens and emblems:
1/1 Human creature, for Join the Dance (MID, #391),- Emblem for Wrenn and Seven.
Themes and mechanics
At least one of the Innistrad sets features transforming double-faced cards.[10] The transform mechanic is tied to the Werewolf creature type.
Cycles
TBA
Reprinted cards
TBA
Preconstructed decks
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt features two Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.[11]
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Color Identity | Commander | ||||
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| Coven Counters | W | G | Leinore, Autumn Sovereign | |||
| Undead Unleashed | TBA | |||||
References
- ↑ The Zendikar Adventuring Party (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (September 1, 2020).
- ↑ a b Blake Rasmussen (September 1, 2020). "Zendikar Debut and Announcement Day Recap". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 18, 2021). "Strixhaven News + More". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Payneswalker (October 3, 2020). "Innistrad Set Names?". Reddit.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 18, 2021). "Strixhaven News + More". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 19, 2021). "I am curious about some of the finer release details with the 2 Innistrad sets.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 19, 2021). "Will the Innistrad sets draft well together?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 13, 2021). "Would it be possible to have 2 standalone...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ WPN (April 28, 2021). "Deadlines to Earn the Most Requested WPN Premium Benefits". Wizards Play Network.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 29, 2021). "In the Strixhaven, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ The Future of Commander Preconstructed Decks! (Video). Good Morning Magic. YouTube (May 14, 2021).