The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
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| Design | Mark Rosewater (lead) | ||||
| Art direction | Ovidio Cartagena | ||||
| Release date | November, 2023 | ||||
| Expansion code | LCI[1] | ||||
| Development codename | Offroading | ||||
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The Lost Caverns of Ixalan is the ninety-eighth Magic expansion. It will be released in November, 2023.[2][3][4]
Set details
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan is Magic's take on the “Underground World” trope.[5][6][7] It is not a traditional return set: R&D was making an underground set, and Ixalan felt like the best fit for it. It wasn’t the other way round.[8][9] As such, it is not a mechanical return to the previous set.[10] The set will have Dinosaurs, Merfolk, Pirates, and Vampires, but it won’t be factioned or particularly typal.[11][12] Thematically, it more an action/adventure set.[10]
Storyline
We revisit Ixalan, the plane packed with pirates and dinosaurs. Things have changed since the disappearance of the Immortal Sun. Once again, there is a scramble as the groups race toward the center of Ixalan in search of a new resource: cosmium. Once they get past the caves, they find that Ixalan is a hollow world with Ixalan's Core in the middle, lighted by its own sun. An ancient civilization, ancestors of the Sun Empire, uses the magic of the inner sun of Ixalan to grow in power.
The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Lost Caverns are: TBA
Magic Story
Marketing
Special Guests
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan introduces Special Guests. These are highly desirable reprints that are matched to the flavor of the plane they appear in. They are incorporated in The List of the respective sets, and can thus be found in Set Boosters, but also may appear in Collector Boosters.[13]
Universes Beyond: Jurassic World
Events
- Prerelease:
- Including Jumpstart prerelease: players receive two Jumpstart packs to open, shuffle together, and play.
- Launch party:
- Friday Night Magic:
- Commander Nights:
- Game Day:
Promos
- Buy-a-Box: alternate art
- Game Day: full alternate art (participation), (Top 8) and (winner).
- Store Championship promos: full-art (participation), (Top 8), textless (winner)
- 30th Anniversary promos: Dragonlord Atarka, Dramatic Reversal, Path of Ancestry and Beast Whisperer
Tokens and markers
Lost Caverns has tokens and emblems
Themes and mechanics
TBA
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Reprinted cards
TBA
Preconstructed decks
Lost Caverns features TBA Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.
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References
- ↑ Information below the text box
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 7, 2023). "Is Lost Caverns of Ixalan going to be this time next year, or more around Brothers War release?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 11, 2022). "Is ‘The Lost Caverns of Ixalan” MtG’s rendition of the “Underground World” theme?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 21, 2023). "Why did you do this?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 4, 2023). "Do you consider Lost Caverns to be “underground world”?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (November 27, 2022). "Maybe this is early to say but I'm really excited for the return to Ixalan but I'm slightly worried when looking at the sets right before it.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 21, 2023). "The new ixalan seems like it wont focus on this either in favor of another unseeen part of ixalan.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ a b The Preview Panel at MagicCon: Barcelona (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (July 28, 2023).
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 30, 2023). "Does that mean that despite Ixalan being underground that we still retain parts of its identity before?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 3, 2023). "What are you adding by setting it on Ixalan?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ 30th Anniversary Panel at GenCon – A Recap of MTG's Past, Present & Future (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (August 5, 2023).
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