Alara block
The Alara block is the fifteenth block consisting of the large expansion Shards of Alara (File:ALA symbol.png) and two small expansions, Conflux (File:CON symbol.png) and Alara Reborn (File:ARB symbol.png). The block came out in 2008-2009. [1]
Mechanics
Keywords introduced in this block: devour, exalted, unearth, cascade.
Keywords/ability words reused from the past: cycling, domain (now an ability word with Conflux), typecycling (expanded upon with basic land cycling).
Sets
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Mega cycle
- Planeswalkers: Each shard has a corresponding Planeswalker. Sarkhan Vol (Jund), Ajani Vengeant (Naya), Elspeth, Knight-Errant (Bant) and Tezzeret the Seeker (Esper) were introduced in Shards of Alara while the cycle was completed with Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker (Grixis) in Conflux.[2]
Products
A special Shards of Alara block all-foil booster pack, containing a selection of cards from all three sets (539 total), was released on January 8, 2010 for US$ 11.99 [3] [4]
Theme decks
References
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