Innistrad block
The Innistrad block is the eighteenth in Magic history and consists of the large expansion Innistrad (Template:Set), the small expansion Dark Ascension (Template:Set), and a large set Avacyn Restored (Template:Set).[1]
New keywords and ability words; Fateful Hour, Fight (evergreen), Miracle, Morbid, Soulbond, Transform, Undying
Keywords reused from the past:
The block has come out over 2011-2012.
Sets
Mega-cycle
- Two-color utility lands: Lands depicting tribe homelands that tap for , with an additional ability costing nMN, : Gavony Township, Kessig Wolf Run, Moorland Haunt, Nephalia Drownyard, Stensia Bloodhall, Grim Backwoods, Vault of the Archangel, Alchemist's Refuge, Desolate Lighthouse, Slayers' Stronghold
- Off-color flashback spells: Flashback spells with off-color flashback costs in every possible color combination and permutation: Ancient Grudge, Bump in the Night, Burning Oil, Desperate Ravings, Deadly Allure, Feeling of Dread, Fires of Undeath, Forbidden Alchemy, Lingering Souls, Memory's Journey, Mystic Retrieval, Ray of Revelation, Rally the Peasants, Reap the Seagraf, Saving Grasp, Spider Spawning, Travel Preparations, Tracker's Instincts, Unburial Rites, and Wild Hunger.
Matched pairs
Innistrad block has one matched pair.
- Ray of Revelation (Dark Ascension) and Ancient Grudge (Innistrad) are both reprinted instants that destroy a type of permanent that may be commonly destroyed by their respective colors and green. Both cards have a flashback cost of .
Theme decks
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 24, 2013). "Modern Tales, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.