Modern Masters 2017
| Modern Masters 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Set Information | |
| Set symbol | |
| Themes and mechanics | Flickering, Tokens, Traps, Graveyard matters, Sacrifice |
| Keywords/ability words | Bloodrush, Conspire, Flashback, Miracle, Overload, Populate, Soulbond, Unearth |
| Set size |
249 cards (101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares) |
| Expansion code | MM3[2] |
Modern Masters 2017, officially styled as Modern Masters 2017 Edition, is the third set in the Modern Masters series. It is a booster-based compilation set containing cards legal in, and intended for, the Modern format. It was released on March 17, 2017.[3][4]
Set details
Modern Masters 2017 is a 249 card set consisting of reprints of cards originally printed between Eighth Edition and Magic 2014, including trips through Innistrad and Return to Ravnica. Modern Masters 2017 is exclusively booster-based, thus no satellite products such as preconstructed theme decks are branded with the set. Each booster contains 15 playable cards: 10 commons, 3 uncommons and one rare or mythic rare, and one foil card of any rarity replacing the usual basic land. The 16-card boosters (the sixteenth card is a marketing card) feature artwork from Domri Rade, Griselbrand and Stoic Angel.[5] Like Modern Masters 2015 and Eternal Masters before, the MSRP of one booster is set to $9.99. Due to the higher MSRP booster displays only contain 24 packs, which is also the number required for a regular draft (three boosters for each of eight players), as the set was designed specifically for draft. A number of cards may change rarity to create a better drafting environment.
Marketing
The set is be printed in English, Japanese, and Chinese Simplified. The packaging material features the word Magic, without : The Gathering, a first in Magic history. According to Mark Rosewater, it is something WotC is experimenting with on supplemental products.[6]
Magic Online
Modern Masters 2017 released on Magic Online on March 23, 2017.
Themes and mechanics
Modern Masters 2017 features the following limited archetypes:[7][8]
: Blink (enters the battlefield effects)
: Instant Control
: Unearth / Sacrifice
: Tokens go wide- : Populate
- (Esper): Control (with Creatures)
- (Grixis): Graveyard
- (Jund): Sacrifice
- (Naya): Token Aggro
- (Bant): Splicers (Golems creators)
Changes in rarity
Common to Uncommon
- Ancient Grudge
- Compulsive Research
- Molten Rain
- Vithian Stinger
- Terminate
- The Signets:
Uncommon to Common
- Augur of Bolas
- Burning-Tree Emissary
- Call of the Conclave
- Cower in Fear
- Dinrova Horror
- Gift of Orzhova
- Gnawing Zombie
- Ground Assault
- Magma Jet
- Scourge Devil
- Slime Molding
- Spike Jester
- Thunderous Wrath
Rare to Common
Rare to Uncommon
Rare to Mythic
Mythic to Rare
Cycles
Modern Masters 2017 has 6 cycles, two of which are double cycles:
- Shard creatures: 5 uncommon creatures has includes shard mana cost — Rhox War Monk (//), Tower Gargoyle (//), Sedraxis Specter (//), Sprouting Thrinax (//), and Woolly Thoctar (//).
- Shard rares: 5 rare spells has includes shard mana cost — Stoic Angel (//), Zur, The Enchanter (//), Cruel Ultimatum (//), Broodmate Dragon (//), and Fiery Justice (//).
- Shard lands: 5 uncommon taplands which can produced 3 colors or a shard — Seaside Citadel (//), Arcane Sanctum (//), Crumbling Necropolis (//), Savage Lands (//), and Jungle Shrine (//).
- Fetch lands: 5 rare enemy colors fetchlands — Misty Rainforest (/), Verdant Catacombs (/), Marsh Flats (/), Arid Mesa (/), Scalding Tarn (/).
- Guildgates: All 10 common Gate cards — Azorius Guildgate (
), Dimir Guildgate (
), Rakdos Guildgate (
), Gruul Guildgate (
), Selesnya Guildgate (
), Orzhov Guildgate (
), Izzet Guildgate (
), Golgari Guildgate (
), Boros Guildgate (
), and Simic Guildgate (
). - Signets: 10 common Mana Stones that cost
to cast and can be tapped to filter 
into two mana of two different colors — Azorius Signet (), Dimir Signet (), Rakdos Signet (), Gruul Signet (), Selesnya Signet (), Orzhov Signet (), Izzet Signet (), Golgari Signet (), Boros Signet () and Simic Signet ().
Token cards
The set comes with 20 tokens and one emblem.[9]
- 4/4 Angel with Flying for Entreat the Angels and Urbis Protector
- 1/1 Bird with Flying for Eyes in the Skies
- 1/1 Soldier (new art by Magali Villeneuve) for Attended Knight
- 1/1 Spirit with Flying for Lingering Souls
- 2/4 Spider with Reach for Penumbra Spider
- 2/2 Zombie for Grixis Slavedriver
- 4/4 Dragon with Flying for Broodmate Dragon
- 1/1 Goblin for Dragon Fodder, Goblin Assault and Kathari Bomber
- 3/3 Beast for Thragtusk
- 4/4 Beast for Baloth Cage Trap
- 3/3 Centaur for Call of the Conclave
- 3/3 Elephant for Call of the Herd
- */* Ooze for Slime Molding and Mystic Genesis
- 1/1 Saproling for Fists of Ironwood, Golgari Germination and Sprouting Thrinax
- 5/5 Wurm with Trample for Advent of the Wurm
- */* Elemental for Voice of Resurgence
- 4/4 Giant Warrior with Haste for Giantbaiting
- 1/1 Goblin Warrior for Wort, the Raidmother
- 1/1 Soldier for Sunhome Guildmage
3/3 Golem for Blade Splicer, Master Splicer, Sensor Splicer, Wing Splicer and Vital Splicer- Emblem for Domri Rade
Notable cards
- Damnation receives its first reprint in a set.[7]
- Both Snapcaster Mage and Cavern of Souls become the first cards originally printed as a rare in a standard set printed after mythic rares were introduced, to be reprinted as a mythic rare.[10]
- The downgraded Sedraxis Specter replaces Fire-Field Ogre of the original tricolored creatures cycle.
Cards with new art
- Abyssal Specter
- Agent of Masks
- Azorius Signet
- Cavern of Souls
- Compulsive Research
- Dimir Signet
- Goblin Guide
- Golgari Germination
- Might of Old Krosa
- Molten Rain
- Past in Flames
- Ranger of Eos
- Recover
- Serum Visions (depicts Jin-Gitaxias [11])
- Snapcaster Mage
- Stony Silence
- Terminate (depicts Sun Titan falling apart [11])
- Urbis Protector
Cards with new flavor text
- Abyssal Specter
- Agent of Masks
- Blade Splicer
- Death-Hood Cobra
- Inquisition of Kozilek
- Magma Jet
- Might of Old Krosa
- Molten Rain
- Recover
- Sensor Splicer
- Serum Visions
- Stony Silence
- Terminate
- Urbis Protector
- Vampire Nighthawk
- Wing Splicer
References
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