Alchemy: Innistrad
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| Symbol description | A22 | ||||
| Design | David Humpherys | ||||
| Release date | December 9, 2021 | ||||
| Plane | Innistrad | ||||
| Themes and mechanics | Spellbook, Party, Daybound and Nightbound, Foretell. | ||||
| Keywords/ability words | Conjure, Perpetually, Seek | ||||
| Set size | 63 | ||||
| Expansion code | A22[1] or Y22 (MTG Arena) or YMID (Scryfall)[2][3] | ||||
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Alchemy: Innistrad is a MTG Arena-exclusive card set that was released on December 9, 2021. It is the first set in the Alchemy-series.[4][5]
Description
Alchemy: Innistrad is a digital only release adjacent to the release of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and Innistrad: Crimson Vow. The set is the first to be featured in the Alchemy play mode of MTG Arena. There are 63 new designed-for-digital cards included in the set (11 uncommons, 42 rares, 10 mythic rares). At the same time of its release, 11 older cards were rebalanced.
Most of the cards are set on Innistrad, but a few of them call back to earlier sets.[5]
As with all Alchemy cards, the cards of this set have the MTG Arena "A" as a "foil stamp" at the central bottom of the card. The set also features the A22 expansion symbol.
Mechanics
Alchemy: Innistrad introduces the Spellbook mechanic. Drafting a card from a spellbook works much like Davriel, Soul Broker's offers and conditions and Tome of the Infinite from Jumpstart: Historic Horizons. You will see three cards chosen from among a curated list and select one, usually to put into your hand.
The digital-only mechanics Conjure, Perpetually and Seek that were introduced in Jumpstart: Historic Horizons all return in this set. Party from Zendikar Rising makes a reappearance on one card, as well as Daybound and Nightbound and Foretell.
List of exclusive digital-only cards
- White
- Angel of Eternal Dawn
- Angel of Unity
- Captain Eberhart
- Divine Purge
- Ethereal Escort
- Expedition Supplier
- Faithful Disciple
- Inquisitor Captain
- Sigardian Evangel
- Slayer's Bounty
- Suntail Squadron
- Blue
- Absorb Energy
- Clone Crafter
- Discover the Formula
- Geist Channeler
- Geist of Regret
- Kindred Denial
- Obsessive Collector
- Oglor, Devoted Assistant
- Rimewall Protector
- Sinister Reflections
- Tireless Angler
- Unexpected Conversion
- Black
- Assemble from Parts
- Break Expectations
- Citystalker Connoisseur
- Cursebound Witch
- Gutmorn, Pactbound Servant
- Patient Zero
- Predatory Sludge
- Puppet Raiser
- Sanguine Brushstroke
- Sap Vitality
- Veteran Ghoulcaller
- Red
- Arms Scavenger
- Bloodrage Alpha
- Brittle Blast
- Conductive Current
- Electrostatic Blast
- Frenzied Geistblaster
- Fearsome Whelp
- Rahilda, Feral Outlaw
- Rahilda, Wanted Cutthroat
- Tibalt, Wicked Tormentor
- Town-razer Tyrant
- Toralf's Disciple
- Green
- Antique Collector
- Garruk, Wrath of the Wilds
- Geistpack Alpha
- Grizzled Huntmaster
- Hinterland Chef
- Hollowhenge Wrangler
- Ishkanah, Broodmother
- Lupine Harbingers
- Ravenous Pursuit
- Settle the Wilds
- Tenacious Pup
- Multicolor
- Colorless
- Lands
List of cards that can be conjured
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) Expedition Supplier conjures Utility Knife - () Sigardian Evangel conjures Sigardian Evangel
- () Suntail Squadron conjures Suntail Hawk
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) Sanguine Brushstroke conjures Blood Artist - () Predatory Sludge conjures Predatory Sludge
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) Hollowhenge Wrangler conjures Hollowhenge Beast
List of cards in Spellbooks
Arms Scavenger
Break Expectations
Cursebound Witch
Faithful Disciple
Garruk, Wrath of the Wilds
Hinterland Chef
Ishkanah, Broodmother
Key to the Archive
Ominous Traveler
Slayer's Bounty
Tibalt, Wicked Tormentor
Tireless Angler
Pairs
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| Inquisitor Captain ()
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Frenzied Geistblaster ( )
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Two rare Humans with a keyword ability and a Seek enter-the-battlefield ability that requires twenty or more cards of a certain quality across the player's non-exile zones. |
Unexpected Conversion ( )
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Grizzled Huntmaster ()
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Two rare spells that allow you to lobotomize oneself of a particular card in exchange for a replacement spell of that card's type. |
References
- ↑ Expansion symbol
- ↑ Scryfall set list
- ↑ JiveJunkie (June, 2022). "What are the set abbreviations for the different Alchemy sets on MTG Arena? Are they all Y22?". Reddit.
- ↑ Jay Parker (December 2, 2021). "MTG Arena: State of the Game - Alchemy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b David Humpherys (December 8, 2021). "Designing for Alchemy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.