Wilds of Eldraine

Wilds of Eldraine

 

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Enchanting Tales

 

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Wilds of Eldraine
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Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	An open storybook with a diamond nestled in the pages
Design	Chris Mooney (lead) Mark Rosewater
Art direction	Andrew Vallas
Release date	September 8, 2023
Expansion code	WOE
Development codename	Netball
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Expansion symbol

Wilds of Eldraine is the ninety-seventh Magic expansion. It will be released on September 8, 2023.

Set details

“

A Tale Only You Can Tell

”

Wilds of Eldraine contains TBA regular cards (), and includes randomly inserted traditional foil versions of all cards. The regular cards include 5 full-art "fairy tale" basic lands by Hari & Deepti (#262-266). Alternate card frames have a different card number than the original version. Borderless cards are #TBA-TBA. Storybook showcase cards are #TBA-TBA, and extended art cards are #TBA-TBA.

Wilds of Eldraine Set Boosters feature Universes Within versions of the Secret Lair Drop Series: The Walking Dead characters.

Storyline

Eriette, Charming Witch by Magali Villeneuve

The storybook world of Eldraine awaits as we venture beyond the Realm into the darker Wilds, filled with fairy-tale wonder — and danger. The witch Eriette, her sisters, and Talion are responsible for a curse that’s lying over the land as others vie for power in a land looking for leadership. As Will Kenrith takes up his father’s sword and seeks peace as a way to fix his home, his twin sister Rowan, now a Strixhaven trained mage, thinks she can gain enough magical power to make everything back to the way it was. Meanwhile the non-desparked planeswalker Ashiok has arrived to profit from the slumber curse nobody can wake up from.

This visit delves much heavier into the fairy tales and less into the Arthurian legend, though it's still in the set. Wilds of Eldraine is the first set in the three-year Omenpath Arc, with creatures from elsewhere randomly showing up on the planes where the story takes place.

Magic Story

Title	Author	Publishing date	Set	Setting (plane)	Featuring
Episode 1: Pure of Heart	K. Arsenault Rivera	2023-08-08	Wilds of Eldraine	Eldraine	Will Kenrith, Rowan Kenrith, Imodane, Kellan, Ronald, Hex, Talion
Episode 2: Wandering Knight, Budding Hero	K. Arsenault Rivera	2023-08-09	Wilds of Eldraine	Eldraine	Rowan Kenrith, Royse, Algenus Kenrith, Linden Kenrith, Kellan, Duncan, Ruby, Agatha, Imodane, Peter
Episode 3: Two Great Banquets	K. Arsenault Rivera	2023-08-10	Wilds of Eldraine	Eldraine	Rowan Kenrith, Saxon, Joshua, Ashiok, Eriette, Kellan, Ruby, Troyan, Beluna, Yorvo, Albiorix
Episode 4: Ruby and the Frozen Heart	K. Arsenault Rivera	2023-08-11	Wilds of Eldraine	Eldraine	Kellan, Ruby, Peter, Hylda, Talion
Episode 5: Broken Oaths	K. Arsenault Rivera	2023-08-14	Wilds of Eldraine	Eldraine	Kellan, Ruby, Rowan Kenrith, Will Kenrith, Eriette, Imodane, Ashiok, Ronald, Hex

Marketing

Syr Ginger on the Collector Booster

Wilds of Eldraine is sold in regular 16-card Draft Boosters (one card being a marketing card), Collector Boosters, Set Boosters, the Wilds of Eldraine Bundle and two Commander decks. The Jumpstart Boosters for this set have been replaced by a Starter Kit. Starting with this set, the packaging for the Commander decks is changed. They don't show the face card anymore on the front. The land slot will have full-art lands in 33% of draft/set boosters.

Wizards of the Coast won't be releasing Jumpstart Boosters alongside Wilds of Eldraine. However, as with previous new-to-Magic Standard-legal cards in Jumpstart Boosters, you'll be able to find additional Standard-legal cards in Set and Collector Boosters.

Enchanting Tales

Enchanting Tales is a separate set of cards associated with Wilds of Eldraine, similar to the Retro Artifacts and Multiverse Legends Bonus sheets. In Enchanting Tales, Wizards of the Coast have reprinted 63 enchantments with a special card frame and the set code WOT. Wilds of Eldraine Draft and Set Boosters contain TBA Enchanting Tales cards, and Collector Boosters have at least TBA. These will only be legal in formats that they are already legal in and in Historic. They are not part of the Standard environment, however, the cards may be used in Limited events.

Events

• Prerelease: September 1–7, 2023
• Digital release: September 5, 2023
• WPN Game Store Open House: September 8–10
• Friday Night Magic: September 8 – November 3
• Commander Nights: September 9 – November 9
• WPN Store Championship: September 30 – October 8

Promos

• Prerelease: a stamped card that can be any rare or mythic rare of Wilds of Eldraine.
• Other events: cards from the Wilds of Eldraine universal promo pack.
  • The seasonal dark-frame promos are: Stroke of Midnight, , Faerie Dreamthief, Torch The Tower and Tanglespan Lookout.
• Buy-a-Box: alternate art
• Store Championship promos: textless Moonshaker Cavalry (participation), (Top 8), textless (winner)
• 30th Anniversary promos: French Hornet Queen, Harvester of Souls, Spanish Kalonian Hydra and Goblin Rabblemaster

Tokens and markers

Wilds of Eldraine has at least 17 tokens

1. 1/1 Bird creature with flying for Knight of Doves.
2. 1/1 Human creature for Stroke of Midnight.
3. 1/1 Mouse creature for Three Blind Mice.
4. 1/1 Nightmare creature with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, if a card was put in exile this turn, put a +1/+1 counter in this creature." for Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator.
5. 1/1 Rat creature with "This creature can't block." for Lord Skitter, Sewer King, Totentanz, Swarm Piper, Song of Totentanz and Tangled Colony.
6. 3/3 Beast creature for The Huntsman’s Redemption.
7. 3/3 Gruff Triplets, a Satyr Warrior creature with trample and "When Gruff Triplets dies, put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to its power on each creature you control named Gruff Triplets." for Gruff Triplets.
8. 4/4 Elemental creature for Hylda of the Ice Crown.
9. Food artifact for Greta, Sweettooth Scourge, The Goose Mother and Tough Cookie.
10. Treasure artifact for Charming Scoundrel and Decadent Dragon.
11. Monster Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature" and "Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample" for Faunsbane Troll and Syr Armont, the Redeemer. // Sorcerer Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature" and "Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1."" for Living Lectern and Spellbook Vendor.
12. Royal Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature" and "Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has Ward ." for Bethroth the Beast. // Young Hero Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature", "Enchanted creature has "whenever this creature attacks, if its toughness is 3 or less, put a +1/+1 counter on it." for Embereth Veteran.
13. Cursed Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature" and "Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 1/1." for Asinine Antics and Spiteful Hexmage. // Wicked Role aura enchantment with "Enchant creature", "Enchanted creature gets +1/+1." and "When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life." for Charming Scoundrel, Lord Skitter's Blessing and Price of Beauty. //

Themes and mechanics

Where the original Eldraine had a theme for both artifacts and enchantments, this time it trends heavier to the Enchantment themes. Food is also a major theme again, and this time it is a bit more aggressive, seeing multiple legendaries.

Rats and Mice will get multiples cards and tribal support in . Other notable creature types are Nightmares, Faeries, Giants and Satyrs, now pushed as a characteristic creature type for in this set.

Adventures make a return, with adventurers getting new card types beyond creatures. Some of them are multicolor now.

Sagas will also make up an important part of the set, now based on classic and re-imagined fairy tales.

Wilds of Eldraine introduces Bargain, a keyword ability that allows you to sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast the spell for an additional effect. Another new mechanic is Celebration, an ability word for abilities that trigger if two or more nonland permanents entered the battlefield under your control this turn. Several cards create new predefined tokens portrayed as Roles, aura enchantments that attach to creatures giving them different abilities, but only one role controlled by the same player can exist at the same time on a creature.

Card types

This set features one Planeswalker card: Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator. Going forward, the general intent is that there will be only one Planeswalker per set.

Wilds of Eldraine introduces the Role aura enchantment type.

Limited archetypes

Wilds of Eldraine features the following Limited archetypes, each based on a well-known fairy tale:

• : (The Snow Queen)
• : Mill (Sleeping Beauty)
• : Rats and Mice (The Pied Piper)
• : (Little Red Riding Hood)
• : (Beauty and the Beast)
• : (Snow White)
• : (Sorcerer's Apprentice)
• : Food (Hansel and Gretel)
• : (Cinderella)
• : (Jack and the Beanstalk)

Cycles

Double cycles

Cycle name
Rare legendaries			Lord Skitter, Sewer King	Imodane, the Pyrohammer
	Five rare legendary creatures.
Rare adventures		Horned Loch-Whale
	Five rare mono-colored creatures with an Adventure.
Cycle name
Cycle name
Restless manlands	Restless Fortress	Restless Spire	Restless Cottage	Restless Bivouac	Restless Vinestalk
	Five enemy color lands that can become creatures with an ability and grant a bonus when they attack.

Cycle name
Rare adventure creatures		Cruel Somnophage () // Can't Wake Up ()	Decadent Dragon () // Expensive Taste ()	Questing Druid () // Seek the Beast ()			Scalding Viper () // Steam Clean ()	Mosswood Dreadknight () // Dread Whispers ()	Heartflame Duelist () // Heartflame Slash ()
	Ten rare mono-colored creatures with adventure spells of a different color.
Gold signposts	Sharae of Numbing Depths	Obyra, Dreaming Duelist	Totentanz, Swarm Piper	Ruby, Daring Tracker	Syr Armont, the Redeemer	Neva, Stalked by Nightmares	Johann, Apprentice Sorcerer	Greta, Sweettooth Scourge	Ash, Party Crasher	Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
	Ten uncommon dual-colored cards, each a signpost for a draft archetype.

Pairs

Mirrored pair		Description
Will, Scion of Peace ()	Rowan, Scion of War ()	Two mythic legendary creatures that tap to reduce the cost of spells of their respective colors depending on the life gain/lost this turn.

Reprinted cards

• Evolving Wilds, first printed in Rise of the Eldrazi, last seen in Lord of the Rings Commander.
• Sleight of Hand, first printed in Portal Second Age, last seen in Ultimate Masters.

Preconstructed decks

Wilds of Eldraine features two Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.

Theme deck name	Color Identity					Commander
Virtue and Valor	W				G	Ellivere of the Wild Court
Fae Dominion		U	B			Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor