Alchemy: Eldraine
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| Symbol description | A24 | ||||
| Design | Donald Smith, Jr (lead), Andy Clautice, Ben Finkel, David McDarby, Eliana Rabinowitz, JC Tao | ||||
| Release date | October 10, 2023 | ||||
| Plane | Eldraine | ||||
| Set size | 30 | ||||
| Expansion code | A24[1], Y24 (MTG Arena), YWOE (Scryfall)[2] | ||||
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Alchemy: Eldraine is a MTG Arena-exclusive card set in the Alchemy-series that was released on October 10, 2023.[3][4]
Description
Alchemy: Eldraine is a digital only release adjacent to the release of Wilds of Eldraine. There are 30 new designed-for-digital cards included in the set (10 uncommons, 15 rares, 5 mythic rares). All of the cards are set on Eldraine.[5]
Mechanics
The digital-only mechanics Conjure, Double team, Perpetually, Seek and Spellbook are reused. From the main set, Bargain, Celebration and the Wicked Role are used.[6]
Drover of the Swine, Porcine Portent and Swine Rebellion are the first cards to share a spellbook, and introduce named spellbooks.
The set re-introduces Fetch counters for the first time since Commander 2020. Boons are modified so they can be used multiple times and the previously existing versions are re-titled "One-time boon".[7] Alchemy: Eldraine doesn't make use of this new format but does contain the first instances of one-time boons.
List of exclusive digital only cards
- White
- Blue
- Black
- Red
- Green
- Adventures
- Accident-Prone Apprentice // Amphibian Accident
- Porcine Portent // Lend a Ham
- Stormkeld Curator // Giant Secrets
- Steady Tortoise // Harried Dash
- Multicolor
- Drover of the Swine
- First Little Pig
- Grow Old Together
- High Fae Prankster
- Jewel Mine Overseer
- Outfitted Jouster
- Second Little Pig
- Syr Joshua and Syr Saxon
- Third Little Pig
- Colorless
List of cards that can be conjured
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) Porcine Portent conjures from the Three Pigs spellbook. - (
) Giants Secrets conjures X cards at random from its spellbook. - () Tome of Gadwick conjures a card at random from its spellbook.
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) Overcooked conjures Food Fight. - (
) A Golden Opportunity conjures Gilded Goose and Golden Egg. - () Swine Rebellion conjures from the Three Pigs spellbook.
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) Outfitted Jouster conjures Steelclaw Lance and Brawler's Plate. - (
) Jewel Mine Overseer conjures seven copies of Seven Dwarves. - (
) Drover of the Swine conjures from the Three Pigs spellbook.
List of cards in Spellbooks
Giant Secrets
Three Pigs
Used by Drover of the Swine, Porcine Portent and Swine Rebellion.
Tome of Gadwick
Notable cards
Misprints
- Outfitted Jouster was originally released with the type line "Creature — Knight". It was changed to "Creature — Human Knight" with the release of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.[8]
Trivia
- The Three Pigs spellbook is the smallest spellbook at just three cards.
- Grow Old Together is a follow up to the events depicted in Run Away Together.[9]
- Outfitted Jouster is depicted wearing the Brawler's Plate and wielding a Steelclaw Lance.
- The Conundrum of Bowls references the fairytale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and is a callback to the first animated short for Throne of Eldraine.[10]
- A Golden Opportunity references the fable of The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs.
- Accident-Prone Apprentice references the poem of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
- The several cards depicting the three pigs reference the fable of The Three Little Pigs and the nursery rhyme of This Little Pig Went to Market.
- Steady Tortoise // Harried Dash references the fable of The Tortoise and the Hare.
References
- ↑ Expansion symbol
- ↑ Scryfall set list
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (July 28, 2023). "A First Look at Wilds of Eldraine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Clayton Kroh (October 2, 2023). "MTGG Arena Announcements - October 2, 2023". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October 9, 2023). "Alchemy: Eldraine Card Image Gallery". magicthegathering.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2023.
- ↑ MTG Arena (October 5, 2023). "Talion's Throneguard has many friends!". Twitter.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October 11, 2023). "Patch Notes - 2023.30.0"
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (November 14, 2023). "Arena Patch Notes - 2023.31.0". Arena Support.
- ↑ Jay Annelli (October 9, 2023). "<3 From the WOE Alchemy set". Twitter. Retrieved on October 10, 2023.
- ↑ MTG Arena (September 20, 2019). ""The middle blade was just right."". Twitter.
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