Magic 2015
Magic 2015 | |||||
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Set Information | |||||
Set symbol | |||||
Symbol description | "M15" | ||||
Design |
Aaron Forsythe (lead) Max McCall Shawn Main Mike Gills Jenna Helland | ||||
Development |
Billy Moreno (lead) Shawn Main Adam Lee Tom LaPille Sam Stoddard | ||||
Art direction | Jeremy Jarvis | ||||
Release date | July 18, 2014 | ||||
Plane | Multiversal | ||||
Keywords/ability words | Convoke | ||||
Set size |
269 cards (101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares, 20 basic lands) +15 sample deck cards (6 commons, 4 uncommons, 5 rares) | ||||
Expansion code | M15[1] | ||||
Development codename | None | ||||
Core sets | |||||
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Magic: The Gathering Chronology | |||||
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Magic: The Gathering 2015 Core Set, commonly referred to as Magic 2015 or M15 is the 16th Magic core set. It was released on July 18, 2014.[2]
Set details
“ | Hunt Bigger Game | ” |
Magic 2015 contains 269 cards (101 Commons, 80 Uncommons, 53 Rares, 15 Mythic Rares, 20 Basic Land). WotC changed the default from 60 uncommons to 80 uncommons for large sets as it makes limited play better. The default of large sets moving forward would be 269.[3] An additional 15 cards appear in the sample decks. Magic 2015 is strongly integrated with its digital counterpart, Duels of the Planeswalkers.[4][5] The set features a black / green version of the planeswalker Garruk[6] and the "You Make The Card"-card Waste Not.[7][8] The set also features a new card face with a special Magic font ("Beleren"), a holofoil stamp, revamped collector info and a decreased border size. The Magic logo for this set is colored black. The returning mechanic is convoke.[9][10]
Magic 2015 introduced a templating change to cards that set a creature's power and toughness to a specific value. The term "base power and toughness" makes it clearer that other continuous effects that modify power and toughness, such as the ones created by Titanic Growth or a +1/+1 counter, apply after the creature's power and toughness are changed.[11]
Magic Story
Designer credits
Multiple game world VIPs were invited to create cards for Magic 2015. Their credits appear below the usual flavor text, in smaller type.[12][13]
Marketing
Magic 2015 is sold in booster packs, Intro packs, a fat pack, the new clash pack (which is a 2-Player Starter Set)[14] and the M15 Deck Builder's Toolkit.[15] The boosters featured art work from Ajani Steadfast, Jace, the Living Guildpact, Nightfire Giant, Soul of Shandalar and Nissa, Worldwaker. The prerelease was July 12–13, 2014, the magic online release was on July 28, 2014 and the Game Day was August 9–10, 2014. The set was promoted at the website www.huntbiggergame.com
Prerelease
There are five prerelease packs, one for each color. Each comes with a seeded booster pack that corresponds with that color.[16] When registering for the Prerelease tournament, each player chooses one. The seeded booster pack will assist players in building a deck by providing a starting point in their chosen color. Each seeded booster pack contains a premium promo card, which players may include in their tournament decks. Each prerelease pack comes with a oversized challenge card, Garruk the Slayer, which is a key component of Magic 2015's experience design (designed by Ethan Fleischer and Gavin Verhey). The prerelease pack further contains 5 regular booster packs, 1 activity insert, 1 Spindown life counter, and 3 Wolf tokens. One player plays their Prerelease deck as normal. This player always goes first. The other player plays as Garruk. Garruk starts at 20 loyalty and can activate one loyalty ability each turn. Garruk can be attacked and if his loyalty reaches 0, he loses. But if Garruk's horde of Wolves drops the player to 0, then Garruk wins. The oversized Garruk Planeswalker card can't be returned to its owner's hand or otherwise removed.[17]
Promotional cards
- Prerelease: one of five according to the chosen color: Resolute Archangel, Mercurial Pretender, Indulgent Tormentor, Siege Dragon or Phytotitan[18]
- Launch promo: In Garruk's Wake
- Game Day: full-art Reclamation Sage
- Game Day (Top 8): full-art Chief Engineer
- Buy-a-Box: Goblin Rabblemaster
Tokens/Emblems
"Token" now appears on the type line as a pseudo-supertype. Emblems have also received a type line, which includes the Planeswalker subtype.[19]
- 1/1 Sliver creature for Sliver Hive
- 1/1 Soldier creature for First Response and Raise the Alarm
- 1/1 Spirit creature with flying for Spirit Bonds and Triplicate Spirits
- 1/1 Squid creature with islandwalk for Chasm Skulker and Coral Barrier
- 3/3 Beast creature with deathtouch for Garruk, Apex Predator
- 2/2 Zombie creature for Necromancer's Stockpile and Waste Not
- 2/2 Dragon creature with flying and “: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn” for Brood Keeper
- 1/1 Goblin creature for Goblin Rabblemaster
- 3/3 Beast creature for Feral Incarnation and Soul of Zendikar
- 1/1 Insect creature with flying and deathtouch for Hornet Nest and Hornet Queen
- */* Treefolk Warrior creature with “This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Forests you control” for Kalonian Twingrove
- Artifact named Land Mine with “, Sacrifice this artifact: This artifact deals 2 damage to target attacking creature without flying” for Goblin Kaboomist
- Emblem for Ajani Steadfast
- Emblem for Garruk, Apex Predator
Sample decks
The Magic 2015 Core Set comes with five thirty-card sample decks. Each sample deck has several cards numbered 270 and higher that do not appear in Magic 2015 booster packs. They include classics like Serra Angel, Sengir Vampire, and Mahamoti Djinn. These 15 cards are legal for tournament play in any format that includes the Magic 2015 core set.[20] The Deck Builder's Toolkit 2015 contains a single copy of card numbers 270 and 272–284 and two copies of card number 271 Divine Verdict.
Cycles
Magic 2015 has ten cycles:
Notable cards
- Act on Impulse lent its name to an almost new type of red card advantage that would grow more in popularity over the coming years.
- The Chain Veil is a flavorful artifact that lets your planeswalkers play two loyalty abilities in a turn.
- Ensoul Artifact has given its name to a Pioneer deck built around turning artifacts into creatures aggressively
- Goblin Rabblemaster had a substantial impact in Standard and has been played in Legacy Goblins as well as prison decks in Modern
- Heliod's Pilgrim is used in Pauper in Aura-based aggro decks to find the perfect piece for a situation.
- Radiant Fountain was played in various control decks in Standard and is also a toolbox land included in Modern Amulet Titan decks.
- Reclamation Sage is an anti-artifact/enchantment creature used in sideboard in several formats.
- Triplicate Spirits was a notoriously strong card in the set's Limited environment, particularly for a common.
- Waste Not is an eponymous card in a Pioneer deck built around abusing it as a value engine.
Preconstructed decks
Intro packs
The intro packs are:[24]
Intro pack name | Colors Included | Foil rare | ||||
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Price of Glory | W | B | Resolute Archangel | |||
Hit the Ground Running | U | G | Mercurial Pretender | |||
Infernal Intervention | B | R | Indulgent Tormentor | |||
Flames of the Dragon | U | R | Siege Dragon | |||
Will of the Masses | W | G | Phytotitan |
Clash pack
Magic 2015 comes with a clash pack which contains two bicolored decks.[25]
Clash pack deck name |
Colors Included | ||||
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Fate | U | G | |||
Fury | R | G |
Core set changes
References
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- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (January 6, 2014). "Announcing Magic 2015". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 06, 2014). "Why does Magic 2015 have 269 cards instead of the usual 249?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Aaron Forsythe (June 23, 2014). "Magic 2015 — It's In There". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (date). "Days of Core, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (June 30, 2014). "The Hunter". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Ethan Fleischer (September 30, 2013). "You Made the Card!". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Aaron Forsythe (January 06, 2014). "From the Director's Chair: 2013". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 23, 2014). "Days of Core, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Sam Stoddard (July 25, 2014). "Developing Convoking". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Matt Tabak (July 7, 2014). "Magic 2015 Core Set release notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Trick Jarrett (April 16, 2014). "Designer Cards in Magic 2015". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022.
- ↑ Shawn Main (June 30, 2014). "Working with Some of the Best Minds in Gaming". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015.
- ↑ Trick Jarrett (March 05, 2014). "Introducing M15's Clash Pack". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (June 24, 2014). "Magic 2015 Packaging". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (July 7, 2014). "Magic 2015 Prerelease Primer". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (June 22, 2014). "Win the Ultimate Trophy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (July 1, 2014). "Promos, Packaging, and Promos Some More". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (July 2, 2014). "Magic 2015 tokens". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (June 13, 2014). "Magic 2015 Sample Decks". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Marshall Sutcliffe (July 2, 2014). "Setting Up the Paragons". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Sam Stoddard (July 4, 2014). "Magic 2015 Wrap-Up". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Sam Stoddard (June 27, 2014). "Making Mana". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (July 9, 2014). "Magic 2015 Intro Pack Decklists". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (July 7, 2014). "Magic 2015 Clash Pack". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
External links
- Hunt Bigger Game, Magic 2015 trailer
- John Dale Beety (July 9, 2014). "Magic 2015 Core Set Flavor Thoughts". StarCityGames.