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June 2014

Featured article

Conspiracy is the first-ever multiplayer-focused Magic booster set. It will be released on June 6, 2014.

Conspiracy contains 210 cards; 65 are new cards with new mechanics that enhance multiplayer play. Returning favorites from throughout Magic 's history round out the set and cultivate an environment of deception and treachery. The Conspiracy set is designed to be drafted with six to eight players who then split into groups of three or four players for free-for-all multiplayer games. It will not be released on Magic Online, but certain cards from the set will be made available in Vintage Masters. Fifty-two of the new cards will be legal in Legacy and Vintage; thirteen cards will not. The set features an all new planeswalker card for Dack Fayden.

The set introduces the new Conspiracy card type. These cards are of normal size with a regular card back, but can not be played in a deck as they have no casting cost. Instead these cards are placed in the Command zone at the beginning of the game and have their effects there. Some of these cards have the keyword Hidden Agenda, which means they start the game face-down with something noted down for them. They can be turned face-up at any time so their effects become known to the entire table and can take place.