Every year at San Diego Comic Con, Wizards of the Coast hosts a panel where they talk about all of Magic's exciting products coming out for the rest of the year. This year, we got a first look at Khans of Tarkir, From the Vault: Annihilation, Duel Decks Anthology, Duel Decks: Speed vs Cunning, and Commander 2014.
Khans of Tarkir Block
- The Khans of Tarkir Block will be Large/Small/Large
- Unlike previous Large/Small/Large blocks, the Spring set will not be drafted on its own. Instead, the Winter set will be drafted with both Khans of Tarkir and with the Spring set. The three draft formats will be: 1) Khans/Khans/Khans, 2) "Dewey"/Khans/Khans, 3) "Louie"/"Louie"/ "Dewey". This is the "Unique Block Structure" that Mark Rosewater had promised.
- The block is built bottom-up around this unique draft structure.
- The story of Khans of Tarkir block involves time travel
- Khans of Tarkir itself is a Wedge set. Mark Rosewater affectionately refers to it as "Bizarralara". However, the block itself is not based on the Wedges, as the time travel story necessitates change.
- Tarkir is a plane that used to be inhabited by dragons. The Khans of the warring clans drove the dragons into extinction.
- There are five warring clans on Tarkir. Each clan has its own Wedge. Each clan worships an aspect of the dragons. Each clan has a Khan, a legendary creature in its three colors. Each clan has its own mechanic.
- Each clan is focused on one color. This color is not the "center" of the Clan's Wedge. For example, the WBG clan (which is black paired with its two enemy colors) is focused on white.
- Morph is a returning mechanic.
- Morph is not the only returning mechanic.
- Sarkhan is returning. Tarkir is his home plane.
- The Prerelease will work slightly differently from previous Prereleases. You will still pick a faction - one of the Clans - but instead of one set Prerelease Promo per faction, each of the eight possible rares in the seeded faction pack for each Clan will be foil and stamped with the Prerelease date. The Khan of the Clan will be one of the possible Prerelease rares.
The new face of Morphed creatures
The Abzan Houses
- White, Black, and Green
- White is the "central" color
- They worship the dragon aspect of "Endurance"
- Clan symbol is the Scale of the Dragon
- Khan is Anafenza
The Jeskai Way
- Blue, Red, and White
- Blue is the "central" color
- They worship the dragon aspect of "Cunning"
- Clan symbol is the Eye of the Dragon
- Khan is Narset
Narset
The Sultai Brood
- Black, Green, and Blue
- Black is the "central" color
- They worship the dragon aspect of "Ruthlessness"
- Clan symbol is the Fang of the Dragon
- Khan is Sidisi
Sidisi
The Mardu Horde
- Red, White, and Black
- Red is the "central" color
- They worship the dragon aspect of "Speed"
- Clan symbol is the Wings of the Dragon
- Khan is Zurgo Helmsmasher
- Return of Orcs
The Temur Frontier
- Green, Blue, and Red
- Green is the "central" color
- They worship the dragon aspect of "Savagery"
- Clan symbol is the Claw of the Dragon
- Khan is Surrak Dragonclaw
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From the Vault: Annihilation
- Armageddon (new art)
- Wrath of God (new art)
- Living Death (art from MTG online)
- Rolling Earthquake
- Cataclysm (new art)
- The new art on Catacylsm and Armageddon confirms the previously-spoiled image that was believed to be fake due to several discrepancies. In reality, it appears that this image was an early mock-up. This means that we know the full list for FTV: Annihilation.
Duel Decks Anthology
- New product combining the first four Duel Decks, re-released in the new card frame
- Releases Dec 12, 2014
- Included Duel Decks are Goblins vs Elves, Jace vs Chandra, Diving vs Demonic, and Garruk vs Liliana
Duel Decks: Speed vs Cunning
- The two sides represent aspects of the dragon matching the clans Mardu and Jeskai (from Khans of Tarkir).
- Zurgo, Helmsmasher. RWB Orc Warrior
- Arcanis the Omipotent (alternate art)
Commander 2014
- Releases November 7th
- Monocolored decks, one for each color
- 100 cards per deck
- 15 new cards per deck
- 337 total unique cards across all five decks
- Cycle of monocolored planeswalkers with the text "<This Planeswalker> can be your Commander"
- Cycle of monocolored legendary creatures that are characters from Magic's past that never got their own cards.
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