The Cycle Index originated from the Wizards board, started by a user named zammm (Or known in MTGS as GrifterMage) there. Noticing that MTGS doesn't has its own cycle index, I decided to import the cycle index to here, for easy reference. Of course, credit has to go the different contributers to the thread and mostly zammm for making this possible. (All the names of the contributers are named at the bottom of the thread.)
A cycle usually constitues of five cards, representing each of the five colors in Magic. The five cards also usually have the same rarity and are within the same set. However, there are many cycles that do not follow this rule and this thread will cover as many of them as possible. Mark Rosewater has an article on the subject of cycles so be sure to check it out. Zen and the Art of Cycle Maintainance.
Simple cycles are sorted by the number of cards they contain, then alphabetically by their first card. Each color cycle lists its cards in color order (W-U-B-R-G), and each rarity cycle lists its cards in order of rarity (C-U-R).
This is the arrangement that zammm has adopted in his thread, so I am following it with some modifications. Most notably is the addition of the section 'Cycles which are either five or more'.
Of course, running a cycle index by myself is impossible. I won't be able to spot every cycle in a set, so some extra pairs of eyes will be useful. If you spotted a cycle not mentioned in this thread, post it here and help this thread grows! Remember to use the ctrl+f function as well to search for the cycle you want. Any other suggestions like the arrangments or the names of the sections are greatly appreciated.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
Ravnica block contained a lot of cycles that consist of one or two cards from each guild. These ten- or twenty-card cycles are completely different in structure from most common cycles, and are thus listed here. (I have decided to classify the entire twenty-card off-color activators and bleed cards into groups of five and place as under 'Simple Cycles'.)
Sometimes, not all parts of a cycle make it. Some parts may be cut during development, to be replaced by something else. Here are a few of the ones we've seen, but there are probably hundreds more that we've never heard of.
During Tempest design, a cycle of five one-mana creatures with a sacrifice ability ('martyrs') was submitted, only to have the Blue, White, and Green cards cut during development. Only the black and red martyrs remained. See the Arcana article about this here.
According to MaRo, the white and blue cards from this cycle later saw print as part of a new 'martyr' cycle in Judgement as Benevolent Bodyguard and Hapless Researcher. Read about this here. (Look for 'Mogg Fanatic'.)
Originally printed in Urza's Saga as a fixed version of the rare and quite powerful Su-Chi, and then reprinted in Mirrodin, Cathodion was given a common counterpart in the next expansion. It's possible there was a rare in the works at one time to complete it, but if so, it was never made.
Turf Wound, an update of Visions's Solfatara, was printed in Invasion, and was followed by Cease-Fire in the next large expansion. Coincidence? Possibly.
Was there ever a green card that fit with these four? One observation was the printing of Stand or Fall and Fight or Flight in the same set. Perhaps these two enchantments were the missing pieces of the four card cycle.
Originally, these creatures were to be part of a cycle of common Morph creatures with protection from a certain creature type. The other cards were dropped when playtesting showed there were too many small Morph creatures at common.
According to the Card of the Day, R&D planned for there to be a counterpart to Fog in every color. The Red and Blue ones were cut in development, but the other two made it on to real cards.
According to this Magic Arcana, these two items were originally designed to be part of a three-card cycle of 'Jinxed' items that had an effect when all three were in play. The idea was scrapped before Exodus went into design, however, so it never came to be. Check the article for more.
Printed in Fifth Dawn, these two cards may have originally had a rare counterpart that sacrificed three artifacts for its effect. Unfortunately, we'll probably never know.
Most cycles simply end at the size of five, yet there are some that have more than that. I have listed a bunch of 5-card cycles, and their add-ons. Note that this section is different from the 'Additions' section, as this section covers cards within the same set.
Artifact Ward was added to this cycle in Antiquities.
Special-case Cycles
These cycles don't really fit into the clear-cut definitions, so they have a section all their own.
The Atog Cycle
As stated by MaRo here, a cycle of atogs was created, spreading over five sets. The five sets are Antiquities, Mirage, Visions, Weatherlight and Tempest.
Seen in this Magic arcana, there is a plan to create a Legendary land in every block, beginning from Mirage. The final Legendary land, Keldon Necropolis, was created in Invasion block and putting a conclusion to this Mega-Mega-Cycle.
In Mercadian Masques, a set of rebels which search for other rebels are created, along with a set of mercenaries searching for other mercenaries. Each set has increasing converted mana cost, with the rebel set starting from 1 to 5 and the mercenary set starting from 2 to 7.
With the released of Mercadian Masques, we saw one of Magic's most iconic creature, the Morphling. Its abilities make it one of the most fearsome blue creature finishers for a long time. It was even dubbed as 'Superman' for its invulnerability. Although Morphling isn't as great as it is used to be, Magic still commemorates this creature via various cards mimicking its abilities.
Pemmin's Aura - This aura, which was released in Scourge, gave any creatures you like with the exact abilities of Morphling. It was even dubbed as 'I am Superman'
Greater Morphling - Released in Unglued. Sadly, you can't play this card in legal formats.
Windreaver - Released in Dissension. It is the only Morphling's descendant that isn't a shapeshifter and is multi-colored.
Torchling - Released in Planar Chaos. The art of the card itself references the most closely to Morphling, but instead of two identical twins, one of the creatures is on fire.
Thornling - Released in Alara Reborn. It has the highest P/T out of all the descendants, even higher than Morphling itself. It is also the only Mythic rare, compared to the others which have a rarity of Rare.
Planar Chaos Timeshifted Cards
In Planar Chaos, a total of 45 cards were reprinted from previous sets, except that each of them has their color changed. The abilities were also tweaked to fit the new color designated to these cards. Each color in Planar Chaos received 9 of these cards.
Coming in first in a Favorite Legend Voting, Akroma is featured thrice throughout the Time Spiral. First as a Timeshifted card, then as a Planar-shifted red Akorma, before finally being commemorated through a memorial. No rest, no mercy, no matter what indeed.
These three cards, when put together, convey a short scene aboard the Weatherlight between Greven il-Vec and Vhati il-Dal. See this Magic Arcana for more information.
Though not related mechanically, these two cards are related through flavor. The original flavor text for Vizzerdrix (It debuted in Starter) highlighted this relationship. Its swamp cousin may be meaner, but the Vizzerdrix is much bigger.
A reference to the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals. This cycle is arranged in the way according to their order depicted as in Chinese astrology.
The Legends MEGA-cycle
See here for the pattern of this cycle.
All 55 Legends in the Legends set fall into one gigantic pattern. Below is a completed list. (I can't draw out the entire family tree, so I can only list down the cycles in this way. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.)
In Torment, a cycle of Possessed creatures excluding black was printed. Each one was able to destroy their own respective colored creature upon reaching Threshold. Repentant Vampire was similar to these creatures in a similar way, capable of destroying black creatures upon reaching Threshold. Whether it was meant to be a part of the cycle was never answered.
In Time Spiral, Phantom Wurm was printed, but there was no white counterpart to it.
The Advocate Cycles
The Advocates, printed in Judgement, are five creatures, two green, three white, with similar abilities and mirrored flavor text. Both green and white have a common and uncommon each, with white having an extra rare.
Eight Ninjas, with the Ninjutsu mechanic, were printed in Betrayers of Kamigawa. The Ninjas are splitted equally to four blue Ninjas and four black ninjas. Among the four in each color, two are common, one is uncommon and the last one is a rare Legend.
In Arabian Nights, two mirrored four-card cycles were created; one of Djinns and another of Efreets. Both cycles lacked a true white component, but King Suleiman filled in the gap.
This one features ten Spirit Avatars, or otherwise known as the Demigods of Shadowmoor. Each of them has a tale known as the Seer's Parables describing about it. Each Demigod casting cost is exactly HHHHH.
This cycle features 'blessings' that are granted by the Demigods. If the enchanted creature shares both of the colors of the blessing, the creature is granted the maximum effect of the Aura.
This one features ten Lieges. They are able to boost up creatures which share color with them. In Shadowmoor, all the Lieges have the Knight subtype. In Eventide, all the Lieges have the Horror subtype.
This cycle features ten 'splash' hybrid spells. You may opt to use only mana of a single color that corresponds to the spell to play it, or use mana of both color for an extra effect.
The Tempest Slivers are two five-card cycles, one Common, one Uncommon, and the Stronghold multicolor slivers are a five-card Uncommon cycle, turning the entire group into an interconnected ring.
The Legions Slivers are a cycle of three five-card cycles, one at each rarity.
The Time Spiral Slivers are similar to the Legions Slivers, except they have an additional common cycle and multicolored cycle.
The Planar Chaos Slivers are a cycle of common creatures which have out of color abilities. In addition, it also introduces a set of enemy-colored slivers.
The Future Sight Slivers have keywords that may appear in the 'future'.
In Magic, there are several groups of cards that, while perhaps weak on their own, group together to provide you with something much better. Take a peek at Magic's Specific-Purpose cycles:
It's debatable whether Rogahh actually makes his adherents better, or worse. Kher Keep, which is created in Time Spiral, creates a bunch of Kobolds of Kher Keep.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
To mods: I decided its better to necro this thread instead of creating a totally new one. Its a huge thread too anyway. Hope you guys won't mind and please don't delete this thread. ><
Added the 3-card Akroma cycle to the Flavor Cycles.
Any other cycles that I didn't spotted in Future Sight please let me know. And as usual, you can always look through the index and tells me what cycle isn't there. (Good luck with that though.)
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
For the three of cycle you have lone wolf, pride of lions and thorn elemental, what about rhox? shouldn't he make it a four of cycle? anyways, awsome work.
For the three of cycle you have lone wolf, pride of lions and thorn elemental, what about rhox? shouldn't he make it a four of cycle? anyways, awsome work.
I never read the Mirrodin cycle books, so I never knew the sex of Kaldra. Reading through the wikipedia, Kaldra is referred to as it. Maybe someone can shed some light on this issue.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
By the way, I hope you won't mind me doing this, zammm.
Not at all; you're keeping it up to date much better than I have, this past little while.
If you don't mind, I may just engage in a little reciprocal snitching for the WotC boards one.
(BTW, does this set some sort of record for longest delay in responding? :p)
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Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
Turf Wound and Ceasefire have been combined into a 2(W/R) Hybrid spell that stops both lands and creatures depending on the color. Might this be a loose cycle?
This might be a loose cycle, but I won't be including cycles like this into the Index. As there are also other cycles with similar situation (Cankerous Thirst mimicking Consume Strength comes into mind), I will have to put all these cards in as well. But in any case, I appreciate your post.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
Here are the cycles for Shards of Alara. This set sure has a lot of cycles for such a smaller main set. I may have miss out a few cycles this time round, so do post them if you find them. (Especially the three-card and two-card cycles.) Help is again much appreciated.
Battlegrace Angel - Sharding Sphinx - Archdemon of Unx - Predator Dragon - Spearbreaker Behemoth
This cycle features the 'prominent' creature of each shard, with a mechanic related to the related shard.
Battlegrace Angel - Promotes Exalted
Sharding Sphinx - Helps to create more artifacts
Archdemon of Unx - This one is tough. But in my opinion, this one helps the Unearth mechanic by enabling you to use Unearth when the creatures are sacrificed to the Archdemon.
Predator Dragon - Devouring creatures. (Flameblast Dragon to me is just another big fattie red dragon which has little to do with the mechanic of Jund compared to Predator Dragon.)
Spearbreaker Behemoth - Helps your creatures with power 5 or greater.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
Quote from Aaron Forsythe on Guildpact: Twenty Questions »
When Guildpact was handed over from design, it also had seven gold rares per guild,... and that the seventh gold rare in each guild was less important to the set than the Nephilim. So each guild is down a rare in this set.
Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
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The Cycle Index originated from the Wizards board, started by a user named zammm (Or known in MTGS as GrifterMage) there. Noticing that MTGS doesn't has its own cycle index, I decided to import the cycle index to here, for easy reference. Of course, credit has to go the different contributers to the thread and mostly zammm for making this possible. (All the names of the contributers are named at the bottom of the thread.)
A cycle usually constitues of five cards, representing each of the five colors in Magic. The five cards also usually have the same rarity and are within the same set. However, there are many cycles that do not follow this rule and this thread will cover as many of them as possible. Mark Rosewater has an article on the subject of cycles so be sure to check it out.
Zen and the Art of Cycle Maintainance.
This is the arrangement that zammm has adopted in his thread, so I am following it with some modifications. Most notably is the addition of the section 'Cycles which are either five or more'.
Of course, running a cycle index by myself is impossible. I won't be able to spot every cycle in a set, so some extra pairs of eyes will be useful. If you spotted a cycle not mentioned in this thread, post it here and help this thread grows! Remember to use the ctrl+f function as well to search for the cycle you want. Any other suggestions like the arrangments or the names of the sections are greatly appreciated.
Simple Cycles
5 cards
Monocolored Cycles
Artifact Cycles
Land Cycles
4 Cards
3 Cards
continued on the next post due to inherently large amount of characters used...
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Gruul, Izzet and Orzhov. Officially screwed by WOTC.
Other Cycles
Guild Cycles
Ravnica block contained a lot of cycles that consist of one or two cards from each guild. These ten- or twenty-card cycles are completely different in structure from most common cycles, and are thus listed here. (I have decided to classify the entire twenty-card off-color activators and bleed cards into groups of five and place as under 'Simple Cycles'.)
Broken Cycles
Sometimes, not all parts of a cycle make it. Some parts may be cut during development, to be replaced by something else. Here are a few of the ones we've seen, but there are probably hundreds more that we've never heard of.
According to MaRo, the white and blue cards from this cycle later saw print as part of a new 'martyr' cycle in Judgement as Benevolent Bodyguard and Hapless Researcher. Read about this here. (Look for 'Mogg Fanatic'.)
Cycles which are either five or more
Most cycles simply end at the size of five, yet there are some that have more than that. I have listed a bunch of 5-card cycles, and their add-ons. Note that this section is different from the 'Additions' section, as this section covers cards within the same set.
Additions
Sometimes, after a card or cycle has been made, new cards are made that fit perfectly in with the old ones.
Circle of Protection: Shadow was printed in Tempest.
Circle of Protection: Art was printed in Unhinged.
Yavimaya's Embrace was also printed in Apocalypse.
Voice of Truth was printed in Nemesis.
Voice of All was printed in Planeshift.
Special-case Cycles
These cycles don't really fit into the clear-cut definitions, so they have a section all their own.
The Atog Cycle
As stated by MaRo here, a cycle of atogs was created, spreading over five sets. The five sets are Antiquities, Mirage, Visions, Weatherlight and Tempest.
Auratog - Chronatog - Necratog - Atog - Foratog
The Legendary Land Mega-Mega-Cycle
Seen in this Magic arcana, there is a plan to create a Legendary land in every block, beginning from Mirage. The final Legendary land, Keldon Necropolis, was created in Invasion block and putting a conclusion to this Mega-Mega-Cycle.
Kor Haven - Teferi's Isle - Volrath's Stronghold - Keldon Necropolis - Yavimaya Hollow
The Rebel and Mercenary Cycle
In Mercadian Masques, a set of rebels which search for other rebels are created, along with a set of mercenaries searching for other mercenaries. Each set has increasing converted mana cost, with the rebel set starting from 1 to 5 and the mercenary set starting from 2 to 7.
Ramosian Sergeant - Ramosian Lieutenant - Ramosian Captain - Ramosian Commander - Ramosian Sky Marshal
Cateran Persuader - Cateran Brute - Cateran Kidnappers - Cateran Enforcer - Cateran Slaver - Cateran Overlord
The Dreams Cycle
A three-card black rarity cycle with the rare also part of a five-card color cycle, these seven cards helped to emphasize the black flavor of Torment.
Restless Dreams - Sickening Dreams - Insidious Dreams
Vengeful Dreams - Turbulent Dreams - Devastating Dreams - Nostalgic Dreams
Onslaught Tribal Lands
8 lands were printed in Onslaught to promote the tribal theme of the block. Each of them gives a certain ability to help a certain tribe.
Daru Encampment - Riptide Laboratory - Unholy Grotto - Goblin Burrows - Wirewood Lodge - Seaside Haven - Starlit Sanctum - Contested Cliffs
'Superman' and his league
With the released of Mercadian Masques, we saw one of Magic's most iconic creature, the Morphling. Its abilities make it one of the most fearsome blue creature finishers for a long time. It was even dubbed as 'Superman' for its invulnerability. Although Morphling isn't as great as it is used to be, Magic still commemorates this creature via various cards mimicking its abilities.
Pemmin's Aura - This aura, which was released in Scourge, gave any creatures you like with the exact abilities of Morphling. It was even dubbed as 'I am Superman'
Greater Morphling - Released in Unglued. Sadly, you can't play this card in legal formats.
Windreaver - Released in Dissension. It is the only Morphling's descendant that isn't a shapeshifter and is multi-colored.
Torchling - Released in Planar Chaos. The art of the card itself references the most closely to Morphling, but instead of two identical twins, one of the creatures is on fire.
Thornling - Released in Alara Reborn. It has the highest P/T out of all the descendants, even higher than Morphling itself. It is also the only Mythic rare, compared to the others which have a rarity of Rare.
Planar Chaos Timeshifted Cards
In Planar Chaos, a total of 45 cards were reprinted from previous sets, except that each of them has their color changed. The abilities were also tweaked to fit the new color designated to these cards. Each color in Planar Chaos received 9 of these cards.
Blastoderm – Calciderm
Drop of Honey – Porphyry Nodes
Drudge Skeletons – Revered Dead
Elvish Farmer – Mycologist
Force Spike – Mana Tithe
Ghost Ship – Malach of the Dawn
Muscle Sliver – Sinew Sliver
Strafe – Sunlance
Verduran Enchantress – Mesa Enchantress
Dwarven Thaumaturgist – Merfolk Thaumaturgist
Funeral Charm – Piracy Charm
Headhunter – Riptide Pilferer
Humble – Ovinize
Kismet – Frozen Æther
Primal Clay – Primal Plasma
Serra Angel – Serra Sphinx
Skulking Ghost – Gossamer Phantasm
Sorceress Queen – Serendib Sorcerer
Forgotten Lore – Shrouded Lore
Kor Chant – Kor Dirge
Master Decoy – Rathi Trapper
Recycle – Null Profusion
Sea Serpent – Bog Serpent
Spirit Link – Vampiric Link
Thirst – Melancholy
Whirling Dervish – Dunerider Outlaw
Wrath of God – Damnation
Argothian Wurm – Shivan Wumpus
Arrogant Wurm – Reckless Wurm
Elvish Spirit Guide – Simian Spirit Guide
Giant Growth – Brute Force
Ivory Gargoyle – Molten Firebird
Pestilence – Pyrohemia
Prodigal Sorcerer – Prodigal Pyromancer
Severed Legion – Skirk Shaman
Silver Knight – Blood Knight
Ball Lightning – Groundbreaker
Concentrate – Harmonize
Curiosity – Keen Sense
Glorious Anthem – Gaea's Anthem
Healing Salve – Healing Leaves
Seal of Cleansing – Seal of Primordium
Sedge Troll – Hedge Troll
Sindbad – Fa'adiyah Seer
Soul Warden – Essence Warden
Flavor Cycles
The Legends MEGA-cycle
See here for the pattern of this cycle.
All 55 Legends in the Legends set fall into one gigantic pattern. Below is a completed list. (I can't draw out the entire family tree, so I can only list down the cycles in this way. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.)
Tri-color Legends
Chromium - Dakkon Blackblade, Halfdane, Lady Evangela
Nicol Bolas - Gwendlyn Di Corci, Sol'kanar the Swamp King, Tetsuo Umezawa
Vaevictis Asmadi - Adun Oakenshield, Bartel Runeaxe, Xira Arien
Palladia-Mors - Hazezon Tamar, Jacques le Vert, Johan
Arcades Sabboth - Angus Mackenzie, Ragnar, Rubinia Soulsinger
Two-color Legends (Bolded ones are the rares)
Ayesha Tanaka, Gosta Dirk, Rasputin Dreamweaver - Hunding Gjornersen, Jedit Ojanen, Kasimir the Lone Wolf, Tobias Andrion
Nebuchadnezzar, Ramses Overdark, Ur-Drago - Princess Lucrezia, Ramirez DePietro, Riven Turnbull, Sivitri Scarzam
Axelrod Gunnarson, Boris Devilboon, Rohgahh of Kher Keep - Barktooth Warbeard, Lady Orca, Pavel Maliki, Tor Wauki
Livonya Silone, Stangg, Tuknir Deathlock - Jerrard of the Closed Fist, Marhault Elsdragon, Sunastian Falconer, The Lady of the Mountain
Gabriel Angelfire, Kei Takahashi, Lady Caleria - Jasmine Boreal, Lord Magnus, Sir Shandlar of Eberyn, Torsten Von Ursus
The Possessed Cycle
In Torment, a cycle of Possessed creatures excluding black was printed. Each one was able to destroy their own respective colored creature upon reaching Threshold. Repentant Vampire was similar to these creatures in a similar way, capable of destroying black creatures upon reaching Threshold. Whether it was meant to be a part of the cycle was never answered.
Possessed Nomad - Possessed Aven - Possessed Barbarian - Possessed Centaur
The Phantom Cycles
The Phantoms are a three-card green rarity cycle that was printed in Judgement. It's mirrored in white with a WG card as its rare.
Phantom Tiger - Phantom Centaur - Phantom Nantuko
Phantom Nomad - Phantom Flock - Phantom Nishoba
In Time Spiral, Phantom Wurm was printed, but there was no white counterpart to it.
The Advocate Cycles
The Advocates, printed in Judgement, are five creatures, two green, three white, with similar abilities and mirrored flavor text. Both green and white have a common and uncommon each, with white having an extra rare.
Nullmage Advocate - Forcemage Advocate
Shieldmage Advocate - Spurnmage Advocate - Pulsemage Advocate
The Ninja Cycles
Eight Ninjas, with the Ninjutsu mechanic, were printed in Betrayers of Kamigawa. The Ninjas are splitted equally to four blue Ninjas and four black ninjas. Among the four in each color, two are common, one is uncommon and the last one is a rare Legend.
Mistblade Shinobi - Ninja of the Deep Hours - Walker of Secret Ways - Higure, the Still Wind
Skullsnatcher - Okiba-Gang Shinobi - Throat Slitter - Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
Arabian Nights Djinns and Efreets
In Arabian Nights, two mirrored four-card cycles were created; one of Djinns and another of Efreets. Both cycles lacked a true white component, but King Suleiman filled in the gap.
Serendib Djinn - Juzam Djinn - Mijae Djinn - Erhnam Djinn
Serendib Efreet - Junun Efreet - Ydwen Efreet - Ifh-Biff Efreet
Shadowmoor and Eventide "Guild" cycles
In the Shadowmoor block, there are a few ten-card two-color cycles that spans over the block, like in Ravnica block.
Godhead of Awe – Ghastlord of Fugue – Demigod of Revenge – Deus of Calamity – Oversoul of Dusk - Divinity of Pride – Deity of Scars – Overbeing of Myth – Dominus of Fealty – Nobilis of War
This one features ten Spirit Avatars, or otherwise known as the Demigods of Shadowmoor. Each of them has a tale known as the Seer's Parables describing about it. Each Demigod casting cost is exactly HHHHH.
Steel of the Godhead – Helm of the Ghastlord – Fists of the Demigod – Runes of the Deus – Shield of the Oversoul - Edge of the Divinity – Gift of the Deity – Favor of the Overbeing – Clout of the Dominus – Scourge of the Nobilis
This cycle features 'blessings' that are granted by the Demigods. If the enchanted creature shares both of the colors of the blessing, the creature is granted the maximum effect of the Aura.
Thistledown Liege – Glen Elendra Liege – Ashenmoor Liege – Boartusk Liege – Wilt-Leaf Liege - Deathbringer Liege – Creakwood Liege – Murkfiend Liege – Mindwrack Liege – Balefire Liege
This one features ten Lieges. They are able to boost up creatures which share color with them. In Shadowmoor, all the Lieges have the Knight subtype. In Eventide, all the Lieges have the Horror subtype.
Plumeveil – Wasp Lancer – Ashenmoor Gouger – Boggart Ram-Gang – Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers - Restless Apparition – Stalker Hag – Wistful Selkie – Crag Puca – Hearthfire Hobgoblin
This cycle features ten creatures with casting cost of HHH. Not only are their stats good, they also boost the Chroma spells in Eventide.
Repel Intruders – River's Grasp – Torrent of Souls – Firespout – Dawnglow Infusion - Batwing Brume – Cankerous Thirst – Invert the Skies – Unnerving Assault – Moonhold
This cycle features ten 'splash' hybrid spells. You may opt to use only mana of a single color that corresponds to the spell to play it, or use mana of both color for an extra effect.
Zealous Guardian – Oona's Gatewarden – Manaforge Cinder – Scuzzback Scrapper – Elvish Hexhunter - Nip Gwyllion – Odious Trow – Slippery Bogle – Stream Hopper – Duergar Assailant
This cycle features ten common creatures with casting cost of H.
The Sliver Cycles
Slivers are one, big, happy family; all Slivers ever created belong to a series of interconnected cycles. (With the notable exception of seven cards: Sliver Queen, Sliver Overlord, Metallic Sliver, Venser's Sliver, Sinew Sliver, Sliver Legion and Sliversmith. Also, Hivestone turns all your creatures into Slivers, although they are not able to share their abilities like their Slivers friends.)
The Tempest Slivers are two five-card cycles, one Common, one Uncommon, and the Stronghold multicolor slivers are a five-card Uncommon cycle, turning the entire group into an interconnected ring.
The Legions Slivers are a cycle of three five-card cycles, one at each rarity.
The Time Spiral Slivers are similar to the Legions Slivers, except they have an additional common cycle and multicolored cycle.
The Planar Chaos Slivers are a cycle of common creatures which have out of color abilities. In addition, it also introduces a set of enemy-colored slivers.
The Future Sight Slivers have keywords that may appear in the 'future'.
Here they are:
Talon Sliver - Winged Sliver - Clot Sliver - Heart Sliver - Muscle Sliver
Armor Sliver - Mnemonic Sliver - Mindwhip Sliver - Barbed Sliver - Horned Sliver
Crystallive Sliver - Hibernation Sliver - Acidic Sliver - Spined Sliver - Victual Sliver
Plated Sliver - Mistform Sliver - Crypt Sliver - Hunter Sliver - Quick Sliver
Ward Sliver - Shifting Sliver - Spectral Sliver - Blade Sliver - Root Sliver
Essence Sliver - Synapse Sliver - Toxin Sliver - Magma Sliver - Brood Sliver
Sidewinder Sliver - Watcher Sliver - Screeching Sliver - Shadow Sliver - Mindlash Sliver - Basal Sliver - Two-Headed Sliver - Bonesplitter Sliver - Gemhide Sliver - Spinneret Sliver
Quilled Sliver - Telekinetic Sliver - Vampiric Sliver - Fury Sliver - Might Sliver
Opaline Sliver - Dementia Sliver - Ghostflame Sliver - Firewake Sliver - Harmonic Sliver
Pulmonic Sliver - Psionic Sliver - Plague Sliver - Sedge Sliver - Fungus Sliver
Poultice Sliver - Synchronous Sliver - Spitting Sliver - Battering Sliver - Reflex Sliver
Necrotic Sliver - Darkheart Sliver - Dormant Sliver - Frenetic Sliver - Cautery Sliver
Lymph Sliver – Mesmeric Sliver – Frenzy Sliver – Homing Sliver – Virulent Sliver
Purpose Cycles
In Magic, there are several groups of cards that, while perhaps weak on their own, group together to provide you with something much better. Take a peek at Magic's Specific-Purpose cycles:
The Weird One
Does a single card composed of many cards count as a cycle? Perhaps; just in case, take a look at Unhinged's Who/What/When/Where/Why.
Thanks go to the following posters for helping to collect and compile this list:
From the Wizards board: zammm, Alkatrazz, AvalancheRider, Black_Wing, Bogardan Mage, DaaNz, DCLXVI, Galen, glenchuy, JaSkin2, jeff-heikkinen, Lance_Omikron, Le Chat, LinkN, meophist, Sandwich_Man, Schleiff, Shashakiro, silasw, Skeebend, Sober, starkiller, ToTaL_AnArChY, wolf_mage, Worship_decks_rule, Zerg0nator, and Zindaras.
From MTGS: MultaniMan3000, SnoopDoggAtog, tragedy, Flamebuster, Tlaon, Ripe, imakuni, Oceanos, Iammars, Fairy of Speed
Also credit goes to people who helped compiling the information of cycles on the MTG wiki.
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Cards added to the index:
Intervention Pact – Pact of Negation – Slaughter Pact – Pact of the Titan – Pact of the Titan
Blade of the Sixth Pride – Blind Phantasm – Mass of Ghouls – Fomori Nomad – Nessian Courser
Oriss, Samite Guardian – Linessa, Zephyr Mage – Korlash, Heir to Blackblade – Tarox Bladewing – Baru, Fist of Krosa
Magus of the Moat – Magus of the Future – Magus of the Abyss – Magus of the Moon – Magus of the Vineyard
Lymph Sliver – Mesmeric Sliver – Frenzy Sliver – Homing Sliver – Virulent Sliver
Goldmeadow Lookout – Cloudseeder – Skirk Ridge Exhumer – Sparksplitter – Llanowar Mentor
Chronomantic Escape – Reality Strobe – Festering March – Arc Blade – Cyclical Evolution
Augur il-Vec – Aven Augur – Augur of Skulls – Emberwilde Augur – Llanowar Augur
Judge Unworthy – Foresee – Putrid Cyclops – Riddle of Lightning – Llanowar Empath
New Benelia – Tolaria West – Dakmor Salvage – Keldon Megaliths – Llanowar Reborn
Nimbus Maze – River of Tears – Graven Cairns – Grove of the Burnwillows – Horizon Canopy
Added the new Slivers to the Sliver section.
Added the 3-card Akroma cycle to the Flavor Cycles.
Any other cycles that I didn't spotted in Future Sight please let me know. And as usual, you can always look through the index and tells me what cycle isn't there. (Good luck with that though.)
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Thanks, can't believe I missed that one. Editing is also what I appreciate as well.
Hm, you are right on that point. Will mention blood knight as well too.
And all these hard work is not done by me alone, most notably by the community. I just update it regularly. ^^
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Clan RepresentativeI suppose Damnation and all its colorshifted kin could be seen as mirrors...
Fixed.
I will dedicate one new section for the timeshifted cards in Planar Chaos.
And here are the Lorwyn cycles that I have found. As usual, if you find any other cycles, do post them too.
Ajani Goldmane – Jace Beleren – Liliana Vess – Chandra Nalaar – Garruk Wildspeaker
Austere Command – Cryptic Command – Profane Command – Incendiary Command – Primal Command
Vivid Meadow – Vivid Creek – Vivid Marsh – Vivid Crag – Vivid Grove
Windbrisk Heights – Shelldock Isle – Howltooth Hollow – Spinerock Knoll – Mosswort Bridge
Goldmeadow Stalwart – Silvergill Adept – Squeaking Pie Sneak – Flamekin Bladewhirl – Wren’s Run Vanquisher
Avian Changeling – Amoeboid Changeling – Skeletal Changeling – Fire-Belly Changeling – Woodland Changeling
Changeling Hero – Turtleshell Changeling – Ghostly Changeling – Changeling Berserker – Changeling Titan
Cloudgoat Ranger – Benthicore – Marsh Flitter – Hearthcage Giant – Guardian of Cloverdell
Oaken Brawler – Paperfin Rascal – Bog Hoodlums – Adder-Staff Boggart – Nath’s Elite
Surge of Thoughtweft – Aquitect’s Will – Peppersmoke – Giant’s Ire – Rootgrapple
Purity – Guile – Dread – Hostility – Vigor
Wellgabber Apothecary – Silvergill Douser – Nectar Faerie – Caterwauling Boggart – Kithkin Mourncaller
Shields of Velis Vel – Wings of Velis Vel – Blades of Velis Vel
(Perhaps Morningtide will bring two more spells of Velis Vel.)
Soulbright Flamekin – Inner-Flame Igniter – Ashling the Pilgrim
Nath’s Buffoon – Warren-Scourge Elf
Thoughtweft Trio – Mistbind Clique – Wanderwine Prophets – Boggart Mob – Nova Chaser – Wren’s Run Packmaster
(Added to ‘Cycles which are either five or more’)
Kithkin Harbinger – Faerie Harbinger – Merrow Harbinger – Boggart Harbinger – Flamekin Harbinger – Giant Harbinger – Elvish Harbinger – Treefolk Harbinger
(Added to ‘Cycles which are either five or more’)
Gaddock Teeg - Sygg, River Guide - Wort, Boggart Auntie - Horde of Notions - Nath of the Gilt-Leaf - Wydwen, the Biting Gale - Brion Stoutarm - Doran, the Siege Tower
(Added to ‘Cycles which are either five or more’)
Wanderwine Hub – Secluded Glen – Auntie’s Hovel – Gilt-Leaf Palace – Ancient Amphitheater
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Isn't Kaldra a female?
So what about Treasure Hunter?
Example: Rune of Protection: Red
Thanks, now its fixed.
The three of them were a cycle because they all appeared in Starter set together. Rhox was merely an addition, just like Deathcoil Wurm, Wolf pack and Tornado Elemental.
I never read the Mirrodin cycle books, so I never knew the sex of Kaldra. Reading through the wikipedia, Kaldra is referred to as it. Maybe someone can shed some light on this issue.
You have a point. I will edit the section appropriately.
The Runes of Protection of cycle is under the section "Cycles which are either five or more".
And now for the Morningtide cycles:
Ballyrush Banneret – Stonybrook Banneret – Frogtosser Banneret – Brighthearth Banneret – Bosk Banneret
Cenn's Tactician – Sage of Fables – Oona's Blackguard – Rage Forger – Bramblewood Paragon
Veteran's Armaments – Diviner's Wand – Cloak and Dagger – Obsidian Battle Axe – Thornbite Staff
Changeling Sentinel – Mothdust Changeling – Moonglove Changeling – War-Spike Changeling – Game-Trail Changeling
Coordinated Barrage – Distant Melody – Pack's Disdain – Roar of the Crowd – Luminescent Rain
Kithkin Zephyrnaut – Ink Dissolver – Squeaking Pie Grubfellows – Mudbutton Clanger – Winnower Patrol
Wandering Graybeard – Waterspout Weavers – Nightshade Schemers – Pyroclast Consul – Wolf-Skull Shaman
Meadowboon – Nevermaker – Offalsnout – Spitebellows – Walker of the Grove
Redeem the Lost – Research the Deep – Revive the Fallen – Release the Ants – Recross the Paths
Shinewend – Floodchaser – Festercreep – Stingmoggie – Fertilid
Mind Spring – Mind Shatter
Morningtide also completed a few holes in two Lorwyn cycles.
Wanderwine Hub – Secluded Glen – Auntie's Hovel – Gilt-Leaf Palace – Ancient Amphitheater
Murmuring Bosk, Primal Beyond, Rustic Clachan and Mutavault were added to this one.
Mirror Entity - Shapesharer - Cairn Wanderer
Taurean Mauler and Chameleon Colossus were printed to complete the rare Changeling cycle.
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Not at all; you're keeping it up to date much better than I have, this past little while.
If you don't mind, I may just engage in a little reciprocal snitching for the WotC boards one.
(BTW, does this set some sort of record for longest delay in responding? :p)
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Hehe, thanks. I always loved cycles so I thought about keeping track of the cycles by myself.
And sure, you can go ahead and do it. 98% of this thread belongs to what you build up.
Perhaps, I guess.
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Boon Reflection – Thought Reflection – Wound Reflection – Rage Reflection – Mana Reflection
Armored Ascension – Flow of Ideas – Corrupt – Jaws of Stone – Howl of the Night Pack
Apothecary Initiate – Drowner Initiate – Smolder Initiate – Intimidator Initiate – Nurturer Initiate
Ballynock Cohort – Briarberry Cohort – Ashenmoor Cohort – Mudbrawler Cohort – Crabapple Cohort
Inquisitor's Snare – Consign to Dream – Gloomlance – Ember Gale – Gloomwidow's Feast
Kithkin Rabble – Faerie Swarm – Crowd of Cinders – Horde of Boggarts – Drove of Elves
Niveous Wisps – Cerulean Wisps – Aphotic Wisps – Crimson Wisps – Viridescent Wisps
Resplendent Mentor – Deepchannel Mentor – Corrosive Mentor – Bloodmark Mentor – Roughshod Mentor
Rune-Cervin Rider – Parapet Watchers – Loch Korrigan – Blistering Dieflyn – Foxfire Oak
Spectral Procession – Advice from the Fae – Beseech the Queen – Flame Javelin – Tower Above
Windbrisk Raptor – Isleback Spawn – Hollowborn Barghest – Knollspine Dragon – Mossbridge Troll
Twilight Shepherd – River Kelpie – Puppeteer Clique – Furystoke Giant – Woodfall Primus
Watchwing Scarecrow – Wingrattle Scarecrow – Rattleblaze Scarecrow – Blazethorn Scarecrow – Thornwatch Scarecrow
Mystic Gate – Sunken Ruins – Graven Cairns – Fire-Lit Thicket – Wooded Bastion
Mistveil Plains – Moonring Island – Leechridden Swamp – Madblind Mountain – Sapseep Forest
Barrenton Cragtreads – Wanderbrine Rootcutters – Sootwalkers – Mudbrawler Raiders – Raven's Run Dragoon
Godhead of Awe – Ghastlord of Fugue – Demigod of Revenge – Deus of Calamity – Oversoul of Dusk
Mistmeadow Witch – Inkfathom Witch – Spiteflame Witch – Tattermunge Witch – Seedcradle Witch
Repel Intruders – River's Grasp – Torrent of Souls – Firespout – Dawnglow Infusion
Steel of the Godhead – Helm of the Ghastlord – Fists of the Demigod – Runes of the Deus – Shield of the Oversoul
Thistledown Duo – Gravelgill Duo – Emberstrike Duo – Tattermunge Duo – Safehold Duo
Thistledown Liege – Glen Elendra Liege – Ashenmoor Liege – Boartusk Liege – Wilt-Leaf Liege
Aethertow – Memory Sluice – Traitor's Roar – Giantbaiting – Barkshell Blessing
Plumeveil – Wasp Lancer – Ashenmoor Gouger – Boggart Ram-Gang – Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers
Zealous Guardian – Oona's Gatewarden – Manaforge Cinder – Scuzzback Scrapper – Elvish Hexhunter
I think I may have missed out a few cycles. If only magiccards.info have the cards... (Gatherer is pretty bad at sorting out multicolor cards.)
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Light from Within – Sanity Grinding – Umbra Stalker – Fiery Bombardment – Primalcrux
Suture Spirit – Talonrend – Creakwood Ghoul – Duergar Cave-Guard – Swirling Spriggan
Ballynock Trapper – Merrow Levitator – Merrow Bonegnawer – Cinder Pyromancer – Nettle Sentinel
Cenn's Enlistment – Oona's Grace – Raven's Crime – Flame Jab – Monstrify
Kithkin Zealot – Wilderness Hypnotist – Talara's Bane – Chaotic Backlash – Marshdrinker Giant
Batwing Brume – Unnerving Assault – Cankerous Thirst – Moonhold – Invert the Skies
Deathbringer Liege – Mindwrack Liege – Creakwood Liege – Balefire Liege – Murkfiend Liege
Divinity of Pride – Dominus of Fealty – Deity of Scars – Nobilis of War – Overbeing of Myth
Edge of the Divinity – Clout of the Dominus – Gift of the Deity – Scourge of the Nobilis – Favor of the Overbeing
Gwyllion Hedge-mage – Noggle Hedge-mage – Hag Hedge-mage – Duergar Hedge-mage – Selkie Hedge-mage
Nightsky Mimic – Riverfall Mimic – Woodlurker Mimic – Battlegate Mimic – Shorecrasher Mimic
Nip Gwyllion – Stream Hopper – Odious Trow – Duergar Assailant – Slippery Bogle
Restless Apparition – Crag Puca – Stalker Hag – Hearthfire Hobgoblin – Wistful Selkie
Voracious Hatchling – Shrewd Hatchling – Noxious Hatchling – Belligerent Hatchling – Sturdy Hatchling
Antler Skulkin – Shell Skulkin – Fang Skulkin – Jawbone Skulkin – Hoof Skulkin
Fetid Heath – Cascade Bluffs – Twilight Mire – Rugged Prairie – Flooded Grove
As usual, if you find any cycles that are not in this list, please post here.
Have a good prerelease!
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This might be a loose cycle, but I won't be including cycles like this into the Index. As there are also other cycles with similar situation (Cankerous Thirst mimicking Consume Strength comes into mind), I will have to put all these cards in as well. But in any case, I appreciate your post.
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Angel's Herald - Sphinx's Herald - Demon's Herald - Dragon's Herald - Behemoth's Herald
Bant Battlemage - Esper Battlemage - Grixis Battlemage - Jund Battlemage - Naya Battlemage
Resounding Silence - Resounding Wave - Resounding Scream - Resounding Thunder - Resounding Roar
Obelisk of Bant - Obelisk of Esper - Obelisk of Grixis - Obelisk of Jund - Obelisk of Naya
Bant Panorama - Esper Panorama - Grixis Panorama - Jund Panorama - Jund Panorama
Seaside Citadel - Arcane Sanctum - Crumbling Necropolis - Savage Lands - Jungle Shrine
Empyrial Archangel - Sphinx Sovereign - Prince of Thralls - Hellkite Overlord - Godsire
Rafiq of the Many - Sharuum the Hegemon - Sedris, the Traitor King - Kresh the Bloodbraided - Mayael the Anima
Hindering Light - Agony Warp - Blightning - Branching Bolt - Sigil Blessing
Deft Duelist - Tidehollow Strix - Goblin Deathraiders - Rip-Clan Crasher - Steward of Valeron
Waveskimmer Aven - Windwright Mage - Kederekt Creeper - Carrion Thrash - Rakeclaw Gargantuan
Clarion Ultimatum - Brilliant Ultimatum - Cruel Ultimatum - Violent Ultimatum - Titanic Ultimatum
Stoic Angel - Punish Ignorance - Sedraxis Specter - Broodmate Dragon - Realm Razer
Tidehollow Sculler - Necrogenesis - Jhessian Infiltrator - Swerve - Bull Cerodon
Bant Charm - Esper Charm - Grixis Charm - Jund Charm - Naya Charm
Kiss of the Amesha - Thoughtcutter Agent - Blood Cultist - Sangrite Surge - Qasali Ambusher
Rhox War Monk - Tower Gargoyle - Fire-Field Ogre - Sprouting Thrinax - Woolly Thoctar
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer - Vectis Silencers - Undead Leotau - Thorn-Thrash Viashino - Godtoucher
Knight of the Skyward Eye - Cloudheath Drake - Shore Snapper - Viashino Skeleton - Cavern Thoctar
Dispeller's Capsule - Courier's Capsule - Executioner's Capsule
Soul's Fire - Soul's Might - Soul's Grace
Ridge Rannet - Jungle Weaver - Yoked Plowbeast
Exuberant Firestoker - Drumhunter - Sunseed Nurturer
Deathgreeter - Rockslide Elemental - Algae Gharial
Tar Fiend - Skullmulcher
Marble Chalice - Onyx Goblet
One cycle up for arguments:
Battlegrace Angel - Sharding Sphinx - Archdemon of Unx - Predator Dragon - Spearbreaker Behemoth
This cycle features the 'prominent' creature of each shard, with a mechanic related to the related shard.
Battlegrace Angel - Promotes Exalted
Sharding Sphinx - Helps to create more artifacts
Archdemon of Unx - This one is tough. But in my opinion, this one helps the Unearth mechanic by enabling you to use Unearth when the creatures are sacrificed to the Archdemon.
Predator Dragon - Devouring creatures. (Flameblast Dragon to me is just another big fattie red dragon which has little to do with the mechanic of Jund compared to Predator Dragon.)
Spearbreaker Behemoth - Helps your creatures with power 5 or greater.
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