Set NameAlara Reborn Block Set 3 of 3 in the Shards of Alara block Number of Cards 145 Release DateThursday, April 30, 2009 Prerelease Events April 25-26, 2009 Launch Parties April 30-May 3, 2009 Previews start on magicthegathering.com April 13, 2009 Design Team Aaron Forsythe (lead)
Mark Gottlieb
Alexis Janson
Brian Tinsman Development Team Matt Place (lead)
Dave Guskin
Alexis Janson
Erik Lauer
Mike Turian
Expansion Symbol:
Fat Pack:
Fat Pack Contents:
Booster box:
Intro Packs:
Playmats:
Mistvein Borderpost by Pete Venters
Fieldmist Borderpost by Michael Bruinsma
Wildfield Borderpost by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Firewild Borderpost by Jean Sebastien Rossbach
And finally Veinfire Borderpost by Ralph Horsley
The five shards of Alara merged in a single world of "new" Alara again, their borders erased and each brought into contact with each other, losing their individual properties in the process. As seen above at the Intro pack cards, the creatures from the shards intermingle, therefore things like etherium angel (Esper/Bant hybrid) or black-aligned thoctar (Naya/Jund) can be observed.
According to Aaron Forsythe, the set was one of the greatest design challenges ever, and it includes a special hook for the players, something that "has never been done before".
As it appears from the special preview card provided in Magic Arcana, Ardent Plea...
...featuring Elspeth Tirel in ruins of Bant palace, and bearing the collector's number of 1/145, it is almost certain that there is not a single monocolored card in the set (that would be before a multicolored card in numbering), only multicolored cards, artifacts and lands.
The "all-multicolor" set concept could very well be the "never been done before" mentioned above.
A mail describing "Key Selling Points for ARB) received by the retailers confirmed this fact:
Alara Reborn is solid gold! Multicolored or ‘gold’ cards are among the most popular set themes, and every single card in Alara Reborn is gold. It will be the first set in the history of Magic: The Gathering to be 100% multicolored.
Further info will be added when available.
Prerelease card and release card:
Dragon Broodmother :2mana::symr::symr::symr::symg: (PRERELEASE)
Creature - Dragon (M)
Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a 1/1 red and green Dragon creature token with flying and devour 2 into play.
4/4
Jean-Sebastien Rossbach, *53/145
Knight of New Alara :2mana::symg::symw: (RELEASE)
Creature - Human and Knight (R)
Each other multicolored creature you control gets +1/+1 for each of its colors.
2/2
David Palumbo, *70/145
Other promo arts:
[card]
Rafiq of the Many[/card] & Bantian soldiers/angels fighting zombies:
Viashino warrior with sigils around, and an angel.
The texts of Broodmate Dragon 'Dragon Broodmother' and Knight of New Alara are wrong.
This is also the case for the Partial Spoiler.
They should say
'Genitrice dragonne' 2RRRG
Creature - Dragon (M)
Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a 1/1 red and green Dragon creature token with flying and devour 2 into play.
4/4
(card name in quotes since I do not confirm it)
and
Knight of New Alara 2GW
Creature - Human and Knight (R)
Each other multicolored creature you control gets +1/+1 for each of its colors.
2/2
I found out that the WotC sample hand decks for the next arcana were the Alara Reborn theme decklists, and I got copies of the names of all the new cards:
"Aven Mimeomancer" is presumably our "Aven Mimic".
"Ethercaste Knight", well, duh.
"Bituminous Blast" is presumably what we've been calling "Tar Shards".
"Pale Recluse" might be "Pale Priest-Spider", as a recluse is a type of spider. (Also "Soul Manipulation" might be our "Soulquake", but that seems to be a stretch.)
And "Nemesis of Reason" is presumably the name for the 3/7 miller that Cantrip just spoiled.
In this thread they have a pic that shows Fieldmist Borderpost. Its a bit blurred but the card looks exactly what it should be.
Fieldmist BorderPost 1UW
Artifact Common
T: Add UW to your mana pool.
Esper is not that far from Bant. In fact, it is getting closer.
With this available I'm sure it should be reasonably easy to show the other Borderposts as cards. These look alot like the signets from the Ravnica Block except with multi-color costs to add to the 100% gold set we're having.
Edit: When I looked at the first pic in the thread that was editted it seemed that it was a new card rather than the old scan.
In this thread they have a pic that shows Fieldmist Borderpost. Its a bit blurred but the card looks exactly what it should be.
Fieldmist BorderPost 1UW
Artifact Common
T: Add UW to your mana pool.
Esper is not that far from Bant. In fact, it is getting closer.
With this available I'm sure it should be reasonably easy to show the other Borderposts as cards. These look alot like the signets from the Ravnica Block except with multi-color costs to add to the 100% gold set we're having.
Read the flavor text again.
Esper it not that far from Bant.
The card is a fake, just like the previous mockup called 'Firemist Borderpost'.
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The picture of the angel with the purple halo has been shown to be Slave of Bolas with art by Steve Argyle linked in this article on the wizards website.
Here are pictures of some of the cards in the spoiler.
More to follow.
Thank you for attaching them here and not on the partial spoiler thread. (I would delete that post...and the attachments. >.<
I will update the spoiler with these later.
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This is not the spoiler thread.
This is the compiled info thread, a compilation of general information about the set, not a spoiler.
I do belive that a spoiler is info about the set.
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Originally Posted by badjuju As the Last of the Control Players, we are all part of a sacred brotherhood; a band of brothers who would rather die on their knees tapping islands and giving permission than live on our feet cascading into Blightning.
Elspeth "we must fight to protect order and justice!"
Tezzeret "No! he will break all my artifacts and stomp my head!"
Vol "powerful dragon must be brought to heel!"
Ajani "**** this Im outta *planeswalks to lorwyn* wow what hell is this place?"
Little lorwyn goblin "this be the place of bad art and Tribes!!!"
All other Alara planeswalkers "hey where did ajani go???"
Can someone help me with the rarity distribution? Is it 10 Mythic, 35 rares, 50/50? Or is it something else?
I'm confused and i thought the information might need to be provided here since we have 22 spoiled rares and 8 spoiled Mythic Rares.
If I remember it is 15 mythics, but I can't seem to locate where I read that, or even a full rarity breakdown for this set. Oh well to add to the compiled info though, here is the current breakdown of what has been spoiled so far(4/18/09, or 47/145)...
Mythic-8
Rare-23
Uncommon-5
Common-11
Total=47
As you can see, so far the spoiler has been very top heavy (almost at a 2:1 ratio, 31 Mythic/Rares to 16 Un/commons) which means a lot of how this set is gonna function, especially in limited is unknown. Anywhoo if someone could find the actual rarity distribution that would be much appreciated.
If I remember it is 15 mythics, but I can't seem to locate where I read that, or even a full rarity breakdown for this set. Oh well to add to the compiled info though, here is the current breakdown of what has been spoiled so far(4/18/09, or 47/145)...
Mythic-8
Rare-23
Uncommon-5
Common-11
Total=47
As you can see, so far the spoiler has been very top heavy (almost at a 2:1 ratio, 31 Mythic/Rares to 16 Un/commons) which means a lot of how this set is gonna function, especially in limited is unknown. Anywhoo if someone could find the actual rarity distribution that would be much appreciated.
Small sets have 10 Mythic Rares. Large sets have 15.
Hey the guy in the green/white deck is dautless escort? Saucy! I might just get a few of those!
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I am petitioning for the removal of mythic rarity. Sig this to join the cause!
Famliy Guy Emperor Says,
"Something, something something, DARK SIDE!
Something, something, something COMPLETE!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHiUitciuJ8
:symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw: SPIKE GAYMER: not just a beatdown, a beatdown sung to the tune of "I Feel Pretty"!
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Set Name Alara Reborn
Block Set 3 of 3 in the Shards of Alara block
Number of Cards 145
Release Date Thursday, April 30, 2009
Prerelease Events April 25-26, 2009
Launch Parties April 30-May 3, 2009
Previews start on magicthegathering.com April 13, 2009
Design Team Aaron Forsythe (lead)
Mark Gottlieb
Alexis Janson
Brian Tinsman Development Team Matt Place (lead)
Dave Guskin
Alexis Janson
Erik Lauer
Mike Turian
Expansion Symbol:
Fat Pack:
Fat Pack Contents:
Booster box:
Intro Packs:
Playmats:
Mistvein Borderpost by Pete Venters
Fieldmist Borderpost by Michael Bruinsma
Wildfield Borderpost by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Firewild Borderpost by Jean Sebastien Rossbach
And finally Veinfire Borderpost by Ralph Horsley
The five shards of Alara merged in a single world of "new" Alara again, their borders erased and each brought into contact with each other, losing their individual properties in the process. As seen above at the Intro pack cards, the creatures from the shards intermingle, therefore things like etherium angel (Esper/Bant hybrid) or black-aligned thoctar (Naya/Jund) can be observed.
According to Aaron Forsythe, the set was one of the greatest design challenges ever, and it includes a special hook for the players, something that "has never been done before".
As it appears from the special preview card provided in Magic Arcana, Ardent Plea...
...featuring Elspeth Tirel in ruins of Bant palace, and bearing the collector's number of 1/145, it is almost certain that there is not a single monocolored card in the set (that would be before a multicolored card in numbering), only multicolored cards, artifacts and lands.
The "all-multicolor" set concept could very well be the "never been done before" mentioned above.
A mail describing "Key Selling Points for ARB) received by the retailers confirmed this fact:
Further info will be added when available.
Prerelease card and release card:
Dragon Broodmother :2mana::symr::symr::symr::symg: (PRERELEASE)
Creature - Dragon (M)
Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a 1/1 red and green Dragon creature token with flying and devour 2 into play.
4/4
Jean-Sebastien Rossbach, *53/145
Knight of New Alara :2mana::symg::symw: (RELEASE)
Creature - Human and Knight (R)
Each other multicolored creature you control gets +1/+1 for each of its colors.
2/2
David Palumbo, *70/145
Other promo arts:
[card]
Rafiq of the Many[/card] & Bantian soldiers/angels fighting zombies:
Viashino warrior with sigils around, and an angel.
Another sphinx and Slave of Bolas art:
Booster pack images:
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
Post here only if you have a new piece of information, that would be edited into first post.
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
Broodmate Dragon'Dragon Broodmother' and Knight of New Alara are wrong.This is also the case for the Partial Spoiler.
They should say
'Genitrice dragonne' 2RRRG
Creature - Dragon (M)
Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a 1/1 red and green Dragon creature token with flying and devour 2 into play.
4/4
(card name in quotes since I do not confirm it)
and
Knight of New Alara 2GW
Creature - Human and Knight (R)
Each other multicolored creature you control gets +1/+1 for each of its colors.
2/2
Riftmarked Knight, Thunderheads.
Awesome avatar provided by Krashbot @ [Epic Graphics].
GW
2 Grizzled Leotau
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Dauntless Escort
1 Knight of New Alara
1 Enlisted Wurm
2 Pale Recluse
1 Sigiled Behemoth
1 Reborn Hope
1 Sigil of the Nayan Gods
1 Captured Sunlight
WU
2 Ethercaste Knight
1 Aven Mimeomancer
1 Wall of Denial
2 Arsenal Thresher
2 Glassdust Hulk
2 Sanctum Plowbeast
1 Filigree Angel
1 Stormcaller's Boon
1 Offering to Asha
UB
1 Vedalken Ghoul
1 Lich Lord of Unx
2 Architects of Will
1 Nemesis of Reason
2 Jhessian Zombies
1 Soul Manipulation
1 Brainbite
1 Deny Reality
BR
2 Sanity Gnawers
1 Singe-Mind Ogre
1 Lightning Reaver
1 Monstrous Carabid
1 Deathbringer Thoctar
2 Igneous Pouncer
1 Bituminous Blast
1 Breath of Malfegor
Terminate
RG
1 Godtracker of Jund
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Rhox Brute
1 Spellbreaker Behemoth
1 Blitz Hellion
1 Gorger Wurm
2 Valley Rannet
1 Colossal Might
1 Vengeful Rebirth
"Ethercaste Knight", well, duh.
"Bituminous Blast" is presumably what we've been calling "Tar Shards".
"Pale Recluse" might be "Pale Priest-Spider", as a recluse is a type of spider. (Also "Soul Manipulation" might be our "Soulquake", but that seems to be a stretch.)
And "Nemesis of Reason" is presumably the name for the 3/7 miller that Cantrip just spoiled.
In this thread they have a pic that shows Fieldmist Borderpost. Its a bit blurred but the card looks exactly what it should be.
Fieldmist BorderPost 1UW
Artifact Common
T: Add UW to your mana pool.
Esper is not that far from Bant. In fact, it is getting closer.
With this available I'm sure it should be reasonably easy to show the other Borderposts as cards. These look alot like the signets from the Ravnica Block except with multi-color costs to add to the 100% gold set we're having.
Edit: When I looked at the first pic in the thread that was editted it seemed that it was a new card rather than the old scan.
Read the flavor text again.
Esper it not that far from Bant.
The card is a fake, just like the previous mockup called 'Firemist Borderpost'.
Twitter
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/sf/33a
Edit: Oh, the fat pack and booster box images got removed from Photobucket again in the first post.
More to follow.
Thank you for attaching them here and not on the partial spoiler thread. (I would delete that post...and the attachments. >.<
I will update the spoiler with these later.
Twitter
Artwork
This is the compiled info thread, a compilation of general information about the set, not a spoiler.
Twitter
I do belive that a spoiler is info about the set.
Good thing he said GENERAL information about a set, I (and by the looks of it mods) would call spoilers specific.
My Tamanoa decklist (RGW), infuriating my brother since it's so junky!
From the Launch Party Invitation:
DCI Judge
I'm confused and i thought the information might need to be provided here since we have 22 spoiled rares and 8 spoiled Mythic Rares.
Standard Philadelphia Open 3- Top 8
Zendikar Game Day Champion
If I remember it is 15 mythics, but I can't seem to locate where I read that, or even a full rarity breakdown for this set. Oh well to add to the compiled info though, here is the current breakdown of what has been spoiled so far(4/18/09, or 47/145)...
Mythic-8
Rare-23
Uncommon-5
Common-11
Total=47
As you can see, so far the spoiler has been very top heavy (almost at a 2:1 ratio, 31 Mythic/Rares to 16 Un/commons) which means a lot of how this set is gonna function, especially in limited is unknown. Anywhoo if someone could find the actual rarity distribution that would be much appreciated.
Small sets have 10 Mythic Rares. Large sets have 15.
Famliy Guy Emperor Says,
"Something, something something, DARK SIDE!
Something, something, something COMPLETE!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHiUitciuJ8
:symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw:
SPIKE GAYMER: not just a beatdown, a beatdown sung to the tune of "I Feel Pretty"!