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Conspiracy: Take the Crown
Set Information
Set symbol
Themes and mechanics Conspiracies, Draft ability cards, the Monarch
Keywords/​ability words Hidden agenda, Double agenda, Melee, Goad, Council's dilemma, Monstrous
Set size 221 cards
Expansion code CN2[2]

Conspiracy: Take the Crown is a booster-based set designed for Conspiracy Draft.[3] It is the second of three supplemental sets that are released in the summer of 2016.[4]

Set details

“  You Stab My Back And I'll Stab Yours  ”

Conspiracy: Take the Crown follows up on the original Conspiracy set from 2014 and will introduce new cards that affect the draft itself as well as new Conspiracies. It is designed for eight-player drafts followed by free-for-all games of three to five players each. The set contains 221 cards (11 more than Conspiracy). Some are new cards with mechanics that enhance multiplayer play, and the other part features reprints.

The set will be printed in English, Japanese and Chinese Simplified. It will not be released on Magic Online. North American mass-market stores will sell new Draft Packs for this set. The Draft Pack features three Booster Packs. [5]

Flavor

Brago, the King Eternal ruled the High City of Paliano on the plane of Fiora. When he died, the priesthood — the Custodi — kept his spirit as a figurehead and were able to retain their command for a while. However, The Black Rose confiscated the throne after Brago's spirit was eliminated by the planeswalker Kaya. Nobody knows how long she will last.

Marketing

Conspiracy - The Reign of Bragos

The logo of the February 22 announcement

Conspiracy- The Empty Throne

The logo of the February 24 announcement

CN2 Booster pack
CN2 Draft pack

Conspiracy: Take the Crown draft pack

The set was initially announced as Conspiracy: The Reign of Brago.[6][7] However, the day immediately after the initial set announcement, official twitter announced The Reign of Brago would not be the set name, along with a picture showing the apparent assassination of Brago's spirit.[8] The set was renamed on February 24 to The Empty Throne to reflect this plot twist.[9][10] Also the number of cards was reduced from 221 to 220 (Brago's spirit was eliminated, so clearly there would be one less card) and the quote was changed from “Long May He Reign” to “The King Is Dead, Long Live the King”.

Two days later the title was changed one final time, along with the reveal of the set symbol. The card count for Conspiracy: Take the Crown was now up to 221 again with the new queen added. The slogan was also changed, this time to “You Stab My Back And I'll Stab Yours”.[11][12][3]

Like its predecessor CN2 features horizontal art on the booster packs. They have artwork from Queen Marchesa, Kaya, Ghost Assassin and Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast.

Hidden message

On the back frame of every token of Eternal Masters, the previous booster set, appeared some seemingly random and mysterious lines of text. These were part of a teaser puzzle. If the tokens were lined up in the right order, the text on the top and bottom of the tokens provided a proclamation by her majesty Queen Marchesa, the Black Rose, first of her name. The text on the sides of tokens provided a revolutionary speech by Captain Adriana.[13] Marchesa's proclamation was later published on the Magic website, as was Adriana's response.[14][15]

Tokens

The Monarch

The Monarch marker

Conspiracy: Take the Crown features one marker and eleven tokens.

  1. The Monarch
  2. {W} 1/1 Soldier for Lieutenants of the Guard
  3. {W} 1/2 Soldier with defender for Hold the Perimeter
  4. {B} 1/1 Assassin with deathtouch and haste for Queen Marchesa
  5. {B} 2/2 Zombie for Assemble the Rank and Vile
  6. {R} 1/1 Goblin with "This creature can't block" for Hold the Perimeter
  7. {R} 5/5 Dragon with flying for Skyline Despot
  8. {R} 8/8 Lizard for Subterranean Tremors
  9. {G} 1/1 Insect for Dragonlair Spider
  10. {C} 1/1 Construct artifact with defender for Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast

Themes and mechanics

Like in Conspiracy, some cards have draft abilities.

The monarch is a new concept that a player may have during the game. Only one player at a time can be the monarch and has the following ability: "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card." Secondly, several cards in the set get better if you're the monarch.[16]

Hidden agenda is carried over from Conspiracy. Conspiracies with hidden agenda have you secretly name a card before the game begins. Any time you have priority during the game, you can turn the conspiracy face up and reveal the chosen name and what bonus the conspiracy provides.

Creatures with Monstrosity earlier appeared in the Theros block and Commander 2015.[17] Upon paying the activation cost, if the creature isn't "monstrous" already, a certain number of +1/+1 counters is put on the creature and it becomes "monstrous". Usually this is accompanied by a triggered ability when the creature becomes "monstrous".

There are four new named mechanics:[18]

Card types

Card borders

Conspiracies, draft ability cards and cards that refer otherwise to the draft process (i.e. Arcane Savant) have a special circular pattern at their border.

Cycles

Conspiracy: Take the Crown has at least one cycle:

Changes in rarity

Common to Uncommon

Uncommon to Rare

Uncommon to Mythic

Mythic to Rare

Notable cards

References

  1. Product info
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  7. Wizards of the Coast. (February 22, 2016.) Announcing CONSPIRACY: REIGN OF BRAGO. Return to Paliano in this multiplayer draft set! Official Magic: the Gathering twitter account.
  8. Wizards of the Coast. (February 23, 2016.) BREAKING NEWS: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Brago will not be making an appearance in our new Conspiracy set. Official Magic: the Gathering twitter account.
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  10. Wizards of the Coast. (February 24, 2016.) Paliano is in chaos after Brago's death. Announcing CONSPIRACY: THE EMPTY THRONE Official Magic: the Gathering twitter account.
  11. Wizards of the Coast. (February 25, 2016.) Powers within Paliano have set their sights on the vacant Paliano throne. More updates to follow tomorrow. Official Magic: the Gathering twitter account.
  12. Wizards of the Coast. (February 26, 2016.) This time we’re 100% serious. Announcing CONSPIRACY: TAKE THE CROWN. Official Magic: the Gathering twitter account.
  13. News on the Net. (July 14, 2016.) "Someone Just Solved The Eternal Masters Conspiracy 2 Token Mystery (And That’s A Lot Of Tokens)", manaleak.com
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