Changes: Khans of Tarkir

Khans of Tarkir
Set Information
Set symbol
Keywords/ability words	Morph, Raid, Prowess
Set size	269 cards; 101 Commons, 80 Uncommons, 53 Rares, 15 Mythic Rares, 20 Basic Land
Expansion code	KTK

Revision as of 16:12, 18 August 2014

Khans of Tarkir is the 65th Magic expansion, and the first in the Khans of Tarkir block. It is to be released on September 26, 2014. Khans of Tarkir is a large expansion. ^[1]

Set details

The set was previewed at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, July 26, 2014. Mark Rosewater (Magic head designer) moderated a panel featuring Mark Purvis (Magic director of global brand marketing), Doug Beyer (Magic senior creative designer), and Gavin Verhey (Magic designer). ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] The Khans block will be Large-Small-Large with a unique draft structure (the small set is drafted with both large sets, but the large sets are never drafted together)^[5] and a time traveling element. The draft structure is the first thing from which this set was built ^[6]

Khans of Tarkir contains 269 cards (20 basic lands, 121 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares), and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. Like Scourge before, the set is Dragon themed. The expansion symbol depicts crossed swords on a shield, similar to the symbol of Legions.

Storyline

Tarkir is the home of Sarkhan Vol, and for ages has been ravaged by ambitious warlords. It was previously inhabited by dragons, all of whom were killed during Sarkhan's period of servitude. The warlords are now restless once more. The clans each worship one aspect of extinct dragons. They will be represented through enemy wedge colors and aspects as follows:^[7] ^[8]

Name	Dragon Aspect	Mechanic	Symbol	Khan
The Abzan Houses	Endurance		Scale of the dragon	Anafenza
The Jeskai Way	Cunning	Prowess	Eye of the dragon	Narset
The Sultai Brood	Ruthlessness		Fang of the dragon	Sidisi
The Mardu Horde	Speed	Raid	Wing of the dragon	Zurgo Helmsmasher
The Temur Frontier	Savagery		Claw of the dragon	Surrak Dragonclaw

Marketing

A preview of the set's artwork was aired during Pro Tour Journey into Nyx, following the quarterfinal rounds.^[9] In it Mark Rosewater announced the return of something "that people have been asking [ Wizards ] to do for quite a while [...] after a long absence from magic" as well as the introduction of something that has been requested for a long time but had never been done before. These elements turned out to be morph and wedges, respectively.

Khans of Tarkir will be sold in 16-card boosters (one card being a marketing card), five intro packs, one event deck and a fat pack. As of Khans of Tarkir, the face cards in Intro Packs will not just be premium rare cards, but alternate art premium rare cards that won't be found in booster packs. ^[10]

Prerelease

The Khans of Tarkir prerelease endorses the player to affiliate with their clan. You choose your clan for the prerelease. Each clan prerelease pack comes with a clan pin and a clan sticker. The prerelease pack further contains 5 regular booster packs, 1 seeded booster pack, 1 premium promo card, 1 activity insert and 1 Spindown life counter. Khans of Tarkir will feature 40 prerelease cards — one dated and stamped prerelease card random from a pool of eight for each Clan pack. One of which will be the Khan. "Raise your banner": when a game is won, players can put their sticker on the clan banner in the store, to show off how many battle each clan has won. ^[11]

Promotional cards

Prerelease, one of forty according to the chosen clan: Zurgo Helmssmasher etc.
Launch promo: TBA
Game Day: full-art TBA
Game Day (Top 8): full-art TBA
Buy-a-Box: TBA

Tokens

The sixteenth card in the boosters is a token creature card, with advertisements on the back side.
TBA

Themes and mechanics

Each clan will feature their own mechanic. In addiition all clans will feature morph.

The Mardu ability word Raid and related cards are all based around a very fast, aggressive strategy for winning. Raid gives an advantageous effect if you have attacked with a creature the same turn.
The Jeskai keyword is Prowess: (whernever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn)

Cycles

Wedgelands (or Trilands): Each of these uncommon triple lands comes into play tapped and can be tapped for one of three colors of mana — Nomad Outpost, Mystic Monastery, Temur Wedgeland, Sultai Wedgeland, and Abzan Wedgeland. These are a wedge version of Shards of Alara's shardlands.
Clan leaders: Each of these mythic creature has a cost that includes CDE, where CDE are wedge colors: Zugo Helmsmashe

Mirrored pairs

TBA

Reprinted cards

TBA

Functional reprints

TBA

Strictly better or worse

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Preconstructed decks

Intro packs

TBA

Event deck

TBA

References

↑ Wizards of the Coast (May 19, 2014). "Announcing Khans of Tarkir". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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  |design team = [[Mark Rosewater]] (lead)<BR>[[Mark L. Gottlieb]]<BR>[[Zac Hill]]<BR>[[Adam Lee]]<BR>[[Shawn Main]]<BR>[[Billy Moreno]]<BR>and [[Ken Nagle]]
  |development team = [[Erik Lauer]] (lead)<BR>[[Doug Beyer]]<BR>[[David Humpherys]]<BR>[[Tom LaPille]]<BR>Shawn Main<BR>and [[Adam Prosak]]<BR>with contributions from [[Matt Tabak]]
-  |art director = [[Jeremy Jarvis]]
+ |art director = [[Jeremy Jarvis]]
  |date_release = September 26, 2014
  |mechanics =
- |keywords = [[Morph]], [[Raid]]
+ |keywords = [[Morph]], [[Raid]], [[Prowess]]
  |size = 269 cards<BR><small>101 Commons, 80 Uncommons, 53 Rares, 15 Mythic Rares, 20 Basic Land</small>
  |code_expansion = KTK
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 | The [[Abzan Houses]] || {{w}}{{b}}{{g}} || Endurance || || Scale of the dragon || Anafenza
 |-
-| The [[Jeskai Way]] || {{u}}{{r}}{{w}} || Cunning || || Eye of the dragon || Narset
+| The [[Jeskai Way]] || {{u}}{{r}}{{w}} || Cunning || [[Prowess]] || Eye of the dragon || Narset
 |-
 | The [[Sultai Brood]] || {{b}}{{g}}{{u}} || Ruthlessness || || Fang of the dragon || Sidisi
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 Each clan will feature their own mechanic. In addiition all clans will feature [[morph]].
 * The Mardu [[ability word]] [[Raid]] and related cards are all based around a very fast, aggressive strategy for winning. Raid gives an advantageous effect if you have attacked with a creature the same turn.
+* The Jeskai [[keyword]] is [[Prowess]]: ''(whernever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn)''
 ==Cycles==
 * '''Wedgelands (or Trilands)''': Each of these uncommon triple lands comes into play tapped and can be tapped for one of three colors of mana {{-}} <c>Nomad Outpost</c>, <c>Mystic Monastery</c>, <c>Temur Wedgeland</c>, <c>Sultai Wedgeland</c>, and <c>Abzan Wedgeland</c>. These are a wedge version of ''[[Shards of Alara]]''{{'}}s shardlands.