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Khans of Tarkir | |
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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 |
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, 101 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.
Because of changes in the block structure, Khans of Tarkir will only be played in Standard for 18 months. [7]
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:[8] [9]
Name Colors Dragon Aspect Mechanic Symbol Khan The Abzan Houses Endurance Scale of the dragon Anafenza The Jeskai Way Cunning Prowess Eye of the dragon Narset, Enlightened Master The Sultai Brood Ruthlessness Delve 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.[10] 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. [11]
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 battles each clan has won. [12]
Promotional cards
- Prerelease, one of forty according to the chosen clan: Zurgo Helmsmasher etc.
- Launch promo: Dragon Throne of Tarkir
- Game Day: full-art TBA
- Game Day (Top 8): full-art TBA
- Buy-a-Box: Soundclaw Mystic
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 addition 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: (whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn)
Cycles
Khans of Tarkir has at least two cycles.
- Clan leaders: five mythic rare legendary creatures that have a cost that includes CDE, where CDE are wedge colors — Zurgo Helmsmasher
- Wedgelands (or Trilands): five uncommon triple lands comes into play tapped and can be tapped for one of three colors of mana. These are a wedge version of Shards of Alara's shardlands — Mystic Monastery, Nomad Outpost
Mirrored pairs
TBA
Reprinted cards
TBA
Functional reprints
TBA
Strictly better or worse
TBA
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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