Eternal Masters

Eternal Masters is a booster-based compilation set containing cards legal in, and intended for, the Legacy, Commander, and Vintage formats. It was released on June 10, 2016.

Set details
Draft Through Eternity

Eternal Masters is a 249 reprint set containing some of the most sought-after cards from throughout the history of Magic — some with new artwork. Eternal Masters is designed to be a unique and enjoyable Draft experience, much like Modern Masters. It does not contain cards from the Reserved List, but it features many Eternal staples. It is aimed at a more advanced player. Eternal Masters was inspired by the Magic Online-only set Vintage Masters, but adds some Modern-legal cards to make the archetypes work.

Eternal Masters is exclusively booster-based, thus no satellite products such as Preconstructed decks are branded with the set. Each booster contains 15 playable cards: 10 commons, 3 uncommons and one rare or mythic rare, and one foil card of any rarity replacing the basic land which would normally be found in a booster as Eternal Masters does not contain a run of basic lands. The 16-card boosters (the sixteenth card is a marketing card) feature artwork from Deathrite Shaman, Bloodbraid Elf and Goblin Charbelcher. Due to the higher expected average value of the cards contained in a booster and the lower print run, the MSRP of one booster of Eternal Masters was set to $9.99 (with the MSRP of a booster of the current draft set being $3.49). Due to the higher MSRP booster displays only contain 24 packs, which is also the number required for a regular draft (three boosters for each of eight players), as the set was designed specifically for draft. A number of cards also change rarity to create a better drafting environment.

The set is printed in English, Japanese and Chinese Simplified. Because of the popularity and the limited print run, the distribution is WPN exclusive and partially allocation based.

Controversy
On February 16, 2016, the Twitter account MTGDeepthroat@Vendorleak accused 2-3 unnamed vendors of possession of the card list for Eternal Masters and insider trading. WotC started an investigation, stating that they didn't provide preferential treatment to any card vendor, distributor, or retailer; nor disclosed detailed card set information prior to preview season. The account @Vendorleak later apologised and said they had been mislead and the evidence they had was fabricated. Their Twitter account is currently suspended.

Magic Online
Eternal Masters will be releasing on Magic Online June 17 and will be available until July 6. The digital MSRP will be $6.99. It will not be available for redemption.

Themes and mechanics
Eternal Masters features the following limited archetypes:


 * : Skies (Thunderclap Wyvern)
 * : Reanimator (Extract from Darkness)
 * : Sacrifice/Morbid (Torrent of Souls)
 * : Fast Aggro (Bloodbraid Elf)
 * : Enchantments (Armadillo Cloak)
 * : Recursion with ETB effects (Gravedigger</c>)
 * : Spells from the graveyard/Flashback/Retrace) (Wee Dragonauts</c>)
 * : Elves (Shaman of the Pack</c>)
 * : Tokens/Go wide (Flame-Kin Zealot</c>)
 * : Threshold (Werebear</c>)

Common to Uncommon

 * Ancestral Mask</c>
 * Armadillo Cloak</c>
 * Brainstorm</c>
 * Chain Lightning</c>
 * Daze</c>
 * Faith's Fetters</c>
 * Flame Jab</c>
 * Ghitu Slinger</c>
 * Hymn To Tourach</c>
 * Invigorate</c>
 * Merfolk Looter</c>
 * <c>Prismatic Lens</c>
 * <c>Prodigal Sorcerer</c>
 * <c>Timberwatch Elf</c>
 * <c>Wee Dragonauts</c>

Common to Rare

 * <c>Sinkhole</c>

Uncommon to Common

 * <c>Avarax</c>
 * <c>Carbonize</c>
 * <c>Cephalid Sage</c>
 * <c>Desperate Ravings</c>
 * <c>Dragon Egg</c>
 * <c>Elephant Guide</c>
 * <c>Elite Vanguard</c>
 * <c>Glacial Wall</c>
 * <c>Humble</c>
 * <c>Kird Ape</c> (reverted)
 * <c>Mistral Charger</c>
 * <c>Monk Idealist</c>
 * <c>Night's Whisper</c>
 * <c>Nimble Mongoose</c>
 * <c>Orcish Oriflamme</c>
 * <c>Peregrine Drake</c>
 * <c>Phantom Monster</c>
 * <c>Prowling Pangolin</c>
 * <c>Rally the Peasants</c>
 * <c>Roots</c>
 * <c>Stupefying Touch</c>
 * <c>Sylvan Might</c>
 * <c>Tidal Wave</c>
 * <c>Undying Rage</c>
 * <c>Warden of Evos Isle</c>
 * <c>Wildfire Emissary</c>
 * <c>Yavimaya Enchantress</c>

Uncommon to Rare

 * <c>Baleful Strix</c>
 * <c>Control Magic</c>
 * <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>
 * <c>Heritage Druid</c>
 * <c>Imperious Perfect</c>
 * <c>Isochron Scepter</c>
 * <c>Mother of Runes</c>
 * <c>Pyrokinesis</c>
 * <c>Sensei's Divining Top</c>
 * <c>Shardless Agent</c>
 * <c>Wasteland</c>

Uncommon to Mythic

 * <c>Force of Will</c>
 * <c>Karakas</c>

Rare to Common

 * <c>Elvish Vanguard</c>
 * <c>Emperor Crocodile</c>

Rare to Uncommon

 * <c>Battle Squadron</c>
 * <c>Emmessi Tome</c>
 * <c>Field of Souls</c>
 * <c>Havoc Demon</c>
 * <c>Mesa Enchantress</c>
 * <c>Mindless Automaton</c>
 * <c>Phyrexian Ingester</c>
 * <c>Sengir Autocrat</c>
 * <c>Sprite Noble</c>
 * <c>Tooth and Claw</c>

Rare to Mythic

 * <c>Argothian Enchantress</c>
 * <c>Chrome Mox</c>
 * <c>Natural Order</c>
 * <c>Necropotence</c>
 * <c>Sneak Attack</c>
 * <c>Vampiric Tutor</c>
 * <c>Worldgorger Dragon</c>

Cycles
There are four cycles in Eternal Masters, one of which is a double cycle.

Pairs
There is one mirrored pair in Eternal Masters.

Token cards
The set comes with 15 tokens and one emblem, some of which are printed for the first time.

On the back of these tokens appear segments of text hinting to Conspiracy: Take the Crown.
 * 1)  1/1 Spirit for <c>Honden of Life's Web</c>, printed for the first time.
 * 2)  1/1 Soldier for <c>Raise the Alarm</c>
 * 3)  1/1 Spirit with Flying for <c>Field of Souls</c>
 * 4)  5/5 Wall with Defender for <c>Tidal Wave</c>, printed for the first time.
 * 5)  0/1 Serf for <c>Sengir Autocrat</c>, printed for the first time.
 * 6)  2/2 Zombie for <c>Wakedancer</c>
 * 7)  3/1 Beast named Carnivore for <c>Tooth and Claw</c>, printed for the first time.
 * 8)  2/2 Dragon with Flying and ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn" for <c>Dragon Egg</c>
 * 9)  1/1 Elemental for <c>Young Pyromancer</c>
 * 10)  1/1 Goblin for <c>Beetleback Chief</c>, <c>Mogg War Marshal</c> and <c>Siege-Gang Commander</c>
 * 11)  3/3 Elephant for <c>Elephant Guide</c>
 * 12)  1/1 Elf Warrior for <c>Imperious Perfect</c> and <c>Lys Alana Huntmaster</c>
 * 13)  6/6 Wurm for <c>Roar of the Wurm</c>
 * 14)  5/5 Elemental with Flying for <c>Call the Skybreaker</c>
 * 15)  1/1 Goblin Soldier for <c>Goblin Trenches</c>

Notable cards

 * <c>Force of Will</c>
 * <c>Jace, the Mind Sculptor</c>, considered to be the best planeswalker ever printed.
 * <c>Mana Crypt</c>, which was previously one of only four Vintage-legal cards that had only been printed as promos and not in a Magic set, the others being <c>Sewers of Estark</c>, <c>Windseeker Centaur</c>, and <c>Nalathni Dragon</c>.
 * <c>Necropotence</c>, the dominating card in the Black Summer of 1996 (FTV art).

Cards with new art

 * <c>Ancestral Mask</c>
 * <c>Animate Dead</c>
 * <c>Ashnod's Altar</c>
 * <c>Bloodbraid Elf</c>
 * <c>Carbonize</c>
 * <c>Chrome Mox</c>, the last mox outside of un-sets to receive new art by Volkan Baga.
 * <c>Control Magic</c>
 * <c>Counterspell</c>
 * <c>Daze</c>
 * <c>Diminishing Returns</c>
 * <c>Elvish Vanguard</c>
 * <c>Emmessi Tome</c>
 * <c>Enlightened Tutor</c>, with a reference to <c>Idyllic Tutor</c>
 * <c>Entomb</c>
 * <c>Firebolt</c>
 * <c>Force of Will</c>
 * <c>Gamble</c>
 * <c>Ghitu Slinger</c>
 * <c>Giant Solifuge</c>
 * <c>Giant Tortoise</c>
 * <c>Glacial Wall</c>
 * <c>Goblin Charbelcher</c>, with references to <c>Black Lotus</c>, <c>Ratchet Bomb</c>, and <c>Storm Crow</c>
 * <c>Goblin Trenches</c>
 * <c>Havoc Demon</c>
 * <c>Humble</c>
 * <c>Hydroblast</c>
 * <c>Invigorate</c>
 * <c>Maelstrom Wanderer</c>
 * <c>Memory Lapse</c>
 * <c>Mogg War Marshal</c>
 * <c>Mystical Tutor</c>
 * <c>Nausea</c>
 * <c>Nimble Mongoose</c>
 * <c>Peregrine Drake</c>
 * <c>Phantom Monster</c>
 * <c>Price of Progress</c>
 * <c>Prodigal Sorcerer</c>
 * <c>Prowling Pangolin</c>
 * <c>Pyroblast</c>
 * <c>Roots</c>
 * <c>Rorix Bladewing</c>
 * <c>Seal of Cleansing</c>
 * <c>Seal of Strength</c>
 * <c>Sengir Autocrat</c>
 * <c>Sensei's Divining Top</c>
 * <c>Sinkhole</c>
 * <c>Stupefying Touch</c>
 * <c>Ticking Gnomes</c>
 * <c>Timberwatch Elf</c>
 * <c>Tooth and Claw</c>
 * <c>Vampiric Tutor</c>
 * <c>Void</c>
 * <c>Wasteland</c>, with a reference to <c>City of Brass</c>
 * <c>Werebear</c>
 * <c>Winter Orb</c>
 * <c>Wirewood Symbiote</c>