Kamigawa block

Revision as of 15:46, 31 October 2012

The theme of this block is based on Japanese mythology.

Flip cards, arcane (the first sorcery and instant subtype), and shrine (the new enchantment subtype) appeared in this block.

On the development codenames for the Kamigawa block, MTG.com columnist Mark Rosewater writes:

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It was almost codenamed Blood, Sweat, and Tears, but we decided we didn't want back-to-back large expansions with codenames both starting with "B."

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Main article: Kamigawa block/Preconstructed theme decks

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This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.

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+The '''Kamigawa block''' is the tenth [[block (sets)|block]], consisting of the [[large expansion]] ''[[Champions of Kamigawa]]'' ([[Image:Champions.gif]]) and the two [[small expansion]]s ''[[Betrayers of Kamigawa]]'' ([[Image:Betrayers.gif]]) and ''[[Saviors of Kamigawa]]'' ([[Image:Saviors.gif]]).  The block came out in 2004-2005.
-{{Main cat|Kamigawa block}}
+The theme of this block is based on Japanese mythology.
+[[Keywords]] introduced in this block: [[Bushido]], [[Channel]], [[Epic]], [[Ninjutsu]], [[Offering]], [[Soulshift]], [[Splice]], [[Sweep]].
+[[Flip cards]], [[arcane]] (the first sorcery and instant [[subtype]]), and [[shrine]] (the new enchantment subtype) appeared in this block.
+==Development codes==
+On the development codenames for the Kamigawa block, MTG.com columnist [[Mark Rosewater]] writes:
+{{cquote|It was almost codenamed Blood, Sweat, and Tears, but we decided we didn't want back-to-back large expansions with codenames both starting with "B."
+<ref>{{MTGref|mr33|Codename of the Game|Mark Rosewater|Monday, August 12, 2002}}</ref>}}
+==Theme decks==
+{{Main|Kamigawa block/Preconstructed theme decks}}
+==Sets==
+{{Kamigawa block}}
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Sets}}
 [[Category:Magic blocks]]