Mirrodin

For other uses, see Mirrodin (disambiguation).

Template:Expansion Mirrodin is the thirty-first Magic expansion and was released in 2003 as the first set in the Mirrodin Block. The pre-release events for this set were held on September 20-21, 2003.

Set details

This set features: Equipment - a new type of artifact which can be attached to your creature to arm them with special abilities. If the creature dies, the Equipment "falls" back into play and can be re-attached to another of your creatures such as Loxodon Warhammer.

Keywords

• Imprint — This ability found on artifacts allows you to remove a card from the game and "imprint" the attributes of the removed card onto your artifact such as Chrome Mox.
• Entwine — These spells that give you two options, or pay an extra cost and do both such as Tooth and Nail.

Cycles

• Artifact lands: Ancient Den, Seat of the Synod, Vault of Whispers Great Furnace, and Tree of Tales — Each of these common cards, representing an important location in each of Mirrodin's different regions, counted as both artifacts and lands, and could be tapped for one mana of a given color. Each was illustrated by Rob Alexander. Artifact lands reduced the cost of spells with Affinity, and proved to be so powerful they were eventually banned in Mirrodin block tournaments.
• Golems: Titanium Golem, Cobalt Golem, Pewter Golem, Hematite Golem, and Malachite Golem — Each of these common artifact creatures has a color-specific ability. Each was illustrated by Paolo Parente.
• Shards: Crystal Shard, Granite Shard, Heartwood Shard, Pearl Shard, and Skeleton Shard — Each of these uncommon artifacts cost and had an activated ability which cost or one mana of a given color, and which produced a color-appropriate effect. Each represented a piece of another world found by each of Mirrodin's races. Each was illustrated by Doug Chaffee.
• Talismans: Talisman of Progress, Talisman of Dominance, Talisman of Indulgence, Talisman of Impulse and Talisman of Unity — Each of these uncommon artifacts cost File:Mana2.gif to cast. Each had the same abilities as an allied-color painland. Each was illustrated by Mike Dringenberg.

Notable cards

• Broodstar
• Chrome Mox
• Isochron Scepter
• Mindslaver — Rules had to be added to the Comprehensive Rules for controlling another player's turn thanks to this card.
• Platinum Angel
• Tooth and Nail

Theme decks

The preconstructed theme decks are: Template:Theme decks

Reprinted cards

The following cards have been reprinted from previous sets and included in Mirrodin.

• Annul — was last seen in Urza's Saga.
• Arrest — was last seen in Mercadian Masques.
• Atog — was last seen in 5th Edition.
• Bottle Gnomes — was last seen in Tempest.
• Brown Ouphe — was last seen in Ice Age, "interesting interactions in a set full of artifacts. So it was included in the set for play reasons."
• Cathodian — was last seen in Urza's Saga. Bizarre and very much an artifact. He's bigger than any color could get for this cost at that time. Like his predecessor Su-Chi, Cathodion's ability was costed as a drawback for its mana burn danger, but clever mages found ways to turn it into an advantage. A host of new "Sacrifice an artifact:" abilities in the block gave him plenty of new combo potential.
• Chromatic Sphere — was last seen in Invasion.
• Creeping Mold — was last seen in 8th Edition.
• Detonate — was last seen in 5th Edition.
• Dragon Blood — was last seen in Urza's Saga. A definite artifact feel and good interaction with Mirrodin block's +1/+1 counter theme made this a good fit.
• Icy Manipulator — was last seen in Ice Age. Along with Chrome Mox and Gilded Lotus, Icy Manipulator provided a "Greatest Artifact Hits of Magic" feel.
• Ornithropter — was last seen in 6th Edition, "basic engineering design that, given enough time and development of a civilization, always gets invented sooner or later."
• Shatter — was last seen in 8th Edition.
• Stalking Stones — was last seen in Tempest.
• Terror — was last seen in Beatdown.
• Triskelion — was last seen in 4th Edition. A classic, powerful artifact creature and a great fit with the +1/+1 counter theme of the block.
• Yotian Soldier — was last seen in 4th Edition.

Functional reprints

• Dross Prowler is a functional reprint of Razortooth Rats from Weatherlight.
• Neurok Spy is a functional reprint of Bouncing Beebles from Urza's Saga.

External links

• Mirrodin product information page — Wizards of the Coast

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