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==Reprinted cards==
 
==Reprinted cards==
 
The following cards have been reprinted:
 
The following cards have been reprinted:
*<c>Into the Roil</c>, first printed in ''[[Zendikar]]'', last seen in ''[[Commander 2018]]''.
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*{{card|Into the Roil||ZNR}}, first printed in ''[[Zendikar]]'', last seen in ''[[Commander 2018]]''.
*<c>Lotus Cobra</c>, first printed in ''Zendikar'', last seen in ''[[Iconic Masters]]''.
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*{{card|Lotus Cobra||ZNR}}, first printed in ''Zendikar'', last seen in ''[[Iconic Masters]]''.
*<c>Rabid Bite</c>, first printed in ''[[Shadows over Innistrad]]'', last seen in ''[[Core Set 2020]]''.
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*{{card|Rabid Bite||ZNR}}, first printed in ''[[Shadows over Innistrad]]'', last seen in ''[[Core Set 2020]]''.
*<c>Subtle Strike</c>, first printed in ''[[Kaladesh]]''.
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*{{card|Subtle Strike||ZNR}}, first printed in ''[[Kaladesh]]''.
*<c>Tormenting Voice</c>, first printed in ''[[Khans of Tarkir]]'', last seen in ''[[Game Night]]''.
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*{{card|Tormenting Voice||ZNR}}, first printed in ''[[Khans of Tarkir]]'', last seen in ''[[Game Night]]''.
   
 
===Functional reprints===
 
===Functional reprints===
*<c>Cliffhaven Sell-Sword</c> is a functional reprint of <c>Blade of the Sixth Pride</c>, except for creature types.
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*{{card|Cliffhaven Sell-Sword||ZNR}} is a functional reprint of <c>Blade of the Sixth Pride</c>, except for creature types.
*<c>Dauntless Survivor</c> is a functional reprint of <c>Ironshell Beetle</c> and <c>Timberland Guide</c>, except for creature types.
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*{{card|Dauntless Survivor||ZNR}} is a functional reprint of <c>Ironshell Beetle</c> and <c>Timberland Guide</c>, except for creature types.
*<c>Tajuru Blightblade</c> is a functional reprint of <c>Moss Viper</c> and <c>Sedge Scorpion</c>, except for creature types.
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*{{card|Tajuru Blightblade||ZNR}} is a functional reprint of <c>Moss Viper</c> and <c>Sedge Scorpion</c>, except for creature types.
   
 
==Preconstructed decks==
 
==Preconstructed decks==

Revision as of 18:34, 2 September 2020

Zendikar Rising
ZNR logo
Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description a skyclave
Design Mark Rosewater (lead)
Release date September 25, 2020
Themes and mechanics Lands, class tribal, modal double-faced cards, two-brid mana.
Keywords/​ability words Kicker, Landfall, Party
Set size 280
Expansion code ZNR[2]
Development codename Diving
Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Standard
Zendikar Rising Kaldheim Strixhaven: School of Mages
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
Secret Lair Drop Series: Happy Yargle Day! Zendikar Rising Zendikar Rising
Expeditions
ZNR expansion symbol

Expansion symbol

Zendikar Rising is the 85th Magic expansion. It will be released on September 25, 2020.[3][4][5][6]

Set details

“  Adventure Awaits  ”

As Mark Rosewater announced "we return to a Zendikar without Eldrazi and revisit the adventure world players fell in love with."[7] It is a "land set" in the sense of the sets of the first Zendikar block, and all about adventure, exploration and reward.

Zendikar Rising contains 280 regular cards (15 basic lands) and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. Cards with alternate card frames have another card number than the original version. Like all previous Zendikar sets, Zendikar Rising features full-art basic lands (#266-#280).[8] Borderless planeswalkers are numbered #281-283, borderless Pathways are #284-TBA, Showcase cards are numbered #TBA-TBA, and extended artwork cards are numbered #TBA-TBA. The (non-exclusive) Buy-a-Box is #385, and the Bundle promo is numbered #TBA. Finally there are FNM-treatment cards from the Universal promo pack numbered #TBA-TBA. Both regular and foil versions of these cards may be found in the Collector Boosters.

The Showcase cards are connected to Landfall mechanic. The card frame is themed around Zendikar’s hedrons, and the art style is intended to imitate bright-colored Travel Posters. The set features no new planeswalkers. The returning planeswalkers are Jace, Nissa, and Nahiri.[8] Starting with Zendikar Rising, the mythic rares are changing their rate of drop. In the past, 1 in every 8 rares was a mythic rare. That is changed so that 1 in every 7.4 rares will be a mythic rare.[9] Equivalently, this is an increased chance, from 37 in 296 packs previously, to 40 in 296 packs now.

Storyline

Zendikar is a dangerous world of lethal risks where brave adventurers delve into ancient ruins in search of priceless rewards.[10] The storyline features no Eldrazi but we see the ruin they have caused. From the perspective of its inhabitants, it is a hostile place that seems to be actively trying to kill the creatures that have the audacity to live there. The danger is unrelenting: precarious terrain, cunning predators, natural disasters on a massive scale, and the still continuing Roil — the unpredictable ripples of change that wash through the land — all present a constant challenge to survival. Nahiri has returned to Zendikar, and is willing to do anything to get rid of the Roil. Nissa has also returned home, but for reasons of her own.

The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Zendikar Rising are:

  • TBA

Marketing

ZNR Set Booster

Set Booster

ZDR adventure gear

Adventure gear given out to content creators

Zendikar Rising is sold in regular 16-card Draft Boosters (one card being a marketing card), mono-colored Theme Boosters, Collector Boosters, the Zendikar Rising bundle, and two Commander decks.[11] A special Gift Edition of the Bundle will release in November 2020. The set is accompanied by a new Welcome Booster. The Draft Boosters feature artwork from Jace, Nahiri and Nissa. The Theme Boosters feature art from TBA ({W}), TBA ({U}), TBA ({B}), TBA ({R}), and TBA ({G}). The Collector Boosters feature art of Omnath. The Set Boosters feature art from TBA.

Zendikar Rising introduces Set Boosters.[9] These are targeted to players that are not interested in Draft or Limited, and sell for a slightly higher price than Draft Boosters. Each pack comes with fourteen objects, twelve of which are Magic cards. They contain as much fun, exciting of cards as possible. One of the objects in the Set Booster is an Art card.[8] Art cards were last seen with Modern Horizons.

As part of the advertisement campaign for the set, content creators were provided with adventure gear (a water bottle, a bandanna, and a face mask).

Expeditions

Similar to the original Zendikar Priceless Treasures and Zendikar Expeditions of the second block, Zendikar Rising has its own version of bonus cards from outside the set. There are 30 Expeditions in total, all of which are lands. These include all 10 fetch lands. Unlike those earlier cards, these will not randomly appear in booster packs. Instead, they will only be available as Box toppers (non-foil with a high-gloss treatment) and in Collector Boosters (foil).

Events

Promotional cards

Tokens/emblems/markers

The sixteenth card in the Draft Boosters is a token, emblem, or marker with advertisements on the back side. The Collector Boosters contain a foil double-faced token.

Themes and mechanics

Helper card

Helper card

A new mechanic in Zendikar Rising takes a popular theme that players like and twists it in a new way: party, which resembles the ally tribal strategy of previous Zendikar visits. A "party" looks for one of each of Clerics, Rogues, Warriors and Wizards among creatures you control, then scales an effect off the size of the party.[8]

The second new mechanic focused on modal double-faced cards. Like previous double-faced cards, modal double-faced cards have two card faces, one on each side of the card. However, when you play a modal DFC, you choose the face you're playing: they don't transform. Each draft booster contains a modal DFC. The set also introduces helper cards which are substitutes for the actual double-faced card when you play sleeved cards.

There are two returning mechanics, both of which have appeared in a Zendikar set before.[8] The first of these is kicker, a keyword ability that allows you to pay an extra cost for a bonus effect. Kicker was first featured in the Invasion block, later appeared in the original Zendikar set, and was last seen in the Dominaria expansion. The second returning mechanic is landfall. This ability word signals triggered abilities that trigger off of lands entering the battlefield under your control.

The set also sees the return of two-brid mana, that was first featured in Shadowmoor.

Card types

Zendikar rising has a class tribal theme, centered on Clerics, Rogues, Warriors, and Wizards. In the art, each class has its own distinctive costuming.

Cycles

Zendikar Rising features at least two cycles, including one partial cycle.

Cycle name {W} {U} {B} {R} {G}
Modal double-faced rares // // // Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge //
A cycle of five rare modal double-faced cards with a tapland on each back side.
Modal double-faced uncommons Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Colonnade Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls Pelakka Predation // Pelakka Caverns Akoum Warrior // Akoum Teeth Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier // // // Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
A cycle of ten uncommon modal double-faced cards with a tapland on each back side.

Double cycles

Cycle name {W/U} {U/B} {B/R} {R/G} {G/W} {W/B} {U/R} {B/G} {R/W} {G/U}
Pathways Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
Six rare modal double-faced lands, each side of which enters untapped and taps for a single color of mana. The other four are flagged for an upcoming set.[12]
Gold signposts Spoils of Adventure Ravager's Mace Brushfire Elemental Murasa Rootgrazer Cleric of Life's Bond Umara Mystic
Ten uncommon dual-colored spells, each a signpost for a draft archetype.

Reprinted cards

The following cards have been reprinted:

Functional reprints

Preconstructed decks

Zendikar Rising introduces Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.[13]

Theme
deck name
Color Identity Commander
{W} {U} {B} {R} {G}
Land's Wrath W R G TBA
Sneak Attack U B Anowon, the Ruin Sage

References

  1. WPN Product info
  2. [1]
  3. Magic Announcement Stream (Video). Magic: the Gathering. YouTube (September 4, 2019).
  4. Mark Rosewater (June 25, 2020). "Having trouble keeping track of which new and awesome products are launching when.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  5. a b c d e WPN (July 13, 2020). "Zendikar Rising: All the Dates & Info You Need". Wizards Play Network.
  6. Blake Rasmussen (September 1, 2020). "Zendikar Debut and Announcement Day Recap". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. Mark Rosewater (September 04, 2019). "I missed the announcement of the sets for next year.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  8. a b c d e Magic: The Gathering Panel with Mark Rosewater | Comic-Con@Home 2020 (Video). YouTube.
  9. a b Mark Rosewater (July 25, 2020). "Set Boosters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  10. Ari Zirulnik and James Wyatt (September 1, 2020). "Zendikar: Thing Have Changed". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  11. Ari Zirulnik (September 2, 2020). "Zendikar Rising Product Overview". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  12. Mark Rosewater (September 1, 2020). "Why is there six new pathways, as opposed to the usual cycle of 5 dual lands?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  13. Gavin Verhey (October 30, 2019). "Big Things Are Coming for Commander in 2020". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

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