Lorwyn Magic The Gathering Cards
Lorwyn is the 66th Magic: The Gathering set, 43rd expert level set, and
the first set in the Lorwyn Block, released in October 2007. It is
codenamed "Peanut". The pre-release events for this set were held on
September 29 % 26amp; September 30, 2007.
The designers of the set were Aaron Forsythe (lead designer), Mark
Rosewater, Paul Sottosanti, Brady Dommermuth, Nate Heiss, and Andrew
Finch; the developers of the set were Devin Low (lead developer), Bill
Rose, Matt Place, Henry Stern, Mike Turian, and Doug Beyer.
Lorwyn is set in a more traditional fantasy world, evoking
traditional European fairy tales. The plane is a pastoral world
inhabited by several major races: boggarts (goblins), faeries, elves,
giants, treefolk, merfolk, elementals (including the flamekin) and
kithkin.
Lorwyn saw the release of an entirely new card type, the
Planeswalker. This marks the first time that Wizards has added a new
card type to the current game, as Alpha introduced all current card
types, other than the type "Tribal". A single tribal card, Bound in
Silence, was printed as a timeshifted card in Future Sight.
The set has a tribal theme, focusing heavily on creature subtypes,
revolving around eight primary creature types.Each of these appear in
two or more colors, with as the primary color:
Creature type (Race) Tribe name Primary Color Secondary Color(s)
- Goblins Boggarts Black Red
- Elves Green Black% 26nbsp;
- Merfolk Merrow Blue White% 26nbsp;
- Kithkin White Green% 26nbsp;
- Elementals Flamekin (in red)% 26nbsp;
- Greater Elementals (in all five) Red All other colors% 26nbsp;
- Faeries Fae Blue Black% 26nbsp;
- Giants Red White% 26nbsp;
- Treefolk Green Black and White
The second set of the Lorwyn block is called Morningtide. A third set, codenamed "Jelly", was originally planned as part of Lorwyn block, but partway into the design of Lorwyn, that block was changed to a two-set block. Jelly was revealed as Shadowmoor, the first set of a second two-set block. The two blocks will be linked through synergy and will rotate through the official tournament formats as a single, four-expansion unit.
The Lorwyn block features a new keyword action known as clash. Clash involves two players revealing the top cards of the libraries. The person who reveals the card with the highest mana cost, wins the clash, and gets a bonus on the card played. Old keyword actions include attach, counter, regenerate, sacrifice, and tap, and are a fundamental part of the game.
The Tenth Edition Starter games include basic land cards printed in Lorwyn. Also, certain Tenth Edition booster packs feature art from Lorwyn on the back of a rules card or token card.
Five theme decks have been released as part of the set, one more than the standard four-per-expansion, which has been a long-time trend. The preconstructed theme decks are: "Kithkin Militia" (White), "Merrow Riverways" (White/Blue), "Boggarts' Feast" (Black/Red), "Elvish Predation" (Black/Green), and "Elementals' Path" (White/Blue/Black/Red/Green).
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