
Stronghold Magic The Gathering Cards
Stronghold was the 21st Magic: The Gathering set and thirteenth expert
level set, and the second set in the Rath Block, released in March
1998. The block includes Tempest and Exodus. Stronghold contains 143
cards. Its expansion symbol is the closed portcullis of Volrath's
stronghold.
Stronghold was the last set in which multi-colored cards appeared until the 2000 expansion Invasion.
A prominent creature type in Stronghold are the Spikes. While first
introduced in Tempest, Stronghold greatly expanded on this creature
type that can make other creatures larger.
The En-Kor are creatures that can redirect damaged they suffer to
other creatures, thus making them almost invulnerable to damage. These
cards enabled a combination that led to infinite life, and were mainly
used for this unpredicted feature.
Stronghold used many of the same mechanics as Tempest, including buyback, licids, and shadow.