![]() ![]() The confusion came about because Time Spiral was released with a 'sub-set', 121 timeshifted cards in addition to the 301-card basic set. The set size was then confirmed to be 301 cards, with 121 commons, 80 uncommons, 80 rares, and 20 basic lands. Retailers were initially told that the set would include 422 cards Wizards of the Coast sent a retraction email explaining that the set would in fact be 301 cards in size. The size of the set had been in dispute prior to release, as Wizards issued two different sizes for the set, 301 and 422. Time Spiral was codenamed "Snap" during development. This design was achieved through keywords and mechanics that interact with time, as well as cards based on those in previous sets, to promote a sense of nostalgia. In his preview articles, Mark Rosewater described Time Spiral as an expansion focused on the past, with its successors, Planar Chaos and Future Sight, to be centered around the present and future respectively. The cards were sold in randomized packs, both as the typical 15-card booster packs and in larger 75-card tournament packs. Four different theme decks, 60 card decks with themed, fixed composition were released, each featuring a different aspect of the set. Time Spiral is typical among the first sets of a Magic: the Gathering block in that the cards are sold in four different forms. Future Sight focused on the future, both in that it includes cards from settings not yet explored in previous sets as well as including game mechanics that did not exist until later sets. The references are reflected in the card design, which incorporates special rules from older sets, and in special "Timeshifted" cards, which are cards reprinted from older sets using the older card design (abandoned three years previous with the 2003 release of Core Set 8th Edition.) Planar Chaos focused on the present, referencing previous Magic: The Gathering cards, but changing them in some way, such as changing their color or shifting their permanent type. Time Spiral focused on the past, and is laden with references to previous Magic: the Gathering sets. It is set on the plane of Dominaria, the first time that that plane had been visited since 8th Edition. Time Spiral is a Magic: The Gathering expert-level block consisting of the expansion sets Time Spiral (October 6, 2006), Planar Chaos (February 2, 2007), and Future Sight (May 4, 2007). Mike Turian (lead), Matt Cavotta, Matt Place, Brian Schneider Mark Rosewater (lead), Matt Cavotta, Devin Low, Mark Gottlieb, Ryan Miller, Zvi Mowshowitz This is the first time a specific Legendary Land has been featured in two different cycles.Poisonous, Delve, Suspend, Vanishing, Transfigure, Gravestorm Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth ( Planar Chaos) Ī cycle of five legendary lands, several which were previously done in another form to help show the degradation of Dominaria. All three cards bear flavor text attributed to a character by the name of Ezrith, druid of the Dark Hours. Premature Burial ( Time Spiral) destroys a creature in the past, Cradle to Grave ( Planar Chaos) destroys a creature during the same turn and Grave Peril ( Future Sight) will destroy a nonblack creature in the future. Keywords reused from the past: Bloodthirst, Buyback, Convoke, Cycling, Double strike, Dredge, Echo, Flanking, Flashback, Graft, Hellbent, Indestructible, Kicker, Landcycling, Madness, Morph, Rampage, Scry, Shadow, Storm, Transmute (No keywords from the Kamigawa block were reused).Ī cycle of black cards that cost and destroy a nonblack creature at different points in time.Evergreen keywords introduced: Deathtouch, Flash, Lifelink, Reach, Shroud.Futureshifted keywords: Absorb, Aura swap, Delve, Fateseal, Fortify, Frenzy, Grandeur, Gravestorm, Poisonous, Transfigure, Typecycling.Keywords introduced in this block: Split second, Suspend, Vanishing. ![]() These were futureshifted in Future Sight. This block introduced the two Artifact subtypes, Fortifications and Contraptions, in addition to the first Tribal card.Boldwyr Intimidator was later printed in Morningtide). 81 cards were "futureshifted" into Future Sight (that have not been printed before but may appear in a future set e.g. white's Wrath of God was timeshifted to a black Damnation). ![]() 45 cards were "alternate reality" timeshifted in Planar Chaos (e.g. 121 Cards from the past were timeshifted into Time Spiral (e.g. Timeshifted cards are part of that theme. The theme of this block is Time Past, Present and Future. All of the expansion names in this block are also names of cards (although not from this block). ![]()
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