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The world beyond this one ...

The wizard woke up in Dominaria, the once so rich and powerful land was now nothing but a cold desert. The evil had prevailed and one had to fight for existence every day ... No rest ... No peace ... 

Magic the Gathering is a collectible card game designed by Wizards of the Coast. Many variants saw the daylight, but Magic the Gathering was the first of its kind.
A game of Magic is played with 2 wizards (or more, in multiplayer games) who have spells and creatures to vanquish the opponent.

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Card in the spotlight: Doran, the Siege Tower 

Lorwyn - Rare

This card is amazing. Build up your army with cheap creatures with lots of toughness. Then make them do damage.

Doran, the Siege Tower
Legendary Creature - Treefolk Shaman
Each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
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Focus on a set : Lorwyn 


Technicalities
Block: Lorwyn
Rares: 80
Uncommons: 80
Commons: 121
Land: 20



Features
Lorwyn has a new card type. Planeswalkers.
It's not a creature, it's another type of permanent. Planeswalkers have no power or thoughness, and they can't attack. However, when damage flows through to the player, a planeswalker can take the damage instead.
Counters on a planeswalker designate its loyalty. When there are no more counters, the planeswalker is put into a graveyard.
Each planeswalker has special abilities, they either cost loyalty, or loyalty is added when it's used.



The story
Elves live in a world of unforgiving perfection. It is survival of the fittest -- and none but the most beautiful and deadly are allowed to survive. So when an elf warrior's horns are shattered and his flawless features lost, he knows it is a death sentence. What he can't remember is how it happened or why he should allow himself to be killed. Powerful and ancient magic is at work, and the elf will need to find friends fast before his fellow elves quiet him -- permanently.

Read the full story 

Lorwyn: Lorwyn Cycle, Book I (Magic: the Gathering)

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Morningtide: Lorwyn Cycle, Book II (Bk. 2)

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Get Lorwyn boosters 

Magic The Gathering MTG Lorwyn Booster Box (36 Packs)

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Magic Lorwyn Booster

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Get Lorwyn theme decks 

Magic the Gathering Lorwyn Complete 5 Theme Deck Set

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Magic the Gathering Lorwyn Kithkin Militia Theme Deck

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Magic the Gathering Lorwyn Merrow Riverways Theme Deck

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Tenth Edition Core Set 



Technicalities
The 10th edition core set was released in July 2007
121 rares, 121 uncommons, 121 commons and 20 basic lands.
As a special celebration for the 10th edition, all the cards are printed with black borders.

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Focus on a set : Future Sight 

May I present to you,

Future Sight.



Technicalities
Block: Time Spiral
Rares: 60
Uncommons: 60
Commons: 60



The story
To the future and beyond,
The quest to mend Dominaria's temporal and planar damage continues. A temporal rift connected to an alternate Dominaria has enabled Phyrexian horrors to cross over into the present day. Freyalise is gone, having given her planeswalker spark and her life to close that rift, thereby protecting her sanctum of Skyshroud one last time.

But time fractures still plague Dominaria. The damage to the planar fabric at Tolaria was so severe that it couldn't be healed-not in the present day. The heroes seek out the planeswalker Karn, the only being ever to travel through time. To heal Tolaria's rift, Karn uses the full extent of his planeswalking power to enter the rift and return to the past, to the moment before the archwizard Barrin cast a spell that obliterated countless Phyrexians and himself. Karn succeeds and seals the planar rift before Barrin's actions can rip it open. In the next moment, Karn is lost.

Even as Venser begins to realize his full potential, the planeswalker Jeska returns to Dominaria for the first time since Karona fell. Her friend and ally Karn is gone, and someone will pay. An ancient, evil intelligence drives Jeska's wrath and threatens to undermine Teferi and Jhoira's efforts to complete Dominaria's healing: Leshrac has returned.

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Focus on a set : Planar Chaos 

May I present to you,

Planar Chaos, when time just wasn't what it used to be.



Technicalities
Block: Time Spiral
Rares: 50
Uncommons: 55
Commons: 60



The story
Teferi Planeswalker sacrificed his powers to mend the splintering Multiverse, but it was too little and too late. An unnatural cold has taken root in Dominaria and is spreading. Now powerless, Teferi tries to find a way to finish what he started before the world is destroyed by the havoc he unintentionally wrought.
Get the book: Planar Chaos, Time Spiral Cycle, Book 2

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Magic the Gathering expansion sets 

Full list of all available sets for Magic the Gathering

  • Shadowmoor block
    Shadowmoor
  • Lorwyn block
    Morningtide
    Lorwyn
  • Time Spiral block
    Future Sight
    Planar Chaos
    Time Spiral
  • Ice Age block
    Coldsnap
    (the rest of this block was produced long ago)
  • Ravnica block
    Dissension
    Guildpact
    Ravnica: City of Guilds
  • Kamigawa block
    Saviors of Kamigawa
    Betrayers of Kamigawa
    Champions of Kamigawa
  • Mirrodin block
    Fifth Dawn
    Darksteel
    Mirrodin
  • Onslaught block
    Scourge
    Legions
    Onslaught
  • Odyssey block
    Judgment
    Torment
    Odyssey
  • Invasion block
    Apocalypse
    Planeshift
    Invasion
  • Masques block
    Prophecy
    Nemesis
    Mercadian Masques
  • Urza block
    Urza's Destiny
    Urza's Legacy
    Urza's Saga
  • Tempest block
    Exodus
    Stronghold
    Tempest
  • Mirage block
    Weatherlight
    Visions
    Mirage
  • Ice Age block
    Alliances
    Ice Age
    (coldsnap, see up, is actually part of this very old block)
  • Not part of specific blocks
    Homelands
    (chronologically, homelands was printed during the Ice Age block somewhere between Alliances and Ice Age)
    Fallen Empires
    The Dark
    Legends
    Antiquities
    Arabian Nights

Magic the Gathering core sets 

A list of the current and previous core sets for Magic the Gathering

  • Core Set - Tenth Edition
  • Core Set - Ninth Edition
  • Core Set - Eighth Edition
  • Seventh Edition
  • Classic (Sixth Edition)
  • Fifth Edition
  • Fourth Edition
  • Revised Edition
  • Alpha, Beta, Unlimited

Magic the Gathering starter sets 

Special sets for the starting player

Currently, every expansion comes with premade theme decks, but it wasn't always the case. These sets were made especially for the less experienced gamer.
  • Seventh Edition Starter
  • Starter 2000
  • Starter 1999
  • Portal & Portal Second Age
  • Portal Three Kingdoms

Magic the Gathering special sets 

These sets are are special in some way

The special sets are usually not tournament legal (unless it's a tournament especially for this set) but contain really cool cards or ideas.
  • Unhinged
  • Deckmasters (2001)
  • Beatdown
  • Battle Royale
  • Vanguard
  • Anthologies
  • Chronicles/Renaissance
  • Unglued

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