Changes: Hour of Devastation

Hour of Devastation
Set Information
Set symbol
Themes and mechanics	Nicol Bolas, deserts
Set size	184
Expansion code	HOU
Development codename	Laughs

Revision as of 04:54, 16 May 2017

Hour of Devastation is the 75^th Magic expansion, and the second in the Amonkhet block. It will be released on July 14, 2017,^[3] and is a small expansion.

Set details

Hour of Devastation contains 184 cards (presumably 70 commons, 60 uncommons, 42 rares, 12 mythic rares) and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. The expansion symbol is the horns of Nicol Bolas.

While the previous set mostly was top-down design inspired by Egypt with some top-down Bolas, Hour of Devastation is mostly top-down Bolas with some top-down Egypt.^[4]^[5] The desert theme of Amonkhet will be expanded.^[6] Starting with Hour of Devastation R&D will pull back significantly on how often Gatewatch planeswalkers appear as cards.^[7]

Storyline

“

Unleash your Endgame

”

The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Hour of Devastation are: TBA

Marketing

Hour of Devastation is sold in 16-card boosters (one card being a marketing card), two planeswalker decks and the Hour of Devastation bundle. The boosters feature artwork from TBA.

Amonkhet Invocations

The Masterpiece Series for Amonkhet block are called Amonkhet Invocations. These are all premium foil cards with a special Amonkhet card frame and a separate expansion symbol (). Thus, they are not part of the sets. Amonkhet Invocations are all about the Amonkhet gods, their magic and their servants.^[8] They include all new art, a card frame inspired by Egyptian steles without flavor text. They appear slightly more often than premium mythic rares. These cards are playable in limited and formats where they're already legal. 30 Invocation cards previously appeared with Amonkhet and 24 more cards appear in Hour of Devastation.

Main article: Amonkhet Invocations

Events

Prerelease Events take place on July 8, 2017

Promotional Cards

Prerelease: a stamped card that can be any rare or mythic rare from the set.
Launch promo: TBA
Game Day: full-art TBA
Game Day (Top 8): full-art TBA
Buy-a-Box: TBA

Tokens and emblems

Themes and mechanics

Card types

Cycles

Mirrored pairs

Reprinted cards

Functional Reprints

Card comparisons

Preconstructed decks

Main article: Hour of Devastation/Planeswalker decks

Hour of Devastation will have two planeswalker decks:

Planeswalker deck name	Colors Included					Planeswalker
Planeswalker deck name						Planeswalker
Unknown						unknown
Unknown						unknown

Notable cards

God-Pharaoh's Gift is mentioned by Gate to the Afterlife, which was released in Amonkhet before.^[9]

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+The ''[[Masterpiece Series]]'' for [[Amonkhet block]] are called ''[[Amonkhet Invocations]]''. These are all premium foil cards with a special Amonkhet [[card frame]] and a separate expansion symbol ({{keyrune|mp2}}). Thus, they are not part of the sets. Amonkhet Invocations are all about the [[Amonkhet (plane)|Amonkhet]] [[god]]s, their magic and their servants.<ref>{{TumblrRef|author=[[Mark Rosewater]]|URL=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/159008681048/what-is-the-theme-of-the-amonkhet-invocations|title=What is the theme of the Amonkhet Invocations supposed to be?|tumblr-title=Blogatog|date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> They include all new art, a [[card frame]] inspired by Egyptian [[Wikipedia:Stele|steles]] without [[flavor text]]. They appear slightly more often than premium mythic rares. These cards are playable in [[limited]] and formats where they're already [[legal]]. 30 Invocation cards previously appeared with ''Amonkhet'' and 24 more cards appear in ''Hour of Devastation''.
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