Mega cycle

A mega cycle is a cycle with its member cards distributed across separate sets. When these sets are spread across multiple blocks, this is sometimes referred to as a mega-mega cycle.

List of mega cycles

Three-card mega cycles

One card per set within one block.

Cycle name	1st Set	2nd Set	3rd Set
Land Kavus	Slimy Kavu (Invasion)	Kavu Recluse (Planeshift)	Tundra Kavu (Apocalypse)
	Each of these Kavu is a red 2/2 creature with a mana cost of and an activated ability requiring to tap to change a land's type into another. The first two change the land into the allies of red, while the last one changes it into the color's enemies.
Kaldra	Sword of Kaldra (Mirrodin)	Shield of Kaldra (Darksteel)	Helm of Kaldra (Fifth Dawn)
	Each of these rare legendary Equipment are constituents required to put the legendary Kaldra creature token onto the battlefield. Each of these cards was its set's prerelease promotional card.
Ezrith destroy	Premature Burial (Time Spiral)	Cradle to Grave (Planar Chaos)	Grave Peril (Future Sight)
	Each of these black cards costs and destroy a nonblack creature at different points in time. They feature a flavor text of Ezrith, Druid of the Dark Hours.

Four-card mega cycles

Cycle name
Gold counterspells	Absorb (Invasion) (Healing Salve)	Undermine (Invasion) (Bump in the Night)	Suffocating Blast (Apocalypse) (Lightning Strike)	Mystic Snake (Apocalypse) (Grizzly Bears)
	Each of these multicolored spells has in its casting cost and includes a Counterspell attached to a color appropriate effect.
Cycle name
Mutations	Aura Mutation (Invasion) (Enchantments)	Aether Mutation (Apocalypse) (Creatures - bounce)	Death Mutation (Apocalypse) (Creatures - destroy)	Artifact Mutation (Invasion) (Artifacts)
	Each of these multicolored spells has in its casting cost, destroys or disrupts resources, and creates a number of 1/1 Saproling creature tokens equal to the resource's converted mana cost.

Five-card mega cycles

Cycle name
Retrievers	Treasure Hunter (Exodus) (Artifacts)	Scrivener (Exodus) (Instants)	Gravedigger (Tempest) (Creatures)	Anarchist (Exodus) (Sorceries)	Cartographer (Exodus) (Lands)
	Each of these 2/2 creatures returns a card of a certain type from your graveyard to your hand when it comes into play.
Alternate-win enchantments	Test of Endurance (Judgment)	Battle of Wits (Odyssey)	Mortal Combat (Torment)	Chance Encounter (Odyssey)	Epic Struggle (Judgment)
	Each of these cards is an alternate-win card.
Tapping lords	Master Apothecary (Odyssey) (Clerics)	Patron Wizard (Odyssey) (Wizards)	Zombie Trailblazer (Torment) (Zombies)	Dwarven Bloodboiler (Judgment) (Dwarven)	Seton, Krosan Protector (Odyssey) (Druids)
	Each of these creatures costs MMM and confers an effect by tapping other creatures of the same subtype. Of note, the green card of this cycle is the only one to have its creature be legendary.
Dominarian legendary lands	Flagstones of Trokair (Time Spiral)	Academy Ruins (Time Spiral)	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (Planar Chaos)	Kher Keep (Time Spiral)	Pendelhaven (Time Spiral)
	Some of these lands helps to show the degradation of Dominaria.
Lorwyn legends	Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile (Lorwyn)	Vendilion Clique (Morningtide)	Maralen of the Mornsong (Morningtide)	Ashling the Pilgrim (Lorwyn)	Rhys the Exiled (Morningtide)
	Each of these legendary monocolored creatures are from Lorwyn–Shadowmoor plane.
Rare Changelings	Mirror Entity (Lorwyn)	Shapesharer (Lorwyn)	Cairn Wanderer (Lorwyn)	Taurean Mauler (Morningtide)	Chameleon Colossus (Morningtide)
	Each of these rare shapeshifter creatures has changeling and another powerful ability.
Rare artifacts	Peacewalker Colossus (Aether Revolt)	Merchant's Dockhand (Aether Revolt)	Scrapheap Scrounger (Kaladesh)	Bomat Courier (Kaladesh)	Lifecrafter's Bestiary (Aether Revolt)
	Each of these rare artifacts have an activated ability requiring a color.

Guild mega cycles

Ravnica's design is based upon the use of all ten two-color combinations in the forms of guild, and its popularity has resulted in multiple set revisits. As such, mega cycles are prevalent, even after the shift to leave small sets and yearly blocks behind.

List of mega-mega cycles

A mega-mega cycle is a cycle with its member cards distributed across separate sets; unlike a mega cycle, however, these sets are not all within a single block but are from multiple blocks.

Three-card mega-mega cycles

Cycle name	Common	Uncommon	Rare
Delver evolution	Delver of Secrets (Innistrad)	Aberrant Researcher (Shadows over Innistrad)	Docent of Perfection (Eldritch Moon)
	Each of these double-faced cards depicts further descent into madness of a single unknown researcher. The type line, power, and toughness of each card's front face is identical to that of the previous card's back face.
Cycle name
"Stone?" Artifacts	Mind Stone (Weatherlight)	Hedron Archive (Battle for Zendikar)	Dreamstone Hedron (Rise of the Eldrazi)
	Each of these Artifacts with 2X mana cost can be tapped for X colorless mana, or draw X cards by paying X mana and sacrificing them.

Four-card mega-mega cycles

Cycle name
Gold counterspells	Absorb (Invasion) Render Silent (Dragon's Maze)	Undermine (Invasion)	Double Negative (Alara Reborn) Counterflux (Return to Ravnica)	Voidslime (Dissension)
	Each of these rare instants costs plus one mana of another color. The cycle was originally "completed" with Alara Reborn, but Return to Ravnica block added two others. Each of these cards is a counterspell with an added bonus or increased flexibility.
Cycle name	vs	vs	vs	vs
Paladins	Northern Paladin (Alpha)	Southern Paladin (Weatherlight)	Eastern Paladin (Urza's Saga)	Western Paladin (Urza's Saga)
	Each of these paladins is a 3/3 black or white knight creature with a converted mana cost of 2MM. The black paladins can tap for to destroy a creature of one specific color; the white paladins can destroy any permanent of one specific color for and tapping instead. All of them were reprinted in Seventh Edition, in which there is a story of a war among the paladins narrated through the flavor text of cards from the set.

Five-card mega-mega cycles

Cycle name
Legendary lands	Kor Haven (Nemesis)	Teferi's Isle (Mirage)	Volrath's Stronghold (Stronghold)	Keldon Necropolis (Invasion)	Yavimaya Hollow (Urza's Destiny)
	The "original" Mega-Mega cycle. Each of these rare legendary lands has at least two abilities, one of which is a mana ability. These lands represent notable locations from the Weatherlight Saga of the Magic storyline.
Atogs	Auratog (Tempest)	Chronatog (Visions)	Necratog (Weatherlight)	Atog (Antiquities)	Foratog (Mirage)
	Each of these 1/2 Atog creatures, all but Atog itself being inspired by Atog, "ate" a resource to "grow"; each Atog has an activated ability costing a resource or commodity for an increase in its power and toughness until end of turn. Also includes the five colour Atogatog (Odyssey), which eats other Atogs.
+1/+1 Lords	Soldiers	Merfolks	Zombies	Goblins	Elves
	Field Marshal (Coldsnap) Captain of the Watch (Magic 2010)	Lord of Atlantis (Alpha) Merfolk Sovereign (Magic 2010)	Lord of the Undead (Planeshift) Death Baron (Shards of Alara) Cemetery Reaper (Magic 2010)	Goblin King (Alpha) Goblin Chieftain (Magic 2010)	Elvish Champion (Invasion) Elvish Archdruid (Magic 2010)
	Each of these rare confers other creatures of a characteristic creature subtype associated with that card's color and relevant to its name +1/+1 and, more often than not, an additional ability. The original three from Limited Edition Alpha, Lord of Atlantis, Zombie Master (not listed, gives no stat bonus), and Goblin King were printed with the Lord creature subtype, but this creature subtype was removed following the Grand Creature Type Update. Following a shift in focus on, and the success of, "creature subtypes matter", or "tribal", various iterations of Lords have been printed.
Protection Angels	Voice of Truth (Nemesis)	Voice of Reason (Urza's Destiny)	Voice of Grace (Urza's Saga)	Voice of Law (Urza's Saga)	Voice of Duty (Urza's Destiny)
	Each of these uncommon 2/2 white Angel creatures costing with flying and protection from a specific color. The flavor text of each of these cards are from the "Song of All", a fictitious sacred text from the Serra religion. Voice of All, an uncommon Angel costing with flying and protection from a color chosen as it enters the battlefield, was released in Planeshift, as an homage to the mega-mega cycle.
Tutors	Enlightened Tutor (Mirage)	Mystical Tutor (Mirage)	Vampiric Tutor (Visions)	Gamble (Urza's Saga)	Worldly Tutor (Mirage)
	Each of these rares allows its controller to search his or her library for a card, albeit with certain conditions. The joke card Goblin Tutor from Unglued pays homage to this mega-mega cycle.
Towers	Tower of Eons (Mirrodin)	Tower of Fortunes (Mirrodin)	Tower of Murmurs (Mirrodin)	Tower of Calamities (Scars of Mirrodin)	Tower of Champions (Mirrodin)
	Each of these rare noncreature artifacts costing has an activated ability costing and . Tower of Calamities was introduced in Scars of Mirrodin after Design and Development realized that players associated, or might associate, the released four Towers' effects with a color each, and its amount of damage was decided by extrapolating the established pattern of an effect increasing by two.
Elementary forces	Celestial Force (Commander)	Tidal Force (Commander 2013)	Baleful Force (Commander 2013)	Magmatic Force (Commander)	Verdant Force (Tempest)
	Each of these rare Elemental creatures has a mana cost of 5MMM, a power/toughness of 7/7 and an ability that triggers each upkeep.
Oaths of the Gatewatch	Oath of Gideon (Oath of the Gatewatch)	Oath of Jace (Oath of the Gatewatch)	Oath of Liliana (Eldritch Moon)	Oath of Chandra (Oath of the Gatewatch)	Oath of Nissa (Oath of the Gatewatch)
	Each of these rare legendary enchantments has an enter the battlefield effect and second effect with some kind of Planeswalker interaction.
Morphlings	Brightling (Battlebond)	Morphling (Urza's Saga)	Endling (Modern Horizons)	Torchling (Planar Chaos)	Thornling (Conflux)
	Creatures that have three colored activated abilities as well as the ability ": ~ gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn." Each one has mana cost of MM and some amount of generic mana. (Aetherling is not considered part of the cycle and only has 2 colored abilities.)
Sorcery magi	Magus of the Balance (Commander 2018)	Magus of the Mind (Commander 2017)	Magus of the Will (Commander 2016)	Magus of the Wheel (Commander 2015)
	Each of these rare wizards have a converted mana cost and activated ability reminiscent of a powerful and iconic sorcery from Magic's past. The cycle will be completed in future Commander sets.
"Cones"			Incremental Blight (Shadowmoor) Gruesome Menagerie (Guilds of Ravnica)	Cone of Flame (Weatherlight)	Incremental Growth (Lorwyn) Bestial Menace (Worldwake)
	Each of these sorceries have a converted mana cost of 3MM and a repeated effect that does one, two, and three of an action.
Topdeck Lands	Hall of Heliod's Generosity (Modern Horizons)	Academy Ruins (Time Spiral)	Volrath's Stronghold (Stronghold)
	Each of these legendary lands tap for colorless and feature a colored ability to place a certain type of card in your graveyard on top of your library.
Innistrad Angels	Avacyn, Angel of Hope (Avacyn Restored)	Bruna, Light of Alabaster (Avacyn Restored)	(Commander Legends)	Gisela, Blade of Goldnight (Avacyn Restored)	Sigarda, Host of Herons (Avacyn Restored)
	Innistrad Legendary Angels, each of them has plus one mana of another color in their mana cost.
Cycle name	East	North	Center	South	West
Kodamas	(Commander Legends)	Kodama of the North Tree (Champions of Kamigawa)	Kodama of the Center Tree (Betrayers of Kamigawa)	Kodama of the South Tree (Champions of Kamigawa)
	Kamigawa Legendary Kodamas.

Six-card mega-mega cycles

Cycle name	or less					or greater
"T-word Mages"	Trinket Mage (Fifth Dawn)	Tribute Mage (Modern Horizons)	Trophy Mage (Aether Revolt)			Treasure Mage (Mirrodin Besieged)
	Each of these mages is a 2/2 blue Human wizard and has as casting cost. When any of them enters the battlefield, its controller can search in their library for an artifact card with specific converted mana cost. This cycle will be completed in future sets.
Cycle name
Spellshaped	Goldmeadow Harrier (Lorwyn)	Cloud Sprite (Mercadian Masques)	Festering Goblin (Onslaught)	Spark Elemental (Fifth Dawn)	Llanowar Elves (Alpha)	Metallic Sliver (Tempest)
	Creatures created by the spellshapers of Future Sight:
	Goldmeadow Lookout	Cloudseeder	Skirk Ridge Exhumer	Sparkspitter	Llanowar Mentor	Sliversmith

Double mega-mega cycles

Many land cycles are double mega-mega cycles which started in one set and were completed in another.

Cycle name
Spells	Sphinx's Revelation (Return to Ravnica)	Reap Intellect (Dragon's Maze)	Rakdos's Return (Return to Ravnica)	Clan Defiance (Gatecrash)	March of the Multitudes (Guilds of Ravnica)	Immortal Servitude (Gatecrash)	Epic Experiment (Return to Ravnica) Invoke the Firemind (Guildpact)	Gaze of Granite (Dragon's Maze)	Aurelia's Fury (Gatecrash) Brightflame (Ravnica: City of Guilds)	Biomass Mutation (Gatecrash)
	Each of these multicolored rare or mythic rare spells from the Ravnica blocks has in their cost.
Bond lands	Sea of Clouds	Morphic Pool	Luxury Suite	Spire Garden	Bountiful Promenade	Vault of Champions	Training Center	Undergrowth Stadium	Spectator Seating	Rejuvenating Springs
	Ten rare lands that produce two colors of mana and enter the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. This cycle started with the allied colors in Battlebond and completed with the enemy colors in Commander Legends.
Dual Manlands	Celestial Colonnade	Creeping Tar Pit	Lavaclaw Reaches	Raging Ravine	Stirring Wildwood	Shambling Vent	Wandering Fumarole	Hissing Quagmire	Needle Spires	Lumbering Falls
	Ten rare lands that produce two colors of mana, enter the battlefield tapped and can become Elemental creatures. This cycle started with the allied colors in Worldwake and completed with the enemy colors in Battle for Zendikar and Oath of the Gatewatch.
Mirran Swords	Sword of Truth and Justice (Modern Horizons)		Sword of Sinew and Steel (Modern Horizons)			Sword of Light and Shadow (Darksteel)	Sword of Fire and Ice (Darksteel)	Sword of Feast and Famine (Mirrodin Besieged)	Sword of War and Peace (New Phyrexia)	Sword of Body and Mind (Scars of Mirrodin)
	Each of these rare/mythic rare Equipment costing has an equip cost of and "Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from [color 1] and from [color 2].", and an ability with two effects, one associated with each color, that is triggered whenever the equipped creature deals combat damage to a player. The colors associated with the Swords are nominally and visually alluded to.
Cycle name
Ultimatums	Clarion Ultimatum	Brilliant Ultimatum	Cruel Ultimatum	Violent Ultimatum	Titanic Ultimatum	Ruinous Ultimatum	Genesis Ultimatum	Eerie Ultimatum	Inspired Ultimatum	Emergent Ultimatum
	Ten rare three colored sorceries with powerful effects and mana costs in the format MMNNNOO. This cycle started with the shard colors in Shards of Alara and completed with the wedge colors in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths.
Triple Taplands	Seaside Citadel	Arcane Sanctum	Crumbling Necropolis	Savage Lands	Jungle Shrine	Nomad Outpost	Frontier Bivouac	Sandsteppe Citadel	Mystic Monastery	Opulent Palace
	Ten uncommon lands that come into play tapped and can be tapped for one of three colors of mana. This cycle started with the shard colors in Shards of Alara and completed with the wedge colors in Khans of Tarkir.
Legendary Dragons	Treva, the Renewer	Dromar, the Banisher	Crosis, the Purger	Darigaaz, the Igniter	Rith, the Awakener	Oros, the Avenger	Intet, the Dreamer	Teneb, the Harvester	Numot, the Devastator	Vorosh, the Hunter
	Ten rare three colored Dragons. Each of these legendary Dragons has a mana cost of MNO (where M is the center color and NO are either it allied or enemy colors), flying, a triggered ability with a cost of M that triggers on dealing combat damage to a player, and power/toughness of 6/6. This cycle started with the shard colors in Invasion and completed with the wedge colors in Planar Chaos.

See also

• Cycle
• Vertical cycle