Dominaria Release Notes Wizards of the Coast Compacted By

Dominaria Release Notes Dominaria Planeswalker The story spotlight cards in Saga gains or loses counters, Wizards of the Coast Decks and 1 unique this set feature a or if it leaves the battlefield. Compacted by promotional card (available Planeswalker symbol icon in • If multiple chapter abilities MTGDissected.com as part of the Dominaria in- their text boxes. The icon has trigger at the same time, their store Buy-a-Box promotion). no effect on gameplay. The controller puts them on the The Release Notes include printed cards also include the stack in any order. If any of info about the release of a Magic Open House: April mtgstory.com URL and a them require targets, those new set, as well as 14–15, 2018 number indicating the targets are chosen as you put clarifications and rulings Prerelease Weekend: April sequence of the cards in the the abilities on the stack, involving that set's cards. 21–22, 2018 story. before any of those abilities Draft Weekend: April 28–29, resolve. Compiled by Eli Shiffrin, 2018 New Mechanic: Saga Cards • If counters are removed with contributions from Magic League: Begins April from a Saga, the appropriate Laurie Cheers, Carsten 30, 2018 The Dominaria set introduces chapter abilities will trigger Haese, Nathan Long, Cai Standard Showdown: Begins a new kind of enchantment: again when the Saga receives Terry, and Thijs van Ommen. May 6, 2018 Sagas. Each Saga tells the lore counters. Removing lore Store Championship: June story of a key event from the counters won't cause a Document last modified 30–July 1, 2018 past as it unfolds during each previous chapter ability to January 31, 2018. of your turns. trigger. The Dominaria set becomes • Once the number of lore The Release Notes include legal for sanctioned History of Benalia counters on a Saga is greater information concerning the Constructed play on its 1WW than or equal to the greatest release of a new Magic: The official release date: Friday, Enchantment — Saga number among its chapter Gathering set, as well as a April 27, 2018. At that time, (As this Saga enters and after abilities—in the Dominaria collection of clarifications the following card sets will your draw step, add a lore set, this is always three—the and rulings involving that be permitted in the Standard counter. Sacrifice after III.) Saga's controller sacrifices it set's cards. It's intended to format: Kaladesh, Aether I, II — Create a 2/2 white as soon as its chapter ability make playing with the new Revolt, Amonkhet, Hour of Knight creature token with has left the stack, most likely cards more fun by clearing up Devastation, Ixalan, Rivals of vigilance. by resolving or being the common misconceptions Ixalan, and Dominaria. Cards III — Knights you control get countered. This state-based and confusion inevitably from Welcome Decks (and +2/+1 until end of turn. action doesn't use the stack. caused by new mechanics other ancillary products) with and interactions. As future the W17 set identification • As a Saga enters the Major Theme: Legendary sets are released, updates to code are also permitted in the battlefield, its controller puts Permanents the Magic rules may cause Standard format. a lore counter on it. As your some of this information to precombat main phase begins Legendary characters new become outdated. If you can't Go to (immediately after your draw and old have risen to find the answer you're Magic.Wizards.com/Rules step), you put another lore prominence across the plane. looking for here, please for a complete list of formats counter on each Saga you In every Dominaria booster contact us at and their permitted card sets control. Putting a lore counter pack, you'll find at least one Wizards.com/CustomerServi and banned lists. on a Saga in either of these legendary creature. Beyond ce. ways doesn't use the stack. just creatures, the set also Go to Wizards.com/Locator • Each symbol on the left of a features a significant number The "General Notes" section to find an event or store near Saga's text box represents a of other legendary cards. includes release information you. chapter ability. A chapter and explains the mechanics ability is a triggered ability Jodah, Archmage Eternal and concepts in the set. Dominaria Story Spotlight that triggers when a lore 1URW Cards counter that is put on the Legendary Creature — The "Card-Specific Notes" Saga causes the number of Human Wizard section contains answers to There are many important lore counters on the Saga to 4/3 the most important, most moments in the Dominaria become equal to or greater Flying common, and most confusing story, but some of the most than the ability's chapter You may pay WUBRG rather questions players might ask crucial—called "story number. Chapter abilities are than pay the mana cost for about cards in the set. Items spotlights"—are shown on put onto the stack and may be spells that you cast. in the "Card-Specific Notes" cards. You can read more responded to. section include full card text about these events in the • A chapter ability doesn't Mox Amber for your reference. Not all official Magic fiction at trigger if a lore counter is put 0 cards in the set are listed. MTGStory.com. on a Saga that already had a Legendary Artifact number of lore counters T: Add one mana of any GENERAL NOTES Story Spotlight 1: Broken greater than or equal to that color among legendary Bond chapter's number. For creatures and planeswalkers Release Information Story Spotlight 2: Final example, the third lore you control. Parting counter put on a Saga causes The Dominaria set contains Story Spotlight 3: Settle the the III chapter ability to • Starting in the Dominaria 269 cards (20 basic land, 101 Score trigger, but I and II won't set, legendary cards other common, 80 uncommon, 53 Story Spotlight 4: In Bolas's trigger again. than planeswalkers use a rare, and 15 mythic rare) that Clutches • Once a chapter ability has modified card frame with appear in booster packs, plus triggered, the ability on the additional flourishes on the 10 cards available only in stack won't be affected if the title bar. This change is 1 cosmetic and has no rules legendary creature or a "whenever you cast a historic this rule is being removed meaning, but it should help legendary planeswalker. spell" won't trigger if you from the game. A large you identify legendary cards Once you begin to cast a play a legendary land. They number of cards that dealt a at a glance during games. legendary sorcery, losing also won't trigger if a card on certain amount of damage to • If a player controls two or control of your legendary the battlefield transforms into "target player" are receiving more legendary permanents creatures and planeswalkers a legendary land, as the errata using the following with the same name, that won't affect that spell. Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan guidelines: player chooses one and puts • Other than the casting double-faced cards do. the rest into their owner's restriction, the legendary • Abilities that read "target graveyard. This is referred to supertype on a sorcery carries Returning Keyword: creature or player" have been as the "legend rule." no additional rules. You may Kicker changed to "any target." • The "legend rule" cares cast any number of legendary • Abilities that read "target about legendary permanents sorceries in a turn, and your Kicker is a returning keyword player" have been changed to with the exact same English deck may contain any that lets you pay a little more "target player or name. For example, you may number of legendary cards to give your spells some planeswalker." However, if control Teferi, Timebender (but no more than four of any "oomph." the amount of damage is and Teferi, Hero of with the same name). calculated by using Dominaria. Baloth Gorger information about that player • The "legend rule" doesn't New Term: Historic 2GG or objects they control, the use the stack. Once you Creature — Beast ability remains unchanged control two legendary If you look at this set's Saga 4/4 and can now damage only the permanents that share a cards, legendary cards, and Kicker 4 (You may pay an player. name, you can't take any artifact cards, you'll see a additional 4 as you cast this • Abilities that read "target actions before the "legend broad swath of Dominaria's spell.) opponent" have been changed rule" applies. If any abilities extensive and mysterious If Baloth Gorger was kicked, to "target opponent or triggered from the new history. Some cards celebrate it enters the battlefield with planeswalker" with the same legendary permanent entering the plane's storied past by three +1/+1 counters on it. exception listed above. These the battlefield, those abilities rewarding you for playing spells and abilities can target will be put onto the stack these historic cards. Historic The rules for kicker haven't a planeswalker you control. after applying the "legend is a game term that refers to a changed since its previous • Abilities that deal damage rule." card that has the legendary appearance. but don't call for a target • Other than the "legend supertype, the artifact card haven't received errata, with rule," the legendary type, or the Saga • You can't pay a kicker cost one exception (Vial Smasher supertype on permanent cards enchantment type. more than once. the Fierce). carries no inherent • If you put a permanent with restrictions.

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