Gatecrash: Compiled Info

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Set Name: Gatecrash
Block: Set 2 of 3 in the Return to Ravnica block
Three-Letter Abbreviation: GTC
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGGTC
Number of Cards: 249
Rarity Distribution: Unknown
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Prerelease Events: January 26-27, 2013

Launch Weekend: February 1-4, 2013
Magic Online Release Date: Unknown
Game Day: February 23-24, 2013
Start Previews on Daily MTG: January 7, 2013

Launch Promo Unknown
Buy a Box Promo : Nightveil Specter

Characteristics

• A large set of 249 cards.
• Prerelease will be 5x boosters plus 1x guild booster. A guild pack has 15 cards of those colors, including a promo prerelease card (which there will be 5 promos, one for each guild, the same as the Intro Pack rares), guild spindown, guild sticker, a letter from your guild leader and a prerelease challenge card.
• The prerelease cards from each guild may be played in the prerelease!
• Triple-drafted by itself
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  2mfvcngu] Guild oriented
  1. Orzhov
  2. Dimir
  3. Gruul
  4. Boros
  5. Simic
• Each guild gets a new mechanic. There are some mechanical connections to the previous Ravnica block. However, none of the old Ravnica keywords will appear.
• There are two planeswalkers in the set, one of which is Gideon. The second is unknown.
• The 5 guild leaders are legendary creatures, all which are new or new versions of characters.
  1. Orzhov - Ghost Council of Orzhova
  2. Dimir - Lazav
  3. Gruul - Borborygmos
  4. Boros - Aurelia
  5. Simic - Zegana
• Hybrid cards will be in the set
• Bolas will have no involvement in this block. (Maro)

Design Team:

• Mark Rosewater (co-lead)
• Mark Gottlieb (co-lead)
• Joe Huber
• Dave Humpherys
• Ethan Fleischer
• Shawn Main

Development Team

• Dave Humpherys (lead)
• Zac Hill
• Mark Globus
• Mark Purvis
• Max McCall
• Gavin Verhey

Artwork for some set characters

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Lazav

Ghost Council of Orzhova

Borborygmos

Aurelia

Zegana

From Maro's article Card Day's Night, info that the cycle of uncounterable spells/creatures will not continue in Gatecrash

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some cycles carry over and some do not. The "can't be countered" cycle is one that does not. It is merely a single cycle in Return to Ravnica. Many of the other cycles, such as the five I talked about last week (the charms, the guildmages, the guildgates, the "shocklands," and the guild leaders), will be picked up in Gatecrash.

[Checkbox]

the "release" and "characteristics" sub headings are very, very small...

[ExarionUniverse1]

leaked on Sally and Pojo.

[Thrillho]

Leaked on Craigslist

[iamabadman]

should update this to show we know the other planeswalker.

[Checkbox]

Those subheadings continue to be very, very, very small