Gatecrash: Compiled Info
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:35 pm
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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- Orzhov
- Dimir
- Gruul
- Boros
- 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.
- Orzhov - Ghost Council of Orzhova
- Dimir - Lazav
- Gruul - Borborygmos
- Boros - Aurelia
- Simic - Zegana
- Hybrid cards will be in the set
- Bolas will have no involvement in this block. (Maro)
- Mark Rosewater (co-lead)
- Mark Gottlieb (co-lead)
- Joe Huber
- Dave Humpherys
- Ethan Fleischer
- Shawn Main
- Dave Humpherys (lead)
- Zac Hill
- Mark Globus
- Mark Purvis
- Max McCall
- Gavin Verhey
Artwork for some set characters
From Maro's article Card Day's Night, info that the cycle of uncounterable spells/creatures will not continue in GatecrashCode: Select all
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.
