Template:Featarticle/January 2009
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[edit] January 1-11, 2008
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- The Shadowmoor block is the fourteenth block; as a mini-block it consist of only two sets: one large expansion, Shadowmoor (
), and one small expansion, Eventide (
). The block came out during the first half of 2008.
- Ability word introduced: Chroma
- Keywords introduced in this block: Conspire, Persist, Retrace, Wither.
- Mechanics introduced in this block: The untap symbol (
).
- A major theme of the Shadowmoor block was color. Hybrid mana, introduced in the Ravnica block, was brought back in Shadowmoor and given a more thorough treatment. -1/-1 counters were among the block's minor themes.
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- Ajani Goldmane is a white-aligned planeswalker (also known as the red-and-white-aligned Ajani Vengeant).
[edit] January 11-25, 2008
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- Dissension is the third book and the conclusion of the Ravnica cycle.
- Dissension was written by Cory Herndon and published in May 2006.
- The Rakdos cultists bloody the streets with a viciousness matched only by the Boros angels’ attempts to eradicate them.
- As it is, the dead outnumber the living. The Guildpact is torn by dissension. And the guildmasters are under attack.
- Lucky for Ravnica, on a world where ghosts linger, being dead isn’t half the excuse Kos would like it to be.
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- Shrine is an enchantment subtype that was introduced in Champions of Kamigawa.
[edit] January 25-31, 2008
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- Kamahl was a powerful barbarian from the Pardic Mountains of Otaria, the brother of Jeska and pupil of Balthor. He left his mountain home to go to Cabal City in order to earn himself wealth and fame through pit-fighting. His fighting technique was a mixture of barbarian close-combat skills and red magic, which he combined using his prized possession, an enormous two-handed sword rumored to have been crafted from the staff of Urza Planeswalker.
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- Karona, False God was the manifestation of all Dominarian magic, brought into being by the combination of Akroma, Phage, and Zagorka all dying in the same place at the same time. During her brief existence she further devastated the already war-torn Otaria, and disrupted the very fabric of magic on Dominaria.
