Template:Featarticle/July 2009
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[edit] July 1-4, 2008
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- Onslaught is the twenty-eighth Magic expansion and was released in 2002 as the first set in the Onslaught block. It has a theme that focused heavily on "tribal" cards, or cards that are concerned with creature types. It introduced the "morph" keyword, as well as revisited "cycling", and made "This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures." a keyword ability, "fear". Onslaught introduced a number of major mechanics and featured the first return of a keyword from abeyance (cycling).
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- Randy Buehler is an employee of Wizards of the Coast (currently the Vice President of Digital Gaming) and a former Magic: The Gathering pro-player.
[edit] July 4-18, 2008
- Alara Reborn is the latest expansion and third set in the Alara block. Prerelease events took place on April 25-26, 2009, launch parties on April 30-May 3, 2009. The set went on sale April 30, 2009 which was a day earlier then anticipated due to the May Day (May 1) holiday.
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- Hybrid mana (also known as half-half mana) is a type of mana first introduced in Ravnica: City of Guilds and featured throughout the Ravnica and Shadowmoor blocks.
[edit] July 18-31, 2008
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- Magic 2010 released July 17, 2009 is the latest core set. The worldwide Prerelease took place July 11-12, and Launch Parties will be July 17-19. Magic 2010 will be the first core set since Beta to bring new cards. It will also be the first core set with planeswalkers and mythic rares. There are no legendary cards in the set, unlike the previous core set.
- Many rule changes are implemented with Magic 2010, the most changes since Sixth Edition core set changes. See the set's page for more information.
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- Lifelink is a keyword for an existing ability (as seen on cards such as Exalted Angel). The name "lifelink" was introduced in Future Sight.
