Weatherlight
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- For other uses, see Weatherlight (disambiguation).
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| Design Team | Dan Cervelli (lead) Mike Elliott Joel Mick | |
| Development Team | Mike Elliott (lead) William Jockusch Bill Rose Mark Rosewater Henry Stern | |
| Release Date | June 6, 1997 | |
| Mechanics | ||
| Keywords/ Ability words | Cumulative upkeep, Flanking, Phasing | |
| Size | 167 (62 Common 55 Uncommon 50 Rare) | |
| Expansion Code | WTH | |
| Development Codename | Mochalatte | |
| Sets in Mirage block | ||
| Mirage | Visions | Weatherlight |
| Magic: The Gathering Chronology | ||
| Portal | Weatherlight | Tempest |
Weatherlight was the eleventh Magic expansion, released in 1997 as the third set in the Mirage block, called by some at the time as Mirvlight. Weatherlight also saw the beginning of the Weatherlight Saga, the most important Magic storyline that would continue through 2001.
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[edit] Set details
It was released on Magic Online on December 12, 2007. Release events began on December 14, 2007.
[edit] Mechanics
Weatherlight contained no new mechanics. It contained the following previously used mechanics: Banding, Cumulative upkeep. Two themes include:
- "Graveyard order matters" — Cards which refer to the order of cards in a player's graveyard (see Spinning Darkness),
- "Sacrifice buyouts" — Creature cards which have triggered abilities that tell you to sacrifice them unless you pay a cost or perform an action (see Barrow Ghoul).
[edit] Cycles
Weatherlight has one cycle:
- Sac-Auras: Each of these common aura enchantments can be sacrificed for an extra effect: Kithkin Armor, Phantom Wings, Coils of the Medusa, Fire Whip, and Briar Shield.
[edit] Functional reprints
Weatherlight has two Functional reprints:
- Cloud Djinn is a functional reprint of Cloud Dragon from Portal.
- Fallow Wurm is a functional reprint of Thundering Wurm from Portal.
[edit] Notable cards
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- Gemstone Mine
- Lotus Vale was very popular back in the day, although it was very vulnerable to land destruction.
- Null Rod at the time wasn't overly spectacular, but it has become one of the most powerful artifact stopping cards in Vintage tournament play to date.
- Redwood Treefolk is one of the first cards that improved upon its predecessor. It cost the same as Ironroot Treefolk at
but had a power/toughness of 3/6 instead of the latter's 3/5.
[edit] Theme decks
The Mirage block theme decks were designed for MTGO, as these expansion sets were printed before theme decks were first printed in the Tempest block.
The pre-constructed theme decks are:
| Theme deck name | |||||
| White | Blue | Black | Red | Green | |
| Air Forces | □ | ■ | |||
| Dead and Alive | ■ | ||||
| Fiery Fury | ■ | ||||
| Gatecrasher | ■ | ■ | |||
[edit] External links
- Official Weatherlight Information Product Page — Magic: The Gathering (old)
- Official Weatherlight Information Product Page — Magic: The Gathering (new)
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