Worldwake
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| Design Team | Ken Nagle (lead), Kelly Digges, Mark Globus, Matt Place, Mark Rosewater | |
| Development Team | Mike Turian (lead), Mark Globus (design rep), Tom LaPille, Erik Lauer, Scott Johns, Mons Johnson | |
| Release Date | February 5, 2010 | |
| Mechanics | Quests, Traps | |
| Keywords/ Ability words | Landfall, Multikicker | |
| Size | 145 | |
| Expansion Code | WWK | |
| Development Codename | Long | |
| Sets in Zendikar block | ||
| Zendikar | Worldwake | Rise of the Eldrazi |
| Magic: The Gathering Chronology | ||
| Premium Deck Series: Slivers | Worldwake | Phyrexia vs. The Coalition |
Worldwake is the second set in the Zendikar block and is the fifty-second Magic expansion. Prerelease events were held January 30-31, 2010. Launch parties were held February 5-7, 2010.
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[edit] Set Details
Worldwake is, like its predecessor Zendikar, centered around lands. Thematically it emphasizes Manlands and cards that turn lands into creatures.[1]
The promotional cards given to participants at the Pre-release, Comet Storm, and the Release event, Joraga Warcaller, both highlight the new mechanic for the set, multikicker.
[edit] Mechanics
The variant of Kicker called Multikicker is introduced. This variation allows for the kicker cost to be paid multiple times, with the effect repeated for each time it was payed. Landfall also returns but does not solely mark triggered abilities anymore. Some cards now do additional static effects if a land came into play this turn. Allies, Vampires with their bloodied mechanic, and the equipment theme to the Kor also return, as do Quests and Traps. New traps have new alternative costs; some decrease their costs depending on the magnitude of a certain event.
The set has a cycle of dual man-lands: Lands that can produce one mana of either of two allied colors and can be activated (for one mana of each of those colors and an amount of unspecified mana) to become an Elemental creature until end of turn. These lands come into play tapped.
The set also contains a new Planeswalker card representing Jace Beleren, called Jace, the Mind Sculptor. This is the first planeswalker to have four abilities, rather than the usual three, and also the first Planeswalker to have an ability that causes no loyalty to be added or subtracted when activated.
[edit] Marketing cards
Boosters of Worldwake come with a bonus sixteenth card that is either a "tips & tricks card" or a creature token from Worldwake'. One face of the Worldwake bonus card has one of ? different rules tips or is one of six different creature tokens. The other face has one of 13 advertisements for organized play programs, Rise of the Eldrazi, Duels of the Planeswalkers for Xbox Live, Magic Online, fat packs, A Planeswalker's Guide to Alara and Ultra Pro products for Magic.
[edit] Tips & Tricks
The tips & tricks cards are
- Rules Tip: Landfall
- Rules Tip: Multikicker
- Rules Tip: Lands Alive!
- Rules Tip: Allies
- Rules Tip: Traps
[edit] Tokens
The Worldwake tokens in numerical order are:
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1/1 Soldier Ally produced by Join the Ranks
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5/5 Dragon with flying produced by Dragonmaster Outcast
- 3/3 Ogre produced by Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
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3/3 Elephant produced by Bestial Menace and Terastodon
- 0/1 Plant produced by Avenger of Zendikar and Khalni Garden
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6/12 Construct artifact creature with Trample produced by Stone Idol Trap
[edit] Flavor
| “ | A World Enraged[2] | ” |
[edit] Cycles
Worldwake has seven cycles:
- Zendikon Cycle: A cycle of common Auras that turn lands into creatures and return the land to its owner's hand if it is put into a graveyard (as to not cause card disadvantage). — Guardian Zendikon, Wind Zendikon, Corrupted Zendikon Crusher Zendikon, Vastwood Zendikon.
- Allied Beneficiaries: Five creatures that get better if their controller also controls a land of the in the Color Wheel preceding color's land type — Loam Lion, Sejiri Merfolk, Shoreline Salvager, Slavering Nulls, Summit Apes.
- Enemy color-activated traps: Each of these uncommon Trap spells have alternative costs triggering on an action that an enemy color usually performs, but the color of the card might dabble into on occasion. — Refraction Trap, Permafrost Trap, Nemesis Trap, Ricochet Trap, Slingbow Trap.
- Common Landfall instants: Each of these common instant spells have an increased effect if landfall is achieved. — Rest for the Weary, Mysteries of the Deep, Tomb Hex, Searing Blaze, Groundswell.
- Common Multikicker creatures: Each of these common creatures come with the ability "Multikicker 1C: This card enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter for each time it was kicked". — Apex Hawks, Enclave Elite, Quag Vampires, Skitter of Lizards, Gnarlid Pack.
- Common Spell lands: Each of these common lands enter the battlefield tapped, taps for a color and has an appropriate enter-the-battlefield ability. — Sejiri Steppe, Halimar Depths, Bojuka Bog, Smoldering Spires, Khalni Garden.
- Tapland Manlands: Five lands that can turn into creatures until end of turn. One rare for each allied color pair, able to produce either color and enters the Battlefield tapped. There is also one outlying uncommon land that turns into an artifact creature and produces colorless mana, Dread Statuary. — Celestial Colonnade, Creeping Tar Pit, Lavaclaw Reaches, Raging Ravine, Stirring Wildwood.
The set also contains Marsh Threader, who forms a mirrored pair with Cliff Threader from Zendikar.
[edit] Reprinted cards
The following cards have been reprinted from previous sets and included in Worldwake:
- Quicksand was last seen in 10th Edition.
- Smother was last seen in Onslaught.
- Twitch was last seen in 10th Edition.
[edit] Functional reprints
Worldwake has 1 functional reprint:
- Goblin Roughrider is a functional reprint of Goblin Cavaliers from Starter, save for creature type.
[edit] Misprints
- Walking Atlas - The word Artifact is missing from the type line. The card has received errata that it is an Artifact creature.
[edit] Intro packs
| Intro pack name | Foil rare | |||||
| White | Blue | Black | Red | Green | ||
| Brute Force | ■ | ■ | Wolfbriar Elemental | |||
| Fangs of the Bloodchief | ■ | Butcher of Malakir | ||||
| Mysterious Realm | ■ | ■ | Goliath Sphinx | |||
| Rapid Fire | □ | ■ | Mordant Dragon | |||
| Flyover | □ | ■ | Archon of Redemption | |||
[edit] References
- ↑ Worldwake Mechanics, Wizards of the Coast, January 13, 2010.
- ↑ "Worldwake", by "Magic Arcana", DailyMTG.com, Monday, August 03, 2009
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