Putting Magic Flavor on the Table; Dominaria United

 

Dominaria United is the ninety-third Magic expansion. It was released on September 9, 2022, and kicked off the 30th-anniversary celebration of the game.

Storyline

We return once again to Dominaria, meeting some familiar heroes and villains. The story begins following Karn as he looks back on Dominaria's past to prepare for its future. The enemy is already on Dominaria, and it's only a matter of time before conflict breaks out. This kicks off the epic Phyrexian story arc spanning four sets where the fate of Dominaria — and the Multiverse — is set to unravel.

Themes and mechanics

Legendary creatures, Legendary matters, Multicolor, and throwbacks are revisited themes from Dominaria. Historic was also planned to return but it was removed in Set Design.[24]

Kicker is a returning mechanic originally featured in the Invasion block, and was also seen in Dominaria. Its is a keyword ability that allows the player to pay an extra cost for a bonus effect.

Domain is another returning mechanic, an ability word that modifies an effect depending on the number of different basic lands you control.

Enlist is a new mechanic introduced here, a keyword ability that allows one to tap another creature to add its power to the attacking creature.

Read ahead is a new keyword ability on Sagas that allows the player to skip chapters to get to the effects they want.

stun counters, that keep permanents out of the action for an extended period, are also introduced in this set. One card, Ajani, Sleeper Agent distributes Poison counters.

Limited archetypes

Dominaria United features the following limited archetypes (the default being two colors with a splash):

{W}{U}: Go wide with instants and sorceries

{U}{B}: Control

{B}{R}: Aggro with payoffs for your creatures dying

{R}{G}: Domain midrange

{G}{W}: Domain and go wide

{W}{B}: Go wide and sacrifice (Aristocrats)

{U}{R}: Tempo with instants and sorceries

{B}{G}: Graveyard midrange

{R}{W}: Go wide aggro

{G}{U}: Domain ramp

Card types

The set introduces the Powerstone artifact type. Powerstone appears on predefined tokens with the ability “{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.” Only seen on one card (and on one Commander card), this is a "throw-forward" to The Brothers' War.[14]

Counter types

The set introduces Ingenuity counters and Phyresis counters.

Card Conversions

Card	Type	Conversion	Element
153	Enchantment- Saga	The Principality of Aria	Nation  20