Monday, February 19, 2024

Putting Magic Flavor on the Table; Gatecrash

 Adapted From MTG Wiki- Gatecrash


Gatecrash is the second set in the Return to Ravnica block. The 60th Magic expansion was released on February 1, 2013.

Set details

Gatecrash contains 249 cards (101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares), including randomly inserted premium versions of all cards in the set. Like Return to Ravnica, Gatecrash's preceding expansion set focused on the guild system and multicolor cards. The five guilds returning in Gatecrash were the Boros Legion, House Dimir, Gruul Clans, Orzhov Syndicate, and Simic Combine. Despite being a large expansion, Gatecrash did not contain any basic lands (Return to Ravnica had some extra). The set featured two planeswalkers; one, Gideon, Champion of Justice, was an established planeswalker, whilst the other, Domri Rade was new The expansion symbol is a pointed arch of a gate.

Storyline

Jace, confronted with the mystery of the Implicit Maze and the rumblings of a guild war, tried to retreat from the action, only to be pulled back in when members of the Cult of Rakdos kidnap his friend Emmara Tandris, thrill kill guild looking to curry favor when more powerful guildmasters.


Jace succeeds in finding Emmara, but the two are now deep into enemy territory, with few options to free themselves. As Jace struggles to get them to safety, he begins to piece together the greater mystery of the Implicit Maze. It's now a race to see who will unlock its secrets.


Themes and mechanics

Like the preceding set, Return to Ravnica, Gatecrash revisits five of the ten bicolored guilds of Ravnica. Each guild has its own keyword or ability word. The guilds returning in this expansion are: House Dimir, Gruul Clans, Orzhov Syndicate, Boros Legion, and Simic Combine

Other themes and mechanics include:

Hybrid mana

Defender

Enchantments

Land auras

Gates

Card Conversions


Card

Type

Conversion

Element

26

Creature- Human Cleric

Syndic of the Holy Vault

Devotee 2

201

Creature- Thrull

Burden Thrull

Creature 5



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