Rise of the Eldrazi Release Info

Announcing...

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/321


This will be released on April 23, 2010 and is the final set of the Zendikar block.



However, this set will be a little different than traditional 3rd sets of a block:

There will be 248 cards in the set, compared to 140-150 we have typically gotten before.

Rise of the Eldrazi is part of Zendikar block, which means that it will be part of Zendikar Block Constructed. But it's a large set, which means that it will be drafted on its own; drafts will be either Zendikar-Zendikar-Worldwake or Rise of the Eldrazi-Rise of the Eldrazi-Rise of the Eldrazi.


Prerelease Events will be held on April 17-18.

Launch Parties (Release Events) will be held on April 23.


Are you ready for the Eldrazi?

Staying up to date!!! Now we just need some more members. Lance where are you???

Wonder whats up with having the extra amount of cards in a small set. Surely there must be a reason for it....any clues?

I'm not sure. They've been tinkering with a block's card amount for a few years now. They did 2 mini blocks with Lorwyn and Morningtide, where each block was only two sets (a large one and a small one). Players (read: Pro's) complained that there was too large of a cardpool to keep up with. They went back to a more 'traditional' release in the Shards block, with a large set of 250 cards and two small sets of 145 cards. But then they decided to rotate core sets yearly beginning with M10 - which was the smallest core set to date with 250 cards. But note that it was expressed to consist of half 'new' cards and half reprints....

So in a little more than 3 years, players have had the smallest to the largest card pools ever.

I think they are trying to tweak out a balanced card pool, while also finding new ways to release additional products on an increased basis.....they are a business first.

However I am excited about this future set. Big blocks are usually very powerful here lately.



We may begin seeing 2 blocks a year, which is a good way for Wizards to increase their franchise and is a good way for R&D to release more mechanics than they usually can in a 1 year's time.