When was innistrad release

See our ethics statement. The nights are getting longer in Magic: The Gathering. With the next set of cards, called Innistrad: Midnight Hunt , the overall mood turns toward darkness. It pits powerful creatures like werewolves, zombies, and ghosts against a thin line of human defenders.

We talked with world-building and narrative design manager Meris Mullaley and product architect Mike Turian to learn more. They also brought along a few exclusive new cards to share with Polygon readers. Making a new set of Magic cards is a complex endeavor that takes place years in advance of release. There are mechanical concerns, of course, which involve making sure that new cards are compatible with the old.

But designers also need to keep tabs on the ongoing metagame so that it remains rich and engaging for dedicated players. Because across the whole year, creatively, you want something that everybody can get excited about. It comes after Adventures in the Forgotten Realms because those cards that preceded it are also intended to complement it.

The same is true with all of the Standard-legal cards , a subset of the entire Magic franchise that turns over with the release of this next set. For starters, Flashback featured heavily in Midnight Hunt, which means it could well see a return in Crimson Vow too. Don't be afraid to join the fray! Be part of the conversation by heading over to our Facebook page, Discord , or forum. To stay informed on all the latest wargaming and tabletop games guides, news, and reviews, follow Wargamer on Twitter and Steam News Hub.

We sometimes include relevant affiliate links in articles, from which we earn a small commission. Alternate card frames have another card number than the original version. Borderless planeswalkers are numbered , borderless dual lands are , "Equinox" showcase cards are numbered , "Endless Night" showcase legendaries are and extended artwork cards are numbered The regular framed basic land cards from the Bundle are numbered The Buy-a-Box card is and the Bundle promo is The FNM-treatment cards from the Universal promo pack are numbered The black and white horror movie inspired "Eternal Night" showcase cards are all basic lands and legendary creatures that aren't a Werewolf or Warlock.

Midnight Hunt key art featuring Arlinn Kord. With the sun rising later and setting sooner each day, they turn to the hope of the Harvesttide festival and a ritual with warlocks to maintain the balance. Despite plenty of werewolves and other denizens of the night, there's strength and hope for the humans gathered deep in the woods of the Kessig countryside. The first chapter of the Innistrad: Midnight Hunt story was posted to the Magic: the Gathering website on September 2, The storyline began in Midnight Hunt will be continued with Innistrad: Crimson Vow and both stories "revisit what we learned first about Innistrad, showing us again why the wisest humans there never stop fearing nightfall.

The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Midnight Hunt are:. The set also features a Welcome Booster. The Set Boosters feature key art of attacking werewolves, and the Collector Boosters a brightly colorshifted version of the art of Candlegrove Witch. With the release of Midnight Hunt , 75 cards were rotated into The List , many of which were thematically or mechanically linked to the set. These can be found in the Set Boosters.

The sixteenth card in the boosters is a token creature card, an emblem or a marker , with advertisements on the back side. It can also be a helper card with a standard card back. There are 19 tokens and emblems: [21]. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt , as following from the previous Innistrad sets, focuses on five allied-colored tribes, each of which have a mechanic associated to them - however, these mechanics can appear outside of those two colors.

Flashback and investigate also return. Midnight Hunt has ten cycles. The four curses are not considered to be part of a cycle. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt has four mirrored pairs. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt features two Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.

MTG Wiki Explore. Main Page All Pages. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. View source. History Talk 4. Commander decks. Welcome booster. Card comparisons. Art series. Intro packs. For other uses, see Innistrad disambiguation. Main article: Innistrad plane. Main article: Innistrad block Mega cycle. Wizards of the Coast. Limited Resources. Non-English Reprint sets.

Renaissance Rinascimento Salvat Salvat Unglued Unhinged Unstable Unsanctioned Unfinity. MTG Arena. Categories Innistrad block Add category. Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki. Double-faced cards , Curses , " Graveyard matters", " Human matters". Flashback , Transform , Fight , Morbid. ISD [1]. Dark Ascension. Avacyn Restored. Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas. Premium Deck Series: Graveborn.

Divine Reckoning. Cackling Counterpart. Sever the Bloodline. Devil's Play. Creeping Renaissance. Each of these rare spells has a more expensive flashback cost. Feeling of Dread. Forbidden Alchemy. Bump in the Night. Ancient Grudge. Travel Preparations. Each of these common spells has a flashback cost involving the next color on the color wheel.