Planar Chaos
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Planar Chaos is an expansion set, codenamed "Crackle," from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It is scheduled for release on February 2, 2007. The pre-release events will take place on January 20th & 21st 2007.
| Planar Chaos | ||
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| Expansion symbol |  |
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| Release date | February 2, 2007 | |
| Mechanics | To be announced | |
| Keywords | To be announced | |
| Cycles | {{{Cycles}}} | |
| Size | 165 cards | |
| Expansion code | Unknown | |
| Development codename | Crackle | |
| Sets in Time Spiral Block | ||
| Time Spiral | Planar Chaos | Future Sight |
| Magic: The Gathering Chronology |
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| Time Spiral | Planar Chaos | Future Sight |
Contents |
[edit] Set details
Planar Chaos contains 165 cards. The designers of this set are Bill Rose (lead designer), Matt Place, Mark Rosewater, and Paul Sottosanti. [1]
There will be at least one dragon in Planar Chaos, which, according to Matt Cavotta, might have the best dragon art of any Magic card. [2]
Recently a picture of an unknown female angel wearing armor very similar to that of another MTG character Akroma, was released with the caption "What if you went to a prerelease and everything had changed?"
The set will have "Timeshifted" cards as confirmed by Mark Rosewater. Unlike Time Spiral, the Timeshifted cards will not be reprints of older Magic cards, will have normal rarity symbols as opposed to purple, and will be considered a part of the expansion, not a separate sub-set. [3]
In a magicthegathering.com Arcana update for Thursday, October 26th, the set symbol for Planar Chaos, along with a new card art and logo banner, was revealed. [4]
In another magicthegathering.com Arcana update on Thursday, December 14th, the 4 theme deck boxes along with the booster box art were revealed. [5]
The Unraveling Mind preconstructed deck features an image of a cat warrior dressed identically to the character Mirri in the artwork for the card Mirri, Cat Warrior. This could be an implication regarding the new Timeshifted cards, and could also tie into an off-color theme as the deck's colors are red and black, not green.
[edit] Mechanics
The strong blue morph mechanic-theme present in Time Spiral was originally intended for Planar Chaos. Looking for blue's primary identity in the set, Time Spiral's head designer, Brian Schneider, moved the majority of the Planar Chaos morph cards to Time Spiral. [6] The presence of a theme deck named "Ixidor's Legacy" suggests that morph may still have a reasonable presence in blue in Planar Chaos.
[edit] Theme decks
Four theme decks for Planar Chaos were reveald in the December 14th Magic Arcana post on magicthegathering.com. [7]
- Rituals of Rebirth (Green/White/Black)
- Unraveling Mind (Red/Black)
- Ixidor's Legacy (Blue)
- Endless March (Red/White)
[edit] References
- ^ Announcing Planar Chaos by 'Magic Arcana', MTG.com, May 8, 2006
- ^ Ravica Guild Bake-Off by Matt Cavotta, MTG.com, July 12, 2006. Accessed27 September 2006.
- ^ Purple Reign, by Mark Rosewater, MTG.com, September 25, 2006
- ^ Planar Chaos Logo & symbol, by 'Magic Arcana', MTG.com, October 26, 2006
- ^ Unwrap the Planar Chaos Theme Decks by 'Magic Arcana', MTG.com. Devember 14, 2006
- ^ The Themes of Time Spiral, by Aaron Forsythe, MTG.com, October 27, 2006
- ^ Unwrap the Planar Chaos Theme Decks, Magic Arcana, MTG.com, December 14, 2006
