Scars of Mirrodin is a Magic: The Gathering block, consisting of the expansion sets Scars of Mirrodin (October 1, 2010), Mirrodin Besieged (February 4, 2011) and New Phyrexia.[3][4] This block marked the return to the plane of Mirrodin. This plane was last visited in the Mirrodin block that concluded in 2004.[5] The interim tagline for the set was "The Corrosion Begins October 1, 2010." The plans for this set were first made public by mananation.com when it was discovered that "Scars of Mirrodin", as well as "Mirrodin Pure" and "New Phyrexia" had been registered as trademarks with the US Patent and Trademark Office by Wizards of the Coast.[6] As with the original Mirrodin block, artifacts make up the overarching theme of Scars of Mirrodin; Nearly half of all cards in the set are artifacts. In his May 24 column, Mark Rosewater confirmed that the "Infect" game mechanic in Scars of Mirrodin would bring poison counters back to Magic. All cards (other than basic lands) in the Scars of Mirrodin block carried a watermark, either Mirran or Phyrexian.[7][8]
The origins of New Phyrexia date back to the early design stages of the original Mirrodin set. The idea of Phyrexian oil influencing Mirrodin's evolution was included in the storyline for future use.[9]
New Phyrexia was originally planned to be the first set of the "Lights" block, with the storyline being set after the Phyrexians had already conquered Mirrodin. Eventually, designer Mark Rosewater made the decision to build the block around the war between the Mirrans and the Phyrexians, leading up to New Phyrexia after Scars of Mirrodin and Mirrodin Besieged.[10]
In the original announcement from December 9, 2010 it was left open whether this set would be named New Phyrexia or Mirrodin Pure. On March 29, 2011 Wizards of the Coast announced that New Phyrexia was going to be the name of the set.[11] The tagline for Mirrodin Pure would have been "The Sharpest Steel is Tempered in Fire".[2]
Mechanicsedit
Scars of Mirrodin introduced the Phyrexian mechanics Infect and Proliferate, and the Mirran mechanics Metalcraft and Imprint. A creature with infect deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters (much like Wither) and to players in the form of poison counters. A player with 10 or more poison counters loses the game.[12] Proliferate allows players to give additional counters to any number of permanents and/or players they so choose who already have them.[13] Imprint was a returning keyword from the original Mirrodin block, and allowed an artifact to gain additional effects if another card is exiled and imprinted on that artifact. Metalcraft rewards a player for having three or more artifacts in play.[14] As with the original Mirrodin block, artifacts that were Equipment and/or were indestructible were printed.
Besides expanding on mechanics from Scars, Mirrodin Besieged introduced the Mirran mechanic Battle Cry, and the Phyrexian mechanic Living Weapon. Whenever a creature with battle cry attacks, all other attacking creatures that player or team controls get +1/+0 until the end of the turn. Living weapon is found only on Equipment. When a piece of Equipment with "Living weapon" enters the battlefield, it creates a 0/0 Black Germ creature token and the Equipment is immediately attached to that token. It expanded on the poison counters mechanic by making certain things happen if players were poisoned.
The four mechanics from Scars and living weapon returned for New Phyrexia. New Phyrexia introduced also Phyrexian Mana Symbols. Mana costs containing Phyrexian mana symbols can be paid with either the given color or two life per Phyrexian Mana symbol. In New Phyrexia, all permanent cards with Phyrexian Mana in their costs are colored artifacts.
Notable cardsedit
Notable cards from Scars of Mirrodin include Mox Opal and Memnite
Notable cards from Mirrodin Besieged include Blightsteel Colossus, Sword of Feast and Famine and Green Sun's Zenith.
Notable cards from New Phyrexia include Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Birthing Pod,[15]Dismember,[16][17]Mental Misstep,[18]Gitaxian Probe, Karn Liberated and Sword of War and Peace, which completed the Swords cycle begun in the Mirrodin block.
Notes and referencesedit
^. Archived from the original on September 11, 2010.
^ abcAshley, Monty. . Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
^. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
^. Wizards of the Coast. August 3, 2010. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
^. Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
^"Next block: New Phyrexia, Scars of Mirrodin and Mirrodin Pure?". Retrieved March 18, 2010.
^ertaislament (January 3, 2012), Scars Block, retrieved October 4, 2013
^Morgan, Matt (April 19, 2011), New Phyrexia Shakes Up Magic: The Gathering, retrieved October 6, 2013
^Rosewater, Mark (March 21, 2011). . Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
^Rosewater, Mark (April 4, 2011). . Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
^Ashley, Monty (March 29, 2011). . Wizards of the Cost. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
^. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
^. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
^. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
^"Debating Dismember in Standard". TCGplayer.com. April 10, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
^Erwin, Evan (August 26, 2011). "The Magic Show #241 - The Mistakes of New Phyrexia" (Video). YouTube. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
^LaPille, Tom (August 12, 2011). . Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
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Scars of Mirrodin is a Magic The Gathering block consisting of the expansion sets Scars of Mirrodin October 1 2010 Mirrodin Besieged February 4 2011 and New Phyrexia 3 4 This block marked the return to the plane of Mirrodin This plane was last visited in the Mirrodin block that concluded in 2004 5 The interim tagline for the set was The Corrosion Begins October 1 2010 The plans for this set were first made public by mananation com when it was discovered that Scars of Mirrodin as well as Mirrodin Pure and New Phyrexia had been registered as trademarks with the US Patent and Trademark Office by Wizards of the Coast 6 As with the original Mirrodin block artifacts make up the overarching theme of Scars of Mirrodin Nearly half of all cards in the set are artifacts In his May 24 column Mark Rosewater confirmed that the Infect game mechanic in Scars of Mirrodin would bring poison counters back to Magic All cards other than basic lands in the Scars of Mirrodin block carried a watermark either Mirran or Phyrexian 7 8 Scars of MirrodinA hexplate beginning to corrodeReleasedOctober 1 2010Size249 cards 101 Common 60 Uncommon 53 Rare 15 Mythic Rare and 20 Basic Land KeywordsMetalcraft Imprint Infect ProliferateMechanicsMetalcraft infect proliferate 1 DesignersMark Rosewater lead Mark Gottlieb Alexis Janson Erik Lauer Matt Place Mark Globus Nate HeissDevelopersMike Turian lead Aaron Forsythe Erik Lauer Mark Purvis Matt PlaceDevelopment codeLightsExpansion codeSOMFirst set in the Scars of Mirrodin blockScars of Mirrodin Mirrodin Besieged New Phyrexia Magic 2011 Mirrodin Besieged Zendikar Block Innistrad Block Mirrodin BesiegedMirran Phyrexian symbols combinedReleasedFebruary 4 2011Size155 cards 10 Mythic Rare 35 Rare 40 Uncommon 60 Common 10 Basic Land KeywordsBattle Cry Infect ProliferateMechanicsLiving WeaponDesignersMark Gottlieb lead Gregory Marques Ken Nagle Mark Rosewater Mike TurianDevelopersErik Lauer lead Ryan Dhuse Tom LaPille Zac Hill Mike TurianDevelopment codeCameraExpansion codeMBSSecond set in the Scars of Mirrodin blockScars of Mirrodin Mirrodin Besieged New Phyrexia Scars of Mirrodin New Phyrexia Zendikar Block Innistrad Block New PhyrexiaPhyrexian SymbolReleasedMay 13 2011Size175 cards 10 Mythic Rare 35 Rare 60 Uncommon 60 Common 10 Basic Land KeywordsInfect Metalcraft Proliferate ImprintMechanicsPhyrexian Mana Living WeaponDesignersKen Nagle lead Dave Guskin Joe Huber Matt Place Mark Rosewater 2 DevelopersAaron Forsythe lead Dave Guskin Zac Hill Tom LaPille Erik Lauer 2 Development codeActionExpansion codeNPHThird set in the Scars of Mirrodin blockScars of Mirrodin Mirrodin Besieged New Phyrexia Mirrodin Besieged Magic 2012 Zendikar Block Innistrad Block Contents 1 Storyline 2 Mechanics 3 Notable cards 4 Notes and references 5 External linksStoryline editThe origins of New Phyrexia date back to the early design stages of the original Mirrodin set The idea of Phyrexian oil influencing Mirrodin s evolution was included in the storyline for future use 9 New Phyrexia was originally planned to be the first set of the Lights block with the storyline being set after the Phyrexians had already conquered Mirrodin Eventually designer Mark Rosewater made the decision to build the block around the war between the Mirrans and the Phyrexians leading up to New Phyrexia after Scars of Mirrodin and Mirrodin Besieged 10 In the original announcement from December 9 2010 it was left open whether this set would be named New Phyrexia or Mirrodin Pure On March 29 2011 Wizards of the Coast announced that New Phyrexia was going to be the name of the set 11 The tagline for Mirrodin Pure would have been The Sharpest Steel is Tempered in Fire 2 Mechanics editScars of Mirrodin introduced the Phyrexian mechanics Infect and Proliferate and the Mirran mechanics Metalcraft and Imprint A creature with infect deals damage to creatures in the form of 1 1 counters much like Wither and to players in the form of poison counters A player with 10 or more poison counters loses the game 12 Proliferate allows players to give additional counters to any number of permanents and or players they so choose who already have them 13 Imprint was a returning keyword from the original Mirrodin block and allowed an artifact to gain additional effects if another card is exiled and imprinted on that artifact Metalcraft rewards a player for having three or more artifacts in play 14 As with the original Mirrodin block artifacts that were Equipment and or were indestructible were printed Besides expanding on mechanics from Scars Mirrodin Besieged introduced the Mirran mechanic Battle Cry and the Phyrexian mechanic Living Weapon Whenever a creature with battle cry attacks all other attacking creatures that player or team controls get 1 0 until the end of the turn Living weapon is found only on Equipment When a piece of Equipment with Living weapon enters the battlefield it creates a 0 0 Black Germ creature token and the Equipment is immediately attached to that token It expanded on the poison counters mechanic by making certain things happen if players were poisoned The four mechanics from Scars and living weapon returned for New Phyrexia New Phyrexia introduced also Phyrexian Mana Symbols Mana costs containing Phyrexian mana symbols can be paid with either the given color or two life per Phyrexian Mana symbol In New Phyrexia all permanent cards with Phyrexian Mana in their costs are colored artifacts Notable cards editNotable cards from Scars of Mirrodin include Mox Opal and MemniteNotable cards from Mirrodin Besieged include Blightsteel Colossus Sword of Feast and Famine and Green Sun s Zenith Notable cards from New Phyrexia include Elesh Norn Grand Cenobite Birthing Pod 15 Dismember 16 17 Mental Misstep 18 Gitaxian Probe Karn Liberated and Sword of War and Peace which completed the Swords cycle begun in the Mirrodin block Notes and references edit Scars of Mirrodin Visual Spoiler Archived from the original on September 11 2010 a b c Ashley Monty Announcing Action Wizards of the Coast Archived from the original on December 13 2010 Retrieved February 4 2011 Announcing Scars of Mirrodin Wizards of the Coast Archived from the original on March 22 2010 Retrieved March 18 2010 Announcing Mirrodin Besieged Wizards of the Coast August 3 2010 Archived from the original on August 5 2010 Retrieved October 14 2010 Announcing Scars of Mirrodin Archived from the original on March 22 2010 Retrieved March 18 2010 Next block New Phyrexia Scars of Mirrodin and Mirrodin Pure Retrieved March 18 2010 ertaislament January 3 2012 Scars Block retrieved October 4 2013 Morgan Matt April 19 2011 New Phyrexia Shakes Up Magic The Gathering retrieved October 6 2013 Rosewater Mark March 21 2011 Looking in the Mirrodin Wizards of the Coast Archived from the original on March 26 2011 Retrieved April 13 2011 Rosewater Mark April 4 2011 The Untold Story Well Until Today Wizards of the Coast Archived from the original on April 6 2011 Retrieved April 16 2011 Ashley Monty March 29 2011 Action Is New Phyrexia Wizards of the Cost Archived from the original on April 2 2011 Retrieved March 29 2011 On The Rebound Archived from the original on May 27 2010 Retrieved May 24 2010 Something Wicked This Way Comes Part 3 Archived from the original on September 21 2010 Retrieved September 20 2010 Something Wicked This Way Comes Part 2 Archived from the original on September 15 2010 Retrieved September 13 2010 Top 8 Decks featuring Birthing Pod Debating Dismember in Standard TCGplayer com April 10 2011 Retrieved November 3 2011 Erwin Evan August 26 2011 The Magic Show 241 The Mistakes of New Phyrexia Video YouTube Archived from the original on December 15 2021 Retrieved November 3 2011 LaPille Tom August 12 2011 Welcome to the Modern World Wizards of the Coast Archived from the original on September 14 2011 Retrieved November 3 2011 External links editVisual spoiler Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scars of 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