Scars of Mirrodin
 A hexplate beginning to corrode | ||||
| Released | October 1, 2010 | |||
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| Size | 249 cards (101 Common, 60 Uncommon, 53 Rare, 15 Mythic Rare, and 20 Basic Land) | |||
| Keywords | Metalcraft, Imprint, Infect, Proliferate | |||
| Mechanics | Metalcraft, infect, proliferate [1] | |||
| Designers | Mark Rosewater (lead), Mark Gottlieb, Alexis Janson, Erik Lauer, Matt Place, Mark Globus, Nate Heiss | |||
| Developers | Mike Turian (lead), Aaron Forsythe, Erik Lauer, Mark Purvis, Matt Place | |||
| Development code | Lights | |||
| Expansion code | SOM | |||
| First set in the Scars of Mirrodin block | ||||
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Scars of Mirrodin is a Magic: The Gathering expansion that was released on October 1, 2010. It is the first set of the Scars of Mirrodin block. This block marked the return to the plane of Mirrodin. This plane was last visited in the Mirrodin block that concluded in 2004.[2] The interim tagline for the set is "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.[3]
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.
Mechanics
Below is the list of mechanics used in Scars of Mirrodin. Infect and Proliferate appeared only on Phyrexian cards, Metalcraft and Imprint only on Mirran cards:
- Infect - 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.[4]
- Metalcraft - "Metalcraft" rewards a player for having three or more artifacts in play. Creatures with "Metalcraft," for example, tend to increase in power and toughness and/or gain new abilities they otherwise wouldn't have. Some cards with "Metalcraft" are themselves artifacts, meaning only two more artifacts are needed to activate their Metalcraft abilities.[5]
- Proliferate - A new keyword action, "Proliferate" allows players to give additional counters to cards and players who already have them. The player chooses which cards or players will get another counter, though the ability is not targeted.[6]
- Imprint - The only returning keyword from the original Mirrodin block, this keyword allows a player to "imprint" some card on the artifact (removing that card from the game). That artifact's effect depends on the card imprinted (for example you can imprint a creature on Semblance Anvil to reduce costs of spells that share a card type with that card).
Notes and references
- ^ "Scars of Mirrodin Visual Spoiler".
- ^ "Announcing Scars of Mirrodin". Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "Next block: New Phyrexia, Scars of Mirrodin and Mirrodin Pure?". Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "On The Rebound". Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ "Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 2". Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ "Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 3". Retrieved 2010-09-20.
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