Onslaught
| Released |
October 7, 2002 |
| Size |
350 cards (110 commons, 110 uncommons, 110 rares, 20 basic lands) |
| Keywords |
Morph, Cycling |
| Mechanics |
Creature types |
| Development code |
Manny |
| Expansion code |
ONS |
| First set in the Onslaught block |
| Onslaught |
Legions |
Scourge |
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Legions
| Released |
January 2003 |
| Size |
145 cards (55 commons, 45 uncommons, 45 rares) |
| Keywords |
Amplify, Provoke, Double Strike |
| Mechanics |
Creatures, Tribal Themes |
| Development code |
Moe |
| Expansion code |
LGN |
| Third set in the Onslaught block |
| Onslaught |
Legions |
Scourge |
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Scourge
| Released |
May 17, 2003 |
| Size |
143 cards (55 commons, 44 uncommons, 44 rares) |
| Keywords |
Storm, Landcycling |
| Mechanics |
Converted Mana Cost |
| Designers |
Brian Tinsman (lead) and Worth Wollpert |
| Developers |
Randy Buehler Jr. (lead), Brandon Bozzi, Mike Elliott, Brian Schneider, and Henry Stern |
| Development code |
Jack |
| Expansion code |
SCG |
| Third set in the Onslaught block |
| Onslaught |
Legions |
Scourge |
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Onslaught is a Magic: The Gathering expert-level block. It consists of the expansion sets Onslaught (October 2002), Legions (January 2003) and Scourge (May 2003). The block's main theme is creature types (for example, Clerics and Goblins), and much of the game play concerns interactions between these "tribes". The story continues the saga of the Mirari from the previous block of expansion sets. Onslaught was the last block printed before the "modern" card face style was introduced.
The story of Onslaught mainly concerns characters introduced in the Odyssey block. Kamahl the Barbarian has relocated to the Krosan Forest with the Mirari and becomes a druid of Krosa. The power of the Mirari begins to work on the forest, mutating its residents and growing some of them to gigantic proportions.
Meanwhile, Kamahl's sister Jeska is transformed by foul Cabal healing magic, into Phage, a pit fighter whose touch brings death. Phage then allies herself with the Cabal.
Ixidor, an illusionist, fights in the pits with his partner, a beautiful sorceress named Nivea, who ends up being killed off by Phage. Ixidor then wanders the desert in grief and discovers his new powers of reality sculpting. Ixidor uses his new power to create a palace in the desert, where he creates an angel based on Nivea named Akroma, who is sworn to his service. He resolves to avenge Nivea's slaying by attacking the Cabal and Phage with Akroma. The escalating struggle between Phage and Akroma leads Kamahl into an uneasy alliance with the Cabal against the destructive power of Ixidor and Akroma.
Kamahl and the Cabal, in their uneasy alliance, set out to defeat the threat of Akroma. Ixidor was killed, but Akroma continued her mission to destroy Phage. In a final battle, Phage and Akroma merge into one being, Karona, the false god. Meanwhile, the slivers, a species which arrived in Dominaria during the Phyrexian Invasion and went extinct at that time, have been revived as clones of the originals through the work of the Riptide Project. Although the Riptide Project was successful in bringing back the species, the hive-minded nature of the species was not understood by the researchers. The result was that the slivers escaped captivity, killed almost all Project staff, and then moved on to establish hives on mainland Otaria.
The war between Phage and Akroma is over. There is no winner, but there is one clear loser: Otaria. The clash of such sheer power merged the two into a new creature, Karona the false god, an immensely powerful being forged from all five colors of Magic (Phage was originally Jeska, a red aligned barbarian corrupted by black mana; Akroma was a white angel created by Ixidor, a blue wizard; both of whom were simultaneously struck down by the green aligned Kamahl). Karona is seen as a god by all who look upon her, and these followers would march to their death just to walk in her footsteps. War begins to mount between rival factions of devtoees, each wanting to claim Karona for themselves.
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