Shadowmoor
Shadowmoor
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| Released |
May 2, 2008 |
| Size |
301 (80 rare, 80 uncommon, 121 common, 20 basic lands) |
| Keywords |
Persist, Wither, Conspire |
| Mechanics |
Hybrid mana, −1/−1 counters, untap symbol |
| Designers |
Mark Rosewater (lead), Sean Fletcher, Mark Gottlieb, Devin Low, Ken Troop |
| Developers |
Aaron Forsythe (lead), Devin Low, Alexis Janson, Matt Place, Jake Theis, Steve Warner, Doug Beyer |
| Development code |
Jelly |
| Expansion code |
SHM |
| First set in the Shadowmoor block |
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Eventide
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| Released |
2008 July 25 |
| Size |
180 cards (60 Rare, 60 Uncommon, 60 Common) |
| Keywords |
Chroma, Retrace
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| Mechanics |
Hybrid Enemy Colors |
| Designers |
Mark Rosewater (lead), Alexis Janson, Kenneth Nagle, Jake Theis, Brian Tinsman |
| Developers |
Matt Place (lead), Nate Heiss, Erik Lauer, Kenneth Nagle, Mike Turian
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| Development code |
Doughnut |
| Expansion code |
EVE |
| Second set in the Shadowmoor block |
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Shadowmoor is a Magic: The Gathering block consisting of the expansion sets Shadowmoor (May 2, 2008) and Eventide (July 25, 2008). It was originally planned as part of the Lorwyn block, but partway into the design of Lorwyn, that block was changed to a two-set block and Shadowmoor was released as the first set of a second two-set block. The two blocks were linked through synergy and rotated through the official tournament formats as a single, four-expansion unit.
Shadowmoor is the first set of the Shadowmoor block, which started May 2008. Shadowmoor is the first large expansion to be released in a month other than October since Ice Age’s June 1995 release. The designers of the set are Mark Rosewater (lead), Sean Fletcher, Mark Gottlieb, Devin Low, and Ken Troop; the developers of the set are Aaron Forsythe (lead), Devin Low, Alexis Janson (the winner of The Great Designer Search Contest), Matt Place, Jake Theis, Steve Warner, and Doug Beyer. The Shadowmoor symbol might suggest a bat wing or dead leaf, but is a Jack-o'-lantern lid taken from the art of the card Reaper King, the King of the scarecrows, a prominent creature type in the set. The set's theme is color, utilizing hybrid (introduced and last seen in the Ravnica block) across the allied color pairs, along with innovations in hybrid mana. A new action is introduced in this set, called "Q", representing the untap symbol; according to Rosewater, this has "never [been] done before." Rosewater also stated that "the set plays into the duality theme between Lorwyn and Shadowmoor blocks, both in the art and the mechanics." For example, the same creature types from Lorwyn returned.
The set plays on the same plane as Lorwyn, but due to an event called the Aurora, the plane and its inhabitants are twisted and changed. The art of Shadowmoor's booster packs depicts familiar Lorwyn creatures either during or after a dark change. As such, there are a number of mirrors between the Lorwyn and Shadowmoor blocks (For example, Lorwyn focuses on tapping and +1/+1 counters, while Shadowmoor focuses on untapping and −1/−1 counters)
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