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Zendikar Rising (ZNR)
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Set OverviewStats based on: Premier Draft
Archetypes & Signpost Uncommons
Popular Combat Tricks
Set Mechanics
Previous Magic sets have included double-faced cards that required you to play them with their front faces up and transform them in some way to get to the back faces. The Zendikar Rising set features an exciting new take on this concept with modal double-faced cards: they don't transform, but instead you can play either face right away!
View all 0 Modal Double-Faced Cards cardsIf a land enters the battlefield under your control, all your landfall abilities will trigger. If more than one landfall ability triggers at the same time, you can put those abilities on the stack in any order. It doesn't matter why the land is entering the battlefield. It could be your land play for the turn. It could be a spell or ability that tells you to put a land card onto the battlefield.
View all 0 Landfall cardsKicker is an optional additional cost. As you cast a spell with kicker, you choose whether you're just paying the mana cost to get the spell's normal effects. If you have the mana available, you can choose to kick the spell, paying the mana cost and the kicker cost.
View all 0 Kicker cardsAn homage to classic adventuring parties, the new party mechanic highlights four specific creature types: Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard. The number of creatures in your party is how many of those roles you can fill with a creature you control. Each creature you control can fill a maximum of one role.
View all 0 Party cardsIf you've got a Cleric in your party, you may be rewarded for gaining life.
View all 0 Cleric Theme: Gaining Life cardsThreshold abilities care about you having seven or more cards in your graveyard. Some threshold abilities are, like the one Crypt Feaster has, a triggered ability. Whenever Crypt Feaster attacks, its ability checks to see if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard. If there are, the ability triggers and goes onto the stack. Players can respond to this ability with instants or activated abilities.
View all 0 Threshold cardsIf you've got a Warrior in your party, you probably like to attack. A lot. Warriors in this set don't have a unifying mechanic, but they benefit greatly both from attacking and from these "snap-on" Equipment, each of which comes with one free attachment.
View all 0 Warrior Theme: Snap-On Equipment cardsIf you've got a Wizard in your party, you may be rewarded for casting certain spells that Wizards like: instants, sorceries, and even more Wizards.
View all 0 Wizard Theme: Casting Spells cards