Players were having trouble getting access to older, often more powerful cards. While Standard is much beloved, many players enjoy playing larger formats involving older cards. We had to find ways to address this.Ĭhallenge #2: Getting Players Access to Older Cards Through market research and social media, we learned that many of the players who were interested in playing Standard felt it was something beyond their reach. It's designed as an entry point for players who wish to play Constructed Magic.
Standard is the most-played Constructed format. I'm going to start my explanation by walking through some of the challenges we've faced.Ĭhallenge #1: Keeping Standard Accessible The short answer is that we've faced a number of challenges as Magic has grown, and we found that many of those challenges were addressed with Zendikar Expeditions.
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Now that I've explained what we're doing, it's time to talk about how the Masterpiece Series came about and why we've chosen to do it. Masterpiece cards can be played in any Limited format they're opened in and in any Constructed format in which the card is already legal.Masterpiece cards will not exist in Magic Duels.Look for that announcement later this month. They're going to be distributed in an exciting new way, but we're not quite ready to announce what that is. Masterpiece cards are planned for Magic Online, but will not be redeemable and are not counted as part of the set.All Masterpiece cards will exist only in premium foil versions.For example, the Masterpiece Series cards in Kaladesh and Aether Revolt will share one unique expansion symbol-they won't use the Kaladesh or Aether Revolt symbols. The expansion symbol for each Masterpiece Series will be block-specific, but distinct from the sets in that block.All Masterpiece Series cards are printed in English, but they do appear in non-English product.The large set and small set in a block will have different Masterpiece cards.
Kaladesh Inventions, for example, will have 30 cards in Kaladesh and 24 cards in Aether Revolt. The number of Masterpiece Series cards may fluctuate, but roughly speaking we expect each Masterpiece Series to be around 50 cards for the whole block.The frame treatment will be exclusive to the Masterpiece Series it appears in.
I will be showing off some of the Kaladesh Inventions cards later in this article, so you'll get a chance to see what I'm talking about for our first Masterpiece Series. The frame will likewise have a special treatment that ties into the theme of the block. For instance, all of the Kaladesh Inventions will be artifact cards presented as Kaladeshi artifacts. The Masterpiece Series, both in presentation and card selection, will be tied thematically to the world appearing in the block.(I'm talking, of course, about the card itself and not the particular creative/frame treatment.) There will never be cards appearing in a Masterpiece Series that can't be found outside of it. Kaladesh Inventions has a cycle of five mythic rare cards that appear in the Kaladesh set. There will often be cards from that set included in the Masterpiece Series (like how the Battle for Zendikar rare dual lands were included in Zendikar Expeditions), but they will typically exist in the set in a traditional frame in their normal rarity in addition to appearing in the Masterpiece Series. The Masterpiece Series will be reprints of existing cards with one exception.(Technically, the Kaladesh booster pack says the ratio is 1:2,160 cards.) This is slightly more often than opening a premium mythic rare. For example, in Kaladesh, you will open a Kaladesh Inventions card roughly 1 out of every 144 boosters. The Masterpiece Series will exist at a rarity higher than mythic rare.Basically, we're taking what we did with the Zendikar Expeditions and applying it to every set. Each individual block will have its own name for the Series (the Masterpiece Series for Kaladesh block, for example, will be called Kaladesh Inventions), but it will be referred to overall as the Masterpiece Series. Starting with Kaladesh and for the foreseeable future, we're going to be adding a new feature called the Masterpiece Series. I'll explain what it is, walk through how and why it came about, and then show off some pretty cool cards. Next week, I will continue that story, but I'm taking a break this week to talk about another exciting thing Kaladesh will be introducing to Magic. Last week I began telling you the design story of Kaladesh.
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