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Expansion Name = '''''Exodus''''' | |
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Expansion Symbol = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:exp sym exodus.gif|''Exodus'' common expansion symbol]] -->| |
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Symbol Description = [[bridge]] | |
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Release Date = 15 June 1998<br/>7 December 2009 ([[Magic: The Gathering Online|MTGO]]) | |
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Mechanics = None new| |
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Keywords = None New| |
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Cycles = Oaths, Keepers, Spikes| |
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Size = 143 cards (55 commons, 44 uncommons, 44 rares)| |
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Expansion Code = EXO| |
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Development Code = Gorgonzola| |
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Block Name = Rath Cycle| |
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Second Set = ''[[Stronghold (Magic: The Gathering)|Stronghold]]''| |
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Third Set = ''Exodus''| |
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Previous Set = ''[[Stronghold (Magic: The Gathering)|Stronghold]]'' | |
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This Set = ''Exodus'' | |
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Next Set = ''[[Portal Second Age]]'' | |
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[[Category:Card games introduced in 1998]] |
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'''''Exodus''''' was the 22nd ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' set, fourteenth expert level set, and the third and final set in the Rath Block, released on 15 June 1998. Its expansion symbol is a [[bridge]]. On 7 December 2009 ''Exodus'' was released on ''[[Magic: The Gathering Online]]''. |
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==Storyline== |
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The crew of ''Weatherlight'' has rescued the pieces of the Legacy and Captain Sisay, and now must retreat through Volrath's Stronghold and escape to the portal that would lead them off of Rath. Volrath and his main lieutenant Greven ''il''-Vec will stop at nothing to destroy them and reclaim the ancient artifacts that will allow Volrath to oppose his hidden master. However, they must also stave off the combined assault of Volrath's Stronghold by the elves of the Skyshroud forest and the human tribes of the Kor, Vec, and Dal, recently reunited by Gerrard of ''Weatherlight''. |
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Also, a disturbing change has happened to Crovax, the noble who accompanied ''Weatherlight'' to Rath. His newly-formed bloodlust and thirst for power threatens to destroy the entire ship. |
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==Set history== |
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''Exodus'' is the first set to make a card's rarity visibly apparent on the card itself. All previous expansions had no way to tell whether a card was a common card or a rare card. From ''Exodus'' on, the expansion symbol reveals what rarity a card is. If a card has a black expansion symbol, it is a common card (there are eleven common cards in a fifteen-card booster pack). If it has a silver expansion symbol, it is an uncommon card (three in a booster pack). If it has a gold expansion symbol, it is a rare card (one in a booster pack). |
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''Exodus'' is also the first set to add collectors' numbers to the cards themselves. Next to the copyright information are two numbers in the format X/Y, where X is the card's collectors' number and Y the number of cards in the set in question. The cards were numbered in alphabetical order by color according to the Magic color wheel, starting with white and going clockwise (to blue, then black, then red, then green, then multicolored cards,then split cards -first appeared in ''Invasion''-, then artifacts, then lands). Thus, in ''Exodus'', the last white card alphabetically in the set, '''Zealots ''en''-Dal''', is numbered 26, and the first blue card alphabetically in the set, '''Æther Tide''', is numbered 27. |
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''Exodus'' is also the first set to center the artist and copyright information at the bottom of the card, rather than have that information aligned to the left side of the card. This change persisted until the card design change in ''[[8th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)|8th Edition]]''. |
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==Mechanics== |
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''Exodus'' introduces no new keywords or mechanics, but it did use the Buyback and Shadow mechanics introduced in ''[[Tempest (Magic: The Gathering)|Tempest]]''. |
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There were two cycles in ''Exodus'' called by the name of "underdog" cards: cards that aid the player most when he is behind his opponent in a certain aspect of the game. The first cycle are the Oaths, one rare enchantment of each color, that would check a resource (life, creatures, cards in hand) of each player and then balance them out. There were also the keepers, that were weaker creature versions of the oaths, and uncommon. |
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==Notable cards== |
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* '''{{mtgcard|Survival of the Fittest}}''' — The signature card of "Survival" decks. Survival of the Fittest acts as a search engine for silver-bullet creatures or as a combo engine with cards like {{mtgcard|Loyal Retainers}} and {{mtgcard|Iona, Shield of Emeria}} or {{mtgcard|Basking Rootwalla}} and {{mtgcard|Vengevine}}. The printing of Vengevine greatly increased the power of Survival of the Fittest and led to its banning in [[DCI (Wizards of the Coast)#Eternal|Legacy]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lauer|first=Erik|title=Explanation of December 2010 B&R Changes|url=http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/122l|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|accessdate=May 9, 2011}}</ref> |
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* '''{{mtgcard|Oath of Druids}}''' — Of the five Oath cards in ''Exodus'' Oath of Druids had the most impact on tournament Magic, especially after the printing of {{mtgcard|Forbidden Orchard}}. It is one of the game's most efficient means of putting expensive creatures into play without paying their mana costs, and modern [[DCI (Wizards of the Coast)#Eternal|Vintage]] decks still use it for that reason. |
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* '''{{mtgcard|Hatred}}''' - This card allows you to pay life to boost the power of a creature, and allowed certain decks to kill the opponent as fast as the second turn. |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.wizards.com/magic/expert/Exodus/Exodus.asp Wizard's official page for ''Exodus''] |
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* [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?output=spoiler&method=visual&action=advanced&set=%5B%22Exodus%22%5D Visual card list] at gatherer.wizards.com |
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