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Expansion Name = '''''Weatherlight''''' | |
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Expansion Symbol = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:exp sym wl.gif|''Weatherlight'' expansion symbol]] -->| |
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Symbol Description = [[Thran]] Tome, an open [[book]] | |
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Release Date = June 1997<br/>12 December 2007 ([[Magic: The Gathering Online|MTGO]]) | |
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Mechanics = Graveyard matters | |
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Keywords = Flanking, Phasing, Cumulative Upkeep| |
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Cycles = Sacrifice Auras| |
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Size = 167 cards (62 commons, 55 uncommons, 50 rares)| |
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Expansion Code = WTH| |
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Development Code = Mochalette| |
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Block Name = Mirage | |
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First Set = ''[[Mirage (Magic: The Gathering)|Mirage]]'' | |
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Second Set = ''[[Visions (Magic: The Gathering)|Visions]]'' | |
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Third Set = ''Weatherlight'' | |
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Previous Set = ''[[Portal (Magic: The Gathering)|Portal]]'' | |
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This Set = ''Weatherlight'' | |
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Next Set = ''[[Tempest (Magic: The Gathering)|Tempest]]'' | |
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[[Category:Card games introduced in 1997]] |
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'''''Weatherlight''''' is the nineteenth ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' set and eleventh expert level set, third and last in the [[Mirage (Magic: The Gathering)|Mirage Block]]. It was released in June 1997. Its expansion symbol is the [[Thran]] Tome. On 12 December 2007 ''Weatherlight'' was released on ''[[Magic: The Gathering Online]]''. |
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== Storyline == |
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''Weatherlight'' began the longest story arc in ''Magic'''s history, which would last continuously until the release of ''[[Apocalypse (Magic: The Gathering)|Apocalypse]]'' four years later (the aftermath of the story was explored for two years afterward). The story introduces the crew of the flying ship ''Weatherlight'', which traverses the planes of the [[Parallel universe (fiction)|multiverse]] in search of the scattered group of ancient artifacts known collectively as the Legacy. The captain of the ship, [[List of characters in Magic: The Gathering: S#Sisay|Sisay]], is abducted to the shadowy world of [[Rath (Magic plane)|Rath]], and her old friend and crewmate, a former Benalish soldier named [[Gerrard Capashen|Gerrard]], is pressed into taking command of the ship to rescue her. |
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== Set history == |
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Even though ''Weatherlight'' was the last expansion in the Mirage block it does not continue the story set in ''[[Mirage (Magic: The Gathering)|Mirage]]'' and ''[[Visions (Magic: The Gathering)|Visions]]''. Instead, this expansion begins a new story with new characters. Sisay and the flying ship ''Weatherlight'' had been mentioned in and played a relatively minor role in ''Mirage'' and ''Visions''. Mechanics from the other expansions in this block do appear as well as some new ones. |
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== Mechanics == |
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* ''Weatherlight'' had a strong theme of graveyard-related abilities. The set boasted more ways to retrieve cards from the graveyard than ever before, and other spells used the graveyard as a resource by removing cards in it from the game. |
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* ''Weatherlight'' provided a new twist on cumulative upkeep: cards with effects which became larger as their cumulative upkeep costs increased. Cumulative upkeep would not be used again until [[Coldsnap]] was released in 2006. |
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* ''Weatherlight'' was also the last set to use banding, a mechanic created in ''[[Alpha (Magic: The Gathering)|Alpha]]'', because it was deemed too confusing. |
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* ''Weatherlight'' had many so-called "cantrips" - spells that let you draw a card in addition to their normal effect. ''Weatherlight's'' innovation was to allow the cantrip's caster to draw the card as soon as the spell resolved, rather than during the next turn, a change which is still used on cantrips to this day. |
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* Though the third set in the Mirage block, ''Weatherlight'' does not prominently feature the keyword mechanics introduced in ''Mirage''. Phasing appears on only three cards in ''Weatherlight'', and flanking appears on two cards. |
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== External links == |
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* [http://www.wizards.com/magic/expert/Weatherlight/Weatherlight.asp Wizard's official page for ''Weatherlight''] |
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* [http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Skyship_Weatherlight For information on the Skyship ''Weatherlight''] |
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