New sets coming out

sorinjacesorinjace
edited September 2019 in Off-topic Chat
I originally was going to discuss deleting cards, but nevermind. It will be too much work. I have, however, fell out of the loop somewhat on the new sets coming out. Can you guys post them here, like the order, or a site to go to see the order of the sets coming out and when their prerelease dates are? Thanks so much! :)

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  • MemoryHeadMemoryHead
    First off, here's the timeline that was released of upcoming sets for 2020:

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    Before any of those release, Throne of Eldraine will release. I'll assume that you know what that is and largely leave it be. If you don't, it's a set abut Grimm's fairy tales and Arthurian-style legend and it actually looks really good. It's the only set we know the release and prerelease dates of, with the release on the 4th of October and the prerelease on the 28th and 29th of September.

    Theros Beyond Death will apparently be Theros, but based in and around the underworld this time. Most people seem to be expecting a brief appearance from Gideon and that the story will orbit around Elspeth and her returning from the dead. As much as I might wish them to be wrong, they'll probably be right.

    Ikoria will be a new plane which was pitched as a plane where you'll get to play with and make monsters, with the making of monsters apparently being some sort of wacky mechanic.

    Core 2020 will probably be a generic core set in most aspects, but it was also pitched as "Do you like Teferi?" No, WotC. I certainly don't after all of the unbalanced cards he's been given.

    Zendikar Rising will apparently be Zendikar with all of the eldrazi gone and a return to the roots of the original Zendikar sets. I've got high hopes for it, and if nothing else it should be able to bring us some nice new full-art lands.
  • sorinjacesorinjace
    This all sounds wonderful. I know (from what it sounds) you may not care much for the storyline of the Underworld with Gideon and Elspeth, but they are both loved very much and people want to know what has happened to them and their future in mtg (especially Elspeth.) I can't wait to just go back to Theros in general. I got into magic at the end of the Avacyn Restored set, around the beginning of Return to Ravnica, so Theros was a very good set for me. I'm really good at that style of play (and Innistrad of course.) Devotion and monstrosity is a staple in quite a few of my decks, I believe every mono edh deck I own has at least one of the two abilities (or both) in the deck somewhere.

    I am aware of Throne of Eldraine, although I wasn't quite for sure when the prerelease and release dates was. That is awesome it is just a couple days after my birthday! (Sept. 25) So I will have to go to this, I'll give myself some mtg cards for a birthday gift to myself haha.

    Thank you for the information it was very helpful @MemoryHead!

    @Corwinnn, when you get a chance, please close this discussion. MemoryHead provided the information I was looking for. :)
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