
MTG LORWYN REGULAR MOL FACTORY SET
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Themes
Tribes and creature types, previously explored in the Onslaught block, are a prominent theme of the Lorwyn block. Lorwyn focuses on a different selection of creature types from Onslaught's types, with Elves and Goblins being the only tribes common to both blocks, and all tribes having cards in at least two colors. With Tribal cards, spells may also have creature types, and thus affect cards that take creature types into account. The first tribal card (Bound in Silence, a Rebel tribal aura) had previously been introduced in Future Sight.
Mechanics
- "Champion is a mechanic that allows a powerful creature to "overlay" a creature of the specified subtype", or "allows you to upgrade one permanent into another." Champion is a triggered ability that appears solely on creature cards in Lorwyn, all of which are rare or uncommon.
- Changeling is the keywording of Mistform Ultimus's ability, "Misform Ultimus is every creature type (even if this card isn't in play)." Its reminder text is "(This card is every creature type at all times.)" and it appears on 19 spells and creatures.
- Clash is a keyword action that creates a mini-contest. You may get a bonus if you win the clash. Clash appears on numerous cards in Lorwyn, including as a part of an ability or a condition for triggered abilities.
- Deathtouch, introduced in Future Sight with Thornweald Archer, represents an ability that has long been a part of Magic, but only recently keyworded. In Lorwyn, the term "deathtouch" appears on six cards, all of which are in black and green, the color of the Lorwyn elves; and the ability itself appears innately on two creatures (Moonglove Winnower and Wren's Run Vanquisher), both elves in black and green, respectively.
- Evoke is a keyword ability that represents a static ability and a triggered ability; it allows a player to play an alternate cost for a creature spell that possesses this ability, but the creature is then sacrificed when it enters the battlefield. In Lorwyn, evoke appears only on Elemental creature cards with "enters-the-battlefield" abilities, letting the caster use the ability without keeping the creature.
- Hideaway, which appears on a cycle of rare Lorwyn lands, lets you "hide" (exiling face down) a card "away" for later. It also causes the lands to enter the battlefield tapped. Upon completing a set condition, the card may be cast for no mana.
Notable cards
- Doran, the Siege Tower is a rare legendary 0/5 creature with rule-changing text stating "Each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.", which was later unofficially named Backbone.
- Gaddock Teeg prevents non-creature spells being cast, most often Wrath effects due to their cost floor, which makes it an effective disruptive piece in creature decks.
- Oblivion Ring was the first in a long line of white enchantments that exile a target indefinitely unless it leaves play, creating a new type of imprisoning effect, although the mechanic was experimented with in other colors beforehand. The success of the mechanic later pushed R&D to solve the "Oblivion Ring problem", where the rules text template caused unintuitive behavior if the card was removed before its target was exiled.
- Ponder is a cantrip that was a simplified version of Portent that was close to the best cantrip since Brainstorm. On June 1, 2008, it was restricted in Vintage format for "finding the powerful restricted cards in a deck too easy" according to Mike Turian, before it was unrestricted 16 years later in 2024. It was also banned from Modern in September 2011.
- Thorn of Amethyst is another Stax piece that was restricted from Vintage.
- Thoughtseize became the benchmark for precision discard spells since its printing, with close competition with Inquisition of Kozilek. Both are the backbone of black disruption against a variety of decks.
- Cryptic Command is the most enduring Command, having been played in Modern until the printing of Archmage's Charm in 2019.
- Primal Command also saw play in Modern in decks like Ponza that can use it to attack the opponent's mana base and decks like Amulet Titan that can generate enough mana to loop it multiple times
- Lairwatch Giant was the first white common with more than 3 power, in fact one of only a few with 5 power (Yoked Plowbeast, Guardian Naga).
- Springleaf Drum has seen substantial play in Modern and Pauper artifact decks, which combine it with cheap or even free creatures to easily produce mana while contributing to artifact synergies.
- Spellstutter Sprite forms the backbone of the at times dominant Pauper Faeries deck, providing both a clock and efficient disruption. With the best spells in wider formats costing one or less, it has seen play in Legacy and Modern as well.
- Merrow Reejerey has been a key part of Modern Merfolk decks since the format began.
- Pestermite was one of the key combo pieces, alongside Deceiver Exarch, in the later Modern combo deck Splinter Twin which resulted in the eponymous card getting banned.
- Evoke creatures
- Ingot Chewer is a common 3/3 Elemental creature for 5 mana with an evoke cost of 1 mana and a comes-into-play ability equivalent to Shatter. The evoke cost of 1 mana reinforces Aaron Forsythe's earlier statement that destroying an artifact can fairly cost just 1 instead of 2 mana, which would later come to pass with Smelt. It had some play in Vintage as a cheap anti-lock piece that couldn't be hit by Chalice of the Void.
- Mulldrifter is a common 2/2 Elemental creature with flying for 5 mana with an evoke cost of 3 mana and a comes-into-play ability of drawing 2 cards. It was the basis of comparison in Constructed with Baneslayer Angel, in that Mulldrifter was marginally superior due to the immediate three-for-one. It was referenced in the Mystery Booster set with the Form of the Mulldrifter test card (blending the original with Form of the Dragon).
- Shriekmaw is an uncommon 3/2 Elemental creature with an entry ability suggestive of "Terror", being the newest generation of Nekrataal that worked on turn 2 and with reanimation spells.
- Cloudthresher is not particularly notable as anything more than a Hurricane variant, but it being played alongside Cruel Ultimatum was a sign of the excessive mana fixing in the 5-Color Control in Alara block.
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