Block of expansion sets in Magic: The Gathering
Innistrad Two backwards-facing herons
Released September 30, 2011 Size 264 cards (16 Mythic Rare, 59 Rare, 67 Uncommon, 107 Common, 15 Basic Land) Mechanics Curse, Fight, Flashback, Morbid, Transform Designers Mark Rosewater (lead), Richard Garfield , Jenna Helland, Graeme Hopkins, Tom LaPille Developers Erik Lauer (lead), Mark L. Gottlieb, David Humpherys , Tom LaPille, Adam Lee, Kenneth Nagle Development code Shake Expansion code ISD
Innistrad
Dark Ascension
Avacyn Restored
Dark Ascension The Innistrad symbol turned inside out
[ 1] Released February 3, 2012 Size 158 cards (12 Mythic Rare, 38 Rare, 44 Uncommon, 64 Common, 0 Basic Land)[ 2] Mechanics Undying, Fateful Hour, Morbid, Flashback, Transform Designers Mark Rosewater (lead), Jenna Helland, Zac Hill, Graeme Hopkins, Matt TabakDevelopers Tom LaPille (lead), Mark L. Gottlieb, Zac Hill, David Humpherys, Ken TroopDevelopment code Rattle Expansion code DKA
Innistrad
Dark Ascension
Avacyn Restored
Avacyn Restored Avacyn's Collar
Released May 4, 2012 Size 244 cards (15 Mythic Rare, 53 Rare, 60 Uncommon, 101 Common, 15 Basic Land) Mechanics Undying, Soulbond, Miracle Designers Brian Tinsman (lead), Mark L. Gottlieb, Dave Guskin, Kenneth Nagle, Bill Rose, Mark Rosewater Developers David Humpherys (lead), Mark Globus, Dave Guskin, Erik Lauer, Billy Moreno, Matt Sernett Development code Roll Expansion code AVR
Innistrad
Dark Ascension
Avacyn Restored
The Innistrad block is a block of the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering , consisting of the expansion sets Innistrad (September 30, 2011), Dark Ascension (February 3, 2012) and Avacyn Restored (May 4, 2012).[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Innistrad is a "top-down" designed block based on Gothic horror .[ 6] The set's mechanics and effects take mainly graveyard themes, with a minor focus on tribal themes. The tagline for the set is "Horror Lurks Within". It has 264 cards.[ 3] [ 7]
Magic returned to the plane of Innistrad in 2016 with the [ 8] Shadows Over Innistrad block, consisting of Shadows Over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon . This article deals with the original Innistrad block.
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