Another theme is the "timeshifted" cards, each of which is a reprint of a card from Magic's past and features a special purple rarity symbol. Two new time-related mechanics were introduced in this expansion, namely split second and suspend, and additionally flash was keyworded.
Returning creature-type themes include rebels, slivers, spellshapers and thallids. These include the keywords buyback, echo, flanking, flashback, madness, morph, shadow, and storm. Many mechanics and themes that appear in Time Spiral also appeared in past expansions. In addition, the rules governing cards without mana costs were changed to allow a cycle of spells only playable by the Suspend ability, and a new rule was created causing +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters on the same permanent to eliminate each other in order to avoid confusion. Most of the returning mechanics received at least a small update (such as Echo now specifying a cost instead of using the mana cost of the permanent by definition). Several rules changes accompanied the release of Time Spiral. He seeks the help of Freyalise to repair the plane. Teferi returns from his phased-out home and upon seeing the destruction realizes that the connection between land and mana is breaking. Time also seems to be in trouble, as people, locations and objects from the plane's past seem to appear and disappear on their own. Mountains are eroded down to obelisk-like spires while seas' acidic waters eat away at the solidified volcanic spurts that dot the waves. The swamps are littered with the dripping carcasses of Phyrexian horrors. Their greenseekers roam Dominaria in search of any thriving plant matter, but the plains are dry salt flats blasted by windstorms. The trees are gray and rotting and covered with a sickly, fungal kudzu. Salt rains from the sky and the air is poisonous. In the end Phyrexia and its god, Yawgmoth, were defeated, but not before they devastated Dominaria. Over two hundred years ago, Phyrexia invaded the plane. Flavor and storyline Īfter more than its fair share of cataclysms, the plane Dominaria is in ruins. Additional art for several tokens was created for Magic Online. The set was accompanied by the novel of the same name by Scott McGough.
The prerelease card was a foil alternate art Lotus Bloom. The prerelease events for this set were held on September 23–24, 2006. This created the possibility of "three rare" boosters in Time Spiral, as it was possible to find the normal rare, a premium rare and a Timeshifted card that was previously rare in the same pack. Past expansions replaced a card of the same rarity as the premium card. All premium cards were now included in booster packs replacing a common card. Time Spiral was the first set to use a new premium card distribution method. Tournament decks contained three timeshifted cards, replacing three commons. Instead, they included ten commons, three uncommons, one rare and one purple-rarity timeshifted card. Time Spiral was the first set since Alliances to distribute cards in boosters differently from the typical eleven commons, three uncommons and one rare format. The booster packs featured artwork from Serra Avenger, Sengir Nosferatu, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy, Undying Rage, and Bogardan Hellkite. All products except the boosters contained a random Pro Tour Players Card. Time Spiral was sold in 75-card tournament decks, 15-card boosters, four preconstructed theme decks and a fat pack. Manufactured by Franklin Instrument Company Time Spiral promo wall clock given by ACD (game distributor) for a qualifying. Timeshifted cards are treated as a part of Time Spiral block, thus it is legal in any format that uses Time Spiral's cards (Standard, Extended, Block Constructed, Modern). However, in the Time Spiral preconstructed decks, timeshifted cards are treated as though they had their original rarity, as each deck features several of the timeshifted cards that were originally common, including multiples of the same card. One timeshifted card appears in every Time Spiral booster pack, making the cards roughly 50% as rare as rare cards, which also appear once per pack but comprise of only 80 cards. Each card in the subset features the old Seventh Edition card frame and has a new purple expansion symbol to denote their unique rarity. Timeshifted cards make up a 121-card subset comprised entirely of pre- Mirrodin reprints, tying in with the set's theme of revisiting the past.
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