Okay, it’s time to find out exactly what this set consists
of. Some of the information here is your
standard-type stuff and some is going to be a more exotic and esoteric things
related to the content of the set. So,
you’ll see the base-line stats and some stuff that will act kind of like
spoiler info. I do reserve the right to
change any of this should a problem with any of the cards arise and I feel the
editorial need to change it. But this is
not to say that I haven’t edited the set yet. I have. I just want a failsafe in
case I find a mistake at the last minute.
Official
stuff
Number of cards: 93
Commons: 48
Uncommons: 25
Rares: 20
Color
distribution
“9” commons in each color
“4” uncommons in each color
“4” rares in each color
Number of
creatures: 48
Common: 25
Uncommon: 13
Rare: 10
Number of lands: 4
Number of instants: 14
And
just for fun
Orb of
Insight-type stuff
If – 64
Graveyard – 20
Chessek – 13
2/2 – 12
Elf – 0
Goblin – 0
Human – 21
Illusion – 2
Exactly two-thirds of the cards in this set have flavor text. That’s right: 62 cards have flavor text I think that flavor is an important component
to enjoying magic and the flavor on the cards helps present that. Each card has art that matches it as well,
and as much as was possible I tried to have the art match the flavor text and
especially represent the setting.
Another funny thing that I just noticed is that the image that I
chose as the booster box cover image (which you can see here) has collector
number 57. In any case, it is a rare
card, if not a rare number. I wonder if
I did that on purpose.