Magic 2015

Magic: The Gathering 2015 Core Set, commonly referred to as Magic 2015 or M15 is the 16th Magic core set. It was released on July 18, 2014.
==Set details==
Magic 2015 contains 269 cards (101 Commons, 80 Uncommons, 53 Rares, 15 Mythic Rares, 20 Basic Land). WotC changed the default from 60 uncommons to 80 uncommons for large sets as it makes limited play better. The default of large sets moving forward would be 269. An additional 15 cards appear in the sample decks. Magic 2015 is strongly integrated with its digital counterpart, Duels of the Planeswalkers. The set features a black / green version of the planeswalker Garruk and the "You Make The Card"-card <c>Waste Not</c>. The set also features a new card face with a special Magic font ("Beleren"), a holofoil stamp, revamped collector info and a decreased border size. The Magic logo for this set is colored black. The returning mechanic is convoke.
Magic 2015 introduced a templating change to cards that set a creature's power and toughness to a specific value. The term "base power and toughness" makes it clearer that other continuous effects that modify power and toughness, such as the ones created by <c>Titanic Growth</c> or a +1/+1 counter, apply after the creature's power and toughness are changed.
====Magic Story====
Title 	Author 	Release Date	Setting (plane) 	Featuring
 	Kelly Digges 	2014-06-11 	Theros 	Diantha, Kydele, Kruphix, Xenagos, Elspeth, Ajani, Kiora, Callaphe
 	Tom LaPille 	2014-06-18 	Innistrad 	Garruk, Liliana Vess, Pavel, Avacyn
 	Kelly Digges 	2014-06-25 	Zendikar 	Nissa Revane, Ulamog, Hamadi, Bahkut, Alira, Khali, Sha'heel
 	James Wyatt 	2014-07-02 	Shandalar 	Liliana Vess, Kothophed, Griselbrand, Garruk, Raven Man, Kurkesh
 	Matt Knicl 	2014-07-09 	Shandalar 	Hastric, Jalira, Yisan, Dexros, Grendub
 	Jennifer Clarke Wilkes	2014-07-16 	Innistrad, Esper	Vronos, Avacyn, Garruk
 	Tom LaPille 	2014-07-23 	Theros 	Ajani Goldmane, Lanathos, Elspeth, Seza, Brimaz, Pyxathor, Xenagos, Heliod
 	Kelly Digges 	2014-07-30 	Unknown plane 	Fizz, Razgar, Yort
Dreams of the Damned	Nik Davidson 	2014-08-06 	Zendikar 	Ob Nixilis, Nahiri, Jace Beleren
 	Colin Kawakami 	2014-08-13 	Innistrad 	Dovid, Avacyn, Gryta, Mikaeus Cecani, Griselbrand, Edgar Markov, Shilgengar, Marycz, Sorin Markov
Monster 	Ken Troop 	2014-08-20 	Shandalar 	Garruk, Liliana Vess, Jace Beleren, "Icy"
===Designer credits===
Multiple game world VIPs were invited to create cards for Magic 2015. Their credits appear below the usual flavor text, in smaller type.
Credited 	Known for 	Card
George Fan 	Designer of Plants vs. Zombies. 	
Penny Arcade 	Jerry Holkins (Tycho) and Mike Krahulik (Gabe) created the Penny Arcade webcomic and the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX). 	<c>Avarice Amulet</c>
Markus Persson (Notch)	Creator of Minecraft, founder of Mojang. 	<c>Aggressive Mining</c>
Richard Garriot 	Creator of the Ultima series. 	<c>Shield of the Avatar</c>
David Sirlin 	Designer on Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Yomi. 	<c>Master of Predicaments</c>
Rob Pardo 	Former Chief Creative Officer at Blizzard, lead designer of World of Warcraft. 	<c>Xathrid Slyblade</c>
Isaiah Cartwright 	Lead game designer for Guild Wars 2. 	<c>Warden of the Beyond</c>
Justin Gary 	Designer of Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer and Solforge.Winner of Pro Tour Houston 2002, National Team Championship in Worlds 2003.	<c>Spirit Bonds</c>
Stone Librande 	Lead designer of Diablo 3, creative director of SimCity. 	<c>Goblin Kaboomist</c>
Brian Fargo 	Founder of Interplay Entertainment and InXile Entertainment. 	<c>Yisan, the Wanderer Bard</c>
Mike Neumann 	Gearbox Software, creative director on Borderlands. 	
James Ernest 	Owner and lead designer for Cheapass Games. 	<c>Hot Soup</c>
Edmund McMillen 	Indie designer of Super Meat Boy, featured in Indie Game: The Movie. 	<c>Cruel Sadist</c>
Brad Muir 	Game designer at Double Fine Productions, project lead on Iron Brigade. 	<c>Ob Nixilis, Unshackled</c>
The Magic community 	You Make the Card. 	
===Marketing===
Magic 2015 is sold in booster packs, Intro packs, a fat pack, the new clash pack (which is a 2-Player Starter Set) and the M15 Deck Builder's Toolkit. The boosters featured art work from <c>Ajani Steadfast</c>, <c>Jace, the Living Guildpact</c>, <c>Nightfire Giant</c>, <c>Soul of Shandalar</c> and <c>Nissa, Worldwaker</c>. The prerelease was July 12–13, 2014, the magic online release was on July 28, 2014 and the Game Day was August 9–10, 2014. The set was promoted at the website www.huntbiggergame.com
====Prerelease====
There are five prerelease packs, one for each color. Each comes with a seeded booster pack that corresponds with that color. When registering for the Prerelease tournament, each player chooses one. The seeded booster pack will assist players in building a deck by providing a starting point in their chosen color. Each seeded booster pack contains a premium promo card, which players may include in their tournament decks. Each prerelease pack comes with a oversized challenge card, <c>Garruk the Slayer</c>, which is a key component of Magic 2015's experience design (designed by Ethan Fleischer and Gavin Verhey). The prerelease pack further contains 5 regular booster packs, 1 activity insert, 1 Spindown life counter, and 3 Wolf tokens. One player plays their Prerelease deck as normal. This player always goes first. The other player plays as Garruk. Garruk starts at 20 loyalty and can activate one loyalty ability each turn. Garruk can be attacked and if his loyalty reaches 0, he loses. But if Garruk's horde of Wolves drops the player to 0, then Garruk wins. The oversized Garruk Planeswalker card can't be returned to its owner's hand or otherwise removed.
====Promotional cards====
*Prerelease: one of five according to the chosen color: <c>Resolute Archangel</c>, <c>Mercurial Pretender</c>, <c>Indulgent Tormentor</c>, <c>Siege Dragon</c> or <c>Phytotitan</c>
*Launch promo: <c>In Garruk's Wake</c>
*Game Day: full-art <c>Reclamation Sage</c>
*Game Day (Top 8): full-art <c>Chief Engineer</c>
*Buy-a-Box: <c>Goblin Rabblemaster</c>
====Tokens/Emblems====
"Token" now appears on the type line as a pseudo-supertype. Emblems have also received a type line, which includes the Planeswalker subtype.
# 1/1 Sliver creature for <c>Sliver Hive</c>
# 1/1 Soldier creature for <c>First Response</c> and <c>Raise the Alarm</c>
# 1/1 Spirit creature with flying for <c>Spirit Bonds</c> and <c>Triplicate Spirits</c>
# 1/1 Squid creature with islandwalk for <c>Chasm Skulker</c> and <c>Coral Barrier</c>
# 3/3 Beast creature with deathtouch for <c>Garruk, Apex Predator</c>
# 2/2 Zombie creature for <c>Necromancer's Stockpile</c> and <c>Waste Not</c>
# 2/2 Dragon creature with flying and “: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn” for <c>Brood Keeper</c>
# 1/1 Goblin creature for <c>Goblin Rabblemaster</c>
# 3/3 Beast creature for <c>Feral Incarnation</c> and <c>Soul of Zendikar</c>
# 1/1 Insect creature with flying and deathtouch for <c>Hornet Nest</c> and <c>Hornet Queen</c>
# */* Treefolk Warrior creature with “This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Forests you control” for <c>Kalonian Twingrove</c>
# Artifact named with “, Sacrifice this artifact: This artifact deals 2 damage to target attacking creature without flying” for <c>Goblin Kaboomist</c>
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====Sample decks====
The Magic 2015 Core Set comes with five thirty-card sample decks. Each sample deck has several cards numbered 270 and higher that do not appear in Magic 2015 booster packs. They include classics like <c>Serra Angel</c>, <c>Sengir Vampire</c>, and <c>Mahamoti Djinn</c>. These 15 cards are legal for tournament play in any format that includes the Magic 2015 core set. The Deck Builder's Toolkit 2015 contains a single copy of card numbers 270 and 272–284 and two copies of card number 271 <c>Divine Verdict</c>.
==Cycles==
Magic 2015 has ten cycles:
Cycle name 	 	 	 	 	
Planeswalkers 	 	 	 	 	
Planeswalkers 	Six mythic rare Planeswalkers including . 	Six mythic rare Planeswalkers including . 	Six mythic rare Planeswalkers including . 	Six mythic rare Planeswalkers including . 	Six mythic rare Planeswalkers including .
Plane souls 	 	 	 	 	
Plane souls 	Six mythic rare 6/6 Avatar cards including . 	Six mythic rare 6/6 Avatar cards including . 	Six mythic rare 6/6 Avatar cards including . 	Six mythic rare 6/6 Avatar cards including . 	Six mythic rare 6/6 Avatar cards including .
Legendaries 	 	 	 	 	
Legendaries 	Five rare legendary creatures 	Five rare legendary creatures 	Five rare legendary creatures 	Five rare legendary creatures 	Five rare legendary creatures
Paragons 	 	 	 	 	
Paragons 	Five uncommon 2/2 color Lords. 	Five uncommon 2/2 color Lords. 	Five uncommon 2/2 color Lords. 	Five uncommon 2/2 color Lords. 	Five uncommon 2/2 color Lords.
Slivers 	 	 	 	 	
Slivers 	Five uncommon slivers. 	Five uncommon slivers. 	Five uncommon slivers. 	Five uncommon slivers. 	Five uncommon slivers.
Sedge creatures 	 	 	 	 	
Sedge creatures 	Five uncommon creatures that get +1/+1 if you control a basic land of the appropriate allied color and can activate an ability for payment in that allied color. This cycle uses the other allied color than the cycle from Magic 2013, and the activated abilities have greater utility.	Five uncommon creatures that get +1/+1 if you control a basic land of the appropriate allied color and can activate an ability for payment in that allied color. This cycle uses the other allied color than the cycle from Magic 2013, and the activated abilities have greater utility.	Five uncommon creatures that get +1/+1 if you control a basic land of the appropriate allied color and can activate an ability for payment in that allied color. This cycle uses the other allied color than the cycle from Magic 2013, and the activated abilities have greater utility.	Five uncommon creatures that get +1/+1 if you control a basic land of the appropriate allied color and can activate an ability for payment in that allied color. This cycle uses the other allied color than the cycle from Magic 2013, and the activated abilities have greater utility.	Five uncommon creatures that get +1/+1 if you control a basic land of the appropriate allied color and can activate an ability for payment in that allied color. This cycle uses the other allied color than the cycle from Magic 2013, and the activated abilities have greater utility.
Wizard Staves 	 	 	 	 	
Wizard Staves 	Five uncommon artifacts that cost and have an ability that allows its controller to gain one life whenever a spell or land of the appropriate color is played. Reprinted from Magic 2014 	Five uncommon artifacts that cost and have an ability that allows its controller to gain one life whenever a spell or land of the appropriate color is played. Reprinted from Magic 2014 	Five uncommon artifacts that cost and have an ability that allows its controller to gain one life whenever a spell or land of the appropriate color is played. Reprinted from Magic 2014 	Five uncommon artifacts that cost and have an ability that allows its controller to gain one life whenever a spell or land of the appropriate color is played. Reprinted from Magic 2014 	Five uncommon artifacts that cost and have an ability that allows its controller to gain one life whenever a spell or land of the appropriate color is played. Reprinted from Magic 2014
Walls 	 	 	 	 	
Walls 	Five cross-rarity Walls with 0 power and an ability. 	Five cross-rarity Walls with 0 power and an ability. 	Five cross-rarity Walls with 0 power and an ability. 	Five cross-rarity Walls with 0 power and an ability. 	Five cross-rarity Walls with 0 power and an ability.
Same-color enhancers 	 	 	 	 	
Same-color enhancers 	A loose cycle of five common cards that are more effective when played in conjunction with cards of the same color. 	A loose cycle of five common cards that are more effective when played in conjunction with cards of the same color. 	A loose cycle of five common cards that are more effective when played in conjunction with cards of the same color. 	A loose cycle of five common cards that are more effective when played in conjunction with cards of the same color. 	A loose cycle of five common cards that are more effective when played in conjunction with cards of the same color.
Cycle name 	 	 	 	 	
Enemy colored painlands	 	 	 	 	
Enemy colored painlands	Five rare dual lands with ": Add . : Add M or N. [This] deals 1 damage to you." Here, M and N are enemy colors of mana. Reprinted from 10th Edition 	Five rare dual lands with ": Add . : Add M or N. [This] deals 1 damage to you." Here, M and N are enemy colors of mana. Reprinted from 10th Edition 	Five rare dual lands with ": Add . : Add M or N. [This] deals 1 damage to you." Here, M and N are enemy colors of mana. Reprinted from 10th Edition 	Five rare dual lands with ": Add . : Add M or N. [This] deals 1 damage to you." Here, M and N are enemy colors of mana. Reprinted from 10th Edition 	Five rare dual lands with ": Add . : Add M or N. [This] deals 1 damage to you." Here, M and N are enemy colors of mana. Reprinted from 10th Edition
==Notable cards==
*<c>Act on Impulse</c> lent its name to an almost new type of red card advantage that would grow more in popularity over the coming years.
*<c>The Chain Veil</c> is a flavorful artifact that lets your planeswalkers play two loyalty abilities in a turn.
*<c>Ensoul Artifact</c> has given its name to a Pioneer deck built around turning artifacts into creatures aggressively
*<c>Goblin Rabblemaster</c> had a substantial impact in Standard and has been played in Legacy Goblins as well as prison decks in Modern
*<c>Heliod's Pilgrim</c> is used in Pauper in Aura-based aggro decks to find the perfect piece for a situation.
*<c>Radiant Fountain</c> was played in various control decks in Standard and is also a toolbox land included in Modern Amulet Titan decks.
*<c>Reclamation Sage</c> is an anti-artifact/enchantment creature used in sideboard in several formats.
*<c>Triplicate Spirits</c> was a notoriously strong card in the set's Limited environment, particularly for a common.
*<c>Waste Not</c> is an eponymous card in a Pioneer deck built around abusing it as a value engine.
==Preconstructed decks==
===Intro packs===
The intro packs are:
===Clash pack===
Magic 2015 comes with a clash pack which contains two bicolored decks.
==Core set changes==
==References==
==External links==
*Hunt Bigger Game, Magic 2015 trailer
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