Magic the Gathering: Dark Ascension

For those of you that are Magic the Gathering fans you will be happy to know that Dark Ascension, the second part of the Innistrad block will be coming out on February 3rd and Prerelease parties are going on this weekend at select stores. See the Wizards site for more information on that.









Dark Ascension will feature some new rules:
-Undying
-Fateful Hour
-Double-Faced Cards (will not just be creatures anymore)

Undying
An example of this rule is that when your undying creature with no +1/+1 counters on it dies, you can return it to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. An undying creature that has one or more +1/+1 counters on it when it dies stays in the graveyard as normal, however.

Fateful Hour
Fateful hour abilities work as long as you have 5 life or less. As soon as your life total drops to 5 or less, they immediately kick in. So other creatures you control may get a +2/+2 for example.

This is going to be an awesome expansion. Of course the key here is Sorin, The Lord of Innistrad! And his powers you ask? Well:
-1: Put a 1/1 black Vampire creature token with lifelink onto the battlefield.
-2: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+0."
-6: Destroy up to three target creatures and/or other planeswalkers. Return each card put in a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.

Hope you preordered. We should start to see retailers like Target, Walmart, Kmart and even Barnes and Noble (in store only) getting them in either on the 3rd or a little after. Of course you can also get them online too.