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Dominaria United

Facts
Placement
Plane
Dominaria
Other
Symbol description
The Coalition symbol overlapping a Benalish shield
Design
Ethan Fleischer (lead) ; Zac Elsik ; Bryan Hawley ; Ari Nieh ; James Rose ; Mark Rosewater ; Annie Sardelis ; Cameron Williams
Development
Ian Duke (co-lead) ; Erik Lauer (co-lead) ; Mark Gottlieb ; Glenn Jones ; Reggie Valk ; Andrew Brown ; Ben Lundquist ; Michael Hinderaker
Themes and mechanics
Legendary creatures, Legendary matters, Multicolor , throwbacks, Stun counters , Powerstones , Poison
Keywords/​ability words
Domain , Kicker , Read ahead , Enlist
Dominaria United
Dominaria United The Brothers' War Phyrexia: All Will Be One

Dominaria United is the ninety-third Magic expansion. It was released on September 9, 2022, and kicked off the 30th-anniversary celebration of the game.

Set details

Public domain name registries connected to this name were filed by a subsidiary registrar in January 2021. A further registration with the gg domain was filed by Wizards of the Coast itself in May 2021.

Dominaria United contains 281 cards (101 commons, 80 uncommons, 60 rares, 20 mythic rares, 20 basic lands), and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. Set, Draft and Collector Boosters contain a legendary card in each booster, showing off a cast of beloved legends and characters that longtime fans will recognize. There are more than 40 legendary creatures across the set. The regular cards include 5 full-art "stained-glass" basic lands by Magali Villeneuve (#277-281). The other cycles of basics depict automaton relics of the Brothers' War, Phyrexian ruins, and legendary artifacts respectively.

Alternate card frames have a different card number than the original version. The Standard legal Jumpstart rares are #282-286, "Stained Glass" Legends are #287-327, and "textured foil" Legends are #328-368. Phyrexian cards are #369-371, borderless planeswalkers are numbered #372-376, while the borderless pain lands are #377-382. Extended artwork cards are numbered #383-427. The Buy-a-Box card is #428 and the Bundle promo is #429. The dark frame treatment cards from the Universal promo pack are numbered #430-434. The "Concept Praetor" art of Sheoldred, released with Phyrexia: All Will Be One, is #435.

Dominaria United pays homage to the Invasion block in a similar way that the 2018 Dominaria set paid homage to Alpha and other early Magic editions.

Storyline

We return once again to Dominaria, meeting some familiar heroes and villains. The story begins following Karn as he looks back on Dominaria's past to prepare for its future. The enemy is already on Dominaria, and it's only a matter of time before conflict breaks out. This kicks off the epic Phyrexian story arc spanning four sets where the fate of Dominaria — and the Multiverse — is set to unravel.

The cards that represent the Story Spotlights in Dominaria United are:

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Marketing

Dominaria United is sold in regular 16-card Draft Boosters (one card being a marketing card), Collector Boosters, Set Boosters, the Dominaria United Bundle, and two Commander decks. The Draft Boosters feature artwork depicting Karn. The Set Boosters feature art depicting Ajani Goldmane, and the Collector Boosters feature artwork depicting Braids. In Dominaria United, every single Set, Draft, and Collector Booster comes with a guaranteed legendary creature.

With the release of Dominaria United, 75 cards were rotated into The List, many of which were thematically or mechanically linked to the set. The List-cards can be found in the Set Boosters.

Jumpstart

With this set, Wizards introduces set-related Jumpstart Boosters, replacing the Theme Boosters. Jumpstart packs for Dominaria United feature cards from the set, including a rare or mythic rare, two foil basic lands, and a mechanically unique rare designed for the Jumpstart pack. There are 10 different themes.

Box Toppers

Dominaria United features a series of 20 box topper promos, referred to as "Legends Retold". These are 20 beefed up versions of legendary creatures from Legends.

Lost Legends

In selected collector boosters, an original card from Legends, found in an old warehouse, was included. These "Lost Legends" appear in 3% of boosters, and not every card from Legends was included. Some cards were missing because of the well-known Legends collation problems, some because Wizards of the Coast doesn't want to be associated with a certain artist anymore, and some because the depictions or flavor texts are nowadays considered to be culturally offensive. Because original cards are used, their distribution doesn't violate the Reserved List.

Events

Promos

Tokens and markers

Dominaria United has 26 tokens and emblems. Due to the inclusion of Box-Toppers and other cards corresponding to the Dominaria United Commander expansion, there are tokens with the Dominaria United Commander expansion symbol and code included in this list:

  1. () {W} 4/4 Angel with flying and vigilance, for Historian's Boon and Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile.
  2. () {W} 1/1 Bird with flying, for Aether Channeler, Love Song of Night and Day and Wingmantle Chaplain.
  3. () {W} 2/2 Knight with protection from red, for Rasputin, the Oneiromancer.
  4. () {W} 1/1 Soldier for Argivian Cavalier, Baird, Argivian Recruiter, Captain's Call, Defiler of Faith, Historian's Boon, Keldon Strike Team, King Darien XLVIII, Protect the Negotiators, Phyrexian Warhorse, Queen Allenal of Ruadach, Resolute Reinforcements, Scout the Wilderness, Torsten, Founder of Benalia, and Tura Kennerüd, Skyknight.
  5. () {U} 1/1 Merfolk for Emperor Mihail II.
  6. () {B} 1/1 Bird with flying and "This creature can't block.", for The Raven Man.
  7. () {B} 1/1 Insect with flying, for Xira, the Golden Sting.
  8. () {B} 2/2 Phyrexian for The Phasing of Zhalfir.
  9. () {B} 2/2 Zombie for Tobias, Doomed Conqueror.
  10. () {R} 2/1 Elemental with trample and haste for Lagomos, Hand of Hatred.
  11. () {R} 4/4 Dragon with flying, for The Elder Dragon War and Rith, Liberated Primeval, and Rohgahh, Kher Keep Overlord.
  12. () {R} 1/1 Goblin for Rasputin, the Oneiromancer, Rulik Mons, Warren Chief and Squee, Dubious Monarch.
  13. () {R} Kobolds of Kher Keep, a 0/1 Kobold for Rohgahh, Kher Keep Overlord and Rosnakht, Heir of Rohgahh.
  14. () {R} 1/1 Monk with prowess, for Jaya, Fiery Negotiator.
  15. () {G} 3/3 Badger creature for Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer.
  16. () {G} 3/3 Beast for Herd Migration.
  17. () {G} 2/2 Cat Warrior with forestwalk, for Jedit Ojanen, Mercenary.
  18. () {G} 1/1 Saproling for Nemata, Primeval Warden and The Weatherseed Treaty
  19. () {G} 4/4 Wurm creature for Baru, Wurmspeaker.
  20. () {M} 1/1 Sand Warrior for Hazezon, Shaper of Sand.
  21. () {R/G} Stangg Twin, a 3/4 legendary Human Warrior for Stangg, Echo Warrior.
  22. () {C} Ornithopter, a 0/2 Thopter artifact creature with flying, for Yotia Declares War.
  23. () {C} Powerstone artifact, for Karn, Living Legacy and The Mana Rig.
  24. () {C} Treasure artifact, for Ramirez DePietro, Pillager, and The Reaver Cleaver.
  25. () Emblem for Ajani, Sleeper Agent
  26. () Emblem for Jaya, Fiery Negotiator

Note that, for undisclosed reasons, there was no emblem printed for Karn, Living Legacy

Themes and mechanics

Legendary creatures, Legendary matters, Multicolor, and throwbacks are revisited themes from Dominaria. Historic was also planned to return but it was removed in Set Design.

Kicker is a returning mechanic originally featured in the Invasion block, and was also seen in Dominaria. Its is a keyword ability that allows the player to pay an extra cost for a bonus effect.

Domain is another returning mechanic, an ability word that modifies an effect depending on the number of different basic lands you control.

Enlist is a new mechanic introduced here, a keyword ability that allows one to tap another creature to add its power to the attacking creature.

Read ahead is a new keyword ability on Sagas that allows the player to skip chapters to get to the effects they want.

Evergreen stun counters, that keep permanents out of the action for an extended period, are also introduced in this set. One card, Ajani, Sleeper Agent distributes Poison counters.

Card types

The set introduces the Powerstone artifact type. Powerstone appears on predefined tokens with the ability “{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.” Only seen on one card (and on one Commander card), this is a "throw-forward" to The Brothers' War.

Counter types

The set introduces Ingenuity counters and Phyresis counters.

Limited archetypes

With a heavy Multicolored theme inspired by Invasion block's design and supported by exclusively off-color Kicker costs and Domain, Dominaria United supports a large variety of multicolored decks in Limited - ranging from two colors to five colors - with the default being two colors with a splash. This obligated strong monocolored themes as a base to facilitate the diverse combinatorics of the colors and their respective strategies, which are as follows,

In combination, they form Dominaria United's fundamental limited archetypes in each color pair, which can be expanded upon with more colors and splashes:

Cycles

Dominaria United has fourteen cycles.

Double cycles

Pairs

Dominaria United has two mirrored pairs.

Reprinted cards

Functional reprints

Misprints

  • For Heroic Charge, the artist credit is incorrectly listed as Paul Scott Canavan. The correct artist credit is Zoltan Boros.
  • Yotia Declares War was mistakenly printed with the word "artifact" omitted from its final chapter ability.
  • The extended art variant of Llanowar Greenwidow says tapped twice in a row on its domain ability.

Preconstructed decks

Dominaria United features two Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.

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