Magic: The Gathering has given us our first look at the first Standard-legal set of 2023, and Phyrexia: All Will Be One looks set to be jam-packed with everything from six different versions of Elesh Norn to the promise of five newly-compleated Planeswalkers.
Phyrexia: All Will Be One is set on the plane of Phyrexia (Wizards is dropping the 'New' from the name). Like most other sneak previews hosted by MTG Weekly, this is not intended as a formal debut of the set. Instead, this is a preview for retailers who need to order stock in advance, and therefore shows off things such as art and products, rather than mechanics or major story beats.
Here is everything revealed for Phyrexia: All Will Be One at the sneak preview, which includes plenty of gnarly, Phyrexian art.
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Products
As a major premier set and one of the year’s six tentpole releases, Phyrexia: All Will Be One is getting the full product treatment, with Set, Draft, and Collector’s boosters, welcome packs, pre-release packs, bundles, and two Commander decks. While we didn’t see the face cards for these decks, we do know one is a white/red deck called Rebellion Rising, and the other is a green/black/white deck called Corrupting Influence.
We also got a closer look at the Compleat Edition bundle, which launches a few weeks after the main set. This bundle will include a brand-new foiling treatment, known as Oil Slick Raised Foils. These are exclusive to the bundle, with each box having two Oil Slick basic Lands alongside included rares and mythic rares.
Compleated Planeswalkers
At end of the Brothers’ War story, a team of ten Planeswalkers embarked on a mission to New Phyrexia to rescue Karn, and all ten of them will be in the set.
The only new card we saw today was the Mirrodin/Phyrexia native Koth, Fire of Resistance, with lots of abilities related to mountains. However, Jace, Kaito, Kaya, Lukka, Nahiri, Nissa, Tyvar, Vraska, and The Wanderer have all be confirmed for the set, with one big catch: five of them are being Compleated – or turned into a Phyrexian.
The only planeswalker confirmed to be safe so far is Koth. To throw us off the scent of which of the other nine are corrupted until the set is fully revealed, all ten will be receiving manga alt-art that imagines what they would look like once compleated. Also joining the ten Planeswalkers in receiving the manga treatment are some non-Phyrexian heroes, such as Jor Kadeen, and even Elesh Norn herself, with art by horror manga legend Junji Ito.
Showcase Art
The manga cards aren’t the only things getting alt-art, as there are a huge number of different art treatments revealed for Phyrexia.
The first two are for basic Lands, with the Panorama Lands showing each of the five Praetors’ lairs on Phyrexia. Meanwhile, the Phyrexianized Basics are more abstract, by returning Kaldheim artist Mark Riddick. Both can be found in Draft, Set, and Collector’s boosters.
Also found in all three types of boosters are Borderless Ichor Showcase frames, which reimagine many of the set’s over 100 Phyrexian creatures in the style of the infamous oil which spreads the Phyrexian corruption.
Perhaps the most interesting treatment sees the return of the other four Praetor cards from recent sets, with the Concept Praetors showcasing Elesh Norn, Jin-Gitaxias, Urabrask, Sheoldred, and Vorinclex’s original concept art. These reprints won’t adjust the legality of any of the cards, and are being printed with their original set icons: for example, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider is still a Kaldheim card, and therefore won’t be legal in Standard despite appearing in All Will Be One.
Exclusive to Collector’s boosters is a new foiling treatment, being called ‘Step-and-compleat Foil.’ This is somewhat similar to the galaxy foiling we just saw in Unfinity, although the planets and galaxy patterns have been replaced with the Phyrexian emblem. Step-and-Compleat Foil will be found on all the other Showcase styles, but will have their own set numbers, unlike regular foiling.
Finally, while not a true Showcase style, Phyrexia: All Will Be One will include the in-universe reprints of the Street Fighter x Secret Lair Universes Beyond cards. These will only be available in one in 24 Set boosters, taking the slot normally held by a token or a card from The List. These won’t be receiving any other alt-art treatment, and are not part of the regular Phyrexia set.
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