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| Symbol description | A holly leaf | ||||
| Design | Doug Beyer (lead), Mark Rosewater | ||||
| Development | Ian Duke (lead) | ||||
| Art direction | Zack Stella | ||||
| Release date | August 2, 2024 | ||||
| Plane | Bloomburrow | ||||
| Themes and mechanics | Typal | ||||
| Keywords/ability words | Offspring, Gift | ||||
| Set size | 281 + | ||||
| Expansion code | BLB[1] | ||||
| Development codename | Rugby | ||||
| Return to Tarkir Standard | |||||
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- For the plane, see Bloomburrow (plane).
Expansion symbol
Bloomburrow is the 101st Magic expansion. It will be released on August 2, 2024.[2]
Set details
| “ | Tiny Tails, Big Adventure! | ” |
Bloomburrow key art
Bloomburrow is set on the plane of Bloomburrow, a world of cute anthropomorphic animals with no humans in it. This world is full of squirrels, frogs, mice, and rabbits, showing that even the smallest creatures can have a big impact. The animals have an advanced culture and are the main characters of the set. They wear clothing, talk, and wield magic. Unlike humanoid "animal people" on other planes (i.e. leonin, loxodons, aven, rhoxes, nezumi, and such), the animalfolk of Bloomburrow are the size of regular animals of their species. Much like Segovia, foreign Planeswalkers are changed when 'walking to here; in Bloomburrow's case, human Planeswalkers are transformed into anthropomorphic animals like the local races while here. It's unknown if traveling here by Omenpath will transform oneself, or if only humans are affected.
Bloomburrow contains 281 regular cards (20 mythic rares), and includes randomly inserted traditional foil versions of all cards. The regular cards include 20 full-art "Seasonal" basic lands (#262-281). Alternate card frames have a different number than the original version. The Showcase "Woodland" cards are #TBA-TBA, Borderless cards are #TBA-TBA, Showcase Borderless "Fieldnotes" cards are #TBA-TBA and Raised foil borderless anime cards are #TBA-TBA. Extended art cards and #TBA-TBA and the promos are #TBA-TBA.
The Imagine: Courageous Critters showcase treatment invites you to envision renowned Planeswalkers and creatures were they to visit the plane of Bloomburrow (BLC #TBA-TBA).[3]
Templating change
Starting with this set, the phrase Enters the battlefield is shortened to "Enters".[4]
Storyline
Bloomburrow is the first set in the Dragonstorm Arc. A ragtag team of anthropomorphic adventurers must band together to go on an important quest to save the realm from elemental calamity beasts and the Great-Night Owl.[3][5] Glarb, the King of Frogfolk and a powerful wizard, is said to have insights about the calamity beasts. It is now to Mabel and her colorful companions Gev, Hugs, Finneas, and Zoraline to redeem their world.
Magic Story
| Title | Author | Publishing date | Set | Setting (plane) | Featuring |
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| Bloomburrow Episode 1: Calamity Comes to Valley | Valerie Valdes | 2024-07-01 | Bloomburrow | Bloomburrow, Ixalan, Ravnica, Kamigawa, Thunder Junction | Helga, Nerys, Maha, Mabel, Rosalyn, Foggy, Pip, Clem, Oliver, Ral, Tomik Vrona, The Wanderer |
| Bloomburrow Episode 2: An Expected Party | Valerie Valdes | 2024-07-02 | Bloomburrow | Bloomburrow | Helga, Mabel, Clem, Oliver, Iris, Finneas, Hugs, Gev,Zoraline, Rosalyn, Foggy, Pip |
| Bloomburrow Episode 3: The Lost and the Found | Valerie Valdes | 2024-07-03 | Bloomburrow | Bloomburrow | Helga, Mabel, Zoraline, Finneas, Hugs, Gev, Kiki, Cruelclaw, Hood, Robe, Ral Zarek |
| Bloomburrow Episode 4: Soothsaying and Stormcalling | Valerie Valdes | 2024-07-05 | Bloomburrow | Bloomburrow | Helga, Mabel, Zoraline, Finneas, Hugs, Gev, Ral Zarek, Coffey, Tucker |
Marketing
Play Booster, depicting Mabel
Bloomburrow is available in Play Boosters, Collector Boosters, the Bloomburrow Bundle, four Commander decks and a Starter Kit. It is the last set to be printed in the Chinese (Simplified) language.[6]
Special Guests
Bloomburrow features 10 Special Guests (SPG #54-63). These are incorporated in The List of the Play Boosters and may be played in Limited games. You'll find a non-foil Special Guests card in 1 out of 64 Play Boosters. Traditional foil Special Guests cards can be found in Collector Boosters.
Events
- MTG Arena release: July 30, 2024
- Prerelease: July 26 – August 1, 2024
- Commander Party: August 16 – 22 & September 6 – 12, 2014
- Store Championship: August 24 – September 1, 2024
- Standard Showdown: August 2 – September 19, 2024
- Friday Night Magic: August 2 – September 12, 2024
- Open House: September 13 – 15, 2024
Promos
- Prerelease: a stamped card that can be any rare or mythic rare of Bloomburrow.
- The seasonal dark-frame promos are: , , , , .
- Buy-a-Box: Alternate art
- Open House: Retro frame
- Bundle promo: alternate art
- Store Championship: (participation), (Top 8), full art textless (winner).
- Commander Party: retro frame
- Standard Showdown:
- Bring-a-Friend: Ravenous Squirrel
Tokens and markers
Bloomburrow has tokens and emblems:
Cragflame, a legendary Equipment artifact with equip 
and "Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has vigilance, trample, and haste." for Mabel, Heir to Cragflame.
1/1 Fish, for Parting Gift.
1/1 Otter with Prowess, for Ral, Crackling Wit- Emblem for Ral, Crackling Wit
Themes and mechanics
Bloomburrow is a set that represents forest critters, combining old mechanics and support for new Typals. Each Limited color pair represents a dedicated creature type.[5][7][8][9][10].
Offspring and Gift are new mechanics.
Storm appears as a cameo mechanic on Ral, Crackling Wit.
Limited archetypes
Bloomburrow has a typal theme.[7][11] Each color pair is associated with one creature type, with a particular strategy associated:[12][13]
Creature types
Featured creature types include woodland creatures, with a focus on Bats, Birds, Frogs, Lizards, Mice, Otters, Rabbits, Raccoons, Rats, and Squirrels as the 10 Typals that make up the draft archetypes. Other woodland creatures include Badgers, Hamsters and Fish. Bloomburrow introduces the Skunk and Weasel creature types. The Elemental Calamity Beasts appear as Bears, Birds, Elk, and Wolves.
Counters
The set introduces Blight counters and Supply counters.
Cycles
Bloomburrow features the following cycles:
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| Mythic Calamity Beasts | ,the Flood Gar | Maha, Its Feathers Night | Lumra, Bellow of the Woods | ||
| Five mythic Legendary creatures that represent the plane's malevolent Calamity Beasts. | |||||
| Rare Calamity Beasts | , The Spring Elk | ||||
| Five rare Legendary creatures that represent the plane's benevolent Calamity Beasts. | |||||
| New Symbol Mythics[14] | |||||
| Five mythic cards that use a new symbol, which has yet to be announced. | |||||
| Villages | Lupinflower Village | Lilypad Village | Mudflat Village | Rockface Village | Oakhollow Village |
Five uncommon lands that enter untapped, tap for  or for their respective color (but only to cast creature spells), and have an ability that references the four creature types associated with that color.
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| Pearl of Wisdom (Otter) | Might of the Meek (Mouse) | ||||
| Ten monocolored common cantrips that refer to one of the ten Typals in the draft archetypes. | |||||
| Typal Glue[14] | |||||
| Ten cards that act as typal glue i.e. they facilitate using more than one typal in a deck or they work in more than one typal. | |||||
Double cycles
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| Rare Typal Legends | Gev, Scaled Scorch | Finneas, Ace Archer | Zoraline, Cosmos Caller | Camellia, the Seedmiser | Mabel, Heir to Cragflame | Helga, | ||||
| Ten rare Legendary creatures with the creature type associated with their color pair. | ||||||||||
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| Ten uncommon dual-colored cards, each a signpost for one of the draft archetypes. These are enablers, which support the playstyle of the archetype.[15] | ||||||||||
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| Ten uncommon dual-colored cards, each a signpost for one of the draft archetypes. These are payoffs, which reward the playstyle of the archetype.[15] | ||||||||||
Pairs
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Reprinted cards
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Preconstructed decks
Bloomburrow features four Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.
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| Animated Army | R | G | Bello | |||
| Family Matters | W | U | R | Zinnia | ||
| Peace Offering | W | U | G | Ms. Bumbleflower | ||
| Squirreled Away | B | G | ||||
Bloomburrow also features a Starter Kit containing two duel decks designed for novice players.
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| Hare Raising | W | G | Byrke, Long Ear of the Law | |||
| Otter Limits | U | R | Bria, Riptide Rogue | |||
External links
References
- ↑ Jeremy Geist @ofsaintdraft. Twitter (January 28, 2024).
- ↑ 30th Anniversary Panel at GenCon – A Recap of MTG's Past, Present & Future (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (August 5, 2023).
- ↑ a b Clayton Kroh (February 23, 2024). "A First Look at Bloomburrow". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jess Dunks (February 23, 2024). ""Enters" always means "enters the battlefield" when used on a Magic card, and we'll see this shorter template on new cards moving forward.". Twitter.
- ↑ a b WPN (August 7, 2023). "Magic at GenCon: Celebrating 30 Years and Casting Foresee on Years Ahead". Wizards Play Network.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 22, 2024). "Changes to Magic Product Languages in 2024". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b The Preview Panel - MagicCon Chicago (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (February 23 2024).
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 24, 2024). "Can I guess the animals for each color in Bloomburrow?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 8, 2024). "Can you comment on if all of Mabel's party members are a species that's going to be one of the color pair focuses in Bloomburrow?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 8, 2024). "Are there one-of animals in Bloomburrow?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 12, 2024). "My son was curious to know if the set will allow him to build a very Kindred style deck from Bloomburrow". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (June 28, 2024). "Bloomburrow is full of cute creature types with every color pair having an associated type. All of them get represented in the various Villages shown here! #MTGBloomburrow". Twitter.
- ↑ The Preview Panel - MagicCon: Amsterdam (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (June 28, 2024).
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (July 01, 2024). "Maro’s Bloomburrow Teaser". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (March 4, 2024). "Nuts & Bolts #16: Play Boosters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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