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Trials on Bolas's plane
What this set is
Amonkhet is a plane shaped like ancient Egypt, where Nicol Bolas rules as God-Pharaoh and young initiates compete in trials for a glorious afterlife. Its five Gods are indestructible creatures that can't attack or block until a condition is met, unlike Theros's devotion Gods.
Exert lets a creature attack for a bonus at the cost of not untapping next turn. Embalm lets you cast a creature card again from your graveyard as a white Zombie token. Aftermath split cards have a second half you can only cast from the graveyard. Cycling returns on thirty-eight cards, along with the cycling dual lands.
Amonkhet Invocations (MP2), stylized reprints of powerful spells, appeared as a rare bonus. Anointed Procession and Approach of the Second Sun are Commander favorites from here.
Themes
Every mechanic in Amonkhet
Exert
You may exert the creature as it attacks for a bonus; it won't untap during your next untap step.
Embalm
Exile the creature card from your graveyard and pay its embalm cost to create a token copy that's a white Zombie with no mana cost, at sorcery speed.
Aftermath
Split cards whose second half can only be cast from your graveyard. Cast the first half from your hand, then the second later.
Cycling
Pay the cycling cost and discard the card to draw a card. Back on thirty-eight cards, including the cycling dual lands.
-1/-1 counters
A block-wide theme, with Hapatra and other cards rewarding counters placed on creatures.
Where You Can Play It
Format legality
Amonkhet is Pioneer-legal. The Invocations inside its packs follow each card's own legality.
Invocations are reprints, so each is legal wherever that card already was.
Not Standard-legal. Standard only ever holds the last few years of sets, so everything this old has long since left it. These cards are still playable in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander. Commons from any set are Pauper-legal; that isn't listed per set here.
Limited
The draft format
Drafted as three packs of Amonkhet. Cycling, exert and -1/-1 counters gave most color pairs a clear plan.
Cycling
Spells
Cycle cards for payoffs that trigger on cycling or discarding.
-1/-1 counters
Attrition
Put -1/-1 counters on your own creatures for value.
Exert aggro
Aggro
Exert attackers for extra damage.
Commanders
The most played commanders from Amonkhet
The legends this set is best known for. Tap one for its printings and what it costs.
Boosters, precons and singles from Amonkhet are on TCGplayer.
FAQ
Common questions
How do the Amonkhet Gods work?
They are indestructible legendary creatures that can't attack or block until a condition is met, such as Kefnet needing seven or more cards in your hand.
What is aftermath?
A split card whose second half can only be cast from your graveyard. It debuted in Amonkhet.
What are Amonkhet Invocations?
Stylized reprints of powerful spells found as a rare bonus in Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation packs. Each keeps the legality of the original card.
All card names, art, and mechanics belong to Wizards of the Coast. Amonkhet released on Apr 28, 2017; details reflect the set as published. Sources: Wizards of the Coast set pages and release notes, Draftsim, Untapped.gg.
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