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Tarkir's past, rewritten
What this set is
Fate Reforged is the middle set of the Khans of Tarkir block, and it is set in the past. Sarkhan Vol travels back 1,280 years, saves the spirit dragon Ugin, and changes the timeline so that dragons survive on Tarkir. The five clans of Khans are shown here before they fell, alongside the five dragon broods that will replace them.
Its new mechanics each belong to a clan: manifest (Sultai), bolster (Abzan) and dash (Mardu), plus returning prowess, delve and ferocious. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon is the set's best-known card, and the five dragon legends, such as Atarka, World Render, are its Commander favorites.
Themes
Every mechanic in Fate Reforged
Manifest
Put the top card of your library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it is a creature card, you can turn it face up for its mana cost.
Bolster
Put that many +1/+1 counters on the creature you control with the least toughness. The Abzan way of making its whole team sturdier over time.
Dash
Cast the creature for its dash cost instead; it gains haste and returns to your hand at end of turn. Mardu's repeatable hit-and-run attacks.
Prowess, delve and ferocious
Three of the Khans clan mechanics continue.
Where You Can Play It
Format legality
Fate Reforged shipped under a single code and is legal in Pioneer, Modern and the eternal formats.
Not Standard-legal; Standard only ever holds the last few years of sets. Fate Reforged cards are playable in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander, except that Monastery Mentor is restricted in Vintage. Commons from any set are Pauper-legal; that isn't listed per set here.
Limited
The draft format
Drafted as Fate Reforged, Khans of Tarkir, Khans of Tarkir. The three-color clans remained the frame, with two-color cards from Fate Reforged helping the pairs between them.
Clans with a new pack
Three-color
Each clan picked up one new mechanic, and manifest gave every deck some extra bodies from the top of the library.
Commanders
The most played commanders from Fate Reforged
The legends this set is best known for. Tap one for its printings and what it costs.
Boosters, precons and singles from Fate Reforged are on TCGplayer.
FAQ
Common questions
What happens in Fate Reforged's story?
Sarkhan Vol travels 1,280 years into Tarkir's past and saves Ugin, so dragons survive. That changes the present, which Dragons of Tarkir shows ruled by five Dragonlords.
What is manifest?
Put the top card of your library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2. If it's a creature card, you may turn it face up for its mana cost.
Is Ugin, the Spirit Dragon from Fate Reforged?
Yes. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon was first printed in Fate Reforged.
All card names, art, and mechanics belong to Wizards of the Coast. Fate Reforged released on Jan 23, 2015; details reflect the set as published. Sources: Wizards of the Coast set pages and release notes, Draftsim, Untapped.gg.
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