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Lorwyn's classes
What this set is
Morningtide is the small second set of the Lorwyn block. Where Lorwyn was built around races such as Kithkin and Elves, Morningtide's tribal cards care about classes: Warriors, Shamans, Rogues, Wizards and Soldiers, which cut across those races.
Its mechanics follow from that. Kinship rewards you when the top card of your library shares a creature type with the kinship creature, prowl gives a cheaper cost if a creature of the right type dealt combat damage to a player this turn, and reinforce lets you discard a card to put +1/+1 counters on a creature.
Bitterblossom, which makes a 1/1 flying Faerie every upkeep for 1 life, and Vendilion Clique are its most famous cards. Commander players also use Negate, Distant Melody, Shared Animosity and Idyllic Tutor.
Themes
Every mechanic in Morningtide
Kinship
An ability word: at the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library, and if it shares a creature type with this creature you may reveal it for a bonus.
Prowl
You may cast the spell for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a creature of one of its types.
Reinforce
Discard this card and pay the reinforce cost to put N +1/+1 counters on target creature, at instant speed.
Where You Can Play It
Format legality
Morningtide is a single code with nothing banned anywhere.
Not Standard-legal, and never Pioneer-legal: Pioneer starts at Return to Ravnica (October 2012). Everything here is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander unless a ban list says otherwise. None of its cards is banned or restricted in any of those formats. Commons from any set are Pauper-legal; that isn't listed per set here.
Commanders
The most played commanders from Morningtide
The legends this set is best known for. Tap one for its printings and what it costs.
Boosters, precons and singles from Morningtide are on TCGplayer.
FAQ
Common questions
Where can I play Morningtide cards?
In Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander, minus the cards each format bans. Morningtide left Standard long ago and was never in Pioneer, which starts in 2012.
Is Bitterblossom from Morningtide?
Yes. It makes a 1/1 flying Faerie Rogue each upkeep at the cost of 1 life, and it is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander.
What does prowl do?
It lets you cast the spell for its prowl cost if a creature of one of its types dealt combat damage to a player this turn.
All card names, art, and mechanics belong to Wizards of the Coast. Morningtide released on Feb 1, 2008; details reflect the set as published. Sources: Wizards of the Coast set pages and release notes, Draftsim, Untapped.gg.
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