Wizards announced yesterday at Magic Arcana regarding the next upcoming Core set in Magic: The Gathering Trading card game, Magic 2011 which will be released this July 16, 2010. The set is dubbed “A set everyone can sink their teeth into.” which made me think of new interesting cards they’re going to include. Here’s a part of the announcement:

Walk amongst the elite – The ultimate strategic duelists. The few who can control deadly creatures and wield terrifying sorceries. Battle on countless worlds beyond this one in a quest for supremacy, and know what it means to say, “Here I Rule.”

Set Name Magic 2011
Three-Letter Abbreviation M11
Number of Cards 249
Prerelease Date July 10-11, 2010
Release Date July 16, 2010
Launch Party July 16-18, 2010
Game Day August 14, 2010

Design Team

Aaron Forsythe (lead)
Doug Beyer
Mark Globus
Tom LaPille
Gregory Marques

Development Team

Erik Lauer (lead)
Dave Guskin
Tom LaPille
Kenneth Nagle

Standard now rotates only once each year, with the release of the October large set. So Magic 2011 will enter Standard on its release without knocking anything out, then Magic 2010 and Shards of Alara block will leave Standard with the release of “Lights.” The Standard format between Magic 2011 and “Lights” will consist of Shards of Alara block, Zendikar block, Magic 2010, and Magic 2011. After the release of “Lights,” it will consist of Zendikar Block, Magic 2011, and “Lights.”

In addition, they previewed an art of a Dragon in the set which is speculated to be the new level of Dragons much powerful than the previous ones released. Check out its very cool art.

Stay tuned for updates on Magic 2011. Until next time.

*I had been very busy lately updating my other blogs so I got not enough time to write new posts but I will cope up to you this year. I will be posting our local meta updates and also new deck lists around the net. Thank you for your support. 🙂