Weatherlight

Infobox mtgset
Background = Orange
Expansion Name = "Weatherlight"
Expansion Symbol =
Symbol Description = Thran Tome, an open book
Release Date = June 1997
Mechanics = Graveyard matters
Keywords = Flanking, Phasing, Cumulative Upkeep
Cycles = Sacrifice Auras
Size = 167 cards
Expansion Code = WTH
Development Code = Mochalette
Block Name = Mirage Block
First Set = ""
Second Set = ""
Third Set = "Weatherlight"
Previous Set = ""
This Set = "Weatherlight"
Next Set = ""

"Weatherlight" was the nineteenth set and eleventh expert level set, third and last in the . It was released in June 1997. Its expansion symbol is the Thran Tome.

toryline

"Weatherlight" began the longest story arc in Magic's history, which would last continuously until the release of "" four years later (the aftermath of the story was explored for two years afterward). The story introduces the crew of the flying ship "Weatherlight", which traverses the planes of the multiverse in search of the scattered group of ancient artifacts known collectively as the Legacy. The captain of the ship, , is abducted to the shadowy world of Rath, and her old friend and crewmate, a former Benalish soldier named Gerrard, is pressed into taking command of the ship to rescue her.

et history

Even though "Weatherlight" was the last expansion in the Mirage block it does not continue the story set in ' and '. Instead, this expansion begins a new story with new characters. It should be noted that Sisay and the flying ship "Weatherlight" had been mentioned in and played a relatively minor role in "Mirage" and "Visions". Mechanics from the other expansions in this block do appear as well as some new ones.

Mechanics

* "Weatherlight" was based largely around the use of the graveyard. The set boasted more ways to retrieve cards from the graveyard than ever before, and other spells used the graveyard as a resource by removing cards in it from the game.
* "Weatherlight" was the last set, until Coldsnap, to use cumulative upkeep which had been introduced in "", but the set provided a new twist: cards with effects which became larger as their cumulative upkeep costs increased.
* "Weatherlight" was also the last set to use banding, a mechanic created in "", because it was deemed too confusing.
* "Weatherlight" had many so-called "cantrips", another idea that was created for "" - spells that let you draw a card in addition to their normal effect. "Weatherlight's" innovation was to draw the card as soon as the spell resolved, rather than next turn, a change which is still used on cantrips to this day.
* Though the third set in the Mirage block, "Weatherlight" does not prominently feature the keyword mechanics introduced in "Mirage", phasing and flanking, which appear on only three and two cards, respectively, in this set.

External links

* [http://www.wizards.com/magic/expert/Weatherlight/Weatherlight.asp Wizard's official page for "Weatherlight"]
* [http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Skyship_Weatherlight For information on the Skyship "Weatherlight"]