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Zendikar
Zendikar Information
Zendikar’s three-letter abbreviation is ‘ZEN‘ making it the last set ordered by its shortened name. This set will have 249 cards. The rarity distribution will be 15 Mythic Rares, 54 Rares, 50 Uncommons, 101 Commons and 20 Basic Lands.
Design Team
- Mark Rosewater (lead)
- Doug Beyer
- Graeme Hopkins
- Kenneth Nagle
- Matt Place
Development Team
- Henry Stern (lead)
- Aaron Forsythe
- Mark Globus
- Erik Lauer
- Devin Low
- Matt Place
- Mike Turian
- Steve Warner
Schedule
| Release Date: | Friday, October 2, 2009 |
| Prerelease Events: | September 26-27, 2009 |
| Launch Parties: | October 2-4, 2009 |
| Previews start on magicthegathering.com | September 7, 2009 |
| Previews on other domains (estimated) | September 11th, 2009 |
Timeline
- March 19th, 2009 – Rumors surface that Zendikar is the real name for ‘Live’ code-named block.
- March 25th, 2009 – Wizards confirmed that Zendikar was the next block.
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