Nemesis is the second set in the Mercadian Masques block of cards of Magic: The Gathering, along with the expansions Mercadian Masques and Prophecy. Its expansion symbol is a Halberd.Storyline
The Phyrexian invasion of Dominaria is nearing; the Dark Lord's plans are almost complete. Only the Planeswalker Urza stands in his way. At the same time, Yawgmoth's Inner Circle decides on the election of the evincar to replace Volrath. The Phyrexian emissary Belbe has to choose between Greven Il-Vec, Ertai, Crovax, and the newly-returned Volrath.Set History
Nemesis had a fair share of cards appear in well-placing tournament decks. Many of the cards with Fading were quite powerful; the cards Parallax Wave, Parallax Tide, Blastoderm, Saproling Burst, and Tangle Wire all appeared in decks in various formats. The card "Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero" dominated a block constructed Pro Tour before it was banned.Mechanics
The following mechanics first appeared in Nemesis:
- Fading - As a card with fading comes into play, its controller puts a number of fade counters on it (as specified on the card). At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player would remove one counter, unless there were no counters to remove, in which case the card sacrificed. Cards with fading (e.g., Blastoderm) would normally be considered over-powered without the addition of the ability, and forced the player to use the cards hastily, thus lending fading naturally to large creature.
Notable Cards
- ' - a large green creature that can not be affected by other cards. Even though it can only stay around for four turns (due to fading), Blastoderm poses a big problem for opponents.
- ' - the "glue" for rebel decks. Lin Sivvi can grab any rebel creatures out of a deck and even bring them back from the graveyard. Banned in Block Constructed format for breaking the Rebel archetype. On a flavor note, she became Eladamri's partner in defending Rath and Dominaria from the Phyrexians.
- ' - Crovax's second card incarnation and the first card to portray another version of the same character.
- ' - A selective-milling merman created by Mike Long when he won the Duelist Invitational. Thankfully, that's him riding the boat in the art and not the merfolk.
- - another fading card, Tangle Wire shuts down many decks that use few permanents. The rules changes in 6th Edition concerning tapped artifacts makes Tangle Wire even more potent.
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