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Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set. It is the third set of the Onslaught
block. There are 143 cards overall. The expansion symbol is a dragon's skull that seems to be that of Bladewing the Risen.

Mechanics

Storm - Allows you to copy a spell multiple times, depending on how many other spells have been played so far on the turn. Some storm cards such as Tendrils of Agony and Brain Freeze quickly became win conditions for decks based around playing lots of spells.
Landcycling - Expanding on the rules for cycling, this allows you to cycle a card to search your library for a land of a particular type rather than drawing a card.
'Converted mana cost' matters - There were many cards in the set that encouraged you to play high mana costed spells (six mana or more).
Though it's not a mechanic, Scourge boasts a small but significant dragon theme, with more than ten cards which revolves around dragons. It had five 'dragon boons', one for each color, which would bounce back from the graveyard to enchant an expensive creature you control that comes into play.

Set History

The release of Scourge made a large impact on tournament play. In particular, the addition of rose the Goblin tribe to tournament-worthy status in multiple formats, making it easily the best tribe in the game for the foreseeable future. gave white control decks both a robust card advantage and finisher all in one. Vintage quickly adopted both and due to their extreme synergy with fast artifact mana and plus their relative immunity to disruption like and . Almost in protest, the Scourge card also allowed decks to counter things that where previously immune, including the Scourge Storm cards.

Storyline

The war between Phage and Akroma is over, but with no true winner, and one loser, Otaria. The clash of such sheer power merged the two into a new creature, Karona the False God, an immensely powerful being forged from all five colors of Magic. Karona is seen as a god by all who look upon her, and these followers would march to their death just to walk in her footsteps. War begins to mount between these factions, that each want to claim Karona for themselves.

Meanwhile, the Mirari poisoning is further polluting the inhabitants of Otaria, the elves are becoming taller and stronger, more like the very trees they protect. The soldiers are merging with their weapons and armor into living juggernauts. Zombies are sprouting new, more powerful arms...and heads. Also, the same explosion that created Karona, created a new master for the slivers, the Sliver Overlord.

Kamahl has his work cut out for him, can he save Otaria from Karona, and still salvage what remains of his sister?

Notable Cards

' - notable for being the result of the first You Make The Card feature of magicthegathering.com.

' - this card was restricted in Type One or Vintage before even being legal for tournament play.
' - originally a magical being who forced her controller's creatures to gang up on him/her, Karona became a control-loose omni-race goddess who boosted the statistics of a chosen creature race when she attacks.

' - A 'Sliver King' created from a fusion of slivers exposed to the irradiating power of Karona. He was designed as both a utility creature and a 'hoser' against opponent slivers.

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Games - Scourge

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