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==List of mega cycles== ===Three-card mega cycles=== One card per set within one [[block]]. {| class="wikitable" !Cycle name !1st Set !2nd Set !3rd Set |- | rowspan="2" |'''Land [[Kavu]]s''' |{{card|Slimy Kavu|Invasion}} |{{card|Kavu Recluse|Planeshift}} |{{card|Tundra Kavu|Apocalypse}} |- | colspan="3" |Each of these Kavu is a red 2/2 creature with a mana cost of {{2}}{{R}} and an [[activated ability]] requiring to [[tap]] {{T}} to change a land's type into another. The first two change the land into the allies of red, while the last one changes it into the color's enemies. |- | rowspan="2" |'''Kaldra''' |{{card|Sword of Kaldra|Mirrodin}} |{{card|Shield of Kaldra|Darksteel}} |{{card|Helm of Kaldra|Fifth Dawn}} |- | colspan="3" |Each of these three rare legendary Equipment is a constituent required to put the legendary Kaldra creature token onto the battlefield. Each of these cards was its set's prerelease promotional card. |- | rowspan="2" |'''Ezrith destroy''' |{{card|Premature Burial|Time Spiral}} |{{card|Cradle to Grave|Planar Chaos}} |{{card|Grave Peril|Future Sight}} |- | colspan="3" |Each of these black cards costs {{1}}{{B}} and destroy a nonblack creature at different points in time. They feature a flavor text of [[List of secondary characters/Dominaria|Ezrith, Druid of the Dark Hours]]. |} ===Four-card mega cycles=== {| class="wikitable" !Cycle name !{{W}}{{U}} !{{U}}{{B}} !{{U}}{{R}} !{{G}}{{U}} |- | rowspan="2" |'''Gold counterspells''' |{{card|Absorb|Invasion}} <br /> (<c>Healing Salve</c>) |{{card|Undermine|Invasion}} <br /> (<c>Bump in the Night</c>) |{{card|Suffocating Blast|Apocalypse}} <br /> (<c>Lightning Strike</c>) |{{card|Mystic Snake|Apocalypse}} <br /> (<c>Grizzly Bears</c>) |- | colspan="4" |Each of these multicolored spells has {{U}}{{U}} in its casting cost and includes a <c>Counterspell</c> attached to a color appropriate effect. |- !Cycle name !{{G}}{{W}} !{{G}}{{U}} !{{B}}{{G}} !{{R}}{{G}} |- | rowspan="2" |'''Mutations''' |{{card|Aura Mutation|Invasion}} <br /> ([[Enchantment]]s) |{{card|Aether Mutation|Apocalypse}} <br /> ([[Creature]]s - [[bounce]]) |{{card|Death Mutation|Apocalypse}} <br /> ([[Creature]]s - [[destroy]]) |{{card|Artifact Mutation|Invasion}} <br /> ([[Artifact]]s) |- | colspan="4" |Each of these multicolored spells has {{G}} in its casting cost, destroys or disrupts resources, and creates 1/1 [[Saproling]] creature [[token]]s equal to the resource's converted mana cost. |} ===Five-card mega cycles=== {| class="wikitable" !Cycle name !{{W}} !{{U}} !{{B}} !{{R}} ! {{G}} |- | rowspan="2" |'''Retrievers''' |{{card|Treasure Hunter|Exodus}} <br /> ([[Artifact]]s) |{{card|Scrivener|Exodus}} <br /> ([[Instant]]s) |{{card|Gravedigger|Tempest}} <br /> ([[Creature]]s) |{{card|Anarchist|Exodus}} <br /> ([[Sorceries]]) |{{card|Cartographer|Exodus}} <br /> ([[Land]]s) |- | colspan="5" |Each of these 2/2 creatures returns a card of a certain type from your graveyard to your hand when it comes into play. |- | rowspan="2" |'''Alternate-win enchantments''' |{{card|Test of Endurance|Judgment}} |{{card|Battle of Wits|Odyssey}} |{{card|Mortal Combat|Torment}} |{{card|Chance Encounter|Odyssey}} |{{card|Epic Struggle|Judgment}} |- | colspan="5" |Each of these cards is an [[alternate-win card]]. |- | rowspan="2" |'''Tapping lords''' |{{card|Master Apothecary|Odyssey}} <br /> ([[Cleric]]s) |{{card|Patron Wizard|Odyssey}} <br /> ([[Wizard]]s) |{{card|Zombie Trailblazer|Torment}} <br /> ([[Zombie]]s) |{{card|Dwarven Bloodboiler|Judgment}} <br /> ([[Dwarven]]) |{{card|Seton, Krosan Protector|Odyssey}} <br /> ([[Druid]]s) |- | colspan="5" |Each of these creatures costs MMM and confers an effect by tapping other creatures of the same subtype. Of note, the green card of this cycle is the only one to have its creature be legendary.<ref>{{DailyRef|ask-wizards-may-2002-2002-05-01|Ask Wizards - May 2002|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|May, 2002}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |'''Dominarian legendary lands''' |{{card|Flagstones of Trokair|Time Spiral}} |{{card|Academy Ruins|Time Spiral}} |{{card|Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth|Planar Chaos}} |{{card|Kher Keep|Time Spiral}} |{{card|Pendelhaven|Time Spiral|TSB}} |- | colspan="5" |Some of these lands help to show the degradation of Dominaria. |- | rowspan="2" |'''Lorwyn legends''' |{{card|Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile|Lorwyn}} |{{card|Vendilion Clique|Morningtide}} |{{card|Maralen of the Mornsong|Morningtide}} |{{card|Ashling the Pilgrim|Lorwyn}} |{{card|Rhys the Exiled|Morningtide}} |- | colspan="5" |Each of these legendary monocolored creatures are from [[Lorwyn–Shadowmoor]] plane. |- | rowspan="2" |'''Rare Changelings''' |{{card|Mirror Entity|Lorwyn}} |{{card|Shapesharer|Lorwyn}} |{{card|Cairn Wanderer|Lorwyn}} |{{card|Taurean Mauler|Morningtide}} |{{card|Chameleon Colossus|Morningtide}} |- | colspan="5" |Each of these rare [[shapeshifter]] creatures has [[changeling]] and another powerful ability. |- | rowspan="2" |'''Rare artifacts''' |{{card|Peacewalker Colossus|Aether Revolt}} |{{card|Merchant's Dockhand|Aether Revolt}} |{{card|Scrapheap Scrounger|Kaladesh}} |{{card|Bomat Courier|Kaladesh}} |{{card|Lifecrafter's Bestiary|Aether Revolt}} |- | colspan="5" |Each of these rare artifacts has an activated ability requiring a color. |} ===Guild mega cycles=== {{Main|Ravnica block#Mega cycles|Return to Ravnica block#Mega cycles|Guilds of Ravnica block#Mega cycles}} Ravnica's design is based upon the use of all ten two-color combinations in the forms of [[Ravnican guild|guild]], and its popularity has resulted in multiple set revisits. As such, mega cycles are prevalent, even after the shift to leave small sets and yearly blocks behind.
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