Incarnation
Template:Infobox type Incarnation is a creature type that first appeared in Judgement. <c>Personal Incarnation</c> from Alpha gained the subtype retroactively.
Description[edit]
Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh. It refers to the conception and birth of a sentient creature which is the material manifestation of a force or concept whose original nature is immaterial.
History[edit]
Judgement cycle[edit]
Each of these creatures costs 3N and has a static ability that grants all of your creatures an in-color ability as long as it is in your graveyard and you control a land with the associated basic land type.
- <c set="JUD" number="" title="Valor" artist="">Valor</c> (File:W.svg, first strike)
- <c set="JUD" number="" title="Wonder" artist="">Wonder</c> (File:U.svg, flying)
- <c set="JUD" number="" title="Filth" artist="">Filth</c> (File:B.svg, swampwalk)
- <c set="JUD" number="" title="Anger" artist="">Anger</c> (File:R.svg, haste)
- <c set="JUD" number="" title="Brawn" artist="">Brawn</c> (File:G.svg, trample)
<c>Genesis</c> and <c>Glory</c> are incarnations with similar abilities in that their abilities only function while they are in the graveyard, but are not part of the cycle.
Lorwyn cycle[edit]
Inspired by the original cycle, Lorwyn had a cycle of rare Elemental Incarnations which grant their controllers a powerful effect. In direct contrast to the Judgement cycle, however, the Lorwyn incarnations each have a triggered ability that shuffles them back into their owner's library should they enter the graveyard. Each has a mana cost of 3NNN.
- <c set="LRW" number="" title="Purity" artist="">Purity</c> (File:W.svg)
- <c set="LRW" number="" title="Guile" artist="">Guile</c> (File:U.svg)
- <c set="LRW" number="" title="Dread" artist="">Dread</c> (File:B.svg)
- <c set="LRW" number="" title="Hostility" artist="">Hostility</c> (File:R.svg)
- <c set="LRW" number="" title="Vigor" artist="">Vigor</c> (File:G.svg)
Modern Horizons 2 cycle[edit]
Inspired by previous cycles, Modern Horizons 2 had a cycle of mythic Incarnations, but they have evoke. Like the Lorwyn cycle, they are also Elementals.
- <c set="MH2" number="" title="Solitude" artist="">Solitude</c> (File:W.svg)
- <c set="MH2" number="" title="Subtlety" artist="">Subtlety</c> (File:U.svg)
- <c set="MH2" number="" title="Grief" artist="">Grief</c> (File:B.svg)
- <c set="MH2" number="" title="Fury" artist="">Fury</c> (File:R.svg)
- <c set="MH2" number="" title="Endurance" artist="">Endurance</c> (File:G.svg)
Universes Beyond[edit]
Doctor Who introduces the first multicolored Incarnation for Idris, the physical embodiment of the TARDIS matrix in a human body.
- <c>Idris, Soul of the TARDIS</c> (File:U.svgFile:R.svg)
Trivia[edit]
- The Incarnation cycle in Judgment were called "Jedi" during design in reference to the quote spoken by the character Obi-Wan Kenobi in the film Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."[1][2]
References[edit]
- ↑ Mark Rosewater]] (May 13, 2002). "Through the Riftstone". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (July 4, 2002). "Sketches: Genesis". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.