Magic: The Gathering Lord Of The Rings: Tales Of Middle-earth Full Reveal: See The New Cards

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After MagicCon Minneapolis earlier this month gave a few small teases about the upcoming set, this week's WeeklyMTG livestream saw Wizards Of The Coast drop a motherlode of information on Magic: The Gathering's upcoming Lord Of The Rings: Tales Of Middle-earth set, with over 120 cards and card variants revealed.

The reveal showed 126 cards in total, with every Magic: The Gathering color and card type represented. The only new mechanic coming from this set is The Ring Tempts You, where a creature becomes the Ring-Bearer and gains abilities whenever a card includes that line of text. However, two other mechanics from Magic's past will feature in the set as well:

The set focuses on the book versions of J.R.R. Tolkien's famous trilogy, with original artwork depicting scenes from across the three books. Some cards combine to create a panorama of particularly climactic moments, with one example using 18 cards to showcase the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

Below, we have every card revealed by Wizards Of The Coast during the event in one place, with the lot separated into galleries by color and listed in alphabetical color order (sorry, WUBRG enthusiasts). As for when you'll be able to purchase the Lord Of The Rings: Tales From Middle-earth set, the full release schedule is as follows:

The most notable cards here are the nine different variants of the Nazgul card, which represent the nine shadowy wraiths that hunt Frodo. In a break from traditional MTG rules, players are allowed to have up to nine copies of Nazgul in a deck--including Commander, which usually only allows a single copy of nonland cards--which will give a considerable bump to Wraith-type creature decks.

Only three blue cards have emerged from this preview, but