November 15th can’t come soon enough for those of us looking to get all of our friends into Magic: The Gathering. On that day, Magic will release its new Foundations set. Marketed as the quintessential Magic set covering the greatest hits across the game’s storied history, the Foundation set offers an approachable way for new players to start, for old players to return to, or continue your Magic card collection if you never stopped playing. The centerpiece of the set is the Foundations Beginner Box.
This Beginner Box offers the best way to learn how to play the iconic card game by removing the intimidation that comes from the long history of cards the game has. It includes all the essentials for your first Magic: The Gathering match and more importantly, it features a written tutorial for you to step right into the game. With the Foundation Set Beginner Box, you start by walking through the tutorial decks, with instructions on what order to play the cards in and how to play with a play mat, showing you exactly what to do. Then, you can choose one of eight decks to continue your journey.
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The Beginner Box includes eight preconstructed decks based on familiar archetypes, characters, and playstyles. Players learn not only how to play Magic but also the whys behind deckbuilding, such as when to attack versus defend, and other core elements that veteran players may take for granted.
Before Foundation Beginner’s Box release on November 15, 2024, Wizards of the Coast has shared with us an exclusive reveal of cards in the Undead deck! See the cards and their descriptions below.
Undead Deck
Undead Spells
Title: Undying Malice
Cost: 1 Black Mana
Instant Cast
Until the end of turn, target creature gains ‘When this creature dies return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner’s control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Lazlo was going to find the jerks who stabbed him in the back and stab them in the fronts.
Title: Deadly Plot
Cost: 3 Generic, 1 Black Mana
Instant Cast
Choose One –
- Destroy Target creature or planeswalker
- Return target Zombie creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped
“Open grave available, only on previous tenant.” – Sign on cemetery gate
Title: Eaten Alive
Cost: 1 Black Mana
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay 3 Generic, 1 Black Mana.
“If you hear a groaning noise in the cellar, don’t investigate. Don’t split up. Just lock the door and barricade it.” – Emili, guard captain
Title: Cemetery Recruitment
Cost: 1 Generic, 1 Black Mana
Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If it’s a Zombie card, draw a card.
To a necromancer as a powerful as Liliana Vess, a graveyard is as good as a garrison of soldiers awaiting her command.
Undead Creatures
Title: Crow of Dark Tidings
Cost: 2 Generic, 1 Black Mana
Creature – Zombie Bird
Flying
When this creature enters or dies, mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
2/1
Title: Death Baron
Cost: 1 Generic, 2 Black Mana
Creature – Zombie Wizard
Skeletons you control and other Zombies you control get +1/+1 (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it)
2/2
Title: Hungry Ghoul
Cost: 1 Generic, 1 Black Mana
Creature – Zombie
1 Generic mana, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
All at once, the warden realized the string of mysterious escapes was an entirely different problem.
2/2
Title: Reassembling Skeleton
Cost: 1 Generic, 1 Black Mana
Creature – Skeleton Warrior
1 Generic, 1 Black mana: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
“If none of the bones are original, is it even the same skele-aaagh!”
– Mort the Philospher, last words
1/1
Title: Maalfeld Twins
Cost: 5 Generic, 1 Black Mana
Creature – Zombie
When this creature dies, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
“Who am I to break up a family?”
– Ghoulcaller Gisa
4/4
Title: Diregraf Ghoul
Cost: 1 Black Mana
Creature – Zombie
This creature enters tapped.
“At least this one still has arms and legs. Well, most of its legs.”
– Enslow, ghoulcaller of Nephalia
2/2
Title: Skeleton Archer
Cost: 3 Generic, 1 Black Mana
Creature – Skeleton Archer
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to any target.
“Soul, flesh, even eyes-none of these are strictly necessary for deadly precision.”
– Modriss of Zargoth Fen
3/3
Title: Suspicious Shambler
Cost: 3 Generic, 1 Black Mana
Creature – Zombie
4 Generic, 2 Black Mana, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens. Activate only as a sorcery.
It was the perfect disguise-at least until its stomach started moaning.
4/2
Undead Land
Title: Uncharted Haven
Land
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color.
Tapped: Add one mana of the chosen color.
“There are lands beyond Valley. Wild, calamity-scarred, and beautiful.”
-Farfeather, birdfolk scout
