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Dominaria United – Card Spoilers, Release Date, and More

The next Magic: The Gathering expansion, Dominaria United is coming to MTG Arena on September 1, 2022 and worldwide release on September 9, 2022. It marks the rotation of the Standard format and Magic’s 30th anniversary celebration, including a continuation of the story in four sets. In this guide, you’ll find all of the information we currently have available for Dominaria United, including all of the cards that have been revealed so far.


Dominaria United Set Details

Set Symbol
Release DateMTG Arena: September 1, 2022
Tabletop: September 9, 2022
Expansion CodeDMU
Cards281
  • Dominaria holds a special place in Magic across the lore of game and in the hearts of fans around the world. With so much story and decades of Magic history packed into one plane, the next visit with Dominaria United is the perfect place to kick off our 30th anniversary celebration.
  • The story begins following Karn as he looks back on Dominaria’s past to prepare for its future. The enemy is already on Dominaria, and it’s only a matter of time before conflict breaks out. This kicks off an epic story arc spanning four sets where the fate of Dominaria – and the Multiverse – is set to unravel.
  • Boosters contain a legendary card in each pack, showing off a cast of beloved legends and characters that longtime fans will recognize. There are more than 40 legendary creatures across the set.

Codes

With every new set we should be getting a new promo code for 3 free packs, PlayDMU.


Dominaria United News


Dominaria United Release Date and Time

On MTG Arena, the maintenance starts at around 8 AM PST. Expect full deployment to last around 3 hours.

  • Dominaria United Story: August 10–18
  • A Look at Dominaria’s History and Worldbuilding: August 16
  • Debut Video and Previews Begin with Wizards Presents: August 18
  • Dominaria United Card Image Gallery Complete: August 26
  • Dominaria United Commander Previews: August 19
  • Dominaria United Commander Card Image Gallery Complete: August 22
  • MTG Arena and Magic Online Release: September 1
  • Prerelease Events (including Dominaria United Jumpstart Boosters): September 2–8
  • Worldwide Release: September 9
  • Launch Weekend: September 9–11
  • Game Day: September 17
  • Commander Party Events: September 30–October 2
  • Store Championships: October 15–22

Dominaria United Mechanics

  • Kicker: Kicker is a keyword ability that allows the player to pay an optional cost when casting a spell to achieve an additional effect. In Dominaria United, some cards have two colors of Kicker that get more effects the more they are kicked (e.g. Temporal Firestorm).
  • Enlist: As a creature with Enlist atacks, you may tap a nonattacking creature you control without summoning sickness. When you do, add its power to this creature’s until end of turn.
  • Read Ahead: Choose a Saga chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don’t trigger. Sacrifice after III.
  • Domain: Abilities that improve the more basic land types there are among lands you control.
  • Stun counters: A new evergreen counter – if a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.

Dominaria United Cards

To view the card gallery only that also includes all versions of each card beyond the set number, check out our spoiler gallery and the full preview schedule.


Jump In!

The return to the plane of powerful legends and mythic locales brings with it brand-new lands from Dominaria United in packets you can pick! There are 10 new packs for you to select from.

Mastery

The Mastery System for Dominaria United starts on September 1, 2022 and runs until the release of The Brothers’ War on November 10, 2022. It has 80 levels in total, which includes the free rewards until level 66, and additional Renewal rewards up to level 31.


Lost Legends

Cards from the physical Legends set printed in 1994 can be found in Collector Boosters at a 3% drop rate, similar to Priceless Treasures in Zendikar. Cases of Legends booster packs were supposedly found in a warehouse in the middle of Washington State and Wizards of the Coast reclaimed them. Featuring classic cards such as Karakas and The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, you may find yourself with a super valuable card from Magic’s past.

Not every card from Legends are included, due to the Legends collation problems, and the banned cards that Wizards of the Coast deemed depictions of racism.


Dominaria United Commander

Dominaria United has 48 brand new cards designed for Commander. 20 of them are exclusive to the Commander Decks, and 20 are for the Legends Retold Box Toppers. They are legal for Commander, Legacy, and Vintage formats, unless introduced to MTG Arena in the future.

Dominaria United Commander Decks

Dominaria United Commander has two decks: 100-card, ready-to-play decks, each featuring two foil cards and several new Magic cards to expand your collection. Additionally, each Commander deck includes a Collector Booster Sample Pack: a two-card pack containing a taste of what you can find in Dominaria United Collector Boosters, including a card in the beautiful stained-glass treatment as well as a rare or mythic rare (either in traditional foil or non-foil) from the set.

These decks feature new versions of two Dominaria characters we saw in Modern Horizons 2. The Legend Retold cards are also categorized as part of the Dominaria United Commander set.

The Commanders will be fully revealed on August 18, and the complete decklists on August 19.

Legends Retold

There will be 20 box toppers called Legends Retold, which reimagine the characters from the original Legends set. One traditional foil card from among 19 legendary creatures and one planeswalker is included in every each Set, Draft, and Collector Booster display boxes. They are legal in Eternal formats only (such as Legacy, Commander), but not Standard legal.

These cards are also categorized as Dominaria United Commander cards.


Dominaria United Jumpstart

Dominaria United Jumpstart Boosters

Dominaria Jumpstart will replace the Set Boosters, with 10 themes, two from each color. They contain 20 cards (including all the lands you need to play). In every pack, you’ll find 2 Rare cards, 1 of which may be a Mythic Rare, 1 non-foil stainless glass land, and 2 Land cards that are traditional foil.

In MTG Arena, it may integrate into the Jump In! event or be introduced as a standalone set similar to Jumpstart Horizons.

  • White:
    • Coalition Corps
    • Coalition Legions
  • Blue:
    • Mystic Mischief
    • Arcane Mischief
  • Black:
    • Totally Ruthless
    • Totally Merciless
  • Red:
  • Green:
    • Beast Territory
    • Monster Territory

There are five cards unique to Jumpstart, and are also legal in Standard:


Promos

Legends in Every Pack

Set, Draft, and Collector Boosters in Dominaria United will contain a legendary card in each booster, showing off a cast of beloved legends and characters that longtime fans will recognize. There are more than 40 legendary creatures across the set, with surprising appearances for new and longtime fans to discover.

Buy-a-Box

Llanowar Loamspeaker is Dominaria United’s Buy-a-Box Promo, which you can obtain when you purchase the 45 (1 copy) or 90 (2 copies) pack bundles on MTG Arena.

Llanowar Loamspeaker Buy-a-Box promo

Game Day

Store Championship

30th Anniversary Celebration

There are 30 promo cards available across eight Prerelease events, celebrating each of Magic: The Gathering’s’s 30 years. Each promo card is a reprint, chosen from and releasing in chronological order by the year it was first printed. Some promos will be rarer than others, and while many of these promo cards will be in English only, seven will only be available in another language where Magic is available – the first being Fyndhorn Elves available only in German.

#CardYearOriginal SetPrereleaseLanguage
1Serra Angel1993AlphaDominaria United
2Ball Lightning1994The DarkDominaria United
3Fyndhorn Elves1995Ice AgeDominaria UnitedGerman

Story

The Dominaria United story begins following Karn as he looks back on Dominaria’s past to prepare for its future. This sets the stage for the story unfolding over four sets – starting here with Dominaria United – and returns with familiar faces from our last visit. You can read the Magic Story episodes for the set:

Story Spotlight Cards

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