Something Awesome: Mirrodin Pure/New Phyrexia

Well, To those of you who have been waiting with bated breath, I return with some new information! Apparently, things have been happening in my absence and they may require a bit of discussion. On the heels of the still quasi-new magic release Scars of Mirrodin with the upcoming Mirrodin Besieged set to be released in Feburary of 2011, I want to look ahead, long term, and take a moment to think about the final block of this set.

Why?

Because it's been announced! (sort of)

The new set will either be called Mirrodin Pure Denoted by this lovely heading:

Or, in a surprising twist, we may have a set called New Phyrexia on our hands marked off by this lovely sign:

What's the discrepancy? It depends on who wins the war. If you weren't aware, according with Magic lore, there's a war on in Mirrodin. Apparently, the descendants of the evil, bio-machine plane Phyrexia (the old spawn of Yawgmoth) have broken through to Mirrodin and want to bring the "gift" of their technology to the metal plane. This new set will culminate a heavily story-driven block and while there are no new cards for display just yet, we'll keep you updated as much as we can.

-DS