Total Eclipsed of the Sun
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Key Points:
- The design of Lorwyn Eclipsed embraces the duality of the Lorwyn and Shadowmoor settings by incorporating +1/+1 counters on the Lorwyn side and -1/-1 counters on the Shadowmoor side, reflecting their thematic mirroring, though mixing these counters proved complex.
- Shadowmoor's themes focus on colors-matter mechanics supported by hybrid mana, with a return to iconic -1/-1 counter mechanics like blight and the introduction of the "vivid" ability word, which counts the number of colors among permanents to influence effects.
- The initial plan to split the set evenly between Lorwyn ally-color archetypes and Shadowmoor enemy-color archetypes was revised to allow more integration and flexibility, enabling popular creature types like
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