Alchemy will nerf it by reducing the number of cat tokens it makes from two to one. Cards that are proving problems in Standard (like Alrund's Epiphany) could be adjusted for Alchemy, making it a faster-changing metagame than Standard and its reliance on printed cards is able to have.įor example, Esika's Chariot has been powerful in the Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Standard metagame.
However, even after that, both will be legal in Historic.Īs well as releasing new cards, Alchemy will be doing something Magic has never done before, and will be rebalancing existing cards. For example, the upcoming Alchemy: Kamigawa set (as we're assuming it will be called) will rotate in to Alchemy the same time as Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty does, and will rotate out when it leaves Standard and Alchemy in Q3 2023. Individual cards will also be craftable with in-game wildcards.Īlchemy sets will rotate out alongside the Standard set they're attached for. They'll also be a part of Historic, which will now serve as Alchemy's non-rotating counterpart.Īlchemy set cards will be available in special Alchemy boosters, available to purchase with gold and gems just like any other kind of booster pack. Alchemy sets won't only be legal in Alchemy. At 60 cards, it will be bigger than the usual 30-card Alchemy expansions. The first Alchemy set in this style will be Alchemy: Innistrad. These sets will be based on the Standard set it's launching with but will have digital-only mechanics like Conjure, Seek, and Perpetuity included. To achieve that, Alchemy will also have additional sets released shortly after each Standard release.
That means the current sets legal in both Standard and Alchemy are:ĭungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realmsįor the "digital-exclusive" part, Alchemy will build on the digital-only mechanics introduced in Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, making them a core part of the format. Alchemy will use the same rotation as Standard when a set has rotated out of Standard, it will no longer be legal in Alchemy. To break that down, a rotating format has cards enter and eventually leave the format. Alchemy is a new, digital-exclusive rotating format.