Once transformed, Venom rewards sacrifice strategies with card draw, treasure generation, and the ability to bring huge threats directly onto the battlefield
The first volume contains the stories and a card catalog for sets 1-4 ("The First Chapter," "Rise of the Floodborn," "The Inklands," "Ursula's Return") as well as "Illumineer's Quest: Deep Trouble"
A creature with alpha strike has first strike as long as it's blocking or being blocked by a creature whose name comes after it alphabetically
If you've already read our comparison of Evolving Skies vs Eevee Heroes, this article goes much broader and deeper into the Japanese vs English question across all eras and card types
[22] 2011 : Hexagon with a black and white side Number of cards: 12 Release period: June-July 2011 Abbreviation: M11 2012 : Square with a white top and black bottom Number of cards: 12 Release period: June-July 2012 Abbreviation: M12 2013 : Sideways M on top of a W Number of cards: 12 Release period: October-November 2013 Abbreviation: M13 2014 : Stylized V shape Number of cards: 12 Release period: May-June 2014 Abbreviation: M14 2015 : Three chevron-like shapes Number of cards: 12 Release period: November-December 2015 Abbreviation: M15 2016 : Rounded M shape Number of cards: 12 Release period: August 2016 Abbreviation: M16 2017 : Two overlapping diamonds Number of cards: 12 Release period: November-December 2017 Abbreviation: M17 2018 : Crown-like symbol Number of cards: 12 Release period: October-November 2018 Abbreviation: M18 2019 : Winged symbol Number of cards: 12 Release period: October-November 2019 Abbreviation: M19 2021 : Gate-like symbol Number of cards: 25 Release period: February 2020 Abbreviation: M21 2022 : Flat, star-like symbol with a vertical line in the center Number of cards: 15 Release period: August 2022 Abbreviation: M22 2023 : M23 inside a black rectangle Number of cards: 15 Release period: September 2023 Abbreviation: M23 2024 : M24 inside a black rectangle Number of cards: 15 Release period: January 2025 Abbreviation: M24 The Trick or Trade series consists of special booster packs (stylized as BOOster) released around Halloween
