April 23, 2010. 248 cards

Its tagline is "And Carnage Shall Follow." The set, while part of the Zendikar block creatively and for the sake of constructed tournament rules, is unique mechanically and is designed to be drafted on its own.

Rise of the Eldrazi is the first set to contain colorless nonartifact spells, and is themed around "battlecruiser magic" - relatively slow games, in which both players try to gradually build their resources until they can win with enormous creatures. The most prominent of these "battlecruisers" are the Eldrazi, all of whom are colorless because they (in game-universe terms) pre-date the invention of colored magic. To help get these enormous creatures into play quickly, the set features many alternate sources of mana (particularly the "Eldrazi spawn," which can be sacrificed for colorless mana) and a dearth of cheap creature removal.

Mechanics Introduced: Level Up, Annihilator, Totem Armor, Rebound, Colorless cards (Creatures, Sorceries)