Magic 2015 Spoilers and Set Information

Pedro Furtado (djorso) March 18, 2024 Collecting, MTG Cards, MTG Products, Set Overview

Garruk, Apex Predator | Illustration by Tyler Jacobson

Released after Theros and before Khans of Tarkir, Magic 2015 (M15) was the last of an era that started with M10. The idea of keeping a core Magic set to reprint generic cards while adding new ones, and having distinct draft themes to make them accessible but interesting to old players is present in M15. But for the first time, we have lore in a core set, as well as a tie-in to a digital product in Duels of the Planeswalkers.

It’s not a surprising set, as many core sets aren’t, but this one has a few things going on for it. Here’s all the information on M15, including money cards, products, and more.

Magic 2015 Basic Information

Ensoul Artifact | Illustration by Jasper Sandner

Set Details

Set Symbol
Set Code	M15
Set Hashtag	#magic2015
Number of Cards	269
Rarities	112 commons, 84 uncommons, 58 rares, 15 mythic rares
Mechanics	Convoke

Important Dates

Previews start	June 23, 2014
Full gallery available	July 4, 2014
Prerelease week	July 12-13, 2014
Paper release date	July 18, 2014
Launch party	July 18, 2014
Release on Magic Online	July 28, 2014
Game Day	August 9-10, 2014

About the Set: The Story

Magic 2015 was released in 2014, and it was the last set of its kind. The next “core set” was Magic Origins, but it had a totally different approach. Still, WotC tried a lot of different things with this one to leave the core set era with a blast. Interestingly, WotC reached out to different game designers to make card designs for this set.

Aggressive Mining, Chasm Skulker, and Yisan, the Wanderer Bard are examples of cards that came from this collaboration. Waste Not, on the other hand, was a card made by the community in various voting rounds.

Magic 2015 is one of the few core sets that revolve around a story, and it’s all about Liliana Vess and Garruk Wildspeaker. Liliana used The Chain Veil to curse Garruk, and this transformation can be seen in the card Garruk Wildspeaker / Garruk, the Veil-Cursed. The curse makes Garruk chase planeswalkers now. Garruk visits many planes in search of Liliana, or in search of a way to break the curse.

Magic 2015 Mechanics

Convoke

Debuting in original Ravnica, convoke is a mechanic simple and versatile enough that WotC keeps on bringing it back. To convoke a spell, you can tap any untapped creatures you control, and each tapped creature reduces the spell cost by one generic mana or one mana of that color.

From M15, Triplicate Spirits was a Limited-defining card, while Stoke the Flames was very good in Standard. We also get an important reprint in Chord of Calling. Convoke’s been used in a few other sets, like Future Sight, Guilds of Ravnica, and March of the Machine, along with many Commander sets.

Magic 2015 Card Gallery

White

Blue

Black

Red

Green

Multicolor

Colorless

Lands

Notable Cards

The Cycle of Pain Lands

Pain lands – the dual lands that cause you to take a damage to generate colored mana, are a core set classic, and M15 reprints the enemy color pain lands. These always end up seeing play in Standard, and can be a nice, cheap alternative for building a mana base.

The Cycle of Souls

Clearly inspired by the titans cycle, WotC wanted big creatures that were strong and competitive but not broken like the titans. These are all 6/6 creatures that have relevant 5-mana activated abilities.

Money Cards

Ajani Steadfast is a card that holds a little bit of value, just having been printed once in M15 and reprinted in Commander Masters. It’s a good planeswalker in a superfriends deck or go-wide deck.
Return to the Ranks is a card that gives white decks this “little creature reanimation” identity. You can use it after you’ve sacrificed lots of small value creatures to return them to the battlefield and do it again.
Liliana Vess is an interesting card in EDH black decks, serving the roles of tutor and mass reanimation.
Goblin Rabblemaster is a heavy hitter, and you don’t even need to be playing goblins per se. It’s a nice reinforcement for many goblin decks due to its capacity to generate tokens and hitting hard.
Chord of Calling is a reprint from this set and a Modern/Legacy/EDH staple. It allows you to tutor creatures straight into the battlefield and combo off or use your creatures as a toolbox.
Obelisk of Urd is ridiculous in a board filled with typal tokens of the same color. You’ll cast it for a few mana and mass pump your army permanently.
The Chain Veil is a superfriends deck’s best friend, allowing you to use planeswalkers’ abilities twice in a single turn.
Garruk, Apex Predator is the face of the set. It’s a big, 7-mana planeswalker that’s very versatile. With it at your side, you can nuke enemy PWs, make tokens, and sabotage an enemy with its powerful ultimate.
Sliver Hivelord is a very strong sliver commander or a card to put in your 5-color sliver decks.
Sliver Hive is an awesome land for 5-color slivers EDH decks, which in turn is a popular deck. It’ll see play in other formats where you could realistically play slivers.
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth’s cheapest version can be found here, and this is a card that has a high demand, whether in EDH or Eternal formats. Having a land with basically no downside making all your lands count as swamps that not only provides mana fixing, but it’s also insane with cards like Cabal Coffers or Tendrils of Corruption.

Available Products

Magic 2015 Booster Pack

The main ways to get M15 cards is buy getting 15-card booster pack, which can be bought separately or in a 36-pack booster box.

Sale

Magic: The Gathering 2015 Core Set / M15 Sealed Booster Box (MTG) (36 Packs)

Booster Display Box contains 36 booster packs, each pack contains 15 random cards.

Magic 2015 Fat Pack

M15’s white fat pack with gorgeous Garruk art comes with 9 M15 booster packs 9 M15 booster packs, alongside a spindown life counter, two deck boxes, basic lands, and a Player’s Guide.

Magic: The Gathering - 2015 Core Set / M15 - Sealed Fat Pack (9 Booster Packs & More)

Magic the Gathering M15 2015 Core Set expansion.

Magic 2015 Sample Decks

M15 had five sample decks, with thirty cards each. A curious fact is that these decks had classic cards like Mahamoti Djinn and Serra Angel that weren’t in M15 but were legal in Standard.

Magic 2015 Clash Pack

M15 Clash Pack is a package containing two 60-card Constructed decks aiming at Standard play. There are two decks, Fury and Fate, and the cards are mainly from Theros and M15. Fate is a deck showing off Prognostic Sphinx, while fate is a deck highlighting Hydra Broodmaster.

Magic 2015 Intro Decks

Intro decks were 60-card precons that also came with two M15 boosters, so you can start upgrading your precons from the get go.

Price of Glory is a white/black deck with a lifegain theme. The Ajani's Pridemate archetype if you will.

Magic The Gathering M15 2015 Core Set Price of Glory Intro Pack (White Deck Includes Resolute Archangel)

Hit the Ground Running is a green/blue deck that revolves around ETB creatures and bouncing them to your hand to recast. Roaring Primadox is a build-around card here, acting as a beater and an enabler for the strategy.

Magic The Gathering M15 2015 Core Set Hit The Ground Running Intro Pack (Blue Deck Includes Mercurial Pretender)

Infernal Intervention is a red/black aggressive deck with ways to deal direct damage to your opponents and removal spells to clear the way. Indulgent Tormentor ends games quickly.

Magic The Gathering M15 2015 Core Set Infernal Intervention Intro Pack (Black Deck Includes Infernal Tormentor)

Flames of the Dragon is a blue/red deck that focuses around artifacts, which is the Izzet theme for this set. You can either Ensoul Artifact an Ornithopter or deliver the beatdowns via Hoarding Dragon or Siege Dragon.

Magic The Gathering M15 2015 Core Set Flames of The Dragon Intro Pack (red Deck Includes Siege Dragon)

Will of the Masses is your typical go-wide green/white deck showing off the convoke mechanic. Cards like Overwhelm, Seraph of the Masses, and Triplicate Spirits steal the show when you have enough creatures.

Magic The Gathering (MTG 2015 Core Set / M15 Intro Pack / Theme Deck - Phytotitan (Green/White)(Includes 2 Booster Packs)

Everything you need in one ready-made deck.

Wrap Up

Sliver Hivelord | Illustration by Aleksi Briclot

Magic 2015 tries to have a little bit of everything: compelling rares and mythics for Constructed play, slivers to help with Constructed decks, a story-driven narrative, and a design that supports Limited play, all while maintaining a low enough complexity for newer players to join. In some ways it succeeded, but we know now that WotC isn’t afraid of complexity anymore. Still there’s plenty of gems in this set, especially for fans of Garruk and Liliana. And slivers, of course.

Which of the core sets are you most fond of? Where does M15 rank? Let me know in the comments section below, or over Draftsim Twitter.

Thanks for having me, and I’ll see you around.

Note: this post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to make a purchase, you’ll help Draftsim continue to provide awesome free articles and apps.

Follow Draftsim for awesome articles and set updates:

Magic 2015 Magic 2015 set info Magic 2015 set news Magic 2015 set overview Magic 2015 spoilers Magic 2015 story MTG MTG cards MTG collection MTG Magic 2015 MTG mechanics MTG products MTG set info MTG set news MTG set overview MTG set story MTG spoilers

Pedro Furtado (djorso)

Pedro started playing Magic way back when in Fourth Edition. After a long hiatus, he now plays mostly MTG Arena Standard and Limited. His biggest MTG regret is trading a bunch of Force of Wills for Serra Angels.

Collecting

0 0

Modern Horizons 3 Spoilers and Set Information

Chris Reay 1 day ago