Rivals of Ixalan

Rivals of Ixalan is the 77^th Magic: The Gathering expansion and the 2^nd set in the Ixalan block.

It was released on January 19, 2018 (Magic Online: January 15, 2018) and contains 196 + 9 cards.

The official expansion code is RIX. The set symbol is the half of a steering wheel .

Themes and Mechanics[]

returning Tribals (Dinosaurs, Merfolk, Vampires, Pirates)
new keyword: Ascend
returning ability word: Enrage
returning ability word: Raid
returning mechanic: "Treasure" artifact tokens
returning keyword action: Explore
returning keyword action: Transform (Double-Faced Cards)^[1]

Planeswalker Decks[]

Rivals of Ixalan's planeswalker decks include 9 addtional exclusive cards

Vraska, Scheming Gorgon
Vampire Champion
Vraska's Conquistador
Vraska's Scorn
Angrath, Minotaur Pirate
Angrath's Ambusher
Swab Goblin
Angrath's Fury
Cinder Barrens.^[2]
Angrath, Minotaur Pirate ()
Vraska, Scheming Gorgon ()

Card List[]

No.	Name	Rarity	Color
1	Baffling End		White
2	Bishop of Binding		White
3	Blazing Hope		White
4	Cleansing Ray		White
5	Divine Verdict		White
6	Everdawn Champion		White
7	Exultant Skymarcher		White
8	Famished Paladin		White
9	Forerunner of the Legion		White
10	Imperial Ceratops		White
11	Legion Conquistador		White
12	Luminous Bonds		White
13	Majestic Heliopterus		White
14	Martyr of Dusk		White
15	Moment of Triumph		White
16	Paladin of Atonement		White
17	Pride of Conquerors		White
18	Radiant Destiny		White
19	Raptor Companion		White
20	Sanguine Glorifier		White
21	Skymarcher Aspirant		White
22	Slaughter the Strong		White
23	Snubhorn Sentry		White
24	Sphinx's Decree		White
25	Squire's Devotion		White
26	Sun Sentinel		White
27	Sun-Crested Pterodon		White
28	Temple Altisaur		White
29	Trapjaw Tyrant		White
30	Zetalpa, Primal Dawn		White
31	Admiral's Order		Blue
32	Aquatic Incursion		Blue
33	Crafty Cutpurse		Blue
34	Crashing Tide		Blue
35	Curious Obsession		Blue
36	Deadeye Rig-Hauler		Blue
37	Expel from Orazca		Blue
38	Flood of Recollection		Blue
39	Hornswoggle		Blue
40	Induced Amnesia		Blue
41	Kitesail Corsair		Blue
42	Kumena's Awakening		Blue
43	Mist-Cloaked Herald		Blue
44	Negate		Blue
45	Nezahal, Primal Tide		Blue
46	Release to the Wind		Blue
47	River Darter		Blue
48	Riverwise Augur		Blue
49	Sailor of Means		Blue
50	Sea Legs		Blue
51	Seafloor Oracle		Blue
52	Secrets of the Golden City		Blue
53	Silvergill Adept		Blue
54	Siren Reaver		Blue
55	Slippery Scoundrel		Blue
56	Soul of the Rapids		Blue
57	Spire Winder		Blue
58	Sworn Guardian		Blue
59	Timestream Navigator		Blue
60	Warkite Marauder		Blue
61	Waterknot		Blue
62	Arterial Flow		Black
63	Canal Monitor		Black
64	Champion of Dusk		Black
65	Dark Inquiry		Black
66	Dead Man's Chest		Black
67	Dinosaur Hunter		Black
68	Dire Fleet Poisoner		Black
69	Dusk Charger		Black
70	Dusk Legion Zealot		Black
71	Fathom Fleet Boarder		Black
72	Forerunner of the Coalition		Black
73	Golden Demise		Black
74	Grasping Scoundrel		Black
75	Gruesome Fate		Black
76	Impale		Black
77	Mastermind's Acquisition		Black
78	Mausoleum Harpy		Black
79	Moment of Craving		Black
80	Oathsworn Vampire		Black
81	Pitiless Plunderer		Black
82	Ravenous Chupacabra		Black
83	Reaver Ambush		Black
84	Recover		Black
85	Sadistic Skymarcher		Black
86	Tetzimoc, Primal Death		Black
87	Tomb Robber		Black
88	Twilight Prophet		Black
89	Vampire Revenant		Black
90	Vona's Hunger		Black
91	Voracious Vampire		Black
92	Blood Sun		Red
93	Bombard		Red
94	Brass's Bounty		Red
95	Brazen Freebooter		Red
96	Buccaneer's Bravado		Red
97	Charging Tuskodon		Red
98	Daring Buccaneer		Red
99	Dire Fleet Daredevil		Red
100	Etali, Primal Storm		Red
101	Fanatical Firebrand		Red
102	Forerunner of the Empire		Red
103	Form of the Dinosaur		Red
104	Frilled Deathspitter		Red
105	Goblin Trailblazer		Red
106	Mutiny		Red
107	Needletooth Raptor		Red
108	Orazca Raptor		Red
109	Pirate's Pillage		Red
110	Reckless Rage		Red
111	Rekindling Phoenix		Red
112	See Red		Red
113	Shake the Foundations		Red
114	Shatter		Red
115	Silverclad Ferocidons		Red
116	Stampeding Horncrest		Red
117	Storm Fleet Swashbuckler		Red
118	Sun-Collared Raptor		Red
119	Swaggering Corsair		Red
120	Tilonalli's Crown		Red
121	Tilonalli's Summoner		Red
122	Aggressive Urge		Green
123	Cacophodon		Green
124	Cherished Hatchling		Green
125	Colossal Dreadmaw		Green
126	Crested Herdcaller		Green
127	Deeproot Elite		Green
128	Enter the Unknown		Green
129	Forerunner of the Heralds		Green
130	Ghalta, Primal Hunger		Green
131	Giltgrove Stalker		Green
132	Hardy Veteran		Green
133	Hunt the Weak		Green
134	Jade Bearer		Green
135	Jadecraft Artisan		Green
136	Jadelight Ranger		Green
137	Jungleborn Pioneer		Green
138	Knight of the Stampede		Green
139	Naturalize		Green
140	Orazca Frillback		Green
141	Overgrown Armasaur		Green
142	Path of Discovery		Green
143	Plummet		Green
144	Polyraptor		Green
145	Strength of the Pack		Green
146	Swift Warden		Green
147	Tendershoot Dryad		Green
148	Thrashing Brontodon		Green
149	Thunderherd Migration		Green
150	Wayward Swordtooth		Green
151	World Shaper		Green
152	Angrath, the Flame-Chained		Black/Red
153	Atzocan Seer		White/Green
154	Azor, the Lawbringer		White/Blue
155	Deadeye Brawler		Blue/Black
156	Dire Fleet Neckbreaker		Black/Red
157	Elenda, the Dusk Rose		White/Black
158	Hadana's Climb		Blue/Green
158	Winged Temple of Orazca
159	Huatli, Radiant Champion		White/Green
160	Journey to Eternity		Black/Green
160	Atzal, Cave of Eternity
161	Jungle Creeper		Black/Green
162	Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca		Blue/Green
163	Legion Lieutenant		White/Black
164	Merfolk Mistbinder		Blue/Green
165	Path of Mettle		White/Red
165	Metzali, Tower of Triumph
166	Profane Procession		White/Black
166	Tomb of the Dusk Rose
167	Protean Raider		Blue/Red
168	Raging Regisaur		Red/Green
169	Relentless Raptor		White/Red
170	Resplendent Griffin		White/Blue
171	Siegehorn Ceratops		White/Green
172	Storm Fleet Sprinter		Blue/Red
173	Storm the Vault		Blue/Red
173	Vault of Catlacan
174	Zacama, Primal Calamity		White/Red/Green
175	Awakened Amalgam
176	Azor's Gateway
176	Sanctum of the Sun
177	Captain's Hook
178	Gleaming Barrier
179	Golden Guardian
179	Gold-Forge Garrison
180	The Immortal Sun
181	Orazca Relic
182	Silent Gravestone
183	Strider Harness
184	Traveler's Amulet
185	Arch of Orazca
186	Evolving Wilds
187	Forsaken Sanctuary
188	Foul Orchard
189	Highland Lake
190	Stone Quarry
191	Woodland Stream
192	Plains	L
193	Island	L
194	Swamp	L
195	Mountain	L
196	Forest	L
197	Vraska, Scheming Gorgon		Black
198	Vampire Champion		Black
199	Vraska's Conquistador		Black
200	Vraska's Scorn		Black
201	Angrath, Minotaur Pirate		Black/Red
202	Angrath's Ambusher		Black
203	Swab Goblin		Red
204	Angrath's Fury		Black/Red
205	Cinder Barrens

Cycles[]

Rivals of Ixalan has six cycles, including one double cycle. Two of these cycles are partial due to uneven color distribution among tribes.

Elder dinosaurs: Five rare elder dinosaurs, one of each color - Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (), Nezahal, Primal Tide (), Tetzimoc, Primal Death (), Etali, Primal Storm (), Ghalta, Primal Hunger ().
- Zacama, Primal Calamity () is thematically related to the cycle.
Legendary transforming enemy color enchantments: Five rare legendary enchantments in enemy color pairs that transform into legendary lands whenever a condition is met. Each of these lands tap for one mana of any color and have other powerful abilities - Profane Procession // Tomb of the Dusk Rose (), Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity (), Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca (), Storm the Vault // Vault of Catlacan (), and Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph ().
Two-colored draft archetypes: Ten uncommon cards which each represent a two-colored draft archetype - Resplendent Griffin (, ascend), Deadeye Brawler (, ascend), Dire Fleet Neckbreaker (, pirates), Raging Regisaur (, enrage), Atzocan Seer (, ramp), Legion Lieutenant (, vampires), Jungle Creeper (, recursion), Merfolk Mistbinder (, merfolk), Storm Fleet Sprinter (, pirates), and Relentless Raptor (, aggro).
Forerunners: Four uncommon creatures, one for each major tribe. Each has an enters the battlefield ability that tutors a creature of the respective type to the top of your library, and a triggered ability whenever a creature of that type enters the battlefield under your control - Forerunner of the Legion (, vampires), Forerunner of the Coalition (, pirates), Forerunner of the Empire (, dinosaurs), and Forerunner of the Heralds (, merfolk).^[3]
Tribal revealers: Four uncommon spells that are undercosted but require the caster to reveal a card of a given tribe's creature type from their hand, or to pay some amount of colorless mana as an additional cost - Silvergill Adept (, merfolk; reprinted from Lorwyn), Sadistic Skymarcher (, vampires), Daring Buccaneer (, pirates), and Thunderherd Migration (, dinosaurs).
Enemy color taplands: Five uncommon dual lands that enter the battlefield tapped. This cycle was originally printed in Shadows over Innistrad - Forsaken Sanctuary (), Foul Orchard (), Woodland Stream (), Highland Lake (), and Stone Quarry ().