We've got a lot to share with you. Here's a quick overview of what we're announcing today:

- The fall set is named Ixalan, and will be releasing on September 29, 2017. It will be legal for the 2017 World Championship's Standard and Limited play. Pro Tour Ixalan is November 3–5, 2017. This also means that Grand Prix Providence and Shizuoka will both be Team Sealed GPs as part of the release weekend.

Ixalan's Release Date, And What This Means for Premier Play

-We're excited to reveal the name and release date for the fall set, which will be the start of a new block and lead to a fresh new Standard Constructed format. That set's name is Ixalan, and it will be released on September 29 later this year.

-For many of our players, this will come as a surprise, since the Pro Tour scheduled around this set will take place November 3–5, rather than two weeks after the new set's release. We're trying something different with this set, and are instead timing the 2017 Magic: The Gathering World Championship, which will be just one week after Ixalan's release, to highlight the new set. This is an experiment to see how utilizing the World Championship to highlight a new Standard fares, and we will be seeking feedback once the schedule bears itself out.

How so? Are we going off of recently running into Ajani and Vraska-like art being on that spoiled test packaging a while ago?

Interesting that the set up that 50/50 return/new plane thing, and then have three new planes in a row. I'm not complaining at all, mind you, since I think the spread should be mostly new planes, I just find it interesting.

They also said SoI was too soon for a return, and it should be about 6-7 years at least before a return. That pretty much leaves the options as Ulgothra, Mercadia, Kamigawa, Dominaria, Lorwyn and New Phyrexia. New Phyrexia would be too close to Kaladesh, and R&D isn't exactly keen on the rest.

You forgot Alara.

To be fair, Gatewatch Feedback started hitting in time for Hour to be altered (but not Amonkhet). Assuming that's feedback from OGW for the development cycle, that means they'll have feedback from as late as Kaladesh to revise even Set 1 of Return to Dominaria, which means plenty of chance to hear Vorthos's dissatisfaction with the Gatewatch and how they're being handled as well.

I want a Standard where my white/blue deck can run Gideon at three different CCs. Ditto for Jace.

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I can do this with Liliana now! Good Lilly from Innistrad, PW deck Lilly(s?), Amonkhet 5CC Lilly.

Most likely an Aztec inspired plane, which is kind of a shame since I hope it was an underwater Atlantis world