For more information on the Shards of Alara set, check out the Wizards website.

The Plane of Alara introduces a powerful new world to Magic: The Gathering. All centered around the Planewalkers and the shards.

• Bant is a land of knights and castles, ruled by angels.
• Esper is a world where everything is measured and controlled, and artifice touches everything alive.
• Grixis is a hellscape of death and decay, where everything is either undead or dying.
• Jund is a primordial world where dragons sit at the top of a vicious food chain.
• Naya is a lush jungle world where Behemoths are worshipped as gods.

Shards of Alara:

• The return of planeswalker cards
  
• Introduces the first multicolored planeswalkers
  
• Each of the five shards of Alara has its own game play themes, and its own stable of artists.
  
• NEW mechanics exalted, devour, and unearth
  
• Features a new rarity, Mythic Rare.