Tempest, expansion set number 12 for
Magic: The Gathering, was released in October of 1997. Its series-symbol is a storm cloud with
lightning bolt.Tempest introduced 3 new rules: "Buyback", "Licids", and "Shadow". Explanations of these rules are quoted from the
Wizards of the Coast website, http://www.wizards.com
Buyback
"Instants, interrupts, and sorceries normally go to your graveyard after they resolve. Buyback is a new option that allows you to use these types of spells over and over again by returning them to your hand when they resolve. Each such spell has a "buyback cost" in addition to the casting cost.
If you pay the buyback cost when you play the spell, then the spell is returned to your hand when it resolves, rather than going to your graveyard. You have to pay the buyback cost when you play the spell if you're going to pay it at all.
Returning the card to your hand is part of the spell's effect, so it won't occur if the spell is countered or fizzles against all of its targets. Instead, the card is put into your graveyard."
Licids
"Licids are a type of creature. Licids can become creature enchantments, reside on other creatures for a while, and then revert back to being creatures. A typical licid is represented below:
R(Tap): Enraging Licid loses this ability and becomes a creature enchantment that reads "Enchanted creature is unaffected by summoning sickness" instead of a creature. Move Enraging Licid onto target creature. You may pay to end this effect.
When a licid becomes a creature enchantment, is loses the licid ability and gains whatever ability is listed in the card text. It also stops being a creature and becomes a local enchantment instead. It retains all of its other characteristics, including its name, color, and so on. You still control the licid while it is an enchantment.
Unlike many abilities that move an enchantment onto another permanent, the licid ability targets the creature to be enchanted. If it fizzles against that creature, it will not take effect, so the licid itself will be unchanged.
Generally, the cost of using a licid's ability includes tapping it. This means that when it moves onto the creature, it will be a tapped local enchantment. the enchantment's ability will work normally, though, and the card will untap during your untap phase."
Shadow
"Shadow is a new standard creature ability. It is both an evasion ability and a blocking restriction. Creatures with shadow cannot block creatures without that ability, but can't be blocked by those creatures either. In this respect they are like creatures that have flying but can't block creatures without flying."
Tempest consists of:
53 Black
53 Blue
53 Green
53 Red
53 White
39 Artifacts
10 Multi-colored
36 Land
350 Cards Total
Black
Abandon Hope
Bellowing Fiend
Blood Pet
Bounty Hunter
Carrionette
Clot Sliver
Coercion
Coffin Queen
Commander Greven il-Vec
Corpse Dance
Dark Banishing
Dark Ritual
Darkling Stalker
Dauthi Embrace
Dauthi Ghoul
Dauthi Horror
Dauthi Marauder
Dauthi Mercenary
Dauthi Mindripper
Dauthi Slayer
Death Pits of Rath
Diabolic Edict
Disturbed Burial
Dread of Night
Dregs of Sorrow
Endless Scream
Enfeeblement
Evincar's Justice
Extinction
Fevered Convulsions
Gravedigger
Imps' Taunt
Kezzerdrix
Knight of Dusk
Leeching Licid
Living Death
Maddening Imp
Marsh Lurker
Mindwhip Sliver
Minion of the Wastes
Perish
Pit Imp
Rain of Tears
Rats of Rath
Reanimate
Reckless Spite
Sadistic Glee
Sarcomancy
Screeching Harpy
Servant of Volrath
Skyshroud Vampire
Souldrinker
Spinal Graft
Blue
Benthic Behemoth
Capsize
Chill
Counterspell
Dismiss
Dream Cache
Duplicity
Ertai's Meddling
Escaped Shapeshifter
Fighting Drake
Fylamarid
Gaseous Form
Giant Crab
Horned Turtle
Insight
Interdict
Intuition
Legacy's Allure
Legerdemain
Mana Severance
Manta Riders
Mawcor
Meditate
Mnemonic Sliver
Power Sink
Precognition
Propaganda
Rootwater Diver
Rootwater Hunter
Rootwater Matriarch
Rootwater Shaman
Sea Monster
Shadow Rift
Shimmering Wings
Skyshroud Condor
Spell Blast
Steal Enchantment
Stinging Licid
Thalakos Dreamsower
Thalakos Mistfolk
Thalakos Seer
Thalakos Sentry
Time Ebb
Time Warp
Tradewind Rider
Twitch
Unstable Shapeshifter
Volrath's Curse
Whim of Volrath
Whispers of the Muse
Wind Dancer
Wind Drake
Winged Sliver
Green
Aluren
Apes of Rath
Bayou Dragonfly
Broken Fall
Canopy Spider
Charging Rhino
Choke
Crazed Armodon
Dirtcowl Wurm
Earthcraft
Eladamri's Vineyard
Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Elven Warhounds
Elvish Fury
Flailing Drake
Frog Tongue
Fugitive Druid
Harrow
Heartwood Dryad
Heartwood Giant
Heartwood Treefolk
Horned Sliver
Krakilin
Mirri's Guile
Mongrel Pack
Muscle Sliver
Natural Spring
Nature's Revolt
Needle Storm
Nurturing Licid
Overrun
Pincher Beetles
Rampant Growth
Reality Anchor
Reap
Recycle
Respite
Root Maze
Rootbreaker Wurm
Rootwalla
Scragnoth
Seeker of Skybreak
Skyshroud Elf
Skyshroud Ranger
Skyshroud Troll
Spike Drone
Storm Front
Trained Armodon
Tranquility
Trumpeting Armodon
Verdant Force
Verdigris
Winter's Grasp
Red
Aftershock
Ancient Runes
Apocalypse
Barbed Sliver
Blood Frenzy
Boil
Canyon Drake
Canyon Wildcat
Chaotic Goo
Crown of Flames
Deadshot
Enraging Licid
Firefly
Fireslinger
Flowstone Giant
Flowstone Salamander
Flowstone Wyvern
Furnace of Rath
Giant Strength
Goblin Bombardment
Hand to Hand
Havoc
Heart Sliver
Jackal Pup
Kindle
Lightning Blast
Lightning Elemental
Lowland Giant
Magmasaur
Mogg Conscripts
Mogg Fanatic
Mogg Raider
Mogg Squad
No Quarter
Opportunist
Pallimud
Rathi Dragon
Renegade Warlord
Rolling Thunder
Sandstone Warrior
Scorched Earth
Searing Touch
Shadowstorm
Shatter
Shocker
Starke of Rath
Stone Rain
Stun
Sudden Impact
Tahngarth's Rage
Tooth and Claw
Wall of Diffusion
Wild Wurm
White
Advance Scout
Angelic Protector
Anoint
Armor Sliver
Armored Pegasus
Auratog
Avenging Angel
Circle of Protection: Black
Circle of Protection: Blue
Circle of Protection: Green
Circle of Protection: Red
Circle of Protection: Shadow
Circle of Protection: White
Clergy en-Vec
Cloudchaser Eagle
Disenchant
Elite Javelineer
Field of Souls
Flickering Ward
Gallantry
Gerrard's Battle Cry
Hanna's Custody
Hero's Resolve
Humility
Invulnerability
Knight of Dawn
Light of Day
Marble Titan
Master Decoy
Mounted Archers
Oracle en-Vec
Orim's Prayer
Orim, Samite Healer
Pacifism
Pegasus Refuge
Quickening Licid
Repentance
Sacred Guide
Safeguard
Serene Offering
Soltari Crusader
Soltari Emissary
Soltari Foot Soldier
Soltari Lancer
Soltari Monk
Soltari Priest
Soltari Trooper
Spirit Mirror
Staunch Defenders
Talon Sliver
Warmth
Winds of Rath
Worthy Cause
Artifact
Altar of Dementia
Booby Trap
Bottle Gnomes
Coiled Tinviper
Cold Storage
Cursed Scroll
Echo Chamber
Emerald Medallion
Emmessi Tome
Energizer
Essence Bottle
Excavator
Flowstone Sculpture
Fool's Tome
Grindstone
Helm of Possession
Jet Medallion
Jinxed Idol
Lotus Petal
Magnetic Web
Manakin
Metallic Sliver
Mogg Cannon
Patchwork Gnomes
Pearl Medallion
Phyrexian Grimoire
Phyrexian Hulk
Phyrexian Splicer
Puppet Strings
Ruby Medallion
Sapphire Medallion
Scalding Tongs
Scroll Rack
Squee's Toy
Static Orb
Telethopter
Thumbscrews
Torture Chamber
Watchdog
Land
Ancient Tomb
Caldera Lake
Cinder Marsh
Forest (4 versions)
Ghost Town
Island (4 versions)
Maze of Shadows
Mogg Hollows
Mountain (4 versions)
Pine Barrens
Plains (4 versions)
Reflecting Pool
Rootwater Depths
Salt Flats
Scabland
Skyshroud Forest
Stalking Stones
Swamp (4 versions)
Thalakos Lowlands
Vec Townships
Wasteland
Multi-Color
Dracoplasm
Lobotomy
Ranger en-Vec
Segmented Wurm
Selenia, Dark Angel
Sky Spirit
Soltari Guerrillas
Spontaneous Combustion
Vhati il-Dal
Wood Sage