Ixalan

Tier 3

Mesoamerican-inspired pirate / dinosaur / vampire / merfolk four-way conflict.

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Card pool

1,033

distinct cards legal on Ixalan

Shared with other planes

285

28% of pool also legal elsewhere

Banned cards

per-plane + universal bans

Mechanical themes

piratesdinosaursvampiresmerfolkexplorediscover

Anchor sets

Magic expansions whose cards are canonically from Ixalan, listed in release order.

Ixalanxln· 2017 Rivals of Ixalanrix· 2018 The Lost Caverns of Ixalanlci· 2023

Signature cards

A sample of cards anchored to Ixalan, ordered by rarity then most-recent printing. The card pool is 1,033 cards in total.

Chimil, the Inner Sun

Dire Fleet Ravager

Twilight Prophet

Caldera Breaker

Chitinous Crawler

Colossal Chorus

Hymn to the Ages

Mythweaver Poq

Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal

Admiral Beckett Brass

Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

Blood Money

Banlist

17 cards banned on Ixalan. Bans include the universal baseline (Power Nine, Sol Ring, etc.) plus any plane-specific additions.

Black Lotus

Power Nine — format-warping fast mana.

Ancestral Recall

Power Nine — degenerate draw.

Time Walk

Power Nine — extra-turn engine.

Timetwister

Power Nine — hand-reset combo enabler.

Mox Pearl

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

Mox Sapphire

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

Mox Jet

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

Mox Ruby

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

See all 17 bans for Ixalan

Card-pool sizes update weekly from the latest Scryfall bulk via the card_planes derivation job.