M15 Announced: Product and Pro Tour Details, New Garruk Art Unveiled, and Clash Packs Introduced

"Hunt Bigger Game" is the official tag line of M15. What could this mean? Will they exceed the 15/15 Emrakul, Aeons Torn of the Zendikar block? Will baloths, dragons, mammoths, and giants make a beating in M15? Will activated and triggered abilities have pump-esque effects? We'll have to see. It is very fitting though, since Garruk is the face of M15. Though the Garruk being shown does not seem to be the Garruk Wildspeaker of Lorwyn nor the Garruk Relentless of Innistrad. It seems the veil's curse hasn't been lifted off him.

Moreover, here are the details regarding the prerelease, the launch dates, and product information, including the new "Clash Packs" according to the mothership:

Set Name	Magic 2015—Core Set
Number of Cards	269
Prerelease Events	July 12-13, 2014
Release Date	July 18, 2014
Launch Weekend	July 18-20, 2014
Game Day	August 9-10, 2014
Magic Online Prerelease Events	July 25-27, 2014
Magic Online Release Date	July 28, 2014
Pro Tour Magic 2015	August 1-3, 2014
Pro Tour Magic 2015Location	Portland, Oregon, USA
Pro Tour Magic 2015Formats	Swiss: Standard Magic 2015 Draft Top 8: Standard

Official Three-Letter Code: M15
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGM15Initial Concept and Game Design:Aaron Forsythe (lead)
Max McCall
Shawn Main
Mike Gills
Jenna Helland
Final Game Design and Development:Billy Moreno (lead)
Shawn Main
Adam Lee
Tom LaPille
Sam Stoddard
Languages:English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Available in:Booster Packs, Intro Packs*, Clash Pack*, Fat Pack*
(* - Not available in all languages)
We will be announcing more about the new Clash Pack soon!
(Magic Online only available in English.)

What are those Clash Packs going to be like? Rumors have already started floating around. They are seen as going to be similar to the old Tournament Packs (which I saw first in Onslaught yay) or perhaps some kind of Event Deck or Duel Deck. Others speculate them as smaller fat packs or booster packs designed for the sealed format. Then again, they could actually just be the Booster-Battle-Packs. We'll have to wait for now.

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