Invasion
Invasion is the 21st Magic expansion and was released on 2nd October, 2000 as the first set in the Invasion block.
The set introduced split cards and saw the return of multicoloured “gold” cards, absent since the Stronghold expansion. In fact, its major themes revolved around multicolour decks and strategies. The popularity and appeal of gold cards along with high, but balanced power level culminated into making Invasion one of the most popular Magic sets in the game’s history.
In keeping with the focus on multicoloured cards, Invasion also introduced the gradient dual-coloured land text boxes for lands producing mana of two different colours, such as “Coastal Tower” and “Elfhame Palace”, which would be used in all subsequent expansions and editions of Magic.
At Invasion prerelease events on 23rd September, 2000, a foil “Kavu Furens” was handed out as a novelty. This was a “Raging Kavu” printed with Latin text.
