365 Days of Japanese Day #26

The next Magic the Gathering set to come out is “Ixalan”, and this weekend there are “prerelease” events happening all over the world.

At a prerelease you receive a lot of cards from the new set and build a deck to play against others for prizes. They are a lot of fun, with a casual and friendly atmosphere. I always had a great time attending prereleases in Japan.

However, if you are using Japanese cards then knowing exactly what your cards do can sometimes be difficult!

Yesterday I wrote a long list of all the current “evergreen” keywords in Magic. These are certain to be relevant at a prerelease.

However, there are also keywords specific to the new set that are not on the evergreen list.

Let’s look at them today!

探検を行う
“tanken o okonau”
explore

激昂
“gekikō”
enrage

強襲
“kyōshū”
raid

搭乗
“tōjō”
crew (literally: board as in board a boat)

変身させる
“henshin saseru”
transform

The first two are new keywords and the latter three are returning keywords (i.e. we have seen them before in other sets).

As a bonus, here are the four creature types that form a tribal theme in Ixalan.

海賊
“kaizoku”
pirate

恐竜
“kyōryū”
dinosaur

吸血鬼
“kyūketsuki”
vampire

マーフォーク
“māfōku”
merfolk

Finally, the set features “treasure” tokens.

宝物
“takaramono”
treasure

If you attend an Ixalan prerelease I hope you open some Magic: the Gathering treasure!

I am happy to have finished this triplet to coincide with the Ixalan prerelease. The image editing for these entries disrupted my workflow somewhat regarding daily posts on time but I am now caught up and hopefully have found my “rhythm”!