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| x Shards of Alara |
Shards of Alara is an expansion set from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It was released on October 3, 2008.
Shards of Alara is the first set of the Alara block. Bill Rose was its Design lead, and Devin Low was its development lead. Its...
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| x Conflux |
Conflux (codenamed Paper) is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, released on February 6, 2009. It includes 145 cards.
Conflux follows the new publishing standards set by Wizards of the Coast in Shards of Alara. That is, mythic rares are included...
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| x Alara Reborn |
Alara Reborn (codenamed Scissors) is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set which was released on April 30, 2009. It includes 145 cards. To take advantage of International Workers' Day/Labor Day in Europe, it was released on a Thursday instead of the...
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| x Lorwyn |
Lorwyn is the 66 Magic: The Gathering set, 43 expert level set, and the first set in the Lorwyn Block, released in October 2007. It is codenamed "Peanut". The pre-release events for this set were held on September 29–30, 2007.
The designers of the...
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| x Morningtide |
Morningtide is an expansion set, codenamed "Butter," for the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It is the 44th expert level set, and it was released on February 1, 2008. The pre-release events for this set were held on January 19 and January 20...
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| x Shadowmoor |
Shadowmoor is an expansion set, codenamed "Jelly," from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It was released on May 2nd, 2008. The pre-release events for this set were held on April 19-20, 2008.
Shadowmoor is the first set of the new ...
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| x Eventide |
Eventide is an expansion set from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It was released on July 25, 2008. The pre-release events for this set were held on July 12 and July 13, 2008.
Eventide is the second set in the Shadowmoor block, which is...
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| x Time Spiral |
Time Spiral is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, released October 6, 2006. The set is laden with references to previous Magic: the Gathering sets and is the first to take place in Dominaria since the May 2003 set Scourge. The references are...
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| x Planar Chaos |
Planar Chaos is an expansion set, codenamed "Crackle," from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. The set was released on February 2, 2007. The pre-release events took place on January 20 and 21, 2007. It is the second set in the Time Spiral...
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| x Future Sight |
Future Sight is an expansion set, codenamed "Pop", for the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. The set was released worldwide on May 4, 2007. The pre-release events for this set were held on April 21 and April 22, 2007.
Teferi, Jhoira, and...
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| x Alpha |
Limited Edition Alpha, or just Alpha for short, was the first Magic: The Gathering card set. It premiered in a limited release at Origins Game Fair in 1993, with a general release that August. Its print run of 2.6 million cards sold out very quickly...
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| x Beta |
Limited Edition Beta or just Beta for short was the second part, after revisions, of the first print run of the first Magic: The Gathering set. It was released only a few months after Limited Edition Alpha's publication to correct some minor...
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| x Unlimited |
Unlimited Edition was the second Magic: The Gathering set. It was printed after Beta had sold out as quickly as Alpha had; this time the run was 40 million cards, the largest yet. It contains the same cards as Beta, though with white borders instead...
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| x Revised |
The Revised Edition of Magic: The Gathering (also simply known as Revised) was the sixth set and third core set released for the game. Like previous core sets, it had no expansion symbol, and had just the artist credit at the bottom left.
The set...
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| x 4th Edition |
The Fourth Edition of Magic: The Gathering was the tenth set released for the game, and the fourth base set (or "core set"). The set was released in April 1995 and contained 378 cards. It was the first set to reprint cards from the expansions...
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| x 5th Edition |
The Fifth Edition was the seventeenth Magic: The Gathering set and fifth core set, a revision of the base set released in March of 1997. It contained 449 cards, counting multiple illustrations of basic lands, making it the largest card set in the...
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| x 6th Edition |
The Sixth Edition core set of Magic: The Gathering, also known as Classic, was released on April 27, 1999. It contains 350 cards, with reprints of cards from previous core sets, as well as some new reprints from expansion sets through the...
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| x 7th Edition |
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7th Edition was a Magic: The Gathering set printed in 2001. It is the only core set since Alpha to have introduced all-new art for every card. A white-bordered set, it was first available on April 2, 2001. The set contained 350 cards. The expansion...
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| x 8th Edition |
Eighth Edition (8th Edition) or Core Set was the standard base set for the collectible trading card game, Magic: The Gathering from its release in 2003 until 9th Edition's release in 2005. Its expansion symbol is the number 8 with 3 cards behind it....
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| x 9th Edition |
Ninth Edition (9th Edition) or Core Set is the third latest base set for the collectible trading card game, Magic: The Gathering.
Ninth Edition features many cards from older base sets and expansions. While many of these cards were very powerful...
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| x 10th Edition |
Tenth Edition (10th Edition) is a "Core Set" for the collectible trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It was released on July 13, 2007, replacing Ninth Edition as the core set of cards for standard tournament play. The symbol for Tenth Edition is...
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| x Ice Age |
Ice Age is the eleventh Magic: The Gathering set and the sixth expansion set, released in June 1995. Set in the years from 450 to 2934 AR, the set describes a world set in perpetual winter due to the events in Antiquities. Of the 383 cards in the...
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| x Alliances |
Alliances is the fourteenth Magic: The Gathering set and eighth expansion set, released on 10 June 1996. It was released 8 months after Homelands, which is the longest gap between expansion sets in the history of the game. It is now the middle set...
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| x Coldsnap |
For other uses of this term, see Cold snap.
Coldsnap is the third set in the Ice Age block for the Magic:The Gathering collectible card game. It was released on July 21, 2006 by Wizards of the Coast. The set came out over ten years after Ice Age was...
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| x Mirage |
Mirage was the fifteenth Magic: The Gathering set and ninth expert level set, released in October 1996. This expansion began the first official block set with one large expansion being followed by two smaller expansions all tied together through...
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| x Visions |
Visions was the sixteenth Magic: The Gathering set and tenth expert level set, released in February 1997. This expansion continued the Mirage block by using the same setting and mechanics introduced in Mirage. The expansion symbol for Visions is a V...
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| x Weatherlight |
Weatherlight is the nineteenth Magic: The Gathering set and eleventh expert level set, third and last in the Mirage Block. It was released in June 1997. Its expansion symbol is the Thran Tome. On 12 December 2007 Weatherlight was released on Magic:...
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| x Tempest |
Tempest was the 20th Magic: The Gathering set and twelfth expert level set, and the first set in the Rath Block, released in October 1997. The release of Tempest represented a large jump in the power level of the card set, compared to the previous...
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| x Stronghold |
Stronghold was the 21st Magic: The Gathering set and thirteenth expert level set, and the second set in the Rath Block, released in March 1998. The block includes Tempest and Exodus. Stronghold contains 143 cards. Its expansion symbol is the closed...
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| x Exodus |
Exodus was the 22nd Magic: The Gathering set, fourteenth expert level set, and the third and final set in the Rath Block, released on 15 June 1998. Its expansion symbol is a bridge. On 7 December 2009 Exodus will be released on Magic: The Gathering...
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| x Urza's Saga |
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Urza's Saga is the 15th expert level set, a 350-card Magic: The Gathering expansion set that debuted in October 1998. Some employees of Wizards consider it one of the most powerful sets ever released. The expansion symbol features a pair of gears...
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| x Urza's Legacy |
Urza's Legacy is a Magic: The Gathering set, second in the Urza Block. Urza's Legacy was released in February 1999.
This set is the first set to feature premium cards also known as foil cards, inserted randomly into boosters.
Urza's Legacy continues...
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| x Urza's Destiny |
Urza's Destiny is a Magic: The Gathering set, third in the Urza Block. Urza's Destiny was released on June 23, 1999. It is widely considered one of the most powerful sets ever printed, spawning some of the most feared decks of all time.
With the...
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| x Mercadian Masques |
Mercadian Masques is the 18th expert level set, and the first set in the Masques block of cards of Magic: The Gathering, along with the expansions Nemesis and Prophecy. Its expansion symbol is a mask. It is largely considered to be one of the most...
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| x Nemesis |
Nemesis is the second set in the Mercadian Masques block of cards of Magic: The Gathering, along with the expansions Mercadian Masques and Prophecy. Its expansion symbol is an axe.
The Phyrexian invasion of Dominaria is nearing; the Dark Lord's...
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| x Prophecy |
Prophecy is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set. It was the third set of the Masques block, and when released, was one of the least popular sets ever among tournament players. Though many casual players liked it because of the enormous Avatar and...
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| x Invasion |
Invasion is the 21st expert level set, and the first set in the Invasion block of cards of Magic: The Gathering. The rest of the block is Planeshift and Apocalypse. It contains 350 cards.
The time has come. Urza the Planeswalker must now help...
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| x Planeshift |
Planeshift is the name of the second set in the Invasion block of cards of Magic: The Gathering, along with the expansions Invasion and Apocalypse. It contained 143 cards.
Planeshift continued Invasion's theme of multi-colored "gold" cards. Its...
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| x Apocalypse |
Apocalypse is the name of a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, released in June 2001. It is the third set of the Invasion Block.
Following Gerrard and the Weatherlight's victory at Koilos and the death of Hanna, Yawgmoth unleashes the Apocalypse on...
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| x Odyssey |
Odyssey is the 24th Magic:The Gathering expert-level expansion set. Released in September, 2001, Odyssey is the first set in the Odyssey Block. Its expansion symbol is a small image of the Mirari (see storyline).
The storyline of Odyssey leaps...
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| x Torment |
Torment is the second set in the Odyssey Block for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. This expansion set, which focused on black, is unique in that it is the first set to focus on a single color. It has 40 Black cards, 28 Blue cards, 28...
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| x Judgment |
Judgment is the third set in the Odyssey Block for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.
This is the second expansion set made that did not have an equal number cards from each color. The first expansion with such an imbalance was its...
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| x Onslaught |
Onslaught is the 27th Magic: The Gathering expert-level expansion set. It was released in October 2002. The set's main theme is creature types (for example, Clerics and Goblins), and much of the game play concerns interactions between these "tribes"...
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| x Legions |
Legions is the second set in the Onslaught block of cards of Magic: The Gathering, along with the expansions Onslaught and Scourge. It contained 145 cards which continued on the themes started in Onslaught. Its expansion symbol is two spears behind...
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| x Scourge |
Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set. It is the third set of the Onslaught block. There are 143 cards overall. The expansion symbol is a dragon's skull.
The release of Scourge made a large impact on tournament play. In particular, the...
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| x Mirrodin |
Mirrodin was the 50th Magic: The Gathering set, the 30th expert level set, and the first set in the Mirrodin Block, released in October 2003. It is a 306-card expansion set. It is also the name of the block containing the Mirrodin, Darksteel and...
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| x Darksteel |
Darksteel is an expansion set for the game Magic: The Gathering, the second in the Mirrodin block of sets that also features Mirrodin and Fifth Dawn. It was released in February 2004, containing 165 cards. Darksteel continued the themes established...
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| x Fifth Dawn |
Fifth Dawn is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set that came out in May 2004. It is the third and final set of the Mirrodin block. There are 165 cards overall, and like the rest of Mirrodin, an unusually large number of them are artifacts. However,...
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| x Champions of Kamigawa |
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Champions of Kamigawa (Champions or CoK) is the name of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set released October 1, 2004. The first set of the Kamigawa block, it set the stage for the block's story, which was inspired by Japanese myths and revolves...
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| x Betrayers of Kamigawa |
Betrayers of Kamigawa (Betrayers or BoK) is the name of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set which came out in February of 2005, and is the second set in the Kamigawa block. It contains 165 cards. The set's story is inspired by Japanese medieval...
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| x Saviors of Kamigawa |
Saviors of Kamigawa (also Saviors or SoK) is a Magic: The Gathering set, third and last in the Kamigawa block. Saviors of Kamigawa was released on June 3, 2005 (prerelease on May 21, 2005). Its expansion symbol is a Japanese lantern.
Saviors of...
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| x Ravnica: City of Guilds |
This article is about the Magic: The Gathering set known as Ravnica: City of Guilds. For an article about the plane and the guilds mentioned below, see Ravnica (plane).
Ravnica: City of Guilds is a Magic: The Gathering set and is the first set in...
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| x Guildpact |
Guildpact is a Magic: The Gathering set, second in the Ravnica Block. Guildpact was released on February 3, 2006.
Ravnica was conceived following the success of Invasion. Invasion, released in 2000, emphasized interactions between the colors, and it...
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| x Dissension |
Dissension was the 60th Magic: The Gathering set, 38th expert level set, and the third and final set in the Ravnica Block, released in May 5, 2006.
Ravnica was conceived following the success of Invasion. Invasion, released in 2000, emphasized...
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| x Arabian Nights |
Arabian Nights was the fourth Magic: The Gathering set and the first expert level expansion set, featuring completely new cards. Ali Baba, djinns, deserts, and King Suleiman joined the Magic world on the plane of Rabiah with cards inspired by the...
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| x Antiquities |
Antiquities was the fifth Magic: The Gathering set and the second expansion set. It was the first set to have an original backstory and explore the mythos of the Magic universe (see Magic: The Gathering storylines). The set was created by the group...
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| x Legends |
Legends was the seventh Magic: The Gathering set and the third expansion set, released in June 1994. It was the first expansion set to be sold in packs of 15 (previous expansions had been sold in packs of 8). The set, like Antiquities, was created...
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| x The Dark |
The Dark was the eighth Magic: The Gathering set and the fourth expansion set, released in August 1994. The set continued the story begun in Antiquities and recounted the aftermath of the events of that set. The 119-card set had a dark, sacrificial...
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| x Fallen Empires |
Fallen Empires was the ninth Magic: The Gathering set and the fifth expansion set, released in November 1994. Out of the set of 187 cards, 102 were functionally unique, with the remainder being variant illustrations of other cards in the set. The...
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| x Homelands |
Homelands was the thirteenth Magic: The Gathering set and seventh expert level set, released in October 1995. It was considered to be part of the Ice Age block until the announcement of Coldsnap in October 2005.
The set takes place in a plane known...
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