Magic: The Gathering sets
Encyclopedia
These are tables of Magic: The Gathering
card sets. A trading card game published by Wizards of the Coast
, Magic is primarily marketed in base/core sets and in expansion sets. Except for the game's original release (Alpha
/Beta
) core sets through Tenth Edition
consisted entirely of reprints; from Magic 2010
on new cards have been printed in core sets, although reprints still comprise the majority of the set. The core sets have ranged in size from 249 cards (Magic 2010
) to 449 cards (Fifth Edition
). Expansion sets, which have ranged in size from 92 cards (Arabian Nights
) to 422 cards (Time Spiral
), are primarily comprised of new cards, with few or no reprints. Compilations or reprint sets are distinguished by generally not being released in randomized boosters, instead containing a pre-selected card pool(possibly including new cards). Theme decks serve a similar function however they are always attached to a specific set or block, while compilations are free to pick and choose cards from any set.
All expansion sets, and all editions of the base set from Sixth Edition
onward, are identified by an expansion symbol printed on the right side of cards, below the art and above the text box. From Exodus
onward, the expansion symbols are also color-coded to denote rarity: black for common and basic land cards, silver for uncommon, and gold for rare. Beginning with the Shards of Alara
set, a red-orange expansion symbol denotes a new rarity: "Mythic Rare"(the Time Spiral
set featured an additional purple coloration for "timeshifted" cards). For the early expansion sets (from Arabian Nights to Alliances), the rarities of cards were often much more complicated than the breakdown into common, uncommon, and rare suggests. The actual distribution can be found in the respective set's article. Cards in compilations are assigned rarity by Wizards, however, they do not necessarily match within the set, with some singletons rare and some mythic rare in a given set.
Wizards of the Coast assigns an internal development codename and a three-character expansion code to each set.
through Fifth Edition
did not have set symbols printed on the actual cards, though those sets were retroactively given set symbols in Wizards of the Coast
's official Gatherer database of Magic cards.
} || 74 || 95 || 116 || - || 10 || —
|-
| Limited Edition Beta
| None
| LEB
| none
| October 1993
| 302 || 75 || 95 || 117 || - || 15 || —
|-
| Unlimited
| None
| 2ED
| none
| December 1993
| 302 || 75 || 95 || 117 || - || 15 || —
|-
| Revised Edition
| None
| 3ED
| none
| April 1994
| 306 || 75 || 95 || 121 || - || 15 || —
|-
| Fourth Edition
| None
| 4ED
| none
| April 1995
| 378 || 121 || 121 || 121 || - || 15 || —
|-
| Fifth Edition
| None / Roman-numeral five
| 5ED
| none
| Monday, March 24, 1997
| 449 || 165 || 132 || 132 || - || 20 || —
|-
| Classic (Sixth Edition)
| A Roman-numeral six
| 6ED
| none
| Wednesday, April 28, 1999
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || - || 20 || —
|-
| Seventh Edition
| A serif numeral seven
| 7ED
| none
| Wednesday, April 11, 2001
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || - || 20 || —
|-
| Core Set - Eighth Edition
| The number eight superimposed over three fanned cards
| 8ED
| none
| Monday, July 28, 2003
| 357 || 110 || 110 || 110 || - || 20 || 7
|-
| Core Set - Ninth Edition
| The number nine superimposed over three fanned cards
| 9ED
| none
| Friday, July 29, 2005
| 359 || 110 || 110 || 110 || - || 20 || 9
|-
| Core Set - Tenth Edition
| A Roman-numeral ten
| 10E
| none
| Saturday, July 14, 2007
| 383 ||121 || 121 || 121 || - || 20 || —
|-
| Magic 2010
| "M10"
| M10
| none
| Friday, July 17, 2009
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || 20 || -
|-
| Magic 2011
| "M11"
| M11
| Saturday, July 10, 2010
| Friday, July 16, 2010
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || 20 ||-
|-
| Magic 2012
| "M12"
| M12
| Saturday, July 9, 2011
| Friday, July 15, 2011
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || 20 ||-
|}
, expansion sets were given codenames while in development
; the code names of the three expansions of a cycle usually fit together to form a phrase or common theme.
Ice Age and Alliances were the first two sets to have a well-defined relationship, but were not created as a canonical block at the time of printing. Also beginning with Alliances in June 1996, expansion sets were released in a regular pattern: the base sets were released in October with the small expansion sets being released in February and June (Alliances was originally the third set of the block; it was retroactively made a second set with the release of Coldsnap
in 2006). With the exceptions of Stronghold
, a 1998 set released in March rather than February, and Scourge
, a 2003 set which was released in May rather than June, this pattern of months was never broken, over a 10-year period, until 2006, when Dissension
was also released a month early in May instead of June, because of the July release of Coldsnap. The third set in a block has since been released in late April or early May. Since 2005 there has been a fourth release date each year in mid-July. Since Magic 2010
this has been reserved for Core Sets, since they are now released on an annual basis; before that, core sets would occupy this slot every other year, alternating with special releases such as Coldsnap and Eventide
. In recent years Wizards has experimented with other block models, with Lorwyn
and Shadowmoor
comprising two, connected mini-blocks of a large expansion followed by a single small expansion and the Zendikar block
with Rise of the Eldrazi
replacing the second small set with a stand alone large set.
Most early expansion sets did not have exact release dates; they were just shipped out within the space of a week, and retailers could start selling them as soon as the sets were received. By the time of Alliances in 1996, however, release dates were set as Mondays (the earliest set with an exact Monday release date might possibly have preceded Alliances, but Alliances is the earliest set with a cited and confirmed Monday release date). Beginning with Mirrodin
in 2003, the release dates were changed from Monday to Friday.
All sets beginning with Homelands
also have a pre-release date, on which cards are sold in limited quantities in pre-release tournaments. These tournaments were formerly always held two weeks before the release date, but since Shards of Alara
they are now held one week before the release date.
} || O: Other
|-
|}
} || 40 || 19 || 32 || — || — || 1
|-
| Antiquities
| An anvil
| ATQ
| none
| none
| March 1994
| 100 || 30 || 44 || 26 || — || — || —
|-
| Legends
| The capital of a Doric
column
| LEG
| none
| none
| June 1994
| 310 || 75 || 114 || 121 || — || — || —
|-
| The Dark
| A thin crescent moon
| DRK
| none
| none
| August 1994
| 119 || 40 || 44 || 35 || — || — || —
|-
| Fallen Empires
| A crown
| FEM
| none
| none
| November 1994
| 187 || 121 || 30 || 36 || — || — || —
|-
| Homelands
| The globe of Ulgrotha
| HML
| none
| Saturday, October 14, 1995
| October 1995
| 140 || 71 || 27 || 42 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Ice Age Cycle/Block
|-
| Ice Age
| A snowflake
| ICE
| none
| none
| June 1995
| 383 || 121 || 121 || 121 || — || — || 20
|-
| Alliances
| A flowing banner
| ALL
| Quack
| Saturday, May 18, 1996
| Monday, June 10, 1996
| 199 || 110 || 43 || 46 || — || — || —
|-
| Coldsnap
| A hanging trio of icicles
| CSP
| Splat
| Saturday, July 8, 2006
| Friday, July 21, 2006
| 155 || 60 || 55 || 40 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Mirage Cycle/Block
|-
| Mirage
| A palm tree
| MIR
| Sosumi
| Saturday, September 21, 1996
| Monday, October 7, 1996
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Visions
| Zhalfirin Triangle of War/stylized "V
"
| VIS
| Mirage Jr.
| Saturday, January 11, 1997
| Monday, February 3, 1997
| 167 || 62 || 55 || 50 || — || — || —
|-
| Weatherlight
| The Thran
Tome, an open book
| WTH
| Mochalatte
| Saturday, May 31, 1997
| Monday, June 9, 1997
| 167 || 62 || 55 || 50 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Rath Cycle or Tempest Block
|-
| Tempest
| A storm cloud
| TMP
| Bogavhati
| Saturday, October 4, 1997
| Monday, October 13, 1997
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Stronghold
| A portcullis
| STH
| Rachimulot
| Saturday, February 21, 1998
| Monday, March 2, 1998
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Exodus
| A bridge
| EXO
| Gorgonzola
| Saturday, June 6, 1998
| Monday, June 15, 1998
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Artifacts Cycle or Urza Block
|-
| Urza's Saga
| Two gears
| USG
| Armadillo
| Saturday, October 3, 1998
| Monday, October 12, 1998
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Urza's Legacy
| A hammer
| ULG
| Guacamole
| Saturday, February 6, 1999
| Monday, February 15, 1999
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Urza's Destiny
| An Erlenmeyer flask
| UDS
| Chimichanga
| Saturday, May 29, 1999
| Monday, June 7, 1999
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Masquerade Cycle or Masques Block
|-
| Mercadian Masques
| A domino mask
| MMQ
| Archimedes
| Saturday, September 25, 1999
| Monday, October 4, 1999
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Nemesis
| A battle axe
| NMS
| Euripides
| Saturday, February 5, 2000
| Monday, February 14, 2000
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Prophecy
| Three crystals
| PCY
| Dionysus
| Saturday, May 27, 2000
| Monday, June 5, 2000
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Invasion Cycle/Block
|-
| Invasion
| The symbol of the Coalition
| INV
| Beijing
| Saturday, September 23, 2000
| Monday, October 2, 2000
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Planeshift
| A swirling portal
| PLS
| Hong Kong
| Saturday, January 27, 2001
| Monday, February 5, 2001
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Apocalypse
| Crying mask of Yawgmoth
| APC
| Shanghai
| Saturday, May 26, 2001
| Monday, June 4, 2001
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Odyssey Cycle/Block
|-
| Odyssey
| The Mirari
, a metal orb on a helix
| ODY
| Argon
| Saturday, September 22, 2001
| Monday, October 1, 2001
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Torment
| An ouroboros
| TOR
| Boron
| Saturday, January 26, 2002
| Monday, February 4, 2002
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Judgment
| A balancing scale
| JUD
| Carbon
| Saturday, May 18, 2002
| Monday, May 27, 2002
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Onslaught Cycle/Block
|-
| Onslaught
| A four-legged "morph" creature
| ONS
| Manny
| Saturday, September 28, 2002
| Monday, October 7, 2002
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Legions
| Two crossed spears behind a shield
| LGN
| Moe
| Saturday, January 25, 2003
| Monday, February 3, 2003
| 145 || 55 || 45 || 45 || — || — || —
|-
| Scourge
| A dragon
mask
| SCG
| Jack
| Saturday, May 17, 2003
| Monday, May 26, 2003
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Mirrodin Cycle/Block
|-
| Mirrodin
| The sword of Kaldra
| MRD
| Bacon
| Saturday, September 20, 2003
| Friday, October 3, 2003
| 306 || 110 || 88 || 88 || — || — || 20
|-
| Darksteel
| The shield of Kaldra
| DST
| Lettuce
| Saturday, January 24, 2004
| Friday, February 6, 2004
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| Fifth Dawn
| The helm of Kaldra
| 5DN
| Tomato
| Saturday, May 22, 2004
| Friday, June 4, 2004
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Kamigawa Cycle/Block
|-
| Champions of Kamigawa
| A torii
gate
| CHK
| Earth
| Saturday, September 18, 2004
| Friday, October 1, 2004
| 306 || 110 || 88 || 88 || — || — || 20
|-
| Betrayers of Kamigawa
| A shuriken
| BOK
| Wind
| Saturday, January 22, 2005
| Friday, February 4, 2005
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| Saviors of Kamigawa
| A lantern
| SOK
| Fire
| Saturday, May 21, 2005
| Friday, June 3, 2005
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Ravnica Cycle/Block
|-
| Ravnica: City of Guilds
| A tower
| RAV
| Control
| Saturday, September 24, 2005
| Friday, October 7, 2005
| 306 || 110 || 88 || 88 || — || — || 20
|-
| Guildpact
| The seal of the Guildpact
| GPT
| Alt
| Saturday, January 21, 2006
| Friday, February 3, 2006
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| Dissension
| The broken seal of the Guildpact
| DIS
| Delete
| Saturday, April 22, 2006
| Friday, May 5, 2006
|| 180 || 60 || 60 || 60 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Time Spiral Cycle/Block
|-
| Time Spiral
| An hourglass
| TSP/TSB
| Snap
| Saturday, September 23, 2006
| Friday, October 6, 2006
| 422|| 121 || 80 || 80 || — || 121 || 20
|-
| Planar Chaos
| tilted hourglass / merging planes
/
stylized letters "PC" / Möbius strip
| PLC
| Crackle
| Saturday, January 20, 2007
| Friday, February 2, 2007
| 165 || 60 || 55 || 50 || — || — || —
|-
| Future Sight
| an eye gazing through a rift portal
| FUT
| Pop
| Saturday, April 21, 2007
| Friday, May 4, 2007
| 180 || 60 || 60 || 60 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Lorwyn Cycle/Block
|-
| Lorwyn
| A leaf
| LRW
| Peanut
| Saturday, September 29, 2007
| Friday, October 12, 2007
| 301 || 121 || 80 || 80 || — || — || 20
|-
| Morningtide
| Sunrise / A flame
| MOR
| Butter
| Saturday, January 19, 2008
| Friday, February 1, 2008
| 150 || 60 || 40 || 50 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Shadowmoor Cycle/Block
|-
| Shadowmoor
| Crown of the Reaper King
| SHM
| Jelly
| Saturday, April 19, 2008
| Friday, May 2, 2008
| 301 || 121 || 80 || 80 || — || — || 20
|-
| Eventide
| Eclipsed
sun
| EVE
| Doughnut
| Saturday, July 12, 2008
| Friday, July 25, 2008
| 180 || 60 || 60 || 60 || — || — || —
|-
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Shards of Alara Cycle/Block
|-
| Shards of Alara
| 5-part gem
| ALA
| Rock
| Saturday, September 27, 2008
| Friday, October 3, 2008
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || — || 20
|-
| Conflux
| 5-shard shield
| CON
| Paper
| Saturday, January 31, 2009
| Friday, February 6, 2009
| 145
| 60 || 40 || 35 || 10 || — || —
|-
| Alara Reborn
| 5-branched gem
| ARB
| Scissors
| Saturday, April 25, 2009
| Friday, April 30, 2009
| 145
| 60 || 40 || 35 || 10 || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Zendikar Cycle/Block
|-
| Zendikar
| A hedron
| ZEN
| Live
| Saturday, September 26, 2009
| Friday, October 2, 2009
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || — || 20
|-
| Worldwake
| A hedron opening
| WWK
| Long
| Saturday, January 30, 2010
| Friday, February 5, 2010
| 145 || 60 || 40 || 35 || 10 || — || —
|-
| Rise of the Eldrazi
| A hedron opened
| ROE
| Prosper
| Saturday, April 17, 2010
| Friday, April 23, 2010
| 248 || 100 || 60 || 53 || 15 || — || 20
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Scars of Mirrodin Cycle/Block
|-
| Scars of Mirrodin
| Hexagon in circled hexagon
| SOM
| Lights
| Saturday, September 25, 2010
| Friday, October 1, 2010
| 249
|| 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || — || 20
|-
| Mirrodin Besieged
| Mirran/Phyrexian symbols combined
| MBS
| Camera
| Saturday, January 29, 2011
| Friday, February 4, 2011
| 155
|| 60 || 40 || 35 || 10 || — || 10
|-
| New Phyrexia
| The letter Phi
, the symbol of Phyrexia
| NPH
| Action
| Saturday, May 7, 2011
| Friday, May 13, 2011
| 175
|| 60 || 60 || 35 || 10 || — || 10
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Innistrad Cycle/Block
|-
| Innistrad
| Stylized trident/crown
| ISD
| Shake
| Saturday, September 24, 2011
| Friday, September 30, 2011
| 264
|| 107 || 67 || 59 || 16 || — || 15
|-
| Dark Ascension
| Stylized bat
| DKA
| Rattle
| Saturday, January 28, 2012
| Friday, February 3, 2012
| 158
| colspan="6" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Roll"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Roll
| c. April 2012
| c. May 2012
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | 2012-2013 "Hook" block (forthcoming)
|-
| "Hook"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Hook
| c. September 2012
| c. October 2012
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Line"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Line
| c. January 2013
| c. February 2013
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Sinker"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Sinker
| c. April 2013
| c. May 2013
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | 2013-2014 "Friends" block (forthcoming)
|-
| "Friends"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Friends
| c. September 2013
| c. October 2013
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Romans"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Romans
| c. January 2014
| c. February 2014
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Countrymen"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Countrymen
| c. April 2014
| c. May 2014
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | 2014-2015 "Huey" block (forthcoming)
|-
| "Huey"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Huey
| c. September 2014
| c. October 2014
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Dewey"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Dewey
| c. January 2015
| c. February 2015
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Louie"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Louie
| c. April 2015
| c. May 2015
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|}
sets are sets of certain cards from previous sets that were re-released for different reasons. Some reasons include the cards were fan favorites and popular demand brought them back or in some cases, reprints were to commemorate certain events such as widely known matches or anniversary sets. Some reprint sets revolved around a certain theme; for example, Beatdown was themed around old, out-of-print, heavy-hitting creatures. Reprinting a card in one of these sets does not affect when it leaves Standard and Extended.
Some decks include cards never previously printed. Planechase
and Archenemy
feature oversized cards not legal in sanctioned formats that are intended to affect every player in game, while Commander introduces 51 new multiplayer-oriented cards legal in eternal formats such as Legacy.
}
|| No specific symbol
|| CHR
|| July 1995
|| 125 || 37 || 43 || 45 || — || —
|-
| Renaissance (French/German)
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| August 1995
|| 122 || 51 || 40 || 31 || — || —
|-
| Rinascimento (Italian)
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| August 1995
|| 69 || ? || ? || ? || — || —
|-
| Rivals Quick Start Set
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| July 1996
| colspan="6"| Four pre-constructed decks
|-
| Multiverse Gift Box
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| November 1996
| colspan="6"| Boosters from various sets in various languages
|-
| Anthologies
|| No specific symbol
|| ATH
|| November 1998
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Battle Royale
|| No specific symbol
|| BRB
|| Friday, November 12, 1999
|colspan="6"| Four 40-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Beatdown
|| A mace
|| BTD
|| December 2000
|colspan="6"| Two 61-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Deckmasters: Garfield vs. Finkel
|| A stylized letter "D"
|| DKM
|| December 2001
|colspan="6"| Two 62-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Planechase
|| Two semicircles, the lower with three upper spikes
|| HOP
|| Friday, September 4, 2009
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card decks and 40 new plane cards
|-
| Duels of the Planeswalkers (decks)
|| A stylized letter "M
" inside a circle
|| DPA
|| Friday, June 4, 2010
|colspan="6"| Five 60-card decks
|-
| Archenemy
|| A trident
|| ARC
|| Friday, June 18, 2010
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card and 20 oversized card decks
|-
| Commander
|| A crown
|| CMD
|| Friday, June 17, 2011
|colspan="6"| Five 100-card decks
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Duel Decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins
|| A stylized axe and flame combination symbol
|| EVG
|| Friday, November 16, 2007
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra
|| A point-reflected pair of swooshes
|| DD2
|| Friday, November 7, 2008
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic
|| A halo with horns coming up through its center
|| DDC
|| Friday, April 10, 2009
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
|| A leaf inside a semicircle
|| DDD
|| Friday, October 30, 2009
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. The Coalition
|| Yawgmoth's and the Coalition's symbols combined
|| DDE
|| Friday, March 19, 2010
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
|| Two trapezoids with parts missing
|| DDF
|| Friday, September 3, 2010
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons
|| A shield in the shape of a dragon in flight
|| DDG
|| Friday, April 1, 2011
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
|| Nicol Bolas' horns superimposed on Ajani's axe-head
|| DDH
|| Friday, September 2, 2011
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth
|| unrevealed
|| unrevealed
|| Friday, March 30, 2012
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | From the Vault
|-
| From the Vault: Dragons
|| Wings of a Dragon
|| DRB
|| Friday, August 29, 2008
|colspan="6"| 15 limited foil dragon cards
|-
|From the Vault: Exiled
|| An arrow firing diagonally leaving a trail
|| V09
|| Friday, August 28, 2009
|colspan="6"| 15 limited foil formerly banned cards
|-
|From the Vault: Relics
|| An orb on a stand
|| V10
|| Friday, August 27, 2010
|colspan="6"| 15 limited foil artifact cards
|-
|From the Vault: Legends
|| A crown
|| V11
|| Friday, August 26, 2011
|colspan="6"| 15 limited foil legendary creature cards
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Premium Deck Series
|-
| Premium Deck Series: Slivers
|| A coiled sliver
|| H09
|| Friday, November 20, 2009
|colspan="6"| 60-card premium foil deck
|-
| Premium Deck Series: Fire & Lightning
|| A flame and lightning bolt
|| PD2
|| Friday, November 19, 2010
|colspan="6"| 60-card premium foil deck
|-
| Premium Deck Series: Graveborn
|| A human skull
|| unrevealed
|| Friday, November 18, 2011
|colspan="6"| 60-card premium foil deck
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Deck Builder's Toolkits
|-
| Deck Builder's Toolkit
|| No specific symbol
|| unknown
|| Friday, May 21, 2010
|colspan="6"| Box set of 285 cards
|-
| Deck Builder's Toolkit 2011
|| No specific symbol
|| unknown
|| Friday, March 11, 2011
|colspan="6"| Box set of 285 cards
|}
}
|-
| Portal
|| A portal
|| POR
|| June 1997
|| 222 || 90 || 57 || 55 || 20 || —
|-
| Portal Second Age
|| A pentagon
|| P02
|| June 1998
|| 165 || 70 || 45 || 35 || 15 || —
|-
| Portal Three Kingdoms
|| The Chinese character for the number 3
|| PTK
|| May 1999
|| 180 || 55 || 55 || 55 || 15 || —
|-
| colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Starter
|-
| Starter 1999
|| A five-pointed star
|| S99
|| July 1999
|| 173 || 63 || 55 || 35 || 20 || —
|-
| Starter 2000
|| "S" overlaid on a five-pointed star
|| S00
|| July 2000
|| 57 || 39 || 6 || 2 || 10 || —
|}
, are not legal for DCI
-sanctioned tournament play.
}
|| star with a trail
|| ASTRAL
|| none
|| none
|| April 1997
|| 12 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Un-sets
|-
| Unglued
|| A cracked-open egg
|| UGL
|| none
|| Friday, August 7, 1998
|| Monday, August 17, 1998
|| 88 || 33 || 22 || 28 || 5 || —
|-
| Unhinged
|| A horseshoe
|| UNH
|| Unglued II
|| none
|| Friday, November 19, 2004
|| 141 || 55 || 40 || 40 || 5 || 1
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | World Championship Decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 1999
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 1999
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2000
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2000
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2001
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2001
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2002
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2002
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2003
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2003
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2004
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2004
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
|}
.
}
|-
| Masters Edition III
|| A circle behind two quarter-circles
|| ME3
|| Monday, September 7, 2009
| 230 || 75 || 70 || 70 || 15 || —
|-
| Masters Edition IV
|| 4 quarter-circles forming an hourglass
|| ME4
|| Monday, January 10, 2011
| 269 || 80 || 72 || 105 || 12 || —
|-
| colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Magic: The Gathering Online Deck Series
|-
| Magic Online Deck Series: Legacy Format
|| No specific symbol
|| unknown
|| Monday, November 8, 2010
| colspan="6" | Two 60-card decks with 15 card sideboards
|-
| Momir Vig Basic Event Deck
|| No specific symbol
|| unknown
|| Monday, November 22, 2010
| colspan="6" | Deck with 1 avatar card & 60 basic lands
|-
|}
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...
card sets. A trading card game published by Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...
, Magic is primarily marketed in base/core sets and in expansion sets. Except for the game's original release (Alpha
Alpha (Magic: The Gathering)
The name Alpha refers to the first print run of the original Magic: The Gathering Limited Edition, 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...
/Beta
Beta (Magic: The Gathering)
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 problems in the rules and to make up for the fact that...
) core sets through Tenth Edition
10th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
Tenth 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...
consisted entirely of reprints; from Magic 2010
Magic 2010
Magic 2010 is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, that was released on July 17, 2009. It is the eleventh core set for Magic: the Gathering...
on new cards have been printed in core sets, although reprints still comprise the majority of the set. The core sets have ranged in size from 249 cards (Magic 2010
Magic 2010
Magic 2010 is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, that was released on July 17, 2009. It is the eleventh core set for Magic: the Gathering...
) to 449 cards (Fifth Edition
5th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
The Fifth Edition was the seventeenth Magic: The Gathering set and fifth core set, a revision of the base set released in March 1997. It contained 449 cards, counting multiple illustrations of basic lands, making it the largest card set in the game's history...
). Expansion sets, which have ranged in size from 92 cards (Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights (Magic: The Gathering)
Arabian Nights was the fourth Magic: The Gathering set and the first expansion set. The set is composed entirely of new cards. The setting of Arabian Nights is inspired by the themes and characters of the Thousand and One Arabian Nights with some of the characters and places coming directly from...
) to 422 cards (Time Spiral
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...
), are primarily comprised of new cards, with few or no reprints. Compilations or reprint sets are distinguished by generally not being released in randomized boosters, instead containing a pre-selected card pool(possibly including new cards). Theme decks serve a similar function however they are always attached to a specific set or block, while compilations are free to pick and choose cards from any set.
All expansion sets, and all editions of the base set from Sixth Edition
6th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
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 Weatherlight expansion.-Rule changes:The release of Sixth...
onward, are identified by an expansion symbol printed on the right side of cards, below the art and above the text box. From Exodus
Exodus (Magic: The Gathering)
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...
onward, the expansion symbols are also color-coded to denote rarity: black for common and basic land cards, silver for uncommon, and gold for rare. Beginning with the Shards of Alara
Shards of Alara
Shards of Alara is an expansion set from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It is the 47th limited-edition expansion set for Magic and was released on October 3, 2008. On Magic Online Shards was released on October 20, 2008....
set, a red-orange expansion symbol denotes a new rarity: "Mythic Rare"(the Time Spiral
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...
set featured an additional purple coloration for "timeshifted" cards). For the early expansion sets (from Arabian Nights to Alliances), the rarities of cards were often much more complicated than the breakdown into common, uncommon, and rare suggests. The actual distribution can be found in the respective set's article. Cards in compilations are assigned rarity by Wizards, however, they do not necessarily match within the set, with some singletons rare and some mythic rare in a given set.
Wizards of the Coast assigns an internal development codename and a three-character expansion code to each set.
Base/core set editions
After the second version (Beta) of the first set, which contained two cards mistakenly excluded from the first version (Alpha), all subsequent base sets through 10th Edition consisted of cards that had been printed before in either the original base set or an expansion set. AlphaAlpha (Magic: The Gathering)
The name Alpha refers to the first print run of the original Magic: The Gathering Limited Edition, 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...
through Fifth Edition
5th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
The Fifth Edition was the seventeenth Magic: The Gathering set and fifth core set, a revision of the base set released in March 1997. It contained 449 cards, counting multiple illustrations of basic lands, making it the largest card set in the game's history...
did not have set symbols printed on the actual cards, though those sets were retroactively given set symbols in Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...
's official Gatherer database of Magic cards.
| Set | Set symbol | Set code | Pre-release date | Release date | Size | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Mythic Rare | Basic Land | Other | |||||
| Limited Edition Alpha Alpha (Magic: The Gathering) The name Alpha refers to the first print run of the original Magic: The Gathering Limited Edition, 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... |
None | LEA | none | Thursday, August 5, 1993 | |||||||
|-
| Limited Edition Beta
Beta (Magic: The Gathering)
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 problems in the rules and to make up for the fact that...
| None
| LEB
| none
| October 1993
| 302 || 75 || 95 || 117 || - || 15 || —
|-
| Unlimited
Unlimited (Magic: The Gathering)
Unlimited Edition was the second Magic: The Gathering set. It was released on December 1, 1993, after Beta had sold out as quickly as Alpha had; this time the run was 40 million cards, the largest yet...
| None
| 2ED
| none
| December 1993
| 302 || 75 || 95 || 117 || - || 15 || —
|-
| Revised Edition
Revised (Magic: The Gathering)
The Revised Edition of Magic: The Gathering was the sixth set and third core set released for the game. Like previous core sets, it had no expansion symbol. Revised Edition cards are white-bordered and generally known for their washed-out look. The set was released in April 1994 and contained 306...
| None
| 3ED
| none
| April 1994
| 306 || 75 || 95 || 121 || - || 15 || —
|-
| Fourth Edition
4th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
The Fourth Edition of Magic: The Gathering was the tenth set released for the game, and the fourth base set . The set was released in April 1995 and contained 378 cards. It was the first set to reprint cards from the expansions Legends and The Dark. Fourth Edition cards have white borders...
| None
| 4ED
| none
| April 1995
| 378 || 121 || 121 || 121 || - || 15 || —
|-
| Fifth Edition
5th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
The Fifth Edition was the seventeenth Magic: The Gathering set and fifth core set, a revision of the base set released in March 1997. It contained 449 cards, counting multiple illustrations of basic lands, making it the largest card set in the game's history...
| None / Roman-numeral five
| 5ED
| none
| Monday, March 24, 1997
| 449 || 165 || 132 || 132 || - || 20 || —
|-
| Classic (Sixth Edition)
6th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
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 Weatherlight expansion.-Rule changes:The release of Sixth...
| A Roman-numeral six
| 6ED
| none
| Wednesday, April 28, 1999
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || - || 20 || —
|-
| Seventh Edition
7th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
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...
| A serif numeral seven
| 7ED
| none
| Wednesday, April 11, 2001
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || - || 20 || —
|-
| Core Set - Eighth Edition
8th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
Eighth 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...
| The number eight superimposed over three fanned cards
| 8ED
| none
| Monday, July 28, 2003
| 357 || 110 || 110 || 110 || - || 20 || 7
|-
| Core Set - Ninth Edition
9th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
Ninth Edition or Core Set is the fourth latest base set for the collectible trading card game, Magic: The Gathering.-Set attributes:Ninth Edition features many cards from older base sets and expansions...
| The number nine superimposed over three fanned cards
| 9ED
| none
| Friday, July 29, 2005
| 359 || 110 || 110 || 110 || - || 20 || 9
|-
| Core Set - Tenth Edition
10th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
Tenth 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...
| A Roman-numeral ten
| 10E
| none
| Saturday, July 14, 2007
| 383 ||121 || 121 || 121 || - || 20 || —
|-
| Magic 2010
Magic 2010
Magic 2010 is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, that was released on July 17, 2009. It is the eleventh core set for Magic: the Gathering...
| "M10"
| M10
| none
| Friday, July 17, 2009
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || 20 || -
|-
| Magic 2011
Magic 2011
Magic 2011 is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set that was released on July 16, 2010. It was the twelfth core set for Magic: the Gathering. As its predecessor, Magic 2010, the set has new cards in it, but to a lesser extent.-Set Details:...
| "M11"
| M11
| Saturday, July 10, 2010
| Friday, July 16, 2010
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || 20 ||-
|-
| Magic 2012
Magic 2012
Magic 2012 is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set that was released on July 15, 2011. It is the thirteenth core set for Magic: the Gathering.-Mechanics:...
| "M12"
| M12
| Saturday, July 9, 2011
| Friday, July 15, 2011
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || 20 ||-
|}
Expansion sets
Expansion sets beginning with Mirage have come in groups (usually three) which form a block (the preferred term in actual gameplay) or cycle (the preferred term when describing the associated storyline) consisting of one large "stand-alone" expansion set of more than 300 cards, followed by one or two small expansion sets of less than 200 cards, which continue the themes introduced in the large set. In recent years the large stand-alone expansion sets have had about 250 cards. Like the base set, stand-alone expansion sets contain basic land cards; other expansion sets do not. Beginning with AlliancesAlliances (Magic: The Gathering)
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 in the Ice Age block since the July 2006 release of...
, expansion sets were given codenames while in development
Game design
Game design, a subset of game development, is the process of designing the content and rules of a game in the pre-production stage and design of gameplay, environment, storyline, and characters during production stage. The term is also used to describe both the game design embodied in a game as...
; the code names of the three expansions of a cycle usually fit together to form a phrase or common theme.
Ice Age and Alliances were the first two sets to have a well-defined relationship, but were not created as a canonical block at the time of printing. Also beginning with Alliances in June 1996, expansion sets were released in a regular pattern: the base sets were released in October with the small expansion sets being released in February and June (Alliances was originally the third set of the block; it was retroactively made a second set with the release of Coldsnap
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 released in June 1995, the longest period of time...
in 2006). With the exceptions of Stronghold
Stronghold (Magic: The Gathering)
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...
, a 1998 set released in March rather than February, and Scourge
Scourge (Magic: The Gathering)
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.-Mechanics:...
, a 2003 set which was released in May rather than June, this pattern of months was never broken, over a 10-year period, until 2006, when Dissension
Dissension (Magic: The Gathering)
Dissension is the 60th Magic: The Gathering set, 38th expert level set, and the third and final set in the Ravnica Block, released on May 5, 2006.-Design:...
was also released a month early in May instead of June, because of the July release of Coldsnap. The third set in a block has since been released in late April or early May. Since 2005 there has been a fourth release date each year in mid-July. Since Magic 2010
Magic 2010
Magic 2010 is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, that was released on July 17, 2009. It is the eleventh core set for Magic: the Gathering...
this has been reserved for Core Sets, since they are now released on an annual basis; before that, core sets would occupy this slot every other year, alternating with special releases such as Coldsnap and Eventide
Eventide
Eventide is an expansion set, codenamed "Doughnut", 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 12–13, 2008.- Set Details :...
. In recent years Wizards has experimented with other block models, with Lorwyn
Lorwyn
Lorwyn is the 66th Magic: The Gathering set, 43rd expert level set, and the first set in the Lorwyn Block, released in October 2007. It is codenamed "Peanut"...
and Shadowmoor
Shadowmoor
Shadowmoor is an expansion set, codenamed "Jelly", from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It was released on May 2, 2008. The pre-release events for this set were held on April 19-20, 2008.-Set Details:...
comprising two, connected mini-blocks of a large expansion followed by a single small expansion and the Zendikar block
Zendikar
Zendikar is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, that was released on October 2, 2009. It consists of 249 cards.-Set details:Zendikar is the first set in the Zendikar block...
with Rise of the Eldrazi
Rise of the Eldrazi
Rise of the Eldrazi is a Magic: The Gathering expansion released on April 23, 2010. It is the third set of the Zendikar block. It is a large set consisting of 228 cards plus 20 basic lands...
replacing the second small set with a stand alone large set.
Most early expansion sets did not have exact release dates; they were just shipped out within the space of a week, and retailers could start selling them as soon as the sets were received. By the time of Alliances in 1996, however, release dates were set as Mondays (the earliest set with an exact Monday release date might possibly have preceded Alliances, but Alliances is the earliest set with a cited and confirmed Monday release date). Beginning with Mirrodin
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 Fifth Dawn expansion sets...
in 2003, the release dates were changed from Monday to Friday.
All sets beginning with Homelands
Homelands (Magic: The Gathering)
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.- Storyline :...
also have a pre-release date, on which cards are sold in limited quantities in pre-release tournaments. These tournaments were formerly always held two weeks before the release date, but since Shards of Alara
Shards of Alara
Shards of Alara is an expansion set from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It is the 47th limited-edition expansion set for Magic and was released on October 3, 2008. On Magic Online Shards was released on October 20, 2008....
they are now held one week before the release date.
| Size Abbreviation Legend | ||
|---|---|---|
| C: Common | UC: Uncommon | R: Rare |
|-
|}
| Set | Expansion symbol |
Expansion code |
Development codename |
Pre-release date | Release date | Size | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cards |
C | UC | R | MR | O | Basic Land |
||||||
| Arabian Nights Arabian Nights (Magic: The Gathering) Arabian Nights was the fourth Magic: The Gathering set and the first expansion set. The set is composed entirely of new cards. The setting of Arabian Nights is inspired by the themes and characters of the Thousand and One Arabian Nights with some of the characters and places coming directly from... |
A scimitar | ARN | none | none | December 1993 | |||||||
|-
| Antiquities
Antiquities (Magic: The Gathering)
Antiquities was the fifth Magic: The Gathering set and the second expansion set. It was the first set to have an original backstory that explores the mythos of the Magic universe . The story is primarily about the brothers Urza and Mishra who are inseparable at first, but become sworn enemies over...
| An anvil
| ATQ
| none
| none
| March 1994
| 100 || 30 || 44 || 26 || — || — || —
|-
| Legends
Legends (Magic: The Gathering)
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 . The set was designed by Wizards of the Coast co-founder Steve Conard and friend Robin Herbert in Canada before the game was initially...
| The capital of a Doric
Doric order
The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.-History:...
column
| LEG
| none
| none
| June 1994
| 310 || 75 || 114 || 121 || — || — || —
|-
| The Dark
The Dark (Magic: The Gathering)
The Dark was the eighth Magic: The Gathering set and the fourth expansion to the game, 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 theme, though unlike its predecessor...
| A thin crescent moon
| DRK
| none
| none
| August 1994
| 119 || 40 || 44 || 35 || — || — || —
|-
| Fallen Empires
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 mechanics of Fallen Empires include a tribal...
| A crown
| FEM
| none
| none
| November 1994
| 187 || 121 || 30 || 36 || — || — || —
|-
| Homelands
Homelands (Magic: The Gathering)
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.- Storyline :...
| The globe of Ulgrotha
| HML
| none
| Saturday, October 14, 1995
| October 1995
| 140 || 71 || 27 || 42 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Ice Age Cycle/Block
|-
| Ice Age
Ice Age (Magic: The Gathering)
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...
| A snowflake
| ICE
| none
| none
| June 1995
| 383 || 121 || 121 || 121 || — || — || 20
|-
| Alliances
Alliances (Magic: The Gathering)
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 in the Ice Age block since the July 2006 release of...
| A flowing banner
| ALL
| Quack
| Saturday, May 18, 1996
| Monday, June 10, 1996
| 199 || 110 || 43 || 46 || — || — || —
|-
| Coldsnap
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 released in June 1995, the longest period of time...
| A hanging trio of icicles
| CSP
| Splat
| Saturday, July 8, 2006
| Friday, July 21, 2006
| 155 || 60 || 55 || 40 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Mirage Cycle/Block
|-
| Mirage
Mirage (Magic: The Gathering)
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 card mechanics and setting. This expansion also...
| A palm tree
| MIR
| Sosumi
| Saturday, September 21, 1996
| Monday, October 7, 1996
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Visions
Visions (Magic: The Gathering)
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-shaped symbol, which is the "triangle of war"...
| Zhalfirin Triangle of War/stylized "V
V
V is the twenty-second letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet.-Letter:The letter V comes from the Semitic letter Waw, as do the modern letters F, U, W, and Y. See F for details....
"
| VIS
| Mirage Jr.
| Saturday, January 11, 1997
| Monday, February 3, 1997
| 167 || 62 || 55 || 50 || — || — || —
|-
| Weatherlight
Weatherlight (Magic: The Gathering)
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...
| The Thran
Thran
In Magic: The Gathering, the Thran were a utopian culture of humans whose technology level was much more advanced than any other Dominarians. Their artifact devices ran on powerstones which had stable artificial planes in them...
Tome, an open book
| WTH
| Mochalatte
| Saturday, May 31, 1997
| Monday, June 9, 1997
| 167 || 62 || 55 || 50 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Rath Cycle or Tempest Block
|-
| Tempest
Tempest (Magic: The Gathering)
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 Mirage block. Many cards from Tempest instantly...
| A storm cloud
| TMP
| Bogavhati
| Saturday, October 4, 1997
| Monday, October 13, 1997
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Stronghold
Stronghold (Magic: The Gathering)
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...
| A portcullis
| STH
| Rachimulot
| Saturday, February 21, 1998
| Monday, March 2, 1998
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Exodus
Exodus (Magic: The Gathering)
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...
| A bridge
| EXO
| Gorgonzola
| Saturday, June 6, 1998
| Monday, June 15, 1998
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Artifacts Cycle or Urza Block
|-
| Urza's Saga
Urza's Saga
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, with many cards now banned in tournament formats...
| Two gears
| USG
| Armadillo
| Saturday, October 3, 1998
| Monday, October 12, 1998
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Urza's Legacy
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.-Set history:This set is the first set to feature premium cards also known as foil cards, inserted randomly into boosters and taking the place of a card in the common slot.- Storyline...
| A hammer
| ULG
| Guacamole
| Saturday, February 6, 1999
| Monday, February 15, 1999
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Urza's Destiny
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 was released in digital form on Magic Online on April 13, 2011.- Storyline :...
| An Erlenmeyer flask
| UDS
| Chimichanga
| Saturday, May 29, 1999
| Monday, June 7, 1999
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Masquerade Cycle or Masques Block
|-
| Mercadian Masques
| A domino mask
| MMQ
| Archimedes
| Saturday, September 25, 1999
| Monday, October 4, 1999
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Nemesis
Nemesis (Magic: The Gathering)
Nemesis is the second set in the Mercadian Masques block of sets in the Magic: The Gathering game, along with the expansions Mercadian Masques and Prophecy. Its expansion symbol is an axe. The set consists of 143 cards and was released on February 14, 2000...
| A battle axe
| NMS
| Euripides
| Saturday, February 5, 2000
| Monday, February 14, 2000
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Prophecy
Prophecy (Magic: The Gathering)
Prophecy is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set. It was the third set of the Masques block, along with the expansion Mercadian Masques and Nemesis. The Prophecy expansion consists of 143 cards. Its expansion symbol are three crystals...
| Three crystals
| PCY
| Dionysus
| Saturday, May 27, 2000
| Monday, June 5, 2000
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Invasion Cycle/Block
|-
| Invasion
Invasion (Magic: The Gathering)
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.-Set History:...
| The symbol of the Coalition
| INV
| Beijing
| Saturday, September 23, 2000
| Monday, October 2, 2000
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Planeshift
Planeshift (Magic: The Gathering)
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.-Set history:Planeshift continued Invasion's theme of multi-colored "gold" cards...
| A swirling portal
| PLS
| Hong Kong
| Saturday, January 27, 2001
| Monday, February 5, 2001
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Apocalypse
Apocalypse (Magic: The Gathering)
Apocalypse is the name of a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, released in June 2001. It is the third set of the Invasion Block.-Storyline:...
| Crying mask of Yawgmoth
Yawgmoth
Yawgmoth, known as the "Father of Machines" and called the Ineffable by his underlings, is a fictional being from Magic, The Gathering, and is the unabated god of the plane of Phyrexia, a universe of untold corruption and mechanical monstrosity. He wields nearly unlimited magical might and...
| APC
| Shanghai
| Saturday, May 26, 2001
| Monday, June 4, 2001
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Odyssey Cycle/Block
|-
| Odyssey
Odyssey (Magic: The Gathering)
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 .-Storyline:...
| The Mirari
Magic: The Gathering storylines
Although Magic: The Gathering is essentially a strategy game that uses decks of cards, an intricate storyline underlies the cards released in each expansion. This storyline is shown in the game in the card art and through quotations and descriptions on the bottom of most cards...
, a metal orb on a helix
| ODY
| Argon
| Saturday, September 22, 2001
| Monday, October 1, 2001
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Torment
Torment (Magic: The Gathering)
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 Red cards, 21 Green Cards and 21 White cards...
| An ouroboros
Ouroboros
The Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. The name originates from within Greek language; οὐρά meaning "tail" and βόρος meaning "eating", thus "he who eats the tail"....
| TOR
| Boron
| Saturday, January 26, 2002
| Monday, February 4, 2002
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| Judgment
Judgment (Magic: The Gathering)
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 predecessor, the Torment expansion set, which was...
| A balancing scale
| JUD
| Carbon
| Saturday, May 18, 2002
| Monday, May 27, 2002
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Onslaught Cycle/Block
|-
| Onslaught
Onslaught (Magic: The Gathering)
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 , and much of the game play concerns interactions between these "tribes". The story continues the saga of the Mirari from the previous block of expansion sets...
| A four-legged "morph" creature
| ONS
| Manny
| Saturday, September 28, 2002
| Monday, October 7, 2002
| 350 || 110 || 110 || 110 || — || — || 20
|-
| Legions
Legions (Magic: The Gathering)
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 a shield.-Set history:Legions is the only...
| Two crossed spears behind a shield
| LGN
| Moe
| Saturday, January 25, 2003
| Monday, February 3, 2003
| 145 || 55 || 45 || 45 || — || — || —
|-
| Scourge
Scourge (Magic: The Gathering)
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.-Mechanics:...
| A dragon
European dragon
European dragons are legendary creatures in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe.In European folklore, a dragon is a serpentine legendary creature. The Latin word draco, as in constellation Draco, comes directly from Greek δράκων,...
mask
| SCG
| Jack
| Saturday, May 17, 2003
| Monday, May 26, 2003
| 143 || 55 || 44 || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Mirrodin Cycle/Block
|-
| Mirrodin
| The sword of Kaldra
| MRD
| Bacon
| Saturday, September 20, 2003
| Friday, October 3, 2003
| 306 || 110 || 88 || 88 || — || — || 20
|-
| Darksteel
| The shield of Kaldra
| DST
| Lettuce
| Saturday, January 24, 2004
| Friday, February 6, 2004
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| Fifth Dawn
| The helm of Kaldra
| 5DN
| Tomato
| Saturday, May 22, 2004
| Friday, June 4, 2004
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Kamigawa Cycle/Block
|-
| Champions of Kamigawa
Champions of Kamigawa
Champions of Kamigawa 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 around the battle between spirits and living beings.The set's...
| A torii
Torii
A is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred...
gate
| CHK
| Earth
| Saturday, September 18, 2004
| Friday, October 1, 2004
| 306 || 110 || 88 || 88 || — || — || 20
|-
| Betrayers of Kamigawa
Betrayers of Kamigawa
Betrayers of Kamigawa 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 myths and revolves around the battle between spirits and living beings...
| A shuriken
| BOK
| Wind
| Saturday, January 22, 2005
| Friday, February 4, 2005
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| Saviors of Kamigawa
Saviors of Kamigawa
Saviors of Kamigawa is a Magic: The Gathering set, third and last in the Kamigawa block. Saviors of Kamigawa was released on June 3, 2005...
| A lantern
| SOK
| Fire
| Saturday, May 21, 2005
| Friday, June 3, 2005
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Ravnica Cycle/Block
|-
| Ravnica: City of Guilds
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 ....
| A tower
| RAV
| Control
| Saturday, September 24, 2005
| Friday, October 7, 2005
| 306 || 110 || 88 || 88 || — || — || 20
|-
| Guildpact
Guildpact
Guildpact is a Magic: The Gathering set, second in the Ravnica Block. Guildpact was released on February 3, 2006.-Design:Ravnica was conceived following the success of Invasion. Invasion, released in 2000, emphasized interactions between the colors, and it was one of Magics most popular releases...
| The seal of the Guildpact
| GPT
| Alt
| Saturday, January 21, 2006
| Friday, February 3, 2006
| 165 || 55 || 55 || 55 || — || — || —
|-
| Dissension
Dissension (Magic: The Gathering)
Dissension is the 60th Magic: The Gathering set, 38th expert level set, and the third and final set in the Ravnica Block, released on May 5, 2006.-Design:...
| The broken seal of the Guildpact
| DIS
| Delete
| Saturday, April 22, 2006
| Friday, May 5, 2006
|| 180 || 60 || 60 || 60 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Time Spiral Cycle/Block
|-
| Time Spiral
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...
| An hourglass
| TSP/TSB
| Snap
| Saturday, September 23, 2006
| Friday, October 6, 2006
| 422|| 121 || 80 || 80 || — || 121 || 20
|-
| Planar Chaos
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 block...
| tilted hourglass / merging planes
Plane (Magic: The Gathering)
In Magic: The Gathering, planes are parallel universes in the Multiverse Planes are often confused with planets by Magic players, because most planes are named after their primary planets...
/
stylized letters "PC" / Möbius strip
Möbius strip
The Möbius strip or Möbius band is a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. The Möbius strip has the mathematical property of being non-orientable. It can be realized as a ruled surface...
| PLC
| Crackle
| Saturday, January 20, 2007
| Friday, February 2, 2007
| 165 || 60 || 55 || 50 || — || — || —
|-
| Future Sight
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.-Storyline:...
| an eye gazing through a rift portal
| FUT
| Pop
| Saturday, April 21, 2007
| Friday, May 4, 2007
| 180 || 60 || 60 || 60 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Lorwyn Cycle/Block
|-
| Lorwyn
Lorwyn
Lorwyn is the 66th Magic: The Gathering set, 43rd expert level set, and the first set in the Lorwyn Block, released in October 2007. It is codenamed "Peanut"...
| A leaf
| LRW
| Peanut
| Saturday, September 29, 2007
| Friday, October 12, 2007
| 301 || 121 || 80 || 80 || — || — || 20
|-
| Morningtide
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, 2008.-Set details:Morningtide is the second and...
| Sunrise / A flame
| MOR
| Butter
| Saturday, January 19, 2008
| Friday, February 1, 2008
| 150 || 60 || 40 || 50 || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Shadowmoor Cycle/Block
|-
| Shadowmoor
Shadowmoor
Shadowmoor is an expansion set, codenamed "Jelly", from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It was released on May 2, 2008. The pre-release events for this set were held on April 19-20, 2008.-Set Details:...
| Crown of the Reaper King
| SHM
| Jelly
| Saturday, April 19, 2008
| Friday, May 2, 2008
| 301 || 121 || 80 || 80 || — || — || 20
|-
| Eventide
Eventide
Eventide is an expansion set, codenamed "Doughnut", 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 12–13, 2008.- Set Details :...
| Eclipsed
Solar eclipse
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. This can happen only during a new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. At least...
sun
| EVE
| Doughnut
| Saturday, July 12, 2008
| Friday, July 25, 2008
| 180 || 60 || 60 || 60 || — || — || —
|-
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Shards of Alara Cycle/Block
|-
| Shards of Alara
Shards of Alara
Shards of Alara is an expansion set from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It is the 47th limited-edition expansion set for Magic and was released on October 3, 2008. On Magic Online Shards was released on October 20, 2008....
| 5-part gem
| ALA
| Rock
| Saturday, September 27, 2008
| Friday, October 3, 2008
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || — || 20
|-
| Conflux
Conflux
Conflux is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, released on February 6, 2009. It is the 48th limited-edition expansion set for Magic and includes 145 cards.- Set Details :...
| 5-shard shield
| CON
| Paper
| Saturday, January 31, 2009
| Friday, February 6, 2009
| 145
| 60 || 40 || 35 || 10 || — || —
|-
| Alara Reborn
Alara Reborn
Alara Reborn 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 traditional Friday...
| 5-branched gem
| ARB
| Scissors
| Saturday, April 25, 2009
| Friday, April 30, 2009
| 145
| 60 || 40 || 35 || 10 || — || —
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Zendikar Cycle/Block
|-
| Zendikar
Zendikar
Zendikar is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, that was released on October 2, 2009. It consists of 249 cards.-Set details:Zendikar is the first set in the Zendikar block...
| A hedron
| ZEN
| Live
| Saturday, September 26, 2009
| Friday, October 2, 2009
| 249 || 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || — || 20
|-
| Worldwake
Worldwake
Worldwake is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set that was released February 5, 2010. It is the second set of the Zendikar block, so many of the themes introduced in Zendikar are expanded upon in Worldwake. It consists of 145 cards...
| A hedron opening
| WWK
| Long
| Saturday, January 30, 2010
| Friday, February 5, 2010
| 145 || 60 || 40 || 35 || 10 || — || —
|-
| Rise of the Eldrazi
Rise of the Eldrazi
Rise of the Eldrazi is a Magic: The Gathering expansion released on April 23, 2010. It is the third set of the Zendikar block. It is a large set consisting of 228 cards plus 20 basic lands...
| A hedron opened
| ROE
| Prosper
| Saturday, April 17, 2010
| Friday, April 23, 2010
| 248 || 100 || 60 || 53 || 15 || — || 20
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Scars of Mirrodin Cycle/Block
|-
| Scars of Mirrodin
Scars of Mirrodin
Scars of Mirrodin is a Magic: The Gathering expansion that was released on October 1, 2010. It is the first set of the Scars of Mirrodin block. This block will mark the return to the plane of Mirrodin. This plane was last visited in the Mirrodin block that concluded in 2004...
| Hexagon in circled hexagon
| SOM
| Lights
| Saturday, September 25, 2010
| Friday, October 1, 2010
| 249
|| 101 || 60 || 53 || 15 || — || 20
|-
| Mirrodin Besieged
Mirrodin Besieged
Mirrodin Besieged is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set released February 4, 2011. It is the second set of the Scars of Mirrodin block. This block will mark the return to the plane of Mirrodin, that was last visited in the Mirrodin block that concluded in 2004...
| Mirran/Phyrexian symbols combined
| MBS
| Camera
| Saturday, January 29, 2011
| Friday, February 4, 2011
| 155
|| 60 || 40 || 35 || 10 || — || 10
|-
| New Phyrexia
New Phyrexia
New Phyrexia is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set that was released May 13, 2011. It is the third set of the Scars of Mirrodin block, which returns to the plane of Mirrodin, previously visited in the Mirrodin block that concluded in 2004...
| The letter Phi
Phi
Phi may refer to:In language:*Phi, the Greek letter Φ,φ, the symbol for voiceless bilabial fricativeIn mathematics:*The Golden ratio*Euler's totient function*A statistical measure of association reported with the chi-squared test...
, the symbol of Phyrexia
| NPH
| Action
| Saturday, May 7, 2011
| Friday, May 13, 2011
| 175
|| 60 || 60 || 35 || 10 || — || 10
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Innistrad Cycle/Block
|-
| Innistrad
Innistrad
Innistrad is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set released September 30, 2011. It is the first set of the Innistrad block. Innistrad is a "top-down" designed set based around Gothic horror. The sets mechanics and effects are mainly based around graveyard themes, with a minor focus on tribal...
| Stylized trident/crown
| ISD
| Shake
| Saturday, September 24, 2011
| Friday, September 30, 2011
| 264
|| 107 || 67 || 59 || 16 || — || 15
|-
| Dark Ascension
Dark Ascension
Dark Ascension is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set scheduled to be released February 3, 2012. It is the second set of the Innistrad block. The tagline for the set will be "Command the Night". It was first revealed at the 2011 Comic-Con in San Diego, California. The first card of the set was...
| Stylized bat
| DKA
| Rattle
| Saturday, January 28, 2012
| Friday, February 3, 2012
| 158
| colspan="6" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Roll"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Roll
| c. April 2012
| c. May 2012
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | 2012-2013 "Hook" block (forthcoming)
|-
| "Hook"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Hook
| c. September 2012
| c. October 2012
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Line"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Line
| c. January 2013
| c. February 2013
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Sinker"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Sinker
| c. April 2013
| c. May 2013
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | 2013-2014 "Friends" block (forthcoming)
|-
| "Friends"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Friends
| c. September 2013
| c. October 2013
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Romans"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Romans
| c. January 2014
| c. February 2014
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Countrymen"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Countrymen
| c. April 2014
| c. May 2014
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | 2014-2015 "Huey" block (forthcoming)
|-
| "Huey"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Huey
| c. September 2014
| c. October 2014
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Dewey"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Dewey
| c. January 2015
| c. February 2015
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|-
| "Louie"
| unrevealed
| unrevealed
| Louie
| c. April 2015
| c. May 2015
| colspan="7" align="center"| unrevealed
|}
Compilations/reprint sets
ReprintReprint
A reprint is a re-publishing of material that has already been previously published. The word reprint is used in many fields.-Academic publishing:...
sets are sets of certain cards from previous sets that were re-released for different reasons. Some reasons include the cards were fan favorites and popular demand brought them back or in some cases, reprints were to commemorate certain events such as widely known matches or anniversary sets. Some reprint sets revolved around a certain theme; for example, Beatdown was themed around old, out-of-print, heavy-hitting creatures. Reprinting a card in one of these sets does not affect when it leaves Standard and Extended.
Some decks include cards never previously printed. Planechase
Planechase
Planechase is a variant of Magic: The Gathering with an emphasis on multiplayer games. The set utilizes new oversized Plane cards, cards that are based on various locations within the Magic multiverse, to modify the rules of gameplay. Four game packs were released on September 4, 2009: Elemental...
and Archenemy
Archenemy (Magic: The Gathering)
Archenemy is a variant of Magic: The Gathering with an emphasis on one vs. many multiplayer games. The set utilizes new oversized Scheme cards. Four game packs were released on June 18th, 2010: , , , . The cards within each preconstructed deck have all been reprinted from various Magic sets, with...
feature oversized cards not legal in sanctioned formats that are intended to affect every player in game, while Commander introduces 51 new multiplayer-oriented cards legal in eternal formats such as Legacy.
| Set | Expansion symbol | Expansion code |
Release date | Size | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Basic Land | Other | ||||
|| No specific symbol
|| CHR
|| July 1995
|| 125 || 37 || 43 || 45 || — || —
|-
| Renaissance (French/German)
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| August 1995
|| 122 || 51 || 40 || 31 || — || —
|-
| Rinascimento (Italian)
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| August 1995
|| 69 || ? || ? || ? || — || —
|-
| Rivals Quick Start Set
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| July 1996
| colspan="6"| Four pre-constructed decks
|-
| Multiverse Gift Box
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| November 1996
| colspan="6"| Boosters from various sets in various languages
|-
| Anthologies
Anthologies (Magic: The Gathering)
Anthologies was a box set, the second compilation set, from the card game Magic: The Gathering. It was printed in November 1998 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Magic. It featured cards from Alpha through Urza's Saga. The print run was unknown. When it was first printed, Anthologies sold for...
|| No specific symbol
|| ATH
|| November 1998
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Battle Royale
Battle Royale (Magic: The Gathering)
Battle Royale was a Magic: The Gathering boxed set, the third compilation set, released in November 1999 as a collection of cards emphasizing the multiplayer aspect of the game. Most of the cards included are ones that can affect multiple opponents. This promotion included cards from all...
|| No specific symbol
|| BRB
|| Friday, November 12, 1999
|colspan="6"| Four 40-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Beatdown
|| A mace
|| BTD
|| December 2000
|colspan="6"| Two 61-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Deckmasters: Garfield vs. Finkel
|| A stylized letter "D"
|| DKM
|| December 2001
|colspan="6"| Two 62-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Planechase
Planechase
Planechase is a variant of Magic: The Gathering with an emphasis on multiplayer games. The set utilizes new oversized Plane cards, cards that are based on various locations within the Magic multiverse, to modify the rules of gameplay. Four game packs were released on September 4, 2009: Elemental...
|| Two semicircles, the lower with three upper spikes
|| HOP
|| Friday, September 4, 2009
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card decks and 40 new plane cards
|-
| Duels of the Planeswalkers (decks)
|| A stylized letter "M
M
M is the thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.-History:The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem, via the Greek Mu . Semitic Mem probably originally pictured water...
" inside a circle
|| DPA
|| Friday, June 4, 2010
|colspan="6"| Five 60-card decks
|-
| Archenemy
Archenemy (Magic: The Gathering)
Archenemy is a variant of Magic: The Gathering with an emphasis on one vs. many multiplayer games. The set utilizes new oversized Scheme cards. Four game packs were released on June 18th, 2010: , , , . The cards within each preconstructed deck have all been reprinted from various Magic sets, with...
|| A trident
|| ARC
|| Friday, June 18, 2010
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card and 20 oversized card decks
|-
| Commander
|| A crown
|| CMD
|| Friday, June 17, 2011
|colspan="6"| Five 100-card decks
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Duel Decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins
Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins
Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins is a promotional set of Magic: the Gathering decks released November 16, 2007. Elves vs. Goblins was the first Duel Decks box, but more have since been produced. The two decks both contain sixty Magic cards including 4 rare cards. There are also 3 token cards included...
|| A stylized axe and flame combination symbol
|| EVG
|| Friday, November 16, 2007
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra is a set of Magic: The Gathering decks released November 7, 2008. Jace vs. Chandra is the second installment of the Duel Decks series. It consists of two sixty card ready-to-play decks...
|| A point-reflected pair of swooshes
|| DD2
|| Friday, November 7, 2008
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic
Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic
Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic is a set of two preconstructed Magic: The Gathering decks. Divine vs. Demonic is the third installment of the Duel Decks series. One of the decks is composed of Angels and thematically fitting cards while the other focuses on Demons.The set contains two mythic rare...
|| A halo with horns coming up through its center
|| DDC
|| Friday, April 10, 2009
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana is a set of two preconstructed 60-card Magic: The Gathering decks, released October 30, 2009. Garruk vs. Liliana is the fourth installment of the Duel Decks series. Each deck focuses on one of two Planeswalkers first introduced in the Lorwyn expansion set: and .The...
|| A leaf inside a semicircle
|| DDD
|| Friday, October 30, 2009
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. The Coalition
Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. The Coalition
Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. The Coalition is a set of two preconstructed 60-card Magic: The Gathering decks, released March 19, 2010. Phyrexia vs. The Coalition is the fifth installment of the Duel Decks series. It is the first box of the series to include a multicolored deck...
|| Yawgmoth's and the Coalition's symbols combined
|| DDE
|| Friday, March 19, 2010
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret is a set of two preconstructed 60-card Magic: The Gathering decks, released on September 3, 2010. Elspeth vs. Tezzeret is the sixth installment of the Duel Decks series. The tagline of the product is "Battle-hardened determination meets ruthless ambition"...
|| Two trapezoids with parts missing
|| DDF
|| Friday, September 3, 2010
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons
Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons
Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons is a set of two preconstructed 60-card Magic: The Gathering decks, released on April 1, 2011. Knights vs. Dragons is the seventh installment of the Duel Decks series. The tagline of the product is "Valor and Steel Clash with Rage and Fire!"...
|| A shield in the shape of a dragon in flight
|| DDG
|| Friday, April 1, 2011
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas is a set of two preconstructed 60-card Magic: The Gathering decks that was released on September 2, 2011. It will be the eighth installment of the Duel Decks series. The tagline of the product is "It's vengeance versus guile to decide the fate of a shattered plane."...
|| Nicol Bolas' horns superimposed on Ajani's axe-head
|| DDH
|| Friday, September 2, 2011
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth
|| unrevealed
|| unrevealed
|| Friday, March 30, 2012
|colspan="6"| Two 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | From the Vault
|-
| From the Vault: Dragons
From the Vault: Dragons
From the Vault: Dragons is a limited edition Magic: The Gathering boxed set to commemorate the game's fifteenth anniversary. The set includes 15 limited edition dragon cards, six of which were given new art. The cards are all foil, using a new method of "foiling" the cards...
|| Wings of a Dragon
|| DRB
|| Friday, August 29, 2008
|colspan="6"| 15 limited foil dragon cards
|-
|From the Vault: Exiled
From the Vault: Exiled
From the Vault: Exiled is a Magic: The Gathering limited edition boxed set released on August 28, 2009. It contains fifteen cards, eight with new alternate art, all of which had previously been banned or restricted.-Card List:...
|| An arrow firing diagonally leaving a trail
|| V09
|| Friday, August 28, 2009
|colspan="6"| 15 limited foil formerly banned cards
|-
|From the Vault: Relics
From the Vault: Relics
From the Vault: Relics is a Magic: The Gathering limited edition boxed set released on August 27, 2010. It contains fifteen cards, nine with new art, all of which are artifacts. Sword of Body and Mind was previously unreleased and was released as part of regular set in Scars of Mirrodin...
|| An orb on a stand
|| V10
|| Friday, August 27, 2010
|colspan="6"| 15 limited foil artifact cards
|-
|From the Vault: Legends
From the Vault: Legends
From the Vault: Legends is a Magic: The Gathering limited edition boxed set that was released on August 26, 2011. It contains fifteen cards, seven with new alternate art, all of which are legendary creatures. One card, , is a preview mythic rare from the upcoming Innistrad set...
|| A crown
|| V11
|| Friday, August 26, 2011
|colspan="6"| 15 limited foil legendary creature cards
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Premium Deck Series
|-
| Premium Deck Series: Slivers
Premium Deck Series: Slivers
Premium Deck Series: Slivers is a special preconstructed Magic: The Gathering deck. All of the cards in the set are foil, using the same foiling process as used in the production of the From the Vault limited edition sets. ....
|| A coiled sliver
|| H09
|| Friday, November 20, 2009
|colspan="6"| 60-card premium foil deck
|-
| Premium Deck Series: Fire & Lightning
Premium Deck Series: Fire & Lightning
Premium Deck Series: Fire & Lightning is a special preconstructed Magic: The Gathering deck. All of the cards in the set are foil, using the same foiling process as used in the production of the From the Vault limited edition sets....
|| A flame and lightning bolt
|| PD2
|| Friday, November 19, 2010
|colspan="6"| 60-card premium foil deck
|-
| Premium Deck Series: Graveborn
|| A human skull
|| unrevealed
|| Friday, November 18, 2011
|colspan="6"| 60-card premium foil deck
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Deck Builder's Toolkits
|-
| Deck Builder's Toolkit
|| No specific symbol
|| unknown
|| Friday, May 21, 2010
|colspan="6"| Box set of 285 cards
|-
| Deck Builder's Toolkit 2011
|| No specific symbol
|| unknown
|| Friday, March 11, 2011
|colspan="6"| Box set of 285 cards
|}
Introductory sets
These introductory sets were intended for novice Magic: The Gathering players. They were illegal in sanctioned tournaments until October 2005, when they became legal in Legacy and Vintage.| Set | Expansion symbol |
Expansion code |
Release date | Size | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Basic Land | Other | ||||
|-
| Portal
Portal (Magic: The Gathering)
Portal is the eighteenth Magic: The Gathering set and first starter level set, released on May 1, 1997. Depending on the language, the set contains between 221 and 228 cards.-Set history:...
|| A portal
|| POR
|| June 1997
|| 222 || 90 || 57 || 55 || 20 || —
|-
| Portal Second Age
|| A pentagon
|| P02
|| June 1998
|| 165 || 70 || 45 || 35 || 15 || —
|-
| Portal Three Kingdoms
Portal Three Kingdoms
Portal Three Kingdoms is the third Magic: The Gathering expansion of the Portal block, and the third starter level set. Like the other expansions in the Portal block, Portal: Three Kingdoms is designed for beginners to Magic. The setting is heavily based on the Chinese historical novel Romance of...
|| The Chinese character for the number 3
|| PTK
|| May 1999
|| 180 || 55 || 55 || 55 || 15 || —
|-
| colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Starter
|-
| Starter 1999
|| A five-pointed star
|| S99
|| July 1999
|| 173 || 63 || 55 || 35 || 20 || —
|-
| Starter 2000
Starter 2000
Starter 2000 was a limited run small theme deck only expansion set released for Magic: The Gathering on April 24, 2000. The set would be the fifth and last "Starter Level" standalone set to see production.-Set composition:...
|| "S" overlaid on a five-pointed star
|| S00
|| July 2000
|| 57 || 39 || 6 || 2 || 10 || —
|}
Sets not legal for tournament play
These sets, though also published by Wizards of the CoastWizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...
, are not legal for DCI
Duelists' Convocation International
The DCI is the official sanctioning body for competitive play in Magic: The Gathering and various other games produced by Wizards of the Coast and its subsidiaries, such as Avalon Hill. The DCI provides game rules, tournament operating procedures, and other materials to private tournament...
-sanctioned tournament play.
| Set | Expansion symbol | Expansion code |
Development codename |
Pre-release date | Release date | Size | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Basic Land | Other | ||||||
| Collector's Edition | none | CED | none | none | December 1993 | 363 | — | — | — | — | — |
|| star with a trail
|| ASTRAL
|| none
|| none
|| April 1997
|| 12 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Un-sets
|-
| Unglued
Unglued
For the Stone Temple Pilots song, please see Unglued .Unglued is the name of a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, the first silver-bordered, non-tournament-legal Magic: The Gathering expansion set released. It came out in August 1998. Its symbol is a cracked egg...
|| A cracked-open egg
|| UGL
|| none
|| Friday, August 7, 1998
|| Monday, August 17, 1998
|| 88 || 33 || 22 || 28 || 5 || —
|-
| Unhinged
|| A horseshoe
|| UNH
|| Unglued II
|| none
|| Friday, November 19, 2004
|| 141 || 55 || 40 || 40 || 5 || 1
|-
| colspan="12" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | World Championship Decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 1999
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 1999
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2000
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2000
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2001
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2001
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2002
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2002
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2003
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2003
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
| World Championship Decks 2004
|| No specific symbol
|| none
|| none
|| none
|| 2004
|colspan="6"| Four 60-card pre-constructed decks
|-
|}
Magic: The Gathering Online exclusive sets
Sets exclusive to Magic: The Gathering OnlineMagic: The Gathering Online
Magic: The Gathering Online or Magic Online is a direct video game adaptation of Magic: The Gathering, utilizing the concept of a virtual economy in order to preserve the collectible aspect of the card game. It is played through an Internet service operated by Wizards of the Coast, which went...
.
| Set | Expansion symbol |
Expansion code |
Release date | Size | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Basic Land | Other | ||||
| Masters Editions | |||||||||
| Masters Edition Masters Edition Masters Edition is a Magic: The Gathering expansion, exclusive for Magic: The Gathering Online, that was released on September 10, 2007. It is the sixth compilation set, and features 195 cards printed before Mirage, 60 of each rarity and the 15 basic lands of Beta... |
A circle and a quarter-circle | MED | Monday, September 10, 2007 | 195 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 15 | — |
| Masters Edition II Masters Edition II Masters Edition II is a Magic: The Gathering expansion, exclusive for Magic: The Gathering Online, that was released on September 22, 2008. It is the seventh compilation set, and features 245 cards, 80 of each rarity and the 5 snow-covered basic lands of Ice Age... |
A circle and two quarter-circles | ME2 | Monday, September 22, 2008 | 245 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 0 | |
|-
| Masters Edition III
Masters Edition III
Masters Edition III is a Magic: The Gathering expansion, exclusive for Magic: The Gathering Online, that was released on September 7, 2009. It is the eighth compilation set, and consists of 230 cards, 70 rare, 70 uncommons, 75 commons, and 15 basic lands...
|| A circle behind two quarter-circles
|| ME3
|| Monday, September 7, 2009
| 230 || 75 || 70 || 70 || 15 || —
|-
| Masters Edition IV
Masters Edition IV
Masters Edition IV is a Magic: The Gathering expansion, exclusive for Magic: The Gathering Online, that was released on January 10, 2011. It is the ninth compilation set, and consists of 269 cards: 105 rares, 72 uncommons, 80 commons, and 12 special lands. Like all Masters Editions sets, the cards...
|| 4 quarter-circles forming an hourglass
|| ME4
|| Monday, January 10, 2011
| 269 || 80 || 72 || 105 || 12 || —
|-
| colspan="10" style="background:#ffdead;" align="center" | Magic: The Gathering Online Deck Series
|-
| Magic Online Deck Series: Legacy Format
|| No specific symbol
|| unknown
|| Monday, November 8, 2010
| colspan="6" | Two 60-card decks with 15 card sideboards
|-
| Momir Vig Basic Event Deck
|| No specific symbol
|| unknown
|| Monday, November 22, 2010
| colspan="6" | Deck with 1 avatar card & 60 basic lands
|-
|}