List of Magic: The Gathering sets
The trading card game Magic: The Gathering has released a large number of sets since it was first published by Wizards of the Coast. After the 1993 release of Limited Edition, also known as Alpha and Beta, roughly 3-4 major sets have been released per year, in addition to various spin-off products. Magic has made three types of sets since Alpha and Beta: base/core sets, expansion sets, and compilation sets.[1] Expansion sets are the most numerous and prevalent type of expansion; they primarily consist of new cards, with few or no reprints, and either explore a new setting, or advance the plot in an existing setting. Zendikar Rising is the most recent expansion set as of September 2020. Base sets, later renamed core sets, are the successors to the original Limited Edition and are meant to provide a baseline Magic experience; they tended to consist either largely or entirely of reprints. Compilation sets also exist entirely of reprints, and tend to be made as either a special themed product, or as a way to increase supply of cards with small printings. Examples of compilation sets with randomized boosters include Chronicles and Modern Masters. There also exist compilation products with a pre-selected and fixed card pool, such as the Duel Decks and From The Vault series. 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[2]). 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. Cards in compilations are assigned partially arbitrary rarity by Wizards, with some cards assigned rare status and some assigned mythic rare in a given 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. Alpha 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[3] database of Magic cards.
Set | Set symbol[3] | Set code[4][3] | Pre-release date | Release date | Size[3][5] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Mythic Rare | Basic Land | Other | |||||
Limited Edition Alpha | None | LEA | none | August 5, 1993[6] | 295[I] | 74 | 95 | 116 | — | 10 | — |
Limited Edition Beta | None | LEB | none | October 1993[7] | 302[I] | 75 | 95 | 117 | — | 15 | — |
Unlimited Edition | None | 2ED | none | December 1993[6] | 302[I] | 75 | 95 | 117 | — | 15 | — |
Revised Edition[II] | None | 3ED | none | April 1994[8] | 306 | 75 | 95 | 121 | — | 15 | — |
Fourth Edition | None | 4ED | none | April 1995[9] | 378 | 121 | 121 | 121 | — | 15 | — |
Fifth Edition | None / Roman-numeral five[III] | 5ED | none | March 24, 1997[10] | 449 | 165 | 132 | 132 | — | 20 | — |
Classic Sixth Edition | A Roman-numeral six | 6ED | none | April 28, 1999[10] | 350 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | — |
Seventh Edition | A serif numeral seven | 7ED | none | April 11, 2001[10] | 350 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | — |
Eighth Edition | The number eight superimposed over three fanned cards | 8ED | none | July 28, 2003[11] | 357 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | 7[IV] |
Ninth Edition | The number nine superimposed over three fanned cards | 9ED | none | July 29, 2005[12] | 359 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | 9[IV] |
Tenth Edition | A Roman-numeral ten | 10E | none | July 13, 2007[13] | 383 | 121 | 121 | 121 | — | 20 | — |
Magic 2010 | "M10" | M10 | July 11, 2009[14] | July 17, 2009[15] | 249 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Magic 2011 | "M11" | M11 | July 10, 2010[16] | July 16, 2010[16] | 249 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Magic 2012 | "M12" | M12 | July 9, 2011[17] | July 15, 2011[17] | 249 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Magic 2013 | "M13" | M13 | July 7, 2012[18] | July 13, 2012[18] | 249 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Magic 2014 | "M14" | M14 | July 13, 2013[19] | July 19, 2013[19] | 249 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Magic 2015 | "M15" | M15 | July 12, 2014[20] | July 18, 2014[20] | 269 | 101 | 80[21] | 53 | 15 | 20 | 15[IV] |
Magic Origins | Planeswalker symbol breaking through the horizon | ORI | July 11, 2015[22] | July 17, 2015[22] | 272 | 101 | 80 | 55 | 16 | 20 | 16[IV] |
Core Set 2019 | "M19" | M19 | July 7, 2018 | July 13, 2018[23] | 280 | 111 | 80 | 53 | 16 | 20 | — |
Core Set 2020 | "M20" | M20 | July 5, 2019 | July 12, 2019[24] | 321 | 152 | 86 | 65 | 16 | 20 | — |
Core Set 2021 | "M21" | M21 | June 26, 2020 | July 3, 2020[25] | 274 | 111 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 15 | — |
Expansion sets
Expansion sets from Mirage to Rivals of Ixalan (with the exception of Homelands) came in groups called "cycles". Cycles were cohesive products: they usually centered around one plane, followed a particular storyline, and contained cards and mechanics that supported both. Cycles generally consisted of one large "stand-alone" expansion set of 250-380 cards, followed by one or two small expansion sets of 141-200 cards which continue the themes introduced in the large set. Like the base set, stand-alone expansion sets contain basic land cards; other expansion sets do not. Beginning with Alliances, expansion sets were given codenames while in development; the code names of the expansions of a cycle usually fit together to form a phrase or common theme.[26] Ice Age, Homelands, and Alliances were retroactively declared a cycle at some point, despite Homelands not being connected to the other two in any way. In 2006, WotC retroactively dropped Homelands from the Ice Age cycle and added Coldsnap to it. With the Zendikar cycle in 2009, the traditional large-small-small block structure began to be varied, with some cycles including a second large set later in the cycle. Starting with the Battle for Zendikar cycle in 2015, the default structure of a cycle was changed to large-small, with two cycles released per year and each cycle consisting of only two sets.[27]
Ice Age and Alliances were the first two sets to have a well-defined relationship, but the idea of calling connected sets a "block" or "cycle" did not exist 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. 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 cycle has since been released in late April or early May. From 2005-2015, there was a fourth release date each year in mid-July, usually reserved for base sets. Other summer releases included Coldsnap and Eventide.[XXVI]
Fallen Empires was an experimental expansion in which most cards have three or four different pieces of artwork. You could see them as 121 common cards, by art, or 36 cards by the text. It was also a major expansion in the idea of tribes, especially Goblins and Merfolk.
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[VI] 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.
Premium cards have been inserted into booster packs since Urza's Legacy. Originally 1 premium card was inserted for every 100 cards. The ratio was changed to 1 in 70 cards with the Torment expansion. Beginning with Tenth Edition the rate was increased to 1 in 56 cards.[28] This later changed to 1 in 45 cards with "Core Set 2020"
Starting with Battle for Zendikar cycle, sets sometimes also contain an entry in the Masterpiece Series.[29]
The cycle model has evolved as time went on. In addition to a formalized structure (which was occasionally varied) Wizards began to have trouble developing small sets that satisfied their own quality standards. Players also reported fatigue at playing in the same environment for a year at a time. The decision to remove one small set from each cycle, as showcased in Battle For Zendikar cycle, was a result of this dissatisfaction. It culminated in the decision to delete small sets entirely; since the conclusion of Ixalan cycle, all sets have been large-sized sets. However, not all large-size sets will involve travel to a new plane; some will be sequels to the set prior to it, if the depth of the plane's story and mechanics allows. Dominaria, released in 2018, was the first set under this model.[29]
Set | Expansion symbol[3] |
Expansion code[4][3] |
Development codename[26] |
Pre-release date | Release date | Size[3][5] | ||||||
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Total Cards |
Common | Uncommon | Rare | Mythic Rare | Basic Land |
Other | ||||||
Pre-cycle sets[29] | ||||||||||||
Arabian Nights | A scimitar | ARN | Arabian Nights[30] | none | December 1993[31] | 92[V] | 41 | 19 | 32 | — | 1 | — |
Antiquities | An anvil | ATQ | Antiquities[30] | none | March 1994[32] | 100[VI] | 30 | 44 | 26 | — | — | — |
Legends | The capital of a Doric column | LEG | Legends[30] | none | June 1994[33] | 310 | 75 | 114 | 121 | — | — | — |
The Dark | A thin crescent moon | DRK | The Dark[30] | none | August 1994[34] | 119 | 40 | 44 | 35 | — | — | — |
Fallen Empires | A crown | FEM | Fallen Empires[30] | none | November 1994[35] | 187[VII] | 121 | 30 | 36 | — | — | — |
Ice Age | A snowflake | ICE | Ice Age[30] | none[VII] | June 1995[36] | 383 | 121 | 121 | 121 | — | 15 | — |
Homelands[IX] | The globe of Ulgrotha | HML | Homelands[30] | October 14, 1995[VII] | October 1995[37] | 140[X] | 71 | 27 | 42 | — | — | — |
Alliances | A flowing banner | ALL | Quack[26] | May 18, 1996[38] | June 10, 1996[10] | 199[XI] | 110 | 43 | 46 | — | — | — |
Mirage Cycle | ||||||||||||
Mirage | A palm tree | MIR | Sosumi/Menagerie[26] | September 21, 1996[39][XXV] | October 7, 1996[10] | 350 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | — |
Visions | Zhalfirin Triangle of War/stylized "V" | VIS | Mirage Jr.[26] | January 11, 1997[40] | February 3, 1997[41] | 167 | 62 | 55 | 50 | — | — | — |
Weatherlight | The Thran Tome, an open book | WTH | Mochalatte[26] | May 31, 1997[42] | June 9, 1997[10] | 167 | 62 | 55 | 50 | — | — | — |
Rath Cycle | ||||||||||||
Tempest | A storm cloud | TMP | Bogavhati[26] | October 4, 1997[43] | October 13, 1997[10] | 350 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | — |
Stronghold | A portcullis | STH | Rachimulot[26] | February 21, 1998[44] | March 2, 1998[10] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Exodus | A bridge | EXO | Gorgonzola[26] | June 6, 1998[45] | June 15, 1998[10] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Artifacts Cycle | ||||||||||||
Urza's Saga | Two gears | USG | Armadillo[26] | October 3, 1998[46] | October 12, 1998[47] | 350 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | — |
Urza's Legacy | A hammer | ULG | Guacamole[26] | February 6, 1999[48] | February 15, 1999[10] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Urza's Destiny | An Erlenmeyer flask | UDS | Chimichanga[26] | May 29, 1999[43] | June 7, 1999[49] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Masquerade Cycle | ||||||||||||
Mercadian Masques | A domino mask | MMQ | Archimedes[26] | September 25, 1999[50] | October 4, 1999[51] | 350 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | — |
Nemesis | The spiked halberd wielded by Crovax | NEM | Euripides[26] | February 5, 2000[52] | February 14, 2000[53] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Prophecy | Three crystals | PCY | Dionysus[26] | May 27, 2000 | June 5, 2000[54] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Invasion Cycle | ||||||||||||
Invasion | The symbol of the Coalition[XII] | INV | Beijing[26] | September 23, 2000[43] | October 2, 2000[55] | 350 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | — |
Planeshift | A swirling portal | PLS | Hong Kong[26] | January 27, 2001[56] | February 5, 2001[56] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Apocalypse | The mask of Yawgmoth | APC | Shanghai[26] | May 26, 2001[57] | June 4, 2001 | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Odyssey Cycle | ||||||||||||
Odyssey | The Mirari on a twisted stand | ODY | Argon[26] | September 22, 2001[43] | October 1, 2001 | 350 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | — |
Torment | An ouroboros | TOR | Boron[26] | January 26, 2002[58] | February 4, 2002[58] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Judgment | A balancing scale | JUD | Carbon[26] | May 18, 2002 | May 27, 2002[59] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Onslaught Cycle | ||||||||||||
Onslaught | A four-legged "morph"[XIII] creature | ONS | Manny[26] | September 28, 2002[60] | October 7, 2002[60] | 350 | 110 | 110 | 110 | — | 20 | — |
Legions | Two crossed spears behind a shield | LGN | Moe[26] | January 25, 2003[61] | February 3, 2003 | 145 | 55 | 45 | 45 | — | — | — |
Scourge | A dragon mask | SCG | Jack[26] | May 17, 2003[62] | May 26, 2003[62] | 143 | 55 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
Mirrodin Cycle | ||||||||||||
Mirrodin | The Sword of Kaldra | MRD | Bacon[26] | September 20, 2003[63] | October 3, 2003[63] | 306 | 110 | 88 | 88 | — | 20 | — |
Darksteel | The shield of Kaldra | DST | Lettuce[26] | January 24, 2004[64] | February 6, 2004[64] | 165 | 55 | 55 | 55 | — | — | — |
Fifth Dawn | The helm of Kaldra | 5DN | Tomato[26] | May 22, 2004[65] | June 4, 2004[66] | 165 | 55 | 55 | 55 | — | — | — |
Kamigawa Cycle | ||||||||||||
Champions of Kamigawa | A torii gate | CHK | Earth[26] | September 18, 2004[67] | October 1, 2004[68] | 306 | 110 | 88[XIV] | 88 | — | 20 | — |
Betrayers of Kamigawa | A shuriken | BOK | Wind[26] | January 22, 2005[69] | February 4, 2005[68] | 165 | 55 | 55 | 55 | — | — | — |
Saviors of Kamigawa | A Japanese-style lantern | SOK | Fire[26] | May 21, 2005[70] | June 3, 2005[68] | 165 | 55 | 55 | 55 | — | — | — |
Ravnica Cycle | ||||||||||||
Ravnica: City of Guilds | A Gothic-style church tower | RAV | Control[71] | September 24, 2005[72] | October 7, 2005[73] | 306 | 110 | 88 | 88 | — | 20 | — |
Guildpact | The seal of the Guildpact | GPT | Alt[71] | January 21, 2006[74] | February 3, 2006[74] | 165 | 55 | 55 | 55 | — | — | — |
Dissension | The broken seal of the Guildpact | DIS | Delete[71] | April 22, 2006[75] | May 5, 2006[75] | 180 | 60 | 60 | 60 | — | — | — |
Coldsnap | ||||||||||||
Coldsnap[IX] | A hanging trio of icicles | CSP | Splat[26] | July 8, 2006[76] | July 21, 2006[77] | 155 | 60 | 55 | 40 | — | — | — |
Time Spiral Cycle | ||||||||||||
Time Spiral | An hourglass | TSP/TSB[XV] | Snap[71] | September 23, 2006[78] | October 6, 2006[78] | 422[XV] | 121 | 80 | 80 | — | 20 | 121 |
Planar Chaos | Stylized letters "PC" / Möbius strip | PLC | Crackle[71] | January 20, 2007[79] | February 2, 2007[79] | 165[XV] | 60 | 55 | 50 | — | — | — |
Future Sight | An eye gazing through a rift portal | FUT | Pop[71] | April 21, 2007[80] | May 4, 2007[80] | 180[XV] | 60 | 60 | 60 | — | — | — |
Lorwyn Block | ||||||||||||
Lorwyn | Elvish "leaf blade" with a serrated edge | LRW | Peanut[81] | September 29, 2007[82] | October 12, 2007[82] | 301 | 121 | 80 | 80 | — | 20 | — |
Morningtide | Sunrise / A flame | MOR | Butter[81] | January 19, 2008[83] | February 1, 2008[83] | 150 | 60 | 40 | 50 | — | — | — |
Shadowmoor Block[84] | ||||||||||||
Shadowmoor | Crown of the Reaper King | SHM | Jelly[81] | April 19, 2008[85] | May 2, 2008[85] | 301 | 121 | 80 | 80 | — | 20 | — |
Eventide | Eclipsed sun | EVE | Doughnut[84] | July 12, 2008[86] | July 25, 2008[86] | 180 | 60 | 60 | 60 | — | — | — |
Alara Block | ||||||||||||
Shards of Alara | 5-part gem | ALA | Rock[87] | September 27, 2008[88] | October 3, 2008[89] | 249 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Conflux | 5-shard shield | CON | Paper[87] | January 31, 2009[90] | February 6, 2009[90] | 145 | 60 | 40 | 35 | 10 | — | — |
Alara Reborn | 5-branched gem | ARB | Scissors[87] | April 25, 2009[91] | April 30, 2009[91] | 145 | 60 | 40 | 35 | 10 | — | — |
Zendikar Block | ||||||||||||
Zendikar | A hedron | ZEN | Live[87] | September 26, 2009[92] | October 2, 2009[92] | 249 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Worldwake | A hedron opening | WWK | Long[87] | January 30, 2010[93] | February 5, 2010[93] | 145 | 60 | 40 | 35 | 10 | — | — |
Rise of the Eldrazi | A hedron opened | ROE | Prosper[87] | April 17, 2010[94] | April 23, 2010[94] | 248 | 100 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Scars of Mirrodin Block | ||||||||||||
Scars of Mirrodin | Encircled hexplate with a smaller hex cut out | SOM | Lights[95] | September 25, 2010[96] | October 1, 2010[96] | 249 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Mirrodin Besieged | Mirran/Phyrexian symbols combined | MBS | Camera[95] | January 29, 2011[97] | February 4, 2011[97] | 155 | 60 | 40 | 35 | 10 | 10 | — |
New Phyrexia | The letter Phi, the symbol of Phyrexia | NPH | Action[95] | May 7, 2011[98][99] | May 13, 2011[98][99] | 175 | 60 | 60 | 35 | 10 | 10 | — |
Innistrad Block | ||||||||||||
Innistrad | Two stylized outward facing herons[100] | ISD[101] | Shake[95] | September 24, 2011[102] | September 30, 2011[102] | 264[XXVII] | 107 | 67 | 59 | 16 | 15 | — |
Dark Ascension | Innistrad symbol turned inward[103] | DKA[104] | Rattle[95] | January 28, 2012[104] | February 3, 2012[104] | 158[XXVII] | 64 | 44 | 38 | 12 | — | — |
Avacyn Restored | The collar of Avacyn | AVR[105] | Roll[95] | April 28, 2012[105] | May 4, 2012[105] | 244 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 15 | — |
Return to Ravnica Block | ||||||||||||
Return to Ravnica | Symbol of the five guilds in set | RTR[106] | Hook[87][107] | September 29, 2012[106] | October 5, 2012[106] | 274 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 25 | — |
Gatecrash | Pointed arch | GTC[108] | Line[87][107] | January 26, 2013[108] | February 1, 2013[108] | 249 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | — | — |
Dragon's Maze | Return to Ravnica and Gatecrash symbols combined[109] | DGM[109] | Sinker[87][107] | April 27, 2013[109] | May 3, 2013[109] | 156[XXVIII] | 70 | 40 | 35 | 11 | — | — |
Theros Block | ||||||||||||
Theros | Column and arcs | THS[110] | Friends[87][107] | September 21, 2013[110] | September 27, 2013[110] | 249 | 101 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Born of the Gods | Horns of Xenagos | BNG[111] | Romans[87][107] | February 1, 2014[111] | February 7, 2014[111] | 165 | 60 | 60 | 35 | 10 | — | — |
Journey into Nyx | Horns of Xenagos and column | JOU[112] | Countrymen[87][107] | April 26, 2014[113] | May 2, 2014[112] | 165 | 60 | 60 | 35 | 10 | — | — |
Khans of Tarkir Block | ||||||||||||
Khans of Tarkir | Two crossed scimitars in front of a shield | KTK[114] | Huey[115] | September 20, 2014[114] | September 26, 2014[114] | 269 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Fate Reforged | Two mirrored fangs | FRF[116] | Dewey[115] | January 17, 2015[116] | January 23, 2015[116] | 185[XXIX] | 70 | 60 | 35 | 10 | 10 | — |
Dragons of Tarkir | A shield in the shape of a dragon's face | DTK[117] | Louie[115] | March 21, 2015[117] | March 27, 2015[117] | 264 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 15 | — |
Battle for Zendikar Block | ||||||||||||
Battle for Zendikar | A hedron with a "Z" crimp | BFZ[118] | Blood[119] | September 26, 2015[118] | October 2, 2015[118] | 274[XXX] | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 25 | —[XXX] |
Oath of the Gatewatch | Kozilek blade projections | OGW[120] | Sweat[119] | January 16, 2016[120] | January 22, 2016[120] | 184[XXX] | 70 | 60 | 42[121] | 12[121] | 2 | —[XXX] |
Shadows over Innistrad Block | ||||||||||||
Shadows over Innistrad | Avacyn's collar deformed (in this case, upside-down) | SOI[122] | Tears[119] | April 2, 2016[122] | April 8, 2016[122] | 297[XXXI] | 105 | 100 | 59 | 18 | 15 | — |
Eldritch Moon | Silhouette of Emrakul | EMN[123] | Fears[27] | July 16, 2016[123] | July 22, 2016[123] | 205[XXXI] | 74 | 70 | 47 | 14[124] | — | — |
Kaladesh Block | ||||||||||||
Kaladesh | Stylized vines | KLD | Lock[125] | September 24, 2016 | September 30, 2016 | 264 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 15 | — |
Aether Revolt | Stylized blossom | AER | Stock[125] | January 14, 2017 | January 20, 2017 | 184 | 70 | 60 | 42 | 12 | — | — |
Amonkhet Block | ||||||||||||
Amonkhet | Pyramid with floating top | AKH | Barrel[125] | April 22, 2017 | April 28, 2017 | 269 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Hour of Devastation | Horns of Nicol Bolas | HOU | Laughs[126] | July 8, 2017 | July 14, 2017 | 199 | 70 | 60 | 42 | 12 | 15 | — |
Ixalan Block | ||||||||||||
Ixalan | Compass rose | XLN | Ham[127] | September 23, 2017 | September 29, 2017 | 279 | 101 | 80 | 63 | 15 | 20 | — |
Rivals of Ixalan | Half compass rose with two Northern points | RIX[128] | Eggs[127] | January 13, 2018 | January 19, 2018 | 196 | 70 | 60 | 48 | 13 | 5 | — |
Post-block sets[29] | ||||||||||||
Dominaria | Benalish shield[129] | DOM | Soup[130] | April 21, 2018 | April 27, 2018 | 269 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Guilds of Ravnica | A cityscape or crown with five elements | GRN | Spaghetti[131] | September 29, 2018 | October 5, 2018 | 259 | 111 | 80 | 53 | 15 | — | — |
Ravnica Allegiance | An inverted version of Guilds of Ravnica's set symbol | RNA | Meatballs[131] | January 19, 2019 | January 25, 2019 | 259 | 111 | 80 | 53 | 15 | — | — |
War of the Spark[132] | Planeswalker symbol with Nicol Bolas's horns | WAR[133] | Milk[134] | April 27, 2019 | May 3, 2019 | 264 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 15 | — |
Throne of Eldraine | Sword with pixie wings | ELD | Archery[135] | September 28, 2019 | October 4, 2019[136] | 269 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — |
Theros Beyond Death | Mask of the returned | THB | Baseball[135] | January 17, 2020 | January 24, 2020 | 254 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 5 | — |
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths | A monstrous eye | IKO | Cricket[137] | April 17, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | 274 | 111 | 80 | 53 | 16 | 15 | — |
Zendikar Rising | Hedron and X | ZNR | Diving[138] | September 18, 2020 | September 25, 2020 | 280 | 101 | 80 | 64 | 20 | 15 | — |
Kaldheim | Battle axe | KHM | Equestrian[139] | January 29, 2021 | February 5, 2021 | 285 | 111 | 80 | 64 | 20 | 15 | |
Strixhaven: School of Mages | Some magical bird that a pupil at Strixhaven looks after. Or is it the bird that looks after the pupil? | STX[140] | Fencing[141] | c. Spring 2021 | c. Spring 2021 | unrevealed | ||||||
Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms* not final name | Dragon head | unrevealed | Unknown Code Name (Replaces Core Set) | c. July 2021 | c. July 2021 | unrevealed | ||||||
"Innistrad: Werewolves"* not final name | Wolf howling at moon | unrevealed | Golf (This set was split into two sets)[142] | c. September 2021 | c. September 2021 | unrevealed | ||||||
"Innistrad: Vampires"* not final name | Stylized bat | unrevealed | Golf (This set was split into two sets)[142] | c. November 2021 | c. November 2021 | unrevealed | ||||||
"Hockey" | unrevealed | unrevealed | Hockey[143] | c. January 2022 | c. January 2022 | unrevealed | ||||||
"Ice Skating" | unrevealed | unrevealed | Ice Skating[144] | c. Spring 2022 | c. Spring 2022 | unrevealed | ||||||
"Judo" | unrevealed | unrevealed | Judo[145] | c. September 2022 | c. September 2022 | unrevealed | ||||||
"Kayaking" | unrevealed | unrevealed | Kayaking | c. January 2023 | c. January 2023 | unrevealed |
Other sets
Non-rotation sets
These sets are legal in non-rotating formats such as Modern, but not rotating formats such as Standard.
Set | Expansion symbol[3] |
Expansion code[4][3] |
Development codename | Release date | Size[3][5] | ||||||
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Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Mythic Rare | Basic Land | Other | |||||
Modern Horizons | Horns and V | MH1 | Contemporary[146] | June 14, 2019[147] | 254 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
Introductory sets
These introductory sets were intended for novice Magic: The Gathering players. They were illegal in sanctioned tournaments until October 2005,[148] when they became legal in Legacy and Vintage.
Set | Expansion symbol[3] |
Expansion code[4][3] |
Release date | Size[3][5] | ||||||
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Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Mythic Rare | Basic Land | Other | ||||
Portal[XIX] | ||||||||||
Portal | A portal | POR | June 1997[149] | 222[XX] | 90 | 57 | 55 | — | 20 | — |
Portal Second Age | A pentagon | P02 | June 1998[150] | 165 | 70 | 45 | 35 | — | 15 | — |
Portal Three Kingdoms | The Chinese character for the number 3 | P3K | May 1999[151] | 180 | 55 | 55 | 55 | — | 15 | — |
Starter | ||||||||||
Starter 1999 | A five-pointed star | S99 | July 1999[152] | 173 | 63 | 55 | 35 | — | 20 | — |
Starter 2000 | None | S00 | July 2000[153] | 57[XXI] | 39 | 6 | 2 | — | 10 | — |
Global Series | ||||||||||
Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling | A mountain | GS1 | June 22, 2018 | Two 60-card decks |
Compilations/reprint sets
Reprint 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.
Deck Builder's Toolkits are released at the same time as a core set and contain only cards from sets that are legal in Standard at that time; they are not sets as such. These boxed sets therefore have no symbol or code of their own.
Set | Expansion symbol[3] | Expansion code[4][3] |
Release date | Size[3][5] | |||||||
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Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Mythic Rare | Basic Land | Other | |||||
Chronicles[XVII] | No specific symbol[XVIII] | CHR | July 1995[154] | 125[XVII] | 37 | 43 | 45 | — | — | — | |
Rivals Quick Start Set | No specific symbol | none | July 1996[155] | Four pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Multiverse Gift Box | No specific symbol | none | November 1996[156] | Boosters from various sets in various languages | |||||||
Anthologies | No specific symbol | ATH | November 1998[157] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Battle Royale Box Set | No specific symbol | BRB | November 12, 1999[158] | Four 40-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Beatdown Box Set | A mace | BTD | December 2000[159] | Two 61-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Deckmasters: Garfield vs. Finkel | A stylized letter "D" | DKM | September 17, 2001[160] | Two 62-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Premium Foil Booster | Alara block symbols | none | January 8, 2010[161] | 539 foil cards from the Alara block[XXXV] | |||||||
Duels of the Planeswalkers (decks) | A stylized letter "M" inside a circle | DPA | June 4, 2010[162] | Five 60-card decks | |||||||
Modern Event Deck | Three-pronged object | MD1 | May 30, 2014[163] | 60-card deck, 15-card sideboard | |||||||
Mystery Booster | No specific symbol | none | March 13, 2020[164] | 1694 | 1060 | 452 | 152 | 30 | — | — | |
International Sets | |||||||||||
Renaissance (French/German) | No specific symbol | none | August 1995[154] | 122 | 51 | 40 | 31 | — | — | — | |
Rinascimento (Italian) | No specific symbol | none | August 1995[154] | 69 | ? | ? | ? | — | — | — | |
Duel Decks | |||||||||||
Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins | A stylized axe and bow combination symbol | EVG | November 16, 2007[165] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra | A point-reflected pair of swooshes | DD2 | November 7, 2008[166] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic | A halo with horns coming up through its center | DDC | April 10, 2009[167] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana | A leaf inside a semicircle | DDD | October 30, 2009[168] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition | Yawgmoth's and the Coalition's symbols combined | DDE | March 19, 2010[169] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret | Two trapezoids with parts missing | DDF | September 3, 2010[170] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons | A shield in the shape of a dragon in flight | DDG | April 1, 2011[171] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas | Nicol Bolas' horns superimposed on Ajani's axe-head | DDH | September 2, 2011[172] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth | Two nearly-interlocking zigzags | DDI | March 30, 2012[173] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari | Combination of Izzet and Golgari symbols | DDJ | September 7, 2012[174] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt | Combination of stylized sword and devil horns | DDK | March 15, 2013[175] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters | Combination axe, helmet, and wings | DDL | September 6, 2013[176] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska | Arcane symbol and gorgon tentacle | DDM | March 14, 2014[177] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning | Winged eye | DDN | September 5, 2014[178] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks Anthology | No specific symbol | DD3 | December 5, 2014[179] | A reprint of the first four Duel Deck sets | |||||||
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora | Godsend (Elspeth's spear) and waves | DDO | February 27, 2015[180] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi | Half-hedron and Eldrazi tentacle | DDP | August 28, 2015[181] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed | Demon wing and half of Avacyn's collar | DDQ | February 26, 2016[182] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis | Hedron and horns | DDR | September 2, 2016[183] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might | Stylized knotwork | DDS | March 31, 2017[184] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins | Combined trident and axe heads | DDT | November 10, 2017[185] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors | Bow and arrow superimposed on gear | DDU | April 6, 2018[186] | Two 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
From the Vault | |||||||||||
From the Vault: Dragons | Wings of a Dragon | DRB | August 29, 2008[187] | 15 limited foil dragon cards | |||||||
From the Vault: Exiled | An arrow firing diagonally leaving a trail | V09 | August 28, 2009[188] | 15 limited foil formerly banned cards | |||||||
From the Vault: Relics | An orb on a stand | V10 | August 27, 2010[189] | 15 limited foil artifact cards | |||||||
From the Vault: Legends | A crown[190] | V11 | August 26, 2011[190] | 15 limited foil legendary creature cards | |||||||
From the Vault: Realms | Mountain and sunrise | V12 | August 31, 2012[191] | 15 limited foil land cards | |||||||
From the Vault: Twenty | Numeral 20 in a circle | V13 | August 23, 2013[192] | 20 limited foil cards | |||||||
From the Vault: Annihilation | Stylized bomb or fractured orb | V14 | August 22, 2014[193] | 15 limited foil cards | |||||||
From the Vault: Angels | Stylized angel wings | V15 | August 21, 2015[194] | 15 limited foil cards | |||||||
From the Vault: Lore | Scroll unrolling to become castle tower | V16 | August 19, 2016[195] | 15 limited foil cards and one token | |||||||
From the Vault: Transform | Dark planet with lighting on the top or bottom depending on which side of the card is viewed | V17 | November 24, 2017[196] | 15 limited foil double-faced cards | |||||||
Signature Spellbook | |||||||||||
Signature Spellbook: Jace | Spellbook | SS1 | June 15, 2018[197] | 9 cards | |||||||
Signature Spellbook: Gideon | Gideon's sural and shield in front of an open book | SS2 | June 28, 2019[198] | 9 cards | |||||||
Signature Spellbook: Chandra | Flame in front of an open book | SS3 | June 26, 2020[199] | 9 cards | |||||||
Premium Deck Series | |||||||||||
Premium Deck Series: Slivers | A coiled sliver | H09 | November 20, 2009[200] | 60-card premium foil deck | |||||||
Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning | A flame and lightning bolt | PD2 | November 19, 2010[201] | 60-card premium foil deck | |||||||
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn | A human skull | PD3 | November 18, 2011[202] | 60-card premium foil deck | |||||||
Masters Series | |||||||||||
Modern Masters | A stylized City of Brass | MMA | June 7, 2013[203] | 229[203] | 101[204] | 60[204] | 53[204] | 15[204] | — | — | |
Modern Masters 2015 Edition | The City of Brass symbol rotated and then mirrored | MM2 | May 22, 2015[205] | 249[205] | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | — | — | |
Eternal Masters | Unusually-shaped hourglass | EMA | June 10, 2016[206] | 249[206] | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | — | — | |
Modern Masters 2017 Edition | Floating "U" over crown | MM3 | March 17, 2017[207] | 249[207] | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | — | — | |
Iconic Masters | Stylized letters I and M. | IMA | November 17, 2017[208] | 249[208] | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | — | — | |
Masters 25 | The number 25 over the planeswalker symbol | A25 | March 16, 2018[209] | 249[208] | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | — | — | |
Ultimate Masters | Infinity symbol made out of two stylized skulls | UMA | December 7, 2018[210] | 254[210] | 101 | 80 | 53 | 20 | — | — | |
Double Masters | A diamond on top of an X | 2XM | August 7, 2020[211] | 332[211] | 91 | 80 | 121 | 40 | — | — | |
Deck Builder's Toolkits | |||||||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit | "M10" | w10 | May 21, 2010[212] | Box set of 285 semi-randomized cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (Refreshed Version) | "M11" | w11 | March 11, 2011[212] | Box set of 285 semi-randomized cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (2012 Edition) | "M12" | w12 | July 13, 2012 | Box set of 285 semi-randomized cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (2014 Core Set Edition) | "M14" | w14 | July 19, 2013 | Box set of 285 semi-randomized cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (2015 Core Set Edition) | "M15" | w15 | July 18, 2014 | Box set of 285 semi-randomized cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (Magic Origins Edition) | Planeswalker symbol breaking through the horizon | ORI | July 17, 2015 | Box set of 285 semi-randomized cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (Shadows over Innistrad Edition) | Star with trail and "16" | w16 | April 8, 2016 | Box set of 285 semi-randomized cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (Amonkhet Edition) | Star with trail and "17" | w17 | April 28, 2017 | Box set of 285 semi-randomized cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (Ixalan Edition) | Star with trail and "17" | w17 | September 29, 2017 | Box set of 285 semi-randomized cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (Core 2019 Edition) | N/A | N/A | July 13, 2018 | Box set of 285 fixed cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (Ravnica Allegiance Edition) | N/A | N/A | January 25, 2019 | Box set of 285 fixed cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (Core Set 2020 Edition) | N/A | N/A | July 12, 2019 | Box set of 285 fixed cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
Deck Builder's Toolkit (Theros Beyond Death Edition) | N/A | N/A | January 24, 2020 | Box set of 285 fixed cards and 4 booster packs from recent editions | |||||||
(Holiday) Gift Boxes | |||||||||||
2012 Holiday Gift Box | N/A | N/A | November 16, 2012[213] | 4 Boosters, 20 basic lands, 1 foil alternate-art card from Return to Ravnica (Dreg Mangler), 6 illustrated plastic dividers + stickers for customizing the dividers | |||||||
2013 Holiday Gift Box | N/A | N/A | November 15, 2013[214] | 4 Boosters, 20 basic lands, 1 foil alternate-art card from Theros (Karametra's Acolyte), 6 illustrated plastic dividers + stickers for customizing the dividers | |||||||
2014 Holiday Gift Box | N/A | N/A | November 14, 2014[215] | 4 Boosters, 20 basic lands, 1 foil alternate-art card from Khans of Tarkir (Sultai Charm), 6 illustrated plastic dividers + stickers for customizing the dividers | |||||||
2015 Holiday Gift Box | N/A | N/A | November 6, 2015[216] | 5 Boosters, 20 basic lands, 1 foil alternate-art card from Battle for Zendikar (Scythe Leopard), 6 illustrated plastic dividers + stickers for customizing the dividers | |||||||
Shadows over Innistrad: The Gift Box | N/A | N/A | May 13, 2016[217] | 5 Boosters, 20 basic lands, 1 foil alternate-art card from Shadows over Innistrad (Ravenous Bloodseeker), 6 illustrated plastic dividers + stickers for customizing the dividers | |||||||
Kaladesh: The Gift Box | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 Boosters, 20 basic lands, 1 foil alternate-art card from Kaladesh (Chief of the Foundry), 6 illustrated plastic dividers + stickers for customizing the dividers | |||||||
Throne of Eldraine Bundle Gift Edition [218] | N/A | N/A | November 15, 2019 |
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Masterpiece Series
Starting with the Kaladesh block, some sets include the Masterpiece Series. Wizards of the coast has stated "the Masterpiece Series... began with Zendikar Expeditions".[219] They were retroactively added with the announcement of Kaladesh Inventions.[219] Cards in the Masterpiece Series appear at a higher rarity than Mythic Rares, and consist of either reprints, or cards from the set whose packs they appear in. However, they are not considered part of that set, and instead get their own expansion symbol; moreover, as with reprint sets (see below), printing in a Masterpiece Series entry does not affect format legality. Note that entries in the Masterpiece Series do not have expansion codes, except for Zendikar Expeditions, which has code "EXP".
The Guilds of Ravnica Mythic Edition is a package that is sold exclusively on Hasbro's website. It contains 24 Guilds of Ravnica packs, 8 of which contain a predetermined Masterpiece card.
On January 10, 2019, the Ravnica Allegiance Mythic Edition was announced. Unlike the Guilds of Ravnica version, the Ravnica Allegiance Mythic Edition will be sold on eBay and ship globally. It contains 24 Ravnica Allegiance packs, 8 of which contain a predetermined Masterpiece card.
The set codes listed below come from the 3-letter code printed on the card frames at the bottom.
Block/set | Set | Code | Expansion symbol[3] | Release Date | Total Cards | Cards in first set | Cards in second set |
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Battle for Zendikar | Zendikar Expeditions | EXP | Hedron with base | September 26, 2015 | 45 | 25 | 20 |
Kaladesh | Kaladesh Inventions | MPS | Stylized column or letter π | September 24, 2016 | 54 | 30 | 24 |
Amonkhet | Amonkhet Invocations | MPS | Nicol Bolas' head shape | April 28, 2017 | 54 | 30 | 24 |
Guilds of Ravnica | Guilds of Ravnica Mythic Edition | MED | Planeswalker symbol in front of a shield | October 3, 2018 | 8 | 8 | N/A |
Ravnica Allegiance | Ravnica Allegiance Mythic Edition | MED | Planeswalker symbol in front of a shield | January 24, 2019 | 8 | 8 | N/A |
War of the Spark | War of the Spark Mythic Edition | MED | Planeswalker symbol in front of a shield | May 1, 2019 | 8 | 8 | N/A |
Collector Booster Packs
Starting with the Throne of Eldraine expansion, collector packs started. Wizards of the Coast also had collector packs (premium packs) in Shards of Alara, but no sets after that until Throne of Eldraine. Collector packs in Throne of Eldraine consist of five to six foil commons, three to four foil uncommons, three alternate art cards, one card from supplemental sets (from the Brawl deck series or planeswalker deck exclusive cards), one rare or mythic rare, one extended art rare or mythic rare, one foil rare or mythic rare, and a foil double faced token. Theros Beyond Death collector boosters consist of four to five foil commons, two to three foil uncommons, two full art foil basic lands, one card from supplemental sets (Theros Beyond Death planeswalker deck exclusive cards), one rare or mythic rare, one foil rare or mythic rare, two alternate art "Constellation" cards, and a foil double faced token.
Multiplayer-focused sets
Starting with Planechase in 2009, Wizards of the Coast has occasionally printed sets intended primarily for multiplayer play, which do not necessarily consist entirely of reprints but are not legal in Standard; a card printed in one of these is legal only in Eternal formats, and reprinting a card in one of these sets does not affect when it leaves Standard. These sets usually consist of fixed decks.
Set | Expansion symbol[3] | Expansion code[4][3] |
Release date | Size[3][5] | New cards | ||||||
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Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Mythic Rare | Basic Land | Other | |||||
Planechase | |||||||||||
Planechase | Two circular arcs, the lower with three upper spikes | HOP | September 4, 2009[220] | Four 60-card decks + 40 plane cards | 0 | ||||||
Planechase 2012 Edition | Two circular arcs, the upper with three bites removed from bottom | PC2 | June 1, 2012[221] | Four 60-card decks and 40 plane or phenomenon cards | 21 | ||||||
Planechase Anthology | Two circular arcs, the upper with five upper spikes | PCA | November 25, 2016[222] | Four 60-card decks and 86 plane or phenomenon cards | 0 | ||||||
Archenemy | |||||||||||
Archenemy | A trident | ARC | June 18, 2010[223] | Four decks, each with 60 cards and 20 oversized scheme cards | 0 | ||||||
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas | Nicol's horns with orb | E01 | June 16, 2017[224] | Four 60-card decks, four planeswalker cards, and one 20-card scheme deck | 0 | ||||||
Commander | |||||||||||
Commander | Three prongs symbolizing the "wedge" coloration | CMD | June 17, 2011[225] | Five 100-card decks each with 3 oversized foil Commander cards | 51 | ||||||
Commander's Arsenal | 3-part gem | CM1 | November 2, 2012[226] | 28 foil cards (18 regular, 10 oversized) | 0 | ||||||
Commander 2013 Edition | 3-part gem with hooks | C13 | November 1, 2013[227] | Five 100-card decks each with 3 oversized foil Commander cards | 51 | ||||||
Commander 2014 | Shield-shaped 3-part gem | C14 | November 7, 2014[228] | Five 100-card decks each with 1 oversized foil Commander card | 61 | ||||||
Commander 2015 | 2-part shield | C15 | November 13, 2015[229] | Five 100-card decks each with 1 oversized foil Commander card | 56 | ||||||
Commander 2016 | Bisected shield | C16 | November 11, 2016[230] | Five 100-card decks each with 1 oversized foil Commander card | 56 | ||||||
Commander Anthology | Shield with crown | CMA | June 9, 2017[231] | Four 100-card decks each with 1 oversized foil Commander card | 0 | ||||||
Commander 2017 | Shield with 4 parts | C17 | August 25, 2017[232] | Four 100-card decks each with 1 oversized foil Commander card | 56 | ||||||
Commander Anthology Volume II | Shield and swords upon a amphora | CM2 | June 8, 2018[233] | Four 100-card decks each with 1 oversized foil Commander card | 0 | ||||||
Commander 2018 | Shield with horizontal lightning bolt symbol | C18 | August 10, 2018[234] | Four 100-card decks each with 1 oversized foil Commander card | 59 | ||||||
Commander 2019 | Shield with descending ribbon and two etchings | C19 | August 23, 2019[235] | Four 100-card decks each with 1 oversized foil Commander card | |||||||
Commander 2020 / Ikoria Commander | Shield with thorns | C20 | May 15, 2020[236][237] | Five 100-card decks each set on the plane of Ikoria | |||||||
Commander Legends | Shield | CMR | November 6, 2020[238] | The Innovation Product for 2020, Commander Legends is the first Commander set designed to be drafted. It includes 361 total cards. Of these, 165 are new cards, including 71 new legendary creatures and planeswalkers. | 165 | ||||||
Conspiracy | |||||||||||
Conspiracy | Seal | CNS | June 6, 2014[239] | 210[XXXII] | 89 | 68 | 43 | 10 | — | — | 65 |
Conspiracy: Take the Crown | Seal of the Black Rose | CN2 | August 26, 2016[240] | 221[240] | 90 | 67 | 50 | 14 | — | — | 80 |
Other sets | |||||||||||
Explorers of Ixalan | Ship's wheel | E02 | November 24, 2017[241] | Four 60-card decks and various game components | 0 | ||||||
Battlebond | Two connected figures in front of a diamond shape | BBD[242] | June 8, 2018[243] | 254[243] | 85 |
Non-DCI-sanctioned-tournament-play-legal sets
These sets, though also published by Wizards of the Coast, are not legal for DCI-sanctioned tournament play.
Set | Expansion symbol[3] | Expansion code[4][3] |
Pre-release date | Release date | Size[3][5] | |||||||
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Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Mythic Rare | Basic Land | Other | ||||||
Collector's Edition[244] | no symbol[XXXIII] | CED | none | December 1993[245] | 363 | 75 | 95 | 117 | — | 76 | — | |
International Collector's Edition | no symbol[XXXIV] | CED | none | December 1993[245] | 363 | 75 | 95 | 117 | — | 76 | — | |
Astral[XXII] | star with a trail | none | none | April 1997[246] | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Un-sets[XXIII] | ||||||||||||
Unglued | A cracked-open egg | UGL | August 7, 1998[43] | August 17, 1998 | 88 | 33 | 22 | 28 | — | 5 | — | |
Unhinged | A horseshoe | UNH | November 20, 2004[247] | November 19, 2004[247] | 141 | 55 | 40 | 40 | — | 5 | 1[XXIV] | |
Unstable | A wrench with an acorn-shaped hole | UST | none | December 8, 2017 | 268[XXXVI][248] | 102[XXXVI] | 90[XXXVI] | 61[XXXVI] | 15 | 5 | — | |
Unsanctioned | A horseshoe in half of a cracked-open egg over two crossed wrenches with acorn-shaped holes | UND | none | February 28, 2020[249] | 96 | 30 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 10 | — | |
Pro Tour/World Championship Decks | ||||||||||||
Pro Tour Collector Set Inaugural Edition | No specific symbol | none | none | May 1996 | Eight 60-card pre-constructed decks (720 cards total due to sideboards and additional inserts) | |||||||
World Championship Decks 1997 | No specific symbol | none | none | 1997[250] | Four 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
World Championship Decks 1998 | No specific symbol | none | none | 1998[250] | Four 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
World Championship Decks 1999 | No specific symbol | none | none | 1999[251] | Four 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
World Championship Decks 2000 | No specific symbol | none | none | 2000[251] | Four 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
World Championship Decks 2001 | No specific symbol | none | none | 2001[251] | Four 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
World Championship Decks 2002 | No specific symbol | none | none | 2002[251] | Four 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
World Championship Decks 2003 | No specific symbol | none | none | 2003[251] | Four 60-card pre-constructed decks | |||||||
World Championship Decks 2004 | No specific symbol | none | none | 2004[251] | Four 60-card pre-constructed decks |
Magic: The Gathering Online exclusive sets
These sets are exclusive to Magic: The Gathering Online.
Set | Expansion symbol[3] |
Expansion code[4][3] |
Release date | Size[3][5] | |||||||
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Total Cards | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Mythic Rare | Basic Land | Other | |||||
Masters Editions | |||||||||||
Masters Edition | A circle and a quarter-circle | MED | September 10, 2007[252] | 195 | 60 | 60 | 60 | — | 15 | — | |
Masters Edition II | A circle and two quarter-circles | ME2 | September 22, 2008[253] | 245 | 80 | 80 | 80 | — | 5 | — | |
Masters Edition III | A circle behind two quarter-circles | ME3 | September 7, 2009[254] | 230 | 75 | 70 | 70 | — | 15 | — | |
Masters Edition IV | 4 quarter-circles forming an hourglass | ME4 | January 10, 2011[255] | 269 | 80 | 72 | 105 | — | 12 | — | |
Vintage Masters | Helmet with a V-shaped pattern | VMA | June 16, 2014[256] | 325 | 101 | 80 | 105 | 30 | — | 9 | |
Tempest Remastered | Arch broken by lightning bolt | TPR | May 6, 2015[257] | 269 | 101 | 80 | 53 | 15 | 20 | — | |
Magic: The Gathering Online Deck Series | |||||||||||
Magic Online Deck Series: Legacy Format | No specific symbol | N/A | November 8, 2010[258] | Two 60-card decks with 15 card sideboards | |||||||
Momir Vig Basic Event Deck | No specific symbol | N/A | November 22, 2010[259] | Deck with 1 avatar card & 60 basic lands |
Notes
- ^I : Two cards, the common Circle of Protection: Black and the rare Volcanic Island, were inadvertently left out of the printing of Alpha. Beta and Unlimited included the two missing cards as well as one additional alternate art variant of each of the five basic lands. Consequently, those two sets each have seven more cards than Alpha did.[260]
- ^II : When the Revised Edition was in production in 1994, a number of problems with the set became apparent. Some cards' colors were washed-out. The picture and color foreground for the Serendib Efreet were wrong (not that this was the first such misprint), and there was a growing concern with the Satanic images on some of the cards. The solution was to print a "fixed" version of Revised Edition, code named "Edgar", which has since came to be known as Summer Magic because it was printed in the summer of 1994. The cards were distributed in regular Revised Edition boosters, but no Summer Edition starters were produced. Despite its intended function as a fixed Revised Edition, there were problems with Summer Magic. On some cards, the colors were too dark. Furthermore, Hurricane was printed as a blue card and thereby became the most famous and most desired Summer Magic card of all.[261] The Serendib Efreet had its artwork corrected, but the artist name was still wrong, as was that of Plateau (which had, uniquely out of the cards in Revised, received new art, but not an updated artist credit to reflect that). Because of all these flaws, the entire print run was recalled and destroyed which led to Revised Edition shortage in 1994. However, a few booster boxes survived. Summer Magic cards can sell for over $1000 for notable cards and some as high $5000. Summer Magic cards can best be recognized by their 1994 copyright date.[262]
- ^III : The only cards in Fifth Edition to have an expansion symbol were those printed in Simplified Chinese in 1998.[263]
- ^IV : In addition to the 350 cards normally available in booster packs, the Eighth Edition Core Game contained 7 "starter cards" not available in booster packs, labeled with collector numbers S1 through S7; 3 were marked common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare. Ninth Edition contained 9, labeled S1 through S10 (omitting S6); 6 were marked common, 2 uncommon, and 1 rare. These were meant to introduce new players to the game; most were "vanilla" creatures.[12][264] Similarly, Magic 2015 contained 15 starter cards not contained in booster packs; 6 were marked common, 4 uncommon, and 5 rare.[265] Magic Origins contained 16 such cards.[266]
- ^V : 14 of the commons were printed in two subtle variations (called "a" and "b") making 92 total cards but only 78 unique cards.[31]
- ^VI : 5 of the cards came in 4 alternate art versions making the set have 100 total cards but only 85 unique cards. The different art versions also differ in rarity causing these 5 cards to make up a total of 6 commons, 9 uncommons, and 6 rares.[3][267]
- ^VII : The first pre-release officially sponsored by Wizards of the Coast was held for Homelands in New York City.[268][269][270] Ice Age, which preceded Homelands, had an unofficial widely attended pre-release in Toronto.[268][269][271]
- ^VIII : 15 of the commons came in 4 alternate art versions, while 20 of them came in 3 alternate art versions causing 187 total cards but only 102 unique cards.[272]
- ^IX : Homelands was not designed as part of the Ice Age block and has no thematic link to Ice Age and Alliances. Wizards of the Coast retroactively declared it part of the Ice Age block in 1997 to fit with the then-emerging standard block structure. Nearly a decade later in 2006, Coldsnap was released as a belated third entry to the Ice Age block. Homelands was reverted to a standalone set. Coldsnap was, for purposes of card legality, part of Time Spiral as far as rotation at the time, so it was legal to play in 2006-2008 era Standard formats. (Wizards of the Coast would later separate Coldsnap and Time Spiral in Extended, however.)[273][274][275]
- ^X : 25 commons had 2 alternate art versions making 140 total cards but only 115 unique cards.[3]
- ^XI : All commons had 2 alternate art versions making 199 total cards but only 144 unique cards and 55 unique commons.[3]
- ^XII : The Coalition was a group assembled by Urza to defend Dominaria against the invasion of the Phyrexians.[276]
- ^XIII : Many creatures in the Onslaught Block had the ability to "morph." Morphed creatures looked like "clay spiders."[277]
- ^XIV : This does not count the alternate art for the uncommon card Brothers Yamazaki. Counting each version separately, there are 89 uncommons and 307 cards in the set.[278]
- ^XV : In the Time Spiral Cycle there are special cards in each set that are "timeshifted". In Time Spiral TSP refers to all non-timeshifted cards in the set while TSB, which stands for "TimeShifted Bonus" (during development, the timeshifted cards were known as "bonus cards"), refers to the 121 timeshifted reprint cards.[2][279] The timeshifted reprint cards have a purple expansion symbol and are not counted towards the number of cards in the set. Instead they form a subset with their own collector's numbers. Each Time Spiral booster pack contains exactly one Timeshifted bonus card, replacing a common. In Planar Chaos there are 45 Timeshifted Cards (20 common, 15 uncommon, and 10 rare), however, unlike in Time Spiral they were not reprints but instead they were existing cards from the past which were "colorshifted" (known, iconic cards that were printed in a different color).[3][280] Colorshifted cards are recognizable by the white text for the name and type line and different background designs from the normal cards. In contrast to the timeshifted cards in Time Spiral the colorshifted cards in Planar Chaos and Future Sight are not bonus cards, meaning that they come in rarities of common, uncommon, and rare, and are counted towards the Collector's numbers of the set. However they are distributed differently than normal cards, with 3 of the commons in each booster being timeshifted, and one uncommon being replaced with a timeshifted uncommon 3/4 of the time and a timeshifted rare 1/4 of the time.[280] In Future Sight there are 81 timeshifted Cards, composing 27 of each rarity; these were simply included in packs like ordinary cards of their rarity. However, unlike the previous sets these timeshifted cards have a future theme in that they have a different frame than normal cards and have keyword mechanics that may appear in future sets.[3][281]
- ^XVI : Starting in Shards of Alara Wizards of the Coast introduced a new rarity level higher than rare called Mythic Rare. A mythic rare card will appear in approximately 1 out of every 8 booster packs instead of a rare.[282]
- ^XVII : Chronicles, released in 1995 between Ice Age and Homelands, reprinted many previous cards, drawn from the Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark sets, that were becoming difficult to obtain but added no new cards to the game. Despite being published between Ice Age and Homelands, it is not considered part of the Ice Age Block; for purposes of tournament-legality, it was instead treated as an extension of Fourth Edition. The cards in Chronicles were reprinted with white borders, as opposed to their original black borders. Also Chronicles contained three uncommons with four alternate art versions meaning there are 125 total cards but only 116 unique cards and only 34 unique uncommons.[3][283]
- ^XVIII : Many of the early compilation sets did not have expansion symbols of their own and instead the cards within these reprint sets just retained the symbol from their former set.[284]
- ^XIX : Portal was a series of sets featuring simplified rules intended to introduce novice players of Magic: The Gathering to the game. When they were originally released, they were not legal for DCI-sanctioned tournament play, but the DCI changed its policy and the Portal sets became legal in the Vintage and Legacy tournament formats on October 20, 2005.[285]
- ^XX : 5 of the commons and 2 of the uncommons were alternate versions, so there are only 200 unique cards (85 unique common, 55 unique uncommons) in Portal.[3][286]
- ^XXI : Starter 2000 was made up of two 22-card decks and two 15-card packs, all with a fixed selection of cards.[287]
- ^XXII : Astral is a set of 12 cards that was never actually printed on paper and exists only in the MicroProse Magic: The Gathering computer game (with the exception of the oversized Aswan Jaguar included in the box). All 12 cards had abilities that depended on randomness and were therefore more practical to use on the computer than on paper.
- ^XXIII : The Un- sets are satirical sets which, though also published by Wizards of the Coast, are not legal for DCI-sanctioned tournament play.
- ^XXIV : Unhinged contains 1 ultra-rare, called Super Secret Tech, which only exists as a foil rare card.[288]
- ^XXV : The first event that used Mirage product was Pro Tour Atlanta on 13 September 1996.[289]
- ^XXVI : The Lorwyn and Shadowmoor blocks consist of two sets each. They were released over the course of one year and thus deviate from the usual three expansion sets per year policy. Eventide was the second set in the Shadowmoor block and was released in July.
- ^XXVII : Of the cards in Innistrad, 6 commons, 7 uncommons, 6 rares, and 1 mythic are double-faced cards; though these appear in normal rarities, they are distributed differently, with one double-faced card always appearing per pack, replacing a common. The same is true of Dark Ascension; it has 4 commons, 4 uncommons, 3 rares, and 2 mythics as double-faced cards.
- ^XXVIII : 10 of the commons in Dragon's Maze are reprints of the Guildgates from Return to Ravnica and Gatecrash; while these are common, they are distributed differently than other commons, in that they instead replace the basic land in the booster pack; basic lands do not appear in Dragon's Maze booster packs. Furthermore, one of the mythic rares in Dragon's Maze, Maze's End, is distributed differently from the other mythic rares, in that it also replaces the basic land in the booster pack, rather than the rare. In addition, the basic land may also be replaced with one of the "shock lands" from Return to Ravnica or Gatecrash; although these can appear in Dragon's Maze booster packs, they are not considered part of Dragon's Maze, being identical to the "shock lands" that appeared in Return to Ravnica and Gatecrash.
- ^XXIX 10 of the commons in Fate Reforged are reprints of the dual lands from Khans of Tarkir; while these are common, these are distributed differently than other commons, in that they may appear in the basic land slot instead of a common slot. In addition, the land slot may also contain one of the "fetch lands" from Khans of Tarkir; although these can appear in Fate Reforged booster packs, they are not considered part of Fate Reforged, being identical to the "fetch lands" that appeared in Khans of Tarkir. In most languages, these are in fact ordinarily the only possibilities for the land slot; basic lands will not ordinarily appear except in Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Traditional Chinese.
- ^XXX : Although the Masterpiece Series proper would not begin until Kaladesh block, something similar was done with Battle for Zendikar block in the form of Zendikar Expeditions. There are 25 premium Zendikar Expeditions cards that may appear in Battle for Zendikar booster packs in place of a Battle for Zendikar premium card. Similarly, there are 20 premium Zendikar Expeditions cards that may appear in Oath of the Gatewatch booster packs in a similar manner, and which are also not considered part of Oath of the Gatewatch. All Zendikar Expeditions cards, both those in Battle for Zendikar booster packs and those in Oath of the Gatewatch booster packs, have expansion code "EXP" in the official Gatherer database. These cards are not included in the count here, but they may appear in booster packs. See the Masterpiece Series section for more information.
- ^XXXI : Of the cards in Shadows over Innistrad, 4 commons, 20 uncommons, 6 rares, and 3 mythics are double-faced cards; though these appear in normal rarities, they are distributed differently. There is always one common or uncommon double-faced card always appearing per pack, replacing a normal common, and about 1 in 8 booster packs contain a rare or mythic double-faced card, also replacing a normal common.[290] In Eldritch Moon, 2 commons, 10 uncommons, 2 rares, and 1 mythic rare are double-faced cards; and 2 commons, 3 rares, and 1 mythic rare are meld cards, which have half of an extra-large card on their back face.
- ^XXXII : Of the cards in Conspiracy, 9 commons, 8 uncommons, and 8 rares are draft-related cards; though these appear in normal rarities, they are distributed differently, with one draft-related card always appearing per pack, replacing the basic land.
- ^XXXIII : The Collector's Edition duplicated the Limited Edition Beta set with extra lands, had a gold bordered back instead of black, square corners instead of usual rounded, and "Collector's Edition" printed in gold on the cards.
- ^XXXIV : The International Collector's Edition duplicated the Limited Edition Beta set with extra lands, had a gold bordered back instead of black, square corners instead of usual rounded, and "International Edition" printed in gold on the cards.
- ^XXXV : The Premium Foil Booster packs have a different ink formula than the foils released in Shards of Alara booster packs resulting in a light version and a dark version for each foil. The dark versions are from the actual Shards of Alara booster packs where as the light versions are from the Premium Foil Boosters.[citation needed]
- ^XXXVI : Several cards in Unstable appear in several variations which share a card number but have various differences; cards are numbered out of 216, but there are more distinct cards than this in the set.[291] In addition, one of the rares in the set, Steamflogger Boss, appears in the basic land slot, rather than the rare slot, and each booster pack contains exactly two Contraptions.
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