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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.
Fifth Edition was the seventeenth Magic: The Gathering set, released in March 1997. It contained 449 cards, counting multiple illustrations of the basic lands, making it the largest card set in the game's history. It was the first edition of the core set to reprint cards from Fallen Empires, Ice Age, and Homelands. [4] [5] [9] [24]
Magic 2010 was released on July 17, 2009. It is the eleventh core set for Magic: The Gathering.It is the first Core Set since Limited Edition Beta (which included two cards accidentally left out of the original Limited Edition Alpha) to feature new cards; every core set between Beta and Magic 2010 had contained only reprints from previous sets. [2]
Black Lotus was printed for the earliest core sets of Magic: The Gathering, the Limited Edition Alpha and Beta sets, and the Unlimited set, which were all released in 1993. [2] [3] The Alpha and Beta editions had black borders, and the Unlimited edition had white borders.
Modern allows cards from all core sets beginning with the 8th Edition core set and all expansions printed afterwards. [22] [11] [23] The 8th Edition core set was when Magic cards began to be printed in modern card frames, and this is where the name for the format is derived. [24]
Wizards of Coast announced on June 12, 2017, that they planned on revamping and reintroducing a revamped core set, [111] and Core Set 2019 was released on July 13, 2018. In addition to the quarterly set releases, Magic cards are released in other products as well, such as the Planechase and Archenemy spin-off games.