Eighth Edition/Changes

Cards added to Eighth Edition
The following 167 cards from Eighth Edition were not printed in Seventh Edition.

• Ambition's Cost

• Anaba Shaman

• Angel of Mercy

• Avatar of Hope

• Aven Cloudchaser

• Aven Fisher

• Aven Flock

• Balance of Power

• Blinding Angel</c>

• Blood Moon</c>

• Brass Herald</c>

• Bribery</c>

• Call of the Wild</c>

• Canyon Wildcat</c>

• Carrion Wall</c>

• Catalog</c>

• Chastise</c>

• Choke</c>

• Cinder Wall</c>

• Coastal Hornclaw</c>

• Coastal Piracy</c>

• Coastal Tower</c>

• Coercion</c>

• Collective Unconscious</c>

• <c>Concentrate</c>

• <c>Coral Eel</c>

• <c>Cowardice</c>

• <c>Craw Wurm</c>

• <c>Curiosity</c>

• <c>Death Pit Offering</c>

• <c>Death Pits of Rath</c>

• <c>Deathgazer</c>

• <c>Deepwood Ghoul</c>

• <c>Defense Grid</c>

• <c>Dehydration</c>

• <c>Demolish</c>

• <c>Demystify</c>

• <c>Diabolic Tutor</c>

• <c>Distorting Lens</c>

• <c>Diving Griffin</c>

• <c>Dusk Imp</c>

• <c>Dwarven Demolition Team</c>

• <c>Elfhame Palace</c>

• <c>Elite Javelineer</c>

• <c>Elvish Pioneer</c>

• <c>Elvish Scrapper</c>

• <c>Emperor Crocodile</c>

• <c>Enormous Baloth</c>

• <c>Enrage</c>

• <c>Execute</c>

• <c>Fecundity</c>

• <c>Fertile Ground</c>

• <c>Flash Counter</c>

• <c>Flashfires</c>

• <c>Fodder Cannon</c>

• <c>Foratog</c>

• <c>Fugitive Wizard</c>

• <c>Fungusaur</c>

• <c>Furnace of Rath</c>

• <c>Gaea's Hearld</c>

• <c>Giant Badger</c>

• <c>Glory Seeker</c>

• <c>Gluttonous Zombie</c>

• <c>Grave Pact</c>

• <c>Guerilla Tactics</c>

• <c>Hammer of Bogardan</c>

• <c>Holy Day</c>

• <c>Horned Troll</c>

• <c>Hulking Cyclops</c>

• <c>Hunted Wumpus</c>

• <c>Index</c>

• <c>Intruder Alarm</c>

• <c>Invisibility</c>

• <c>Ivory Mask</c>

• <c>Karma</c>

• <c>Larceny</c>

• <c>Lava Hounds</c>

• <c>Lesser Gargadon</c>

• <c>Lhurgoyf</c>

• <c>Living Terrain</c>

• <c>Llanowar Behemoth</c>

• <c>Lord of the Undead</c>

• <c>Maggot Carrier</c>

• <c>Mana Leak</c>

• <c>Master Decoy</c>

• <c>Merchant of Secrets</c>

• <c>Merchant Scroll</c>

• <c>Mind Bend</c>

• <c>Mind Slash</c>

• <c>Mind Sludge</c>

• <c>Mogg Sentry</c>

• <c>Moss Monster</c>

• <c>Murderous Betrayal</c>

• <c>Nantuko Disciple</c>

• <c>Natural Affinity</c>

• <c>Naturalize</c>

• <c>Nekrataal</c>

• <c>Noble Purpose</c>

• <c>Norwood Ranger</c>

• <c>Obliterate</c>

• <c>Oracle's Attendants</c>

• <c>Orcish Spy</c>

• <c>Panic Attack</c>

• <c>Peach Garden Oath</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Arena</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Plaguelord</c>

• <c>Plague Wind</c>

• <c>Planar Portal</c>

• <c>Plow Under</c>

• <c>Primeval Force</c>

• <c>Primeval Shambler</c>

• <c>Puppeteer</c>

• <c>Rain of Blades</c>

• <c>Ravenous Rats</c>

• <c>Redeem</c>

• <c>Revive</c>

• <c>Rewind</c>

• <c>Rhox</c>

• <c>Ridgeline Rager</c>

• <c>Royal Assassin</c>

• <c>Rukh Egg</c>

• <c>Rushwood Dryad</c>

• <c>Sage of Lat-Nam</c>

• <c>Salt Marsh</c>

• <c>Savannah Lions</c>

• <c>Sea Eagle</c>

• <c>Searing Wind</c>

• <c>Sever Soul</c>

• <c>Severed Legion</c>

• <c>Shifting Sky</c>

• <c>Shivan Oasis</c>

• <c>Shock Troops</c>

• <c>Silverback Ape</c>

• <c>Sizzle</c>

• <c>Skull of Orm</c>

• <c>Slay</c>

• <c>Sneaky Homunculus</c>

• <c>Solidarity</c>

• <c>Spiketail Hatchling</c>

• <c>Spitting Spider</c>

• <c>Spreading Algae</c>

• <c>Star Compass</c>

• <c>Story Circle</c>

• <c>Suntail Hawk</c>

• <c>Swarm of Rats</c>

• <c>Sword Dancer</c>

• <c>Thieves' Auction</c>

• <c>Tidal Kraken</c>

• <c>Trade Routes</c>

• <c>Tundra Wolves</c>

• <c>Two-Headed Dragon</c>

• <c>Underworld Dreams</c>

• <c>Urborg Volcano</c>

• <c>Urza's Armor</c>

• <c>Urza's Mine</c>

• <c>Urza's Power Plant</c>

• <c>Urza's Tower</c>

• <c>Vampiric Spirit</c>

• <c>Vexing Arcanix</c>

• <c>Viashino Sandstalker</c>

• <c>Vicious Hunger</c>

• <c>Vine Trellis</c>

• <c>Wall of Stone</c>

• <c>Warped Devotion</c>

• <c>Wrath of Marit Lage</c>

• <c>Zombify</c>

• <c>Zur's Weirding</c>

To mark the 10th anniversary of Magic, Eighth edition included at least one card from every set not made of reprints that had never been reprinted before:
 * Arabian Nights: <c>Rukh Egg</c>
 * Antiquities: <c>Sage of Lat-Nam</c>
 * Legends: <c>Moss Monster</c>
 * The Dark: <c>Skull of Orm</c>
 * Fallen Empires: <c>Orcish Spy</c>
 * Ice Age: <c>Vexing Arcanix</c>
 * Homelands: <c>Merchant Scroll</c>
 * Alliances: <c>Guerrilla Tactics</c> (was in Deckmasters 2001)
 * Mirage: <c>Foratog</c> and <c>Mind Bend</c>
 * Visions: <c>Viashino Sandstalker</c>
 * Portal: <c>Primeval Force</c>
 * Weatherlight: <c>Cinder Wall</c>, <c>Lava Hounds</c> and <c>Llanowar Behemoth</c>
 * Tempest: <c>Canyon Wildcat</c>, <c>Choke</c>, <c>Elite Javelineer</c>, <c>Furnace of Rath</c>
 * Stronghold: <c>Grave Pact</c> and <c>Intruder Alarm</c>
 * Portal Second Age: <c>Swarm of Rats</c> and <c>Vampiric Spirit</c>
 * Exodus: <c>Curiosity</c>
 * Urza's Saga: <c>Catalog</c>, <c>Redeem</c>, <c>Rewind</c>, <c>Spreading Algae</c> and <c>Urza's Armor</c>
 * Urza's Legacy: <c>Defense Grid</c> and <c>Phyrexian Plaguelord</c>
 * Portal Three Kingdoms: <c>Ambition's Cost</c> and <c>Peach Garden Oath</c>
 * Urza's Destiny: <c>Emperor Crocodile</c>, <c>Fodder Cannon</c>, <c>Plow Under</c> and <c>Solidarity</c>
 * Starter 1999: <c>Silverback Ape</c>
 * Mercadian Masques: over twenty, from <c>Bribery</c> to <c>Vine Trellis</c>
 * Nemesis: eight cards from <c>Blinding Angel</c> to <c>Sneaky Homunculus</c>
 * Prophecy: twelve cards from <c>Avatar of Hope</c> to <c>Sword Dancer</c>
 * Invasion: <c>Obliterate</c>, <c>Planar Portal</c> and the taplands
 * Planeshift: eight cards from <c>Gaea's Herald</c> to <c>Warped Devotion</c>
 * Apocalypse: <c>Brass Herald</c>, <c>Index</c> and <c>Phyrexian Arena</c>
 * Odyssey: 11 cards from <c>Aven Cloudchaser</c> to <c>Zombify</c>
 * Torment: <c>Mind Sludge</c>
 * Judgment: <c>Chastise</c> and <c>Suntail Hawk</c>
 * Onslaught: seven cards from <c>Demystify</c> to <c>Severed Legion</c>
 * Legions: <c>Fugitive Wizard</c> and <c>Merchant of Secrets</c>
 * Scourge: <c>Enrage</c> and <c>Rain of Blades</c>

Changes in rarity
The following cards changed rarity from their last printing to Eighth Edition.


 * <c>Ambition's Cost</c> was a rare in Portal Three Kingdoms and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Brass Herald</c> was a uncommon in Apocalypse and is now a rare.
 * The Circle of Protection cycle was common in 7th Edition and are now uncommon.
 * <c>Coastal Piracy</c> was a uncommon in Mercadian Masques and is now a rare.
 * <c>Elite Javelineer</c> was a common in Tempest and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Guerrilla Tactics</c> was a common in Alliances and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Invisibility</c> was a common in Unlimited and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Larceny</c> was a uncommon in Mercadian Masques and is now a rare.
 * <c>Lava Hounds</c> was a uncommon in Weatherlight and is now a rare.
 * <c>Lightning Blast</c> was a common in 7th Edition and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Mind Bend</c> was a uncommon in Mirage and is now a rare.
 * <c>Noble Purpose</c> was a uncommon in Mercadian Masques and is now a rare.
 * <c>Redeem</c> was a uncommon in Urza's Saga and is now a common.
 * <c>Rewind</c> was a common in Urza's Saga and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Rukh Egg</c> was a common in Arabian Nights and is now a rare.
 * <c>Sage of Lat-Nam</c> was a common in Antiquities and is now a rare.
 * <c>Sever Soul</c> was a common in Mercadian Masques and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Shifting Sky</c> was a uncommon in Planeshift and is now a rare.
 * <c>Skull of Orm</c> was a uncommon in The Dark and is now a rare.
 * <c>Spiketail Hatchling</c> was a common in Prophecy and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Story Circle</c> was a uncommon in Mercadian Masques and is now a rare.
 * <c>Stream of Life</c> was a common in 7th Edition and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Swarm of Rats</c> was a common in Portal Second Age and is now a uncommon.
 * <c>Underworld Dreams</c> was a uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
 * <c>Urza's Armor</c> was a uncommon in Urza's Saga and is now a rare.
 * The Urzatron was common in 5th Edition and is now uncommon.
 * <c>Warped Devotion</c> was a uncommon in Planeshift and is now a rare.
 * <c>Wrath of Marit Lage</c> was a rare in Ice Age and is now a uncommon.

Cards removed from 7th Edition
The following 160 cards from Seventh Edition did not get reprinted in Eighth Edition.

• <c>Abyssal Horror</c>

• <c>Adarkar Wastes</c>

• <c>Æther Flash </c>

• <c>Agonizing Memories</c>

• <c>Anaconda</c>

• <c>Ancestral Memories</c>

• <c>Ancient Silverback</c>

• <c>Arcane Laboratory</c>

• <c>Baleful Stare</c>

• <c>Bedlam</c>

• <c>Befoul</c>

• <c>Bellowing Fiend</c>

• <c>Benthic Behemoth</c>

• <c>Bereavement</c>

• <c>Blood Pet</c>

• <c>Breath of Life</c>

• <c>Brushland</c>

• <c>Bull Hippo</c>

• <c>Caltrops</c>

• <c>Castle</c>

• <c>Charcoal Diamond</c>

• <c>Cloudchaser Eagle</c>

• <c>Compost</c>

• <c>Coral Merfolk</c>

• <c>Corrupt</c>

• <c>Counterspell</c>

• <c>Crimson Hellkite</c>

• <c>Crypt Rats</c>

• <c>Dakmor Lancer</c>

• <c>Darkest Hour</c>

• <c>Delusions of Mediocrity</c>

• <c>Disenchant</c>

• <c>Disorder</c>

• <c>Dregs of Sorrow</c>

• <c>Duress</c>

• <c>Early Harvest</c>

• <c>Earthquake</c>

• <c>Elder Druid</c>

• <c>Elvish Archers</c>

• <c>Engineered Plague</c>

• <c>Equilibrium</c>

• <c>Familiar Ground</c>

• <c>Femeref Archers</c>

• <c>Feroz's Ban</c>

• <c>Fervor</c>

• <c>Final Fortune</c>

• <c>Fire Diamond</c>

• <c>Fire Elemental</c>

• <c>Fog</c>

• <c>Force Spike</c>

• <c>Foul Imp</c>

• <c>Fugue</c>

• <c>Gang of Elk</c>

• <c>Gerrard's Wisdom</c>

• <c>Ghitu Fire-Eater</c>

• <c>Glacial Wall</c>

• <c>Goblin Digging Team</c>

• <c>Goblin Elite Infantry</c>

• <c>Goblin Gardener</c>

• <c>Goblin Matron</c>

• <c>Goblin Spelunkers</c>

• <c>Goblin War Drums</c>

• <c>Gorilla Chieftain</c>

• <c>Grafted Skullcap</c>

• <c>Granite Grip</c>

• <c>Grapeshot Catapult</c>

• <c>Greed</c>

• <c>Heavy Ballista</c>

• <c>Hollow Dogs</c>

• <c>Howl From Beyond</c>

• <c>Hurricane</c>

• <c>Impatience</c>

• <c>Infernal Contract</c>

• <c>Jalum Tome</c>

• <c>Jandor's Saddlebags</c>

• <c>Karplusan Forest</c>

• <c>Kjeldoran Royal Guard</c>

• <c>Knight Errant</c>

• <c>Knighthood</c>

• <c>Leshrac's Rite</c>

• <c>Levitation</c>

• <c>Llanowar Elves</c>

• <c>Longbow Archer</c>

• <c>Lord of Atlantis</c>

• <c>Mana Breach</c>

• <c>Mana Short</c>

• <c>Marble Diamond</c>

• <c>Mawcor</c>

• <c>Meekstone</c>

• <c>Memory Lapse</c>

• <c>Merfolk Looter</c>

• <c>Merfolk of the Pearl Trident</c>

• <c>Moss Diamond</c>

• <c>Nature's Resurgence</c>

• <c>Nature's Revolt</c>

• <c>Necrologia</c>

• <c>Nocturnal Raid</c>

• <c>Northern Paladin</c>

• <c>Opportunity</c>

• <c>Opposition</c>

• <c>Oppression</c>

• <c>Orcish Oriflamme</c>

• <c>Ostracize</c>

• <c>Paraiah</c>

• <c>Pillage</c>

• <c>Pit Trap</c>

• <c>Pride of Lions</c>

• <c>Prodigal Sorcerer</c>

• <c>Purify</c>

• <c>Pygmy Pyrosaur</c>

• <c>Rag Man</c>

• <c>Razortooth Rats</c>

• <c>Reckless Embermage</c>

• <c>Reclaim</c>

• <c>Redwood Treefolk</c>

• <c>Reprisal</c>

• <c>Reprocess</c>

• <c>Revenant</c>

• <c>Reverse Damage</c>

• <c>Rowen</c>

• <c>Scavenger Folk</c>

• <c>Seeker of Skybreak</c>

• <c>Serra Advocate</c>

• <c>Serra's Embrace</c>

• <c>Shanodin Dryads</c>

• <c>Shield Wall</c>

• <c>Sisay's Ring</c>

• <c>Sky Diamond</c>

• <c>Skyshroud Falcon</c>

• <c>Sleight of Hand</c>

• <c>Soul Net</c>

• <c>Southern Paladin</c>

• <c>Spitting Earth</c>

• <c>Squall</c>

• <c>Starlight</c>

• <c>Static Orb</c>

• <c>Storm Cauldron</c>

• <c>Storm Shaman</c>

• <c>Strands of Night</c>

• <c>Stronghold Assassin</c>

• <c>Sulfurous Springs</c>

• <c>Sustainer of the Realm</c>

• <c>Tainted Æther</c>

• <c>Telepathic Spies<c>

• <c>Thoughtleech</c>

• <c>Tolarian Winds</c>

• <c>Trained Orgg</c>

• <c>Tranquility</c>

• <c>Treefolk Seedlings</c>

• <c>Uktabi Wildcats</c>

• <c>Underground River</c>

• <c>Untamed Wilds</c>

• <c>Vigilant Drake</c>

• <c>Wall of Bone</c>

• <c>Wall of Fire</c>

• <c>Wall of Wonder</c>

• <c>Wild Growth</c>

• <c>Wildfire</c>

• <c>Wind Dancer</c>

• <c>Yawgmoth's Edict</c>

Cards in every core set up to Eighth Edition
The following 40 cards appeared in all core sets from Beta to Eighth Edition.

• <c>Air Elemental</c>

• <c>Bog Wraith</c>

• <c>Circle of Protection: Black</c>

• <c>Circle of Protection: Blue</c>

• <c>Circle of Protection: Green</c>

• <c>Circle of Protection: Red</c>

• <c>Circle of Protection: White</c>

• <c>Crystal Rod</c>

• <c>Dingus Egg</c>

• <c>Disrupting Scepter</c>

• <c>Drudge Skeletons</c>

• <c>Fear</c>

• <c>Flight</c>

• <c>Giant Growth</c>

• <c>Giant Spider</c>

• <c>Goblin King</c>

• <c>Grizzly Bears</c>

• <c>Healing Salve</c>

• <c>Howling Mine</c>

• <c>Iron Star</c>

• <c>Ivory Cup</c>

• <c>Jayemdae Tome</c>

• <c>Lure</c>

• <c>Nightmare</c>

• <c>Orcish Artillery</c>

• <c>Raise Dead</c>

• <c>Regeneration</c>

• <c>Rod of Ruin</c>

• <c>Samite Healer</c>

• <c>Scathe Zombies</c>

• <c>Shatter</c>

• <c>Stone Rain</c>

• <c>Stream of Life</c>

• <c>Throne of Bone</c>

• <c>Unsummon</c>

• <c>Verduran Enchantress</c>

• <c>Wall of Air</c>

• <c>Wall of Swords</c>

• <c>Wooden Sphere</c>

• <c>Wrath of God</c>

The 20 cards that left are: <c>Castle</c>, <c>Counterspell</c>, <c>Disenchant</c>, <c>Earthquake</c>, <c>Elvish Archers</c>, <c>Fog</c>, <c>Howl From Beyond</c>, <c>Hurricane</c>, <c>Llanowar Elves</c>, <c>Lord of Atlantis</c>, <c>Meekstone</c>, <c>Merfolk of the Pearl Trident</c>, <c>Orcish Oriflamme</c>, <c>Prodigal Sorcerer</c>, <c>Reverse Damage</c>, <c>Shanodin Dryads</c>, <c>Soul Net</c>, <c>Tranquility</c>, <c>Wall of Fire</c>, <c>Wild Growth</c>.