Changes: Ninth Edition

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Template:Expansion Nonblock Eight Edition (9th Edition) is the eighth Core Set. Eighth Edition was released on July 29, 2003.

Eighth Edition features 350 cards including cards from every expansion set since Alpha. For the first time, the set also features randomly inserted premium black-bordered versions of all cards in the set. Also look for oversized Box-Topper Cards found at the top of each booster display box.

Cycles

Circles of protection: Circle of Protection: White, Circle of Protection: Blue, Circle of Protection: Black, Circle of Protection: Red and Circle of Protection: Green are each common white enchantments with the ability to prevent the next damage from a source of a color for 1 mana.
Life Gaining Artifacts — Crystal Rod, Iron Star, Ivory Cup, Throne of Bone and Wooden Sphere

Keywords

8th Edition is the first core set to see the following keywords in print:

Fear - An evasion ability which was spelled out became a keyword in Onslaught (set); creature cannot be blocked by black or artifact creatures. (See Severed Legion)

Theme Decks

The preconstructed theme decks are:

Theme Deck Name	Colors included
Theme Deck Name	Red	Green	White	Blue	Black
Expulsion
Heavy Hitters
Life Boost
Sky Slam
Speed Scorch

External Links

8th Edition Product Page

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-  Release Date = July, 2005|
+  Release Date = July 28, 2003|
   Mechanics = |
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   Size = 350|
-  Previous Set       = '''''[[Saviors of Kamigawa (set)|Saviors of Kamigawa]]''''' |
+  Previous Set       = '''''[[Scourge (set)|Scourge]]''''' |
-  This Set           = '''''9th Edition''''' |
+  This Set           = '''''8th Edition''''' |
-  Next Set           = '''''[[Ravnica: City of Guilds (set)|Ravnica: City of Guilds]]''''' |
+  Next Set           = '''''[[Mirrodin (set)|Mirrodin]]''''' |
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-'''Ninth Edition (9th Edition)''' is the ninth [[Core Set]]. Ninth Edition was released on July 29, 2005.
+'''Eight Edition (9th Edition)''' is the eighth [[Core Set]]. Eighth Edition was released on July 29, 2003.
+Eighth Edition features 350 cards including cards from every expansion set since [[Alpha]]. For the first time, the set also features randomly inserted premium black-bordered versions of all cards in the set. Also look for oversized [[Box-topper (card)|Box-Topper Cards]] found at the top of each booster display box.
 ==Cycles==
+*'''Circles of protection''': <c>Circle of Protection: White</c>, <c>Circle of Protection: Blue</c>, <c>Circle of Protection: Black</c>, <c>Circle of Protection: Red</c> and <c>Circle of Protection: Green</c> are each common white enchantments with the ability to prevent the next [[damage]] from a [[source]] of a color for 1 [[mana]].
-*'''"Lucky Charms" artifacts''' — Each costing {2} (two generic mana) and hosting an ability that allows its controller to gain life whenever a spell of the appropriate color is played: <c>Angel's Feather</c>, <c>Demon's Horn</c>, <c>Dragon's Claw</c>, <c>Kraken's Eye</c> and <c>Wurm's Tooth</c> (Reprinted from [[Darksteel (set)|Darksteel]]).
+*Life Gaining Artifacts — <c>Crystal Rod</c>, <c>Iron Star</c>, <c>Ivory Cup</c>, <c>Throne of Bone</c> and <c>Wooden Sphere</c>
-*'''Allied colored painlands''': <c>Adarkar Wastes</c>, <c>Brushland</c>, <c>Underground River</c>, <c>Sulfurous Springs</c>, and <c>Karplusan Forest</c> are each rare lands with "T: add 1 to your mana pool. T: Add C or D to your mana pool. [This] deals 1 damage to you." C and D are allied colors of mana. These lands are called painlands because their use for colored mana is "painful," referring to the damage they do to you.
-*'''Enemy colored painlands''': <c>Battlefield Forge</c>, <c>Caves of Kilios</c>, <c>Llanowar Wastes</c>, <c>Shivan Reef</c>, and <c>Yavimaya Coast</c> are each rare lands with "T: add 1 to your mana pool. T: Add E or F to your mana pool. [This] deals 1 damage to you." E and F are enemy colors of mana.
+==Keywords==
-==Cards added to 9th Edition==
+th Edition is the first core set to see the following [[keywords]] in print:
-*"Lucky Charms" artifacts (see [[9th Edition (set)#Cycles|Cycles listing above]]).
+*[[Fear]] - An evasion ability which was spelled out became a keyword in [[Onslaught (set)|Onslaught (set)]]; creature cannot be blocked by black or artifact creatures. (See <c>Severed Legion</c>)
-*<c>Sengir Vampire</c> returns after taking a hiatus.
-==Theme decks==
+==Theme Decks==
-The preconstructed [[Theme deck (preconstructed)|theme decks]] are:
+The preconstructed [[theme deck (preconstructed)|theme decks]] are:
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-|colspan="5" |<center>'''Colors included
+|colspan="5" |<center>'''Colors included </center>
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-|'''[[Army of Justice (deck)|Army of Justice]]
+|'''[[Expulsion (deck)|Expulsion]]
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+|bgcolor=black|&nbsp;
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-|'''[[Custom Creatures (deck)|Custom Creatures]]
+|'''[[Heavy Hitters (deck)|Heavy Hitters]]
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-|'''[[Dead Again (deck)|Dead Again]]
+|'''[[Life Boost (deck)|Life Boost]]
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+|bgcolor=white|&nbsp;
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-|bgcolor=black|&nbsp;
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-|'''[[Lofty Heights (deck)|Lofty Heights]]
+|'''[[Sky Slam (deck)|Sky Slam]]
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-|'''[[World Aflame (deck)|World Aflame]]
+|'''[[Speed Scorch (deck)|Speed Scorch]]
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-==Changes in rarity==
+==External Links==
+[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/expansion/8e 8th Edition Product Page]
-The following cards changed [[Rarity|rarity]] from their last printing to 9th Edition.
+[[Category:Expansions and sets]]{{sets}}
+{{set-stub}}
-*<c>Anarchist</c> was a common in [[Odyssey (set)|Odyssey]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Cruel Edict</c> was a common in [[Portal Second Age (set)|Portal Second Age]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Dancing Scimitar</c> was a rare in [[6th Edition (set)|6th Edition]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Dream Prowler</c> was a common in [[Stronghold (set)|Stronghold]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Flowstone Crusher</c> was a common in [[Nemesis (set)|Nemesis]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Foul Imp</c> was a uncommon in [[7th Edition (set)|7th Edition]] and is now a common.
-*<c>Hypnotic Specter</c> was a uncommon in [[4th Edition (set)|4th Edition]] and is now a rare.
-*<c>Jade Statue</c> was a uncommon in [[Unlimited (set)|Unlimited]] and is now a rare.
-*<c>King Cheetah</c> was a common in [[Visions (set)|Visions]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Kird Ape</c> was a common in [[Revised (set)|Revised]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Ley Druid</c> was a common in [[5th Edition (set)|5th Edition]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Loxodon Warhammer</c> was a uncommon in [[Mirrodin (set)|Mirrodin]] and is now a rare.
-*<c>Regeneration</c> was a common in [[8th Edition (set)|8th Edition]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Rootbreaker Wurm</c> was a common in [[Tempest (set)|Tempest]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Summer Bloom</c> was a rare in [[Starter 1999 (set)|Starter 1999]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Tanglebloom</c> was a common in Mirrodin and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Thought Courier</c> was a common in [[Fifth Dawn (set)|Fifth Dawn]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Ur-Golem's Eye</c> was a common in [[Darksteel (set)|Darksteel]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Vulshok Morningstar</c> was a common in Darksteel and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Web</c> was a rare in [[4th Edition (set)|4th Edition]] and is now a uncommon.
-*<c>Zealous Inquisitor</c> was a common in [[Scourge (set)|Scourge]] and is now a uncommon.
-==External links==
-*[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/expansion/9e Official Core Set product page]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Edition Wikipedia's 9th Edition Article]
-{{Set-stub}}
-{{sets}}
-[[Category:Expansions and sets]]