Ninth Edition Magic The Gathering Cards
Ninth Edition (9th Edition) or Core Set is the second latest base set
for the collectible trading card game, Magic: The Gathering.
Ninth Edition features many cards from older base sets and
expansions. While many of these cards were very powerful during their
original print run it remains to be seen if they are still powerful in
Magic today.
With Ninth Edition came a redesign of Fat Packs. The Fat Pack
consisted of two boxes wrapped around by a card box wrapper featuring
new art. The player's guide was also reduced in size but was now
sturdier. Also added were 6 divider pieces with artwork for inside the
boxes.
In addition to the 350 cards available in booster packs, the Ninth
Edition Core Game contained 9 "starter cards", labeled with the
collector numbers S1 through S10 (there is no card labeled S6,
however), which were not available in booster packs. These were simple
"vanilla" creatures, such as Eager Cadet, which were designed to
introduce new players to the game but which were regarded as bad cards
and disliked by experienced players.
Mechanics
Ninth Edition does not feature any mechanics not present in
previous expansions. However, Ninth Edition does modify the list of
mechanics considered suitable for base sets. The trample and protection
mechanics were included after being removed from Classic Sixth Edition
and later base sets. Equipment, first introduced in the Mirrodin set,
is also in Ninth Edition, although it was moved up in rarity.
Furthermore, all mechanics now have reminder text; mechanics such as
flying and trample did not in earlier sets.
Ninth Edition is also the first set to be printed using the new
template for enchantments. Previously, enchantments that were played on
other permanents were called "local enchantments" and were printed with
the type "Enchant creature," "Enchant land," etc. With the Champions of
Kamigawa set, Wizards of the Coast made an effort to simplify the type
line, which had contained rules interactions that were not written on
the card. Following this reasoning, the line "Enchant something" was a
problem for several reasons. It has been changed to "Enchantment -
Aura" and the targeting restriction moved to the text box. Mark
Gottlieb explained the changes in this article. While errata has been
issued to make all such cards conform to this template, Ninth Edition
is the first set where the cards have actually been printed this way.
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