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*'''206.''' Expansion Symbol | *'''206.''' Expansion Symbol | ||
**'''206.1.''' The expansion symbol indicates which Magic set a card is from. It’s normally printed below the right edge of the illustration. | **'''206.1.''' The expansion symbol indicates which Magic set a card is from. It’s normally printed below the right edge of the illustration. | ||
**'''206.2.''' The color of the expansion symbol indicates the [[rarity]] of the card within its set. A gold symbol indicates the card is rare. A silver expansion symbol indicates the card is uncommon. A black or white expansion symbol indicates the card is common or is a basic land. A purple expansion symbol signifies a special rarity; to date, only the [[Time Spiral]] “[[timeshifted]]” cards, which were rarer than that set’s rare cards, have had purple expansion symbols. (Prior to the [[Exodus]] set, all expansion symbols were black, regardless of rarity. Also, prior to the [[Sixth Edition]] [[core set]], Magic core sets didn’t have expansion symbols at all.) | **'''206.2.''' The color of the expansion symbol indicates the [[rarity]] of the card within its set. A red-orange symbol indicates the card is mythic rare. A gold symbol indicates the card is rare. A silver expansion symbol indicates the card is uncommon. A black or white expansion symbol indicates the card is common or is a basic land. A purple expansion symbol signifies a special rarity; to date, only the [[Time Spiral]] “[[timeshifted]]” cards, which were rarer than that set’s rare cards, have had purple expansion symbols. (Prior to the [[Exodus]] set, all expansion symbols were black, regardless of rarity. Also, prior to the [[Sixth Edition]] [[core set]], Magic core sets didn’t have expansion symbols at all.) | ||
**'''206.3.''' A spell or ability that affects cards from a particular set “looks” only for that set’s expansion symbol. A card reprinted in the core set receives the core set’s expansion symbol. Any reprinted version of the card no longer counts as part of its original set unless it was reprinted with that set’s expansion symbol. The first five editions of the core set had no expansion symbol. | **'''206.3.''' A spell or ability that affects cards from a particular set “looks” only for that set’s expansion symbol. A card reprinted in the core set receives the core set’s expansion symbol. Any reprinted version of the card no longer counts as part of its original set unless it was reprinted with that set’s expansion symbol. The first five editions of the core set had no expansion symbol. | ||
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[[Category: Parts of a card]] | [[Category: Parts of a card]] | ||
[[Category:Magic rules]] | [[Category:Magic rules]] | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 27 July 2011
The expansion symbol is a small icon found on the right side of the middle line or type line on a Magic card and is a characteristic of that card. Each expansion symbol is unique to a particular set, identifying a card as belonging to that set. Every expansion and all Core Sets since Sixth Edition have used expansion symbols.
Expansion symbols were black-and-white through the Stronghold expansion. Since the Exodus expansion, expansion symbols have incorporated colors to identify the rarity of each card: common cards have black symbols, uncommon cards have silver or black-to-white fade symbols, and rare cards have gold symbols. A fourth expansion symbol color, purple, was introduced in Time Spiral to represent the 121 bonus Timeshifted cards in the set. Mythic Rare was added with Shards of Alara, its symbol is red.
The Chronicles expansion consists entirely of white-bordered reprints. It is unusual because it does not have its own expansion symbol and instead uses the expansion symbols of the cards' home expansions.
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