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Revision as of 15:39, 5 September 2016
Functional reprint cards serve the exact same function as the card they resemble except for the name, of course.
Unlike strict reprints, a functional reprint only needs identical mana cost, power/toughness and rules text.[1][2] Subtypes may differ.
This usually has little effect on the game, hence their consideration as a kind of reprint. Functional reprints do not often emulate powerful cards, as they effectively allow some constructed formats access to more than four copies of the same card. Many functional reprints are either of vanilla creatures (creatures with no abilities), or occurred in the Portal sets. Functional reprints are often used to give a new block- or set-themed flavor to a card that plays an important role in defining a particular color.[3]
Color-Changed Reprints Outside of the Time Spiral Block
In addition to the above functional reprints in which the color of the reprinted cards did not change, there have been some reprints outside of the Time Spiral Block in which the basic functionality of a previous card was kept while its color and references to colors and/or lands were changed. These reprinted cards have the same basic construction of the mana costs of their predecessors, such that, Angelsong from Shards of Alara, for example, whose mana cost is 
, would be considered a reprint of Lull from Urza's Saga, whose mana cost is 
and whose effects and card types are the same. Angelsong would not be considered a true reprint of Lull if its mana cost, for instance, is while Lull's is .