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Masters 25
Set Information
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Themes and mechanics	none new
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Set size	249
Expansion code	A25

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Masters 25 is a booster-based compilation set that will be released on March 16, 2018.^[3]^[4] It is designed to be drafted and celebrates twenty-five years of Magic: The Gathering.^[5]^[6]

Set details

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25 Years in the Making!

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Masters 25 contains 249 cards (101 common, 80 uncommon, 53 rare, and 15 mythic rare) and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. The product contains 249 cards from across Magic 's entire history, a concept earlier seen in Eighth Edition. Cards from un-sets and the Reserved List are excluded.^[7]^[8] The expansion symbol for this set is the planeswalker symbol with a 25 in front of it, slightly different from the symbol used for the 25th anniversary. Nearly every card in Masters 25 features a watermark, representing its original expansion symbol. This treatment is even used for cards printed in Limited Edition (Alpha), Beta, and Unlimited. Un-watermarkable cards like planeswalkers are excluded from this treatment.^[9] The set features over 30 pieces of new Magic art and many pieces of new flavor text.

Marketing

Like Iconic Masters, the release of this set forms part of the celebration of Magic's 25th anniversary. Like for other Masters series sets, the MSRP of one booster was set to $9.99. Unlike Modern Masters or Eternal Masters, this product is not geared to any specific format.^[10] Every booster box of Masters 25 contains 24 booster packs — each with fifteen randomly inserted game cards, including one premium card in every pack. The 16-card boosters (the sixteenth card is a marketing card) feature artwork from Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Azusa, Lost but Seeking and Sundering Titan.

Magic Online

Masters 25 releases on Magic Online on March 16, 2018, the same day as the paper set.

Themes and mechanics

Masters 25 covers all of Magic's 25 years, with at least one card from all black bordered releases in those 25 years. Rather than focus on mechanics or archetypes as most Masters series products do, the set is focused on famous combos and iconic cards from the past to make the gameplay as high on nostalgia as possible.^[11]

Changes in rarity

Common to Uncommon

Uncommon to Common

Uncommon to Rare

Pendelhaven

Uncommon to Mythic Rare

Imperial Recruiter

Rare to Common

Rare to Uncommon

Rare to Mythic Rare

Mythic Rare to Rare

Cycles

Masters 25 has five horizontal cycles.

Enemy filter lands: Originally printed in Eventide, each of these rare lands can be tapped for mana. They also have the ability "M/N, : Add MM, MN, or NN to your mana pool." where M and N are two different colors — Fetid Heath (), Cascade Bluffs (), Twilight Mire (), Rugged Prairie (), and Flooded Grove ().
Uncommon legendary creatures: A cycle of legendary monocolor creatures printed at uncommon. All but one were originally printed at rare — Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" (), Jalira, Master Polymorphist (), Ihsan's Shade (), Zada, Hedron Grinder (), and Iwamori of the Open Fist ().
- While not part of the cycle, Stangg was also downshifted to uncommon.
Basic landcyclers: Originally printed in Scourge, each of these common creatures cost M, and has basic landcycling for a corresponding land type — Noble Templar (), Shoreline Ranger (), Twisted Abomination (), Chartooth Cougar (), and Elvish Aberration ().
Off-color commons: A loose cycle of common creatures or spells that grow more effective when played alongside an allied color — Knight of the Skyward Eye (), Court Hussar (), Returned Phalanx (), Skeletonize (), and Ember Weaver ().
"Better in multiples" commons: A loose cycle of common creatures or spells that grow more effective when played in multiples — Squadron Hawk (), Accumulated Knowledge (), Relentless Rats (), Kindle (), and Timberpack Wolf ().

Mirrored pairs

There is one mirrored pair in Masters 25.

Blasts: Originally printed in Alpha, these common modal instants (formerly interrupts), one blue and one red, both have a casting cost of M and can be cast to either destroy a permanent of the other's color or counter a spell of the other's color — Blue Elemental Blast and Red Elemental Blast.

Token cards

.The set comes with fifteen tokens.^[12]

1/1 Spirit for Promise of Bunrei
4/4 Angel with Flying for Luminarch Ascension and Decree of Justice
1/1 Soldier for Decree of Justice and Darien. King of Kjeldor
1/1 Spirit with Flying for Dauntless Cathar
3/3 Fish for Reef Worm ^[13]
9/9 Kraken for Reef Worm
6/6 Whale for Reef Worm
1/1 Skeleton with ": Regenerate this creature." for Skeletonize
1/1 Goblin for Hordeling Outburst
0/1 Kobold for Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
1/1 Elf Warrior for Presence of Gond
1/1 Insect for Broodhatch Nantuko
2/2 Wolf for Master of the Wild Hunt
3/4 Human Warrior named Stangg Twin for Stangg
Overlay card for morphed creatures.

Notable cards

Jace, the Mind Sculptor — Considered to be the best planeswalker ever printed. Unbanned in the Modern format right before release of the set.^[14]
Azusa, Lost but Seeking — While not highly prized during Kamigawa block itself, her popularity soared alongside that of the Commander format, where she fueled powerful mana-ramping strategies (art from Judge Gift Card)
Imperial Recruiter from Portal Three Kingdoms, highly valued on the secondary market due to its scarcity.^[15]

Cards with new art

Cards with new flavor text

Cards with centered rules text

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