Fourth Edition
Fourth Edition is a Core Set that was released in 1995. Fifty-one cards were removed from the Revised Edition and 122 cards from previous expansions (Legends and The Dark) were added.
Cards were available from May 3, 1995 well past the end of the run in April 1997.
The print run is estimated at 500 million cards.
Card Changes
- A copyright notice '©' now appears on the bottom.
- This is the first set to be released using the new international tap symbol
(a 135 degree turned arrow) to replace the 45 degree tilted 'T' that was used previously.
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
. - Life Gaining Artifacts: Crystal Rod, Iron Star, Ivory Cup, Throne of Bone and Wooden Sphere
Cards added to 4th Edition
The following cards from 4th Edition were not printed in Revised.
Changes in rarity
The following cards changed rarity from their last printing to 4th Edition.
- Apprentice Wizard was a rare in The Dark and is now a common.
- Ashes to Ashes was an common in The Dark and is now an uncommon.
- Black Mana Battery was an uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
- Blood Lust was an uncommon in Legends and is now a common.
- Blue Mana Battery was an uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
- Brothers of Fire was an uncommon in The Dark and is now a common.
- Carrion Ants was a rare in Legends and is now an uncommon.
- Divine Transormation was a rare in Legends and is now an uncommon.
- Elven Riders was a rare in Legends and is now an uncommon.
- Eternal Warrior was an uncommon in Legends and is now a common.
- Flood was an uncommon in The Dark and is now a common.
- Fortified Area was an uncommon in Legends and is now a common.
- Ghost Ship was a common in The Dark and is now an uncommon.
- Green Mana Battery was an uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
- Hurr Jackal was a common in Arabian Nights and is now a rare.
- Junun Efreet was a rare in Arabian Nights and is now an uncommon.
- Killer Bees was a rare in Legends and is now an uncommon.
- Land Tax was an uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
- Mind Bomb was a rare in The Dark and is now an uncommon.
- Mishra's Factory was a rare in Antiquities and is now an uncommon.
- Osai Vultures was a common in Legends and is now an uncommon.
- Pradesh Gypsies was an uncommon in Legends and now a common.
- Pyrotechnics was a common in Legends and is now an uncommon.
- Red Mana Battery was an uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
- Relic Bind was an uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
- Shapeshifter was a rare in Antiquities and is now an uncommon.
- Sisters of the Flame was an uncommon in The Dark and is now a common.
- Spirit Shackle was a common in Legends and is now an uncommon.
- Sylvan Library was an uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
- Wall of Spears was an uncommon in Antiquities and is now a common.
- White Mana Battery was an uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
- Winds of Change was an uncommon in Legends and is now a rare.
- Winter Blast was a rare in Legends and is now an uncommon.
- Xenic Poltergeist was an uncommon in Antiquities and is now a rare.
Cards removed from Revised Edition
The following cards from Revised did not get reprinted in 4th Edition.
Misprints
- Gaea's Liege — refers to itself as Leige once in the text box.
- Segovian Leviathan — The flavor text lists Job 40:25, there is no Job 40:25. It was corrected in 5th Edition to read Job 41:1.