Ninth Edition
Template:Expansion Nonblock Ninth Edition (9th Edition) is the ninth Core Set. Ninth Edition was released on July 29, 2005.
Cycles
- "Lucky Charms" artifacts {2} Gain life for each spell cast of the appropiate color: Angel's Feather, Demon's Horn, Dragon's Claw, Kraken's Eye and Wurm's Tooth (Reprinted from Darksteel).
- Enemy colored painlands - Battlefield Forge, Caves of Kilios, Llanowar Wastes, Shivan Reef, and Yavimaya Coast
- Allied colored painlands : Adarkar Wastes, Brushland, Underground River, Sulfurous Springs, and Karplusan Forest are each rare lands with "T: add 1 to your mana pool. T: Add C or D to your mana pool. [This] deals 1 damage to you." C and D are allied colors of mana. These lands are called painlands because their use for colored mana is "painful," referring to the damage they do to you.
Cards added to 9th Edition
- "Lucky Charms" artifacts - see Cycle listing above
- Sengir Vampire returns after taking a hiatus
Theme Decks
The preconstructed theme decks are:
| Theme Deck Name | ||||||
| Red | Green | White | Blue | Black | ||
| Army of Justice | ||||||
| Custom Creatures | ||||||
| Dead Again | ||||||
| Lofty Heights | ||||||
| World Aflame | ||||||