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 — Each costing {2} (two generic mana) and hosting an ability that allows its controller to gain life whenever a spell of the appropriate color is played: Angel's Feather, Demon's Horn, Dragon's Claw, Kraken's Eye and Wurm's Tooth (Reprinted from Darksteel).
- 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.
- Enemy colored painlands: Battlefield Forge, Caves of Kilios, Llanowar Wastes, Shivan Reef, and Yavimaya Coast are each rare lands with "T: add 1 to your mana pool. T: Add E or F to your mana pool. [This] deals 1 damage to you." E and F are enemy colors of mana.
Cards added to 9th Edition
- "Lucky Charms" artifacts (see Cycles 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 | |||||
Changes in rarity
The following cards changed rarity from their last printing to 9th Edition.
- Anarchist was a common in Odyssey and is now a uncommon.
- Cruel Edict was a common in Portal Second Age and is now a uncommon.
- Dancing Scimitar was a rare in 6th Edition and is now a uncommon.
- Dream Prowler was a common in Stronghold and is now a uncommon.
- Flowstone Crusher was a common in Nemesis and is now a uncommon.
- Foul Imp was a uncommon in 7th Edition and is now a common.
- Hypnotic Specter was a uncommon in 4th Edition and is now a rare.
- Jade Statue was a uncommon in Unlimited and is now a rare.
- King Cheetah was a common in Visions and is now a uncommon.
- Kird Ape was a common in Revised and is now a uncommon.
- Ley Druid was a common in 5th Edition and is now a uncommon.
- Loxodon Warhammer was a uncommon in Mirrodin and is now a rare.
- Regeneration was a common in 8th Edition and is now a uncommon.
- Rootbreaker Wurm was a common in Tempest and is now a uncommon.
- Summer Bloom was a rare in Starter 1999 and is now a uncommon.
- Tanglebloom was a common in Mirrodin and is now a uncommon.
- Thought Courier was a common in Fifth Dawn and is now a uncommon.
- Ur-Golem's Eye was a common in Darksteel and is now a uncommon.
- Vulshok Morningstar was a common in Darksteel and is now a uncommon.
- Web was a rare in 4th Edition and is now a uncommon.
- Zealous Inquisitor was a common in Scourge and is now a uncommon.