Ice Age
- For other uses, see Ice Age (disambiguation).
| Ice Age | |
|---|---|
| Set Information | |
| Set symbol | |
| Themes and mechanics |
Allied colors, Cantrips, Snow |
| Keywords/ability words | Cumulative upkeep |
| Set size |
383 (20 basic lands, 121 commons, 121 uncommons, 121 rares) |
| Expansion code | ICE |
| Development codename | ICE |
Ice Age is the first set in the Ice Age block. It is the 6th Magic expansion and was released in early June, 2002.
Ice Age, containing 383 cards, including basic lands, is notable for being the first standalone Magic expansion set.
Set details
Flavor and storyline
Misprints
Themes and mechanics
Ice Age featured the return of various familiar creature types and also introduced numerous novel ones, some subtypes of which were exclusive to, and even shared the name of, the creature cards on which they were printed. This was not, by the standard practices of the time, unusual, as the design and development of Ice Age was prior to Magic: The Gathering's release to the general public. Since then, several of these unique creature types have been supplanted with other, more-appropriate or more-established creature types or been entirely removed in successive iterations of errata and the Grand Creature Type Update.[1][2] Not unusual for those times, creature types — namely Barbarian, Bear, Fox, Dryad, Goblins, Insect, Knight, Mammoth (now Elephant), Mercenary, Orc, Soldier, Zombies, Wolf, Worm — were printed with the plural number (or, informally, "form").
The following creature types were introduced in Ice Age:
- Aurochs
- Barbarian
- Blinking Spirit (superseded by Spirit)
- Brownie (superseded by Ouphe)
- Centaur
- Dead (superseded by Zombie)
- Dinosaur (superseded by Lizard)
- Dog (superseded by Hound)
- Dryad
- Erne (superseded by Bird)
- Fiend (superseded by Horror)
- Fox
- Frostbeast (superseded)
- Goat
- Gorilla Pack (superseded by Ape)
- Hipparion (superseded by Horse)
- Illusion
- Infernal Denizen (superseded by Demon)
- Insect
- Kraken
- Lemure (superseded by Spirit)
- Lhurgoyf
- Mage (superseded by Wizard)
- Mercenary
- Mistfolk (superseded by Illusion)
- Ouphe
- Pyknite (superseded by Ouphe)
- Ranger (deprecated)
- Shyft (superseded by Shapeshifter)
- Tarpan (superseded by Horse)
- Tiger (superseded by Cat)
- Titan
- Toad (superseded by Frog)
- Wight (superseded by Zombie)
- Wiitigo (superseded by Yeti)
- Wolverine
- Worm
The following creature types that are not new to Magic are used in this expansion:
- Angel
- Ape (retroactively)
- Archer (retroactively)
- Artificer (retroactively)
- Barbarian
- Bear
- Bird (retroactively)
- Cat (retroactively)
- Centaur
- Cleric
- Druid (retroactively)
- Dryad
- Elemental (retroactively)
- Elephant (retroactively)
- Elf
- Fox
- Frog (retroactively)
- Giant
- Goat
- Goblin
- Golem (retroactively)
- Horror (retroactively)
- Horse (retroactively)
- Hound (retroactively)
- Human (retroactively)
- Hydra
- Illusion (retroactively)
- Insect
- Imp
- Knight
- Kraken
- Lhurgoyf
- Lizard (retroactively)
- Mercenary
- Minion
- Mutant (retroactively)
- Orc
- Ouphe
- Plant
- Rat
- Shade
- Shaman (retroactively)
- Shapeshifter (retroactively)
- Skeleton
- Soldier
- Specter
- Spider
- Spirit
- Unicorn
- Vampire
- Wall
- Wizard
- Wolf
- Wolverine
- Worm
- Wurm
- Yeti
- Zombie
The following creature types were used in this expansion at the time of printing but were later changed to other types or removed:
- Barbarians (superceded by Barbarian)
- Blinking Spirit (superseded by Spirit)
- Brownie (superseded by Ouphe)
- Dead (superseded by Zombie)
- Dinosaur (superseded by Lizard)
- Dog (superseded by Hound)
- Erne (superseded by Bird)
- Fiend (superseded by Horror)
- Frostbeast (superseded)
- Ghoul (superceded by Zombie)
- Gorilla Pack (superseded by Ape)
- Hero (superceded by Warrior)
- Hipparion (superseded by Horse)
- Infernal Denizen (superseded by Demon)
- Legend (superceded by the legendary supertype)
- Lemure (superseded by Spirit)
- Lord (deprecated)
- Mage (superseded by Wizard)
- Mammoth (superceded by Elephant)
- Mistfolk (superseded by Illusion)
- Paladin (superceded by Knight)
- Phantasm (superceded by Illusion)
- Pyknite (superseded by Ouphe)
- Ranger (deprecated)
- Shyft (superseded by Shapeshifter)
Cycles
Pairs
Reprinted cards
Notes
References
- ↑ Mark Gottlieb (August 29, 2007). "Masters Edition Update Bulletin". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Gottlieb (September 26, 2007). "The Grand Creature Type Update". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
External links
- Ice Age product information page — Wizards of the Coast
- Skaff Elias (August 2, 2004). "The Dawn of Magics Ice Age". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Wizards of the Coast (August 4, 2004). "Ice Age Factoids and Statistics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.