Reprint
- See also: Reprint policy and Functional reprint
A reprint is a card in a set that has previously appeared in another set. Reprint sets are sets that contain only reprints. Core sets once used to be reprint sets, but later trended toward half-reprints and half power updates as design went on.
History
The Ice Age expansion was the first expansion to contain reprints. Before its release it was thought that players would not enjoy seeing cards that were already in print, but after its success many large expansions incorporated reprints of "staple" cards, such as Disenchant, Counterspell, Dark Ritual, Stone Rain, and Regeneration. Due to mechanics, flavor, or power level, non-land rares are much less likely to receive reprints, though that has become less strict in the 2020s. Rare land reprints are rather common, and often greeted with some fanfare as the return of cycles lowers prices. This is also true for rare spell reprints, and the impact on prices is something not officially acknowledged but recognized throughout the community.
As of the release of Phyrexia: All Will Be One, the card with the most reprints is Evolving Wilds (46).
As of 2021, the expansion with the most reprints was Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (37 reprinted cards in booster packs).
Planeswalker-stamp reprints
In 2019, the Mystery Booster set introduced "de-archived" reprints with a white planeswalker symbol in the bottom left, meaning that these were fresh prints designed to look like the original cards. Apart from the added planeswalker symbol, the reprints are "straight pick-ups", meaning that Wizards of the Coast used the original card file to print them (including the original art, card frame, expansion symbol, expansion code, and collector number). That is a different thing than printing a new card, with updated rules text, which is how they normally make cards.[1][2]
Planeswalker-stamped reprints were later also used in The List, Mystery Booster 2, Welcome Decks and Secret Lair Commander decks.
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (November 07, 2019). "Does that open up the possibility of printing new cards with the old style frame?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (I know a lot of people who had bad takes on the Mystery Boosters and mistook them for repacks.). "I know a lot of people who had bad takes on the...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
External links
- Jeff Zandi (December 10, 2004). "Magic’s Most-Reprinted Cards". Pojo.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023.
- Aaron Forsythe (August 06, 2004). "That Card Again". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29.
- Magic Arcana (April 12, 2005). "Context is Everything". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29.
- Mark Rosewater (August 01, 2005). "Once More With Feeling". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Magic Arcana (November 29, 2006). "Reprints with a Purpose". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29.
- Mark Rosewater (August 06, 2007). "Everything Old Is New Again". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Devin Low (March 21, 2008). "Reincarnation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29.
- Mark Rosewater (December 15, 2008). "Reprints Charming". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Zac Hill (July 20, 2012). "The Whys and Hows of Reprints". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2017-11-18.
- u/A_Travelling_Man (July 21, 2017). "Magic's Most Reprinted Cards". reddit.com.