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Coldsnap

Printing Information
The Coldsnap expansion set was printed with black borders on the face of the cards.

Cards can be identified by the expansion symbol on the right hand side of the middle section. The expansion symbol is black for common cards () silver for uncommon cards () and gold for rare cards ().

The 155 card set's breakdown by rarity looks like this:
NormalFoil
40 Rares40 Rare Foils
55 Uncommons55 Uncommon Foils
60 Commons60 Common Foils

This set contains foil premium cards. These cards are identical to the normal cards in name, text, etc. They are just printed with a metalic foil finish. Every card in this set has a foil version. Foil versions of common cards appear in the common card slot in about one in 12 boosters. Foil versions of uncommon cards appear in an uncommon slot in about one in 20 boosters. Foil versions of rare cards appear in a rare slot in about one in 40 boosters.

It was released on July 21, 2006.

The print run is unknown.

Rules
These cards were written under Ninth Edition rules.

There are FAQs for cards that appeared in the expansion.

Packaging Information
15 card booster packs (1 rare, 3 uncommon, 11 common) originally retailed for $3.29. 36 packs per box.

60 card preconstructed decks originally retailed for $9.99. 4 different decks.

The preconstructed decks had mixture of Ice Age, Alliances, and Coldsnap cards. Note that Ice Age and Alliances cards in these decks are considered parts of those sets and not part of Coldsnap for determining what is tournament legal.


Other Products
Coldsnap was part of a cycle that includes Ice Age and Alliances.

This set is unusual in that it was released 10 years after the other two sets in its block.

Check the Products page for other products.

Card Lists
These lists and others can also be found on the lists page.

Fancy PDF (82k)Oct 2006
Text (14k)July 2006
Text Spoiler (45k)July 2006
Text (32k) - Oracle ErrataJan 2008

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