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The Fourth Edition was released in order to rotate the contents of the
basic set. The rulebook was updated to include most of the rules from
the Legends expansion and to be much clearer
on some points.
The cards still have white borders but the color
was made much richer and "copyright 1995" was added to the base of the
cards.
The 378 card set's breakdown by rarity looks like this:
| 121 Rares |
| 121 Uncommons |
| 121 Commons |
| 15 Lands |
Note: This was the first of the main editions to print lands
on a separate sheet from the normal cards. This allowed the set to
be much larger than Revised Edition.
Basic lands do not appear in booster packs.
The following 50 cards were removed from
Revised Edition for Fourth Edition:
| Badlands | Darkpact | Mijae Djinn |
| Bayou | Demonic Attorney | Rock Hydra |
| Plateau | Demonic Hordes | Roc of Kher Ridges |
| Savannah | Demonic Tutor | Sedge Troll |
| Scrubland | Nettling Imp | Wheel of Fortune |
| Taiga | Sacrifice | Dwarven Weaponsmith |
| Tropical Island | Braingeyser | Shatterstorm |
| Tundra | Copy Artifact | Atog |
| Underground Sea | Serendib Efreet | Earthbind |
| Volcanic Island | Vesuvan Doppelganger | Kird Ape |
| Jandor's Ring | Clone | Farmstead |
| Rocket Launcher | Reconstruction | Veteran Bodyguard |
| Basalt Monolith | Fastbond | Lance |
| Juggernaut | Kudzu | Resurrection |
| Living Wall | Regrowth | Reverse Polarity |
| Sol Ring | Fork | Guardian Angel |
| Contract from Below | Granite Gargoyle | - |
The following 122 cards were added from
Arabian Nights,
Antiquities,
Legends, and
The Dark:
| Mishra's Factory (AQ) | Lost Soul (LG) | Crimson Manticore (LG) |
| Oasis (AN) | Marsh Gas (DK) | Hurr Jackal (AN) |
| Strip Mine (AQ) | Murk Dwellers (DK) | Inferno (DK) |
| Black Mana Battery (LG) | Pit Scorpion (LG) | Mana Clash (DK) |
| Blue Mana Battery (LG) | Vampire Bats (LG) | Tempest Efreet (LG) |
| Bronze Tablet (AQ) | Word of Binding (DK) | Winds of Change (LG) |
| Clockwork Avian (AQ) | Leviathan (DK) | Ali Baba (AN) |
| Colosus of Sardia (AQ) | Psionic Entity (LG) | Cave People (DK) |
| Coral Helm (AQ) | Relic Bind (LG) | Detonate (AQ) |
| Green Mana Battery (LG) | Time Elemental (LG) | Pyrotechnics (LG) |
| Red Mana Battery (LG) | Backfire (LG) | Wall of Dust (LG) |
| Tetravus (AQ) | Ghost Ship (DK) | Bird Maiden (AN) |
| Triskelion (AQ) | Mind Bomb (DK) | Blood Lust (LG) |
| Urza's Avenger (AQ) | Segovian Leviathan (LG) | Brothers of Fire (DK) |
| White Mana Battery (LG) | Sindbad (AN) | The Brute (LG) |
| Ashnod's Battle Gear(AQ) | Apprentice Wizard (DK) | Eternal Warrior (LG) |
| Cursed Rack (AQ) | Energy Tap (LG) | Fissure (DK) |
| Diabolic Machine (DK) | Erosion (DK) | Giant Strength (LG) |
| Fellwar Stone (DK) | Flood (DK) | Goblin Rock Sled (DK) |
| Shapeshifter (AQ) | Gaseous Form (LG) | Immolation (LG) |
| Tawnos's Wand (AQ) | Giant Tortoise (AN) | Ironclaw Orcs (MTG) |
| Tawnos's Weaponry (AQ) | Sunken City (DK) | Sisters of Flame (DK) |
| Amulet of Kroog (AQ) | Twiddle (MTG) | Elder Land Wurm (LG) |
| Battering Ram (AQ) | Zephyr Falcon (LG) | Land Tax (LG) |
| Clay Statue (AQ) | Rebirth (LG) | Angry Mob (DK) |
| Grapeshot Catapult (AQ) | Sylvan Library (LG) | COP: Artifacts (AQ) |
| Wall of Spears (AQ) | Elven Riders (LG) | Divine Transformation (LG) |
| Yotian Soldier (AQ) | Killer Bees (LG) | Kismet (LG) |
| Cosmic Horror (LG) | Radjan Spirit (LG) | Osai Vultures (LG) |
| Greed (LG) | Untamed Wilds (LG) | Spirit Link (LG) |
| Rag Man (DK) | Whirling Dervish (LG) | Visions (LG) |
| Xenic Poltergeist (AQ) | Winter Blast (LG) | Alabaster Potion (LG) |
| Abomination (LG) | Carnivorous Plant (DK) | Amrou Kithkin (LG) |
| Ashes to Ashes (DK) | Durkwood Boars (LG) | Brainwash (DK) |
| Blight (LG) | Land Leeches (LG) | Fortified Area (LG) |
| Carrion Ants (LG) | Marsh Viper (DK) | Morale (DK) |
| Junun Efreet (AN) | Nafs Asp (AN) | Piety (AN) |
| Spirit Shackle (LG) | Pradesh Gypsies (LG) | Pikemen (DK) |
| Uncle Istvan (DK) | Sandstorm (AN) | Seeker (LG) |
| Bog Imp (DK) | Venom (DK) | Tundra Wolves (LG) |
| Cyclopean Mummy (LG) | Ball Lightning (DK) | - |
This is the first set to be release using the new international tap symbol
(a 135 degree turned arrow) to replace the 45 degree tilted 'T' that was
used previously.
Cards were available from May 3, 1995 well past the end of the run
in April 1997.
The print run is estimated at 500 million cards.
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