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Ninth Edition is also known as "Core Set".
The Ninth Edition was released in order to rotate the contents of the
basic set.
The cards still have white borders, have a
nine on three cards expansion symbol and
"copyright 1993-2005" is on the base of the cards. The expansion symbol is
black for common cards ( )
silver for uncommon cards ( )
and gold for rare cards ( ).
The 359 card set's breakdown by rarity looks like this:
| Normal | Foil |
| 110 Rares | 110 Rare Foils |
| 110 Uncommons | 110 Uncommon Foils |
| 110 Commons | 110 Common Foils |
| 9 Fixed | |
| 20 Lands | 20 Land Foils |
The 9 Fixed cards appear in the Core Game deck and are numbered
"S1" through "s10" (but there is no S6) to differentiate them from the other 350 cards. The
official list assigns rarities to these, but since they are fixed cards and
not available in boosters, they are counted separately here.
This is 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.
Cards were first available on July 29, 2005.
The print run is unknown.
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