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Tempest

Printing Information
The Tempest 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 a cloud with a lightning bolt coming out of it ().

The 350 card set's breakdown by rarity looks like this:
110 Rares
110 Uncommons
110 Commons
20 Lands

It was released in early October 1997 and available through the end of 1998.

The print run is estimated at 400 million cards.

Rules
These cards were written under the Fifth Edition rules.

Each starter deck included a rulebook with some background story plus some special rules for cards that appeared in the expansion.

Packaging Information
60 card starter decks (3 rare, 9 uncommon, 26 common, 22 land, rulebook) originally retailed for $8.95. 12 decks per box.

15 card booster packs (1 rare, 3 uncommon, 11 common) originally retailed for $2.95. 36 packs per box.

60 card preconstructed decks (3 rare, 9 uncommon, 26 common, 22 land, strategy guide) originally retailed for $8.95. 4 different decks.


Other Products
Tempest was part of a cycle that includes Stronghold and Exodus.

Check the Products page for other products.

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

Fancy PDF (138k)Oct 1997
Text (27k)July 1998
Text Spoiler (81k)July 1998
Text of Precon Decks (5k)June 1999
Text (49k) - Oracle ErrataJan 2008

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