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The Revised Edition of Magic: The Gathering
(also simply known as Revised) was the fifth set released for the game (the first four being Limited, Unlimited, Arabian Nights, and Antiquites) and the third base set. It has also been known as Third Edition (with Limited Edition being the "first" edition, and Unlimited being the second). Like previous core sets, it had no expansion symbol, and had just the artist credit at the bottom left.

The set was released in April, 1994 and, like Limited and Unlimited before it, contained 302 cards. It was the first base set to contain cards from black-bordered sets other than Alpha and Beta. Twenty cards were originally in the Arabian Nights
expansion, and another nineteen were originally in the Antiquities
expansion. Thirty-five cards that were in Unlimited were not in Revised, including the Power Nine. A few of the cards that were removed from the base set reappeared in later sets. Most notably, Icy Manipulator would be reprinted in Ice Age, and a few others would be reprinted in 8th Edition to celebrate the game's 10th anniversary.

Set History

Printing and Distribution

Printing of Revised began in early April 1994 and continued until April 1995, when 4th Edition was announced. It is estimated that about 500 million cards of the set were produced, which fully eliminated the distribution problems of earlier sets. The cards of Revised were still widely available even well into 1996.

The cards of Revised all had white borders and no expansion symbol. However, the cards were far paler than their Unlimited counterparts, and the three-dimensional beveling of the cards was cropped out. This made the set seem by some to be unprofessional and "washed out". The beveling was returned in 4th Edition, and the colors were much more vibrant in that set. In fact, the revised printed basic lands were so numerous and common that it was almost rare to find any other lands (white or black boardered) played in decks until several years later.

The collation of the cards made it possible for a basic land card to appear in the common and uncommon slots of a pack. This was intentional; the land cards were printed on the common and uncommon print sheets. Basic lands would get their own full print sheets in 4th Edition, making Revised the last tournament-legal set until 8th Edition in which basic lands could be found in booster packs. However, basic lands may still be found in packs of Ninth Edition

One card-printing error of note appeared on the card . This blue creature card was misprinted with a green border and a picture of another card, . The name, mana cost and rules text were of , however. The Revised version is now the most common due to the limited print run of the original, intended versions.

Cards swapped out

At this stage of development, cards were swapped out to alleviate problems. In later sets, cards were swapped in and out to change the feeling of the game, but the cards removed for the Revised edition were all cut for one of three reasons:

Being too powerful. In particular, the Power Nine
were removed, but also such cards as , , and .
Mystifiers. Cards that were too confusing by the contemporary ruleset. Mystifiers included , , , , and . Note that the effects of most of these cards were used in later sets, and several of the cards were even reprinted later in their entirety.
Too weak. Some very few cards were dropped for being too weak, in particular , , and .

Rules Changes

The printing of Revised cleared up a number of rules problems that the Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition rules had. Two changes had a large effect on game play. First, the rule that "multiple effects resolve simultaneously unless a conflict arises" was changed to "effects always resolve last-in-first-out". And second, the rule for Protection from was changed from "the creature ignores all effects" to the stricter "the creature cannot be blocked or targeted by sources, reduces damage to zero, and cannot be enchanted by enchantments."

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Games - Revised

Set History

Printing and Distribution

Cards swapped out

Rules Changes

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