Magic the Gathering: Core Set - Tenth - 10th - Edition Sealed Box (36 Packs)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The first black-bordered core set since Beta!, July 25, 2007

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bixodoido (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews

As of this writing, this is the newest edition of the "core set" of Magic: the Gathering. The term "core set" refers to the basic card series of Magic, and includes some cards that have been around since the beginning (like the awesome Serra Angel) as well as reprints of cards from earlier expansions (the card Spirit Link first appeared in the Legends expansion, for example). The cards in the current core set are always tournament legal, so older cards that have been out of print for a while and now appear again in the core set receive a new breath of life. The core set also makes the older cards it reprints more accessible for those who may have missed the cards the first time around.

The 10th Edition of Magic will be unique because the cards will be black bordered--cards from the core set have always had white borders since about 1993, when the Unlimited series was released with white borders. To me this increases the visual appeal of the cards.

10th Edition also features an interesting card mix. The most talked about cards in the series are the legend cards being included. Each color will feature legends from a variety of expansion series, and some very powerful cards are being included here. Other great cards, besides the legends, also reappear in 10th, however, including the 'creature lands' from Urza's Legacy (Treetop Village is an example of these) and the Muses from the Legions set (not all of them were included in 9th).

This is a great set of cards and a good place to start if you're trying to build up your collection. Each 'expansion block' (3 expansions that revolve around a common theme) contains a stand alone set, so it is possible to play Magic WITHOUT the core set, but there are so many excellent cards in the core it is definitely a good idea to start here.