Agent Palmer

On October 8th, 1996, Mirage was released, as a stand alone set similar to Ice Age, for Magic: The Gathering. It had the feel of Ice Age, but was much more balanced and introduced many new card types, such as Charms and Tutors, as well as, adding new tribes and bolstering existing ones. Mirage also created additions to the rule book by adding two new rules; Flanking and Phasing.

On June 10th, 1996 Alliances was released as an expansion set for Magic: the Gathering’s Ice Age. It changed the game from the moment it’s cards were put into decks at that time.

Released in October of 1995, Homelands, Magic: The Gathering’s seventh expansion, was a small expansion set that numbered 140 total cards. The set added to the Sengir, Serra and Clockwork families, in addition to adding new prefixes such as Anaba, Aysen and An-havva. The set also added some new viable tribes, Faires, Minotaurs and Falcons…

Chronicles was designated as an extension of Fourth Edition and only included reprints from Magic: The Gathering’s first four expansion sets; Antiquities, Arabian Nights, Legends and The Dark.

Ice Age was released in June 1995, heralding in a new kind of core set for Magic: The Gathering, a stand alone core set. Ice Age was introduced to be played with the other sets but could also be played completely unto itself…