Magic the Gathering in Print Card Changes from Fifth Edition to Classic Sixth Edition

Resembling more Chronicles and less core set, Classic Sixth Edition was more than just a collection of cards. It was a prophetic look into the future, setting precedence with its changes for the core sets to follow in its near future. The set itself wasn’t very “classic” when it was released on April 28, 1999.

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The “classic” title still belonged to Fourth Edition, the last core representation of Alpha and Beta, but there was something that tied Classic Sixth Edition to the older sets – its size.

Classic Sixth Edition contained just 350 cards, the lowest total since Revised at 306 and Alpha Beta and Unlimited at 302. This was a sort of return to the classics, as Fourth Edition had ballooned to 378, while Fifth Edition took it a step further at 449.

In order to slim down from Fifth’s 449 to 350, 266 cards had to go to make room for 167 new cards. Those new cards added to the core set came from 12 different sets; 12 cards were from Alliances, one from Exodus, five from Fourth Edition, four from Homelands, three from Ice Age, one from Legends, 56 from Mirage, two from Portal, four from Stronghold, 22 from Tempest, 30 from Visions, and 27 from Weatherlight. When mixed with the 183 cards that were reprinted from Fifth Edition, it made Classic Sixth resemble more Chronicles than core set.

Additions from Alliances

Balduvian Horde
Browse
Diminishing Returns
Exile
Gorilla Chieftain
Library of Lat-nam
Mystic Compass
Pillage
Reprisal
Soldevi Sage
Storm Cauldron
Storm Crow

Additions from Exodus

Standing Troops

Additions from Fourth Edition

Burrowing
Fire Elemental
Greed
Mana Short
Obsianus Golem

Additions from Homelands

Anaba Bodyguard
Anaba Shaman
Dry Spell
Feast of the Unicorn

Additions from Ice Age

Balduvian Barbarians
Fyndhorn Brownie
Vertigo

Additions from Legends

Syphon Soul

Additions from Mirage

Abyssal Hunter
Amber Prison
Ancestral Memories
Ashen Powder
Blighted Shaman
Celestial Dawn
Charcoal Diamond
Crimson Hellkite
Crystal Vein
Cursed Totem
Daring Apprentice
Early Harvest
Ekundu Griffin
Enlightened Tutor
Ethereal Champion
Fallow Earth
Femeref Archers
Feral Shadow
Final Fortune
Fire Diamond
Flash
Forbidden Crypt
Goblin Elite Infantry
Gravebane Zombie
Grinning Totem
Hammer of Bogardan
Harmattan Efreet
Illicit Auction
Infernal Contract
Lead Golem
Mana Prism
Marble Diamond
Maro
Moss Diamond
Mystical Tutor
Painful Memories
Patagia Golem
Pearl Dragon
Phyrexian Vault
Polymorph
Psychic Transfer
Reckless Embermage
Sky Diamond
Spitting Earth
Stalking Tiger
Stupor
Sunweb
Talruum Minotaur
Uktabi Wildcats
Unseen Walker
Unyaro Griffin
Viashino Warrior
Volcanic Dragon
Volcanic Geyser
Waiting in the Woods
Worldly Tutor

Additions from Portal

Blaze
Regal Unicorn

Additions from Stronghold

Raging Goblin
Shock
Tidal Surge
Venerable Monk

Additions from Tempest

Armored Pegasus
Blood Pet
Boil
Chill
Coercion
Dread of Night
Dream Cache*
Enfeeblement*
Gravedigger
Hero’s Resolve
Horned Turtle
Insight
Light of Day
Lightning Blast
Pacifism*
Perish
Rampant Growth*
Sea Monster
Staunch Defenders
Trained Armodon
Warmth
Wind Drake

Additions from Visions

Archangel
Creeping Mold
Daraja Griffin
Desertion
Dragon Mask
Elven Cache
Goblin Recruiter
Hulking Cyclops
Infantry Veteran
Inspiration
Longbow Archer
Necrosavant
Panther Warriors
Prosperity
Python
Relentless Assault
Remedy
Resistance Fighter
River Boa
Rowen
Snake Basket
Spitting Drake
Summer Bloom
Teferi’s Puzzle Box
Tremor
Uktabi Orangutan
Vampiric Tutor
Wand of Denial
Warrior’s Honor
Warthog

Additions from Weatherlight

Abduction
Aether Flash
Agonizing Memories
Ardent Militia
Call of the Wild
Dense Foliage
Doomsday
Familiar Ground
Fatal Blow
Fervor
Fit of Rage
Fog Elemental
Heavy Ballista
Hidden Horror
Mischievous Poltergeist
Nature’s Resurgence
Phantom Warrior
Razortooth Rats
Redwood Treefolk
Relearn
Sage Owl
Serenity
Serra’s Blessing
Strands of Night
Tariff
Tranquil Grove
Vitalize

 

*These were both printed in Mirage and Tempest, so I included them with their most recent printings.

Fifth Edition Cards Not Printed in Classic Sixth Edition

Abbey Gargoyles
Æther Storm
Akron Legionnaire
Alabaster Potion
Ambush Party
Amulet of Kroog
Angry Mob
An-Havva Constable
Animate Dead
Anti-Magic Aura
Arenson’s Aura
Armor of Faith
Ashes to Ashes
Ashnod’s Transmogrant
Aspect of Wolf
Atog
Aurochs
Aysen Bureaucrats
Azure Drake
Bad Moon
Ball Lightning
Barbed Sextant
Barl’s Cage
Battering Ram
Benalish Hero
Binding Grasp
Bird Maiden
Black Knight
Blessed Wine
Blinking Spirit
Blood Lust
Bottomless Vault
Brainstorm
Brainwash
Brassclaw Orcs
Breeding Pit
Broken Visage
Brothers of Fire
Carapace
Caribou Range
Carrion Ants
Cave People
Chub Toad
Circle of Protection: Artifacts
Clay Statue
Cloak of Confusion
Clockwork Beast
Clockwork Steed
Cockatrice
Colossus of Sardia
Coral Helm
Craw Giant
Craw Wurm
Crimson Manticore
Crown of the Ages
Crumble
Cursed Land
Dance of Many
Dandân
Dark Maze
Dark Ritual
Death Speakers
Death Ward
Deathgrip
Desert Twister
Detonate
Diabolic Machine
Disintegrate
Divine Offering
Drain Life
Drain Power
Durkwood Boars
Dust to Dust
Dwarven Catapult
Dwarven Hold
Dwarven Soldier
Dwarven Warriors
Elkin Bottle
Energy Flux
Enervate
Erg Raiders
Errantry
Eternal Warrior
Evil Presence
Eye for an Eye
Feedback
Feldon’s Cane
Fellwar Stone
Feroz’s Ban
Fire Drake
Fireball
Flare
Flood
Force of Nature
Force Spike
Foxfire
Frozen Shade
Funeral March
Fungusaur
Game of Chaos
Gauntlets of Chaos
Ghazbán Ogre
Gloom
Goblin War Drums
Grapeshot Catapult
Greater Realm of Preservation
Greater Werewolf
Heal
Helm of Chatzuk
Hill Giant
Hipparion
Hollow Trees
Holy Strength
Homarid Warrior
Hungry Mist
Hurkyl’s Recall
Hurloon Minotaur
Hydroblast
Icatian Phalanx
Icatian Scout
Icatian Store
Ice Floe
Imposing Visage
Incinerate
Infinite Hourglass
Initiates of the Ebon Hand
Instill Energy
Ironclaw Curse
Ironclaw Orcs
Ironroot Treefolk
Island Sanctuary
Ivory Guardians
Jandor’s Saddlebags
Jester’s Cap
Johtull Wurm
Joven’s Tools
Justice
Karma
Keldon Warlord
Killer Bees
Kjeldoran Skycaptain
Knight of Stromgald
Krovikan Fetish
Krovikan Sorcerer
Labyrinth Minotaur
Leviathan
Ley Druid
Lhurgoyf
Library of Leng
Lifeforce
Lifetap
Living Artifact
Lord of the Pit
Magical Hack
Magus of the Unseen
Mana Clash
Mana Flare
Mana Vault
Marsh Viper
Mesa Pegasus
Mind Bomb
Mind Ravel
Mindstab Thrull
Mole Worms
Mons’s Goblin Raiders
Murk Dwellers
Nature’s Lore
Necrite
Necropotence
Nether Shadow
Nevinyrral’s Disk
Obelisk of Undoing
Orcish Captain
Orcish Conscripts
Orcish Farmer
Orcish Squatters
Order of the White Shield
Orgg
Panic
Paralyze
Pearled Unicorn
Personal Incarnation
Phantasmal Forces
Phantom Monster
Pikemen
Pirate Ship
Pit Scorpion
Plague Rats
Portent
Pox
Primal Order
Primordial Ooze
Prismatic Ward
Pyroblast
Rabid Wombat
Ray of Command
Reef Pirates
Repentant Blacksmith
Righteousness
Sacred Boon
Sand Silos
Scavenger Folk
Scryb Sprites
Sea Serpent
Sea Spirit
Sea Sprite
Seasinger
Seraph
Serpent Generator
Serra Bestiary
Serra Paladin
Shapeshifter
Shield Bearer
Shield Wall
Shivan Dragon
Shrink
Sleight of Mind
Smoke
Sorceress Queen
Soul Barrier
Stampede
Stasis
Steal Artifact
Stone Giant
Stone Spirit
Sylvan Library
Tarpan
Tawnos’s Weaponry
The Brute
The Wretched
Thrull Retainer
Time Bomb
Time Elemental
Titania’s Song
Torture
Touch of Death
Truce
Tsunami
Twiddle
Unholy Strength
Unstable Mutation
Updraft
Urza’s Avenger
Urza’s Bauble
Urza’s Mine
Urza’s Power Plant
Urza’s Tower
Vampire Bats
Venom
Wall of Bone
Wall of Brambles
Wall of Spears
Wall of Stone
Wanderlust
War Mammoth
Warp Artifact
Weakness
Whirling Dervish
White Knight
Winds of Change
Winter Blast
Winter Orb
Wolverine Pack
Word of Blasting
Xenic Poltergeist
Zephyr Falcon