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Modern Masters is a series of Magic: The Gathering compilation sets that reprint cards legal in the Modern format. The first set, Modern Masters, was released in 2013 and contained 229 cards ranging from Eighth Edition to Alara Reborn, including reprints of Dark Confidant, Tarmogoyf, and Vendilion Clique. Modern Masters 2015 Edition was released in 2015 containing 249 cards ranging further back and including reprints of Bitterblossom, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, and Karn Liberated. Booster boxes for Masters sets generally contain fewer packs than a normal expansion with the intent of being used for Limited draft formats.

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Compilation Sets

Modern Masters is a series of Magic: The Gathering compilation sets that reprint cards legal in the Modern format. The first set, Modern Masters, was released in 2013 and contained 229 cards ranging from Eighth Edition to Alara Reborn, including reprints of Dark Confidant, Tarmogoyf, and Vendilion Clique. Modern Masters 2015 Edition was released in 2015 containing 249 cards ranging further back and including reprints of Bitterblossom, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, and Karn Liberated. Booster boxes for Masters sets generally contain fewer packs than a normal expansion with the intent of being used for Limited draft formats.

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compilation sets, reprint sets, and box sets over its history.

These are distinct from core sets


and expansion sets, the most heavily marketed sources of new cards. With the exception of
Chronicles, reprint sets generally do not affect tournament legality in supported formats; for
example, cards reprinted in the Modern Masters reprint set, while legal for tournament play, did
not necessarily cause the card to be included in the "Standard" environment. (If a card happened
to be in Standard due to a separate reprinting, though, all "versions" of the card automatically
become legal, including ones from a reprint set.)

These sets tend to be of two types: sets with a fixed deck buyers receive, and sets sold in
randomized booster packs, similar to "normal" expansion sets, but only consisting of reprint
cards. Chronicles, Premium Foil Booster, and sets of the Masters brand are printed in
randomized boosters; others have a fixed card set.

Chronicles
Main article: Chronicles (Magic: The Gathering)

Chronicles was the first compilation set of Magic: The Gathering, released in July 1995. Unlike
many later compilation sets, Chronicles was treated like a normal expansion set, including
renewing tournament legality for cards reprinted in it. For tournament play, Chronicles was
designated as an extension of the Fourth Edition base set. Chronicles reprinted cards from
Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark.[1] Wizards of the Coast released a similar
set called Renaissance into the German, French and Italian markets.

Masters
Modern Masters

Released June 7, 2013

Size 229 cards (101 commons, 60 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares)

Development code Picasso[2]

Expansion code MMA

← Dragon's Maze Magic 2014 →

Modern Masters 2015 Edition

Released May 22, 2015

Size 249 cards (101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares)

Expansion code MM2


← Dragons of Tarkir Magic Origins →

Masters is a series of Magic: The Gathering compilation sets. The "original" Masters Editions
were Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) exclusive sets designed to put old cards created
before the release of MTGO into circulation. Masters became an official printed series in 2013
with the release of Modern Masters.

The paper Masters series consists of:

 Modern Masters, released in 2013


 Modern Masters 2015 Edition
 Eternal Masters, released in 2016
 Modern Masters 2017 Edition
 Iconic Masters, released in 2017
 Masters 25, released in 2018
 Ultimate Masters, released in 2018
 Double Masters, released in 2020

Booster boxes of the Masters series generally contain only 24 booster packs, compared to a
regular expansion containing 36 packs, with the intent that they be used for an 8-player Limited
draft. Basic Lands, which are present in most expansion set booster packs, are absent in the
Masters sets. Instead, a premium card (foil), which traditionally existed in a common card slot on
random basis, is included in every pack.

Modern Masters is a set that consists of reprints of cards which are legal in the Modern format.
Modern includes all cards from Eighth Edition onwards, barring a small number of banned cards.
The first Modern Masters ("MMA") was released on June 7, 2013. It has 229 cards (101
commons, 60 uncommons, 53 rares, and 15 mythic rares) ranging from Eighth Edition through
Alara Reborn. The set was released in the English language only.[3] The original Modern Masters
distribution was highly limited and Wizards of the Coast stated they would not like to release as
much as they did with Chronicles.[4] Wizards of the Coast eventually loosened this, and printed
considerably more of the 2015 and 2017 editions of Modern Masters. Notable reprints in the
original Modern Masters included Dark Confidant, Tarmogoyf, and Vendilion Clique.

The second set, Modern Masters 2015 Edition ("MM2"), was released May 22, 2015. It has 249
cards (101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, and 15 mythic rares). In addition to the blocks in
the original Modern Masters, the 2015 edition features cards from Zendikar block, Scars of
Mirrodin block, Magic 2010, Magic 2011, and Magic 2012. The set was released in Japanese
and Simplified Chinese in addition to English.[5][6] Twenty to thirty cards feature new artwork,
and a number of new tokens are included.[6] The English booster pack in Modern Masters 2015
Edition used recyclable paper cardboard as packaging material instead of foil packs, the first set
doing so in Magic history. It also raised some complaints of easier theft of the cards, however.[7]
Notable reprints in Modern Masters 2015 Edition included Bitterblossom, Emrakul, the Aeons
Torn, and Karn Liberated.

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