I’ve been a longtime reader and asker, and I can’t believe It hasn’t occurred to me before to ask you why dual lands weren’t reprinted in fourth edition. I think that was before your time working at Wizards, but if anybody has or can get the answer for that, it’s bound to be you!

They realized they were too strong, so like other cards that were above the appropriate power level, they took them out of the core set.

Were there any cards in Mystery Booster that were reprinted with frames from Fourth Edition or earlier?

I don’t know. Did anyone open one or see one pictured online?

I would suggest that counting Chronicles separately from Fourth Edition makes no more sense than does counting Alpha and Beta as separate sets. It was packaged in different packs, but was considered to be an extension of Fourth Edition, and was legal everywhere (and everywhen) Fourth Edition was; it didn't occupy an "expansion" slot in Type 2, and it rotated along with Fourth Edition when Fifth Edition came out. It should probably not count.

I agree that counting Chronicles seems odd. Thoughts?

What would the consequences be of printing Modern Masters 3 at an unlimited quantity?

I suggest reading some articles about what happened with Chronicles and Fourth Edition.

Is there an official collector's number for cards in sets like Fourth Edition?

Not that I know of.

My dad and my Uncle played during Fourth Edition. He stopped playing when I was born, but a couple of summers, I pulled them out of the closet and taught myself and my cousin how to play, and was instantly hooked. Now, the four of us play all the time, and I even taught my nephews and their friends how to play. The cycle continues~ :3

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I'm sure you get tons of questions about the Reserve List, but I had some queries about its history that you hopefully haven't seen a million times. Can you tell us under what circumstances the Reserve List was created, and maybe give us some background into the decision? Why are some cards that are fairly balanced by today's standards and aren't particularly valuable (things like Thunder Spirit and Aeoliphile) on the List? Thanks!

The Reserved List came about in reaction to the release of Chronicles and Fourth Edition edition back in 1995. Both sets included cards that previously were very hard to obtain. Many players complained and Wizards in response made the Reserved List as a promise that they wouldn’t do this again. The Reserved List was all the rare cards from the sets at the time (and also the uncommons of the core set but those later got removed) that had not yet been reprinted. Wizards at the time then promised that each year they would tag a certain percentage of the rare cards (80% is my memory) and those cards would be added to the list. The 20% that wasn’t added were cards that were allowed to be reprinted. Right before Mercadian Masques came out, Wizards said they were stopping the adding of cards to the Reserved List. Note that the 20% were cards Wizards at the time believed were reprint able, but other than that the cards on the Reserved List weren’t about power level but rarity.