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[edit] May 1-3, 2008
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- Ice Age is the sixth Magic expansion and was released in June 1995 as the first set in the Ice Age block (the first block in Magic). With 383 cards including basic lands, it was the first standalone expansion. Ice Age introduced cumulative upkeep and snow lands (then called snow-covered lands) to the game. Another popular mechanic introduced in Ice Age, but did not use a keyword: cantrips. These are spells that, in addition to a normal small effect, also replaced itself with a card draw. Ice Age also further explored legendary permanents, expanding on them from the lands and multicolored creatures in the Legends expansion to now include mono-colored creatures.
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- Ripple is a triggered ability that first appeared in Coldsnap. It works by triggering when a player plays a spell with ripple, the triggered ability then lets a player reveal a given number of cards from the top of his or her library and play all cards revealed with the same name as the card with the triggered the ability without paying their mana cost.
[edit] May 3-17, 2008
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- Alara Reborn is the latest expansion and third set in the Alara block. Prerelease events took place on April 25-26, 2009, launch parties on April 30-May 3, 2009. The set went on sale April 30, 2009 which was a day earlier then anticipated due to the May Day (May 1) holiday.
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- Hybrid mana (also known as half-half mana) is a type of mana first introduced in Ravnica: City of Guilds and featured throughout the Ravnica and Shadowmoor blocks.
[edit] May 17-31, 2008
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- Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic is the third set in the Duel Decks series. It was released on April 10, 2009 and contains two preconstructed theme decks. The MSRP is $19.99. Similar to its predecessors it includes seven cards with new artwork, two of them foil mythic rares.
The cards featuring alternate art are:
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- Mythic rare is a new rarity level higher then rare which will be introduced in the Alara block. A mythic rare card will appear in place of a rare in 1 out of every 8 packs. They are considered twice as rare as rare cards.
