Magic 2010 Core Set

Magic 2010 is the once bi-annual, now annual core set release. It's the one that newer players should start with, the one that is more "standard fantasy" themed than the yearly block of expansions, whose themes vary considerably year by year. This is the 11th edition of the main game, and starting this year, they've decided to co-opt the naming convention used successfully (I guess) by car manufacturers and video games like Madden NFL, who use the upcoming calendar year in the title. So this is Magic 2010, released summer '09. Next year will be Magic 2011. I'm not really a player of Magic these days, so I'll leave it to players to decide if this is a worthwhile or confusing thing. It certainly keeps the game from having ridiculous names like, "Magic, 28th edition" eventually.

The set features reprints of 3 of my cards, 2 of which I previously called "classics" in that they get reprinted a lot, and Mesa Enchantress (originally published in Planar Chaos [2007]), who makes her first reprint appearance here. Prints are currently available of Mesa and Soul Warden.