Starter 2000
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Starter 2000 was a limited run small theme deck only expansion set released for Magic: The Gathering
on April 24, 2000. The set would be the fifth and last "Starter Level" standalone set to see production.
cards, without an expansion symbol.
Like other Starter level products, the set contained bare vanilla creatures, simple sorceries, and basic lands.
City of Brass, which was, and in many formats still is, essential to many tournament decks. Each theme deck shipped with a CD-ROM that gave new players step by step instruction to learn the game of Magic, using the cards that they unpacked as a guide.
The theme decks also contained limited edition promo foil cards from Nemesis, Rhox, with alternate art that would be later used in 10th Edition
.
The next release of the Starter product line was included under the 7th Edition
banner, known as 7th Edition Starter, and would contain similar theme decks.
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...
on April 24, 2000. The set would be the fifth and last "Starter Level" standalone set to see production.
Set composition
The set was very unusual in that it contained identical reprints of 6th Edition cards, while other cards in the set were essentially reprints of Starter 1999Starter (Magic: The Gathering)
Starter is the name of the Magic: The Gathering beginners set which came out on August 27, 1999. The set contains 173 cards. The set became known as Starter 1999 after the release of Starter 2000, and is the fourth starter level set....
cards, without an expansion symbol.
Like other Starter level products, the set contained bare vanilla creatures, simple sorceries, and basic lands.
Starter 2000 products
Starter 2000 was only released in a series of theme decks, and has become very hard to find due to its limited print run and sales. Also adding to its appeal for experienced players and making it harder to find, each pack contained a rare 5th Edition5th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
The Fifth Edition was the seventeenth Magic: The Gathering set and fifth core set, a revision of the base set released in March 1997. It contained 449 cards, counting multiple illustrations of basic lands, making it the largest card set in the game's history...
City of Brass, which was, and in many formats still is, essential to many tournament decks. Each theme deck shipped with a CD-ROM that gave new players step by step instruction to learn the game of Magic, using the cards that they unpacked as a guide.
The theme decks also contained limited edition promo foil cards from Nemesis, Rhox, with alternate art that would be later used in 10th Edition
10th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
Tenth Edition is a "Core Set" for the collectible trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It was released on July 13, 2007, replacing Ninth Edition as the core set of cards for standard tournament play...
.
The next release of the Starter product line was included under the 7th Edition
7th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)
7th Edition was a Magic: The Gathering set printed in 2001. It is the only core set since Alpha to have introduced all-new art for every card. A white-bordered set, it was first available on April 2, 2001. The set contained 350 cards...
banner, known as 7th Edition Starter, and would contain similar theme decks.