Cards added to Magic 2012[ | ]
The following 153 cards from Magic 2012 were not printed in Magic 2011.
New cards[ | ]
The following 100 cards have never been printed before.
- Adaptive Automaton
- Aegis Angel
- Alabaster Mage
- Amphin Cutthroat
- Angelic Destiny
- Arachnus Spinner
- Arachnus Web
- Arbalest Elite
- Archon of Justice
- Armored Warhorse
- Aven Fleetwing
- Azure Mage
- Belltower Sphinx
- Benalish Veteran
- Blood Ogre
- Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
- Bloodrage Vampire
- Bonebreaker Giant
- Buried Ruin
- Carnage Wurm
- Chandra, the Firebrand
- Chandra's Phoenix
- Chasm Drake
- Circle of Flame
- Crimson Mage
- Crown of Empires
- Crumbling Colossus
- Dark Favor
- Devouring Swarm
- Divine Favor
- Doubling Chant
- Drifting Shade
- Druidic Satchel
- Dungrove Elder
- Duskhunter Bat
- Frost Breath
- Furyborn Hellkite
- Garruk, Primal Hunter
- Garruk's Horde
- Gideon's Avenger
- Gideon's Lawkeeper
- Gladecover Scout
- Goblin Bangchuckers
- Goblin Fireslinger
- Gorehorn Minotaurs
- Grand Abolisher
- Greatsword
- Griffin Rider
- Guardians' Pledge
- Hideous Visage
- Hunter's Insight
- Jace, Memory Adept
- Jace's Archivist
- Jade Mage
- Kite Shield
- Lord of the Unreal
- Lurking Crocodile
- Manalith
- Master Thief
- Merfolk Mesmerist
- Mind Unbound
- Monomania
- Onyx Mage
- Peregrine Griffin
- Personal Sanctuary
- Phantasmal Bear
- Phantasmal Dragon
- Phantasmal Image
- Pride Guardian
- Primordial Hydra
- Rune-Scarred Demon
- Rusted Sentinel
- Scepter of Empires
- Scrambleverse
- Skinshifter
- Skywinder Drake
- Sorin's Thirst
- Sorin's Vengeance
- Sphinx of Uthuun
- Spirit Mantle
- Stave Off
- Stingerfling Spider
- Stonehorn Dignitary
- Stormblood Berserker
- Sundial of the Infinite
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Taste of Blood
- Tectonic Rift
- Throne of Empires
- Timely Reinforcements
- Titanic Growth
- Tormented Soul
- Trollhide
- Turn to Frog
- Vampire Outcasts
- Vengeful Pharaoh
- Visions of Beyond
- Wall of Torches
- Warstorm Surge
- Wring Flesh
Returning cards[ | ]
These 53 cards are reprints, but were not in Magic 2011. A + after the card name indicates a card that has never been in a core set before. A ! after the card name indicates a card that hasn't been Modern legal before.
- Angel's Mercy
- Auramancer !+
- Blood Seeker +
- Bountiful Harvest
- Brink of Disaster +
- Call to the Grave !+
- Cemetery Reaper
- Consume Spirit
- Coral Merfolk
- Demystify
- Distress
- Divination
- Djinn of Wishes
- Firebreathing
- Flameblast Dragon +
- Flight
- Gideon Jura +
- Goblin Arsonist +
- Goblin Grenade !+
- Goblin War Paint +
- Griffin Sentinel
- Grim Lavamancer !+
- Incinerate
- Levitation
- Lifelink
- Lightning Elemental
- Lure
- Manabarbs
- Merfolk Looter
- Mesa Enchantress
- Oblivion Ring +
- Overrun
- Pentavus+
- Ponder +
- Quicksilver Amulet !+
- Rampant Growth
- Reclaim
- Rites of Flourishing +
- Sengir Vampire
- Shock
- Slaughter Cry +
- Smallpox +
- Solemn Simulacrum +
- Sorin Markov +
- Stampeding Rhino
- Sutured Ghoul !+
- Thran Golem
- Vastwood Gorger +
- Volcanic Dragon !+
- Warpath Ghoul
- Worldslayer +
- Zombie Goliath
- Zombie Infestation !+
Changes in rarity[ | ]
The following cards changed rarity from their last printing to Magic 2012.
- Sengir Vampire was rare in Torment and subsequent printings, though it was an uncommon before. It is now uncommon again.
- Volcanic Dragon was rare in Starter 1999 and is now uncommon.
- Thran Golem was rare in Urza's Destiny and 9th Edition and is now uncommon.
- Oblivion Ring was common in Shards of Alara and Lorwyn and is now uncommon.
Strictly better[ | ]
- Aegis Angel is strictly better than Exalted Dragon and Jedit Ojanen.
- Angelic Destiny is strictly better than Divine Transformation.
- Arachnus Spinner is strictly better than Needleshot Gourna, Sir Shandlar of Eberyn, The Lady of the Mountain, Torsten Von Ursus and Vastwood Gorger.
- Armored Warhorse is strictly better than Keepers of the Faith.
- Aven Fleetwing is strictly better than Advanced Hoverguard.
- Azure Mage is strictly better than Coral Eel, Coral Merfolk, Jhessian Lookout and Wu Infantry.
- Benalish Veteran is strictly better than Pearled Unicorn.
- Blood Ogre is strictly better than Goblin Brawler, Goblin Hero, Gray Ogre, Orcish Veteran, Raging Bull, Sabretooth Tiger and Viashino Spearhunter.
- Bonebreaker Giant is strictly better than Berserkers of Blood Ridge.
- Carnage Wurm is strictly better than Rootbreaker Wurm.
- Chandra's Phoenix is strictly better than Fire Drake.
- Chasm Drake is strictly better than Coastal Hornclaw.
- Crimson Mage is strictly better than Goblin Bully, Goblin Piker, Independent Troops and Whip Sergeant.
- Crown of Empires is strictly better than Cyclopean Snare.
- Duskhunter Bat is strictly better than Bog Imp, Dakmor Bat and Misshapen Fiend.
- Gladecover Scout is strictly better than Elvish Lookout and Willow Elf.
- Goblin Fireslinger is strictly better than Dwarven Trader, Crazed Goblin and Mons's Goblin Raiders.
- Guardian's Pledge is strictly better than Valorous Charge.
- Lurking Crocodile is strictly better than Pale Bears.
- Manalith is strictly better than Celestial Prism, Mana Prism, Phyrexian Lens, Sol Grail, Standing Stones, the Cameo cycle from Invasion and the Obelisk cycle from Shards of Alara.
- Merfolk Mesmerist is strictly better than Vodalian Soldiers.
- Onyx Mage is strictly better than Dakmor Scorpion, Krovikan Scoundrel, Skeletal Snake and Wei Infantry.
- Sorin's Thirst is strictly better than Vicious Hunger.
- Sphinx of Uthuun is strictly better than Djinn of the Lamp.
- Spirit Mantle is strictly better than Seeker.
- Titanic Growth is strictly better than Monstrous Growth and Wielding the Green Dragon.
- Tormented Soul is strictly better than Nightshade Stinger.
- Visions of Beyond is strictly better than Reach Through Mists.
Strictly worse[ | ]
- Amphin Cutthroat is strictly worse than Azure Drake, Benthic Explorers, Bladed Sentinel, Scornful Aether-Lich, Su-Chi and Watchwing Scarecrow.
- Armored Warhorse is strictly worse than Veteran Armorsmith.
- Bonebreaker Giant is strictly worse than Stone Golem, Su-Chi, Tephraderm and Two-Headed Giant of Foriys.
- Dark Favor is strictly worse than Sinister Strength.
- Gladecover Scout is strictly worse than Slippery Bogle.
- Greatsword is strictly worse than Butcher's Cleaver, Loxodon Warhammer, Sunforger and Vulshok Battlegear.
- Kite Shield is strictly worse than Accorder's Shield.
- Manalith is strictly worse than Chromatic Lantern, Coalition Relic, Darksteel Ingot and Spectral Searchlight.
- Rusted Sentinel is strictly worse than Su-Chi.
- Taste of Blood is strictly worse than Ebony Charm.
- Visions of Beyond is strictly worse than Ancestral Recall.
- Wall of Torches is strictly worse than Wall of Razors.
Cards removed from Magic 2011[ | ]
The following 153 cards from Magic 2011 did not get reprinted in Magic 2012.
- Air Servant
- Ajani Goldmane
- Ajani's Mantra
- Ajani's Pridemate
- Ancient Hellkite
- Angelic Arbiter
- Arc Runner
- Armored Ascension
- Armored Cancrix
- Assassinate
- Augury Owl
- Awakener Druid
- Azure Drake
- Back to Nature
- Baneslayer Angel
- Barony Vampire
- Berserkers of Blood Ridge
- Black Knight
- Blinding Mage
- Blood Tithe
- Bloodcrazed Goblin
- Bloodthrone Vampire
- Bog Raiders
- Brittle Effigy
- Call to Mind
- Canyon Minotaur
- Captivating Vampire
- Chandra Nalaar
- Chandra's Spitfire
- Clone
- Cloud Crusader
- Cloud Elemental
- Condemn
- Conundrum Sphinx
- Corrupt
- Crystal Ball
- Cultivate
- Cyclops Gladiator
- Dark Tutelage
- Demolish
- Demon of Death's Gate
- Destructive Force
- Diminish
- Dryad's Favor
- Duress
- Duskdale Wurm
- Earth Servant
- Ember Hauler
- Excommunicate
- Fauna Shaman
- Fire Servant
- Foresee
- Gaea's Revenge
- Gargoyle Sentinel
- Garruk Wildspeaker
- Garruk's Packleader
- Giant Growth
- Goblin Balloon Brigade
- Goldenglow Moth
- Haunting Echoes
- Hoarding Dragon
- Holy Strength
- Hornet Sting
- Howling Banshee
- Hunters' Feast
- Incite
- Infantry Veteran
- Inspired Charge
- Jace Beleren
- Jace's Ingenuity
- Jinxed Idol
- Juggernaut
- Knight Exemplar
- Leyline of Anticipation
- Leyline of Punishment
- Leyline of Sanctity
- Leyline of the Void
- Leyline of Vitality
- Lightning Bolt
- Liliana Vess
- Liliana's Caress
- Liliana's Specter
- Magma Phoenix
- Maritime Guard
- Mass Polymorph
- Merfolk Sovereign
- Merfolk Spy
- Mitotic Slime
- Mystifying Maze
- Nantuko Shade
- Nature's Spiral
- Necrotic Plague
- Nether Horror
- Nightwing Shade
- Obstinate Baloth
- Ornithopter
- Overwhelming Stampede
- Palace Guard
- Phantom Beast
- Phylactery Lich
- Platinum Angel
- Preordain
- Primal Cocoon
- Prized Unicorn
- Prodigal Pyromancer
- Protean Hydra
- Pyretic Ritual
- Pyroclasm
- Quag Sickness
- Relentless Rats
- Rise from the Grave
- Rotting Legion
- Safe Passage
- Scroll Thief
- Serra Ascendant
- Shiv's Embrace
- Sign in Blood
- Silence
- Silvercoat Lion
- Sleep
- Solemn Offering
- Sorcerer's Strongbox
- Spined Wurm
- Squadron Hawk
- Stabbing Pain
- Steel Overseer
- Stone Golem
- Stormtide Leviathan
- Sword of Vengeance
- Sylvan Ranger
- Temple Bell
- Terramorphic Expanse
- Thunder Strike
- Tireless Missionaries
- Tome Scour
- Traumatize
- Triskelion
- Unholy Strength
- Vengeful Archon
- Viscera Seer
- Volcanic Strength
- Voltaic Key
- Vulshok Berserker
- Wall of Frost
- Wall of Vines
- War Priest of Thune
- Warlord's Axe
- Water Servant
- Whispersilk Cloak
- White Knight
- Wild Evocation
- Wild Griffin
- Yavimaya Wurm
Cards in every core set up to Magic 2012[ | ]
Since the removal of Giant Growth, Giant Spider is the only card that had appeared in all core sets from Alpha to Magic 2012.[1]
Functional reprints[ | ]
- Gideon's Lawkeeper is a functional reprint of Goldmeadow Harrier, save for creature type.
- Skywinder Drake is a functional reprint of Cloud Spirit and Rishadan Airship, save for creature type.
- Drifting Shade is a functional reprint of Dungeon Shade.
- Bonebreaker Giant is a functional reprint of Obsidian Giant and Fomori Nomad.
- Trollhide is a functional reprint of Savage Silhouette.
References[ | ]
- ↑ Monty Ashley (May 25, 2011). "Core Set Survivor: Magic 2012". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.