Ninth Edition Box Set Cards

Index | English 2005 | French 2005 | German 2005 | Italian 2005 | Japanese 2005 | Portuguese 2005 | Russian 2005 | Simplified Chinese 2005 | Spanish 2005


Ninth Edition is the tenth official print run of the Core Set and was released in July 2005.
It consists of 359 cards and exists in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and is the first set to also appear in Russian.

As it has been the case since Seventh Edition, there is a Ninth Edition box set called Core Game in existence which is aimed to be an introductory item to playing Magic and hence is categorized as a Starter Level product.
Only English and Japanese versions contain:

* 80 Ninth Edition cards divided into 2 decks and 1 Advanced Booster Pack (2 x 33 + 1 x 14)
* "Do Not Open" Advanced booster pack (14 cards), this pack has exactly the same cards in each copy of the 9th edition core game.
It exists only in English (950810000) and Japanese (950851400).

Existence: English (Made in Belgium or E.U.), English (without CD WOC ?)

Contents of Advanced Booster Pack : 14 cards (4 Basic Lands, 6 Commons and 4 Uncommons) and a Core Set Advanced Booster insert.

Contents by order of appearance (opening by the front of the booster):

Blanchwood Armor U
Dancing Scimitar U
Mountain C
Naturalize C
Craw Wurm C
Anaba Shaman C
Forest C
Core Game Advanced Booster Insert is sandwiched at this location, possibly to separate the cards between the gold and silver players.
Island C
Rod of Ruin U
Wind Drake C
Honor Guard C
Plains C
Telepathy U
Holy Day C

* 1 standard foil Ninth Edition Serra Angel card
* 1 enhanced rule book with 9th Edition rules
* 1 CD which contains 2 explanatory test games, an online rule book, and the Magic: The Gathering Online software (English version only)
* 2 player guides which cover 1 demo game
* 2 playmats to explain the different game zones
* 2 cardboard life counters
* 1 consumer response card to provide feedback (English version only)
* 1 leaftlet carrying an activation code to receive a Core Game box set for Magic: The Gathering Online (English version only)

16 of the 80 cards, 9 of them being different, are exclusively available in the Ninth Edition box set. As a result, no foil versions of these cards exist.
Being considered too weak for standard play, but being highly suitable to explain the basics of the game, these cards are part of Ninth Edition, but feature a special enumeration to distinguish them from regular Ninth Edition cards.
For unknown reasions, the cards are assigned a number range of 10, yet there are only 9 different cards in existance. Designation 6/10 is unused.

The English and Japanese core games (the two-player game box designed for new Magic players) contain nine cards that don't appear in Ninth Edition booster packs.
These cards have collector numbers that start with S, and they use the Ninth Edition expansion symbol. All of these cards are part of the Ninth Edition core set and are legal for play in all tournaments in which the Ninth Edition core set is legal.

S1 Eager Cadet (With new creature types: Human Soldier)
S2 Vengeance
S3 Coral Eel
S4 Giant Octopus
S5 Index
S7 Vizzerdrix
S8 Goblin Raider (With new creature types: Goblin Warrior)
S9 Enormous Baloth
S10 Spined Wurm

Note that there isn't a card numbered S6/10.

The card Sea Eagle was originally slated to be numbered S6 of the 10 card S-Series in the Core Game, but it was pulled from the product in favor of Wind Drake late in development.
There were only 9 different S-Series cards printed in the 9th edition Core Game for this reason.

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Out~> (Image of Sea Eagle)

2 cards were also available in the Ninth Edition Demo booster of 22 cards, but not in the Ninth Edition Demo sampler of 10 cards:
Eager Cadet S1/10
Goblin Raider S8/10

The Ninth Edition Demo Game booster exists in different languages:
English, French, Italian, Spanish.

Existence ?: English Made in Belgium or E.U., English with foreign rules, German, Japanese, Portuguese.

Doesn't Exist: Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

Others might exist but it's not proven yet or they were only available as Demo sampler without the 2 S cards.

Contents by order of appearance (opening by the ? of the Demo Game booster): ?

1x Grizzly Bears 246/350 C
1x Eager Cadet S1/10 C
1x Glory Seeker 17/350 C
1x Glory Seeker 17/350 C
1x Trained Armodon 274/350 C
1x Trained Armodon 274/350 C
1x Plains 331/350 C
1x Plains 334/350 C
1x Forest 348/350 C
1x Forest 349/350 C
1x Forest 350/350 C

English Ninth Edition Instruction Sheet

1x Spineless Thug 165/350 C
1x Goblin Raider S8/10 C
1x Hill Giant 197/350 C
1x Hill Giant 197/350 C
1x Scathe Zombie 160/350 C
1x Scathe Zombie 160/350 C
1x Mountain 343/350 C
1x Mountain 344/350 C
1x Mountain 345/350 C
1x Swamp 340/350 C
1x Swamp 341/350 C

Contents by order of appearance (opening by the back of the Sampler pack):

Mountain 343/350 C
Forest 347/350 C
Aven Flock 4/350 C
Remove Soul 93/350 C
Gravedigger 136/350 C
Volcanic Hammer 226/350 C
Craw Wurm 233/350 C
Plains 331/350 C
Island 335/350 C
Swamp 339/350 C
Small Serra Angel Poster with MTG Advertising on the back.

The English version exists also as a "Fast Track". The French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish versions of the box set are smaller. They only contain:

* 22 Ninth Edition cards divided into 2 decks (2 x 11)
* 1 CD which contains 2 explanatory test games and an online rule book
* 1 playmat to explain the different game zones

Due to the drastic reduction of the card pool, only 2 of the 9 special cards, the Eager Cadet and the Goblin Raider, exist in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish.
The card numbers have not been adjusted to this change.

Contents by order of appearance (opening by the front of the clear sealed pack):

1x Trained Armodon 274/350 C
1x Glory Seeker 17/350 C
1x Forest 350/350 C
1x Plains 334/350 C
1x Forest 349/350 C
1x Forest 348/350 C
1 x Plains 331/350 C
1x Trained Armodon 274/350 C
1x Glory Seeker 17/350 C
1x Grizzly Bears 246/350 C
1x Eager Cadet S1/10 C

English Ninth Edition Demo Game Instruction Sheet

1x Hill Giant 197/350 C
1x Scathe Zombie 160/350 C
1x Mountain 343/350 C
1x Swamp 341/350 C
1x Mountain 344/350 C
1x Mountain 345/350 C
1x Swamp 340/350 C
1x Hill Giant 197/350 C
1x Scathe Zombie 160/350 C
1x Goblin Raider S8/10 C
1x Spineless Thug 165/350 C


English Ninth Edition box set front and back - (950810000) - Made in the U.S.A.


English Ninth Edition Advanced Booster - 15095081000001 EN - Made in the U.S.A.
Demo Game Ninth Edition - 150B6074001 EN B0000006074 - Made in the U.S.A.
Sampler Ninth Edition - 150B6078001 EN B0000006078 - Made in E.U. To be reverified.
Sampler Ninth Edition - 150B6078001 EN B0000006078 - Made in the U.S.A.


Japanese Ninth Edition box set front and back - 950851400 - Made in the U.S.A.


Japanese Ninth Edition Advanced Booster - 15095085140001 JP - Made in the U.S.A.


English - 950900000 - Made in U.S.A.
French - 950901010 - Made in E.U.
German - 950901000 - Made in E.U.
Italian - 950991030 - Made in E.U.
Ninth Edition Fast Track box sets.


Portuguese - 950901900 - Made in U.S.A.
Russian - 950901210 - Made in E.U.
Simplified Chinese - 950902370 - Made in U.S.A.
Spanish - 950901050 - Made in U.S.A.
Ninth Edition Fast Track box sets.


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ART


Coral Eel full art by Una Fricker - Eager Cadet full art by Scott M. Fischer.


Enormous Baloth full art by Mark Tedin.


Giant Octopus full art by Heather Hudson.


Goblin Raider full art by Greg Staples - Index full art by Kev Walker.


Spined Wurm full art by Carl Critchlow - Vengeance full art by Paolo Parente.


Vizzerdrix full art by Dave Dorman.


EXTERNAL LINKS - ALL FIXED

Ninth Edition Core Game; Magic Arcana Broken Link
Ninth Edition Core Game; Magic Arcana - February 23, 2005 - Wayback Machine

INTERNAL LINKS

Magic: The Gathering Online Cards
Ninth Edition Box Topper Cards
Ninth Edition Release Card
Magic Demo Game Boosters and Samplers
Hachette UK Magic Encyclopedia Inserts
Compilation & Content of Demo Boosters and Samplers topic on the forum


English 2005 - Ninth Edition Box Set Cards
SETNUMCARDNAMEARTISTSOURCEDATEINFO
001S3/10 Coral EelUna FrickerEnglish Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
002S1/10 Eager CadetScott M. FischerEnglish Ninth Edition box set
English Ninth Edition Demogame booster
English Ninth Edition Fast Track		2005-07-29
2005-07-29
2005-07-29		YES 
003S9/10 Enormous BalothMark TedinEnglish Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
004S4/10 Giant OctopusHeather HudsonEnglish Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
005S8/10 Goblin RaiderGreg StaplesEnglish Ninth Edition box set
English Ninth Edition Demogame booster
English Ninth Edition Fast Track		2005-07-29
2005-07-29
2005-07-29		YES 
006S5/10 IndexKev WalkerEnglish Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
007S10/10 Spined WurmCarl CritchlowEnglish Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
008S2/10 VengeancePaolo ParenteEnglish Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
009S7/10 VizzerdrixDave DormanEnglish Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
 


French 2005 - Ninth Edition Box Set Cards
SETNUMCARDNAMEARTISTSOURCEDATEINFO
001S1/10 Cadet impatient
Eager Cadet		Scott M. FischerFrench Ninth Edition box set
French Ninth Edition Demogame booster		2005-07-29
2006-09-05		YES 
002S8/10 Pillard gobelin
Goblin Raider		Greg StaplesFrench Ninth Edition box set
French Ninth Edition Demogame booster		2005-07-29
2006-09-05		YES 
 


German 2005 - Ninth Edition Box Set Cards
SETNUMCARDNAMEARTISTSOURCEDATEINFO
001S1/10 Eifriger Kadett
Eager Cadet		Scott M. FischerGerman Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
002S8/10 Goblin-Plünderer
Goblin Raider		Greg StaplesGerman Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
 


Italian 2005 - Ninth Edition Box Set Cards
SETNUMCARDNAMEARTISTSOURCEDATEINFO
001S1/10 Cadetto Entusiasta
Eager Cadet		Scott M. FischerItalian Ninth Edition box set
Italian Ninth Edition Demogame booster		2005-07-29
2006-08-26		YES 
002S8/10 Predone Goblin
Goblin Raider		Greg StaplesItalian Ninth Edition box set
Ninth Edition Demogame booster		2005-07-29
2006-08-26		YES 
 


Japanese 2005 - Ninth Edition Box Set Cards
SETNUMCARDNAMEARTISTSOURCEDATEINFO
001S3/10 珊瑚ウシボ
Coral Eel		Una FrickerJapanese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
002S1/10 熱心<な士官候補生
Eager Cadet		Scott M. FischerJapanese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
003S9/10 超大なべィ口ス
Enormous Baloth		Mark TedinJapanese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
004S4/10 大ダコ
Giant Octopus		Heather HudsonJapanese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
005S8/10 ゴブリンの略奪者
Goblin Raider		Greg StaplesJapanese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
006S5/10 索引
Index		Kev WalkerJapanese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
007S10/10 針刺ワーム
Spined Wurm		Carl CritchlowJapanese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
008S2/10 復讐
Vengeance		Paolo ParenteJapanese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
009S7/10 ヴィザードリックス
Vizzerdrix		Dave DormanJapanese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
 


Portuguese 2005 - Ninth Edition Box Set Cards
SETNUMCARDNAMEARTISTSOURCEDATEINFO
001S1/10 Cadete Impetuoso
Eager Cadet		Scott M. FischerPortuguese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
002S8/10 Goblin Salteador
Goblin Raider		Greg StaplesPortuguese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
 


Russian 2005 - Ninth Edition Box Set Cards
SETNUMCARDNAMEARTISTSOURCEDATEINFO
001S1/10 Нетерпеливый кадет
Eager Cadet		Scott M. FischerRussian Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
002S8/10 Нападающий гоблин
Goblin Raider		Greg StaplesRussian Ninth Edition box set2005-09-24YES 
 


Simplified Chinese 2005 - Ninth Edition Box Set Cards
SETNUMCARDNAMEARTISTSOURCEDATEINFO
001S1/10 热切的军校生
Eager Cadet		Scott M. FischerSimplified Chinese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
002S8/10 精灵突击队
Goblin Raider		Greg StaplesSimplified Chinese Ninth Edition box set2005-07-29YES 
 


Spanish 2005 - Ninth Edition Box Set Cards
SETNUMCARDNAMEARTISTSOURCEDATEINFO
001S1/10 Cadete ansioso
Eager Cadet		Scott M. FischerSpanish Ninth Edition box set
Spanish Ninth Edition Demogame booster		2005-07-29
2006-02-07		YES 
002S8/10 Incursor trasgo
Goblin Raider		Greg StaplesSpanish Ninth Edition box set
Spanish Ninth Edition Demogame booster		2005-07-29
2006-02-07		YES