General Rulings - 205

• 205.1 - The expansion symbol indicates which Magic set a card is from. It's a small icon normally printed below the right edge of the illustration. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 205.2 - The color of the expansion symbol indicates the rarity of the card within its set. A red-orange symbol indicates the card is mythic rare. A gold symbol indicates the card is rare. A silver symbol indicates the card is uncommon. A black or white symbol indicates the card is common or is a basic land. A purple symbol signifies a special rarity; to date, only the Time Spiral "timeshifted" cards, which were rarer than that set's rare cards, have had purple expansion symbols. (Prior to the Exodus set, all expansion symbols were black, regardless of rarity. Also, prior to the Sixth Edition core set, with the exception of the Chinese Fifth Edition core set, Magic core sets didn't have expansion symbols at all.) [CompRules 2009/10/01]
• 205.3 - A spell or ability that affects cards from a particular set checks only for that set's expansion symbol. A card reprinted in the core set or another expansion receives that set's expansion symbol. Any reprinted version of the card no longer counts as part of its original set unless it was reprinted with that set's expansion symbol. [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 205.4 - Players may include cards from any printing in their constructed decks if those cards appear in sets allowed in that format (or those cards are specifically allowed by the Magic Tournament Rules). See the Magic Tournament Rules for the current definitions of the constructed formats (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx? x=dci/doccenter/home). [CompRules 2009/07/08]
• 205.5 - The full list of expansions and expansion symbols can be found in the Magic Products section of the Wizards of the Coast website (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx? x=mtg/tcg/products/allproducts). [CompRules 2009/07/08]