Sets released: Legions, Scourge, Eighth Edition, Mirrodin

Major changes:

  - Eighth Edition brought a new card frame with room for more artwork
  and text.  The frame for artifacts was considered too close to the
  frame for white cards in appearance.
  - Eighth Edition introduced the 'basic' supertype to identify basic
  lands by their type.
  - Mirrodin block introduced the Equipment subtype.

Trivia:

  - Legions contained only creature cards.
  - Legions introduced the first creatures with double strike.
  - Mirrodin block saw a change to the card distribution across the block.

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