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The last old-frame core set
What this set is
Seventh Edition is the seventh core set and the last to use the original card frame; Eighth Edition moved to the modern frame two years later. It has 350 cards, 335 different, and the catalog also lists a premium foil version of every one of them.
It swapped 177 cards in and 177 out compared with Classic Sixth Edition, keeping the core of Birds of Paradise, Llanowar Elves, Counterspell, City of Brass and the Ice Age painlands.
It is a common source of older reprints in white border, and none of its cards is on the Reserved List or any eternal ban list.
Where You Can Play It
Format legality
Seventh Edition is a single code. It predates Modern's start, so its cards are eternal-format cards unless reprinted later.
Not Standard-legal, and not Modern-legal as a set: Modern starts at Eighth Edition (July 2003). A card from here that was reprinted in a later Modern-legal set is Modern-legal in this printing too, because legality follows the card, not the printing. None of its cards is banned or restricted in Legacy, Vintage or Commander. It is also legal in Premodern, the community format built on Fourth Edition through Scourge. Commons from any set are Pauper-legal; that isn't listed per set here.
Boosters, precons and singles from Seventh Edition are on TCGplayer.
FAQ
Common questions
Where can I play Seventh Edition cards?
In Legacy, Vintage and Commander, minus the cards each format bans. Seventh Edition is too old for Standard, Pioneer or Modern as a set, though any card that was later reprinted in a Modern-legal set is Modern-legal in every printing. It is also legal in Premodern, a community format built on Fourth Edition through Scourge.
Is Seventh Edition the last old-frame core set?
Yes. Eighth Edition, in 2003, switched to the modern card frame.
Does Seventh Edition have foils?
Yes. It is the first core set with premium foil versions, and the catalog lists a foil printing of every card.
All card names, art, and mechanics belong to Wizards of the Coast. Seventh Edition released on Apr 11, 2001; details reflect the set as published. Sources: Wizards of the Coast set pages and release notes, Draftsim, Untapped.gg.
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