Chronicles

Chronicles

Chronicles was the twelfth Magic: The Gathering set, released in July 1995, and the first compilation set. It was not considered an official expansion, but an extension of the Fourth Edition core set. Until the release of Modern Masters it was notable for being the only tournament-legal non-core set that introduced no new cards.

All cards in the set were from the Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark expansions (14 from Arabian Nights, 21 from Antiquities, 71 from Legends, and 19 from The Dark). Each card was white-bordered, while the cards in their original sets were black-bordered. Also, each card carried the expansion symbol from the set it was originally printed in.

The set's rarity breakdown is 40 commons (3 at C4, 30 at C3, 7 at C2), 30 uncommons (25 at U3, 5 at C1), and 46 rares (46 at U1). Each of the C4 rarity cards has four different pieces of art, making collectors view this as a 125 card set.