Exodus is the fourteenth Magic expansion and was released in June 1998 as the third set and second small expansion in the Tempest block.
Exodus contains 143 black-bordered cards (44 rare, 44 uncommon, and 55 commons). Its expansion symbol is a bridge, meant to symbolize the exit from Rath and the transition from one chapter of the Weatherlight Saga to the next.[2] Exodus was the first set to use color-coding of the expansion symbol to indicate the rarity level of the cards. Common cards use a black-filled expansion symbol. Uncommon cards use a solid silver-filled expansion symbol. Rare cards use a gold-filled expansion symbol. It was also the first add a collector number (the number of the card-and how many are in the set) on the bottom of a card.
Furthermore, Exodus was the first set to center the artist and copyright information at the bottom of the card, rather than have that information aligned to the left side of the card. This change persisted until the card design change in 8th Edition.