Arabian Nights

Player outcry caused Wizards of the Coast to stay with the original black backs, allowing cards from various sets to be mixed in gameplay. This decision may well have been one of the reasons for the games longevity. Instead, a symbolic scimitar was added between the card artwork and card text, marking the first expansion symbol.

As with preceding sets, interesting errors were revealed when the set was released. One of them was the so-called "Arabian Mountain." When the decision was made to have the expansion sets fully playable with the basic set, Wizards of the Coast decided that there was no need to include basic land in the print run, so it was removed. However, the mountain basic land card accidentally remained. Another error, this time in printing, caused two different styles of generic mana symbols to be printed on some cards. Some copies of these cards feature a regular-size generic mana symbol, other copies have one that is smaller and darker. This set was released between Unlimited and Antiquities.