Mercadian Masques
Mercadian Masques is the 18th Magic expansion and was released on 4th October, 1999 as the first set in the Masques block. It is notable for being the first set not protected by the “Reserved List”.
This was the first large expansion to use the new 6th Edition rules.
For the first time ever, basic lands were among the randomly inserted foil-finished premium cards in the booster packs, enabling an all-premium deck.
This was the first set to have an accompanying Fat Pack, consisting of three boosters, a tournament pack, two premium cards, the Top Deck Magazine Mercadian Masques pullout section and the Mercadian Masques novel.
