MTG CORE SET 2010 M10 REGULAR MOL FACTORY SET MTG MAGIC THE GATHERING

The core set was getting a significant face-lift in an attempt to return it to some of its original resonant flavorful glory. Because of this, Magic 2010 was the first core set since Beta to feature new cards, some of which had a top-down design. Some new cards were answers to strong cards in the metagame. Magic 2010 was also the first core set with planeswalkers and mythic rares. There were no legendary cards in the set, unlike the previous core set. Core sets were now equal in size and make up as the first set of a block. Thus, Magic 2010 contained 249 cards (101 commons, 60 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares, 20 basic lands) instead of the approximately 300 cards of previous expansions.

Notable cards

• Baneslayer Angel, a very powerful creature that saw tournament play in Standard and Extended.
• Hive Mind is a piece of a combo deck in Modern that kills the opponent forcing them to cast one of the spells of the pact cycle from Future Sight, like Pact of Negation, when they are not able to pay their cost.
• Doom Blade, a versatile black removal first printed in Magic 2010.
• The "checkland" dual land cycle (such as Dragonskull Summit) has seen heavy play in Standard as well as Pioneer and Modern
• Silence is a powerful spell for combo decks that can prevent the opponent from casting disruption
• Elvish Archdruid is a strong payoff for Elves decks in Modern, while Goblin Chieftain has seen play in Goblins decks in Legacy and Historic
• Burning Inquiry is the possibly most efficient discard spell in the game and has been used in graveyard-heavy decks such as Hollow One and Madness in Legacy and Modern
• Essence Scatter would go on to be reprinted many times in following sets and continues to see play as a sideboard counterspell option in Standard
• Sign in Blood has seen play in both controlling and aggressive black decks in Modern, Pioneer, and Pauper, as it can both provide extra card draw and burn the opponent out
• Acidic Slime was a common answer in Standard and Modern to problematic permanents while leaving behind a body

Notable Changes

• Nature's Spiral is a toned down version of Regrowth which was last seen in the core set Revised.
• The Lorwyn Planeswalkers were moved from rare to mythic rare.
• Righteousness, which had always been rare, was moved to uncommon.
• The instant Windstorm is an uncommon replacement for the rare sorcery Hurricane, the latter damages players also while the former does not.
• The rare sorcery Day of Judgment in Zendikar provided a replacement for the rare sorcery Wrath of God, the latter prevented regeneration while the former does not.
• Glorious Anthem was removed in favor of adding Honor of the Pure which for 1 less casting cost gives +1/+1 to white creatures you control instead of to all of your creatures. Honor of the Pure is reminiscent of Crusade which gave +1/+1 to all white creatures in play for a casting cost of 2 white mana.