Magic : The Gathering (MTG) : Older Expansions :

Alliances is the eighth Magic expansion and was released in June 1996.

-It was the second set and first small expansion in the Ice Age Block.

The set's rarity breakdown is:

55 commons, 43 Uncommons, 46 rares cards.

-The expansion symbol of the set is a banner, or pennant, to reinforce the “alliance” concept.

-The Alliances lands have a unique violet-colored text box and Alliances is the last expansion set to have this feature.

-It was sold in booster packs of twelve cards which included eight commons, three uncommons and one rare.

-This was the last expansion to feature regular multiple artworks on cards. The practice was discontinued to ease the identification of cards by their artwork, which was important to the global community as Magic was beginning to see print in languages other than English.

Notes about the shop section just down :

I have only listed the rare cards, I don't have listed the U & C cards, in case off, don't hesitate to ask, I can add some in case off. Thanks.

Homelands is the seventh Magic expansion and was released in October 1995.

-It was the second expansion of the Ice Age Block.

The set's rarity breakdown is:

46 commons, 69 Uncommons (U3, U1 considered as rares cards).

-Each common card has 2 pieces of art (same artist).

- Each booster bears the same green background image. Homelands was the first simultaneous international release. German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian versions were being launched around the same time as the English version

-It had several themes, including a large number of real-world creature types, clockwork artifact creatures, Legendary creatures, and several "tribal" effects that enhanced only one creature type.

Homelands explored popular characters including Sengir and Serra and had a strong flavor, meaning that the cards were designed to fill specific roles. 

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I have only listed the rare cards, I don't have listed the U & C cards, in case off, don't hesitate to ask, I can add some in case off. Thanks.

Ice Age is the first set in the Ice Age block. It is the 6th Magic the Gathering expansion.

It was released in early June, 1995.

The set's rarity breakdown is:

Ice Age contained 383 black-bordered cards.

121 rare, 121 uncommon, 121 common, 20 basic lands.

It the first standalone Magic expansion set and the first to use the new white mana symbol.

The expansion symbol of the set is a snowflake, to symbolize the arctic nature of Dominaria at the time.

The print run is estimated at 500 million cards.

The cards were sold in 60-card starter decks and 15-card boosters and Ice Age was the first Magic expansion that was released in French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. 

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I have only listed the rare cards, I don't have listed the U & C cards, in case off, don't hesitate to ask, I can add some in case off. Thanks.

Ice Age (Glossy Pre-release Tournament Deck Serie).

Ice Age glossy Deck Serie are the really first cards printed for the Ice Age Edition.

Note : Find that when I was opening 2 differents Ice Age Tournament deck when I was selling them in store years ago with Carta Mundi return request....

Quality : Glossy (beter than 4Th Alternate) / cards seems to be as well slightly more thick / more easy to recoignize with black color cards  : black mana color  : more grey/blue), copyright as well more blue / quite easy to recognize when you're used to MTG cards, when you compare two of the same type of card (same card name) and place them next to each other. The glossy edition card stands out directly from the standard edition / there's sometimes (very rare) some manual annotations by the printer on cards (usually in silver or gold colors) / only in english decks.

Fallen Empires is the fifth Magic expansion and was released in November 1994.

-It is not considered part of any block.

The set's rarity breakdown is:

35 commons, 31 Uncommons, 36 Rares.

-Each common card has 3 or 4 pieces of art (each with a different flavor text)

This results in 120 unique commons (and 187 total unique cards in the set).

The expansion symbol of the set is a crown, to symbolize the concept of empire.

The Fallen Empires lands have a unique red-tinted text box.

Fallen Empires was the last set to use the tilted-T tap symbol.

Notes about the shop section just down :

I have only listed the rare cards, I don't have listed the U & C cards, in case off, don't hesitate to ask, I can add some in case off. Thanks.

To be not counfound with Chronicles dated 1995 with white borders.

-The Dark is the fourth Magic expansion and was released on August 8, 1994. It is not part of any block.

-The Dark was printed on sheets of 121 cards. This expansion contains 119 unique cards. The set's rarity breakdown is: 41 commons and 78 uncommons . Due to the printing process some uncommon cards are considered as rare.

-The expansion symbol of the set is a thin crescent moon.

-Sold as :

-boosters Pack (GTIN: 7 42818 06504 7) and Booster Pack Box (SKU: WOC6504 / ISBN: 1-880992-30-2 / GTIN: 7 42818 06504 7).

-Cards are dated 1994 and non-foil black-border cards.

Must be not counfound with Legends Italian Edition dated 1995 or Chronicles dated 1995 with white borders.

-Legends is the seventh MTG set and the third expansion set, released in June 1994. It is not part of any block.

-The set's rarity breakdown is: 75 commons, 114 uncommon and121 rares (a total of 310 cards)

-The expansion symbol for Legends is the capital of a column.

-Sold as :

-boosters Pack (GTIN: 7 42818 06503 0) and Booster Pack Box
(SKU: WOC6503 / GTIN: 7 42818 16503 7).

-Cards are dated 1994 and non-foil black-border cards.

NOTES :

Not all existing cards have been created.