What Are the MTG Masters Sets? Reprint Sets and Their Boosters

The Masters sets are Magic: The Gathering sets made of reprints, released from Modern Masters in 2013 to Commander Masters in 2023. Wizards of the Coast built them around popular cards from older sets and designed them to be drafted; the later sets added Collector Boosters. Modern Horizons brings new cards, so it is not a Masters set.

What makes a Magic set a Masters set

A Masters set is a set built from reprints rather than new designs. Wizards’ head designer Mark Rosewater calls Modern Masters “an all-reprint product using cards from the Modern format,” and writes in 2023 that “all the cards in a Masters set are reprints.”

There are two small exceptions, both from later sets. Double Masters 2022 added Cryptic Spires, which Wizards calls “the first new-to-Magic card to appear in a Masters set.” Commander Masters was released alongside four Commander decks, each with ten new card designs; the booster packs themselves were still reprints.

Every Masters set, in order

The list below uses the years shown on Wizards’ Gatherer card database and in Wizards’ announcements.

The series paused after Ultimate Masters and came back in 2020 with Double Masters, which Rosewater describes as “a reprint product with double rares/mythic rares as its hook.”

Sealed Masters set boxes and packs

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The boosters Masters sets come in

Masters set boosters differ from the Play Boosters in Magic’s current main sets. Masters sets from 2013 to 2018 came in a single booster pack built for drafting. Double Masters 2022 and Commander Masters added Collector Boosters, and Double Masters had a VIP Edition instead.

• Double Masters Draft Boosters: Wizards’ announcement describes “15-card booster packs, with two rares and two foil cards per pack.” For Double Masters only, a VIP Edition took the place of Collector Boosters.
• Double Masters 2022 Draft Boosters: 8 commons, 3 uncommons, 2 rares or mythic rares, 2 traditional foils, a Cryptic Spires and a token or ad card. They came in displays of 24.
• Double Masters 2022 Collector Boosters: displays of 4, with four rare or mythic slots, including a foil-etched card and a chance at a textured foil mythic.
• Commander Masters: Draft Boosters, Set Boosters and Collector Boosters, with textured foil and foil-etched cards in the Collector Boosters.

How collector packs differ from playing packs in general is set out in Play Booster vs Collector Booster, and box sizes in how many packs are in a booster box.

Why Modern Horizons is not a Masters set

Modern Horizons is often mixed up with the Masters sets because both are aimed at older formats. The difference is new cards. Wizards’ collecting article for Modern Horizons 3 describes “made-for-Modern designs” alongside “reprinted favorites,” sold in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters from June 14, 2024. A set built around new designs is not a Masters set.

Who buys a Masters set

Draft groups are the first audience: Masters sets were designed for drafting, every pack is full of familiar cards, and a display of Draft Boosters covers a group of eight. Drafting itself is explained in how to draft MTG. Commander players have their own route in, since Commander Masters was released alongside four complete 100-card Commander decks. Collectors chasing special foils look to the Collector Boosters of the later sets, which hold the foil-etched and textured foil versions.

Collector Booster boxes

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Masters sets vs other reprint products

Masters sets are one of several ways Wizards has reprinted older cards. From the Vault boxed fifteen reprints in a premium foil from 2008 to 2017, covered in the From the Vault series. Wizards has also made Remastered sets, such as Dominaria Remastered and Ravnica Remastered, which reprint cards from one plane; this page keeps to sets with Masters in the name. A Masters set is not the place for a new player to start, and which Magic product to buy points to better first purchases.