- It's a HUGE set, having 541 cards. Collecting
the set will be extremely difficult due to the number of cards
involved.
- Rarity is now marked on the cards (circle=common, diamond=uncommon,
star=rare).
- Foil rare cards are included randomly in the booster packs.
- Distribution of the foils is uneven, varying between "God"
booster boxes having a foil in each pack to NO rare cards at
all in some boxes.
- Gold Edition is set 20 years later.
- New artwork is seen on many cards.
- Starter cases hold 8 clans (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix,
Scorpion, Shadowlands, Unicorn).
- Each starter deck has a "Celestial Sword" except
for the Shadowlands which has "Yakamo's Claw".
- The "Four Winds" cards are in each starter. It take
the place of the Imperial Favor.
- All the other clans with or without a stronghold have been
downgraded to "Factions".
- Two strongholds are printed on back of the starter boxes. For
Dragon, it's Iron Mountain and Kyuden Hitomi.
- Stronghold cards are also included in the starter decks. They
are regular cardboard, so no more Pearl Edition "spinner"
silliness.
- The Imperial Favor is made less powerful, having been split
into 4 parts.
- Gold & Honor requirements are generally higher than in
Pearl Edition.
- No Kitsuki are in the basic set, though they are still around
as quotes on the cards.
- Interestingly, there are also no Yogo personalities for the
Yogo Towers (guess the Bayushi have some extra closet space until
the Yogo return ;)
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