Released in April 1995, Fourth Edition was a new version of the Magic: The Gathering basic set. In this set fifty-one cards were taken from the Revised Edition and 122 cards from previous expansions were added making this set 378 cards.
In my opinion 4th edition and below were the golden age of Magic. Everything after that was lost to making money. The card creators stopped doing it for the game and started doing it for the money.
Of course, I could be wrong. Fourth ed. has all the cards that made magic a big success. Today there's so many different exspansions that it just too much trouble to keep up with. It's just not fun anymore. -- By bruce moore from Lipan, TX USA on October 17, 2002
Amen. Couldn't agree more. I stopped at 5th ed. and still have my cards, thinking about returning, but when I see so many expansions and cards designed to look like modern crappy card games I give up... -- By Alan from Brazil on June 13, 2007