This is a list of all the cards that would be affected by the proposed changes to rarity. These changes come about since WotC used a different system for determining rarity for a few sets. The abbreviations list the print sheet and the number of times that card appeared on that print sheet. Thus, C1 means that the card was printed once on the commons sheet. Because of this, a card listed as a common could be more rare (and was intended to be more rare) than cards listed as uncommon. 

My final list may be found at the bottom of this document or in the “Simple List” file posted on the newsgroup. The rest of the data is included for those who are curious as to how I got my results.

- chaps_man@hotmail.com

Arabian Nights:

Order of Commonality (Least Common to Most Common)

	    	20,500  Arabian U2
	    	31,000  Arabian U3 -or- Arabian C1
	    	41,000  Arabian U4
	   	124,000  Arabian C4
	   	155,000  Arabian C5
	   	341,000  Arabian Deserts

Proposed Rarity Alteration

U2 = R
U3 = U
U4 = U
C1 = U
C4 = C
C5 = C
Dessert = C

Affected Cards (would become Rare unless noted otherwise):

Diamond Valley, Elephant Graveyard, Island of WaK-Wak, Aladdin’s Lamp, Aladdin’s Ring, Bottle of Suleiman, City in a Bottle, Dancing Scimitar, Ebony Horse, Jandor’s Ring, Jandor’s Saddlebags, Pyramids, Ring of Ma’ruf, Junun Efreet, Juzam Djinn, Guardian Beast, El-Hajjaj, Old Man of the Sea, Serendib Efreet, Island Fish Jasconius, Drop of Honey, Erhnam Djinn, Ifh-Biff Efreet, Singing Tree, Aladdin, Ali from Cairo, Mijae Djinn, Ydwen Efreet, Jihad, King Suleiman, Repentant Blacksmith, Shahrazad 

Notable Unaffected Cards:

Library of Alexandria (U3=U), Sorceress Queen (U3=U),  Eye for an Eye (U3=U), Rukh Egg (C3 = C)

Antiquities:

Order of Commonality:

31,000  Antiquities U1
	   	62,000  Antiquities U2
	  	93,000  Antiquities U3 -or- Antiquities C1
	  	186,000  Antiquities C2
	   	372,000  Antiquities C4

Proposed Rarity Alteration:

	U1 = R
	U2 = U
	U3 = U
	C1 = U
	C2 = U
	C4 = C

Affected Cards:

Bronze Tablet, Candelabra of Tawnos, Clockwork Avian, Colossus of Sardia, Coral Helm, Cursed Rack, Feldon’s Cane, Golgothian Sylex, Mishra’s War Machine, Obelisk of Undoing, Shapeshifter, Tawno’s Coffin, Tetravus, Triskelion, Urza’s Avenger, Urza’s Miter, Yawgmoth Demon, Hurkyl’s Recall, Gaea’s Avenger, Mishra’s Factory (C1/U1 = U), Strip Mine (C1/U1 = U), Shatterstorm, Argivian Archeologist 

	Notable Unaffected Cards:

		Ivory Tower (U3=U),  Millstone (U3 = U), The Rack (U3=U), 

The Dark:

Order of Commonality:

		128,000  The Dark U1
	256,000  The Dark U2
	384,500  The Dark C1
		1,153,000  The Dark C3

Proposed Rarity Alteration*:

U1 = R (R)
U2 = U (R)
C1 = C (U)
C3 = C (C)
*(rarity breakdown as per Crystal Keep)

Affected Cards:
Frankenstein’s Monster, Grave Robbers, Nameless Race, Rag Man, Season of the Witch, Worms of the Earth, Dance of Many, Apprentice Wizard, Mana Vortex, Leviathan, Mind Bomb, Psychic Allergy, Hidden Path, Lurker, Niall Silvain, Scarwood Bandits, Tracker, Wormwood Treefolk, Ball Lightning, Blood Moon, Eternal Flame, Goblin Wizard, Inferno, Mana Clash, Cleansing, Exorcist, Knights of Thorn, Martyr’s Cry, Preacher, Witch Hunter, Barl’s Cage, Stone Calendar, City of Shadows, Safe Haven, Sorrows Path 

Notable Unaffected Cards:

Uncle Istvan (U2=U), Reflecting Mirror (U2=U), Book of Rass (U2=U), Maze of Ith (C1=C)

Fallen Empires:

	Order of Commonality:

		744,000  Fallen Empires U1
		1,487,500  Fallen Empires U2
		2,231,500  Fallen Empires U3 -or- Fallen Empires C1
		6,694,000  Fallen Empires C3
		8,925,500  Fallen Empires C4

	Proposed Rarity Alteration*:

		U1 = R (R) 
		U2 = U (R)
		U3 = U (U)
		C1 = C (U)
		C3 = C (C)
		C4 = C (C)

		*(Rarity breakdown as per Crystal Keep)

	Affected Cards:

Derelor, Ebon Praetor, Homarid Shaman, River Merfolk, Vodalian Knights, Vodalian War Machine, Elvish Farmer, Fungal Bloom, Thelon’s Curse, Thelonite Monk, Dwarven Armorer,  Goblin Flotilla, Goblin Warrens, Orgg, Hand of Justice, Icatioan Lieutenant, Icatian Town, Icatian Skirmishers,  Aeolipile, Balm of Restoration, Conch Horn, Delfi’s Cube, Draconian Cylix, Elven Lyre, Implements of Sacrifice, Ring of Renewal, Spirit Shield, Zelyon Sword, Bottomless Vault, Dwarven Holds, Hollow Trees, Ication Stores, Rainbow Vale, Sand Silos

	Notable Unaffected Cards:
Breeding Pit (U3=U), Order of the Ebon Hand (C1=C), Dwarven Catapult (U3=U), Order of Leitber (C1=C)

Chronicles:

	Order of Commonality:

		516,500  Chronicles U1 **
	1,549,500  Chronicles U3 -or- Chronicles C1 **
		3,099,000  Chronicles C2 **
	4,649,000  Chronicles C3 **
	6,198,500  Chronicles C4 **

Proposed Rarity Alteration:

	U1 = R
	U2 = U
	U3 = U
	C1 = U
	C2 = C
	C3 = C
	C4 = C

Affected Cards:

	Hell’s Caretaker, The Wretched, Yawgmoth Demon, Dance of Many, Juxtapose, Teleport, Concordant Crossroads, Cyclone, Revelation, Aladdin, Blood Moon, Land’s Edge, Arkon Legionnaire, Angelic Voices, Petra Sphinx, Arena of the Ancients, Barl’s Cage, Book of Rass, Bronze Horse, Gauntlets of Chaos, Horn of Deafening, Jalum Tome, Jeweled Bird, Obelisk of Undoing, Rakalite, Serpent Generator, Triassic Egg, Vodoo Doll, City of Brass, Safe Haven, Urza’s Mine (C1=U), Urza’s Power Plant (C1=U), Urza’s Tower (C1=U), Arcades Sabboth, Axelrod Gunnerson, Ayesha Tanaka, Chromium, Dakkon Blackblade, Gabriel Angelfire, Johan, Kai Takahashi (C1=U), Marhault Elsdragon (C1=U), Nebuchadnezzar, Nicol Bolas, Palladia-Mors, Rubina Soulsinger, Sivitri Scarzam, Sol’kanar the Swamp King, Stangg, Tobias Andrion (C1=U), Tor Wauki (C1=U), Vaevictis Asmadi, Xira Arien

Notable Unaffected Cards:

	Feldon’s Cane (C2=C), Erhnam Djinn (U3=U), Witch Hunter (U3=U), Fountain of Youth (C2=C), 

Homelands:

	Order of Commonality:

		413,000  Homelands U1 
		1,239,500  Homelands U3 -or- Homelands C1
	 	4,958,500  Homelands C4

	Proposed Rarity Alteration*:

		U1 = R(R) 
		U3 = U(U)
		C1 = C(U)
		C2 = C(C)

		*(Rarity breakdown as per Crystal Keep)
		
	Affected Cards:

Baron Sengir, Black Carriage, Broken Visage, Grandmother Sengir, Greater Werewolf, Koskan Falls, Sengir Autocrat, Timmerian Fiends, Veldrane of Sengir, Baki’s Curse, Chain Stasis, Forget, Marjhan, Mystic Decree, Narwhale, Reeveka Wizard Savant, Wall of Kelp, An-Havva Constable, Autumn Willow, Daughter of Autumn, Faerie Noble, Mammoth Harness, Primal Order, Rysorian Badger, Willow Priestess,  An-Zerrin Ruins, Annaba Ancestor, Anaba Spirit Crafter, Chandler, Dwarven Pony, Dwarven Sea Clan, Heart Wolf, Ironclaw Curse, Joven, Winter Sky, Aysen Crusader, Aysen Highway, Beast Walkers,  Hazduhr the Abbot, Leeches, Prophecy, Serra Aviary, Serra Bestiary,  Soraya the Falconer, Truce, Apocalypse Chime, Didgeridoo, Feroz’s Ban 

	Notable Unaffected Cards:

		Were there any good cards in this set other than Serrated Arrows?

*My Rarity lists differ for one of two reasons:

A)	There would only be a single card affected (Maze of Ith in 
The Dark) and as more of those cards were produced than all the other 
Uncommons combined I think it should be a common.

B) 	Such a large number of cards were affected by making C1 an 
Uncommon that the set lost coherence (Fallen Empires/Homelands). In 
Fallen Empires this was because the cards with 4 different designs 
were all considered C1 (this was most of the cards). In Homelands, 
the numeric difference between U1 and U3+C1 was so great that any one 
U1 (Rares) was abnormally common and moving C1 to the common slot 
helps this curve a little. In addition, there was so little good to 
be seen in Homelands that it might be nice to see a card from that 
set played.

Here is a complete list of affected cards in alphabetical order (this is the same as the “simple list” file):

Aeolipile
Aladdin
Aladdin’s Lamp
Aladdin’s Ring
Ali from Cairo
Anaba Spirit Crafter
Angelic Voices
An-Havva Constable
Annaba Ancestor
An-Zerrin Ruins
Apocalypse Chime
Apprentice Wizard
Arcades Sabboth
Arena of the Ancients
Argivian Archeologist
Arkon Legionnaire
Autumn Willow
Axelrod Gunnerson
Ayesha Tanaka
Aysen Crusader
Aysen Highway
Baki’s Curse
Ball Lightning
Balm of Restoration
Barl’s Cage
Baron Sengir
Beast Walkers
Black Carriage
Blood Moon
Bottle of Suleiman
Bottomless Vault
Broken Visage
Bronze Horse
Bronze Tablet
Candelabra of Tawnos
Chain Stasis
Chandler
Chromium
City in a Bottle
City of Shadows
Cleansing
Clockwork Avian
Colossus of Sardia
Conch Horn
Concordant Crossroads
Coral Helm
Cursed Rack
Cyclone
Dakkon Blackblade
Dance of Many
Dancing Scimitar
Daughter of Autumn
Delfi’s Cube
Derelor
Diamond Valley
Didgeridoo
Draconian Cylix
Drop of Honey
Dwarven Armorer
Dwarven Holds
Dwarven Pony
Dwarven Sea Clan
Ebon Praetor
Ebony Horse
Elephant Graveyard
El-Hajjaj
Elven Lyre
Elvish Farmer
Eternal Flame
Exorcist
Faerie Noble
Feroz’s Ban
Forget
Frankenstein’s Monster
Fungal Bloom
Gabriel Angelfire
Gaea’s Avenger
Gauntlets of Chaos
Goblin Flotilla
Goblin Warrens
Goblin Wizard
Golgothian Sylex
Grandmother Sengir
Grave Robbers
Greater Werewolf
Guardian Beast
Hand of Justice
Hazduhr the Abbot
Heart Wolf
Hell’s Caretaker
Hidden Path
Hollow Trees
Homarid Shaman
Horn of Deafening
Hurkyl’s Recall
Icatian Skirmishers
Icatian Town
Icatioan Lieutenant
Ication Stores
Ifh-Biff Efreet
Implements of Sacrifice
Inferno
Ironclaw Curse
Island Fish Jasconius
Island of WaK-Wak
Jalum Tome
Jandor’s Ring
Jandor’s Saddlebags
Jeweled Bird
Jihad
Johan
Joven
Junun Efreet
Juxtapose
Juzam Djinn
Kai Takahashi (C1=U)
King Suleiman
Knights of Thorn
Koskan Falls
Land’s Edge
Leeches
Leviathan
Lurker
Mammoth Harness
Mana Clash
Mana Vortex
Marhault Elsdragon (C1=U)
Marjhan
Martyr’s Cry
Mijae Djinn
Mind Bomb
Mishra’s Factory (C1/U1 = U)
Mishra’s War Machine
Mystic Decree
Nameless Race
Narwhale
Nebuchadnezzar
Niall Silvain
Nicol Bolas
Obelisk of Undoing
Old Man of the Sea
Orgg
Palladia-Mors
Petra Sphinx
Preacher
Primal Order
Prophecy
Psychic Allergy
Pyramids
Rag Man
Rainbow Vale
Rakalite
Reeveka Wizard Savant
Repentant Blacksmith
Revelation
Ring of Ma’ruf
Ring of Renewal
River Merfolk
Rubina Soulsinger
Rysorian Badger
Safe Haven
Sand Silos
Scarwood Bandits
Season of the Witch
Sengir Autocrat
Serendib Efreet
Serpent Generator
Serra Aviary
Serra Bestiary
Shahrazad
Shapeshifter
Shatterstorm
Singing Tree
Sivitri Scarzam
Sol’kanar the Swamp King
Soraya the Falconer
Sorrows Path
Spirit Shield
Stangg
Stone Calendar
Strip Mine (C1/U1 = U)
Tawno’s Coffin
Teleport
Tetravus
The Wretched
Thelon’s Curse
Thelonite Monk
Timmerian Fiends
Tobias Andrion (C1=U)
Tor Wauki (C1=U)
Tracker
Triassic Egg
Triskelion
Truce
Urza’s Avenger
Urza’s Miter
Vaevictis Asmadi
Veldrane of Sengir
Vodalian Knights
Vodalian War Machine
Vodoo Doll
Wall of Kelp
Willow Priestess
Winter Sky
Witch Hunter
Worms of the Earth
Wormwood Treefolk
Xira Arien
Yawgmoth Demon
Ydwen Efreet
Zelyon Sword