The Exodus expansion set was printed with black borders on the face of the cards. Cards can be identified by the expansion symbol on the right hand side of the middle section. The expansion symbol is a bridge . It was released in early June 1998 and available until early 1999. This was the first set to include new rarity and card number information.
Rarity is indicated by the color of the expansion symbol.
Black means common, silver means uncommon, and gold means rare. Also, in the fine print at the bottom of the card is the card's number and set size. In addition to the booster packs, four pre-built starter decks were available with a mixture of Tempest , Stronghold , and Exodus cards, but the same rarity distribution as Tempest starters. All other trademarks are their respective owners.