Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : All Basic Editions.

1) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG  : Twenty Festivals (20F).

Fifteenth base set.

Celebration of 20 years of L5R.

*ARC :A Brother's Destiny (Ivory).

*Release date : March,27  2015.

*Code: Twenty on cards (often 20F are used).

*Cards dated : 2015.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 372.

-112 C / 112 U / 112 R and 36 fixed cards plus 27 premium cards.

*There’s no variant cards.

-112 foil rare / 112 foil uncommon.

*Sold as :

-boosters 16 cards (10C / 4U/ 1R / 1 Premium card).

-Starter deck contains of 81 cards.

Tin Box Starter decks.

Including : rulebook and 3 booster packs..

*Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider, Unicorn.

*Notes :

-Rules adjustment after Ivory Edition, and an excess of typesetting and clerical errors in this set. Mostly notably, all of the Clan Champion reprints have their keyword lines messed up, and the Ring reprints don’t have the right legality bugs.

Various Clans will get two Clan-specific Sensei, one in Twenty Festivals, and one in the second small expansion. 

2) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Ivory Edition (Ivory) Edition / including Ivory Uncommon and common Foil Promo packs :

Fourteenth base set.

*ARC : A Brother's Destiny (Ivory). 

*Release date : March, 24 2014.

*Code: IVORY.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 372.

-112 C / 112 U / 112 R and 36 fixed cards plus 27 premium cards.

*There’s no variant cards.

-112 foil cards (Rare).

-Uncommon and common Foil cards exist in special promo packs (Kotei 2014 (Same case as the Samurai Edition)).

*Sold as :

-boosters 16 cards (9C / 5U/ 1R / 1 Premium card).

-Starter deck contains of 81 cards.

Including : 10 Ivory Edition legal rares / 1 Imperial Favor cards / 2 Player Aide cards / 3 Ivory Edition booster packs / 1 Clan fiction / 1 Basic rulebook / 1 Advanced rulebook.

Tin Box Starter decks, including 10 Ivory Edition legal rares.

*Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider, Unicorn.

*Notes :

-Reintroduced Sensei and Fortifications card type.

-Included experienced "Ancestral Armors" for each clan. 

For the shop down :

*Cards are not listed by alphabetical order.

*This section includes as well Ivory Uncommon and common promo foils cards (I don't have yet create the foil uncommon ones... so pending. Thanks).

*I don't have create all Rare Foil versions.

3) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Emperor Edition (EE) / Emperor Edition Gempukku / Emperor Edition Demo Deck :

The Emperor Edition is the real basic Edition.

The Emperor Gempukku is a reprint of the Emperor Edition that includes 6 reprinted rare cards : 2 Emperor Edition, 1 Before the Dawn (Btd), 1 Second City (SC), 1 Embers of War (EoW), 1 Seeds of Decay (SoD).

Thirteenth base set.

*ARC : Age of Conquest (Emperor). 

*Release date : February 2012 for EE and January 2013 for the Emperor Edition Gempukku.

*Cards dated : 2011 for EE / 2012 for EE Gempukku.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 428.

The same for Gempukku version but there was 18 new cards for this version in the starter decks that includes: an Experienced Personality for each clan, decided upon by a player vote from the Emperor Edition starters, as well as a card-draw Holding for each clan.

Codifications : EE for Emperor Edition and EE Gempukku for Gempukku ones.

*Sold as :

-booster : 16 cards (9C / 5U/ 1R / 1 Premium card).

-nine Starter decks 90 cards (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider, Unicorn).

Starter decks for both Editions (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion. Spider, Unicorn) are the same but decks are slightly different for the Gempukku version (see just above)).

Each Emperor Edition Starter Deck contains:

- 90 playable cards / 26 non-playable cards / 36 tokens (premium) / 1 full color rulebook / 1 full color Clan-specific fiction sheet / 1 Before the Dawn booster pack / 1 Second City booster pack / 1 Emperor Edition booster pack /  1 Clan-specific deck box (stores one 40/40 sleeved L5R deck).

*There’s no variant cards.

-No foil cards.

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Featured Factions : Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider, Unicorn. 

Included new family House Guards and a Celestial for each clan.

For the Demo Deck case:

At the end of 2011, there was as well some demo decks that were produced called Emperor Edition Demo Decks. Once deck for each clan including some reprint that will not appear in the Emperor Edition and with sometimes some slightly differences (mainly in flavour texts). All of thoses cards are dated 2011 and owns "Demo Deck" notify in place off EE. They owns a Fixed rarity symbol and a classification numbered on 127.

Notes :

The back of every Premium card have The Governor’s Estate, instead of the standard Fate or Dynasty back.

Proxy cards can be draft rules, Koku card, Ring collectible card, Clan collectibale card, etc.

For the shop down :

Cards are not listed by alphabetical order.

4) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Celestial Edition - 15th Anniversary (CE15) :

A different type of promo cards codify CE15.

Reprint of Celestial Edition including bonus rares from earlier expansions, a non-legal "Flashback" reprint of an earlier card. This Edition was released 8 months after the Celestial Edition.

Twelfth Base Set.

*ARC : The Destroyer War (Celestial Arc) - For the various CE15 depend ARC.

*Release date : March 2010.

*Cards dated : 2010 for the CE15 / 2009 for the Celestial reprinted cards.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 421.

112 C / 110 U / 110 R / 85 Fixed cards (65 like CE (included heavenly weapons for each clan, etc.) + 20 mempo)).

+ 110 cards CE15 Flashback cards and + 46 cards reprinted from Celestial Edition but errated or with new flavour text.

The card "Gakku" and "Besieged Borderland" has been added to the CE15 set via the Starter decks.

So in place of 110 common cards as Celestial Edition there's 112 common cards.

*There’s variant cards (except reprinted cards from Celestial Edition errated or with new flavour text).

1)Errated cards : Agasha Ueda, Besieged Borderland (codify POTD), Black Hearts, Red Blades, Central Castle (fixed errated), Dragon's Guard City (fixed errated), Fields of the Dead (fixed errated), Gakku (codify POTD), Hida Kuon Exp 6, Kata of the North Wind, Kyuden Hida (fixed errated), Seven Fold Palace (fixed errated), Shameful Tactics, Shiba Morihiko, Shikibu no Oni Exp, Shiro Daidoji , The Field of the Winds (fixed errated), The Utaku Plains (fixed errated), Unexpected Intimidation, Venerable Plains of the Ikoma (fixed errated), 

2)Different flavour text : Akodo Seiichi, Bayushi Eisaku Exp, Chuda Hiroe, Clan Estate, Doji Armor, Flanked by Nightmares, Hida Masatari, Hida War Drums, Hiruma Aki Exp, Kaiu Taru, Keen Blade, Kitsuki Taiko, Kitsuki Taiko Exp, Knife in the Darkness, Unstoppable Force, Wisdom Gained , Wisdom of the Keepers, Yoritomo Saburo.

3)New picture :  Wedge (pic from ToV).

-No foil cards  (except Celestial Foil promo Pack versions).

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

5) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Celestial Edition (CE) - including Celestial Edition Foil cards Pack :

Eleventh Base Set.

To not be confound with Celestial 15th Anniversary (second print run just above).

*ARC : The Destroyer War (Celestial Arc). 

*Release date : June 2009.

*Cards dated : 2009.

*AEG Product.

Number of cards : 395 (included heavenly weapons for each clan).

110 C / 110 U / 110 R / 65 Fixed cards.

*There’s no variant cards.

-No foil cards  (except Celestial Foil promo Pack versions).

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-boosters (11 cards boosters).

-nine 84 card starter decks (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion. Spider, Unicorn).

Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane,Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider, Unicorn.

For the shop down :

Cards are not listed by alphabetical order.

6) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Samurai Edition (Banzai) - 2.0 :

Tenth Base Set (Reprint Edition from Samurai with bonus rares from expansions).

*Arc : "Race for the Throne" (Samurai Arc).

*Language : English, 

*Release date : April 2008.

*Cards dated : 2008 (not 2007 as Samurai Edition) and there's no numbering Collection, cards are mentioned as well SAMURAI but KD, STS, TTT, or HV for the reprinted rare bonus.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 412 (Included unique armors for each clan).

110 C / 110 U / 110 R / 82 Fixed cards.

*There’s no variant cards.

-No foil cards as Samurai Edition.

-!No fixed reprint cards in decks (must be yet check, think it it is the case!)

*Sold as :

-boosters (15 cards boosters).

-nine starter decks of 83 cards (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider, Unicorn).

Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider, Unicorn.

Notes :

-The Rares bonus cards issued from other expansions included a star symbol but NO set numbers.

-Starters are generally the same as Samurai Edition, though the random assortment includes commons and uncommons from expansions. The rares in the starters are 2 Samurai Edition rares, and 2 rares from the bonus rares (mentionned KD, STS, TTT, or HV for thoses ones).

There is also a new Samurai Edition rulebook.

For the shop section just down :

For Banzai Samurai there's 2 shop sections just down :  The "Banzai Edition" (6a) and the "Reprinted bonus rare" (6b).

7) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Samurai Edition (SAM) :

Must be not confound with Samurai Edition (Banzai) - 2.0.

Ninth Base Set.

*Arc : "Race for the Throne" (Samurai Arc).

*Language : English, 

*Release date : July 2007.

*Cards dated : 2007.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 412 (Included unique armors for each clan).

110 C / 110 U / 110 R / 82 Fixed cards.

*There’s no variant cards.

-330 foil cards (Rare, uncommon and common cards).

-! No fixed reprint cards in decks (must be yet check, think it it is the case!)

*Sold as :

-boosters (15 cards boosters).

-nine starter decks of 83 cards (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider, Unicorn).

Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider, Unicorn

*Notes :

A complete set (C/U/R) was print in foil version as "temptation" for Crab Clan.

The crane deck was also printed in foil version since a crane player won the Kotei tournament of this period.

8) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Lotus Edition (LE) - Including Crane starter deck Foil cards released separately (2005 GenCon victory) :

Eighth Base Set.

*Arc : "Age of Enlightenment" (Lotus Arc).

*Language : English, 

*Release date : October 2005.

*Cards dated : 2005.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 500 (included "Clan Swords" for each clan).

200 C / 100 U / 100 R / 100 Fixed cards.

*There’s no variant cards.

-100 rare foil cards (for the Basic Edition).

(159 total foil cards if you includes the WCD deck (110 foil cards total for 59 different cards including uncommon and common foil cards (fixed rarity symbol)).

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-boosters (15 cards boosters).

-nine starter decks of 84 cards (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Ratling, Scorpion, Unicorn).

-one starter deck of 110 cards Foil (Crane deck WCD Foil (AEG12895)).

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Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Ratling, Scorpion, Unicorn.

For the shop section just down :

For Lotus Edition there's 2 shop sections just down :  The Lotus Edition (8a) and the WCD (8b).

9) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Diamond Edition (DE) :

Seventh Base Set.

*Arc : "Rain of Blood" (Diamond Arc).

*Language : English, German, Spanish, French.

*Release date : October 2003.

*Cards dated : 2003.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 487 (included "Celestial Swords" for each clan).

201 C / 99 U / 100 R / 87 Fixed cards.

*There’s no variant cards.

-100 rare foil cards.

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-boosters (11 cards boosters).

-ten starter decks (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Ratling, Shadowlands, Scorpion, Unicorn).

Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Ratling, Scorpion, Shadowlands, Unicorn.

10) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Gold Edition (GE) :

Sixth Base Set.

*Arc : "Four Winds" (Gold Arc).

*Release date : June 2001.

*Cards dated : 1997-2001.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 541 (introduced "Wind"card type. Included "Celestial Swords" for each clan).

200 C / 198 U / 100 R / 43 Fixed cards.

*There’s no variant cards.

-100 rare foil cards (Rare cards - The foil covered the entire  card including the text, making them difficult to read.  This was later changed to a foil border starting with  An "Oni's Fury").

-No Fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-boosters (11 cards boosters).

-eight 84 card starter decks (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Scorpion, Shadowlands, Unicorn).

Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Scorpion, Shadowlands, Unicorn.

*Notes :

Several factions were removed from the game for various reasons, to retain only eight : the original six factions from Imperial Edition :  Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Unicorn , The Scorpion Clan (From Shadowlands),  The Shadowlands Horde (until then known as Yogo Junzo's Army).

In addition, because all cards in Heroes of Rokugan were also legal for play in the next arc (The Four Winds) : The Ratling faction remained, although they received only limited support.

Later, in “the Dark Allies” expansion, Yoritomo's Alliance was re-introduced as the Mantis Clan.

Before the Gold Edition, the sets and the expansions were differentiated by the color of their borders. From Gold Edition on, cards have an expansion code, card number, and rarity symbol listed on their lower edge. The rarity symbols are circle for common, diamond for uncommon, star for rare, triangle for promo, hollow diamond for "premium", and star within a circle for fixed cards.

11) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Pearl Edition (PE) :

Fifth Base Set (Special case : first set with new card face).

*Arc : "Hidden Emperor" (Jade Arc).

*Release date : May 1999.

*Cards dated : 1999 (Front border right side).

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 365 (not  numbered).

First to feature revised card design. Included "Clan Weapons" for each clan.

100 C / 101 U / 99 R / 65 Fixed cards.

*There’s no variant cards.

-No foil cards.

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-boosters (15 cards boosters).

-twelve 81 card starter decks (Brotherhood, Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Naga, Phoenix, Scorpion, Shadowlands, Toturi's Army, Unicorn, Yoritomo's Alliance.

*Specifications :

-Small deep purple concentric rings.

Featured Factions :

-Brotherhood, Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Naga, Phoenix, Scorpion, Shadowlands, Unicorn, Yoritomo's Alliance.

12) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Jade Edition (JE) :

Fourth Base Set.

*Arc : "Hidden Emperor" (Jade Arc).

*Release date : May 1998.

*Cards dated : 1998 (Front border right side).

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 329 (not  numbered) (included "Clan Charters" for each clan).

100 C / 100 U / 99 R / 30 Fixed cards (including 12 differents Stronghold type card).

*There’s no variant cards.

-No foil cards.

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-boosters (15 cards boosters).

-twelve 60 card starter decks (Brotherhood, Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Naga, Phoenix, Scorpion, Shadowlands, Toturi's Army (Mantis), Unicorn, Yoritomo's Alliance.

*Specifications :

-Double-veined jade pattern.

*Featured Factions :

-Brotherhood, Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Naga, Phoenix, Scorpion, Shadowlands, Toturi's Army, Unicorn, Yoritomo's Alliance.

*Notes :

Jade Edition featured a "bug" (a kanji approximation of the edition's name) in a lower right corner of the card's text box showing that card's legality. It'll be the case for the following basic editions and expansions.

13) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Obsidian Edition (OE) :

THIRD BASE SET ("Experimenting" Set).

*Arc : "Clan Wars" (Imperial Arc).

*Release date : August 1997.

*Cards dated : 1997 (Front border right side).

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 312 (not  numbered).

100 C / 100 U / 100 R / 12 Fixed cards (6 fixed item cards , included "Ancestral Swords" for each clan) and 6 Stronghold (introduced actual cards for Strongholds, instead of using back of deck box as before).

! Thoses Stronghold are reprinted from Emerald Edition so with the Emerald borders.

*There’s no variant cards.

-No foil cards.

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-boosters (15 cards boosters).

-six 60 card starter decks (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Unicorn).

*Specifications :

-black with thin squiggly gold veins (similar as "Time of the Void" but without marbled appearance).

Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Unicorn.

Notes : 

Before Obsidian Edition, the stronghold cards weren't printed with the deck, but as a kind of "promos" on the back of the starter deck. They were also printed as real fixed cards in Obsidian Edition but with the Emerald Edition type border.

14) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Emerald Edition (EME) :

SECOND BASE SET ("Experimenting" Set).

*Arc : "Clan Wars" (Imperial Arc).

*Release date : August 1996.

*Cards dated : 1996 (Front border right side).

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 312 (not  numbered).

100 C / 100 U / 100 R / 12 Fixed cards (6 fixed item cards , included "Ancestral Swords" for each clan) and 6 Stronghold (cut from back starter deck).

*There’s 1 Variant card :

1) Ninja Spy (flavour text).

-No foil cards.

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-boosters (15 cards boosters).

-six 60 card starter decks (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Unicorn).

*Specifications :

-Cards are marbled black border, no stripe.

Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Unicorn.

Notes : 

Before Obsidian Edition, the stronghold cards weren't printed with the deck, but as a kind of "promos" on the back of the starter deck. 

This special second base set includes a "Ancestral Armors" for each clan.

15) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Imperial Edition (IE) :

First Base Set.

*ARC : Clan Wars (Imperial Arc).

*Release date : August 1995.

*Cards dated : 1995 (Front border right side).

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 309 (not  numbered).

100 C / 100 U / 97 R / 12 Fixed cards (6 fixed item cards , included "Ancestral Swords" for each
clan) and 6 Stronghold (cut from back starter deck).

*There’s 13 variants cards :

1) Blazing Arrows (card title alignment) / 2) Elemental Ward (title alignment) / 3) Evil Portents (open and O) / 4) Fan of Command (GC4 and GC45) / 5) Kakita Yinobu (text alignment) / 6) Martyr (card title centre and low) / 7) Ninja Genin (text Alignment) / 8) Retired General (different font size) / 9) Sanzo (different font Size) / 10) Summon Swamp Spirits (text Alignment) / 11) The Fury of Osano Wo (text alignment) / 12) Winds of Change (card's title alignment) / 13) Yogo Junzo (Unaligned shugenja and Unaligned undead shugenja).

-No foil cards.

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-boosters (15 cards boosters).

-six 60 card starter decks (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Unicorn).

*Specifications :

-cards are black marble with a thin bright yellow and red line.
Line has more yellow than pre-Imperial cards.

*Featured Factions :

-Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Unicorn.

*Notes : 

Before Obsidian Edition, the stronghold cards weren't printed with the deck, but as a kind of "promos" on the back of the starter deck. 

16) Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) CCG : Pre-Imperial Edition :

* ARC : Clan Wars (Imperial Arc).

*Release date : August 1995.

*Cards dated : 1995 (Front border right side).

Pre-Imperial Edition was the testing Edition of Legend of the Five Rings Card Collectible Game mostly at GenCon 1995.

*AEG Product.

*Number of cards : 84 (not  numbered).

*There’s 3 variants cards :

1) Bayushi Kachiko (different Flavour Texts) / 2) Dairya (different card's name (Dayra and Daiyra)) / Medium Cavalry (Miscredited to Mark tedin in place off Randy Gallegos).

-No foil cards.

-No fixed reprint cards in decks.

*Sold as :

-Cards made available at GenCon prior to commercial release.

*Specifications :

-Cards are black marble with overlaid thin dark red and yellow line.
Line has more red than Imperial Edition. 

*Notes : 

Before Obsidian Edition, the stronghold cards weren't printed with the deck, but as a kind of "promos" on the back of the starter deck.