cards, each is equally common if each card with a unique artwork is counted as an individual card. Counting only functionally unique cards, there were 15 common cards that appeared in four versions and 20 that appeared in three versions. There was also one common, Delif's Cone, that had only one version, making it just as rare as an U3 uncommon. Because previous sets were underprinted, often making them unavailable very quickly after they went on sale, more Fallen Empires cards were printed than any previous set. Wizards of the Coast announced the print run of Fallen Empires to be 350–375 million cards, compared to 75 million for its predecessor, The Dark. Booster packs were thus available until 1998, despite the fact that Wizards stopped shipping cards in January 1995. Fallen Empires was the last set produced only in English, although the two previous sets, Legends and The Dark, had already been produced in Italian. Its successor, Ice Age, was available in six languages. Due to a printing error, a small number of cards from Fallen Empires were printed with Wyvern backs when that game was manufactured at the same factory. These were distributed in Wyvern starters and have an exceptionally high value on the secondary market relative to other Fallen Empire cards. Mechanics Fallen Empires introduced a tribal theme that would later be revisited in Onslaught. Each color had two main creature types, as well as cards that benefit from controlling creatures of those types. Another theme introduced was internal strife within each color. Each color had two major tribes, one of the rulers, and another lesser or enslaved force; the lesser force rebels against or escapes control of the old rulers in each storyline, causing their collapse—hence, the Fallen Empires. White: Icatia and its Order of Leitbur face zealots of the Farrelite Cult. Blue: The Merfolk of Vodalia deal with the rise of the crab-like Homarids. Black: The Order of the Ebon Hand faces a rebellion by its enslaved Thrulls. Red: An unnamed Dwarven Kingdom is overrun by Goblins and Orcs. Green: The Elves are overwhelmed by the rampant growth of fungus-like Thallids. A number of Fallen Empires cards also made heavy usage of counters and tokens, leading the company to publish a sheet of cardboard counters in the game's companion magazine The Duelist. Notable cards – This powerful discard spell has seen a large amount of tournament