<p>This card is a Revised German <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bTranquility%5d">Tranquility</a>. For English sets without a set symbol only Alpha and Beta have black borders. But when Magic started out whenever a Core set was printed for the first time in a language it had black borders. The first printing of German Magic cards was <a href="https://www.magiccardmarket.eu/Help/Core_Sets#Foreign_black_bordered_Core_Sets_.28Revised_and_4th_Edition.29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Revised Edition</a>, Strangely it seems that German Revised had at least 2 printings, one in black border and one in white.</p>

<p>Reference: <a href="https://scryfall.com/card/fbb/221/de/seelenruhe" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Revised German Tranquility on Scryfall</a></p>

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The set is commonly called `Foreign Black Bordered`.
Aulis Ronkainen
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diego
<p>I recently picked Magic: The Gathering back up after a 15 year lapse. Currently making my way through what seems like a thousand cards from my childhood and entering them into a card database at <a href="https://deckbox.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DeckBox</a>. I happened upon a German card by the name of <strong>Seelenruhe</strong> and I'm trying to figure out what set/edition this card is from.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/e0dKs.jpg" width="300" height="420" alt="My copy of Seelenruhe/Tranquillity" title="My copy." /></p>

<p>I Google searched and found that seelenruhe means tranquillity in German. An image search, via Google, gave me an image of the same Seelenruhe that I have (plus a Jolly Roger added in?).</p>

<p>However, the image is from an Ebay account that is no longer hosting the image or product, and the Ebay website is written in what I think is German, which I can't read. Therefore, I can't figure anything out about the set/edition this card comes from.</p>

<p>Do cards written in a language other than English, belong to a set different than their English counterpart's set?</p>

<hr>

<h3>- Other Research -</h3>

<ul>
<li><p>According to <a href="http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/view?search=basic&amp;filter[name]=Tranquility" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CardKingdom</a>, Seelenruhe most resembles Tranquility from the following sets/editions: <a href="http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/item/64250" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Alpha</a> - <a href="http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/item/53251" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Beta</a> - <a href="http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/item/110919" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Collectors Edition</a> - <a href="http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/item/111211" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Collectors Edition International</a>  </p></li>
<li><p>Following <a href="https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/5120/how-can-i-tell-the-difference-between-early-magic-the-gathering-card-editions?newreg=c33a54366e204d5389a4cb9a83710684">How can I tell the difference between early Magic: The Gathering card editions?</a></p></li>
</ul>

<pre>    Black Border -> No Right-Side Center Symbol -> Corner Curve Sharpness?
        Sloped -> Alpha
        Sharp -> Not Titled "Reconstruction" -> Beta
</pre>

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Obviously it is from Alpha or Beta, the corners look sloped to me, so I'd say Alpha.
Vilmar
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@Vilmar I thought that at first, but Seelenruhe has a 1994 copyright date. *"Limited Edition cards have no expansion symbol, **no copyright date**, and no trademark symbols; the text on the bottom left consists only of an artist credit."* - [Wikipedia: Limited Edition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_Edition_%28Magic:_The_Gathering%29)
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MTG: What set is Seelenruhe (Tranquility in German) from?
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# MTG: What set is Seelenruhe (Tranquility in German) from?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-07)

I recently picked Magic: The Gathering back up after a 15 year lapse. Currently making my way through what seems like a thousand cards from my childhood and entering them into a card database at [DeckBox](https://deckbox.org/). I happened upon a German card by the name of **Seelenruhe** and I'm trying to figure out what set/edition this card is from.

![My copy of Seelenruhe/Tranquillity](https://i.sstatic.net/e0dKs.jpg "My copy.")

I Google searched and found that seelenruhe means tranquillity in German. An image search, via Google, gave me an image of the same Seelenruhe that I have (plus a Jolly Roger added in?).

However, the image is from an Ebay account that is no longer hosting the image or product, and the Ebay website is written in what I think is German, which I can't read. Therefore, I can't figure anything out about the set/edition this card comes from.

Do cards written in a language other than English, belong to a set different than their English counterpart's set?

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### - Other Research -

* According to [CardKingdom](http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/view?search=basic&filter[name]=Tranquility), Seelenruhe most resembles Tranquility from the following sets/editions: [Alpha](http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/item/64250) - [Beta](http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/item/53251) - [Collectors Edition](http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/item/110919) - [Collectors Edition International](http://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/item/111211)
* Following [How can I tell the difference between early Magic: The Gathering card editions?](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/5120/how-can-i-tell-the-difference-between-early-magic-the-gathering-card-editions?newreg=c33a54366e204d5389a4cb9a83710684)

```
    Black Border -> No Right-Side Center Symbol -> Corner Curve Sharpness?
        Sloped -> Alpha
        Sharp -> Not Titled "Reconstruction" -> Beta

```

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Obviously it is from Alpha or Beta, the corners look sloped to me, so I'd say Alpha.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I thought that at first, but Seelenruhe has a 1994 copyright date. *"Limited Edition cards have no expansion symbol, **no copyright date**, and no trademark symbols; the text on the bottom left consists only of an artist credit."* - [Wikipedia: Limited Edition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_Edition_%28Magic:_The_Gathering%29)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-04-07. Score: 13 | Accepted answer

This card is a Revised German [Tranquility](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bTranquility%5d). For English sets without a set symbol only Alpha and Beta have black borders. But when Magic started out whenever a Core set was printed for the first time in a language it had black borders. The first printing of German Magic cards was [Revised Edition](https://www.magiccardmarket.eu/Help/Core_Sets#Foreign_black_bordered_Core_Sets_.28Revised_and_4th_Edition.29), Strangely it seems that German Revised had at least 2 printings, one in black border and one in white.

Reference: [Revised German Tranquility on Scryfall](https://scryfall.com/card/fbb/221/de/seelenruhe)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: The set is commonly called `Foreign Black Bordered`.  

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