Not So Grand Creature Type Updates
What we now call dogs used to be known as these.
What are Hounds?
This first noncreature token was quickly replaced by the strictly worse Treasure token.
What is are Gold tokens?
The rule that says "A state-based action that causes all permanents with this supertype except the one that has had this supertype for the shortest amount of time are put into their owners’ graveyards."
What is the World rule (Rule 704.5k)?
A brown power/toughness box.
What are Vehicles?
Future Sight saw the debut of this card type, handily in the same set as Tarmogoyf.
What is Kindred (formerly Tribal)?
This card from Alpha had its creature type taken away in the Grand Creature Type Update, and despite the type making a return, it has not gotten it back.
What is Benalish Hero?
Despite being one of the oldest tokens in Magic, dating back to 1994, a card with this creature type didn't exist until Marvel's Spider-Man in 2025.
What is Sand?
This silver-bordered Supertype is half the fun, but needs another card to truly function.
What is Host?
An image of a scroll in the top left.
What are Lessons?
First printed in Future Sight, this card type has only been printed one other time: in a Universes Beyond: Fallout Commander deck.
What are Fortifications?
In a world where Viashino are now Lizards and Naga are now Snakes, this creature type is just barely sticking around, even though their king is revealed to be a Lobster in Mystery Booster Commander.
What are Homarids?
Aside from once in 2003, tokens did not actually have the word 'Token' in the typeline until this set, which also made many other changes to card templating.
What is Magic 2015?
This is the only black-bordered Supertype without any additional rules associated with it.
What is Snow?
An eight pointed star in the lower right corner.
What are battles?
This keyword allows you to exchange the card that has it on the battlefield with another card of the same type in your hand.
What is Aura Swap?
The keyword Living Weapon makes these types of tokens, not that you would know from looking at older cards.
What is a Phyrexian Germ token?
This token is the only one to not have a card type.
What is a Copy token?
This Basic card has been printed in more expansions than any other.
What is Mountain?
On the Future Sight frame: a fireball.
What are sorceries?
Future Sight saw the creation of this creature type, which later gained one additional creature in the Grand Creature Type Update, followed by a bunch of silver-bordered creatures.
What are Riggers?
This is probably the creature type that existed for the shortest amount of time, created before Lorwyn as part of the Grand Creature Type Update and then removed before Morningtide. Only one creature was affected, and it was never reprinted with this type.
What are Anemones?
This is the most common type of creature token, appearing on over 200 cards.
What are Zombies?
While not legal in black border magic, this supertype will keep going until it is abandoned.
What is Ongoing?
A transparent typeline.
What are Rooms?
Future Sight was the first of many times that this type would be printed with Blue in its mana cost.
What are artifacts?