MTG: Magic the Gathering. Type 2: and reprints?

Question

Okay so, I'm looking to buy a Lord of Atlantis in a playset (4 copies) The Time-Shifted cards are waaaay too expensive for me and I'm getting tired of being countered sniped on E-bay due my lack of funds.

So this lead me to thinking about whether or not you could go forth and purchase a Lord of Atlantis from a different set and play it in the current set seeing as it is currently one of the cards listed in Standard. For instance, if I was to buy a card from 7th edition or 4th edition or even the DCI foil edition of the Lord of Atlantis. Would these cards be legal in Type 2? Please let me know and if not then I would greatly appreciate it, if you could inform me of a place where I could find this playset for under 15 dollars, though I'm willing to compromise.

Thank you.

Answer 1

What you are asking here is it legal to have a non-"time shifted" card of Lord of Atlantis.  As the others have already stated, the answer us indeed yes.  As long as the Time Spiral block is still type two (and it will start dropping here in October) it doesn't matter where it came from as long as it has been reprinted for block.

Answer 2

It doesn't matter what set your cards are from. In the case of Lord of Atlantis, you can use anything from Alpha forward... EXCEPT you cannot use any card that doesn't have a normal Magic back (so no World Championship cards).

Answer 3

the first answer is correct, you can buy any cards you want however since the World Editions are marked differently, you cannot use them even in sleeves.

Answer 4

Yup, it's the NAME of the card that matters, not the set it's from. If it was timeshifted you can use any version of it.