Sets and Expansions
White Wolf releases VTES cards in base sets, expansion sets and mini expansion sets. The main difference between these are the size of the set and the number of reprints.
- Base sets contain booster packs as well as a number of pre-constructed starter decks (ranging from 3 to 6). The starter decks contain 89 cards (with 77 library and 12 crypt cards) as well as a rule booklet. The booster packs contain 11 cards (in newer sets, often with 7 common, 3 vampire and 1 rare card, but refer to the table below). The base set should provide a new player with a number of cards to be able to build a wide variety of decks. A base set usually contains a high percentage of reprinted cards from earlier expansions.
- Expansion sets contain booster packs and may contain a number of pre-constructed starter decks. The distribution of cards in boosters and starters is similar to a base set. They feature also a particular theme. New players are usually not able to build a large number of different decks with only cards from this expansion's boosters due to the lack of basic cards provided either in the starters or in a base set. The number of reprints is low and usually restricted to the pre-constructed starter decks.
- Mini-Expansion sets contains only booster packs and the number of cards are restricted to 60 new cards (20 rare, 20 uncommon and 20 common cards).
All expansion sets from Dark Sovereigns expansion onward are identified by an expansion symbol printed in the upper right corner of cards. In newsgroups and on web pages character codes are used to identify each set, usually an abbreviation of the expansion's name.
| Expansion Name | Type | Symbol | Code | Release Date | Total cards | New cards | Booster distribution |
| Jyhad | Base | (none) | Jyhad | 16 August 1994 | 437 | 437 | 11C, 4V, 3U, 1R |
| Vampire: The Eternal Struggle | Base | (none) | VTES | 15 September 1995 | 436 | 6 | 11C, 4V, 3U, 1R |
| Dark Sovereigns | Expansion | Gothic window | DS | 15 December 1995 | (173) | 173 | 8C, 4V, 3U |
| Ancient Hearts | Expansion | Eye of Horus | AH | 29 May 1996 | (179) | 179 | 6C, 4V, 2U/R |
| Sabbat | Expansion | Calligraphy S | Sabbat | 28 October 1996 | (410) | 340 | 16C, 5V, 5U, 2R |
| Sabbat War | Base | Inverted spiked ankh | SW | 31 October 2000 | 437 (300) | 77 | 5C, 3V, 2U, 1R or 4C, 3V, 3U, 1R |
| Final Nights | Expansion | Broken ankh | FN | 11 June 2001 | 386 (162) | 170 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Bloodlines | Expansion | Ankh on red blood spatter | BL | 3 December 2001 | (196) | 196 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Camarilla Edition | Base | Ankh | CE | 19 August 2002 | 547 (385) | 115 | 5C, 3V, 2U, 1R |
| Anarchs | Expansion | Combined CE/SW Ankhs | Anarchs | 19 May 2003 | 260 (132) | 128 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Black Hand | Expansion | Handprint | BH | 17 November 2003 | 286 (136) | 145 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Gehenna | Expansion | Stylised Clock | Gehenna | 17 May 2004 | (150) | 150 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Tenth Anniversary | Special | Foil "10" | Tenth | 13 December 2004 | 190 | 10 | -- |
| Kindred Most Wanted | Expansion | Gun | KMW | 21 February 2005 | 314 (150) | 162 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Legacies of Blood | Expansion | Split ankh (black) | LoB | 14 November 2005 | 461 (300) | 236 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Nights of Reckoning | Mini expansion | Plus with circle | NoR | 10 April 2006 | (60+17) | 60 | 6C, 3V, 1R, 1X |
| Third Edition | Base | Tri-snake biohazard | Third | 4 September 2006 | 537 (390) | 160 | 5C, 3V, 2U, 1R |
| Sword of Caine | Mini expansion | Bundle of swords | SoC | 19 March 2007 | (60) | 60 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Lords of the Night | Expansion | Crown | LotN | 26 September 2007 | 295 (150) | 175 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Blood Shadowed Court | Special | Silver Ankh | BSC | 16 April 2008 | 100 | 0 | -- |
| Twilight Rebellion | Mini expansion | Tri-snake on Red Star | TR | 28 May 2008 | (60) | 60 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
| Keepers of Tradition | Base | Castle tower | KoT | 19 November 2008 | 457 (398) | 176 | 5C, 3V, 2U, 1R |
| Ebony Kingdom | Mini expansion | Split ankh (white) | EK | 27 May 2009 | (62) | 60 | 4C, 3V, 1R, 3C |
| Heirs to the Blood | Expansion | Three blood drops | HttB | 3 February 2010 | TBA (168) | 168 | 7C, 3V, 1R |
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