diff --git a/cockatrice/src/carddatabase.cpp b/cockatrice/src/carddatabase.cpp
index 25886d18..0ca8e565 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/carddatabase.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/carddatabase.cpp
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ static QXmlStreamWriter &operator<<(QXmlStreamWriter &xml, const CardSet *set)
     xml.writeStartElement("set");
     xml.writeTextElement("name", set->getShortName());
     xml.writeTextElement("longname", set->getLongName());
+    xml.writeTextElement("settype", set->getSetType());
+    xml.writeTextElement("releasedate", set->getReleaseDate().toString(Qt::ISODate));
     xml.writeEndElement();
 
     return xml;
 }
 
-CardSet::CardSet(const QString &_shortName, const QString &_longName)
-    : shortName(_shortName), longName(_longName)
+CardSet::CardSet(const QString &_shortName, const QString &_longName, const QString &_setType, const QDate &_releaseDate)
+    : shortName(_shortName), longName(_longName), setType(_setType), releaseDate(_releaseDate)
 {
     updateSortKey();
 }
@@ -703,7 +705,8 @@ void CardDatabase::loadSetsFromXml(QXmlStreamReader &xml)
         if (xml.readNext() == QXmlStreamReader::EndElement)
             break;
         if (xml.name() == "set") {
-            QString shortName, longName;
+            QString shortName, longName, setType;
+            QDate releaseDate;
             while (!xml.atEnd()) {
                 if (xml.readNext() == QXmlStreamReader::EndElement)
                     break;
@@ -711,8 +714,12 @@ void CardDatabase::loadSetsFromXml(QXmlStreamReader &xml)
                     shortName = xml.readElementText();
                 else if (xml.name() == "longname")
                     longName = xml.readElementText();
+                else if (xml.name() == "settype")
+                    setType = xml.readElementText();
+                else if (xml.name() == "releasedate")
+                    releaseDate = QDate::fromString(xml.readElementText(), Qt::ISODate);
             }
-            sets.insert(shortName, new CardSet(shortName, longName));
+            sets.insert(shortName, new CardSet(shortName, longName, setType, releaseDate));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/carddatabase.h b/cockatrice/src/carddatabase.h
index af5a16f1..60b8006b 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/carddatabase.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/carddatabase.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QPixmap>
 #include <QMap>
+#include <QDate>
 #include <QDataStream>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QXmlStreamReader>
@@ -27,11 +28,15 @@ class CardSet : public QList<CardInfo *> {
 private:
     QString shortName, longName;
     unsigned int sortKey;
+    QDate releaseDate;
+    QString setType;
 public:
-    CardSet(const QString &_shortName = QString(), const QString &_longName = QString());
+    CardSet(const QString &_shortName = QString(), const QString &_longName = QString(), const QString &_setType = QString(), const QDate &_releaseDate = QDate());
     QString getCorrectedShortName() const;
     QString getShortName() const { return shortName; }
     QString getLongName() const { return longName; }
+    QString getSetType() const { return setType; }
+    QDate getReleaseDate() const { return releaseDate; }
     int getSortKey() const { return sortKey; }
     void setSortKey(unsigned int _sortKey);
     void updateSortKey();
diff --git a/oracle/src/oracleimporter.cpp b/oracle/src/oracleimporter.cpp
index 48172c48..1b552aa7 100644
--- a/oracle/src/oracleimporter.cpp
+++ b/oracle/src/oracleimporter.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ bool OracleImporter::readSetsFromByteArray(const QByteArray &data)
     QString edition;
     QString editionLong;
     QVariant editionCards;
+    QString setType;
+    QDate releaseDate;
     bool import;
 
     while (it.hasNext()) {
@@ -37,12 +39,14 @@ bool OracleImporter::readSetsFromByteArray(const QByteArray &data)
         edition = map.value("code").toString();
         editionLong = map.value("name").toString();
         editionCards = map.value("cards");
+        setType = map.value("type").toString();
+        releaseDate = map.value("releaseDate").toDate();
 
         // core and expansion sets are marked to be imported by default
-        import = (0 == QString::compare(map.value("type").toString(), QString("core"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) ||
-            0 == QString::compare(map.value("type").toString(), QString("expansion"), Qt::CaseInsensitive));
+        import = (0 == QString::compare(setType, QString("core"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) ||
+            0 == QString::compare(setType, QString("expansion"), Qt::CaseInsensitive));
 
-        newSetList.append(SetToDownload(edition, editionLong, editionCards, import));
+        newSetList.append(SetToDownload(edition, editionLong, editionCards, import, setType, releaseDate));
     }
 
     qSort(newSetList);
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ int OracleImporter::startImport()
         if(!curSet->getImport())
             continue;
             
-        CardSet *set = new CardSet(curSet->getShortName(), curSet->getLongName());
+        CardSet *set = new CardSet(curSet->getShortName(), curSet->getLongName(), curSet->getSetType(), curSet->getReleaseDate());
         if (!sets.contains(set->getShortName()))
             sets.insert(set->getShortName(), set);
 
diff --git a/oracle/src/oracleimporter.h b/oracle/src/oracleimporter.h
index 4c36a211..261bf62b 100644
--- a/oracle/src/oracleimporter.h
+++ b/oracle/src/oracleimporter.h
@@ -10,14 +10,18 @@ private:
 	QString shortName, longName;
 	bool import;
 	QVariant cards;
+    QDate releaseDate;
+    QString setType;
 public:
 	const QString &getShortName() const { return shortName; }
 	const QString &getLongName() const { return longName; }
 	const QVariant &getCards() const { return cards; }
+	const QString &getSetType() const { return setType; }
+	const QDate &getReleaseDate() const { return releaseDate; }
 	bool getImport() const { return import; }
 	void setImport(bool _import) { import = _import; }
-	SetToDownload(const QString &_shortName, const QString &_longName, const QVariant &_cards, bool _import)
-		: shortName(_shortName), longName(_longName), import(_import), cards(_cards)  { }
+	SetToDownload(const QString &_shortName, const QString &_longName, const QVariant &_cards, bool _import, const QString &_setType = QString(), const QDate &_releaseDate = QDate())
+		: shortName(_shortName), longName(_longName), import(_import), cards(_cards), setType(_setType), releaseDate(_releaseDate)  { }
 	bool operator<(const SetToDownload &set) const { return longName.compare(set.longName, Qt::CaseInsensitive) < 0; }
 };