' Originally we were only going to do 10,000 factory sets, and we announced it that way. The original announcement for the sets said that there were to be 10000 sets of the CE sets printed but, quoted in this newsgroup posting, Peter Adkison stated: So pick up the Magic: The Gathering Collectors' Edition and explore the whole world in one box.' Number of existing sets These cards are produced in a special collectors' format with square-cut corners and gold borders.

The complete set is augmented with duplicates of the many land cards, making a total of 363 cards. ' This special collectors' edition of Magic: The Gathering contains all 302 cards from the original Deckmaster series of playable trading cards. The reverse side has gold borders around the edges and gold printing saying either 'Collectors' Edition' or 'International Edition'. The faces are identical to the Beta printing but have square corners. The sorting and order of the cards related to the printing sheets and sorting process used, which explains the rare Islands. The cards were separated into 6 plastic-wrapped groups. This included one of each of the 302 cards from the Limited Edition Beta printing plus an additional 61 basic land cards. The boxes (WOC6800, ISBN 4281806800) retailed originally for US$49.95.Įach set was sold in a collector's box with 363 cards. and Canada ('CE'), and another 5000 were printed for international release ( International Edition, 'ICE').

Approximately 8500-9000 sets were printed for the U.S.

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