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Since the card back cannot change, it features some imperfections as the logo is | Since the card back cannot change, it features some imperfections as the logo is the older, blue version which has since been updated for yellow with red trim. The exception are [[oversized cards]] which feature the updated yellow logo. The idea is that as long as all the oversized cards have the same back, even if it’s slightly different, it doesn’t matter. <ref>http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/20411844980/i-know-the-magic-logo-only-blue-on-card-backs-yellow</ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 08:23, 21 May 2012
The card back is printed onto the back of each Magic card, excepting Double-faced Cards. The back of each card is identical outside Commemorative Sets and features the Magic: The Gathering logo, a representation of the color wheel and the word "Deckmaster" at the bottom, all on top of a brown background with an oval shape meant to represent the cover of a book. The back stayed unchanged during the 8th Edition revision of the card frame.
Different backs
Originally it was planned to feature different backs for each Arabian Nights and each follwing expansion but this was infeasible as people would be able to tell which card they would probably draw next depending on the ratio of cards from each expansion in their decks.[1]
Logo
Since the card back cannot change, it features some imperfections as the logo is the older, blue version which has since been updated for yellow with red trim. The exception are oversized cards which feature the updated yellow logo. The idea is that as long as all the oversized cards have the same back, even if it’s slightly different, it doesn’t matter. [2].
Deckmaster
When Magic was first designed, Wizards of the Coast had plans for a series of trading card games. To group these games together, they were all given the name "Deckmaster". Magic, Jihad (renamed Vampire: the Eternal Struggle) and Netrunner, for example, were all Deckmaster games. Wizards of the Coast eventually abandoned this method of grouping their trading card games, but the Magic card back is locked so the Deckmaster logo remains. [3]
There are the markings of a ballpoint pen over the 'R' in Deckmaster which accidentally were introduced to the logo before the printing. [4]
References
- ↑ Magic Arcana (Monday, August 05, 2002). "Almost a Different Back". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/20411844980/i-know-the-magic-logo-only-blue-on-card-backs-yellow
- ↑ http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/askwizards/0404
- ↑ http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/20275314599/ok-this-has-bothered-me-for-like-the-past-10-years