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Middle Ages was a unofficial set produced by Fred Ditzler of Marauder Graphics in the summer of 1994. The set was printed as stickers, which were meant to be applied to normal Magic: The Gathering cards in order to make them playable. Although Middle Ages is described as "a collectable sticker set of 73 stickers", there were two additional token cards not available through packs.
Ditzler, a student of Millersville University in Lancaster, PA at the time, created all the original art. The stickers were printed on "Kanzaki Primeline Permanent" adhesive sheets in a nine-by-five layout. Two different sheets were created; one common and one uncommon. A few cards were printed more than once, appearing either twice or once on both sheets. After the sheets were cut, the two token cards (Wasp and Rukh) were removed as well as an uncertain series of other stickers. These were to be artificially limited and reinserted into packs manually, producing what Ditzler called "ungodly rares". Students were hired to package the stickers into packs and boxes.
Due to copyright issues, only three weeks after the regional release (in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware) of the expansion set, a cease and decist order was placed against the sale of these stickers, due to action by Wizards of the Coast. Later, Ditzler was ordered to dispose of the remaining stickers. At the time, he was in the process of developing a second run of the stickers with corrections and additional ones.
Only 100 boxes of 30 packs each were sold. Each pack held eight stickers and included a simple label. The stickers were square ans so required trimming the corners.
Information about the set was written in a Scrye magazine issue from early 1995.
"Ungodly" rares
Certain cards were pulled out of the assembled packs, producing what Ditzler called "ungodly" rares. The exact ones are unknown, but likely to be 7-9 of these:
- Dragon Slayer
- Eternal Battlefield
- Musical Chairs
- Old Master
- Redirection
- Shadow Drake
- Tiberius
- Wall of Force
- War Altar
On many occasions, people have refered to the "Rukh" and "Wasp of the Hive" stickers as the "ungodly" rares. These stickers, which represent the only token creatures in the game at the time, were available by redeeming five booster pack labels plus $4 US to Marauder Graphics.
Complete list
Name | CC | Type (P/T) | Rarity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Adventuring Party | 4 | Summon Adventurers (3/3) | U1 |
2 | Altland's War Machine | 8 | Artifact Creature (8/8) | U1 |
3 | Anti-Paladin | 2BB | Summon Paladin (3/3) | C1 |
4 | Antidote of Columbrea | 2W | Sorcery | C2 |
5 | Aquarius | UUU | Enchant World | C1 |
6 | Atlantian Calvary | 1UU | Summon Merfolk (3/3) | C1 |
7 | Balista | 6 | Artifact Creature (2/3) | U1 |
8 | Border Fortress | Land | C2 | |
9 | Burial Ground | B | Enchant Land | C1 |
10 | Calm | 1UUU | Enchantment | C1 |
11 | Captain Sebastian | 4 | Summon Lord (4/4) | C1 |
12 | Castle Anthrax | Legendary Land | C1 | |
13 | Cauldron of Blood | RR | Enchantment | U1 |
14 | Church | W | Enchant Land | C1 |
15 | Crocodile | 2G | Summon Crocodile (2/1) | U1 |
16 | Crossbowmen | 2W | Summon Soldier (1/1) | C1 |
17 | Devilboon's Demon | BR | Summon Demon (1/1) | U1 |
18 | Dragon Slayer | 3WW | Summon Slayer (3/3) | C1 |
19 | Dwarven General | 1RR | Summon Lord (2/2) | U1 |
20 | Dwarven Steam Cannon | 1RR | Summon Dwarves (1/3) | U1 |
21 | Eclipse | 3RB | Sorcery | C1 |
22 | Elven Ranger | GG | Summon Elf (2/2) | C1 |
23 | Engineers | 3 | Summon Engineers (1/1) | U1/C1 |
24 | Eternal Battlefield | 4WW | Enchant World | C1 |
25 | Eternal Wall | 7 | Artifact Creature (0/10) | U2 |
26 | Fairie Princess | 1GG | Summon Lord (2/2) | U1 |
27 | Fighter | W | Summon Soldier (1/1) | U2 |
28 | Flaming Zombies of Pothos | B | Summon Zombie (1/1) | U1 |
29 | Flesh to Wood | GG | Enchant Creature | U1 |
30 | Freidrich's Festering Wound | BB | Enchant Creature | C1 |
31 | Gem of Mystery | 6 | Artifact | C1 |
32 | Gentzler's Gadget | 4 | Artifact Creature (2/2) | C1 |
33 | Gypsy Moths | 1G | Summon Moths | U1/C1 |
34 | Heat Wave | 1R | Instant | C1 |
35 | Hierophant | 1GG | Summon Lord (2/2) | U1 |
36 | Huber's Hypnotic Gaze | UU | Interrupt | U1 |
37 | Ionian Stones | 2G | Enchantment | C1 |
38 | Lava Flow | R | Enchant Land | C1 |
39 | Magic Shop | Legendary Land | U1/C2 | |
40 | Mana Tax | 2U | Enchantment | C1 |
41 | Manifest Destiny | 2WW | Enchant Land | U1 |
42 | Meandering River | U | Enchant Land | C1 |
43 | Musical Chairs | 2UUUU | Sorcery | U1 |
44 | Necromancer | 1BB | Summon Necromancer (2/3) | U1 |
45 | Necronomicon | 4 | Artifact | C1 |
46 | Old Master | 6 | Summon Master (2/3) | C1 |
47 | Orc Mercenaries | 2 | Summon Mercenaries (2/2) | C1 |
48 | Overlord | 1RR | Enchant Creature | C1 |
49 | Paladin of the Great Griffon | 2WW | Summon Paladin (3/3) | U1 |
50 | Papal Blessing | 1WW | Instant | U1 |
51 | Pied Piper | 2B | Summon Piper (2/2) | U1/C1 |
52 | Primeval Dawn | 2RR | Enchant World | U1 |
53 | Pyrian Spring | Legendary Land | U1 | |
54 | Rare Island | Legendary Land | U1 | |
55 | Redirection | 5 | Interrupt | C1 |
56 | Rosencrantz the Loud | 2RG | Summon Legend (2/2) | C1 |
57 | Rukh | 3R | Summon Rukh (4/4) | U1* |
58 | Shadow Drake | 2BBB | Summon Drake (3/3) | U1 |
59 | Siege | 2R | Instant | U1/C1 |
60 | Skitzophrenia | 1U | Enchant Creature | U1 |
61 | Spotted Owl | 1G | Summon Owl (1/1) | U1 |
62 | Stockwell's Regulars | 2 | Summon Mercenaries (1/2) | U1/C1 |
63 | Stormfront | 2U | Enchantment | U1/C1 |
64 | Thirty Pieces of Silver | 4 | Artifact | U1 |
65 | Tiberius | 5BUWGR | Elder Dragon (8/8) | U1 |
66 | Tinker of Troublador | 4 | Summon Tinker (1/1) | U1 |
67 | Tutenkhamen | 2BR | Summon Legend (2/3) | U1 |
68 | Tutenkhamen's Mummy | R | Summon Mummy (2/1) | U1/C1 |
69 | Underlings | 1BB | Summon Demons (1/1) | C3 |
70 | Untried Antidote | XB | Sorcery | C1 |
71 | Wall of Force | 6 | Summon Wall (*/4) | C1 |
72 | War Alter | 6 | Artifact | U1 |
73 | Wasp of the Hive | 5 | Artifact Creature (1/1) | U1* |
74 | Wolf in Sheep's Clothing | BB | Summon Wolf (2/2) | U1 |
75 | Wyvern | 3GG | Summon Wurm (4/4) | U1 |
Locations which sold Middle Ages
This section is to establish the extent of distribution and the local prices for the set.
- Showcase Comics - Granite Run Mall, Media, PA 19063 ($2.50 for eight stickers)
- - Kalamazoo, Michigan