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'''Serial numbered cards''' are ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' chase cards that are serial numbered with a stamp in the [[Illustration|art box]]. | '''Serial numbered cards''', or '''serialized cards''', are ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' chase cards that are serial numbered with a stamp in the [[Illustration|art box]]. | ||
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Revision as of 05:22, 2 March 2023
Serial numbered cards, or serialized cards, are Magic: The Gathering chase cards that are serial numbered with a stamp in the art box.
History
Serial numbering
Serial numbering means every individual card is marked, either by a machine or by hand, with a unique number, usually followed by the maximum number in the run. Serial numbering first appeared on non-Magic trading cards in 1990 with Pro Set Football's Vince Lombardi Trophy Hologram card.[1][2][3]
Mirrored cards
"Mirrored cards" or "reversed cards" are serial numbered cards that are printed with their rules text and illustration in reverse. The golden stamp in the lower right corner of the art box is non-reversed. They are numbered #1 of 100 to of #100 of 100.
Viscera Seer
The 100 mirrored Viscera Seers are the first series of serial numbered cards to appear in the context of Magic: The Gathering. The first of these cards was found in November 2021 as a bonus card in a foil Phyrexian Praetors: Compleat Edition packaging.[4] The second card found was #15 and was found in a non-foil version of the same Secret Lair drop.[5]
Retro Frame Artifacts
The Retro Frame Artifacts set associated with The Brothers' War, as released in November 2022, had versions of the "schematic" art that are double-rainbow foiled and numbered up to #500 in the lower left corner of the art box.[6]
Secret Lair 295
Secret Lair 295 is a series of 295 numbered Shivan Dragon cards with art by Martin Ontiveros that were were randomly distributed as free gifts to visitors of MagicCon Philadelphia in February 2023.[7][8]
Multiverse Legends
The Multiverse Legends set associated with March of the Machine will have serialized versions of each card.[9]
The Lord of the Rings
For The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth, a serialized Ring card may appear in Collector Boosters.[10]
Gallery
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Mirrored Viscera Seer
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Serialized retro frame artifact from The Brothers' War (example)
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Secret Lair 295 Shivan Dragon packaging
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Serialized Secret Lair 295 Shivan Dragon (#043 of 295)
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References
- ↑ Serial Number. Baseballcardpedia.com.
- ↑ DefGav (July 30, 2013). "The Best Serial Numbers!". Baseballcardbreakdown.blogspot.com.
- ↑ Trading Cards Explained. Upperdeck.com.
- ↑ Ben Bleiweiss (November 11, 2021). "Just opened what appears to be an AMAZINGLY RARE card.". Twitter.
- ↑ Andrew Smith, Facebook, #MTGRarities: Major Misprints, Test Prints, Oddities
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (September 29, 2022). "A First Look at the The Brothers' War". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mtg Philly randomly dropping serialized secret lair card. Reddit (February 17, 2023).
- ↑ SLD Shivan Dragon. Reddit (February 17, 2023).
- ↑ First Look at March of the Machine (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (February 19, 2023).
- ↑ Riley Hicks (February, 2023). "Absurdly Rare MTG 'Ring' Card To Appear in Lord of the Rings Set!". MTGRocks.com.