From the Vault

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The From the Vault series for Magic: the Gathering - created by Senior Brand Director Mark Purvis[1] - is released on an annual basis, usually in late August. Each box set contains 15 tournament-legal, black-bordered, holographic foil cards with a common theme, aside from From the Vault: Twenty, which contains twenty cards. Some of these cards feature novel alternate artwork.

While the MSRP for these sets is US$39.95, these sets may demand a higher price due to low availability and high demand.

The From the Vault series was discontinued in 2018, being replaced by the Signature Spellbook-series.[2][3]

List of From the Vault sets

Name and expansion code Theme Release date Logo
From the Vault: Dragons (DRB) Dragons August 29, 2008
From the Vault: Exiled (V09) Banned cards August 28, 2009
From the Vault: Relics (V10) Artifacts August 27, 2010
From the Vault: Legends (V11) Legendary creatures August 26, 2011
From the Vault: Realms (V12) Lands August 31, 2012
From the Vault: Twenty (V13) Cards from the past 20 years of winning decks August 23, 2013
From the Vault: Annihilation (V14) Board sweepers August 22, 2014
From the Vault: Angels (V15) Angels August 21, 2015
From the Vault: Lore (V16) Cards renowned for their stories August 19, 2016
From the Vault: Transform (V17) Double-faced cards with the transform or meld mechanic November 24, 2017

April Fool's Joke

Wizards 'announced' a fake From the Vault set on April 1, 2009 as part of April Fool's Day: From the Vault: Vaults.

Foiling process

From the Vault sets were printed using a special foiling process that was unique to the series. They were printed on a foil stock that is twice as reflective, and treated with a varnish.[4] This resulted in a shinier and stiffer card that had an almost 'holographic' look to them. They feel much slicker to the touch and weigh a notable amount more than a regular foil. From the Vault cards are also exceedingly hard to write on (e.g. an autograph). However, these cards were also notable for having many production issues, like one-pixel vertical lines going down the cardface. They were also more prone to curl, regardless of moisture (but moisture makes it worse).

References

  1. Mark Rosewater (November 09, 2017). "Trivia regarding the FTV sets". Blogatog. Tumblr.
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  3. Mark Rosewater (February 15, 2018). "Is From the Vault discontinued?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
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