Prerelease card
Prerelease cards are cards given away for paying to play at prerelease tournaments. They are stamped or somehow marked to identify them as the prerelease card.
The following is a list of prerelease cards:
- Dirtcowl Wurm - Tempest, October 1997. The card was not foil; it was simply a normal version of the card with the word "Prerelease" and the Magic "M" stamped in gold leaf on the type line.
- Revenant - Stronghold, 1998.
- Monstrous Hound - Exodus, June 1998.
- Lightning Dragon - Urza's Saga, September, 26, 1998. The first foil card generally available.
- Beast of Burden - Urza's Legacy, February 6, 1999.
- False Prophet - Urza's Destiny, May 29, 1999.
- Overtaker - Mercadian Masques, 1999.
- Rathi Assassin - Nemesis, .
- Avatar of Hope - Prophecy May 27, 2000.
- Raging Kavu - Invasion, September 23, 2000. Prerelease card printed in Latin text.
- Questing Phelddagrif - Planeshift, January 27, 2001. Prerelease card printed in classical Greek text.
- Fungal Shambler - Apocalypse, May 26, 2001. Prerelease card printed in Sanskrit text.
- Stone-Tongue Basilisk - Odyssey, September --, 2001. Prerelease card printed in Arabic text.
- Laquatus's Champion - Torment, ---- 26 200-. Prerelease card printed in Cyrillic text.
- Glory - Judgment, May 18, 2002. Prerelease card printed in Hebrew text.
- Silent Specter - Onslaught, September 18, 2002.
- Feral Throwback - Legions, January 25, 2003.
- Rukh Egg - 8th Edition, February 17, 2003
- Soul Collector - Scourge, May 2003.
- Sword of Kaldra - Mirrodin, September 20, 2003. First prerelease card to feature alternate artwork. First prerelease card that isnt a creature.
- Shield of Kaldra - Darksteel, January 24, 2004.
- Helm of Kaldra - Fifth Dawn, May, 2004.
- Ryusei, the Falling Star - Champions of Kamigawa, September 18, 2004.
- Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni - Betrayers of Kamigawa, January 22, 2005.
- Kiyomaro, First to Stand - Saviors of Kamigawa, May 21, 2005.
- Gleancrawler - Ravnica, September 24, 2005.
- Djinn Illuminatus - Guildpact, January, 2006.
- Avatar of Discord - Dissension, April 22, 2006.
- Allosaurus Rider - Coldsnap, July 8, 2006.
- Lotus Bloom - Time Spiral, September 23, 2006.
- Oros, the Avenger - Planar Chaos, January 20, 2007.
- Korlash, Heir to Blackblade - Future Sight, April 21, 2007.