Middle Ages

Middle Ages was an unofficial Magic: The Gathering expansion set produced by Fred Ditzler of Marauder Graphics in the summer of 1994.

Description

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 desist 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 and thus 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 referred 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

External link

• Middle Ages Stickers. Magic Librarities.