Serial numbered card

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Mirrored cards are 100 Magic: The Gathering chase cards that are printed with their rules text and illustration in reverse. They are serial numbered with a non-reversed golden stamp #1 of 100 to of #100 of 100 in the lower right corner of 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 nob-Magic trading cards in 1990 with Pro Set Football's Vince Lombardi Trophy Hologram card.[1][2][3]

Mirrored cards

The mirrored cards are the first series of 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 that was also a Viscera Seer with #15 and was found in a non-foil Phyrexian Praetors: Compleat Edition packaging

List

# Original image Mirrored image
15
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Viscera Seer
77 Viscera Seer

References

  1. Serial Number. Baseballcardpedia.com.
  2. DefGav (July 30, 2013). "The Best Serial Numbers!". Baseballcardbreakdown.blogspot.com.
  3. Trading Cards Explained. Upperdeck.com.
  4. Ben Bleiweiss (November 11, 2021). "Just opened what appears to be an AMAZINGLY RARE card.". Twitter.

5. Andrew Smith, Facebook, #MTGRarities: Major Misprints, Test Prints, Oddities: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158414863867327&set=pcb.2543021772509049