Date stamp

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Date stamp
Card Treatment
Introduced Tempest
Last used Evergreen
Scryfall Statistics

A date stamp is a gold-leafed stamp placed typically on the illustration of a Magic: The Gathering card. The stamp can also be located on the type line.

Date stamps are associated with prerelease cards, but can also be found on release cards or the 30th Anniversary promos for example.

The date format of the stamp did also change over the years. Long months are often abbreviated, e.g. Sept.

Date format Example
Prerelease (no date) Dirtcowl Wurm
Prerelease M/YY Revenant
Month DD, YYYY Lightning Dragon
Japan YYYY Balduvian Horde
DD Month YY Overtaker
DD Month YYYY Ryusei, the Falling Star
Moscow - YYYY Shivan Dragon
DD-DD Month YYYY Hypersonic Dragon
YYYY年MM月DD~DD日 Gideon Blackblade
YYYY (stylized) Daemogoth Titan
YYYY Wall of Roots