Ultra Pro is a company which specializes in protection gear for collectable cards. In 1996 Ultra Pro commenced a contest called Black Lotus Quest. Anybody who collected nine pieces of an oversized Black Lotus or Chaos Orb card could send them in to win $ 250 US or $ 100 US respectively. The puzzle cards were inserted randomly in some Deck Protector card sleeve boxes and nine-pocket page refill packs. All of them are equally common with the exception of Chaos Orb piece #7 and Black Lotus piece #9 which are ultra-rare. The contest ended on the 30th of June in 1997, but not all complete puzzles were sent in. At least 3 Complete Black Lotus and 9 Chaos Orb sets are known to exist. It is not known, how many of the 2 rare pieces are in the wild precisely either in collections, in sealed Ultra Pro Decks or pages, etc. Ultra Pro also created a set of six Magic life counters. Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve box front, bottom and back. Ultra Pro puzzle card folded leaflet inserted in the Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve box front. Ultra Pro Hologram Pages sealed. ADVERTISEMENT Ultra Pro Quest Contest Advertisements Ultra Pro Quest Contest Advertisement in The Duelist Issue #28 (August 1998). Complete Ultra Pro Black Lotus Black Lotus 0 Mono Artifact Adds 3 mana of any single color of your choice to your mana pool, then is discarded. Tapping this artifact can be played as an interrupt. Illus. Christopher Rush WIZARDS OF THE COAST and Magic: The Gathering are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Deckmaster and the pentagon of colors are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. © 1996 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All rights reserved. Complete Ultra Pro Chaos Orb Chaos Orb 2 Mono Artifact 1: Flip Chaos Orb onto the playing area from a height of at least one foot. Chaos Orb must turn completely over at least once or it is discarded with no effect. When Chaos Orb lands, any cards in play that it touches are destroyed, as is Chaos Orb. Illus. Mark Tedin WIZARDS OF THE COAST and Magic: The Gathering are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Deckmaster and the pentagon of colors are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. © 1996 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All rights reserved. EXTERNAL LINKS - ALL FIXED The first Magic sleeves; Old School Mtg - Wayback Machine INTERNAL LINKS Ultra Pro Life Counters |
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Black Lotus Puzzle Piece #1 | Christopher Rush | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
002 | Black Lotus Puzzle Piece #2 | Christopher Rush | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
003 | Black Lotus Puzzle Piece #3 | Christopher Rush | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
004 | Black Lotus Puzzle Piece #4 | Christopher Rush | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
005 | Black Lotus Puzzle Piece #5 | Christopher Rush | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
006 | Black Lotus Puzzle Piece #6 | Christopher Rush | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
007 | Black Lotus Puzzle Piece #7 | Christopher Rush | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
008 | Black Lotus Puzzle Piece #8 | Christopher Rush | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
009 | Black Lotus Puzzle Piece #9 | Christopher Rush | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Chaos Orb Puzzle Piece #1 | Mark Tedin | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
002 | Chaos Orb Puzzle Piece #2 | Mark Tedin | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
003 | Chaos Orb Puzzle Piece #3 | Mark Tedin | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
004 | Chaos Orb Puzzle Piece #4 | Mark Tedin | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
005 | Chaos Orb Puzzle Piece #5 | Mark Tedin | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
006 | Chaos Orb Puzzle Piece #6 | Mark Tedin | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
007 | Chaos Orb Puzzle Piece #7 | Mark Tedin | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
008 | Chaos Orb Puzzle Piece #8 | Mark Tedin | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
009 | Chaos Orb Puzzle Piece #9 | Mark Tedin | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes Ultra Pro Hologram Pages | 1996-? 1996-? | YES | |||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Black Lotus Quest Leaflet | Ultra Pro Deck Protector card sleeve boxes | 1996-? | YES | ||||