Booster Variants: Legions

Questions about Magic items and events.

Moderators: cataclysm80, hammr7, l0qii, Apocalypse2K, berkumps, dragsamou, mystical_tutor, pp

GlobalBoosterHunter
Legendary Aussie Booster Hunter
Posts: 1299
Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:38 am
Location: Queensland, Australia

Booster Variants: Legions

Post by GlobalBoosterHunter » Thu Dec 22, 2016 3:46 am

I am slowly working on scanning all my boosters and it occasionally throws up something that I haven't noticed before.

I am doing Legions at the moment because that box was on top of the pile.

I noticed that Traditional Chinese boosters have a Zig-Zag cut across the top and bottom of the boosters but none of the others do.

And apparently they are made in Belgium the same as most of the other boosters which have a normal cut.

Image

I have scanned all the other ones I can find for comparrison https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3z_eB ... sp=sharing

I will go through the rest of my boosters slowly and I am sure I will find out that there are many others and it is quite common, I just forget about them.

I am guessing the edges make it easier to open the booster but I am not sure why they don't all have them.

cataclysm80
Librarities Legend
Posts: 709
Joined: Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:09 pm
Location: Florida

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by cataclysm80 » Sat Dec 24, 2016 5:35 pm

This is interesting. It reminds me of an Italian crimped card I saw.

User avatar
CHaPuZaS
Legendary Spanish Trash Hoarder
Posts: 243
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:10 am
Location: Madrid, Spain
Contact:

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by CHaPuZaS » Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:52 pm

I think I remember talking about this boosters and the chance of them being fake not long ago. Anybody remembers? I have mines set appart just in case.

LandDestroyer
Librarities Member
Posts: 67
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:27 am
Location: Illinois
Contact:

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by LandDestroyer » Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:57 am

CHaPuZaS wrote:I think I remember talking about this boosters and the chance of them being fake not long ago. Anybody remembers? I have mines set appart just in case.
Heh, reminds me of this article from that time period

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/ar ... 2004-04-26

User avatar
dragsamou
Administrator
Posts: 5806
Joined: Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:17 pm
Location: Paris

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by dragsamou » Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:36 pm

LandDestroyer wrote:
CHaPuZaS wrote:I think I remember talking about this boosters and the chance of them being fake not long ago. Anybody remembers? I have mines set appart just in case.
Heh, reminds me of this article from that time period

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/ar ... 2004-04-26
Hi César
Oddities

Square cornered cards

While these cards never were released in official products, a number have been stolen from Wizards of the Coast and various printers over the years, including some print test cards. The corners are square, similar to the Collector's Edition sets, but they have white or black borders. Many dealers and retailers are aware that these came onto the market through questionable channels and do not buy or sell these for that reason. Quite a few have been turned in to Wizards of the Coast by dealers and retailers over the years and our security has improved greatly.
Still giggling at this, while a bunch of those square cornered cards were found in officials boosters and from different editions or extensions all over the years. Why it's so hard for WotC to admit a bad quality control that can happened sometimes instead of claiming that they were never released in official products even back then when that article was written.
Want/Have Lists.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8903
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1515
I Love you Dad.R.I.P.

GlobalBoosterHunter
Legendary Aussie Booster Hunter
Posts: 1299
Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:38 am
Location: Queensland, Australia

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by GlobalBoosterHunter » Thu Jan 05, 2017 2:01 am

CHaPuZaS wrote:I think I remember talking about this boosters and the chance of them being fake not long ago. Anybody remembers? I have mines set appart just in case.
I can't remember if we got them from the same place or not.

The rest of the sealing is normal and not the usual way that fakes are done.

I will have to keep an eye out and see if I can find any more. Something else to add to the To-Do list.

Cheers
Mark

User avatar
l0qii
Legendary Unfindable Title Moderator
Posts: 1792
Joined: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:56 am
Location: PA
Contact:

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by l0qii » Thu Jan 05, 2017 4:50 am

I also have some of these that I pulled from a shrink-wrapped box myself.

LandDestroyer
Librarities Member
Posts: 67
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:27 am
Location: Illinois
Contact:

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by LandDestroyer » Thu Jan 05, 2017 5:26 am

I forgot I had this...bc well I'm me...but here is me opening a pack of Traditional Chinese legions about a year ago. I got 2 foils in 1 pack which was unique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x9BXoOed_8

My cruddy little youtube channel has a bunch of non-english booster openings

-C

GlobalBoosterHunter
Legendary Aussie Booster Hunter
Posts: 1299
Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:38 am
Location: Queensland, Australia

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by GlobalBoosterHunter » Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:12 pm

Excellent! So not fake then!

I wonder if they come in the normal type of booster and I also wonder how this came about.

I guess this is part of what makes collecting MtG so interesting.

Cheers for the input everyone!

User avatar
TheJGit
Legendary Beginner's Guide Author
Posts: 124
Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:37 pm
Location: Maryland
Contact:

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by TheJGit » Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:23 pm

Here's my crimp with the zig zag on it. Not from the same language or set, but it is a cutting pattern that is used.
Image

GlobalBoosterHunter
Legendary Aussie Booster Hunter
Posts: 1299
Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:38 am
Location: Queensland, Australia

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by GlobalBoosterHunter » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:21 pm

That is interesting, I will keep going through my boosters and see how often it is used.

Thanks for that.

User avatar
BillBo
Legendary Land Lord
Posts: 255
Joined: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:12 am
Location: Fort Wayne, IN

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by BillBo » Sat May 13, 2017 4:20 am

GlobalBoosterHunter wrote:
Thu Dec 22, 2016 3:46 am
I am slowly working on scanning all my boosters and it occasionally throws up something that I haven't noticed before.
I am slowing double checking my have/want list and noticed something I haven't noticed before. It reminded me of this thread, so I share it here. (Apologies if this is old news to the more senior collectors on this forum.) The Japanese version of the booster pack (see below for pics) has not only an elongated top part but also a different crimp seal: the crimp is spaced out and "sideways" in comparison to the usual crimp. I do not recall having seeing a similar crimp elsewhere, which may very well be due to my limited attention to these things.

Cheers, Bernd

Image
Image
I collect land cards, just that.
My want list: http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... php?t=9128

GlobalBoosterHunter
Legendary Aussie Booster Hunter
Posts: 1299
Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:38 am
Location: Queensland, Australia

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by GlobalBoosterHunter » Mon May 15, 2017 5:00 am

Which makes storage a pain as the Japanese Boosters are taller!

I am not sure when the changeover occurred as they used to be the same.

User avatar
dragsamou
Administrator
Posts: 5806
Joined: Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:17 pm
Location: Paris

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by dragsamou » Mon May 15, 2017 7:18 am

GlobalBoosterHunter wrote:
Mon May 15, 2017 5:00 am
Which makes storage a pain as the Japanese Boosters are taller!

I am not sure when the changeover occurred as they used to be the same.
Hi

Looking at pics of a booster collection, looks like the change took place at Onslaught (to be verified)

Judgment Japanese vs Onslaught Japanese

ImageImage
Want/Have Lists.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8903
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1515
I Love you Dad.R.I.P.

GlobalBoosterHunter
Legendary Aussie Booster Hunter
Posts: 1299
Joined: Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:38 am
Location: Queensland, Australia

Re: Booster Variants: Legions

Post by GlobalBoosterHunter » Mon May 15, 2017 10:46 pm

With maybe a trial run of the new packaging in Apocalypse?
Image
Image

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 28 guests