List of "Black Dot" print Variants from 1994-1996
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:19 pm
Some sets between Revised Edition and Alliances exist in two variants where one has a black dot on the back and one not. In some printings it’s clearly visible, in some it’s very faint and hard to see.
Below is listed everything I found so far. If you find anything further, please let us know.
o = version with dot exists
x = version without dot exists
o x = both versions exist
no sign = no cards checked
IT = Italian
FR = French
DE = German
SP = Spanish
PT = Portuguese
JP = Japanese
CT = Traditional Chinese
KR = Korean
Alpha: x
Beta: x
Arabian Nights: x
Unlimited Edition: x
Antiquities: x
Revised Edition: o x
Legends: x
Legends IT: x
The Dark: x
The Dark IT: o x
Summer Magic: x
Fallen Empires: o x
Foreign Black Bordered
IT: o x
FR: o
DE: o
Foreign White Bordered
IT: o
FR: o
DE: o
Renaissance
IT: x
FR: o
DE: o
4th Edition Black Bordered
SP: o x
PT: o x
JP: o x
CT: x
KR: x
Chronicles
EN: o x
JP: x
4th Edition
EN: o x
IT: x
FR: o x
DE: o x
SP: x
PT: o x
JP: x
Alpha Cut 4th Edition: o
Alternate 4th Edition: x
Ice Age
EN: o x
IT: o
FR: o
DE: o
SP: o
PT: o
Homelands:
EN: o x
IT: o
FR: o
DE: o
SP:
PT: o
Alliances
EN: o x
IT: x
FR: x
DE: x
SP:
PT:
That time, I can’t tell what the dots represent, different print runs, starter vs. booster, special products, etc… The evidence sometimes favours resp. rules out one thing, sometimes another.
In a playset Revised Swords to Plowshares I found all dot versions have a printing plate error between “Illus.” and “©” (1 cm long dark line) and the non-dot versions do not, thus definitely printed with two different plates. An opened starter contained just non-dot cards.
From a Fallen Empires booster I pulled uncommons with dot and commons without, but there are also commons with.
Basic lands from German 4th Edition exist with and without what rules out starter vs. booster.
Probably it reflects something different in every set. Any ideas?
Below is listed everything I found so far. If you find anything further, please let us know.
o = version with dot exists
x = version without dot exists
o x = both versions exist
no sign = no cards checked
IT = Italian
FR = French
DE = German
SP = Spanish
PT = Portuguese
JP = Japanese
CT = Traditional Chinese
KR = Korean
Alpha: x
Beta: x
Arabian Nights: x
Unlimited Edition: x
Antiquities: x
Revised Edition: o x
Legends: x
Legends IT: x
The Dark: x
The Dark IT: o x
Summer Magic: x
Fallen Empires: o x
Foreign Black Bordered
IT: o x
FR: o
DE: o
Foreign White Bordered
IT: o
FR: o
DE: o
Renaissance
IT: x
FR: o
DE: o
4th Edition Black Bordered
SP: o x
PT: o x
JP: o x
CT: x
KR: x
Chronicles
EN: o x
JP: x
4th Edition
EN: o x
IT: x
FR: o x
DE: o x
SP: x
PT: o x
JP: x
Alpha Cut 4th Edition: o
Alternate 4th Edition: x
Ice Age
EN: o x
IT: o
FR: o
DE: o
SP: o
PT: o
Homelands:
EN: o x
IT: o
FR: o
DE: o
SP:
PT: o
Alliances
EN: o x
IT: x
FR: x
DE: x
SP:
PT:
That time, I can’t tell what the dots represent, different print runs, starter vs. booster, special products, etc… The evidence sometimes favours resp. rules out one thing, sometimes another.
In a playset Revised Swords to Plowshares I found all dot versions have a printing plate error between “Illus.” and “©” (1 cm long dark line) and the non-dot versions do not, thus definitely printed with two different plates. An opened starter contained just non-dot cards.
From a Fallen Empires booster I pulled uncommons with dot and commons without, but there are also commons with.
Basic lands from German 4th Edition exist with and without what rules out starter vs. booster.
Probably it reflects something different in every set. Any ideas?