Are all Chinese 9th Uncommons Misprinted?

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Are all Chinese 9th Uncommons Misprinted?

Post by squt » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:53 pm

As some of you may have noticed on e-bay, there are quite a few misprints that are up for sale from Chinese 9th. They're all uncommon, and in every case, the mana activation symbols in the text box are mis-aligned. Sometimes, it's just a little bit. Sometimes, like in the case of this morningstar, the shift is major and obvious:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5233896162

Now, you may be thinking that this is a printing error...but I opened 3 sealed packs recently, and pulled an Icy with an incredibly obvious shift in the circle that should go around the 1 and the tap.

A couple of different sellers have put these up on e-bay, with scans. It looks like it happened only with uncommons, but on uncommons where it DID happen, it seems to have happened on ALL of them. For example, two sellers were selling Urza's Towers, and both had the same mis-alignment.

I've ordered another dozen packs, so hopefully I can confirm this for myself soon, but does anyone else have any Chinese 9th, and have you noticed this shift too? This seems like a major goof, and one that they will most likely correct with the next print run!

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Post by AXIOS » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:27 pm

i've also seen several puppet masters and drudge skeletons.
So it also happened on commons
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Post by misterpid » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:09 pm

AXIOS wrote:i've also seen several puppet masters and drudge skeletons.
So it also happened on commons
Those are both uncommons.
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Post by AXIOS » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:19 pm

misterpid wrote:
AXIOS wrote:i've also seen several puppet masters and drudge skeletons.
So it also happened on commons
Those are both uncommons.
also the drudge ???
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Post by flatmatt » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:23 pm

AXIOS wrote:
misterpid wrote:
AXIOS wrote:i've also seen several puppet masters and drudge skeletons.
So it also happened on commons
Those are both uncommons.
also the drudge ???
Yes. It was upped to uncommon in Ninth because of its regeneration ability.

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Post by Tha_Gunslinga » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:52 am

I would assume they're all like that, like the Drudge Swamp, Serra Elemental, Korean Winged Sliver, and many other examples from the past. They definitely look cool, but they should settle down fairly low, since the Japanese Talisman of Dominance is pretty much worthless. I plan on picking up a set of the Icies, as those look just incredible.

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Post by AXIOS » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:24 am

never knew the serra elemental settled down fairly low ???
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Post by Mr.C » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:32 pm

AXIOS wrote:never knew the serra elemental settled down fairly low ???
Yeah, he meant the other cards, proabably, since, though the serra angel is an uncommon, later printings fixed the problem.

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Post by squt » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:16 pm

Mr C - i don't think the Serra Elemental was ever fixed. The card is actually a time elemental with serra's text - there was a BB Spanish Serra, so it's actually rare (I'm pretty sure).

To the best of my knowledge, WOTC didn't start fixing their mistakes until Mirage, when the spanish reality ripple was printed on one of the guildmages. I'm also fairly certain that the Japanese Cursed Scroll with the wrong activation cost was later fixed.

I don't expect these chinese misprints to be particularly valuable, but to me, they're pretty exciting - this is a big boo boo. I'd like to get as many as possible before they're fixed. I'm not sure they're GOING to be fixed, but this is a big enough mistake that I think they probably will be fixed.

If I actually GET the ones I won on e-bay, or find more in packs, I'll try to update you guys on which ones have this mistake and which ones don't. In the three packs I opened, I got two uncommons with mana circles in the text box - COP red, which was fine, and the Icy, which was royally jacked.

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Post by squt » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:49 pm

Quick update -

I just received and opened 12 Chinese 9th boosters. of the 7 Uncommons I opened with mana symbols in the text box, 6 of them were off - WAY off.

My Groundskeeper looks fine. But the Orcish Artillery, Urza's Tower, Regeneration, tangle Bloom, Zealous Inquisitor, and Volshok Morning star are pretty screwy. The Tower has it the worst - the last mana symbol is in the middle of the text one line ABOVE where it is supposed to be.

I was kind of hoping to get more uncommons with mana symbols in the text box out of my 12 packs. I'm going to print up the 9th edition checklist and put a list together of possible problem cards.

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Post by squt » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:25 pm

Allright folks, here's a master list. If there's a Y by the card, the mana symbols are screwed up. If there's an N, they're not. If there isn't anything, I just don't know.

If I missed any 9th uncommons, or if any of you have seen these and can confirm their status, please let me know!

Ballista Squad - Y
COP Black
COP Red - N
Drudge Skeletons - Y (only slightly off)
Fellwar Stone
Flowstone Crusher (very slightly off - questionable as to whether to call it a misprint or not)
Goblin Baloon Brigade - Y
Groundskeeper - N
Icy Manipulator - Y
Ley Druid Y
Orcish Artillery - Y
Peace of Mind
Puppeteer - Y
Quicksand
Regeneration - Y
Rod of ruin - Y
Tangle Bloom - Y
Thought Courier
Treasure Trove
Ur-Golem's Eye - Y
Urza Lands - Y to all 3
Vulshok Morningstar - Y
Whip Sergeant - Y
Zealous Inquisitor - Y

Can anyone confirm the rest? All my rares and commons look fine. Got some great rares, too - Mahamoti, Shivan, Verdant Force - woo woo!

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Post by squt » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:16 pm

Here's an update, if anyone cares!

Ballista Squad - Y
COP Black ?
COP Red - N
Drudge Skeletons - Y (only slightly off)
Fellwar Stone - Y (only Slightly off)
Flowstone Crusher (very slightly off - questionable as to whether to call it a misprint or not)
Goblin Baloon Brigade - Y
Groundskeeper - N
Icy Manipulator - Y
Ley Druid Y
Orcish Artillery - Y
Peace of Mind
Puppeteer - Y
Quicksand - Y (but only on the circle around the '1')
Regeneration - Y
Rod of ruin - Y
Tangle Bloom - Y
Thought Courier - ?
Treasure Trove - ?
Ur-Golem's Eye - Y
Urza Lands - Y to all 3
Vulshok Morningstar - Y
Whip Sergeant - Y
Zealous Inquisitor - Y

I still need to know about 3 of them. I have the feeling that if Treasure Trove has problems, they're pretty spectacular, but I haven't seen one yet.

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Post by Mr.C » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:29 pm

I care. And I will update my site, soon.

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Post by squt » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:44 pm

I finally have all Chinese 9th uncommons in hand, and can confirm this list:

Ballista Squad - Y
COP Black - N
COP Red - N
Drudge Skeletons - Y (only slightly off)
Fellwar Stone - Y (only Slightly off)
Flowstone Crusher (very slightly off - questionable as to whether to call it a misprint or not)
Goblin Baloon Brigade - Y
Groundskeeper - N
Icy Manipulator - Y
Ley Druid - Y
Orcish Artillery - Y
Peace of Mind - N
Puppeteer - Y
Quicksand - Y (but only on the circle around the '1')
Regeneration - Y
Rod of ruin - Y
Tangle Bloom - Y
Thought Courier - N
Treasure Trove - (very slightly off - questionable as to whether to call it a misprint or not)
Ur-Golem's Eye - Y
Urza Lands - Y to all 3
Vulshok Morningstar - Y
Whip Sergeant - Y
Zealous Inquisitor - Y

After seeing all of them, I think the Ballista Squad, Puppeteer, Icy, Morningstar and Urza Lands are probably the most spectacular. This problem is a pretty big mistake.

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Post by Erl00 » Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:32 pm

Thanks for the updated list Mark,

If anyone is interested in them, I have a Morningstar and an Orcish Artillerie.

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