When do mtg sets go out of print

It seems you only have to look at Magic Online Redemption Guarantee Dates to see how long a set is in production. Good answer. I think if that ever actually happened someone in supply chain management would be looking for a new job : — Affe.

Affe I agree. Though if a set turned out to be surprisingly very popular, I can see there being more print runs within the window. Similarly if a set bombed, there probably wouldn't be reprints and a good deal of surplus stock like Fallen Empires back in the day. I do know for a fact that the Innistrad set stopped being printed several months before rotating out of standard, meaning your final statement is incorrect.

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Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki. Limited Edition Alpha. The only lands on the rare sheet are Islands. Further division of the separate basic lands over the sheets is unknown. Limited Edition Beta. Circle of Protection: Black and Volcanic Island , which were accidentally left out of Alpha , were added.

A third version of each basic land was also added. The only basic lands on the rare sheet are Islands, but the further division of the basic lands over the sheets is unknown. Fourteen of the commons were printed in two subtle variations making 92 total cards. If only the 78 functionally different cards are considered, they can be counted as 33 R, 19 U and 26 C. The U2 are the "rares" of the set.

The C11 is Desert. Five non-basic lands have four different pieces of art each; thus making total cards. If only the 85 functionally different cards are considered, they can be counted as 20 R, 37 U and 28 C. No basic lands on the rare sheet. The division of the separate basic lands over the other two sheets is unknown.

Fifteen commons each have four pieces of art and flavor text, twenty-five commons have three pieces of art and flavor text.

Because of this, collectors view this as a card set. If only the functionally different cards are considered, they can be counted as 36 R, 31 U and 35 C. Three commons have four pieces of art, making collectors view this as a card set If only the functionally different cards are considered, they can be counted as 46 R, 30 U and 40 C.

Distribution unclear. Three commons have four pieces of art, making collectors view this as a 69 card set If only the 60 functionally different cards are considered, they can be counted as 38 U and 22 C. Twentyfive commons had two pieces of art, making collectors view this as a card set. If only the functionally different cards are considered, they can be counted as 43 R, 47 U and 25 C.

First use of card sheets. All commons and five uncommons had two pieces of art, making collectors view this as a card set. If only the functionally different cards are considered, while the 3 rares R6 may be seen as uncommon and the 5 U6 as common, they can be counted as 46 R, 43 U and 55 C. Sheet 4 : 10 B5, 10 B6. Use of card sheets. Lay out of the common sheet is uncertain. The twelve double-faced Portal support cards were supposedly printed on a different sheet.

Use of sheets and distribution unclear. The six extra cards are tokens. Portal Three Kingdoms. Champions of Kamigawa. Because of the double version of Brothers Yamazaki , collectors view this as a card set, while it was presented as a card set. The extra card advertently required adding an entire extra printing sheet. Anyone know if we've had any recent examples of sets getting multiple print runs that were clearly separated by something significant e.

Otherwise I think it depends upon perceived demand; if a set was popular and sellers want more, I can definitely see official, later printings of said set, though probably only for things like tins and the like.

TheRolesWePlay said:. You mean you haven't bought and resold them. Some people would love to have those. Otaku said:. EricDent New Member. Those Arceus things are at Target as well Toys R Us is ridiculous in charging full price for older blisters or items with packs. They still had a bunch of the Two Album things, and one of every "ability" tin. Plus stuff like Next Destinies, and even a few Call of Legends. At Target today they had some 2 pack deals that come with sleeves.

They also seem to have redone those 3 pack blisters as well. Those used to come with either a Scraggy or Meowth foil.

The ones I saw recently were just random foils in the front. Plus since they are in front, you really can't see which packs are in there.

Unlimited Edition , or Unlimited is the second edition of the core set. This white-bordered set consisted of the same cards as the Beta print run. It was released in December For information on the mechanics and themes, notable cards , storyline, design and development, cycles, creature types, and points of interest in this set, please see the Beta set.

The original plan of the creators had been to mark unlimited sets with a gray border, not white. They found out that this was technically too difficult, and had to settle for what they considered to be the much less aesthetically satisfying white.

This set was released on December 1, , after Beta had sold out as quickly as Alpha had. The print run was announced to be 40 million cards, the largest yet.