KipA Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Got my first CGC graded Alpha cards a few days ago-- and just stumbled on this forum. Just wanted to say I'm super pleased with the look and fit of the cases-- eager to get more now-- keep up the good work : ) Edited October 10, 2020 by KipA added photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator PaulS. Posted October 16, 2020 Administrator Share Posted October 16, 2020 Awesome cards, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 8:56 AM, KipA said: Got my first CGC graded Alpha cards a few days ago-- and just stumbled on this forum. Just wanted to say I'm super pleased with the look and fit of the cases-- eager to get more now-- keep up the good work : ) The cases state "rare" on each of these. Is that part of the title from the Alpha set, or is CGC identifying these as rare cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Yorick said: The cases state "rare" on each of these. Is that part of the title from the Alpha set, or is CGC identifying these as rare cards? in the Alpha release the cards you have are all rares from the set. There were rares, uncommons and commons. "In 1993, though, Richard and his fledgling company were completely transparent about how many copies of each card were produced. We know for a fact that Alpha had a print run of 2.6 million cards." So no those are not hard to find cards, there were 2.6 million of each printed. Edited October 17, 2020 by Artboy99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red84 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Artboy99 said: in the Alpha release the cards you have are all rares from the set. There were rares, uncommons and commons. "In 1993, though, Richard and his fledgling company were completely transparent about how many copies of each card were produced. We know for a fact that Alpha had a print run of 2.6 million cards." So no those are not hard to find cards, there were 2.6 million of each printed. that is not accurate. "The print run for each rare in Alpha was just 1,100. ... 4,500 of each Alpha uncommon were printed along with 16,000 of each Alpha common and 85,500 of each Alpha land" Edited October 17, 2020 by Red84 theCapraAegagrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Red84 said: that is not accurate. "The print run for each rare in Alpha was just 1,100. ... 4,500 of each Alpha uncommon were printed along with 16,000 of each Alpha common and 85,500 of each Alpha land" I quoted wiki. If your information is more correct then thanks for the assist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterlogan2000 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 16 hours ago, Artboy99 said: There were rares, uncommons and commons. "In 1993, though, Richard and his fledgling company were completely transparent about how many copies of each card were produced. We know for a fact that Alpha had a print run of 2.6 million cards." So no those are not hard to find cards, there were 2.6 million of each printed. I think the problem with these statements is that you assumed each card had 2.6 million copies printed. It seems more accurate that the total print run was 2.6 million cards (vs. 2.6 million of each card). With 295 cards in Alpha, the average print run per card was ~8,800. Obviously, not all cards were printed equally, so rares being around 1,100 each sounds correct to me. Lazyboy, thehumantorch and Artboy99 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 1 hour ago, masterlogan2000 said: I think the problem with these statements is that you assumed each card had 2.6 million copies printed. It seems more accurate that the total print run was 2.6 million cards (vs. 2.6 million of each card). With 295 cards in Alpha, the average print run per card was ~8,800. Obviously, not all cards were printed equally, so rares being around 1,100 each sounds correct to me. sounds good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 17 hours ago, Artboy99 said: There were rares, uncommons and commons Ahh. Okay. I get it now. I initially thought CGC was making that designation (which I would have a problem with), but I guess the designation comes from Wizards of the Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spreads Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, masterlogan2000 said: I think the problem with these statements is that you assumed each card had 2.6 million copies printed. It seems more accurate that the total print run was 2.6 million cards (vs. 2.6 million of each card). With 295 cards in Alpha, the average print run per card was ~8,800. Obviously, not all cards were printed equally, so rares being around 1,100 each sounds correct to me. We're lucky we can make these kinds of big generalizations about magic cards here on a comic forum without getting magic nerds raging on us, lol. I had played it when Revise was big, sold off all my pristine cards in 2005, what a mistake that was, lol. I bet those cards the OP has are very rare in that condition, that speaks volumes he/she submitted to a new card grading company! Edited October 18, 2020 by spreads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Yeah, "Rare" is just that - its rarity. I'm not sure if it was the same 'back in the day', but they have 1 Rare/Mythic per pack of 15 cards. That, by default, makes them more rare than uncommon (which, IIRC, have 3 per pack), and common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipA Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 yeah-- sorry guys I am not super quick to get on the boards haha-- but yes alpha rares are only 1100 of each one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...