collector's question

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Hi!

i collect all magic the gathering cards
and i have some problems in distinguishing them
it's about italian edition of revised and fourth edition

i have italian cards from 1995.
some of them exist only in fourth edition (greed, for instance)
and some of them only in revised (bayou)
first i thought all cards in italian from 1995. are revised
but now i am sure they aren't
is there any good internet site with explanations on this matter
any site with simple lists of all magic the gathering editions in all
languages
stuff like that

how one can distinguish cards from alpha, beta, unlimited and revised?
year is not printed on the card, and i have a feeling that pictures are the
same


i would be very grateful for any help
thanks in advance


stipe

 

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"stipe tomasevic" <stipe.tomasevic@fsb.hr> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> how one can distinguish cards from alpha, beta, unlimited and revised?
> year is not printed on the card, and i have a feeling that pictures are the
> same

From Star City:

"Alpha cards have rounded corners unlike all other Magic cards made since then,
including Beta. If you mix a bunch of Alpha cards together with a bunch of
non-Alpha cards, the Alpha cards are very easy to detect due to their rounded
corners."

Both Alpha and Beta cards are black-bordered.

From Forstle

"The easiest way to tell Revised from Unlimited is to examine the border between
the white border and the inner section of the card itself. On both card sets,
there is a thin black line that separates the border from the inner section of
the card. Note that on the unlimited card there is an thin inner bevel on the
inside of the thin black line. Because of this bevel, some peoplpe refer to
Revised cards as being "flat." This is a noticable difference between the two
sets and is the easiest way to tell them apart."

Revised cards also appear lighter that Unliited cards.

HTH.

Cheers, Jim.

 

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jim, thanks a lot! 🙂