I've been finishing a long task of organizing my large collection (started in 1994!). Several posts on MTGS got me to focus on card cuts for the first time. I've noticed several Revised cards in my collection with unrounded corners. Specifically, the two left corners are straight, 90-degree angles, while the two right corners are rounded as on all Magic cards. Do you have any sense as to whether these are collectible miscuts or otherwise add to the value of the cards? I will attempt to post a picture if anyone thinks it's relevant.
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I've heard of this happening, although never with Revised cards.
To reiterate what the other posters are saying, if the cards are highly playable in Vintage/Legacy/EDH (like say a dual land or a Demonic Tutor), they will command a sizeable premium over their regularly-cut equivalent. If they're jank (like a Psychic Venom), then they're probably worth a few bucks to a misprint collector and nothing to the average person.
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As I mentioned in the first post, I haven't finished sorting the collection; I'm only part way through the commons. I was able to pull 9 commons with the peculiar corners and scan them. I did look through some of my duals and did not, at first glance, see any with the peculiar corners, so odds are low that I've got a chase rare with the miscut.
For what it's worth, the cards are all NM--unlike the vast majority of my Revised cards (including duals), which are well played. That suggests to me that I did not buy the miscut pack until later in Revised or even after 4th Edition, at a time when I was not jamming every card I bought into a deck! These commons have all been in an unorganized common box since probably 1995. Perhaps--perhaps--if someone knows Revised print runs, you can let me know what other commons I should be looking for. (I guess it's possible these came from a Revised starter; perhaps I'll find another few dozen when I finish the sorting.)
Oh, and I do think they all came from one pack. Once I pulled all of the commons, I noticed that, when pressed together as a deck, they had odd lines on the miscut edge. I snapped a photo of the cards bundled, as it's much easier to see the effect with all the cards together rather than one at a time.
Finally, you'll see from the pictures that the top left corner is almost perfectly square; the bottom left is very close to square; and the top and bottom right corners are drastically more rounded. The scan with only 4 cards shows the cutting the best, I think.
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It occurs to me that, since commons were printed on a separate sheet, it would be highly unlikely that the rare and uncommons from my pack (assuming I could find them) would also be miscut. Does that sound right?
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It occurs to me that, since commons were printed on a separate sheet, it would be highly unlikely that the rare and uncommons from my pack (assuming I could find them) would also be miscut. Does that sound right?
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I just want people who redraft to admit this:
"I can't draft objectively unless I am able to guarantee that I receive at least 3 rares. I am also better than most average/new players so I want to make sure that I get the best rares and they end up with worse ones. I care more about the monetary value of cards than actually playing the game for decent prizes."
Hey guys, today I received a revised Nettling Imp in the mail, and I noticed at once that the corners were odd. So after a google search I found this thread. The corners looked exactly like the corners as shown in the picture, i.e. almost square. This is an uncommon card, so obviously this exist for uncommon cards as well!
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Imagine a card with two square corners instead of rounded ones.
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This exactly, especially if the square cut corners are crisp and don't have wear.
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To reiterate what the other posters are saying, if the cards are highly playable in Vintage/Legacy/EDH (like say a dual land or a Demonic Tutor), they will command a sizeable premium over their regularly-cut equivalent. If they're jank (like a Psychic Venom), then they're probably worth a few bucks to a misprint collector and nothing to the average person.
For what it's worth, the cards are all NM--unlike the vast majority of my Revised cards (including duals), which are well played. That suggests to me that I did not buy the miscut pack until later in Revised or even after 4th Edition, at a time when I was not jamming every card I bought into a deck! These commons have all been in an unorganized common box since probably 1995. Perhaps--perhaps--if someone knows Revised print runs, you can let me know what other commons I should be looking for. (I guess it's possible these came from a Revised starter; perhaps I'll find another few dozen when I finish the sorting.)
Oh, and I do think they all came from one pack. Once I pulled all of the commons, I noticed that, when pressed together as a deck, they had odd lines on the miscut edge. I snapped a photo of the cards bundled, as it's much easier to see the effect with all the cards together rather than one at a time.
Finally, you'll see from the pictures that the top left corner is almost perfectly square; the bottom left is very close to square; and the top and bottom right corners are drastically more rounded. The scan with only 4 cards shows the cutting the best, I think.
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