MTG Print Run: How Many Copies of Each 1993 Magic Card Exist
MTG print run data, done properly: this site reconstructs the real production figures of early Magic: The Gathering — card by card, edition by edition — from primary industrial sources, not from the 1996 community guesswork that still circulates online.
The 1993 Editions and Their Print Runs
Every print run on this site starts here: the first editions of Magic: The Gathering, all printed by Carta Mundi in Turnhout, Belgium. In each edition page, you will find the exact copies printed for every card.
Most Viewed Cards
The cards our readers check most often — from the Power Nine to the original dual lands. Each card page shows the exact copies printed, pull odds and marketplace links.
Why This MTG Print Run Data Is Different
Primary sources, not guesswork
The foundation is the factory production data from the Carta Mundi archives, released in 2021 and first analyzed in Deconstructing Print Runs, plus official Wizards of the Coast statements. As a result, the 1996 community estimates serve only as historical context — never as data.
An industrial solver, not opinions
Print sheets hold exactly 121 cards. Moreover, boosters, starter decks, boxes and cases follow fixed compositions. Therefore, every published figure must satisfy all of these constraints at once, with zero remainder.
Confirmed vs Derived, always labeled
Nothing on this site is a guess presented as a fact. Every data point carries a Confirmed or Derived label, and the methodology documents exactly how we obtain each class of numbers.
Read more about who builds the print run data and how the project works.
MTG Print Run: Frequently Asked Questions
What is an MTG print run?
A print run is the total number of copies of a card or set that the factory produced. For 1993 Magic editions, the print run determines how many copies of each card exist: for example, the factory printed exactly 1,008 copies of each Alpha rare.
How many Magic cards were printed in 1993?
50,340,743 cards across five editions: 2,609,728 in Alpha, 7,830,515 in Beta, 35,000,000 in Unlimited, 3,267,000 in Collectors’ Edition and 1,633,500 in International Edition — all printed by Carta Mundi in Turnhout, Belgium.
How many Alpha Black Lotus exist?
1,008 copies. The Carta Mundi factory archives, released in 2021, confirm that each Alpha rare came off the press in exactly 1,008 copies. Beta rares followed with 3,025 copies each.
Where does this print run data come from?
From primary industrial sources: the Carta Mundi factory archives released in 2021, official Wizards of the Coast statements, and the strict mathematics of sheet printing and packaging logistics. In addition, every figure carries a Confirmed or Derived label.
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- Exact pull odds per card across boosters, starter decks, boxes, cases and displays
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