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Visions

Printing Information
The Visions expansion set was printed with black borders on the face of the cards.

Cards can be identified by the expansion symbol on the right hand side of the middle section. The expansion symbol is a fancy letter V ().

The 167 card set's breakdown by rarity looks like this:
50 Rares
55 Uncommons
62 Commons

It was released in early February 1997 was was available until fall 1997.

The print run is estimated at 180 million cards.

Rules
These cards were written under Fifth Edition rules. They also use some special rules for cards that appeared in the expansion.

Packaging Information
15 card booster packs (1 rare, 3 uncommon, 11 common) originally retailed for $2.95. 36 packs per box.

Preview boosters were released in the Multiverse Gift Set in November 1996. These boosters had a different wrapper, and said they were a "Special Edition" on the back of the wrapper. 25 cards were released this way. They are:
Bull ElephantLichenthropeUndiscovered Paradise
Dark PrivilegeLightning CloudUndo
Feral InstinctNecrosavantUrborg Mindsucker
Giant CaterpillarOvinomancerVampirism
Goblin RecruiterPeace TalksViashino Sandstalker
Gossamer ChainsRock SlideWarrior's Honor
Jamuraan LionShrieking DrakeWicked Reward
King CheetahTalruum Champion-
Knight of the MistsTempest Drake-

Several cards in the preview boosters differ slightly from the final versions. King Cheetah's preview version does not have its name capitalized in the flavor text. Viashino Sandstalker has a similar lack of capitalization of Sandstalker in the flavor text. Ovinomancer's preview version's text wraps differently; the text "{Tap}: ... owner's hand:" fits on one line. Peace Talks' preview version's text wraps differently; the second line ends with "...an attack". And all the black cards (Dark Privilege, Necrosavant, Urborg Mindsucker, Vampirism, and Wicked Reward) have slightly longer copyright lines on the preview versions than the final versions. Bull Elephant has an comma missing in the preview version's flavor text that appears in the final version.


Other Products
Visions was part of a cycle that includes Mirage and Weatherlight.

Check the Products page for other products.

Card Lists
These lists and others can also be found on the lists page.

Fancy PDF (77k)Oct 1997
Text (10k)July 1998
Text Spoiler (45k)July 1998
Text (28k) - Oracle ErrataJan 2008

Images
Booster pack



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