The number we will use for our calculation is 25% allocation to starter decks. Given the information recently released by Peter Askison, I think it is safe to assume 33.3% is too high as that would be even higher than the allocation in Alpha and Beta, and I believe 16.7% is too low, as this would leave us with much less that 1 starter deck for every 10 packs printed, and WOTC was still trying to actively grow the player base at this point (players which would have needed starter decks). Some estimates assume as low as 16.7% allocated for starter decks, and some estimate as high as 33.3% allocated for starter decks. We do not have definitive information on how much this was adjusted. When Alpha and Beta were printed 27.1% of the cards were printed in Starter Decks and 72.9% of the cards were printed in booster packs, but it is generally recognized that WOTC decided to change the allocation between starters and boosters at some point due to the much higher demand for boosters. Regarding the split between Starter Decks and Booster Packs in Unlimited, there is less information available so an educated guess must be made. The Duelist Complete Magic Card List (1995) and The Official Encyclopedia (1996) both list the print run of unlimited as 35 million, so that is the number we will use. Whenever I have made a judgment call in my calculations I have noted it. The numbers below will not match precisely with the numbers in the print run tab, as I would like to preserve the historical estimates which were widely used for over 20 years.Īlso as a disclaimer, I would like to point out that my estimates may not be the same as other estimates which are available elsewhere, as I have made some of my own assumptions in the calculations. However recently the site has received skepticism regarding its print run information, so in the same spirit of providing information in a single location, I will now breakdown step by step how the print run information has been calculated and what sources the information is derived from. For that reason I never felt the need to explain the background for print run calculations, as that information is widely available elsewhere.
Many sites list the rarity of each card in the original sets, and many sites have print run estimates, but this site was intended to combine the two without the need to cross reference between two sources of information.
Presenting information which was available elsewhere in a more concise and accessible manner. From the start this site was intended to be a single point of reference for a variety of information related to the early days of Magic the Gathering.
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