Also from the brilliant Crystalkeep.com website the following differences are recorded:
Basalt Monolith Card text changed Birds of Paradise Card text changed Channel Card text changed Circle of Prot.: Red Artist name corrected Cyclopean Tomb Casting cost added Death Ward Artist name corrected Demonic Hordes 'B's changed to black mana symbols Drain Life 'B' changed to black mana symbol Elvish Archers Combat values changed Force of Nature 'G's changed to green mana symbols Icy Manipulator Card text changed Island Sanctuary Card text changed Karma Card text changed Mana Short Card text changed Orcish Artillery Casting cost changed Orcish Oriflamme Casting cost changed Phantasmal Forces 'U' changed to blue mana symbol Red Elemental Blast Changed from Instant to Interrupt Rock Hydra Card text changed Sedge Troll Artist name corrected Tropical Island Artist name corrected Twiddle Card text changed Unsummon Card text changed
There has been conflicting comments on why those cards were omitted from people.
Some have said it was a mistake, I have heard Richard Garfield said that he kept them out for two reasons.
1.) White shouldn't have a direct counter to everything its most hated enemy can do.
2.) He felt that U/R land was such a odd thing that he also kept that out.
Obviously If this is true I believe WotC just took it into there own hands on Beta.
There has been conflicting comments on why those cards were omitted from people.
Some have said it was a mistake, I have heard Richard Garfield said that he kept them out for two reasons.
1.) White shouldn't have a direct counter to everything its most hated enemy can do.
2.) He felt that U/R land was such a odd thing that he also kept that out.
Obviously If this is true I believe WotC just took it into there own hands on Beta.
I believe they simply forgot them out. Gloom was in Alpha and that's a direct counter to Circles of Protection so it would make sense that Black was meant to be in there. As far as Volcanic Island is concerned I remember reading that Birds of Paradise was the original art for it but they decided to get in new art since it had too much focus on the bird in the foreground - BoP was in Alpha so therefore Volcanic Island was also intended for Alpha.
There was a lot of mistakes and miss printings in Alpha edition.
The additional basic lands were to create more variations I believe. No WotC taking over conspiracy.
Yeah looks like they didn't fix Contract from until Revised. The last printing of Contract from Below ever poor artist most versions of his card are incorrect.
All cards like except from the corners? Do the set contains the same cards?
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Alpha missed out on Volcanic Island and Circle of Protection: Black for some reason.
Also from the brilliant Crystalkeep.com website the following differences are recorded:
Basalt Monolith Card text changed
Birds of Paradise Card text changed
Channel Card text changed
Circle of Prot.: Red Artist name corrected
Cyclopean Tomb Casting cost added
Death Ward Artist name corrected
Demonic Hordes 'B's changed to black mana symbols
Drain Life 'B' changed to black mana symbol
Elvish Archers Combat values changed
Force of Nature 'G's changed to green mana symbols
Icy Manipulator Card text changed
Island Sanctuary Card text changed
Karma Card text changed
Mana Short Card text changed
Orcish Artillery Casting cost changed
Orcish Oriflamme Casting cost changed
Phantasmal Forces 'U' changed to blue mana symbol
Red Elemental Blast Changed from Instant to Interrupt
Rock Hydra Card text changed
Sedge Troll Artist name corrected
Tropical Island Artist name corrected
Twiddle Card text changed
Unsummon Card text changed
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Elder Dragon Highlander:
:5mana:Karn, Silver Golem:5mana:
Multiplayer:
:symw::symr:W/R random goodness:symr::symw:
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Ah yes true, forgot that. Each basic land had an extra art added in Beta. The "darker" more saturated colour land.
Oh. After checking magiccards.info, it was in fact each basic land that had an art added. Sorry for being misleading in only suggesting Island.
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Some have said it was a mistake, I have heard Richard Garfield said that he kept them out for two reasons.
1.) White shouldn't have a direct counter to everything its most hated enemy can do.
2.) He felt that U/R land was such a odd thing that he also kept that out.
Obviously If this is true I believe WotC just took it into there own hands on Beta.
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I believe they simply forgot them out. Gloom was in Alpha and that's a direct counter to Circles of Protection so it would make sense that Black was meant to be in there. As far as Volcanic Island is concerned I remember reading that Birds of Paradise was the original art for it but they decided to get in new art since it had too much focus on the bird in the foreground - BoP was in Alpha so therefore Volcanic Island was also intended for Alpha.
There was a lot of mistakes and miss printings in Alpha edition.
The additional basic lands were to create more variations I believe. No WotC taking over conspiracy.
Contract From Below" target="blank">Contract From Below — The artist's name, Shuler, was misspelledCyclopean Tomb — printed without a mana cost.
Demonic Hordes" target="blank">Demonic Hordes — printed with an upkeep cost of literally "BBB" instead of three black mana symbols
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