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I can remember way back when Ice Age was coming out, that there were a few preview cards released as dealer promos or in comic books and/or magazines before the sets actual release. These cards I believe are no different than the regular Ice Age versions aside from the fact that they were distributed differently. I know of the following:

BLACK - Norrit
BLUE - ???
GREEN - Chub Toad
RED - Bone Shaman
WHITE - Prismatic Ward

but I can't for the life of me remember if there was a blue card, and what it was. Does anybody remember these and know if there was also a blue card released before Ice Age was actually released?

I can't help you with the blue card, but I remember getting a Norrit with the Scry Magazine. Wow, that was a long time ago! It's too bad there is no way to distinguish the difference between the pre-released cards and the regular ones

berkumps wrote:I can remember way back when Ice Age was coming out, that there were a few preview cards released as dealer promos or in comic books and/or magazines before the sets actual release. These cards I believe are no different than the regular Ice Age versions aside from the fact that they were distributed differently. I know of the following:

BLACK - Norrit
BLUE - ???
GREEN - Chub Toad
RED - Bone Shaman
WHITE - Prismatic Ward

but I can't for the life of me remember if there was a blue card, and what it was. Does anybody remember these and know if there was also a blue card released before Ice Age was actually released?

Hi Mark.
This is the list of the Ice Age Promos Commons:
Aurochs.GREEN
Balduvian Barbarians.RED
Bone Shaman.RED
Chub Toad.GREEN
Dire Wolves.GREEN
Essence Flare.BLUE
Flygja.WHITE
Gaze of Pain.BLACK
Gorilla Pack.GREEN
Norritt.BLACK
Prismatic Ward.WHITE
Scaled Wurm.GREEN
Word of Undoing.BLUE
So,to answer your question,the Blue ones were Essence Flare and Word of Undoing.

Thanks Alexis

Here's a list of the inserts, along with their source:

http://mtgarchive.net/wiki/Ice_Age#Magazine_inserts