There are 4 Black/White sheets of glossy thick photography-like paper (w/o any paper stamp on the back). As pictured, these are taped together to form an 11x11 grid.
- Sheet 1 (Upper Left) is 5x5, handwritten code of 'VK Set 2' in bottom Right corner
- Sheet 2 (Lower Left) is 6x5, code of 'VK Set 2 VM1'
- Sheet 3 (Upper Right) is 5x6, code of 'Set 2 02'
- Sheet 4 (Lower Right) is 6x6, code of 'VU Set 2 01'
Illustrations show a wild mix of:
- Alpha-cut corners as laid out on the sheet [Alpha]
- White-Bordered cards with the old 'Tap' in text instead of the Tap-Symbol [Unlimited]
- Many cards from the original set, before being removed in Revised [Unlimited]
- - - Icy Manipulator
- - - Ice Storm
- - - Consecrate Land & several others
- Some cards are from Arabian Nights! [-> Revised]
- - - Sandstorm
- - - Flying Men
- I can’t spot any Antiquities cards pictured, test-print printed before release?
- Mostly Uncommon cards
Several of the core Uncommons pictured were removed in Revised (Icy, Ice Storm, Consecrate, etc). Also, Sandstorm (made it into 4E) and Flying Men (made it into Time Spiral) weren't part of Revised... which leads me to believe this is an early Uncommon Test Sheet for Revised Edition (11x11 as taped), where they didn't want color at the added expense (in '93 color was $$$)... so one of the first test-prints?
Can anyone confirm this hypothesis? Does anyone have a similar Rare or Common sheet? I do plan to keep this & wouldn’t mind getting the full set :)
Two pictures are attached, along with several links.
Many thanks in advance!
Tony
http://www.firstturninc.com/Rarest_MTG/ ... eets-b.JPG
http://www.firstturninc.com/Rarest_MTG/Sheet_1.JPG
http://www.firstturninc.com/Rarest_MTG/Sheet_1-Code.JPG
http://www.firstturninc.com/Rarest_MTG/Sheet_2.JPG
http://www.firstturninc.com/Rarest_MTG/Sheet_3.JPG
http://www.firstturninc.com/Rarest_MTG/Sheet_4.JPG