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There were 39 cards that had been BGS graded, including many rare and powerful cards. The set was complete with 295 black bordered cards. It was the second set for MTG, with a print run of just 1,100 rare cards. The Magic: The Gathering complete 1993 Alpha card set was by far the top lot of the auction, finishing at an astounding $423,750. That gave investors a chance to get a complete set in one fell swoop,” said Philip Weiss of Weiss Auctions. “These cards were offered as complete sets and not broken up into multiple lots. Graded standout cards included Alpha Black Lotus, 8.5 Alpha Mox Pearl, 9.5 Beta Time Vault, 10.0 Beta Black Lotus, 9.0 and Beta Earthquake, 9.5. The cards’ popularity never abated over the years. The first expansion, Arabian Nights, was released in December 1993, after the Limited Editions were printed and sold out.

The initial sets, released in 1993, were the limited Alpha and Beta sets of cards, before the Unlimited format was introduced. Magic: The Gathering cards are hugely popular and highly sought after by collectors. The auction posted an overall gross of $830,000. – Three complete sets of significant, early Magic: The Gathering cards from 1993 – the complete Alpha, Beta and Arabian Nights sets, with many BGS-graded examples in each – sold for a combined $608,215 at an auction held June 26th by Weiss Auctions, online and in the gallery at 74 Merrick Road in Lynbrook.