MTG Print Run: How Many Copies of Each Magic Card Exist?
MTG print run data, done properly: this site reconstructs historical Magic: The Gathering production figures — card by card, edition by edition — from primary industrial sources and documented manufacturing evidence.
Selected Early Editions and Their Print Runs
Start with three foundational Magic: The Gathering releases, then use the complete index for every edition currently documented in the database.
Most Viewed Cards
The cards our readers check most often — from the Power Nine to the original dual lands. Each card page shows the exact copies printed, pull odds and marketplace links.
Why This MTG Print Run Data Is Different
Primary sources, not guesswork
The foundation is the factory production data from the Carta Mundi archives, released in 2021 and first analyzed in Deconstructing Print Runs, plus official Wizards of the Coast statements. As a result, the 1996 community estimates serve only as historical context — never as data.
An industrial solver, not opinions
Each release must satisfy its documented sheet layout, collation rules and product configuration. We test every published result against those constraints rather than applying one edition’s structure to another.
Confirmed, Announced and Reconstructed
Every data point is classified as Confirmed, Announced or Reconstructed. The methodology documents the evidence and calculations behind each category.
Read more about who builds the print run data and how the project works.
MTG Print Run: Frequently Asked Questions
What is an MTG print run?
A print run is the number of cards or products manufactured for a release. Edition totals, sheet frequencies and collation determine how that production is distributed among individual cards.
Which MTG editions are covered?
The database index lists every edition currently documented on the site. New releases appear there automatically after their production data and card records are completed.
How many Alpha Black Lotus exist?
1,008 copies. The Carta Mundi factory archives, released in 2021, confirm that each Alpha rare came off the press in exactly 1,008 copies. Beta rares followed with 3,025 copies each.
Where does this print run data come from?
From primary factory records, official publisher statements, documented print-sheet layouts and product-level packaging evidence. Each figure is classified as Confirmed, Announced or Reconstructed.
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Public source facts remain free. Premium membership unlocks the reconciled analytical layer built from them:
- Card-level production estimates and reconciled copy counts
- Pull odds across the sealed products documented for each edition
- Reconstructed packaging, sealed-production and print-variant analysis