How Many Circle of Protection: Black Were Printed?

Enchantment

{1}: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Beta — First Printing Data

CommonWhite

Mana cost1W

Copies printed (Beta)48,100

ArtistJesper Myrfors

Collector number#10

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Circle of Protection: Black is a common white Enchantment first printed in Beta (October 1993). The Carta Mundi factory produced exactly 48,100 copies across the Beta print run of 7,830,515 cards, with artwork by Jesper Myrfors. It was also printed in Unlimited, Collectors Edition (9,000 copies), International Edition (4,500 copies) and Revised Edition.

Print Run Comparison

Documented in 5 of the 8 editions currently analyzed.

International Edition has approximately 0.5× as many copies as Collectors Edition.

Total copies across analyzed editions 🔒

Edition	Copies Printed	Chance in a Booster Pack	Chance in a Starter Deck	Chance per Booster Box	Chance per Sealed Case	Chance per Starter Display
Beta	48,100	8.72%	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Unlimited	🔒	8.72%	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Collectors Edition	9,000	—	—	100% (complete set)	—	—
International Edition	4,500	—	—	100% (complete set)	—	—
Revised Edition	🔒	9.09% (1 in 11)	—	—	—	—

Beta

Copies printed48,100

Chance in a Booster Pack8.72%

Chance in a Starter Deck🔒

Chance per Booster Box🔒

Chance per Sealed Case🔒

Chance per Starter Display🔒

Unlimited

Copies printed🔒

Chance in a Booster Pack8.72%

Chance in a Starter Deck🔒

Chance per Booster Box🔒

Chance per Sealed Case🔒

Chance per Starter Display🔒

Collectors Edition

Copies printed9,000

Chance in a Booster Pack—

Chance in a Starter Deck—

Chance per Booster Box100% (complete set)

Chance per Sealed Case—

Chance per Starter Display—

International Edition

Copies printed4,500

Chance in a Booster Pack—

Chance in a Starter Deck—

Chance per Booster Box100% (complete set)

Chance per Sealed Case—

Chance per Starter Display—

Revised Edition

Copies printed🔒

Chance in a Booster Pack9.09% (1 in 11)

Chance in a Starter Deck—

Chance per Booster Box—

Chance per Sealed Case—

Chance per Starter Display—

"Chance in a Booster Pack" is the probability of finding at least one copy of this card in a single sealed booster pack of that edition. The same applies to starter decks, booster boxes, sealed cases and starter displays — pack and box compositions vary by edition and are detailed on each edition page.

Why are the odds identical across Alpha, Beta and Unlimited? All three editions were printed from the same 11×11 sheet layout and used the same pack composition, so the pull odds per pack never changed — only the total number of copies printed did.

Source: print run figures are based on documented production evidence and Wizards of the Coast statements. Single-booster probabilities and other results already published by credible sources remain free; additional sealed-product odds follow the edition policy.

Edition Details

Circle of Protection: Black — Unlimited

Release dateDecember 1, 1993 (2ED)

Reconstructed Print Run34,993,200 cards · 302 cards

DistributionBooster packs (15 cards) and Starter decks (60 cards)

RarityCommon

Copies printed🔒

ArtistJesper Myrfors

Collector number#10

Chance in a booster pack8.72%

Chance in a starter deck🔒

Chance per booster box (36)🔒

Chance per sealed case🔒

Chance per starter display (10)🔒

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Circle of Protection: Black — Collectors Edition

Release dateDecember 10, 1993 (CED)

Edition print run3,267,000 cards · 363 cards per boxed set

DistributionComplete boxed set (9,000 sets, US/Canada)

RarityCommon

Copies printed9,000

ArtistJesper Myrfors

Collector number#10

Pull odds100% — every boxed set contains the complete edition

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Circle of Protection: Black — International Edition

Release dateDecember 10, 1993 (CEI)

Edition print run1,633,500 cards · 363 cards per boxed set

DistributionComplete boxed set (4,500 sets, international)

RarityCommon

Copies printed4,500

ArtistJesper Myrfors

Collector number#10

Pull odds100% — every boxed set contains the complete edition

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Circle of Protection: Black — Revised Edition

Release dateApril 11, 1994 (3ED)

Reconstructed Print Run526,858,200 cards · 306 cards

Distribution15-card booster packs; 36 boosters per display; 10 displays per case; 60-card starter decks; 10 starters per display

RarityCommon

Copies printed🔒

Sheet frequencyC1

Conditional formula🔒

Edition invariant🔒

Starter-mix endpoints🔒

Conditional starter-mix states🔒

ArtistJesper Myrfors

Collector number#9

Chance in a booster pack9.09% · 1 in 11 boosters

2R/13U/45C starter🔒

3R/12U/45C starter🔒

Box/display/case probabilitiesNot available — no verified cross-pack or display sequence.

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