How Many Illusionary Mask Were Printed?

Artifact

{X}: You may choose a creature card in your hand whose mana cost could be paid by some amount of, or all of, the mana you spent on {X}. If you do, you may cast that card face down as a 2/2 creature spell without paying its mana cost. If the creature that spell becomes as it resolves has not been turned face up and would assign or deal damage, be dealt damage, or become tapped, instead it’s turned face up and assigns or deals damage, is dealt damage, or becomes tapped. Activate only as a sorcery.

Alpha — First Printing Data

RareColorlessReserved List

Mana cost2

Copies printed (Alpha)1,008

ArtistAmy Weber

Collector number#249

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Illusionary Mask is a rare colorless Artifact first printed in Alpha (August 1993). The Carta Mundi factory produced exactly 1,008 copies across the Alpha print run of 2,609,728 cards, with artwork by Amy Weber. It was also printed in Beta (3,025 copies), Unlimited, Collectors Edition (9,000 copies) and International Edition (4,500 copies). As part of the Reserved List, Illusionary Mask will never be reprinted by Wizards of the Coast, making the original copies the only ones that will ever exist.

Print Run Comparison

Documented in 5 of the 8 editions currently analyzed.

Beta has approximately 3× as many copies as Alpha.

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
Alpha	1,008	0.83%	🔒	25.83%	🔒	🔒
Beta	3,025	0.83%	🔒	25.83%	🔒	🔒
Unlimited	🔒	0.83%	🔒	25.83%	🔒	🔒
Collectors Edition	9,000	—	—	100% (complete set)	—	—
International Edition	4,500	—	—	100% (complete set)	—	—

Alpha

Copies printed1,008

Chance in a Booster Pack0.83%

Chance in a Starter Deck🔒

Chance per Booster Box25.83%

Chance per Sealed Case🔒

Chance per Starter Display🔒

Beta

Copies printed3,025

Chance in a Booster Pack0.83%

Chance in a Starter Deck🔒

Chance per Booster Box25.83%

Chance per Sealed Case🔒

Chance per Starter Display🔒

Unlimited

Copies printed🔒

Chance in a Booster Pack0.83%

Chance in a Starter Deck🔒

Chance per Booster Box25.83%

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—

"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

Illusionary Mask — Beta

Release dateOctober 4, 1993 (LEB)

Edition print run7,830,515 cards · 302 cards

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

RarityRare

Copies printed3,025

ArtistAmy Weber

Collector number#250

Chance in a booster pack0.83%

Chance in a starter deck🔒

Chance per booster box (36)25.83%

Chance per sealed case🔒

Chance per starter display (10)🔒

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Illusionary Mask — Unlimited

Release dateDecember 1, 1993 (2ED)

Reconstructed Print Run34,993,200 cards · 302 cards

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

RarityRare

Copies printed🔒

ArtistAmy Weber

Collector number#250

Chance in a booster pack0.83%

Chance in a starter deck🔒

Chance per booster box (36)25.83%

Chance per sealed case🔒

Chance per starter display (10)🔒

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Illusionary Mask — 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)

RarityRare

Copies printed9,000

ArtistAmy Weber

Collector number#250

Pull odds100% — every boxed set contains the complete edition

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Illusionary Mask — 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)

RarityRare

Copies printed4,500

ArtistAmy Weber

Collector number#250

Pull odds100% — every boxed set contains the complete edition

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