Collectors' Edition

The Collectors' Edition of Magic: The Gathering was released on December 10, 1993. It contained 363 cards, including one of each of the 302 different cards of Beta, with multiple land cards making up the difference.
==Description==
10,000 sets were printed for the U.S. and Canada ("CE"), and another 5,000 were printed for international release (International Edition, "ICE"), though nearly 10% of the print run was shorted, and the difference was made up by selling international sets domestically.Peter Adkison (Dec 30, 1993) "MTG: International VS Collectors". Newsgroup: rec.games.board. Retrieved July 23, 2022. Because of this, only about 3,500 sets were sold internationally.T. Brian Wagner & Victor K. Wertz (1995). "Magic: a collecting history". In Michael G. Ryan (Ed.), The Pocket Players' Guide for Magic: The Gathering - Fourth Edition (pp. F-1 to F-4). Wizards of the Coast. "...we released 13,500 Collectors' Edition sets of Magic: The Gathering. Ten thousand sets were sold in the U.S. and Canada, while 3,500 International Collectors' Edition sets were produced for sale overseas." The boxes (WOC6800, ISBN 4281806800) retailed originally for US$49.95. 
Each set was sold in a collector's box with 363 cards. This included one of each of the 302 cards from the Limited Edition Beta printing plus an additional 61 basic land cards. The cards were separated into 6 plastic-wrapped groups. The sorting and order of the cards related to the printing sheets and sorting process used, which explains the rare Islands.
The faces are identical to the Beta printing but have square corners. The reverse side has gold borders around the edges and gold printing saying either "Collectors' Edition" or "International Edition".
The bottom of the box has this message: 
"This special collectors' edition of Magic: The Gathering contains all 302 cards from the original Deckmaster series of playable trading cards. The complete set is augmented with duplicates of the many land cards, making a total of 363 cards. These cards are produced in a special collectors' format with square-cut corners and gold borders. So pick up the Magic: The Gathering Collectors' Edition and explore the whole world in one box."
===Number of existing sets===
The original announcement for the sets said that there were to be 10000 sets of the CE sets printed but, quoted in this newsgroup posting, Peter Adkison stated:
"Originally we were only going to do 10,000 factory sets, and we announced it that way. But then sales started coming in for WAY more than that. And then it started to take off in Europe. So, we decided to print another 5,000 for distribution primarily overseas, and call those the International Editions. Originally we intended to sell the Collectors Edition ones only in the US and Canada, and the International Editions only overseas.
But then the printer shorted us nearly 10% of the print run, i.e., nearly 1,000 less than what we ordered, on the Collectors Edition cards. And, as I said, we had orders for way more than 10,000, to begin with, so the distributors (and consequently the retailers, and consequently y'all) were already pissed off (or would have been) at being pro-rated. Rather than pro-rate them again, we substituted in some of the International Editions."
Over time, a vast majority of the sets have been opened for various reasons, such as for play, storage in card binders or individual sale. 
===Contents===
Here follows a list of the contents of the set, arranged according to the order packaged within the sealed groups.
Pack 1
# Timetwister 
# Armageddon 
# Aspect of Wolf 
# Wheel of Fortune 
# Darkpact 
# Dingus Egg 
# Underground Sea 
# Wrath of God 
# Web 
# Power Surge 
# Mind Twist 
# Stasis 
# Braingeyser 
# Veteran Bodyguard 
# Fastbond 
# Rock Hydra 
# Nether Shadow 
# Time Walk 
# Blessing 
# Kudzu 
# Shivan Dragon 
# Will-O-The-Wisp 
# Island 
# Drain Power 
# Reverse Damage 
# Time Vault 
# Living Artifact 
# Plateau 
# Two-Headed Giant of Foriys 
# Royal Assassin 
# Nevinyrrals Disk 
# Island 
# Jayemdae Tome 
# Sedge Troll 
# Clockwork Beast 
# Copy Artifact 
# Kormus Bell 
# Purelace 
# Verduran Enchantress 
# Helm of Chatzuk 
# Earthquake 
# Scrubland 
# Demonic Hordes 
# Mana Vault 
# Mox Jet 
# Thoughtlace 
# Personal Incarnation 
# Living Lands 
# Illusionary Mask 
# Goblin King 
# Fork 
# Bayou 
# Howling Mine 
# Demonic Attorney 
# Gauntlet of Might
Pack 2
# Psionic Blast 
# Phantasmal Forces 
# Crystal Rod 
# Green Ward 
# Plains 
# Karma 
# Juggernaut 
# Wall of Brambles 
# Forest 
# Channel 
# Camouflage 
# Goblin Balloon Brigade 
# Mountain 
# Dwarven Demolition Team 
# Hypnotic Specter 
# Swamp 
# Black Knight 
# Cursed Land 
# Black Vise 
# Phantom Monster 
# Siren's Call 
# Red Ward 
# Resurrection 
# Wall of Swords 
# Celestial Prism 
# Plains 
# Wanderlust 
# Lifeforce 
# Forest 
# Wooden Sphere 
# Dragon Whelp 
# Mountain 
# Tunnel 
# Uthden Troll 
# Glasses of Urza 
# Wall of Water 
# Water Elemental 
# Lance 
# Plains 
# Jade Statue 
# Blue Ward 
# Regrowth 
# Ley Druid 
# Forest 
# Mountain 
# Fire Elemental 
# Wall of Fire 
# Soul Net 
# Sacrifice 
# Scavenging Ghoul 
# Gloom 
# Swamp 
# Wall of Air 
# Island 
# Air Elemental
Pack 3
# Island 
# Flight 
# Psychic Venom 
# Island 
# Circle of Protection: Green 
# Plains 
# Samite Healer 
# Forest 
# Craw Wurm 
# Forest 
# Fog 
# Stone Rain 
# Gray Ogre 
# Mountain 
# Earthbind 
# Weakness 
# Swamp 
# Drain Life 
# Island 
# Blue Elemental Blast 
# Phantasmal Terrain 
# Island 
# Holy Strength 
# Disenchant 
# Plains 
# Pearled Unicorn 
# Shanodin Dryads 
# Forest 
# Regeneration 
# Mountain 
# Disintegrate 
# Hurloon Minotaur 
# Mountain 
# Raise Dead 
# Swamp 
# Pestilence 
# Swamp 
# Merfolk of the Pearl Trident 
# Island 
# Spell Blast 
# Circle of Protection: White 
# Mesa Pegasus 
# Plains 
# Holy Armor 
# Forest 
# Grizzly Bears 
# Stream of Life 
# Forest 
# Mountain 
# Dwarven Warriors 
# Firebreathing 
# Scathe Zombies 
# Swamp 
# Terror 
# Paralyze
Pack 4
# Creature Bond 
# Island 
# Island 
# Invisibility 
# Circle of Protection: Red 
# Healing Salve 
# Plains 
# Wild Growth 
# Forest 
# Ironroot Treefolk 
# Tranquility 
# Mountain 
# Fireball 
# Mons's Goblin Raiders 
# Mountain 
# Swamp 
# Drudge Skeletons 
# Unholy Strength 
# Jump 
# Island 
# Prodigal Sorcerer 
# Power Leak 
# Plains 
# Circle of Protection: Blue 
# Guardian Angel 
# Plains 
# Forest 
# Scryb Sprites 
# Llanowar Elves 
# Ironclaw Orcs 
# Red Elemental Blast 
# Mountain 
# False Orders 
# Dark Ritual 
# Plague Rats 
# Swamp 
# Fear 
# Power Sink 
# Twiddle 
# Island 
# Plains 
# Benalish Hero 
# Circle of Protection: Black 
# Mountain 
# Giant Growth 
# Forest 
# Wall of Wood 
# War Mammoth 
# Hill Giant 
# Shatter 
# Mountain 
# Swamp 
# Frozen Shade 
# Swamp 
# Sinkhole 
# Sea Serpent 
# Island 
# Unsummon 
# Death Ward 
# Plains 
# Giant Spider 
# Forest 
# Lightning Bolt 
# Mountain 
# Howl from Beyond 
# Swamp
Pack 5
# Sol Ring 
# Consecrate Land 
# Plains 
# Serra Angel 
# Conservator 
# Ice Storm 
# Wall of Ice 
# Forest 
# Basalt Monolith 
# Flashfires 
# Orcish Artillery 
# Simulacrum 
# Bog Wraith 
# Swamp 
# Animate Artifact 
# Clone 
# Icy Manipulator 
# Plains 
# Conversion 
# White Ward 
# Obsianus Golem 
# Lure 
# Forest 
# Tsunami 
# Hurricane 
# Copper Tablet 
# Wall of Stone 
# Iron Star 
# Mountain 
# Earth Elemental 
# Evil Presence 
# Sengir Vampire 
# Swamp 
# Counterspell 
# Steal Artifact 
# Island 
# Lifetap 
# Swords to Plowshares 
# Plains 
# Ivory Cup 
# Castle 
# Forest 
# Thicket Basilisk 
# Instill Energy 
# Keldon Warlord 
# Mountain 
# Living Wall 
# Burrowing 
# Deathgrip 
# Swamp 
# Wall of Bone 
# Animate Dead 
# Throne of Bone 
# Feedback 
# Control Magic 
# Black Ward 
# White Knight 
# Library of Leng 
# Berserk 
# Rod of Ruin 
# Orcish Oriflamme 
# Stone Giant 
# Mountain 
# Demonic Tutor 
# Nettling Imp 
# Swamp
Pack 6
# Island Sanctuary 
# Pirate Ship 
# Balance 
# Island 
# Gaea's Liege 
# Smoke 
# Deathlace 
# Tropical Island 
# Ankh of Mishra 
# Zombie Master 
# Lich 
# Island 
# Volcanic Eruption 
# Volcanic Island 
# Mahamoti Djinn 
# Farmstead 
# Force of Nature 
# Roc of Kher Ridges 
# Warp Artifact 
# Lord of Atlantis 
# The Hive 
# Chaoslace 
# Forcefield 
# Word of Command 
# Vesuvan Doppelganger 
# Savannah Lions 
# Meekstone 
# Timber Wolves 
# Mox Pearl 
# Granite Gargoyle 
# Badlands 
# Contract from Below 
# Cyclopean Tomb 
# Birds of Paradise 
# Mana Short 
# Crusade 
# Natural Selection 
# Taiga 
# Mana Flare 
# Lord of the Pit 
# Disrupting Scepter 
# Blaze of Glory 
# Mox Ruby 
# Cockatrice 
# Magical Hack 
# Northern Paladin 
# Fungusaur 
# Raging River 
# Mox Sapphire 
# Bad Moon 
# Black Lotus 
# Ancestral Recall 
# Righteousness 
# Savannah 
# Lifelace 
# Chaos Orb 
# Sleight of Mind 
# Tundra 
# Animate Wall 
# Sunglasses of Urza 
# Elvish Archers 
# Mox Emerald 
# Manabarbs 
# Jade Monolith 
# Nightmare 
# Winter Orb
==Gallery==
File:Collectors Edition box.jpg|A sealed CE box.
File:LEB International Edition Air Elemental.jpg|An ICE Air Elemental front and back.
==References==
Category:Magic compilation sets