Alpha Complete Set for Magic the Gathering

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The first print run of Magic the Gathering was called Alpha. This print run consisted of 2.6 million cards. It was first released at GenCon in August 1993 and sold out by late September 1993. This print run had 295 cards in the set. Alpha cards have black borders, no copyright date and are differentiated from Beta by their more rounded corners. There are 116 rares, 95 uncommons, 74 commons, and 10 lands.