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#15 pack card designation

Tundra - Alpha: Black ink aligned slight right, blue dots in crescent - Beta: Black ink aligned further right, no dots in crescent Savannah - Alpha: Black ink aligned slight down - Beta: Black ink aligned up Bayou - Alpha: Black ink aligned down - Beta: Black ink centered Scrubland - Alpha: Black ink aligned right - Beta: Black ink centered Plateau - Alpha: Black ink aligned down - Beta: Black ink aligned slight right - Note: Beta Plateau's have a unique print error (see next section) Badlands - Alpha: Black ink aligned slight right - Beta: Black ink aligned right Other Alpha Rares Copy Artifact - Alpha: Black ink aligned down and left - Beta: Black ink centered Mind Twist - Alpha: Black ink aligned down - Beta: Black ink centered Balance - Alpha: Black ink aligned down and right - Beta: Black ink centered Wrath of God - Alpha: Yellow ink along border edge - Beta: Centered Shivan Dragon - Alpha: Black ink aligned down and right - Beta: Black ink centered Fork - Alpha: Black ink aligned down - Beta: Black ink aligned slight right Chaos Orb - Alpha: Black ink aligned down and right - Beta: Black ink more centered Time Vault - Alpha: Yellow ink along border edge - Beta: Centered Alpha Print Defects Some Alpha Rares have print defects which can be used to help identify them from clipped Beta

We've found the following tests to be reliable

Here's the cleaner framing: For most purposes, treating it as three printings (1st Edition / Shadowless / Unlimited) works fine

Notable legendary cards in the set include Moltres & Articuno Legends, Ho-Oh & Lugia Legends, Legendary Beasts, and Unseen Forces

The primary use cases for the card are either as part of a dedicated token deck or as one of those situational cards that lets you punch out of a tight spot