Mini MTG Cards: The History (one of the version)



"As best as I can remember this, since it was 12 years ago Okay, back in the summer of 2002. A WOTC employee that also judged on the Pro Tour and lots of local events had the idea that mini MTG cards would be such an awesome thing. So Judge Anon got with a friend of his that did the typesetting for the MTG sets and asked for his help in making up 2 decks to help pitch the idea at an upcoming meeting. So typesetter Anon made up the sheets for each deck at the corporate office in Renton, WA. There was 2 decks a U/B/R Tog deck with Shadowmage Infiltrator and a R/B/G deck called Angry Dog. He made 4 sheets total, 2 for each deck. So Judge Anon chops up 2 of the sheets and makes the decks and goes and presents the idea. It was well received, but too many other projects were going on at the time, so the idea got shelved. So the cards and the 2 sheets were split up between the judge and the typesetter. The judge kept the angry dog sheet left over and the typesetter got the tog sheet. The tog sheet was also cut up and a lot of the cards the typesetter had was given to his girlfriend at the time. These cards were traded away over time to my understanding. The cards the judge kept, its unknown what he did with them if he still has the deck or not. The last uncut sheet left was of an Angry Dog deck. One day judge Anon was talking to a local TO/Judge who he worked with a lot at events about the mini card concept. He wound up giving the uncut Angry Dog sheet to this Anon who said that it was an awesome idea and he would frame it. To my knowledge no other sheets or decks were made. Though it is possible I suppose. As far as the ones that were chopped up for decks I dont know if anyone has a complete deck, maybe the judge Anon still has his but the other two were scattered out. But that is how the idea came about and those were the first and probably only decks made for the mini cards. Enjoy Anon"



Mini MTG Cards: The History (Another version)

"I also want to add, that this is also probably the case for the Mini Magic cards, as I showed my seller for these and she laughed at the story I provided you from the gentleman who has the last uncut sheet, and said Chel just made them for fun, cause they used to party a lot together in the late 90's and early 2000's."



6 sheets were created of the Mini Magic Cards. There's evidence of at least 4 "Angry Dog" sheets, 3 of them having beeng cut and one of them still being uncut (see pics below).



Mini MTG cards, are made on thin paper stock. Precised measurements are not known at the moment, but approximately 1.25" x 1.73" (3.20cm X 4.40cm) in comparison a regular MTG card is 2.49" X 3.48" (6.32cm x 8.83cm). The back of the card looks like Alternate Fourth Edition Cards.



In August 2019, a partial sheet of 2 Black fillers, 2 Shivan Dragon and 2 Mahamoti Djinn was offered. Someone did start a small cut on the right side between the two actual cards.



The list of the Atog Deck, made of Blue, Black and Red cards included, Flametongue Kavu (Planeshift), Psychatog (Odyssey), Shadowmage Infiltrator (Odyssey) among others.



Atog deck: 25 Cards known to exist, to be completed with the missing ones:



Counterspell (7th Edition)

Entomb (Odyssey)

Fact or Fiction (Invasion)

Fire / Ice (Apocalypse)

Flametongue Kavu (Planeshift)

Island 332/350 (7th Edition)

Island 333/350 (7th Edition)

Island 334/350 (7th Edition)

Island 336/350 (Invasion)

Island 337/350 (Invasion)

Island 338/350 (Invasion)

Island 335/350 (Onslaught)

Island 337/350 (Onslaught)

Island 338/350 (Onslaught)

Nightscape Familiar (Planeshift)

Psychatog (Odyssey)

Repulse (Invasion)

Salt Marsh (Invasion)

Shadowmage Infiltrator (Odyssey)

Shivan Reef (Apocalypse)

Syncopate (Odyssey)

Underground River (7th Edition)

Undermine (Invasion)

Urborg Volcano (Invasion)

Urza's Rage (Invasion)









Mini MTG Cards Angry Dog Deck Uncut Sheet 10 x 11 front





Mini MTG Cards Angry Dog Deck Uncut Sheet 10 x 11 back





Angry Dog Deck Uncut Sheet front and back close up





Angry Dog Deck Uncut Sheet front close up of the sketches from Darrell Riche, Todd Lockwood, Anthony S. Waters, on Black Fillers.





Mini MTG Card front and back VS MTG Normal card front and back



INTERNAL LINKS

Invasion and Odyssey Block Mini Cards topic on the forum