Admittedly, many others thought the idea wasnt worth it for other various reasons.

Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log in sign up User account menu 119 A Detailed Look: Yu-Gi-Ohs 1st Edition Dark Paladin MFC-105 Corrected Art.

The magazine rack was always to the left of the interior entrance and I made a habit of checking out card collecting magazines like Beckett, Pojo, and Shonen Jump (which sometimes featured promotional cards) for updates on new and current releases.

Having watched the anime, I started saving up my allowance for packs as soon as they hit the states back in March of 2002 after Japans 1999 official release.

At the time, the show had already garnered millions of fans in America and was spreading in popularity.

As soon as the cards were released in English sets, they became an instant hit - going so far as to becoming the 1 best selling trading card game by July, 2009 and earning a Guinness World Record.

On October 10th, of 2003, the 1st Edition of Magicians Force (MFC) set had officially released in North America.

The set featured popular cards such as Double Spell, Dark Magician Girl, and of course, Dark Paladin.

The set originated during a period where English sets were trying to catch up with earlier Japanese expansions by combining two expansions into one.

For Magicians Force, it became a combination of Japans Champion of Black Magic (CoBM) Advent of Union (released July 18th, 2002).

When Dark Paladin was first released in Japan as the Super Magical Swordsman or in Japanese, on September 19th, 2002 for the Champion of Black Magic (CoBM) expansion, it featured the following artwork: anime lines intensify This card art then served as the inspiration for the English sets Pack and Box art for MFC - hyping up on the popularity of Dark Magicians aesthetic for promotional purposes.

Yami. Why in Pharaohs name do you have THREE Kuriboh Magicians Force had become one of the most highly anticipated releases since the original Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon (LOB) set first arrived to American shores - I especially remember being excited about it as Dark Paladin was a Fusion Monster (a special card that is a combination of two or more creatures) of two of my favorite cards - Dark Magician and Buster Blader.

However, many fans, like myself, were in for a surprise when we finally pulled the legendary Fusion monster himself and discovered that the card looked even better than the sets featured artwork: BAMF In time, however, something happened.

After the 1st Edition release, Unlimited Packs of MFC featured a different artwork for Dark Paladin that was similar to CoBMs original release: I said this was my GUITAR solo not my SWORD swallow.

Wait, what I never knew about this change as I had already received the card I wanted and stopped buying packs, but it left some other collectors scratching their heads.

What happened It turns out, by MFCs English release in October 2003, Japan had already released TWO versions of Dark Paladin: first in CoBM on September 2002 and a second one featured as a promotional card for the Structure Deck, called Yugi Volume 2 on May 22nd, 2003: Yami.

You have a FOURTH KURIBOH When Upper Deck Entertainment, the company at the time that produced the official cards for KONAMIs English releases, got ahold of the artwork scans for both versions, they accidentally switched the older artwork of Dark Paladin from CoBM with the 2nd artwork version from Yugi Volume 2.

When MFC was released October 10th of that year, the artwork featured on the 1st Edition card was originally intended to be released as an exclusive for the Duel Masters Guide (DMG) box set which was released later that same October on October 28th, 2003: still BAMF Upper Deck would soon realize their mistake and corrected the featured artwork for the Unlimited print of MFC as originally intended.

However, discussion amongst players and collectors grew rampant as to why the change had occurred between the 1st Edition and Unlimited prints.

This prompted Upper Deck to become transparent with their mistake and in February of 2004, they offered a solution with a published article on their website with the below information: Dark Paladin Card There was an error in the printing of the first edition Dark Paladin card from the Magicians Force booster where the wrong character was used on the card (MFC-105.

However, the correct image is used on the unlimited edition Dark Paladin card.

Consumers wishing to exchange their first edition Dark Paladin card for the first edition card with the correct image on it can send their card and mailing information to the address below: Upper Deck Entertainment Dark Paladin Redemptions PO BOX 130938 Carlsbad, CA 92013 However, most players at the time would only hear of this news through various magazines like the aforementioned Beckett which also published this information.

I would come across this news myself when rummaging through Issue 10 of Becketts Yugioh Collectors Magazine (the only issue that held this information) back in March of 2004 which featured the exact article on page 45: Yes.

Lets move on from this monstrosi--Oh wait now hold up Only 14.99 The article itself showcased what the corrected art would look like, but I had already fallen in love with the version I received and didnt want to trade it for a less cool one.

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