Misprints and errors

Quelques exemples en images :

7 cards	4 cards	7 cards	4 cards	2 cards
6 cards	4 cards	20 cards

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Visions (Traditional Chinese – 1997)

• Suq’Ata Assassin — missing Power/Toughness
• Undiscovered Paradise — artist name typo
• Bogardan Phoenix — apostrophe/ink alignment issue in artist name
• Raging Gorilla — double white ink layer behind artist name

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Portal (Simplified / Traditional Chinese – 1997)

• Dread Reaper — missing Flying
• Storm Crow — missing Flying
• Owl Familiar — wrong rules text (ability of another card)
• Deep-Sea Serpent — name ink-layer error

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Tempest Set (Traditional Chinese – 1997)

• Master Decoy — wrong gray circle behind activation cost
• Mounted Archers — wrong gray circle behind activation cost

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Fifth Edition (Simplified Chinese – 1998)

• Shivan Dragon — activation cost shows letter R instead of mana symbol
• Armageddon — type line ink-layer mismatch
• Pentagram of the Ages — name ink-layer mismatch
• Johtull Wurm — creature type ink-layer mismatch
• Force of Nature — missing artist credit (Traditional Chinese)
• Wall of Spears — missing artist credit
• Primordial Ooze — rare instead of uncommon
• Winter Blast — rare instead of uncommon

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Exodus (Traditional Chinese – 1998)

• Allay — yellow circle on colorless cost
• Charging Paladin — yellow circle on colorless cost
• Soltari Visionary — yellow circle on colorless cost
• Standing Troops — yellow circle on colorless cost
• Wall of Nets — yellow circle on colorless cost
• Pygmy Troll — Power/Toughness ink mismatch (1/1 vs 2/2)

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Urza’s Saga (Traditional Chinese – 1998)

• Hush — wrong mana cost
• Opal Caryatid — wrong mana cost
• Silent Attendant — wrong mana cost
• Rune of Protection: Lands — wrong mana cost

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Portal Three Kingdoms (Simplified Chinese – 1999)

• Zodiac Rabbit — card type error (“Rabbit” instead of “Creature — Rabbit”)

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Urza’s Legacy (Traditional Chinese – 1999)

• Beast of Burden — type line incorrect (“Artifact” only)
• Weatherseed Faeries — wrong artist credit
• All red cards — numbering printed /350 instead of /143

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Urza’s Destiny (Traditional Chinese – 1999)

• Body Snatcher — discard any card (not only creature)
• Defense of the Heart — creatures enter tapped

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Nemesis (Traditional Chinese – 2000)

• Accumulated Knowledge — rules text printed twice

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Invasion (Simplified / Traditional Chinese – 2000)

• Geothermal Crevice — missing/incorrect mana shading around B
• Slinking Serpent — missing Power/Toughness

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Planeshift (Simplified Chinese – 2001)

• Caldera Kavu — spacing error in activation cost

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Apocalypse (Simplified Chinese – 2001)

• Spectral Lynx — missing “Protection from Green”

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Seventh Edition (Traditional and Simplified Chinese – 2001)

• Elvish Piper — missing G in activation cost

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Onslaught (Simplified Chinese – 2002)

• Choking Tethers — missing mana symbol in cycling reminder text
• Headhunter’ — creature type appears blank (white ink missing)

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Mirrodin (Traditional Chinese – 2003)

• Oblivion Stone — destroys permanents with fate counters (text error)

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Scourge (Traditional Chinese – 2003)

• Waste Away — red outline around text box (variant reported)

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Eighth Edition (Simplified Chinese – 2003)

• Fodder Cannon — missing mana circle behind activation cost

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Fifth Dawn (Simplified Chinese – 2004)

• Razormane Masticore — discard two cards instead of one

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Ninth Edition (Simplified Chinese – 2005)

• Drudge Skeletons — mana-circle alignment error
• Fellwar Stone — mana-circle alignment error
• Flowstone Crusher — mana-circle alignment error
• Goblin Balloon Brigade — mana-circle alignment error
• Icy Manipulator — mana-circle alignment error
• Ley Druid — mana-circle alignment error
• Orcish Artillery — mana-circle alignment error
• Puppeteer — mana-circle alignment error
• Quicksand — mana-circle alignment error
• Regeneration — mana-circle alignment error
• Rod of Ruin — mana-circle alignment error
• Tanglebloom — mana-circle alignment error
• Treasure Trove — mana-circle alignment error
• Ur-Golem’s Eye — mana-circle alignment error
• Urza’s Mine — mana-circle alignment error
• Urza’s Power Plant — mana-circle alignment error
• Urza’s Tower — mana-circle alignment error
• Vulshok Morningstar — mana-circle alignment error
• Whip Sergeant — mana-circle alignment error
• Zealous Inquisitor — mana-circle alignment error

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Chinese MTG Misprints — Structured Collector Table

Set	Year	Card	Language	Rarity	Error Type
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	1996	Time Elemental	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Activation punctuation typo
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	1996	Ley Druid	Traditional Chinese	Common	Creature type ink mismatch
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	1996	Erosion	Traditional Chinese	Uncommon	Wrong mana-circle color
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	1996	Firebreathing	Traditional Chinese	Common	Name ink mismatch
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	1996	Cosmic Horror	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Missing First Strike
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	1996	Vampire Bats	Traditional Chinese	Common	Missing Flying
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	1996	Wrath of God	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Card type printed twice
Visions	1997	Suq’Ata Assassin	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Missing Power/Toughness
Visions	1997	Undiscovered Paradise	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Artist name typo
Visions	1997	Bogardan Phoenix	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Artist ink alignment issue
Visions	1997	Raging Gorilla	Traditional Chinese	Common	Double ink layer
Portal	1997	Dread Reaper	Simplified & Traditional Chinese	Rare	Missing Flying
Portal	1997	Storm Crow	Simplified & Traditional Chinese	Common	Missing Flying
Portal	1997	Owl Familiar	Simplified Chinese	Common	Wrong rules text
Portal	1997	Deep-Sea Serpent	Simplified Chinese	Rare	Name ink-layer error
Tempest	1997	Master Decoy	Traditional Chinese	Common	Wrong mana shading
Tempest	1997	Mounted Archers	Traditional Chinese	Uncommon	Wrong mana shading
Fifth Edition	1998	Shivan Dragon	Simplified Chinese	Rare	Letter instead of mana symbol
Fifth Edition	1998	Armageddon	Simplified Chinese	Rare	Type ink mismatch
Fifth Edition	1998	Pentagram of the Ages	Simplified Chinese	Rare	Name ink mismatch
Fifth Edition	1998	Johtull Wurm	Simplified Chinese	Rare	Creature type mismatch
Fifth Edition	1998	Force of Nature	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Missing artist credit
Fifth Edition	1998	Wall of Spears	Simplified Chinese	Common	Missing artist credit
Fifth Edition	1998	Primordial Ooze	Simplified Chinese	Uncommon	Rare instead of uncommon
Fifth Edition	1998	Winter Blast	Simplified Chinese	Uncommon	Rare instead of uncommon
Exodus	1998	Allay	Traditional Chinese	Common	Yellow mana circle
Exodus	1998	Charging Paladin	Traditional Chinese	Common	Yellow mana circle
Exodus	1998	Soltari Visionary	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Yellow mana circle
Exodus	1998	Standing Troops	Traditional Chinese	Common	Yellow mana circle
Exodus	1998	Wall of Nets	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Yellow mana circle
Exodus	1998	Pygmy Troll	Traditional Chinese	Common	Power/Toughness ink mismatch
Urza’s Saga	1998	Hush	Traditional Chinese	Common	Wrong mana cost
Urza’s Saga	1998	Opal Caryatid	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Wrong mana cost
Urza’s Saga	1998	Silent Attendant	Traditional Chinese	Common	Wrong mana cost
Urza’s Saga	1998	Rune of Protection: Lands	Traditional Chinese	Common	Wrong mana cost
Portal Three Kingdoms	1999	Zodiac Rabbit	Simplified Chinese	Common	Wrong card type
Urza’s Legacy	1999	Beast of Burden	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Missing Creature type
Urza’s Legacy	1999	Weatherseed Faeries	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Wrong artist credit
Urza’s Legacy	1999	All red cards	Traditional Chinese	Mixed	Wrong numbering (/350)
Urza’s Destiny	1999	Body Snatcher	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Discard text wrong
Urza’s Destiny	1999	Defense of the Heart	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Enters tapped text
Nemesis	2000	Accumulated Knowledge	Traditional Chinese	Common	Rules text duplicated
Invasion	2000	Geothermal Crevice	Simplified Chinese	Rare	Mana shading missing
Invasion	2000	Slinking Serpent	Simplified & Traditional Chinese	Uncommon	Missing Power/Toughness
Planeshift	2001	Caldera Kavu	Traditional Chinese	Uncommon	Activation spacing error
Apocalypse	2001	Spectral Lynx	Simplified Chinese	Rare	Missing Protection from Green
Seventh Edition	2001	Elvish Piper	Simplified & Traditional Chinese	Rare	Missing mana symbol
Onslaught	2002	Choking Tethers	Simplified Chinese	Common	Missing mana icon
Onslaught	2002	Headhunter’	Simplified Chinese	Uncommon	Creature type ink missing
Mirrodin	2003	Oblivion Stone	Traditional Chinese	Rare	Fate counter text wrong
Scourge	2003	Waste Away (foil)	Traditional Chinese	Uncommon	Red outline variant
Eighth Edition	2003	Fodder Cannon	Simplified Chinese	Rare	Missing mana circle
Fifth Dawn	2004	Razormane Masticore	Simplified Chinese	Rare	Discard two instead of one
Ninth Edition	2005	20 listed uncommons	Simplified Chinese	Uncommon	Mana alignment

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Final thoughts

Chinese Magic cards represent a hidden chapter of Magic’s printing history.

While most collectors focus on early English sets, the Chinese editions contain:

• Some of the wildest misprints ever made,
• Entire print runs with permanent errors,
• True collector-grade anomalies.

For serious Magic historians and high-end collectors, these cards are not curiosities,
they are some of the rarest production mistakes in the game’s history.

This list has been done thanks to the fantastic work of Squts and its website Squst Misprints that list all misprints and error on MTG cards