Anthologies was a box set from the card game Magic: The Gathering. It was printed in November 1998 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Magic. It featured cards from Alpha through Urza's Saga. The print run was unknown. When it was first printed, Anthologies sold for around $20.00 MSRP, but prices have risen since. However, the cards are still considered Promotional, and have no tournament value in Standard.
| Released | November 1998 | ||
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Features
Anthologies had two decks, Green/White and Black/Red. It was printed with expansion symbols from the other sets. It was white-bordered, and featured color expansion symbols even for those cards before Exodus without colored expansion symbols.
The Anthologies cards with identical copies in 5th Edition (i.e. Armageddon, Nevinyrral's Disk, etc.) bear a striking resemblance to those from 5th Edition. They can be told apart by looking at the copyright line:
5th Edition cards have "© 1997", whereas the Anthologies reprints have "© 1993-1998", which became the new standard for the copyright line with the release of Exodus.