Question about SP-(shortprints)

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Posted By: Neal

I hope this is not a dumb question. I just wanted to know exactly what is a (SP)short print card...

Thank you all!

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Posted By: sagard

Typically a card that is printed in fewer quantities than others in the same set or series.

If a 24 card sheet has 11 cards repeated and 2 not repeated, those two would be short printed.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

It means fewer of the cards were printed relative to the to the other cards in the series. In short, it's rarer. Sometimes a card was removed during printing for whatever reason, and that card is called a short print.

Double print means a card is more plentiful than normal. There are even triple prints, which means the cards are more plentiful than double prints.

Double prints have been identified because they are obviously more plentiful or because someone's had complete sheets showing that card literally appears twice (double) on the sheets per the other cards' once.