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==Description== ===Physical properties=== Print sheets are rectangular sheets made from two layers of cardboard joined together by an opaque blue adhesive, so that you can't see through the cards even in direct sunlight. The sheets are produced and cut for [[Wizards of the Coast]] by playing card manufacturers like [[Carta Mundi]].<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/building-tariel-2011-06-06|Building Tariel|[[Mark Purvis]]|June 6, 2011}}</ref> Nowadays, WotC uses the services of four or more printers all around the world.<ref name="Life of a Card"/><ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/136332195908/i-thought-you-were-using-11x11-sheets-these-days|title=I thought you were using 11x11 sheets these days?|December 31, 2015}}</ref> Confirmed printers are The United States Playing Card Corporation (USPC), Shepard Poorman, Quebecor, and Yaquinto. Non-foil sheets (including the blue adhesive "core") are fully recyclable.<ref>{{YouTubeRef|tEDQFM0BD9U|Sustainable MTG Packaging & Something New in Secret Lair!|channel=[[Good Morning Magic]]|date=November 24, 2021}}</ref> ===Card stock=== {{Main|Card stock}} [[File:Card profile.jpg|right|thumb|Profile of a ''Magic'' card]] The standard stock actually consists of two sheets of special paper of a specific thickness and weight that have been glued together. The line in the middle of the stock is usually described as a plastic but it is a graphite laminate. It is used as a security feature but this is incidental. This layer is what gives ''Magic'' cards their “snap” and resilience to being bent and shuffled. It also provides opacity.<ref name="Card Board"/> It is most often blue and is colloquially referred to as the “blue layer”, however it is sometimes black as well depending on where and when the stock was manufactured. Many cards printed by Shepard Poorman have a black layer. The paper receives a surface coating that is applied in layers and calendered (polished) at the factory during manufacturing to achieve a desired surface.<ref name="Card Board">{{DailyRef|feature/playing-card-board-2018-05-17|Playing Card Board|[[Tom Wänerstrand]]|May 17, 2018}}</ref> ===Sizes=== Set sizes have to be tailored to the available sizes of print sheets. * '''10 x 11''' **Regular ''Magic'' cards are the same size as poker-size playing cards. A typical pack of these playing cards contains a 52-card deck, two jokers, and one extra card, which might, for example, contain bridge scoring values. This makes 55 cards, for which a 110-card (10 x 11) sheet would be highly suited. [[File:Uncut-M15-R.jpg|thumb|A foil 11 x 11 uncut rare print sheet from ''[[Magic 2015]]''.]] * '''11 x 11''' ** However, Carta Mundi uses 121-card (11 x 11) sheets, which are tailored to the European market. They measure 28.25" by 40" (72 x 102 cm). In many European countries, the most common decks of cards might contain simply A 2 3 4 5 6 7 J Q K, for a 40-card deck which could appear three times on a 121-card sheet, with one card left over. 32-card decks with 7 8 9 10 J Q K A and 36-card decks with and additional 6 in each suit are even more common. If the 36-card decks come with jokers and informational cards, like a 52-card deck usually does, printing it three times on a 121-card sheet would not produce too much waste.<ref>[http://www.quadibloc.com/math/dioprint.htm Diophantus at the Printer's Shop]</ref> *'''7 x 7''' ** [[Oversized]] cards appear to be printed on 7 x 7 sheets.<ref name="How">[http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/20852/how-are-mtg-cards-printed-in-regards-to-the-rarity-of-each-card Boardgames.stackexchange.com (November 24, 2014) How are ''Magic'' cards printed?]</ref> ===Filler cards=== [[File:Filler.jpg|thumb|A filler card from ''[[Planechase]]''. It features a regular ''Magic'' [[card back]].]] [[File:MID Common printsheet Discard.png|thumb|A common printsheet for ''[[Innistrad: Midnight Hunt]]'' with filler cards ("DISCARD").]] Usually the number of cards in a set and the rarity distribution are chosen in a way that all slots on a sheet are filled but occasionally, some slots remained unused and were then occupied with "filler cards". Normally these cards are sorted out prior to packaging.<ref>{{DailyRef|ask-wizards-march-2003-2003-03-03|Ask Wizards - March, 2003|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|March, 2003}}</ref><ref>[http://www.magiclibrarities.net/348-rarities-filler-cards-english-cards-index.html Magic Rarities Filler Cards]</ref> These can be blank, black, with stripes or crosses, with a barcode or with some text. All have a regular ''Magic'' [[card back]]. These cards occasionally find their way into finished product, and are collected by some players.
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