A numeric archive, not a list of everything unusual.
The public archive contains only entries with a listed number. A card whose existence or distribution story is known but whose quantity cannot be established or reasonably listed does not receive a page.
The card does not need to be scarcer than an Alpha rare. Aerith Gainsborough non-foil belongs because the documented number of recipients can be reconstructed. The archive is about countable supply, not an arbitrary rarity threshold.
Five ways a supply can be counted.
Numbered
The denominator printed on the card establishes the maximum population of that exact version, such as /77 or /500.
Printed
A print run is documented directly, as with Splendid Genesis, Fraternal Exaltation, or a unique commemorative card.
Awarded
A fixed number of copies was allocated to a finishing position, such as Top 32, Top 128, or event winner.
Distributed
The number of recipients can be reconstructed from official participant counts across the relevant events.
Scheduled
The allocation has been announced and is mathematically fixed even though some or all of the events have not yet taken place.
Copies awarded are not necessarily copies printed.
If 32 players received a foil Cloud at a Pro Tour, the archive records 32 awarded. It does not claim that the printer produced only 32 physical copies. Replacements, archive copies, production samples, or undistributed stock may exist.
Each tournament page describes the access route. This distinguishes participation in an open event, a high finish at an open event, qualification for a closed event, and a high finish after qualifying for a Pro Tour or World Championship.
Current and final quantities are kept separate.
An ongoing distribution can have a precise current total and an unknown final total. The non-foil 2026 Tamiyo, for example, records the recipients from completed Pro Tours and will increase after the World Championship attendance is known.
When the future quantity is already fixed, the page shows three values: documented so far, confirmed future distribution, and known or expected total.
What stays outside the archive.
- Cards with no usable numeric population or distribution.
- Heroes of the Realm, artist proofs, oversized cards, test prints, fillers, NFC cards, and other versions without the standard Magic back.
- Ordinary expansion printings such as Alpha and Beta. Those belong in the separate Market Cap section, not the Treasures archive.
- Store, FNM, RCQ, judge, and participation promotions when the total allocation cannot yet be reconstructed reliably.
Early Magic Market Cap is a separate calculation.
The Market Cap section covers Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Collector’s Edition, International Edition, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark. It multiplies a historical supply figure by the current USD market price exposed through Scryfall.
Collector’s Edition uses 9,000 complete sets, International Edition uses 5,000, and the other sets use the documented historical print-run research identified on the Market Cap page.
Sources remain attached to every entry.
Primary Wizards announcements and event documentation are preferred. Scryfall identifies the exact printing. Secondary research is used where no primary document survives or where historical sheet information must be reconstructed.
Data cut for this initial release: 16 August 2026.