Wizards of the Coast Employee Cards

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Back in 1994, when Wizards of the Coast still was a small company and Magic a less sophisticated product, some Wizards of the Coast employees were known to create their own Magic cards and hand them around within the company. Some of these cards were created by Cindy Vanoos. While  not being an employee herself, she had good connections to the company. She created her cards by using original Magic backsides and glueing her own laser-printed fronts onto them. Very few copies have survived until today.

Two of Cindy Vanoos' cards, Painful Hedgehog and Urza's Lawn Ornament, also made an appearance in one of Wizards of the Coast's God books right after the release of Antiquities. These God books were binders which held one of each Magiccard ever made. They were used mostly by customer service. To avoid risking theft of the steadily value-increasing cards, they were later on replaced by the Magic Encyclopedia book series.

At least two more employee cards called Hummingbird and Plot Device are known to exist.


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WIZARDS OF THE COAST EMPLOYEE CARDS

SET

 

CARD NAME

 

ARTIST

 

SOURCE

 

DATE

001 Forest Gump
John Misc. internal card created by ??? 1994-??-??
002 Mishra's Buick
Cindy Vanoos internal card created by Cindy Vanoos 1994-??-??
003 Painful Hedgehogs
Cindy Vanoos internal card created by Cindy Vanoos 1994-??-??
004 Urza's Lawn Ornament
Cindy Vanoos internal card created by Cindy Vanoos 1994-??-??