A: Of course, our users are protected by our refund policy
Still, when people talk about the Base Set print runs, they are usually split up into four general groups: Shadowless 1st edition Shadowless non-1st edition (note that this is not an unlimited print run, because there was still only one print run with Shadowless cards lacking the 1st edition symbol) Shadowed unlimited edition 1999 Shadowed unlimited edition 1999-2000 Here are all four of them for the Base Pikachu, which are also covered in another article of mine: my Base Pikachu Artwork variations article
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The main culprit is the huge power creep that MTGs had across the last few years, printing cards especially creatures that are more powerful than old Snappy in a vacuum