Here's what Wikipedia adds:
"The Summer Magic print run of Revised Edition were printed in the summer of 1994. This print run intended to fix some of the errors with Revised, including the washed out color. As it turned out, the Summer Magic run had problems of its own. The colors were considered too dark and the artist credited for Plateau stayed uncorrected as well as the artist credited for Serendib Efreet, although the Efreet had received its original color and art again. Also a famous new misprint occurred with the card Hurricane; the so-called "blue Hurricane" is one of the rarest and most sought after cards in the entirety of Magic because of its misprint with a blue border. On the secondary market it sells for thousands of dollars. The print run was recalled and destroyed, however about 40 booster boxes that were shipped to England and Tennessee survived. Statistically no more than 11 or 12 of each rare exists."
In other words, Summer Magic cards are really rare. In fact, I didn't even realize they existed until I stumbled over the Wikipedia article on Revised the other day. Naturally, this sent me scrambling through my collection of Revised cards in search of Summer Magic cards (the basic lands from which go for $80 each). Here's a sneak peak:
Cool eh? In any event, the article finishes:
This print run is known primarily for its extremely scarce and valuable cards and packs. Cards are distinguished by dark coloring and a 1994 copyright date displayed at the bottom, along with the artist credit. Booster packs look identical to normal Revised Edition packs, and as such, telling them apart can often be troublesome. No starter decks were made.
There are articles out there detail how to spot the difference, so if you think you have some of these cards, you'd better check. The rares are outrageous. The famous blue hurricane, goes for around $8000! Cheers.
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