Every single old-bordered Legend in Foil, from Urza's Saga to Scourge, COMPLETE!!!
For a while, I've been posting bits and pieces of my foils for a little project I've been working on: every foil legendary creature printed between 1998 and 2003. I chose this time frame specifically for the old frame being prevalent at the time, and it was a dream I wanted to achieve since I was a poor kid.
After 4 and a half years, it's done. Every single old-border legendary creature ever printed from Urza’s Saga (1998) up until Scourge (2003), in FOIL. There are 65 total unique Legends in this time frame, with two of them (Tahngarth and Ertai) having alternate arts.
[A quick FAQ]
>Why did you do this?
I started Magic in the Invasion block, and my first pack was from Invasion containing a Treva. While that particular card wasn’t foil, it was always my dream to own a foil copy one day.
I eventually built a EDH deck that was Bant Enchantress. Even though it was already supported and having its own precon, I stuck with Treva for sentimental reasons. Fast forward, I eventually got both a foil copy AND and the DCI Promo along with it.
It was there that everything snowballed into what it is today.
>How much did you pay for all of this?
That depends on your definition of “pay”. I gave myself a stipulation: only trade up. Most of the bulk I’ve garnered over the years, stacks and stacks of them, turned into most of what you see. The only time I broke this rule was with Akroma that I bought from tcgplayer for, at the time, 130 USD, purely as a birthday present to myself.
The Rith was also an actual purchase. See below for reasoning.
>What was the worst card to find?
The Squee and the Rofellos and it’s not even close.
>Did you find any good deals?
The Rith is MP, but it was listed in a very generous 5 USD. I do plan on upgrading this one in particular, but it looks good enough to be with the rest.
>Why isn’t Skyship Weatherlight on here despite having both copies of Tahngarth and Ertai?
Not a Legendary Creature. I do plan on picking up both foil copies at some point, but priorities dictate this first.
>Whats your next project?
Right now I’m foiling out a couple of personal EDH decks. I do plan on collecting every single legend from Legends to Urza’s Saga again (Barrin, Master Wizard, as far as I know, was not printed as a foil.) and getting every version of each available legend within that area.
>Do you run any of them as a Commander EDH deck?
Yes. Treva, Commander Eesha, Arcanis, Phage, Kamahl (red), Multani, Cromat, and Karn are all built and ready to go. Chainer is also going to be built as a “old border only” deck, and all of the other Primeval Dragons have their decklists ready and planned out.
>Can I buy one of the cards from this list?
You're buying the entire damn set if you want a single card from this pile.