Middle Ages

Middle Ages was an unofficial Magic: The Gathering expansion set produced by Fred Ditzler of Marauder Graphics in the summer of 1994.

Description
The set was printed as stickers, which were meant to be applied to normal Magic: The Gathering cards in order to make them playable. Although Middle Ages is described as "a collectable sticker set of 73 stickers", there were two additional token cards not available through packs.

Ditzler, a student of Millersville University in Lancaster, PA at the time, created all the original art. The stickers were printed on "Kanzaki Primeline Permanent" adhesive sheets in a nine-by-five layout. Two different sheets were created; one common and one uncommon. A few cards were printed more than once, appearing either twice or once on both sheets. After the sheets were cut, the two token cards (Wasp and Rukh) were removed as well as an uncertain series of other stickers. These were to be artificially limited and reinserted into packs manually, producing what Ditzler called "ungodly rares". Students were hired to package the stickers into packs and boxes.

Due to copyright issues, only three weeks after the regional release (in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware) of the expansion set, a cease and desist order was placed against the sale of these stickers, due to action by Wizards of the Coast. Later, Ditzler was ordered to dispose of the remaining stickers. At the time, he was in the process of developing a second run of the stickers with corrections and additional ones.

Only 100 boxes of 30 packs each were sold. Each pack held eight stickers and included a simple label. The stickers were square and thus required trimming the corners.

Information about the set was written in a Scrye magazine issue from early 1995.

"Ungodly" rares
Certain cards were pulled out of the assembled packs, producing what Ditzler called "ungodly" rares. The exact ones are unknown, but likely to be 7-9 of these:


 * Dragon Slayer
 * Eternal Battlefield
 * Musical Chairs
 * Old Master
 * Redirection
 * Shadow Drake
 * Tiberius
 * Wall of Force
 * War Altar

On many occasions, people have referred to the "Rukh" and "Wasp of the Hive" stickers as the "ungodly" rares. These stickers, which represent the only token creatures in the game at the time, were available by redeeming five booster pack labels plus $4 US to Marauder Graphics.

Locations which sold Middle Ages
This section is to establish the extent of distribution and the local prices for the set.
 * Showcase Comics - Granite Run Mall, Media, PA 19063 ($2.50 for eight stickers)
 * - Kalamazoo, Michigan