So what is the deal with those white bordered old school cards from Antiquities, Arabian Nights, Legends, and The Dark?

In July 1995, Wizards of the Coast decided to release a few cards from each of these expansions since there was some high demand for cards from those sets. In order to distinguish them from the original cards, they made them white bordered.

Out of the 125 cards in this set 21 are from Antiquities, 14 are from Arabian Nights, 71 are from Legends, and 19 are from The Dark.

Below are examples of the differences:

  

Antiquities and Arabian Nights will only have the artists name on the bottom of the card. Legends and the Dark will have the artists name and a copyright date of 1994.

Chronicles will have the artists name on the first line and a copyright date of 1995 on the second line. This is very important to note as some untrustworthy people have been known to color in the white borders.

You can also see differences in printing quality between each of the pairs. The cards from Chronicles are more vibrant, while the others have more of a faded look.

If by chance you see an auction where a seller is selling a chronicles card, but is calling it something else, they truly may not know the difference; please do the eBay community a favor and politely tell the seller of their mistake.