1993 Magic the Gathering Alpha (MTG): JDJ-Sapphire's PSA Mint 9 - Gem 10 Alpha Set

JDJ-Sapphire's PSA Mint 9 - Gem 10 Alpha Set - 4th

Current Statistics
Rank 4
Weighted GPA 9.184
Complete 100.00%
Set Rating 9.184
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About this set:   (Set construction timeline)
12/5/07 - Purchased a complete, ungraded Alpha set for $10,799.99.
6/11/08 - Purchased my first PSA graded Alpha card, a Mint 9 Underground Sea for $495.00.
8/20/09 - Joined the PSA Collectors Club and began submitting Alpha cards for grading, starting with the Power Nine.
4/9/10 - Completed set graded in PSA 7 or better condition.
4/11/11 - Completed set graded in PSA 8 or better condition & reached #5 All-Time Finest on the set registry.
6/4/12 - Reached #3 on the Current Finest set registry list & improved Set Rating to 9.131 Weighted GPA.
1/16/13 - Completed set graded in PSA 9 or better condition & improved Set Rating to 9.184 Weighted GPA.
                    It's a MINT set! And currently ONE of only TWO Mint 9 or better Alpha sets in the WORLD!!!

??/??/?? - Will there ever be a complete graded set in PSA 10 condition???

Set contributors:
Vintage Magic - 62 cards (Black Lotus, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Timetwister, Savannah, Chaos Orb, Birds of Paradise, Shivan Dragon...)
ABU Games - 56 cards (Mox Jet, Plateau...)
William Wills - 49 cards (Mox Emerarld, The Hive...)
Troll and Toad - 48 cards (Nevinyrral's Disk, Granite Gargoyle...)
Cole Alexis - 21 cards (Time Walk, Fungusaur...)
David Edwards - 11 cards (Bayou, Tropical Island...)
Len Osborne - 11 cards (Raging River, Stasis...)
Jacob Reynolds - 11 cards (Illusionary Mask, Mind Twist...)
Carl McCormick - 5 cards (Mox Sapphire, Time Vault, Tundra, Taiga, Scrubland)
High Grade Magic - 2 cards (Underground Sea, Badlands)
Dave & Adam's Card World - 1 card (Ancestral Recall)
James (Rob) Fagan - 1 card (Forcefield)
Honorable Mentions:
Alpha Starter Deck - 8 cards (Demonic Tutor, Ivory Cup...)
Daniel Gabilondo - 3 cards
The Graded Gamer - 2 cards
Kid Icarus - 2 cards
Neil Chulindra - 1 card
TMMoose - 1 card

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JDJ-Sapphire's PSA Mint 9 - Gem 10 Alpha Set
ImageSpec No.Card#ItemGradePopPop HigherOwner's Comments
8011930011 AIR ELEMENTAL10301 of 3
8011930021 ANCESTRAL RECALL9153
8011930031 ANIMATE ARTIFACT9203
8011930041 ANIMATE DEAD10100
8011930051 ANIMATE WALL9101
8011930061 ANKH OF MISHRA9142
8011930071 ARMAGEDDON9110Case signed by artist: Jesper Myrfors
8011930081 ASPECT OF WOLF992Case signed by artist: Jeff A. Menges
8011930101 BAD MOON9116
8011930091 BADLANDS9197
8011930111 BALANCE9106
8011930121 BASALT MONOLITH9151
8011930131 BAYOU1060
8011930141 BENALISH HERO9236
8011930151 BERSERK9285
8011930161 BIRDS OF PARADISE9121
8011930171 BLACK KNIGHT10100
8011930181 BLACK LOTUS9216I recently loaned the PSA 9 Alpha Black Lotus to PSA for their display at S...
8011930191 BLACK VISE9117
8011930201 BLACK WARD9100
8011930211 BLAZE OF GLORY9158
8011930221 BLESSING91010
8011930231 BLUE ELEMENTAL BLAST10150
8011930241 BLUE WARD1090
8011930251 BOG WRAITH970
8011930261 BRAINGEYSER9161
8011930271 BURROWING9162
8011930281 CAMOUFLAGE973
8011930291 CASTLE1090
8011930301 CELESTIAL PRISM9153
8011930311 CHANNEL9182
8011930321 CHAOS ORB981
8011930331 CHAOSLACE9103
8011930351 CIRCLE OF PROTECTION/BLUE9251
8011930361 CIRCLE OF PROTECTION/GREEN9197
8011930371 CIRCLE OF PROTECTION/RED10110
8011930381 CIRCLE OF PROTECTION/WHITE10150
8011930391 CLOCKWORK BEAST992
8011930401 CLONE10130
8011930411 COCKATRICE9151
8011930421 CONSECRATE LAND9135
8011930431 CONSERVATOR9164
8011930441 CONTRACT FROM BELOW9134
8011930451 CONTROL MAGIC10401 of 4
8011930461 CONVERSION10100
8011930471 COPPER TABLET10100
8011930481 COPY ARTIFACT980
8011930491 COUNTERSPELL 9150
8011930501 CRAW WURM9299
8011930511 CREATURE BOND9151
8011930521 CRUSADE9100Case signed by artist: Mark Poole
8011930531 CRYSTAL ROD9114
8011930541 CURSED LAND1060
8011930551 CYCLOPEAN TOMB971Case signed by artist: Anson Maddocks
8011930561 DARK RITUAL991
8011930571 DARKPACT9141
8011930581 DEATH WARD1080
8011930591 DEATHGRIP9202
8011930601 DEATHLACE9116
8011930611 DEMONIC ATTORNEY10201 of 2
8011930621 DEMONIC HORDES9180
8011930631 DEMONIC TUTOR9179
8011930641 DINGUS EGG9120Case signed by artist: Dan Frazier
8011930651 DISENCHANT9284
8011930661 DISINTEGRATE10170
8011930671 DISRUPTING SCEPTER10501 of 5
8011930681 DRAGON WHELP9146
8011930691 DRAIN LIFE10150
8011930701 DRAIN POWER9190
8011930711 DRUDGE SKELETONS10120
8011930721 DWARVEN DEMOLITION TEAM9177
8011930731 DWARVEN WARRIORS10200
8011930741 EARTH ELEMENTAL10100
8011930751 EARTHBIND10220
8011930761 EARTHQUAKE1090
8011930771 ELVISH ARCHERS994Case signed by artist: Anson Maddocks
8011930781 EVIL PRESENCE9145
8011930791 FALSE ORDERS9235
8011930801 FARMSTEAD980
8011930811 FASTBOND1070Case signed by artist: Mark Poole
8011930821 FEAR1090
8011930831 FEEDBACK9103
8011930841 FIRE ELEMENTAL9106
8011930851 FIREBALL9186
8011930861 FIREBREATHING9266
8011930871 FLASHFIRES10501 of 5
8011930881 FLIGHT9243
8011930891 FOG9150
8011930901 FORCE OF NATURE9112
8011930911 FORCEFIELD961
8011930921 FOREST10300
8011930931 FORK9122
8011930941 FROZEN SHADE10110
8011930951 FUNGUSAUR980
8011930961 GAEAS LIEGE10501 of 5
8011930971 GAUNTLET OF MIGHT9101
8011930981 GIANT GROWTH9120
8011930991 GIANT SPIDER9198
8011931001 GLASSES OF URZA993
8011931011 GLOOM1070
8011931021 GOBLIN BALLOON BRIGADE983
8011931031 GOBLIN KING9142
8011931041 GRANITE GARGOYLE10100
8011931051 GRAY OGRE9195
8011931061 GREEN WARD9184
8011931071 GRIZZLY BEARS10501 of 5
8011931081 GUARDIAN ANGEL9163
8011931091 HEALING SALVE10110
8011931101 HELM OF CHATZUK9134
8011931111 HILL GIANT1060
8011931121 HOLY ARMOR9212
8011931131 HOLY STRENGTH9150
8011931141 HOWL FROM BEYOND9206
8011931151 HOWLING MINE9104
8011931161 HURLOON MINOTAUR9217
8011931171 HURRICANE9103
8011931181 HYPNOTIC SPECTER10160
8011931191 ICE STORM9284
8011931201 ICY MANIPULATOR10110
8011931211 ILLUSIONARY MASK9231
8011931221 INSTILL ENERGY9132
8011931231 INVISIBILITY10160
8011931241 IRON STAR9168
8011931251 IRONCLAW ORCS9267
8011931261 IRONROOT TREEFOLK9230
8011931271 ISLAND SANCTUARY990
8011931281 ISLAND 10350Both versions PSA 10
8011931291 IVORY CUP1070
8011931301 JADE MONOLITH9144Case signed by artist: Anson Maddocks
8011931311 JADE STATUE9115
8011931321 JAYEMDAE TOME962
8011931331 JUGGERNAUT9197
8011931341 JUMP10190
8011931351 KARMA9192
8011931361 KELDON WARLORD9121
8011931371 KORMUS BELL9111Case signed by artist: Christopher Rush
8011931381 KUDZU9121
8011931391 LANCE9203
8011931401 LEY DRUID9132
8011931411 LIBRARY OF LENG9132
8011931421 LICH981
8011931431 LIFEFORCE9231
8011931441 LIFELACE10301 of 3
8011931451 LIFETAP10501 of 5
8011931461 LIGHTNING BOLT10190Case signed by artist: Christopher Rush
8011931481 LIVING ARTIFACT9122
8011931491 LIVING LANDS9103
8011931471 LIVING WALL992
8011931501 LLANOWAR ELVES10180
8011931511 LORD OF ATLANTIS9185
8011931521 LORD OF THE PIT9116
8011931541 LURE9230
8011931721 MAGICAL HACK9110
8011931561 MAHAMOTI DJINN9122
8011931581 MANA FLARE9114
8011931591 MANA SHORT9154
8011931601 MANA VAULT9133
8011931611 MANABARBS986
8011931621 MEEKSTONE975
8011931631 MERFOLK OF THE PEARL TR9242
8011931641 MESA PEGASUS9296
8011931651 MIND TWIST960
8011931571 MONSS GOBLIN RAIDERS9132
8011931771 MOUNTAIN10370
8011931661 MOX EMERALD9144
8011931681 MOX JET9114
8011931671 MOX PEARL9185
8011931691 MOX RUBY9188
8011931701 MOX SAPPHIRE9170Also have a BGS 9 with case signed by artist: Dan Frazier, a PSA 8, had ano...
8011931781 NATURAL SELECTION9163
8011931741 NETHER SHADOW9131
8011931731 NETTLING IMP974
8011931761 NEVINYRRALS DISK9150
8011931751 NIGHTMARE971
8011931711 NORTHERN PALADIN9120
8011931791 OBSIANUS GOLEM9173
8011931801 ORCISH ARTILLERY9184
8011931811 ORCISH ORIFLAMME1070
8011931821 PARALYZE9223
8011931831 PEARLED UNICORN10160
8011931841 PERSONAL INCARNATION991
8011931851 PESTILENCE9173
8011931861 PHANTASMAL FORCES9171
8011931871 PHANTASMAL TERRAIN10501 of 5
8011931881 PHANTOM MONSTER9183
8011931891 PIRATE SHIP9140
8011931921 PLAGUE RATS9185
8011931911 PLAINS10290Both versions PSA 10
8011931901 PLATEAU10401 of 4
8011931931 POWER LEAK10201 of 2
8011931941 POWER SINK10120
8011931951 POWER SURGE982
8011931961 PRODIGAL SORCERER10130
8011931971 PSIONIC BLAST9191
8011931981 PSYCHIC VENOM9244
8011931991 PURELACE9121
8011932011 RAGING RIVER9181
8011932001 RAISE DEAD9161
8011932021 RED ELEMENTAL BLAST9287
8011932031 RED WARD9111
8011932041 REGENERATION10180
8011932051 REGROWTH1080
8011932061 RESURRECTION974
8011932071 REVERSE DAMAGE9110
8011932081 RIGHTEOUSNESS9162
8011932091 ROC OF KHER RIDGES1060
8011932101 ROCK HYDRA9142
8011932111 ROD OF RUIN9132
8011932121 ROYAL ASSASSIN9156
8011932131 SACRIFICE9203
8011932141 SAMITE HEALER10150
8011932151 SAVANNAH9138
8011932161 SAVANNAH LIONS9141
8011932171 SCATHE ZOMBIES10130
8011932181 SCAVENGING GHOUL9222
8011932191 SCRUBLAND9134
8011932201 SCRYB SPRITES9274
8011932211 SEA SERPENT9141
8011932221 SEDGE TROLL980Case double signed by: credited artist Jeff A. Menges & actual artist Dan F...
8011932231 SENGIR VAMPIRE9253
8011932241 SERRA ANGEL9234
8011932251 SHANODIN DRYADS10120
8011932261 SHATTER10140
8011932271 SHIVAN DRAGON9141
8011932281 SIMULACRUM980
8011932291 SINKHOLE9262
8011932301 SIRENS CALL9142
8011932321 SLEIGHT OF MIND9111
8011932331 SMOKE992
8011932311 SOL RING9197
8011932341 SOUL NET9155
8011932351 SPELL BLAST10150
8011932361 STASIS982
8011932371 STEAL ARTIFACT9133
8011932381 STONE GIANT9164
8011932391 STONE RAIN980
8011932401 STREAM OF LIFE9184
8011932411 SUNGLASSES OF URZA992
8011932421 SWAMP10420Both versions PSA 10
8011932431 SWORDS TO PLOWSHARE1070
8011932441 TAIGA9112
8011932451 TERROR9258
8011932461 THE HIVE1070
8011932471 THICKET BASILISK9133
8011932481 THOUGHTLACE980Case signed by artist: Mark Poole
8011932491 THRONE OF BONE9152
8011932501 TIMBER WOLVES9131
8011932511 TIME VAULT9173
8011932521 TIME WALK9206
8011932531 TIMETWISTER9131
8011932541 TRANQUILITY9181
8011932551 TROPICAL ISLAND994
8011932561 TSUNAMI9131
8011932571 TUNDRA9115
8011932581 TUNNEL9114
8011932611 TWIDDLE92513
8011932601 TWO-HEADED GIANT9113
8011932591 UNDERGROUND SEA9195Also have a Beta Volcanic Island Artist Proof authenticated by Beckett/JSA
8011932621 UNHOLY STRENGTH10170
8011932631 UNSUMMON9244
8011932641 UTHDEN TROLL10301 of 3
8011932651 VERDURAN ENCHANTRESS9101
8011932661 VESUVAN DOPPELGANGER9130
8011932671 VETERAN BODYGUARD9111
8011932681 VOLCANIC ERUPTION9110
8011932701 WALL OF AIR9192
8011932711 WALL OF BONE9173
8011932721 WALL OF BRAMBLES9135
8011932731 WALL OF FIRE9123
8011932741 WALL OF ICE9166
8011932751 WALL OF STONE9134
8011932761 WALL OF SWORDS9183
8011932771 WALL OF WATER9143
8011932781 WALL OF WOOD9170
8011932791 WANDERLUST1060
8011932801 WAR MAMMOTH91710
8011932811 WARP ARTIFACT9112
8011932821 WATER ELEMENTAL9135
8011932831 WEAKNESS10180
8011932841 WEB982
8011932851 WHEEL OF FORTUNE9110
8011932861 WHITE KNIGHT9164
8011932871 WHITE WARD9143
8011932881 WILD GROWTH10170
8011932891 WILL-O-THE-WISP9110
8011932901 WINTER ORB971
8011932911 WOODEN SPHERE9126
8011932921 WORD OF COMMAND9110
8011932931 WRATH OF GOD9126
8011932941 ZOMBIE MASTER980Case signed by artist: Jeff A. Menges
Comments
Congrats on making it 9+ on all cards!
Posted @ 1/27/2013 2:19 AM By mtgobazaar
Sweet upgrades! Congratulations!!
Posted @ 4/16/2012 5:00 PM By Kunitar
Gratz on making top five. That's quite an accomplishment. :)
Posted @ 4/26/2011 7:27 AM By AbsolutAlphas
Congrats on the Rock Hydra! Very nice!!!
Posted @ 3/29/2011 1:41 PM By Kunitar