Chapter 1

The First Cards

1. ¹The Church does not teach what came before the First Printing. The Church has been asked. The Church changes the subject.
2. ²In the Age Before Foil every card was equal, and no one checked a price, because there was nothing to check.
3. ³And it was fine. Historians describe it as fine.
4. ⁴Then came the First Printing, and with it the rare slot, and with the rare slot, hope.
5. ⁵And hope was sealed in foil, and the foil was placed upon a shelf, and a hand reached for it.
6. ⁶And the hand opened the pack. And behold: a common.
7. ⁷And the hand opened another.
8. ⁸Thus began the chase, which has not ended, and which the Church does not expect to end before the next set releases.

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