La differenza principale fra le carte Alpha e Beta e' il raggio di curva degli angoli, tuttavia vi sono altre differenze fra i due set dovute a errori di stampa e correzioni dei testi. La loro conoscenza puo' essere utile ai collezzionisti per avere maggiori garanzie che una carta Alpha non sia in realta' una carta Beta alla quale sono stati arrotondati gli angoli, il valore delle carte è molto differente e qualche carta ritagliata sul mercato è in circolazione.

		Basalt Monolith Card text changed
		Birds of Paradise Two slashes after the word Flying
		Black Lotus Alignment casting cost
		Braingeyser Small red dot in text box
		Channel Card text changed
		Circle of Protection: Black Not present in Alpha
		Circle of Protection: Red Anson Maddocks as the artist rather than Mark Tedin
		Contract from Below Black printer mark on left side border
		Copy Artifact Black printer mark on right side border
		Cyclopean Tomb Alpha Cyclopean Tomb had no casting cost
		Death Ward Dan Frazier as the artist rather than Mark Poole
		Demonic Hordes Letter B in text box rather than the black mana symbol
		Drain Life Letter B in text box rather than the black mana symbol
		Elvish Archers Power/toughness listed as 1/2 rather than 2/1
		Force of Nature Letter G in text box rather than the green mana symbol
		Forest Not present in Alpha
		Icy Manipulator Card text changed Misspellings of Douglas Shuler's name
		Howling Mine White dot in the last "t" in "Artifact"
		Island Not present in Alpha
		Island Sanctuary Card text changed
		Karma Card text changed
		Mana Short Card text changed
		Mountain Not present in Alpha
		Mox Sapphire White printer mark on right side border
		Nightmare Many beta have a printing defect on the word "swamps"
		Orcish Artillery Casting cost of 1R rather than 1RR
		Orcish Oriflamme Casting cost of 1R rather than 3R
		Phantasmal Forces Letter U in text box rather than blue mana symbol
		Pirate Ship Black printer mark on left side border
		Plains Not present in Alpha
		Plateau Print defect in the rocks up left
		Red Elemental Blast Printed as an instant rather than an interrupt
		Rock Hydra Letter R in text box rather than red mana symbol
		Sedge Troll Jeff A. Menges as the artist rather than Dan Frazier Card text changed
		Swamp Not present in Alpha
		Taiga Red dot on border next to "Land"
		Tropical Island Mark Poole as the artist rather than Jesper Myrfors
		Twiddle Card text changed
		Unsummon "CARD ed" in text box instead of "discarded"
		Volcanic Island Not present in Alpha
		Wheel of Fortune White dot on top black border