Forensics : Artists' Proofs ("Whitebacks")
Each artist has, from time to time, received a limited number of artists' proofs of their cards from Wizards of the Coast. These are exactly like Magic cards, but the back is white, hence the colloquial term, "Whitebacks".
-- Margaret Organ-KeanI have a complete set of her work coming to me shortly. If I can get permission, I will post them up here. She is selling some of her proofs to the public, not many, but nonetheless selling them. You can visit her site and check out her other cool work:
http://www.alexicom.net/moonstone/ Another great site to get some artist proofs is the site of Donato Giancola. This guy has done tons of magic cards and some of the imagery that even appears on the actual booster boxes themselves! Check his wares out at:
http://www.donatoart.com/cprints.html This page is under construction. There will be more details about how to determine what kind of card you have very soon. If you have any tips on how you decipher which set a card belongs to, please e-mail me and you will be given the appropriate credit on this web site.