| rdfs:comment | - A Reprint is when a card which has been featured in a previous pack is re-released in a different pack or as a limited edition in a special edition box or a collective pack such as Dark Beginning 1 or for the OCG Beginner's Edition 1. An example card is "Exodia the Forbidden One" which first appeared in Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon but was reprinted in the Dark Beginning 1 Booster Pack.
- Reprints are strips that have already been published once and have been recycled for newer readers. As part of Fleetway's "5 year cycle", the board decided that many of the original readership will have left the publication by a certain point and started introducing older comics, replacing the usual fourth story. Issue 133 began marketing this as a "Blast From The Past", publishing a classic lead Sonic the Hedgehog. Two reprints were introduced for Issue 155 and, by Issue 157, there was only one original strip per issue (the second strip had only lasted an extra two issues to allow the Eternity Ring story arc to end. Starting with Issue 185, every single strip was a reprint, ending STC's 184 run of original material.
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| abstract | - A Reprint is when a card which has been featured in a previous pack is re-released in a different pack or as a limited edition in a special edition box or a collective pack such as Dark Beginning 1 or for the OCG Beginner's Edition 1. An example card is "Exodia the Forbidden One" which first appeared in Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon but was reprinted in the Dark Beginning 1 Booster Pack. Usually the rarity of a card remains equal or declines when featured in a Reprint-Pack. For example, all pieces of "Exodia" were first released as Ultra Rares in Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon, but only the "head" remained an Ultra Rare whilst the other pieces are Common in Dark Beginning 1. In some cases the rarity of cards increases, such as with "Fusion Gate" and "Coffin Seller". Increasing the rarity of a card has become somewhat common recently due to the releases of Special Edition cards and Turbo Packs. Reprints often serves to bring back a card a player usually need (Staple, Toolbox or Splashable cards). The most notable case is "Mystical Space Typhoon" with more than 20 reprints, albeit most of them are as Common. Reprint also serves to errata the card: Either to update the text to the latest version (Problem-Solving Card Text) or modify its effect. The latter category serves to lower the power of a cards on the Forbidden List, and thus, making them more usable. Most notable cards include "Future Fusion" and "Ring of Destruction".
- Reprints are strips that have already been published once and have been recycled for newer readers. As part of Fleetway's "5 year cycle", the board decided that many of the original readership will have left the publication by a certain point and started introducing older comics, replacing the usual fourth story. Issue 133 began marketing this as a "Blast From The Past", publishing a classic lead Sonic the Hedgehog. Two reprints were introduced for Issue 155 and, by Issue 157, there was only one original strip per issue (the second strip had only lasted an extra two issues to allow the Eternity Ring story arc to end. Starting with Issue 185, every single strip was a reprint, ending STC's 184 run of original material. This practice was extremely unpopular with Boomers and the comic came to end with Issue 223, hosting all four parts of The Evil Empire. Former editor Deborah Tate has said that she believed readers would have continued to appreciate new stories, but the decision was out of her hands. As a nod to this unpopular decision, Sonic the Comic Online produced the Issue 251 Reprint Special. After the start of a new era, the editors decided to make Issue 251 a reprint-only affair, republishing the stories from Issue 224 (albeit retouched with new lettering and graphics from Mike Corker). However, this was just another April Fools' Day prank.
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