Released in July of 1991, this issue of Dragon Magazine included 18 cards bound into the magazine as a card press sheet.  Included to promote the then new, inaugural edition of TSR's trading cards that had just been released to gaming stores and comic shops in trading card packs, these 18 cards could also be found in the card packs.  However, these cards feature a white border and are also variations of 18 of the possible 30 "rare" cards that were included in the packs.  Information on the set is included below for those who are interested in learning more about the "rare" cards.  The magazine itself is complete, includes the press sheet of cards, of course, as well as the poster advertised on the magazines front cover, and, best of all, the sheet is signed by Larry Elmore (he signed the card that features his artwork). Please note- the signature is real. It is the actual, hand-signed signature of Elmore. It is not a pre-printed image on the sheet.  In good condition overall with only minor, light wear, it will be shipped with the utmost care. 

About the set: Featuring artwork from many of TSR's most acclaimed artists (like Larry Elmore, Clyde Caldwell, Brom, Jeff Easley, Fred Fields, Keith Parkinson and more) the set includes characters, monsters, dragons, and magical items from the regular AD&D game world as well as Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, and Spelljammer.  

Regarding the rarity of this set, when the 1991 TSR trading card set was released (in the early days of what would become commonplace for most trading card companies) chase cards were just taking the market by storm. TSR followed the trend and included chase cards in their set as well. However, they did not offer subsets- that is, they did not distinguish them from regular cards in the set with inserts like holograms or foil cards. Rather, regular and randomly numbered cards from the base set were printed with much lower print runs, making rare cards. So, out of the ultimately 750 cards that comprise the 1991 AD&D trading card set certain numbers (by way of example – 28, 77, 262, 365, 400, 541, 710, 728) were rare cards. 

Series I included the rarest, with ten cards that only 3,000 were printed and twenty cards that only 4,000 were printed. Series II included ten cards that only 10,000 were printed and twenty cards that only 13,000 were printed. Given that numerous people were never able to complete their sets due to the rarity of the 60 total cards, yet having some in their hands, it created a situation to where, though it is theoretically possible to have 3,000 sets hand-collated, the actual number is vastly lower.