Head of Project Purity, James abandoned the mission to bring clean water to the Capital Wasteland after the death of his wife during childbirth, taking their newborn and bartering for entry into Vault 101, before mysteriously breaking out of the Vault two decades later and kicking off the game's campaign
The good news is that theres no reason to worry about whether cards are from the Retail or Convention versions because where the set overlaps, no one cares which packs theyre from, and the cards that are exclusive are only listed as those exclusives
Also, real cards tend to have thin blue line through the middle of the edge
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I, personally, find this theory less convincing and accurate than the first mentioned, but both lead to the same ordering