Mirrodin Besieged Booster Box

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Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

Today, we will be yattering a bit about how well Wizards of the Coast is doing with regards to supporting local retailers at Magic the Gathering / gaming stores through their new and improved Wizards Play Network program.

First however, we're taking a quick peak at one of the first images of a Mirrodin Besieged booster box. Very tantalizing - we can clearly see the far right booster pack featuring the new Tezzeret variant Planeswalker . . .

We can't make out the other two booster pack images and are as excited as a porcupine meeting a pineapple and are counting down the days to the release on February 4th. A booster box contains 36 booster packs (each booster pack contains 15 cards per booster: 1 rare, 3 uncommons and 11 commons, a land card and sometimes a random foil of any rarity in that set). Booster boxes retail anywhere from $100 to $140 depending where you may be.

Also of note - images of a Mirrodin Besieged Fat Pack and an Intro Pack have popped up on the internetz . . .








Refer to our previous post HERE about the bigger fat pack (one more booster, more land, deck boxes).

The red-white (/ mirran - algined) Intro Pack features an angel - 'herald' with a casting cost of 3.

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Next up,

We wanted to revisit the recent changes to the Wizards Play Network. Some organisers who cultivated (some over several years) a playgroup were miffed to say the least when support was removed by WoTC in favour of bolstering conventional brick 'n' mortar stores. We thankfully play regularly at a store but feel badly for the organisers without a store.

Having said that, we really appreciate some of the awesome promotions coming to the local store in the very near future - check out the details on the Winter 2011 Gateway Kit . . .

The Winter 2011 Gateway Kit will contain goodies to support Dungeons & Dragons as well as Magic: the Gathering. A store is a public brick-and-mortar retail location that purchases product from a distributor or directly from Wizards of the Coast, and offers current Wizards product on-site for sale to customers.

* 60 foil alternate art Magic: the Gathering promo cards
* 40 Magic: the Gathering - Archenemy promo cards
* 20 D&D Fortune Cards
* 1 "Reaching Core Level" document
* 1 D&D casual play suggestions document
* 1 Magic casual play suggestions document
* 2 Posters

Additionally, Wizards will be including materials for a War League. Revolving around the Scars of Mirrodin block storyline, the War League will enable players to choose a side and battle amongst their friends as supporters of either they Mirrans or the Phyrexians. Here's what's in the kit . . .

* 1 Magic League tracking poster (2-sided)
* 2 Magic sticker sheets
* 12 Mirran affiliation buttons
* 12 Phyrexian affiliation buttons


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