SDCC 2017 MTG Promos

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

This past weekend was the much anticipated 'Hour of Devastation' PreRelease event.  We had attended one of the local events at OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario, which ran back-to-back events all weekend long.  The Saturday 3:00 PM event had over 50 Magic: the Gathering players in to game with the new cards.  

The news-worthy item we had wanted to yatter about today is the SDCC MTG promos this year.

Wizards of the Coast will once again be at San Diego Comic-Con 2017 taking place during July 20-23.  As anticipated, there will also be limited edition SDCC exclusive ‘Planeswalker Pack’ as with previous SDCC events.  Wizards has been attending the Comic-Con since 2013, and has always had some rather sought-after swag and exclusive purchase opportunities for Magic: the Gathering fans, available for sale at the WotC Booth, and in most cases on-line at the Hasbro store website.  

Here is the package for 2017

The six Planeswalker cards with exclusive ‘Amonkhet style’ artwork by illustrator, Vincent Proce will also be packaged along with a very lovely looking 40” x 36” screen print of Nicol Bolas illustrated by Brandon Holt.  

Here are the Planeswalkers - 
• Gideon of the Trials
• Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• Liliana, Death’s Majesty
• Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• Nissa, Steward of Elements
• Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Click to embiggen

The Magic: The Gathering 2017 Planeswalker Pack for $180.00, and are expected to sell out again.  Previous 'PW Packs' typically sold at SDCC for about $100 but may re-sell for quite a bit more.  This may be a slight correction up but one should also consider the very lovely screen print that is also part of this package.

It is also expected that there will be a few panels hosted by Wizards of the Coast, including a Blogatog Live session with Head Designer MaRo (Mark Rosewalker), which will also include a question and answer portion.
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SDCC 2016 MTG Promos

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2016 is being held this year from 21 to 24 July.  This four day event held at the San Diego Convention Center is pretty much the largest pop culture convention of its kind in the world.  In years past, Wizards of the Coast would host a well-attended Magic panel which featured previews of the annual Commander series and the upcoming fall (October) Magic: the Gathering set.  Although it does not appear at the moment that WotC will be holding their regular MTG panel, they will be at the Hasbro Booth (#3213) and there are indeed some other things planned (see this post on the mothersite).

What will definitely be back for Comic-Con are Magic: the Gathering SDCC promo cards.  As in previous years, a limited edition collection of Planeswalker cards are offered for sale.  The limited supply means that these promo cards become collector’s items immediately and although the retail price is expected to be around $120, one can expect these promo sets to be worth significantly more than that when the weekend is over. 

Sticking with the whole Liliana / Zombie horde theme forming part of the Eldritch Moon prerelease, WotC staffer Blake Rasmussen revealed a witty take on the Gatewatch crew all depicted as Zombies - well, except for Liliana who has stayed true to her necromancer roots.

All SDCC Promo cards are illustrated by Eric Deschamps

Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Battle for Zendikar, illustrated by Eric Deschamps

Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

Shadows over Innistrad, illustrated by Tyler Jacobson

Liliana, the Last Hope

Eldritch Moon, illustrated by Anna Steinbauer

Chandra, Flamecaller

Oath of the Gatewatch, illustrated by Jason Rainville

Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Oath of the Gatewatch, illustrated by Raymond Swanland

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Magic Origins Spoiler 6-14

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Happy Sunday MTG peeps,

Some rather interesting news from yesterday - quite specifically, an odd Magic Origins spoiler of several of the Legendary Creatures / Planeswalkers cards.

It all starts when an individual walks into a local gaming store looking to sell some Magic: the Gathering cards - what appears to be those highly collectible (read: highly expensive) all-black / negative image Planeswalker cards from the San Diego Comic Con.  Closer inspection reveals that these cards are certainly not from a previous SDCC but rather intended for the upcoming one (9th - 12th July) next month.  Forum user 'dataspot' did the MTG fan community a great service and was able to snap a few pics of said cards.

Again, this is NOT official but we are certainly of the mind that these may be the genuine thingy - so let's have a looky-loo -

Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1U
Legendary Creature -- Human Wizard
T: Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are five or more cards in your graveyard, exile Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
0/2
060/272
Illus: Wayne Reynolds
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Jace, Telepath Unbound
Planeswalker -- Jace
+1: Up to one target creature gets -2/-0 until your next turn.
-3: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that card would be put into your graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
-9: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, target opponent puts the top five cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
5
060/272
Illus: Wayne Reynolds
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Nissa, Vastwood Seer
2G
Legendary Creature -- Elf Scout
When Nissa, Vastwood Seer enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, if you control seven or more lands, exile Nissa, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.
2/2
189/272
Illus: Wayne Reynolds
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Nissa, Sage Animist
Planeswalker -- Nissa
+1: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand.
-2: Put a legendary 4/4 green Elemental creature token named Ashaya, the Awoken World onto the battlefield.
-7: Untap up to six target lands. They become 6/6 Elemental creatures. They're still lands.
3
189/272
Illus: Wayne Reynolds
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Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
1RR
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Whenever you cast a red spell, untap Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh.
T: Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh deals 1 damage to target player. If Chandra has dealt 3 or more damage this turn, exile her, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.
illus. # 135/272
2/2
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 Planeswalker - Chandra
+1: Chandra, Roaring Flame deals 2 damage to target player.
-2: Chandra, Roaring Flame deals 2 damage to target creature.
-7: Chandra, Roaring Flame deals 6 damage to each opponent. Each player dealt damage this way gets an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep, this emblem deals 3 damage to you."

 

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Duel Decks' Anthology

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Wow, what a weekend for Magic: the Gathering players worldwide.  First off, we want to extend a huge thank-you to the very capable / amazing WotC staffer Alison Luhrs (MTG Community Manager) who provided a blur / barrage of real time tweets as live coverage of the MTG Panel at the San Diego Comic Con was not available due to 'technical difficulties'.  Fav quote on this absence of service from Evan Erwin (who cracks up every time).  Anywhoos, there was a massive volume of previews and teasers during the MTG Panel on Saturday during the San Diego Comic Con -

• Khans of Tarkir,
• From The Vault: Annihilation,
• Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning,
• Duel Decks, Anthology, and
• Commander 2014

We'll be rather busy for at least the next two weeks going over all the new material but for today's post on the MTG Realm blog, we want to yatter a bit about the announced Duel Decks' Anthology product.  This new product which is to be expected to be released on or about December 12, 2014.  Duel Decks' Anthology is to be a compilation set that combines the first four Duel Decks all provided with the new card frames. Now the big question is on many gamer's minds is exactly what is meant by 'combined'.  To many, this means all eight 60-card theme decks (or 480 cards) from each of the Duel Decks in one product :

• Elves vs. Goblins (2007)
• Jace vs. Chandra (2008)
• Divine vs. Demonic (2009)
• Garruk vs. Liliana (2009)

We would love to get a hold of this product when it comes out, or at the very least get a variety of card singles from MTG Mint Card.  Should this be the full monty of all eight decklists what would be a reasonable manufacturer suggested retail price - sixty bucks, eighty bucks, who knows?  As soon as we did read this tweet / announcement, we could imagine the big retailers groaning as their sealed product took a hit (maybe).  Here are the very rough values of the sealed Duel Deck products from just before the Duel Decks' Anthology announcement which we will revisit in another month or so :

Elves vs. Goblins ~ $200
Jace vs. Chandra ~ $150
Divine vs. Demonic ~ $175
Garruk vs. Liliana ~ $50

Stay tuned to latter posts on MTG Realm as we play catch-up on all the very exciting announcements including our postulations / speculations on the next Duel Deck - Speed vs. Cunning, due to be released on 5th September, 2014.  Until then, happy gaming everyone!
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SDCC MTG Panel

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Happy Saturday MTG peeps,

Very giddy and excited here over all the amazing / awesome / intriguing revelations from the Magic: the Gathering panel today (just wrapped up a few minutes ago) at San Diego Comic Con.  There will be a host of further posts here at MTG Realm to go over all the spoilers 'n' previews from upcoming Wizards of the Coast MTG product but for now, we're doing a quick and dirty summary of some of the high lights.

Many thanks to WotC staffer Alison who had provided blisteringly fast posts to the MTG Twitter machine.  It is from here we've obtained most of the images and text news.  Let's go !!
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@wizards_magic  · (Alison)

From the Vault: Annihilation is Coming August 22!
WRATH OF GOD
Rolling Earthquake
From Duels to paper -- a physical version of this Living Death
Cataclysm

Coming September 5th, Speed vs Cunning Duel Deck!

Commander set out November 7th!
TEFERI! Check out one of 5 upcoming monocolor Commander decks our November 7
 One of the other Commanders -- check out Ghoulcaller Gisa! Coming November 7

KHANS OF TARKIR TEASER TRAILER IS PLAYING NOW!

This is a LARGE-SMALL-LARGE set with a unique draft structure and time travel element

Tarkir is a plane of five warring clans! Each worships one aspect of the (now extinct) dragons...

ENEMY WEDGE COLORS! 

Abzan: WBG 
Jeskai: URW 
Sultai: BGU 
Mardu: RWB
Temur : GUR

The ABZAN value endurance...
The JESKAI admire the cunning of dragons
The SULTAI respect the ruthlessness of dragons
The MARDU value the speed of the dragon
The TEMUR have a savage streak

The Mardu's Khan is Zorgo Helmsmasher. Recognize him from the Speed vs Cunning Duel Deck earlier.

Meet the Mardu clan leader ZURGO HELMSMASHER

FORTY POSSIBLE PRERELEASE CARDS AT THE KHANS PRERELEASE

That's eight possible prerelease rares per color
question time! Will we see a three color Planeswalker? Probably!

Each clan gets their own mechanic, plus morph is back!

One more thing! Curious about mechanics? We're happy to announce the return of MORPH! 

Conspiracy was a big success, and it has definitely impacted what we'll do in the future
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SDCC 2014

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Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

As it is Wednesday, here's a link to the Geico Hump Day Camel - you can also like this irritating ungulate on FaceBook too.  Anywhoos - there's a bit of Magic: the Gathering news which we're rather happy about - Wizards of the Coast is returning to the 2014 San Diego Comic Con after an absence last year (or has it been two years?).  

We realise that we had already posted about WotC being at SDCC back on our Tumblr blog last week when we yattered about Garruk's Nerf Axe and the box set of six limited alternate art planeswalkers - but the fan community still had no word as to whether WotC would hold a panel.  If you can't make it (or afford the $110 price tag for six cards) just pop on over to MTG Mint Card and get the regular print planeswalkers.

Well, that's changed with a recent Tumblr post by WotC minion Doug Beyer - here's the 4.1.1. -
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San Diego Comic Con 2014

If you’re going to SDCC and you are interested in Magic, then you’re the kind of human (or goblin or djinn or whatever) who’ll want to attend the Magic: The Gathering panel. I’m going to be joining my fellow R&D tumblrnauts Mark Rosewater and Gavin Verhey, among other Wizards of the Coast panel pals, and we’re going to say Magical things and show Magical things. If you won’t be at the con, we recommend you engage in social media to enjoy all the JUICY MAGIC PANEL INFOS for yourself. Hope to see you there, m’friends.

SDCC Magic: The Gathering Panel
Saturday, July 26, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room 25ABC

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That's awesome.  We can likely expect a bunch of news from the upcoming From the Vaults: Annihilation product due out at the end of August as well as a sneak peek of the upcoming set Khans of Tarkir being released at the end of September.  On this day, expect one or more posts with the latest 'n' greatest MTG news and spoilers as it comes out.

Enthusiastic MaRo is enthusiastic.

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