According to a video about the set, this is for you to show off to your friends as a display piece and not intended for gameplay. There is nothing exceptionally interesting about the packaging, which comes as a little bit of a bummer.įirst and foremost, these cards can't be used in tournament play and the card backs are different from standard cards, which feels like a big handicap when even casually playing, making the functionality of these cards relatively non-existent-unless you plan on buying sleeves for all your cards, and if that's the case, have fun. The inside contains the four booster packs and there's a prismatic background. It's in a black box with '30th Anniversary Edition' and the MTG logo on the front. It wasn't to the point where it was exceptionally frustrating, but when you're paying $999 for Magic cards, do you really want to get a bunch of doubles?Īs for the packaging, it's nice. These are randomized boosters, so of course, there is a chance to get some doubles, which happened a few times. While it was nice to have all those memories flood my mind, those moments quickly left as soon as I was finished going through the boosters. I had memories resurface of playing MTG in my friend's backyard where we anteed cards for the game-I had so many Kird Ape cards because of this.

The designs are/were great, and frankly, it made me pretty happy for the few moments I was opening the booster packs. So seeing these cards, in my hands, for the first time in decades was pretty cool. Many of these cards I used when MTG launched its revised edition back in 1994. Opening up the set, a wave of nostalgia hit me. Just hours after orders went on sale on November 28, the sets were sold out. This is a limited edition set with limited quantities printed.

Each pack contains 13 modern frame cards-one of which is rare-2 retro frame cards-with 3 out of 10 packs containing a rare retro frame-and 1 unique token. For $999 you get four, 15-card booster packs-for a total of 60 cards (which comes out to $16.65 per card).

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