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Affilliation
Changes to Magic: The Gathering Starting with Shards of Alara
I guess WotC has more changes in mind this year aside from upgrading D&D.
WotC announced quite a lot of changes to Magic: The Gathering starting with the upcoming “Shards of Alara” block. MtG’s head designer Mark Rosewater talks about these changes.
A quick list of the changes:
- Sets will have fewer cards
- A new “mythic rare” rarity type will be introduced
- Booster packs will contain a basic land
- Theme Decks will be converted to “Intro Packs” (US$12.29, 41 cards + 1 booster)
Personally, the “mythic rare” feels like an an additional udder for the cash cow. With a non-standard composition of 56 cards (41 cards plus a booster) the “Intro Pack” feels a bit like an udder too. It does give you 3 rares instead of 2 (unfortunately you get 3 less uncommons).
Read the official announcement.
Here’s Mark Rosewater’s take on it.
Other news about it here, here, and here.
