Promo Round-Up

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Although it was pretty dang cold, altogether it was a rather nice weekend here.  Kicking the weekend off on Friday, we went to Friday Night Magic at our local card shop, OMG! Games (near the College here in Barrie, Ontario) and went 3 wins / 2 losses with a funky Bant Hexproof build, taking us to 7th place which meant some packs and this month's FNM promo (see below).  Attendance was not the best at all (likely due to the horrible weather) with only 20 or so players.  We played agains Duncan, Curt, Brayden, Korie and Ben and in-between rounds brought along a 'fun' experimental deck to see just how well it would perform.  One observation we made - we most definitely need to pick up some additional non-basic lands from MTG Mint Card.  We did a bunch of yard / house work on Saturday / Sunday, got in a few games at the kitchen table and brewed up a few against the grain decks.  We also popped on online throughout the weekend to catch up with the big MTG Grand Prix tournament in Santiago.  Congratulations to player Luis Navas who gamed with a Rakdos Aggro (Exava / Mogis's Marauder / Xathrid Necromancer / etc.).

Righto - back onto topic - we have for you today a bunch of Magic: the Gathering promos from various programs 'n' products.  We may have posted some of these before on our sister site MTG Realm on Tumblr but want to roll it all into a big ball here.  Let's go . . .

Theros Holiday Gift BoxWe absolutely LOVED the Gift Box product from last year (Return to Ravnica) and will most definitely be picking up up again this year (to gift ourselves!).  The box itself can hold more than 2,000 Magic cards and is available worldwide in English on November 15, 2013. You do get more than just a beautiful box to store your cards in for the MSRP of $19.99, though! To wit:

• Four Theros booster packs
• Beautiful storage box that can hold more than 2,000 Magic cards
• Twenty Theros basic lands
• Six illustrated plastic dividers
• Sticker sheet for customizing the dividers
• An alternate-art Karametra's Acolyte from the Theros set

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Theros League
The League is a seasonal Magic: The Gathering tournament organized by the DCI. The ongoing, five-week tournament is played in local game and hobby stores around the world, a month after each a new card set is released. This sealed deck tournament follows up on Game Day events and uses the Standard format.  Check your local gaming store to see when your league starts - If it already has, chances are they may have another league starting up again.  The Theros League promo is a lovely Soldier token with art form Zoltan Boros which now brings us to 3 different white soldier tokens and 1 red soldier token.

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If you've missed it, here's the recent round-up Friday Night Magic promos -

November 2013 - Grisly Salvage
Original art illustrated by Dave Kendall
Alternate FNm art illustrated by Maciej Kuciara

December 2013 - Sin Collector
Original art illustrated by Mike Bierek
Alternate FNm art illustrated by Izzy
By far, the most creepy and unsettling art in recent memory!

January 2014 - Warleader's Helix
Original art illustrated by Greg Staples
Alternate FNm art illustrated by Wesley Burt

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IDW Theros Promos

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

A happy Friday indeed as it is Friday Night Magic.  Magic: the Gathering fans around the world are taking part at local FNM events held at their local gaming stores.  We will be heading off to OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario.  As school is soon underway, we'll be expecting a few more familiar faces as students at Georgian College across the road start to re-occupy dorms.

Anywhoos - onto today's article - An interesting Theros spoiler - not from the actual MTG set but rather from the IDW comics.  Some time ago, IDW comics had teamed up with Wizard of the Coast to create a 4-comic book series based on the storyline. It introduced a new planeswalker, Dack Fayden (Eric Deschamp concept illustration shown here) who could easily be mistaken for a GQ front pager.  Long story short, the first series whose story was rooted in the Plane of Innistrad was a hit, and serveral more series was developed.  One thing which we definitely look forward to is that in each of the comic books, there is playable MTG alternate-art promo card - see below for the full list.

Recently on Imgur / Reddit, a total of five never seen before cards were posted and then the original poster deleted their account - weirdness.  The following cards were shown all with the IDW publishing logo which suggests they will be the new MTG Comic promos in the Theros series - 

Acquire - Fifth Dawn (Rare)
Wash Out - Invasion (Uncommon)
High Tide - Fallen Empires (Common)
Duress - Urza's Saga / multiple (Common)
Gaze of Granite - Dragon's Maze (Rare)

We were expecting another four in this Theros set but we have five cards here which may mean that the new volume will contain five issues (and cards) OR that Wizards had IDW produce a supplemental product with one of the 'extra' cards shown to be handed out at a venue like PAX Prime.
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Anywhoos - for reference, here's the run down of all the IDW issues along with their promo card -

IDW Comics Magic: the Gathering Volume 1
• Issue #1 (2/1/12) — Alternate-Art Treasure Hunt
• Issue #2 (2/29/12) — Alternate-Art Faithless Looting
• Issue #3 (3/28/12) — Alternate-Art Feast of Blood
• Issue #4 (5/23/12) — Alternate-Art Electrolyze

IDW Comics Magic: the Gathering Volume 2 - "The Spell Thief"
• The Spell Thief #1 (6/27/12) — Alternate-Art Arrest
• The Spell Thief #2 (8/8/12) — Alternate-Art Consume Spirit
• The Spell Thief #3 (9/19/12) — Alternate-Art Standstill
• The Spell Thief #4 (11/7/12) — Alternate-Art Breath of Malfegor

IDW Comics Magic: the Gathering Volume 3 - "Path of Vengeance"
• Path of Vengeance #1 (12/5/12) — Alternate-Art Turnabout
• Path of Vengeance #2 (12/19/12) — Alternate-Art Voidmage Husher
• Path of Vengeance #3 (1/30/13) — Alternate-Art Ogre Arsonist
• Path of Vengeance #4 (2/27/13) — Alternate-Art Corrupt

IDW Comics Magic: the Gathering Volume 4 - "Theros"
• Theros #1 (10/21/13) — Alternate-Art High Tide (?)
• Theros #2 (11/13/13) — Alternate-Art Gaze of Granite (?)
• Theros #3 (?) — Alternate-Art ?
• Theros #4 (?) — Alternate-Art ?

• ??? - a fifth one ???
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Gatecrash Promos

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Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

Today on the mothersite, WotC Monty brought the juice and shared all the Gatecrash promo cards.  All the alternate card arts look very excellent and we are definitely looking forward to getting our paws on most of them.  As these are rather collectible, we think quite a few players out there will want to pimp their commander / EDH or even Modern deck.  To follow this line, drop over to MTG Mint Card to level-up on foils.

Righto - onto the promos available with the new Gatecrash set . .
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Gatecrash PreRelease Guild Pack Promos (these are likely to be the respective Intro Pack foil rare cards as well) . . .

Boros (/): Foundry Champion
Dimir (/): Consuming Aberration
Gruul (/): Rubblehulk
Orzhov (/): Treasury Thrull
Simic (/): Fathom Mage


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Gatecrash Buy-A-Box promo
Magic: the Gathering fans purchasing a booster box at their local gaming stores can score this Nightveil Specter promo (while supplies last)

~Gatecrash Launch promo
When Gatecrash hits store shelves for sale on Friday, 1st February, MTG players attending the Friday Night Magic Event will receive this monstrous Skarrg Goliath promo.

~League Promo
Once your local gaming store starts up Gatecrash League play, among the tournament game prizes available will be this hybrid red / white 1/1 Soldier creature token.

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Game Day Promo
Several weeks after the launch of Gatecrash (on 23 / 24 February), participants at the Gatecrash Game Day will receive this Zameck Guildmage promo.











Those to make Top 8 during the Gatecrash Game Day event can expect to receive this Firemane Avenger promo.
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