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Booster packs are aimed squarely at collectors, and command a premium price tag to match. The first third of the pack is designed as an introduction. Next comes six Common and Uncommon cards that are connected via a similar theme. After those six cards comes what Verhey refers to as 'the fireworks.' First is a 'head turner' card, curated by the team at Wizards to show off especially good art from the given set of cards. After the head turner is a 'wildcard,' which has a chance of being a Rare. After that is a guaranteed Rare or Mythic Rare and a guaranteed foil card. In 30 packs we came across a grand total of 42 Rares and three Mythic Rares, including a foil planeswalker and a borderless, alternate art planeswalker. There were 35 foils (including four foil lands) in all. Finally, we encountered two gold foil signed pieces of art".
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introduces the new Party mechanic which is themed around the idea of classic adventuring parties. This mechanic "can appear on creatures, instants, sorceries and more. A full party consists of a Cleric, a Rogue, a
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set marks the return to a wilderness adventure storyline; the plane is "a place of danger and excitement. It contains hidden shrines and trapped eldritch creatures deep beneath the surface. It also has a thing called the Roil, a magical force that shapes and reshapes the world at will. When the Roil
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sets up a clear conflict between Nahiri and Nissa, each a representative of a different philosophy when it comes to
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set had memorable mechanics such as the returning
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gets going, anything could happen. This river could become a mountain. This cliff could become a seaside paradise. That pile of rocks could become the murderous creature from the previous paragraph. It’s unpredictable".
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Equipment cards". Kemner commented that "the
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Nissa stands in contrast as a representative of a new-world idea that would see the citizens of the plane act in harmony with the world around them. Neither side is a one-dimensional villain".
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