1) The ratio between Token cards and Tips & Tricks cards has been shifted heavily in favor of Tokens in BFZ. The new ratio is "approximately 1:10" for Tips & Tricks, with the other 9 being Tokens.
2) "The Zen Expedition cards are BEAUTIFUL in real life. I've seen a few and they are absolutely gorgeous. The foil process resembles the FTV one as the card face has some gloss to it. I'd say it is something between a regular foil to an FTV one. They do feel like a real gem."
3) The Intro Pack non-face Rares are Angelic Captain Felidar Sovereign Nissa's Renewal Serpentine Spike Desolation Twin
Anything to get more tokens is good in my book. People have been complaining about how no one cares about the tip cards on MaRo's blog for quite some time.
I also have some hope that the white text box on the Expedition lands is structured as such with the foiling that it is pretty non-obtrusive. I hope someone pulls one at my prerelease so I can see them in real life.
I know. It's pretty much the ultimate slop-casual all-star card and instead of paying 2 McDonalds #1s for it those kids will be able drop $1 to get one. My 8 year has this really janky Soul Sisters deck that he takes to school and has wanted to put a couple copies in there for a year now. And now he can.
My 8 year has this really janky Soul Sisters deck that he takes to school and has wanted to put a couple copies in there for a year now. And now he can.
This just made my morning. I hope the little dude smashes face with that... well, ok, gains lots of life and triggers the alternate win condition. I'm happy to see Desolation Twin as an intro pack rare for the same reason. A foil alternate art D-Twin is going to make some young Timmy very happy.
I'm going to miss seeing the advertisement cards as often as before though... said nobody in history ever. Seriously, I hope this change is here to stay.
My 8 year has this really janky Soul Sisters deck that he takes to school and has wanted to put a couple copies in there for a year now. And now he can.
This just made my morning. I hope the little dude smashes face with that... well, ok, gains lots of life and triggers the alternate win condition. I'm happy to see Desolation Twin as an intro pack rare for the same reason. A foil alternate art D-Twin is going to make some young Timmy very happy.
I'm going to miss seeing the advertisement cards as often as before though... said nobody in history ever. Seriously, I hope this change is here to stay.
No alt art Desolation Twins for anyone, I'm afraid These are the 5 NON-face card rates for the intro decks.
I also have some hope that the white text box on the Expedition lands is structured as such with the foiling that it is pretty non-obtrusive. I hope someone pulls one at my prerelease so I can see them in real life.
From the same source, in response to this:
"Regarding the white box on the expeditions that I've seen people asking about - unfortunately the foil process doesn't make it more transparent than the digital mockups on Gatherer. Even so, they are a real treat. The Arid Mesa and Flooded Strand are things of beauty."
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I'm going to miss seeing the advertisement cards as often as before though... said nobody in history ever. Seriously, I hope this change is here to stay.
The ratio of advertisement cards is not changing and will still be 100%. Every Ad card has a Tips & Tricks or Token on the back, as it has always been. The only difference is that there are now more Tokens and fewer Tips & Tricks cards on the back of the Ad slot.
do he know zendikari expedition odds for cases? regards. I had preorder the cases but my wholesalers ship me on thursday and i can't wait
There is no concrete number here, but the word from Wizards is that the chance of pulling a specific Expedition is the same as the chances of pulling a specific Foil Mythic. Foil Mythics are approximately 1 per case with 15 of them, so if their math holds true, that means 15 cases would get you (on average) one of every foil mythic and one of every expedition. Meaning the odds of an expedition per case are 1/15*25 = 1.667, or approximately one Expedition per 3.6 boxes/130ish packs.
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1) The ratio between Token cards and Tips & Tricks cards has been shifted heavily in favor of Tokens in BFZ. The new ratio is "approximately 1:10" for Tips & Tricks, with the other 9 being Tokens.
2) "The Zen Expedition cards are BEAUTIFUL in real life. I've seen a few and they are absolutely gorgeous. The foil process resembles the FTV one as the card face has some gloss to it. I'd say it is something between a regular foil to an FTV one. They do feel like a real gem."
3) The Intro Pack non-face Rares are
Angelic Captain
Felidar Sovereign
Nissa's Renewal
Serpentine Spike
Desolation Twin
Additionally, the R/G list has 2x Sylvan Scrying.
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It was a decently expensive card
Now it won't be
I know. It's pretty much the ultimate slop-casual all-star card and instead of paying 2 McDonalds #1s for it those kids will be able drop $1 to get one. My 8 year has this really janky Soul Sisters deck that he takes to school and has wanted to put a couple copies in there for a year now. And now he can.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
I'm going to miss seeing the advertisement cards as often as before though... said nobody in history ever. Seriously, I hope this change is here to stay.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
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No alt art Desolation Twins for anyone, I'm afraid These are the 5 NON-face card rates for the intro decks.
From the same source, in response to this:
"Regarding the white box on the expeditions that I've seen people asking about - unfortunately the foil process doesn't make it more transparent than the digital mockups on Gatherer. Even so, they are a real treat. The Arid Mesa and Flooded Strand are things of beauty."
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The ratio of advertisement cards is not changing and will still be 100%. Every Ad card has a Tips & Tricks or Token on the back, as it has always been. The only difference is that there are now more Tokens and fewer Tips & Tricks cards on the back of the Ad slot.
I'm fairly positive they've said that the intro decks do not have full art lands.
There is no concrete number here, but the word from Wizards is that the chance of pulling a specific Expedition is the same as the chances of pulling a specific Foil Mythic. Foil Mythics are approximately 1 per case with 15 of them, so if their math holds true, that means 15 cases would get you (on average) one of every foil mythic and one of every expedition. Meaning the odds of an expedition per case are 1/15*25 = 1.667, or approximately one Expedition per 3.6 boxes/130ish packs.
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