It's hit or miss. Some of the boxes have indeed had all Mythics in packs with one type of art. Other boxes I've opened have most of the Mythics in packs with one art, but there's a stray Mythic here and there in other types of packs. It seems that for a large part of the initial print run, the Mythics were indeed packaged in this easily discernible manner, but it looks like Wizards may have fixed the problem now?
Let me reiterate the observed phenomenon because it still looks like we have some people not checking the correct "way".
1. These may only occur in United States/North American printed booster boxes. (European or other places of print origin do NOT exhibit this)
2. These may occur in ANY of the three artworks. It could be all Tamiyo, all Lily or all werewolf. (Check which pack you pull your NON FLIP mythic, then check all the corresponding packs with that artwork)
3. These DO NOT include flip mythics. (Do not use a flip mythic to determine the artwork to check, they appear independent of the phenomenon.)
4. Only check FACTORY SEALED BOXES. (If it has the factory plastic off it, or is non-factory wrapped, you must consider the sample group compromised, even if the store or your buddy swears up and down.)
5. This may only happen in some booster boxes described above, not all.
I hope that covers it.
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First pack I opened was a Lili pack and it had a Gisa and Geralf. Told the guy worked to grab the rest of the Lili packs from the box and I would buy them.
And no, didn't buy the rest of the Lili boxes because I didn't want to waste money.
You disgust me. If you're not going to buy something, don't tell hard working people you'll buy them if they do something.
Give your word, stick to your word.
I'm not sure if you are serious or not.
Nonetheless, the employee, who is a friend of mine, had not even pulled the box out of the display case when I told him to stop. And if that's not enough to quell your disgust, I bought a box today.
Edit: All the foils but one from the box were in Tamiyo packs. All the mythics in the box (5 total) but one were in Lili packs, the other was in the Tamiyo packs. And two of the mythics were flip mythics, and both were in Lili packs.
Edit: All the foils but one from the box were in Tamiyo packs. All the mythics in the box (5 total) but one were in Lili packs, the other was in the Tamiyo packs. And two of the mythics were flip mythics, and both were in Lili packs.
Thanks for sharing. This also makes me wonder if you want foils out of these boxes, use the same method. Find which wrapper has foils then open and see if the frequency is greater.
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STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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The internet is a cruel mistress for that, is she not?
Nonetheless, the employee, who is a friend of mine, had not even pulled the box out of the display case when I told him to stop. And if that's not enough to quell your disgust, I bought a box today.
That however, might of been worth mentioning. As written it read that you asked him to grab the rest of the Lil' packs to buy and then simply... didn't.
'Twas quite the overreaction.
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Not only did not all my mythics come in the same pack art packs, but I got, and I'd swear to this in court, 18 mythics. Four are Lilliana, two Tamiyo, three Gissa and Gerald, and two Mirror wings were part of that.
My box (US) did not have this. My first mythic was a Thalia in a werewolf pack, so I pulled all of the werewolf packs. Opened everything else and didn't get any mythic hits for about 16 packs, but then I opened a Liliana in a Liliana booster and a Tamiyo in the werewolf booster. The last non-flip mythic was a Gisa and Geralf, but I don't remember the booster art it was in. No flip mythics in the box.
Here is my anecdotal story since I was really paranoid about this issue I went into my LGS and asked the clerk for 12 packs. Since she had to open a new box, and I am a semi-regular, she allowed me to just take the 12 packs from the middle column. They were all Tamityo and werewolf packs. No mythics in Tamiyo(6 packs). I pulled Liliana, the Last Hope and Gisa and Geralf out of the werewolf packs. No flip mythics. I then asked the clerk to buy the rest of the werewolf packs. There were 7 more and I pulled Emrakul, the Promised End, Mind's Dilation, and Decimator of the Provinces. No flip mythics. I have no idea what was in the few remaining Tamiyo nor any Lilianna packs.
So basically, I will never buy cards from an opened box. Maybe if I can confirm a relatively even amount of each pack art remains and the box is at least 3/4 full, but even then only if it was from an LGS I trusted.
Just tossing my experience out there. Bought a box just to test this and found that all my mythics came out of Lilly packs EXCEPT 1 (5 total). So I'm not sure if that 1 was an outlier or what. I did talk to the shop owner though before I bought my box and he said they cracked a case for singles and 5 out of the 6 boxes had all the mythics come out of the same packaging
Just tossing my experience out there. Bought a box just to test this and found that all my mythics came out of Lilly packs EXCEPT 1 (5 total). So I'm not sure if that 1 was an outlier or what. I did talk to the shop owner though before I bought my box and he said they cracked a case for singles and 5 out of the 6 boxes had all the mythics come out of the same packaging
Was the odd mythic a double-faced card? Only regular mythics follow the pattern.
I can confirm this is happening here in Brazil too. Opened one of my boxes and all mythics were in the Smoldering Werewolf pack.
So, can even organizers use this to their advantage of favoring their friends when passing out packs?
In terms of killer sealed pools? No, not really (if you're the owner and you're going to cheat for your friends, you just repack. Also, you're a horrible person). Good luck with that Deploy the Gatewatch and Mind's Dilation. In terms of prize support, sure. You just have to keep track of what you hand out, watch everyone open the first few packs from each box, note the mythics, and then stash the rest of the packs from that box with that flow wrapper. If you're willing to do that much work to get your buddy a chance at three of the top five cards in the set (flip cards don't count, so no Gisela, and Queller is rare), that's a thing that you could do. Seems like an awful lot of work to maybe rig something, though, and if you're caught (or really, even accused) then your store is pretty much done. So, very slight upside for one of your pals, huge horrible downside for you.
It's not something I would bother worrying about unless you're already worried about the LGS's integrity.
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I run an ebay business and open a lot of boosters. I've opened 7 full cases so far and this not been true in general. My first box had just three mythics all in one wrapper. Every box after that has had the mythics split between at least two different wrappers.
When I was checking the one odd thing I noticed was that my first 9 boxes had zero total non-flip mythics in liliana wrappers.
1. These may only occur in United States/North American printed booster boxes. (European or other places of print origin do NOT exhibit this)
2. These may occur in ANY of the three artworks. It could be all Tamiyo, all Lily or all werewolf. (Check which pack you pull your NON FLIP mythic, then check all the corresponding packs with that artwork)
3. These DO NOT include flip mythics. (Do not use a flip mythic to determine the artwork to check, they appear independent of the phenomenon.)
4. Only check FACTORY SEALED BOXES. (If it has the factory plastic off it, or is non-factory wrapped, you must consider the sample group compromised, even if the store or your buddy swears up and down.)
5. This may only happen in some booster boxes described above, not all.
I hope that covers it.
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Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
I'm not sure if you are serious or not.
Nonetheless, the employee, who is a friend of mine, had not even pulled the box out of the display case when I told him to stop. And if that's not enough to quell your disgust, I bought a box today.
Edit: All the foils but one from the box were in Tamiyo packs. All the mythics in the box (5 total) but one were in Lili packs, the other was in the Tamiyo packs. And two of the mythics were flip mythics, and both were in Lili packs.
Thanks for sharing. This also makes me wonder if you want foils out of these boxes, use the same method. Find which wrapper has foils then open and see if the frequency is greater.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
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So basically, I will never buy cards from an opened box. Maybe if I can confirm a relatively even amount of each pack art remains and the box is at least 3/4 full, but even then only if it was from an LGS I trusted.
Hmm, I never noticed. Well, it still doesn't apply because of two planeswalkers in different pack arts.
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Was the odd mythic a double-faced card? Only regular mythics follow the pattern.
I can confirm this is happening here in Brazil too. Opened one of my boxes and all mythics were in the Smoldering Werewolf pack.
Selling some cards I don't want.
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It's not something I would bother worrying about unless you're already worried about the LGS's integrity.
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When I was checking the one odd thing I noticed was that my first 9 boxes had zero total non-flip mythics in liliana wrappers.
I'm in Canada, using American printed product.
Last time I draft or buy anything at that shop.