You know how sometimes people want to buy you things? Like, at certain times of the year, well-meaning relatives will express their love through the medium of gifts? It can be tricky buying a present for a Magic player if you don't know much about Magic yourself.
And that's why Wizards of the Coast is introducing the Holiday Gift Box! It's a handsome storage box that holds more than 2,000 cards. The MSRP is $19.99 and it will be available worldwide in English on November 16, 2012.
In addition to the box (and let's face it, you always need more card storage boxes), it comes with:
Four Return to Ravnica booster packs
A pack of twenty Return to Ravnica basic land
Six illustrated plastic dividers
A sticker sheet for customizing the dividers
An alternate-art Dreg Mangler from Return to Ravnica. We're not going to tell you what Dreg Mangler does.
EDIT -
- Confirmed on Twitter that the box does hold sleeved cards. Cube players rejoice.
Meh. I suppose it's worth it for the four packs and the box alone. This might actually be useful for organizing commons and uncommons that don't get put in my binder.
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If it can hold sleeved cards I'm interested. Otherwise, not so much. As I would like a nice box to put my cube in although my cube is sleeved for obvious reasons. Seems like a nice product though.
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If this is $15 - $20 it is a pretty good buy. Boxes that size are easily $2 - $5, 4 boosters are $15, dividers are like $1, land $2, and stickers would be like $1.
Those that scoff at the value given here are pretty silly. As stated the 4 packs are nearly the entire price of this thing if you are talking 4 bucks a pack. Obviously some stores sell packs cheaper then that but not all.
Crap I have seen people pay 10 bucks for a Zendikar box from the fat pack alone on Ebay.
Well, at least this isn't a "must buy" for exclusive promo cards in the way that literally every other special product coming out this fall/winter is- Oh, wait. Hope the promo isn't constructed playable...
On the plus side, I'm sure I'll be buying packs anyway, so I'm fine paying a few dollars more for a nice box and some useful dividers.
Interesting that they have hybrid mana stickers. Everything else shouts "Ravnica", so I wonder if we will be having hybrid mana in RTR...
A hybrid symbol takes up less space than a pair of symbols next to each other. They're for organizing dividers for your multicolored cards (if you don't want to use the guild emblems instead).
Not that hybrid mana isn't likely to be in RTR anyway, but these stickers don't really mean anything in particular with regard to that.
EDIT -
- Confirmed on Twitter that the box does hold sleeved cards. Cube players rejoice.
- Made from "Sturdy Cardboard"
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Bigger box, the promo card, card dividers, organizing helping stickers...
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Anyway, I will probably buy this since boxes and dividers are nice.
EDIT: Damn, that art is pretty sweet.
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I will probably get one.
Crap I have seen people pay 10 bucks for a Zendikar box from the fat pack alone on Ebay.
Feel free to bid on my cards here!
On the plus side, I'm sure I'll be buying packs anyway, so I'm fine paying a few dollars more for a nice box and some useful dividers.
Of course, like the sad bastard I am, I'd have to buy it myself for myself, since no one else in my family would buy me cards.
--- Meren of Clan Nel Toth --- Jhoira of the Ghitu --- Prime Speaker Zegana ---
--- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief --- Ghoulcaller Gisa --- Akroma, Angel of Fury --- Titania, Protector of Argoth ---
except for the zendikar, alara reborn and conflux set symbols?
but seriously do want this.
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Good thing I have book burning.
A hybrid symbol takes up less space than a pair of symbols next to each other. They're for organizing dividers for your multicolored cards (if you don't want to use the guild emblems instead).
Not that hybrid mana isn't likely to be in RTR anyway, but these stickers don't really mean anything in particular with regard to that.
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A promo and 4 packs, you say?
Hmmmm... Sold!
But I'm kinda a paraphernalia junkie.