Hello again everyone. As has become something of a habit, I've gone ahead and done some list-making concerning the totality of products printed and sold this year. You can find the previous thread here. On the off-chance you don't want to look at the other thread, here's the basics: I went ahead and made a list of every unique Magic the Gathering product containing cards that Wizards of the Coast sold this year, and that we currently know they are planning to sell. If the only way to get a certain card was through a specific product (e.g. the Buy-A-Box Promo), then I included that product as its own thing. Excluded are Big Box Repack promos (as they are nigh impossible to accurately track) and promotional cards from winning or attending tournaments (because WotC doesn't directly sell those).
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The Brothers’ War Draft Booster Pack
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The Brothers’ War Collector Booster Pack
The Brothers’ War Set Booster Pack
The Brothers’ War Jumpstart Booster Pack
The Brothers’ War Bundle
The Brothers’ War Gift Bundle
The Brothers’ War Commander Deck: Urza’s Iron Alliance
The Brothers’ War Commander Deck: Mishra’s Burnished Banner
Secret Lair Drop Series: The Astrology Lands (Sagittarius)
This is not a totality of the products, obviously, as they usually announce a swath of Secret Lairs in November, just in time for the holidays, but it's what we currently know about. Additionally, everything after "Game Night Free-For-All" is technically not released, and subsequently has the possibility, however miniscule, of changing its release date. But with that said:
As of right now, we have a total of 125 products. If you coalesce anything that could be coalesced (combine sample decks, combine theme boosters, Secret Lair bundles, etc.) the number becomes 92. As it turns out, this is a grand total that is less than last year's product count (as it currently stands), but a higher number of products that can't be bundled together somewhat arbitrarily.
But what happens to the product numbers if you remove Secret Lairs?
2015 had 54 products total; 2016 had 52; 2017 had 42; 2018 had 65; 2019 (introduction of Secret Lairs) had 80; 2020 had 68; 2021 had 90; and 2022 had 76 products (so far).
So what can we glean with all this information? Mostly that WotC is selling a lot of things
Later, I will follow this post with one concerning the number of new cards introduced the game this year, which will tell a different kind of story than the amount of product released, I believe, but I wanted to start with this since that's what I did last time.
If you have any questions, comments, or complaints, feel free to respond.
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This is not a totality of the products, obviously, as they usually announce a swath of Secret Lairs in November, just in time for the holidays, but it's what we currently know about. Additionally, everything after "Game Night Free-For-All" is technically not released, and subsequently has the possibility, however miniscule, of changing its release date. But with that said:
As of right now, we have a total of 125 products. If you coalesce anything that could be coalesced (combine sample decks, combine theme boosters, Secret Lair bundles, etc.) the number becomes 92. As it turns out, this is a grand total that is less than last year's product count (as it currently stands), but a higher number of products that can't be bundled together somewhat arbitrarily.
But what happens to the product numbers if you remove Secret Lairs?
2015 had 54 products total; 2016 had 52; 2017 had 42; 2018 had 65; 2019 (introduction of Secret Lairs) had 80; 2020 had 68; 2021 had 90; and 2022 had 76 products (so far).
So what can we glean with all this information? Mostly that WotC is selling a lot of things
Later, I will follow this post with one concerning the number of new cards introduced the game this year, which will tell a different kind of story than the amount of product released, I believe, but I wanted to start with this since that's what I did last time.
If you have any questions, comments, or complaints, feel free to respond.