Innistrad: Double Feature combines the past two Innistrad sets into one drafting experience. Each booster pack will contain 4 commons, 2 uncommons, and 1 rare (including one double-faced card) from both each set, and include a special silver screen foil card of any rarity.
This product releases in 24-pack booster boxes on January 28, with Preview Events on January 21. Participants will receive this exclusive Endless Ranks of the Dead promo card.
The full list of cards in the set are seen in silver screen foil here. For more details, check here.
I'm disappointed, only because I was hoping it would be a draft environment curated between the two sets, rather than just both sets mashed half-and-half into each booster.
-2 commons, -1 basic land, +1 uncommon, +1 rare/mythic, +1 guaranteed special foil will give these packs some bonus value, but not a huge amount extra.
EDIT: I misread that just the foil would be the special printing/frame, rather than all the cards. That's pushes the values a bit higher still, though not substantially more that I thought before
Unless this is priced like a normal set, this feels like the most blatant cash grab ever. Even Masters sets feature some new art and some thought is put into what's being reprinted. This is just "Load image. Set to grayscale. Save image." a few hundred times. Obviously no preview season because there are 0 surprises.
I wish they'd just leave us alone until February and Kamigawa Neon Dynasty spoilers...
back in the old days you'd draft a whole block together by the end of the block. Lotta chaos there.
As others have pointed out when this was first announced, two same-size sets are hard to equally distribute over three boosters for drafting MID/VOW and this gives an opportunity to draft them in a balanced way. It's a crutch, but functional.
Though they higher ratio of rares actually may make this less functional for Draft than I originally believed.
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Lets be real.
The amount of people DRAFTING with these is in single digit %, if at all.
People that want to draft just buy normal boxes.
All these extra non-draft products are just injecting more cards and versions of the same cards in the system for a premium price tag.
On the plus side though, buying singles is incredibly cheap.
But I do agree that this is not really something anyone wanted. The only reason I could see to crack these open would be in hopes that you get one of the duel lands. Draft wise it just doesn't seem all that interesting, and like so many have pointed out pending price this could be a flop.
Honestly why didn't they just make it a mini Modern Masters set that only focused on Innistrad and only pick the most enjoyable cards play?
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I think this is an elegant and fun way to solve the draft issue of the mini-block with 2 sets.
Yes, it is one way to "fix" it in that it was only a nuisance to be rid of. Any store or group could just do a 2-1/1-2 when giving them to alternating players in a draft pod. All in all this product is as necessary as theme boosters are (they're not.)
The way that the original post was phrased, at first I thought that each pack would only have like 8 cards in it, lol.
Then I reread it and was like "ohhhh"
The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
The way that the original post was phrased, at first I thought that each pack would only have like 8 cards in it, lol.
Then I reread it and was like "ohhhh"
I still don't get it. It reads you get 8 cards. ?????
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The way that the original post was phrased, at first I thought that each pack would only have like 8 cards in it, lol.
Then I reread it and was like "ohhhh"
I still don't get it. It reads you get 8 cards. ?????
It should have said "Each booster pack will contain 4 commons, 2 uncommons, and 1 rare (including one double-faced card) from EACH SET, and include a special silver screen foil card of any rarity."
7 card from MID
7 cards from VOW
1 foil from either
The way that the original post was phrased, at first I thought that each pack would only have like 8 cards in it, lol.
Then I reread it and was like "ohhhh"
I still don't get it. It reads you get 8 cards. ?????
It should read "Each booster pack will contain 4 commons, 2 uncommons, and 1 rare (including one double-faced card) from EACH set", not "BOTH sets".
Each booster is 4 MID Commons, 4 VOW commons, 2 MID uncommons, 2 VOW uncommons, 1 MID rare/mythic, 1 VOW rare/mythic, and the special foil of any rarity = 15 cards per pack.
The question remains if this costs more than a regular draft booster. Given the extra rare and alternate treatment, I have to think this will be priced at least as much as the price of a set booster.
Thanks for the clarifications to the members above.
I'm guessing at least 6 bucks a pack, I can see the greed ratcheting it up to 8 USD a pack though. Hard pass on all but the usual 4 USD a pack for me.
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i love the black and white treatments, i really do, that said i'm just not interested in spending 6+ on a pack which i'd be surprised if they clock in under that
This could be a fun draft format (decayed tokens plus exploit, thank you!) but I don't see any mention of it being available on Arena, and I bet it's going to be too expensive to draft much in paper.
I'm pretty sure arena is just going to do a mixed draft where you win some monochrome card styles, since they've already been handing out these same card styles.
Unless this is priced like a normal set, this feels like the most blatant cash grab ever. Even Masters sets feature some new art and some thought is put into what's being reprinted. This is just "Load image. Set to grayscale. Save image." a few hundred times. Obviously no preview season because there are 0 surprises.
Won't link it here because of language, but PleasantKenobi is exactly of my opinion and went off on a tirade on Youtube.
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Have also been hearing this will be a quite limited edition, stores aren't being allotted large shipments. That even torpedoes my hope of this being a failure and cheaply available at later times...
Have also been hearing this will be a quite limited edition, stores aren't being allotted large shipments. That even torpedoes my hope of this being a failure and cheaply available at later times...
We already knew this, its a wpn produce like the commander series, Ftv, ect. Really this product is more for stores to host special draft nights than for players to out right buy.
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There is a Twitter post (cant remember who) that showed a Black and White SNAPCASTER MAGE with OG Innistrad Art.
Is that a real thing? Promo or something like the Endless Ranks?
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botheach set, and include a special silver screen foil card of any rarity.This product releases in 24-pack booster boxes on January 28, with Preview Events on January 21. Participants will receive this exclusive Endless Ranks of the Dead promo card.
The full list of cards in the set are seen in silver screen foil here. For more details, check here.
-2 commons, -1 basic land, +1 uncommon, +1 rare/mythic, +1 guaranteed special foil will give these packs some bonus value, but not a huge amount extra.
EDIT: I misread that just the foil would be the special printing/frame, rather than all the cards. That's pushes the values a bit higher still, though not substantially more that I thought before
I wish they'd just leave us alone until February and Kamigawa Neon Dynasty spoilers...
As others have pointed out when this was first announced, two same-size sets are hard to equally distribute over three boosters for drafting MID/VOW and this gives an opportunity to draft them in a balanced way. It's a crutch, but functional.
Though they higher ratio of rares actually may make this less functional for Draft than I originally believed.
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The amount of people DRAFTING with these is in single digit %, if at all.
People that want to draft just buy normal boxes.
All these extra non-draft products are just injecting more cards and versions of the same cards in the system for a premium price tag.
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On the plus side though, buying singles is incredibly cheap.
But I do agree that this is not really something anyone wanted. The only reason I could see to crack these open would be in hopes that you get one of the duel lands. Draft wise it just doesn't seem all that interesting, and like so many have pointed out pending price this could be a flop.
Honestly why didn't they just make it a mini Modern Masters set that only focused on Innistrad and only pick the most enjoyable cards play?
Yes, it is one way to "fix" it in that it was only a nuisance to be rid of. Any store or group could just do a 2-1/1-2 when giving them to alternating players in a draft pod. All in all this product is as necessary as theme boosters are (they're not.)
Then I reread it and was like "ohhhh"
I still don't get it. It reads you get 8 cards. ?????
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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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."
It should have said "Each booster pack will contain 4 commons, 2 uncommons, and 1 rare (including one double-faced card) from EACH SET, and include a special silver screen foil card of any rarity."
7 card from MID
7 cards from VOW
1 foil from either
It should read "Each booster pack will contain 4 commons, 2 uncommons, and 1 rare (including one double-faced card) from EACH set", not "BOTH sets".
Each booster is 4 MID Commons, 4 VOW commons, 2 MID uncommons, 2 VOW uncommons, 1 MID rare/mythic, 1 VOW rare/mythic, and the special foil of any rarity = 15 cards per pack.
I'm guessing at least 6 bucks a pack, I can see the greed ratcheting it up to 8 USD a pack though. Hard pass on all but the usual 4 USD a pack for me.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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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."
singles ahoy!
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Have also been hearing this will be a quite limited edition, stores aren't being allotted large shipments. That even torpedoes my hope of this being a failure and cheaply available at later times...
We already knew this, its a wpn produce like the commander series, Ftv, ect. Really this product is more for stores to host special draft nights than for players to out right buy.
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Is that a real thing? Promo or something like the Endless Ranks?
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