If you are talking about what I think you are talking about you can only redeem one per account so even if you put in two codes you will only get 1 ticket. Also they do expire but they all expire at once so you won't be left with 1.
To be clear, when I talk about multiple codes, I mean codes from different pre-releases. For example, one code each from Guilds, Allegience and War.
So they expire even if you enter them in on Arena?
Have you used any of them yet? They gave codes to different types of events. The Guilds code gave you a sealed event ticket, the Allegiance code gave you a competitive draft: Ravnica Allegiance event ticket and the War code gave you a competitive draft: War of the Spark event ticket. Not all of those event types are available right now, so if you haven't used the code you'd have to wait until the event type comes up again to see if you still have the ticket available.
As to whether or not the tickets ever expire, you probably have to ask someone at Wizards that question.
I went with Golgari. The person sitting next to me during deck building got Assassin's Trophy as his promo as well as another one in one of his packs. Everyone was immediately jealous, but I was just happy that someone was actually able to have that happen (even if it wasn't me).
The problem is that if a sealed product has a high enough EV compared to it's MSRP, then stores/sellers will have more incentive to either raise the price on the sealed product or just open it up and sell singles instead of selling the sealed product. We've seen this over and over throughout the history of the game. WotC obviously knows this happens and it looks like they want to limit the extent of it happening (mostly just with FTV products). If the sellers don't do either of those things, then they will most likely sell out of the product immediately and lots of people who want to buy the product from them won't be able to.
Look around and you'll notice that people complain about the drop in the level of cards used in almost every type of sealed product compared to what we've had in the past. Most people seem to complain about it by saying that WotC is just being cheap and not giving people the cards that they really want. The way I see it is that they are being realistic about people being able to get sealed products at the MSRP.
Is there a solution to this situation? I have no idea whether there is or not.
Yes I know all of this. Many on the site do as well. There are a few delusional that think you should get twice the EV that you paid for. That's not what I or anyone else reasonable is advocating. What I'm saying is that if the average EV of a pack of Masters is around 3 to 4 bucks (And that is probably stretching it.) then MSRP should be no more than 2 times that amount at $6.99 a pack. There is nothing more feel bad than paying 10 bucks for a pack of Masters and opening it to find a worthless 25 cent bulk rare and an equally worthless common foil that isn't played anywhere. 10 dollars for 50 cents worth of value. Maybe I need to set up a stand at Magic tourneys and offer 2 shiny quarters for a ten dollar bill. Its almost the same lunacy.
So there IS a solution to this. WotC/Hasbro needs to only reprint stronger, reasonable value cards in PREMIUM Masters sets. Screw the "configured for draft". That is what the Conspiracy line is for. Make it so EV of packs is targeted so you at least get half back what you paid for it. Sure some decks will come in way on the high side, but others will fall a slight bit below to balance it out. And yes this would probably take a new pack collation method, not their current one. I'm sure they will say that its time intensive and would cost them money to do so. I'd bet there is still "meat on the bone" per cost of pack produced to do this. But they will never share that information, they don't want us to know.
Thanks for the response though. I think we need a discussion of this topic.
That type of system works if all of the rares/mythics have a value that fall within the given range. But no one will want to buy a set like that because none of the (non-foil) cards will be worth more than the cost of the pack. They need to have high dollar cards to draw interest in the set. The more high dollar cards they put into the set, the more "feel bad" cards are needed to create the correct balance.
Let's take Masters 25 as an example. We know Jace, Phyrexian Obliterator and Azusa will all be in Masters 25. How should they balance out the set and achieve the desired average pack EV just based on those 3 cards being included?
According to http://mtg.dawnglare.com/?p=sets&source=tcg_low&pack=1, using the lowest value indicator, assuming anything worth less than $1 is worthless, and not taking into account foils, EV on every Masters set before Iconic Masters is $6+, and even Iconic is $4+. Using mid-value indicator, it's closer to $6 for Iconic, $9 for most masters sets and over $18 for the original Modern Masters (and that's still ignoring anything worth less than $1 and ignoring foils).
According to these numbers, you're already getting EV nearly equal to MSRP (or more, given the pessimistic assumptions) from every pack of Masters except Iconic, and even in Iconic the EV is not less than half the MSRP. So if you just want MSRP no more than two times EV, then Wizards has already satisfied your criteria.
You're looking at current EV numbers for past sets, which are much higher than the EV of those sets when they were first released. What we are talking about is EV at the time of release or while the set is readily available. Yes, Modern Masters 2013 has an EV higher than the MSRP - but good luck finding packs for that price, or even for a price equal to the current EV.
A lot of what people are asking on here will never (and probably should never) happen.
I know people on here want $40 event decks with $300 worth of value in them. Maybe you're special and your game store will reserve a copy for you. Most people will watch those rot on a speculators shelf, or end up on eBay with severely inflated price.
I know people on here want cheap Masters packs with a huge pack-to-value ratio. See above. Most boxes will just end up on collector's shelves.
I know people on here want Wizards to not be the evil overlords of the world, the dreaded "SJW!". Yeah... okay... whatever... I didn't know Return of Kings was a Magic website.
Solutions to Magic's issues are not that simple.
How much did WotC give you to post that up? Oh, that's right, they don't pay non-employees. I'm guessing you got a foil advertising card.
On a more serious note, what do you suggest? The OP is asking for ideas. I don't think people are asking for 40 buck 300 value event decks or 20 dollar EV in a 5 dollar pack. What are your suggestions?
The problem is that if a sealed product has a high enough EV compared to it's MSRP, then stores/sellers will have more incentive to either raise the price on the sealed product or just open it up and sell singles instead of selling the sealed product. We've seen this over and over throughout the history of the game. WotC obviously knows this happens and it looks like they want to limit the extent of it happening (mostly just with FTV products). If the sellers don't do either of those things, then they will most likely sell out of the product immediately and lots of people who want to buy the product from them won't be able to.
Look around and you'll notice that people complain about the drop in the level of cards used in almost every type of sealed product compared to what we've had in the past. Most people seem to complain about it by saying that WotC is just being cheap and not giving people the cards that they really want. The way I see it is that they are being realistic about people being able to get sealed products at the MSRP.
Is there a solution to this situation? I have no idea whether there is or not.
Pulled a Spire Winder from a RIX Bundle Pack today that you can't even read the "2" in the 2/3 power/toughness box. The 3 is very faint as well. If I get the urge I'll take a pic and post it up.
I've seen a lot of pictures of Spire Winders with no power or toughness at all.
All the local stores out here already were doing this deal though. Big box stores aren't gaining any edge here
Local store = Wal-Mart and Target?
I have never seen a discounted pack at my Targets or Wal-Marts.
That's a non-hyperbolic statement. I've never seen a discounted pack at their stores.
Closest I've ever seen are those very occasional markdowns by Walgreens.
I picked up a couple of packs at Target a few nights ago without knowing about this sale. The sale price wasn't posted anywhere in the area where the packs are displayed, but my receipt showed the discount.
Turn 1 Sedge Scorpion
Turn 2 Spirit Mantle
Have you used any of them yet? They gave codes to different types of events. The Guilds code gave you a sealed event ticket, the Allegiance code gave you a competitive draft: Ravnica Allegiance event ticket and the War code gave you a competitive draft: War of the Spark event ticket. Not all of those event types are available right now, so if you haven't used the code you'd have to wait until the event type comes up again to see if you still have the ticket available.
As to whether or not the tickets ever expire, you probably have to ask someone at Wizards that question.
Clockwork Steed can't be blocked by artifact creatures. You use it on your opponent's creature.
I got Underrealm Lich as my promo. I also got Vraska, Golgari Queen, Gruesome Menagerie and a foil Izoni, Thousand-Eyed that I played in my deck. My other rares were Watery Grave, Ionize and Drowned Secrets. My deck was pretty good and a lot of fun to play, but didn't win much. I was 1-2 going into the last round and I got paired up against the guy with the 2 Assassin's Trophies. He won both games.
That type of system works if all of the rares/mythics have a value that fall within the given range. But no one will want to buy a set like that because none of the (non-foil) cards will be worth more than the cost of the pack. They need to have high dollar cards to draw interest in the set. The more high dollar cards they put into the set, the more "feel bad" cards are needed to create the correct balance.
Let's take Masters 25 as an example. We know Jace, Phyrexian Obliterator and Azusa will all be in Masters 25. How should they balance out the set and achieve the desired average pack EV just based on those 3 cards being included?
You're looking at current EV numbers for past sets, which are much higher than the EV of those sets when they were first released. What we are talking about is EV at the time of release or while the set is readily available. Yes, Modern Masters 2013 has an EV higher than the MSRP - but good luck finding packs for that price, or even for a price equal to the current EV.
The problem is that if a sealed product has a high enough EV compared to it's MSRP, then stores/sellers will have more incentive to either raise the price on the sealed product or just open it up and sell singles instead of selling the sealed product. We've seen this over and over throughout the history of the game. WotC obviously knows this happens and it looks like they want to limit the extent of it happening (mostly just with FTV products). If the sellers don't do either of those things, then they will most likely sell out of the product immediately and lots of people who want to buy the product from them won't be able to.
Look around and you'll notice that people complain about the drop in the level of cards used in almost every type of sealed product compared to what we've had in the past. Most people seem to complain about it by saying that WotC is just being cheap and not giving people the cards that they really want. The way I see it is that they are being realistic about people being able to get sealed products at the MSRP.
Is there a solution to this situation? I have no idea whether there is or not.
I've seen a lot of pictures of Spire Winders with no power or toughness at all.
I picked up a couple of packs at Target a few nights ago without knowing about this sale. The sale price wasn't posted anywhere in the area where the packs are displayed, but my receipt showed the discount.
Reprisal
False Demise
Feast or Famine
Gorilla Shaman
Deadly Insect
As mentioned already, the 3 uncommons that appeared on the rare sheet were:
Sol Grail
Urza's Engine
Whirling Catapult