M2013 Core Set

[wilmheath]

My PR guy sent me this:

Magic: The Gathering 2013 Core Set
Face a greater challenge with the Magic: The Gathering 2013 Core Set, the perfect way to play Magic face-to-face with actual cards. The Magic 2013 Core Set is a blend of brand new cards and card favorites from across Magic’s 19-year history, and will be available this summer at participating hobby game stores (Wizards Play Network) worldwide. To find a Wizards Play Network (WPN) hobby location near you, visit: Wizards.com/locator.
The Magic 2013 Core Set is available in:
- Booster Packs
- Intro Packs
- Fat Packs
- Booster Battle Packs
- Deck Builder’s Toolkit
- Event Decks

Magic Celebration
Magic Celebration is back for the second year at participating Wizards Play Network (WPN) locations across the world. On September 8, 2012 Magic™ players will converge on their local WPN stores to play the game, interact with the community at large and receive a redemption code to unlock a digital item in the Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 game*. This is the must-attend Magic event of the year, bringing the entire Magic: The Gathering community together to revel in all-things Magic. You can learn more about Magic’s in-store events and find a participating WPN hobby store near you at Wizards.com/locator.

[Qatol]

Not much new here except maybe the confirmation that they'll again have brand new non-reprint cards in the core set.

[tgdgc]

So glad Magic Celebration is back, it was awesome last year

[Master Moja]

Event decks? That's interesting...

[Chelsea]

Booster Packs?! Didn't see THAT comming.

[RulerofChaos]

Well, this does confirm that we are getting another Deck Builder's Toolkit.

[Karmakin]

Actually if they make the DBT a yearly annual updated thing, so now it'll come with boosters and cards from the Innistrad block and M13 (so they'll be good in Standard for a year) that's a very good thing.

[Caranthir]

Originally Posted by Master Moja

Event decks? That's interesting...

Why? There were M12 event decks last year....

[wilmheath]

I'm surprised the battlepacks made it. They didn't seem to do so hot at most stores.

[Failure Knight]

Originally Posted by Caranthir

Why? There were M12 event decks last year....

And last year they were released on August 12th, giving them only a month and a half of life before the Standard rotated out. Hopefully the M13 event decks will be better thought out.

[Senior Gomez]

Yay! Magic Celebration again!

[MichaelWhite]

Originally Posted by wilmheath

I'm surprised the battlepacks made it. They didn't seem to do so hot at most stores.

It always surprised me that they didn't, but maybe it's because I'm not a retailer.

I thought stores might buy them and use them as promotional items. They'd be a great way to teach 2 new players how to play and give them a few cards to start building a deck with.

I know where I am they retailed for ~$10, which I'm guessing made cost on them somewhere around the $6 mark. Divide that in half because you get to introduce 2 new players to the game.

So for ~$3 you could introduce a player to the game, give them a deck to play with their other friend at the kitchen table, and tell them that they're halfway to an FNM playable deck. If they want to buy a few boosters, or an event deck or something and come back and play, they're more than welcome.

Seemed like a relatively cheap way to promote the game to me.

[Malicoire]

Those Celebration packs were loaded. Nearly every pack that got opened in the lgs I was at had a foil or mythic. Can't wait.

[Artificer Prodigy]

M2012 wasn't as exciting as M2011. Hopefully they will spice it up a little and include a few cool new cards and rotate a few cards *cough* titans *cough*

[pandafarmer]

Originally Posted by Malicoire

Those Celebration packs were loaded. Nearly every pack that got opened in the lgs I was at had a foil or mythic. Can't wait.

I'll trade you the 2 Pentavus I opened... :P