WotC New M:tG set announced: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms"

[Parmandur]

Just regular, no bling—unless the bling affects gameplay. For example, I'd want a super-rare card that does something different from other cards, but wouldn't care about a card that differs from another one only in appearance.

Also, doesn't a full playset of an MTG set contain four copies of each card rather than just one?

Oh, yeah, for full deck building you'll want four of each card.

 

[Undrave]

If nothing else, this should mean some really fantastic new art for the Forgotten Realms (hopefully). So that'll be pretty cool, because no doubt it can be reused for future FR products. It also means that maybe something like Planescape is closer to being in MtG, which I think would also make it closer to coming back to D&D. And I'd love to see that, especially as there's no way MtG Planescape would fail to include the Factions.

I might get a few booster just for that...

 

[Cadence]

Just regular, no bling—unless the bling affects gameplay. For example, I'd want a super-rare card that does something different from other cards, but wouldn't care about a card that differs from another one only in appearance.

Also, doesn't a full playset of an MTG set contain four copies of each card rather than just one?

A playset of each card is 4 of them, but a lot of the cards aren't worth having any of if you're constructing decks.

One common way to play from a set is to make a "cube", where you draft the cards like they were new packs (you open a pack, take a card, pass it, until you've gone through 3 packs per person). For that you could probably be very happy with one of each rare/mythic, two of each uncommon, and four of each common (say). Keep them sleeved up and divided into stacks by rarity - each faux pack is 1 rare, 4 uncommon, and 9 commons. You also keep a stack of basic lands for people to take from as needed to build their 40 card decks (typically 24 cards and 16 lands).

A full set of one each of Core 221 is currently $238.74. But $100 of that is just 6 cards. Core Set 2021 MTG / MTGO Price History

The commons are essentially free if you know someone who plays though (they're left in stacks at the game shops after drafts, along with a lot of the uncommons). It looks like most of the other sets are around that too. I think that's using the median price to buy though, so you can do it for less. TCGplayer is a common place to order from in the US. Prices in the EU are generally a lot less for many of the cards.

 

[Parmandur]

A playset of each cared is 4 of them, but a lot of the cards aren't worth having any of if you're constructing decks.

One common way to play from a set is to make a "cube", where you draft the cards like they were new packs (you open a pack, take a card, pass it, until you've gone through 3 packs per person). For that you could probably be very happy with one of each rare/mythic, two of each uncommon, and four of each common (say). Keep them sleeved up and divided into stacks by rarity - each faux pack is 1 rare, 4 uncommon, and 9 commons. You also keep a stack of basic lands for people to take from as needed to build their 40 card decks (24 cards and 16 lands).

A full set of one each of Core 221 is currently $238.74. But $100 of that is just 6cards. Core Set 2021 MTG / MTGO Price History


The commons are essentially free if you know someone who plays though (they're left in stacks at the game shops after drafts, along with a lot of the uncommons). It looks like most of the other sets are around that too. I think that's using the median price to buy though, so you can do it for less.

Ooooh, yeah, setting up a Forgotten Realms Cube is probably exactly the sort of experience @jeremypowell is looking for here: it's completionist for the Set and requires a bit if setup, but gives some nice casual at home play.

 

[Cadence]

Of course, you’d have plenty of extra copies of everything at lower rarities than that, so you could easily trade for what you’re missing, or just sell your extra copies and buy your missing stuff off the secondary market.

If someone is looking for the fun of opening packs, the common recommendation is to go play in a pre-release weekend at the store. These are typically the most attended, least competitive magic tournaments (my 11yo loved them back when it was safe to go). You get six packs of cards and a promo-card or two, and make a deck to play with. It's common to award a pack per match win (some stores guarantee 1 for everyone). Lately it's been $25 for the first tournament, and $20 for thereafter around here (so less than the cost of single packs, and about the cost of buying by the box). That way you get the fun of opening and playing with them for the $.

Everyone on MtG reddit will note that it's really inefficient to buy boxes looking for particular rare or mythic, and if you're going to you want to do it right way when the value of the cards in general is highest so you can try trading them right away. (The expected value of a box can't really stabilize at more than a box costs... but up front everyone is impatient). Similarly, for most cards you want to wait a few weeks before you order them because most will go down (although a few will make you gnash your teeth). The cost of the last several full sets looks to be a bit over $200 each from Core Set 2021 MTG / MTGO Price History .

 

[ccs]

I realize we don’t have full details yet, but I just want an estimate—how much would a full playset of one of this year’s MTG sets cost (or, more accurately, would it have cost at or around the time of release)? I honestly do not know anything about this; are we talking $100? $300? $1000?

I'd put $500 aside for this project.
Why that much? Because you have to figure popular characters/items/monsters are going to carry a premium price tag.

 

[Ibrandul]

Thanks for the replies. Sounds like a cube might be the way to go: 1/2/4 each. And sounds like $200–300 is a reasonable ballpark figure for that. I'll have to ponder; that's still a ton of money for me and on the high side of what I could afford, but not quite into totally-irresponsible territory. ($500 would be.)

 

[Charlaquin]

Ooooh, yeah, setting up a Forgotten Realms Cube is probably exactly the sort of experience @jeremypowell is looking for here: it's completionist for the Set and requires a bit if setup, but gives some nice casual at home play.

“Forgotten Realms Cube” just sounds awesome, and I’m not even an FR fan!

 

[Cadence]

I'd put $500 aside for this project.
Why that much? Because you have to figure popular characters/items/monsters are going to carry a premium price tag.

Luckily it's a standard set so it's an "unlimited print run" - so the expected value of a box will flatten down to the price (after it starts being opened). The problem will be if they make the popular characters also the superstars in playing... that will be ugly for a few cards.

 

[Cadence]

Thanks for the replies. Sounds like a cube might be the way to go: 1/2/4 each. And sounds like $200–300 is a reasonable ballpark figure for that. I'll have to ponder; that's still a ton of money for me and on the high side of what I could afford, but not quite into totally-irresponsible territory. ($500 would be.)

Assuming you keep them all in sleeves* , you can always use a printout on a sheet of paper stuffed in the sleeve over another card for the really expensive ones, and then gradually pick those missing few off over birthdays and Christmases or whatnot. That can save you probably half the cost right up front and still let you play until you get them.

*I recommend double sleeving with KMC perfect fits on the inside (upside down) and then some outer sleeves. For outer sleeves, the cheap Ultra Pro sleeves ($5.50/100 retail - cheaper in bulk) work just fine for casual things - Dragon Shields ($11/100 ?) or the like if you're made of money. If you go with the art sleeves for the set ($11.50/100 ?), buy some extra boxes of them in case they rip over time. They might not be replaceable. The inner sleeve keeps dust off the cards, makes them almost water proof, and gives extra protection for a rough shuffler. I have all my MtG cards double sleeved and my ones for the game Ascension. I use KMC Hypermats for my outer sleeves, but that's a minority choice it seems.