Spoiler season for Duskmourn is now upon us, as the official release of the set is less than a month away. While it seems like it was just yesterday that we were getting acquainted with the adorable animals of Bloomburrow, Duskmourn is coming soon to give off completely different vibes. Based on the set’s mechanics and initial spoilers, it’s clear Wizards of the Coast fully embraced the horror theme when designing Duskmourn.
One area where Wizards of the Coast went all out with the creepy aesthetics is with the artwork and booster fun card treatments. Duskmourn is bringing a multitude of new and exciting booster fun variants to MTG, which should make collecting the set a blast if that’s what you’re into.
Double Exposure
First up, we have the double exposure treatment. This art style appears on a handful of legendary creatures and is designed to highlight horror-themed photography. With intriguing color choices and patterns present, double exposure cards are sure to make the art pop off the “screen.” double exposure cards can appear in both Play Boosters and Collector Boosters.
Notably, though, players can also open double exposure cards with a sweet, textured foil appearance, as shown above. These cards are exclusive to Collector Boosters and are rather rare to find. There is one particular slot where players can open a traditional foil, textured foil, or fractured foil card. A textured foil Double Exposure mythic rare appears in this slot roughly 1% of the time.
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Japan Showcase
Up next, we have Japan showcase cards. 10 Duskmourn cards will have this treatment available, boasting extravagant illustrations by Japanese artists. These are only found in Collector Boosters and are only available in foil. In Japanese Collector Boosters, these cards will exclusively appear in Japanese. However, in non-Japanese Collector Boosters, they will appear in Japanese roughly a third of the time and in English the rest of the time.
In the same Collector Booster foil slot mentioned earlier, players can find a Japan showcase card about 10% of the time. However, nine times out of ten the Japan showcase card will be in traditional foil. If you’re really lucky, you’ll crack a pack with a Japan showcase card with fractured foil design as shown above. Fractured foils add even more flair to the already awesome art style that the Japan showcase cards bring to the table.
Mirror Monster
Mirror Monster cards take frightening characters and make them look like they’re coming right for you! The effects are relatively simple with these cards compared to the designs described above. Yet, they are still gorgeous and perfectly fit the flavor of the set.
The Mirror Monster booster fun treatment is available in both Play Boosters and Collector Boosters for Duskmourn. Given that there are multiple collector booster slots dedicated to booster fun treatment, you’re more likely to find them there.
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Paranormal Frame
Another Duskmourn booster fun treatment you can find in both Play Boosters and Collector Boosters is the paranormal frame. Each paranormal frame card displays artwork that looks a bit out of whack. It’s almost like the monsters in the haunted house are messing with your ability to get good footage!
Beyond just the off-putting art style, the borders of these paranormal frame cards look really cool. There are 4 paranormal frame uncommons, 4 rares and 2 mythic rares in the main set to obtain.
Lurking Evil
Lurking Evil cards are in a bit of a different class since they don’t fit the typical booster fun mold. Rather than receiving a different border or style, Lurking Evil cards simply display minor alterations to the original art.
If you look closely, the first image of Norin, Swift Survivalist has a different collector number and slightly changed artwork. In particular, you can see a monster’s hand in the top left of the first image that isn’t there in the second. This is likely meant to reflect on the fact that there are always scary creatures watching, even if you miss them at first glance.
Lurking Evil cards can be found in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters. There are 2 commons, 4 uncommons, 7 rares, and 2 mythic rares with Lurking Evil treatment.
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Borderless
In addition to all the new booster fun varieties, it appears that traditional borderless cards are making a return in Duskmourn. These cards may not be out of the ordinary, but that doesn’t mean they don’t look gorgeous. There are 16 borderless cards in total.
10 of them are Rooms, giving players a bigger picture of how the haunted house is structured. 5 others belong to a rare cycle of lands, and the last borderless mythic rare is Kaito. Once again, borderless cards are available in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters.
It truly is astonishing how many booster fun treatments are out there nowadays. If you’re a fan of collecting all the unique designs Magic has to offer, Duskmourn should be a very appealing set. Make sure to mark your calendars for the official release on September 27th.
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