The newly announced Mystery Booster 2 hit the scene this weekend. This is truly the strangest Magic set that we’ve seen in quite some time. It’s also one of the most exciting reprint sets we’ve seen this year.
All kinds of wacky cards with beautiful new treatments are hitting the scene. The Futureshifted border, as well as white-bordered MTG cards, are returning at long last. They definitely look a bit… outdated by modern standards, but there’s an audience for these, and we’re all here for it.
A ton of different Mystery Booster 2 reprints were revealed during this week’s Weekly MTG event. There was a lot of information about new cards you can find, as well as many of the treatments on offer. These treatments get progressively weirder, so we’ve ordered them from the least bizarre to the absolute strangest.
Speaking of strange, it has been revealed that once digital-only designs are coming to paper Magic as black-bordered cards!
White-Bordered Reprints
There are some truly bizarre reprints appearing in the Mystery Booster product. Some, like Comet, Stellar Pup are being granted a white border. Frankly, these look kind of terrible, but the nostalgia behind this border definitely has its fans. Comet is a particularly difficult card to reprint considering that it’s one of the non-Acorn cards from Unfinity. Where do you reprint something like that? The card sees some Commander play on the stronger side of tables but also sees a bit of Legacy play.
The deep cuts in this set are absurd. If getting Dazed annoys you, what about getting Daze’d by a white-bordered card? The same goes for Wasteland, destroying nonbasic lands for decades. The deepest cut in this set is a reprint of Whiteout that doesn’t have any artwork. Whiteout has been whited out!
For those who are specifically after white-bordered cards, they aren’t too difficult to find in the Mystery Booster 2 product. You’ll find one white-bordered card per pack.
Future Sight Frame
If you thought the white-bordered MTG cards were wacky, it gets stranger. Future Sight Frame cards are also returning in the Mystery Booster 2 packs. Like the White-Border cards, there is also a Future Sight Frame slot in each pack, but it can be replaced by a foil Future Sight Frame card.
Notably, some of these cards are exclusively available in foil, while some are exclusively available in non-foil. Foil Future Sight Frame cards are rather rare, with only one card appearing per box on average. Rather aptly, Foil is one of the cards that’s only available in foil for the Future Sight Frame treatment.
Urza, Lord High Artificer is one of the coolest Future Sight Frame reprints seen here. The artwork seen on this card is from the Vanguard cards. These are oversized cards from all the way back in 1997 that can modify your life total and starting hand while also having additional abilities. This particular reprint can only be found in foil, making it a particularly difficult card to open.
Thassa’s Oracle, one of the most hated MTG win conditions in Commander, is also getting a Future Sight border in Mystery Booster 2. Notably, Demonic Consultation is also getting a reprint in this set, which means that you can theoretically pull off one of the deadliest combos in Commander in a Draft format.
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Alchemy Cards Coming to Paper
Well, sort of at least. Wizards has revealed that Oracle of the Alpha is getting a black-bordered paper printing, albeit with an Acorn stamp. Importantly, this means the card isn’t legal in formats like Commander, Legacy, or Vintage. Should you want to, however, you can still Draft this card and use it in Cubes.
As one of the most beloved Alchemy cards, Oracle of the Alpha is a fantastic reprint for many players. The big question, however, is if we’ll be getting the Power Nine in token form to go along with this unique card. Sadly, Wizards hasn’t confirmed anything yet, but we’re definitely holding out hope for sneaky Power Nine reprints.
As if one unique Alchemy card wasn’t enough, Sanguine Brushstroke is also getting a paper printing alongside Toralf’s Disciple. The former of these cards was once a dominant force in Alchemy, draining opponents incredibly quickly, so it’s a great reprint to see. On top of these officially revealed cards, it’s been teased there there will be more formerly Alchemy-exclusive cards getting new printings.
For those who are interested in finding these cards, they replace a Future Sight Frame card in a slot at a lower rate.
How to Find Mystery Booster 2 Boxes
As cool as this crazy draft set looks, it is sadly going to be very difficult to actually find. As we previously covered, there will be no retail edition of this box available. It will, instead, only be available at MagicCons, and will only be available through the Festival in a Box program. These are routinely released alongside larger MagicCon events, giving players at home a chance to join in on the festivities from afar.
For those who want to jump in on the Festival in a Box, no details have been revealed as of yet. According to Blake Rasmussen, it was announced during the Weekly MTG that details would be “coming soon.” Considering that this will be the only way to access Mystery Booster 2 boxes without going to MagicCon: Las Vegas, at least in the short term, the demand for this product may be sky-high. For that reason, if you’re interested in purchasing this, we recommend you jump on it as soon as possible. If these are in limited quantities, we could have another Monty Python Secret Lair on our hands.
Selling out in just a couple of hours, many MTG players were frustrated that they were unable to get their hands on the most successful MTG Secret Lair crossover so far. This led to a high degree of outcry for the overarching system to be changed. That was just for a collection of cards. We now have an entire reprint set that is surprisingly difficult to access.
It’ll be interesting to see just how difficult it is for players to get copies of Mystery Booster 2 cards. These white-bordered and Future Sight reprints could end up going for a fortune, especially if they are difficult to access. Hopefully, demand can be sated appropriately, but it certainly seems questionable.
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