Mystery Booster 2 Spoilers Showcase $42 Reprint with Distinct White Border

Yesterday, a new and intriguing Draftable set was revealed at Gen Con 2024. If you were a fan of playing with and collecting cards from the original Mystery Booster set, you’ll be happy to know that Mystery Booster 2 is on its way.

There isn’t a ton of information about this set available yet, but that hasn’t stopped Mystery Booster 2 spoilers from appearing online already. There are some rather juicy reprints for players to sink their teeth into, as well as unique playtest cards that help give the set its own identity.

If the original Mystery Booster is any indication, this new release has the potential to be extremely popular and lucrative. Let’s take a gander at some of the best cards revealed thus far.

Urza’s Saga

Rarity: Rare

Text: (As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III). I: Urza’s Saga gains “Tap: Add colorless.” II: Urza’s Saga gains “2, tap: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with ‘this creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'” III: Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost 0 or 1, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Urza’s Saga is likely to be one of the more expensive reprints in the set. This potent land is absolutely incredible and doesn’t take too much effort to support. If you’re playing artifacts in your deck, it’s easy to throw in Urza’s Saga and a couple of tutor targets for the final chapter.

The Constructs Urza’s Saga makes are extremely threatening, making it a solid win condition on its own sometimes. This doesn’t even take into account decks like Amulet Titan that get an enormous boost from being able to search up a specific artifact such as Amulet of Vigor.

Urza’s Saga was printed in Modern Horizons 2 and is worth just over $42. Now, Modern players will be able to tilt their opponents even more by beating them with white-bordered copies.

Show and Tell

Mana Value: 2U

Rarity: Mythic Rare

Text: Each player may put an artifact, creature, enchantment or land card from their hand onto the battlefield.

Next, we have an incredibly powerful sorcery in the form of Show and Tell. The goal for most Show and Tell decks, as you might expect, is to put something absolutely backbreaking for the opponent into play.

In Legacy and Timeless on MTG Arena, the best card players tend to pair with Show and Tell is Omniscience. From there, you can cast any big haymakers you have in hand at will, along with any draw spells to dig for more. Chances are, whatever your opponent puts into play from Show and Tell will not have the same effect on the game.

Show and Tell is a solid mythic rare with decent reprint value. The card was recently featured as a Special Guest card, which currently sits as the cheapest version of the card at $9. Of course, part of what makes the Mystery Booster variant even more exciting is the Future Shifted frame from Future Sight.

As we will see, the Future Shifted frame and white borders give many reprints an ew electrifying aesthetic to make them more collectible.

Wasteland

Rarity: Rare

Text: Tap: Add colorless. Tap: Sacrifice Wasteland: Destroy target nonbasic land.

Third up, we have an elite Legacy staple. Wasteland isn’t quite Strip Mine, but it certainly gets the job done. There are tons of ways to abuse Wasteland and ensure that you are getting a favorable exchange. For instance, the combination of Daze, and Wasteland offers fantastic early pressure that keeps opponents off balance. This has helped keep Delver decks in Legacy at the top of the totem pole for many years.

Meanwhile, cards that let you recur Wasteland over and over, like Life from the Loam, make Wasteland an incredibly scary card to play against. There’s a reason Wrenn and Six is banned in Legacy.

Wasteland is a rather pricy reprint, coming in at roughly $24 in its cheapest, traditional, tournament-legal form. Interestingly, this white-bordered version is printed at uncommon, just like the card was back in Tempest. This doesn’t necessarily mean it will be easier to obtain, though. There’s a chance cards with white borders and other special frames earn their own slot in Mystery Booster 2 packs. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Demonic Consultation

Mana Value: B

Rarity: Uncommon

Text: Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.

Another card that is outrageously powerful and getting a Future Sight look is Demonic Consultation. Demonic Consultation is a strange card that was likely intended to be used as a risky tutor effect. However, if you pair it with a card like Thassa’s Oracle, you can simply name a card that isn’t in your deck, exile your whole library at once, and win by resolving Oracle. This sequence is extremely popular in cEDH. Demonic Consultation is so powerful that it’s banned in Legacy and restricted in Vintage.

Despite this, Demonic Consultation is still worth a rather large chunk of change. It was originally printed back in Ice Age, and these copies currently sit at about $14. Since then, the card has only been reprinted in a Secret Lair. Now, it’s getting a new Future Shifted frame that is sure to make many cEDH players happy.

Underworld Breach

Mana Value: 1R

Rarity: Rare

Text: Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card’s mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Underworld Breach.

Yet another card receiving the Future Shifted treatment, we have Underworld Breach. Underworld Breach was rightfully banned in Pioneer and Legacy for its absurd combo potential. For whatever reason, the cards you cast from your graveyard off of Underworld Breach don’t get exiled after you cast them. As such, so long as you have a way to fuel your graveyard, Underworld Breach is the ultimate combo piece. There are even decks like Modern Prowess that sometimes use Underworld Breach just as a value engine.

Underworld Breach debuted in Theros Beyond Death. Outside of its appearance as a Special Guest, the card has yet to be reprinted. There are sure to be many players excited about the card’s new Future Shifted frame that could push the price up. For now, this card is worth around $13, which is rather respectable.

Cabal Coffers

Rarity: Uncommon

Text: 2, Tap: Add black for each Swamp you control.

Cabal Coffers is a neat card that can generate a lot of mana under the right circumstances. The card’s inability to make mana on its own is a big hindrance, so it does take some building around to maximize it. Fortunately, with an Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth in play, this downside is completely mitigated. Not only can you tap Cabal Coffers for black mana early on, but Cabal Coffers now counts as a Swamp itself. This makes it easy to get a bit of mana advantage as you continue to hit your land drops.

Despite the fact that Cabal Coffers has been reprinted multiple times, the card is still worth a bunch of money. The Modern Horizons 2 traditional printing is the cheapest on average, sitting at roughly $22. The card is getting its first white-bordered printing with Mystery Booster 2. Commander players rejoice!

Deathrite Shaman

Mana Value: B/G

Rarity: Rare

Stats: 1/2

Text: Tap: Exile target land from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color. Black, tap: Exile target instant or sorcery from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life. Green, tap: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.

Deathrite Shaman isn’t as pricy as the other cards we’ve mentioned up to this point, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a strong card. This is a weird case where the card is strong enough to be banned in Modern and Legacy yet sees barely any play in Pioneer. This is because a lot of the card’s value as a mana dork comes from the existence of Fetchlands.

With access to Fetchlands in Modern and Legacy, Deathrite Shaman acts as a mana producer with a huge upside. It exiles relevant cards from the opposing graveyard, buffers your life total when necessary, and can sit there lowering your opponent’s life total as the game goes on.

After seeing reprints in Eternal Masters, Ravnica Remastered, and beyond, the card’s price has dipped a fair bit. It has a price tag of about $3. While this isn’t amazing, there’s a small chance the new white border variant will be a fan favorite, pushing prices up.

Cheaper Format Staples

Mana Value: U

Rarity: Common

Text: Scry 2, then draw a card.

While not every card in Mystery Booster 2 is bound to be on the expensive side, there are a multitude of format staples getting new treatments. Both Preordain and Ponder, two premier MTG cantrips, are receiving white borders. Path to Exile, a strong removal spell option, is joining the party as well.

In the case of Future Shifted frames, Dark Ritual will be a neat addition. Dark Ritual provides combo decks with an elite burst of mana, perfect for fast Storm kills and such. Counterspell, a strong interactive element in Modern, will be getting Future Sight treatment, too.

Playtest Cards and Beyond

Mana Value: colorless, WUBRG, snow

Stats: 10/10

Text: Whenever Wowzer, the Aspirational attacks, if you have an Energy, control a Blood, a Clue, a Food, a Map, a Powerstone, and a Treasure, are the monarch, and have the city’s blessing and the initiative, you win the game.

Outside of just awesome reprints, one thing that differentiates some Mystery Booster products from normal sets is the presence of playtest cards. Playtest cards typically get their own slot in packs. Even though they aren’t tournament-legal, they can still hold high price tags if they are in limited supply.

Some of these playtest cards that have been revealed are hilarious. Take Wowzer, the Aspirational, for example. This card is a legend that is very difficult to cast. It then offers an extreme set of parameters that, if met, allow you to win the game on the spot! Once again, the card may not be legal, but there are many Commander playgroups that could let you utilize such an off-the-wall design. If someone pulled this off against me, I’d accept my defeat and congratulate them on a job well done.

With Gen Con 2024 still going on, there will undoubtedly be more Mystery Booster 2 spoilers revealed. Additional details and more cards will be shared via the upcoming WeeklyMTG livestream, taking place on August 6th at 10 AM PST. Make sure to stay tuned for more information. We’re just as excited as you are.