Magic: The Gathering 30th Anniversary contains 60 random cards for $999

Magic: The Gathering 30th Anniversary Edition is a new product developed by Wizards of the Coast to celebrate the card game’s original launch in 1993. Each box contains only four packs of 15 cards. Each card has a unique card back and none of them are tournament legal.

This collectable commemorative product, as Wizards calls it, retails for $999.

Online sales begin November 28, with delivery to consumers in North America expected before the end of the year. According to a post on the official magic

website, the set aims to represent the entire 30-year history of the game by re-releasing some of its oldest cards in a highly collectible format. Wizards hopes to create the same rush when opening a card pack from the Alpha or Beta set. This includes the potential to find multiple cards from the makes nine – including a remake of the legendary Black Lotus.

Maps will be updated with “touched up” graphics where necessary and will exclude some maps.

“We wanted to be nostalgic,” Wizards said on his blog, “but not everything lived up to our modern standards.” Take Crusade for example – which was removed from the magic Archives in 2020 along with several other cards – will be absent from this set. contract from below

, dark pact, Demonic Lawyer, earth bindingand Weakness were also all excluded.

Here’s the official description of what you can expect in the box:

Any ad from 30th Anniversary Edition will contain four packs of pure nostalgia, reinterpreted in a modern context. Each pack contains 15 cards, 13 modern-frame cards—1 rare, 3 uncommon, 7 common, and 2 basic lands—plus a retro-frame basic land, an additional retro-frame card, and a token.

Friendly local game stores can also take part in the promotion. All Wizards Play Network Stores will receive a copy of Magic: The Gathering 30th Anniversary Edition for display purposes, while premium WPN stores get three.