Here's a fun easter egg that WoTC didn't seem to notice: Magic players actually enjoy playing with Mystery Booster, not just hearing about how good it is. Hope there's a retail version soon (and one that is well supported for LGS/not just included in the soon-to-be-scalped Convention in a Box)
@TheKaijudist2 ай бұрын
It's not happening. Move on
@as95ms982 ай бұрын
Really cool! Now if we could ACTUALLY buy them in stores we could actually see them ourselves! :D
@thepieguyinthesky23632 ай бұрын
People need to start disliking the video more and liking this comment, could try and get a ratio?
@brainlessdoor46972 ай бұрын
@@thepieguyinthesky2363why?
@Hard1sh2 ай бұрын
Or just buy it on the site. Still available
@thepieguyinthesky23632 ай бұрын
@@Hard1sh ah yes, let me pay this company 250$ for 50% of stuff Ill never use or want, also get fucked if you dont live in the USA I guess cause shipping is gonna be 30$+
@Phelddagrif1998Ай бұрын
It is available to buy, if you want to buy it then buy it. If not then shut up.
@HulkingFish082 ай бұрын
Love getting information about products I'll never be able to buy. It's such a feels good.
@JonReid012 ай бұрын
We've been out numbered by the whales
@tommyg1212 ай бұрын
The hostage taker art is hilarious. BRING THESE TO STORES!
@craig12872 ай бұрын
Please release these on a larger scale. Otherwise these easter eggs are pointless and a massive percentage of your player base will never even get to use these cards.
@SergioGarsiaSolano2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@thoughtsonmtg27682 ай бұрын
I just came by to upvote a comment like this one
@XtraBees2 ай бұрын
Boxes are still available, they aren’t selling out lol
@IneptCardCollector2 ай бұрын
They're massively released this time. Very easy to find that out. In fact, I saw a YT ad, clicked it, bought it, done.
@ThisIsACommanderChannel2 ай бұрын
I wish I could play with this product, but I work on weekends and won't be able to make it to any conventions. I wish it would be available from my LGS so I could get some to draft with friends.
@TheThirdGenQ2 ай бұрын
I feel that. I don't live anywhere near any convention centres and I've heard a lot of local players really sad that we don't get this product living in the far north.
@nathanlowe53462 ай бұрын
You can order one online! The sale started today and it’s still available
@thepieguyinthesky23632 ай бұрын
@@nathanlowe5346 ah yes, let me overpay for a product because they're including leftover shit they couldn't get rid of, also go fuck yourself if you live outside the US cause shipping's gonna be 30 bucks easily
@RisottoNero-z1w2 ай бұрын
This feels like a love letter to Magic, and that makes me sad :(
@jeffreypulanco18232 ай бұрын
Wow, cool stuff! Too bad Australia doesn't have Magiccons to get them from 😁
@thetemp78582 ай бұрын
"Yeah this product fucking slaps, only sell it at conventions" -Some genius at WOTC, probably.
@JonathanHecht2 ай бұрын
Gavin, i want you to know that im can't quite go to conventions to enjoy mystery booster 2 in the near future, so if the set could come to retail after a while like the previous mystery booster that would help a lot. 🙏
@JonReid012 ай бұрын
Stockholm syndrome
@neomagus2 ай бұрын
Do you know Gavin that many Magic fans don’t live in the US and don’t have the chance to attend to a convention? For many of us buying a secret lair is an impossibility as well, because of the taxes or the logistic. How it is posible that everytime you come with a good idea you need to screw it somehow, it’s unbelievable.
@tasteoftacos2 ай бұрын
The real mystery is if I'll beat the bots and scalpers on Monday Edit: I got one! I'm sorry for being negative Gavin. I was just disappointed when I missed out Monty Python. I hope WOTC does release MB2 in retail because I would buy this again and others should too!
@Arzheu2 ай бұрын
like wotc keeps repeating, this product isnt for me, so whatever
@alphonse22342 ай бұрын
If only we could draft at our local game stores.
@benjaminlehman32212 ай бұрын
Just buy the secret lair 😂
@v0idzmax2 ай бұрын
@@benjaminlehman3221yeah the limited stock secret lair that will undoubtedly sell out in the first hour 😭
@JonReid012 ай бұрын
Retail Edition when? Remember when you supported local game stores?
@stephangg0002 ай бұрын
is your favorite secret that it's coming to retail so we can actually play with them and not just be reminded that they're inaccessible for 99.99% of magic players?
@firelahti2 ай бұрын
Man, looks like something youtube influencers will have a lot of fun playing with.
@matt.omahan2 ай бұрын
This set really brings new meaning to “unplayable!” It’s not FOMO if you’re just missing out! 😂😂😂
@Fufu01172 ай бұрын
I got box's whatta mean
@theodorestephens25042 ай бұрын
Wow, I knew about the Sorceror's Apprentice magic cards but I STILL didn't get the reference on Stone Drake. Insanely deep cut.
@tliessi2 ай бұрын
Hi Gavin ! While i'm still excited by Mystery Booster 2, there is something that bugs me about the release of the product. And while this is a thing that is not of your responsability, I wanted so share my thoughts with you. For me, the problem with Mystery Booster 2 isn't that is a convention only product or the sale on Secret Lair's Website. The problem with Mystery Booster 2 is there are less conventions than before. You see, when Mystery Booster opens in MagicFest Richmond, even if I can't be there (I'm french for your information), I know I have to wait several weeks, goes to MagicFest Brussels, and finally can play with MB 1. Obviously, Covid & pandemics weren't scheduled, but even so, we had a clear way of knowing when we can play MB1. With MB2, if I miss the festival in a box (cause I can't be in Las Vegas), I don't know when I will play with the cards. For better or worse, Wizards choose to focalise attention on local game stores & Commander. A choice with advantages and drawbacks, and MB2 illustrates one of the drawbacks, that between tournaments at LGS and RCQ, there aren't many events where we can play, and lesser events where we can play MB 2. While I don't have a realistic solution to bring back the same pace of conventions that we had before the pandemic (return of Magic Fests or Grand Prix, multi-games events...), I wanted to talk about this issue, cause it's bug me, and several others players. Not the majority, for sure, but several enfranchised ones. And MB2 is for enfranchised players. Thanks for reading my little rant. Also, can I ask you for an article listing the future events where we can play MB 2 ? i think a lot of people will appreciate that. Thanks again
@cheshiresphinx49252 ай бұрын
I never played the Dreamcast Magic game, but it is the reason that I started playing Magic again, oddly enough. In the early 2000s I was a Dreamcast evangelist, trying to talk my friends into buying them over the more expensive and harder-to-find PS2s. I heard about the DC M:tG game, and how it wasn't getting a US release, and a couple of my friends and I were like, "Oh, yeah, Magic, that game we used to play in the school lunchroom. I wonder how that's going?" I saw Mirrodin and I was hooked again. It really is a terrible irony that, like that Dreamcast game, I'll never get to play with this product.
@V1C10US2 ай бұрын
This is the kind of thing I can appreciate in videos, but don't think I need to drop $250 on.
@RealClassixX2 ай бұрын
Man, the Bolshak Dragon reference hit me really deep. That card was so iconic. And it would always hit Holy Awe in my brother's shields, tapping all my creatures and letting him win next turn. Every single time.
@TheLanach2 ай бұрын
My favorite references were Heart of the Duelist and Runed Terror, together with Bolshak Dragon. It is fun to see other games being acknowledged and adapted.
@almand_frappuccino2 ай бұрын
absolutely great easter eggs, now if only i could actually get a box to draft to see them
@DeWillpower2 ай бұрын
wow thank you for making that echo of eons in paper (even if it's a limited print) duel master mentioned! stone drake is amazing
@kobevandenbosch13182 ай бұрын
From a design and play experience perspective, I genuinely think this set is awesome. I think people don't credit you enough for that so i wanted to remind you and everyone else. Nonetheless do i really really hope that i will also be able to play a mystery booster 2 draft somewhere in the future, but now i do not have the money or time to go to a convention or buy a festival in a box. It is really sad because when i saw your video anouncing it i got really hypet and excited. Maybe WotC can print the set in retail as a christmass holiday gift to the community? I'm just freestyling ideas here but i just wanted you to know my concerns but also not just be negative, I feel like everyone is just negative because the want to experience MB2 as much as i do.
@as95ms982 ай бұрын
Exactly. This is the set I've been the most excited for in a LONG time. It seems like it would be an amazing draft experience with my friends as a long time Magic fan. Feels like a slap in the face that we won't be able to participate. For a company that loves nickel and diming their player base, it's so weird that they wouldn't release a highly desirable product. Unlike Assassin's Creed...
@pacunha892 ай бұрын
The product sounds amazing, too bad it's not available to the majority of players, "Here's a cool thing people with money can afford!"
@tatecarter602 ай бұрын
This beautiful tribute to a game we love has somehow become a spit in the face of everyone who supports it from players to stores. It’s gross
@MtendoTheSkunk2 ай бұрын
The Future Sight framed cards featuring the artwork from the old Vanguard cards from the Tempest/Stronghold days of Magic was the coolest thing I noticed when I saw spoilers of the set being revealed!
@NotoriouslyADD2 ай бұрын
I'm sure this set will be an all timer. Glad that people are gonna get to play it in real life and scalpers will buy up festival in a box before i get home for the 1 hour queue!
@DavtazBuildingz2 ай бұрын
Reinstate the silver border instead of the stupid stamp
@omegavulture83792 ай бұрын
I used to play Duelmasters with my cousin when we were kids. A blast from the past there 😁
@DavidArcher_2 ай бұрын
"Look peasants, we've given you two options to get the set. You can either buy a plane ticket and a hotel room to maybe pay to get a space at a convention pod, or you can buy it off a scalper for about the same price as the plane/hotel/con after bots buy all the festival boxes on Monday. What more do you want?"
@TheMaverickGirlGaming2 ай бұрын
Man that little "oh no" at the Dreamcast age bit killed me. Always have wanted to get my hands on a copy of that game so I could try it out.
@othervinny2 ай бұрын
This set looks so fun and so well designed! I really hope to see a retail release of this set so it's easier to get my hands on.
@casmiry2 ай бұрын
Yeah, and wait till that's gonna be either more expensive or a tad cheaper but with less cards or something.
@ThrabenValiant2 ай бұрын
So cool to have a video for a set I'll never get to play!! 😅 Not only did I not know what con it would be at, so I could never hope to be at the right one... Now I also cant buy it online because it's a whaling expedition, instead of the love letter to magic and its players that it appears to have been meant to be
@nobelphoenix2 ай бұрын
First off, these sets are the pure distilled essence of what MtG should be in my book. Just curious design ideas, unshackled and unburdened from the "needs" of the set, full of clever and fun throwbacks. The current mass produced stuff feel soulless and too formulaic, like a fast food burger vs a home made one. So thank you for giving us a breath of fresh air among so many "factory gray" content. One thing I noticed is how you can do all sorts of wacky and colored stuff side by side for your borders when you wanted to, so why don't you just simply use silver border for un-cards? You can print all sort of stuff on borders except silver color? Acorn stuff is probably the worst way to handle the un-cards, Gavin can you please talk about this to whoever responsible please? I'm so glad there are still people in R&D who are willing to push the limits of MtG in a way true to its essence, truly appreciated!
@Breyfunk2 ай бұрын
Also, shoutout for this finally being the first set to feature an Astral card from Shandalar! My dream of a printed Aswan Jaguar inches one step closer!
@counsellour2 ай бұрын
So amazing that Aaron got the Stone Drake references. Maybe he and I were the only ones that actually saw the movie.
@LaLiLuLeLo12932 ай бұрын
The greatest Easter egg would be anyone who doesn't have shitloads of disposable income and free time being able to ever touch it. Be honest, you know for a fact that 90% of us will never get to touch this and almost all of the boxes will be snagged by bots. But that apparently doesn't matter, because y'all are getting the money no matter if it's scalpers or actual human beings getting them. Seriously, stop all the Mystery Booster stuff and any Secret Lair stuff until actual meaningful changes are made, because otherwise it just comes across as gleefully rubbing salt in our collective wounds.
@JoshuaConnelly20052 ай бұрын
Gavin, I remember our discussion about Pauper Masters at Coral Sword and would unlikely ever get approved, however I appreciate you found a way to inject a large amount of the pauper staples into the set. 😉
@yami_michael2 ай бұрын
I was absolutely praying for the Duel Masters cards to be shown in this, but then you went above and beyond sharing Black Box pack and other gameplay footage. Yay.
@cassie52482 ай бұрын
I'd love to hear more about how cards got picked for the white border vs future sight!
@manuelbraun8392 ай бұрын
Bolshak in MTG is great! Whoever came up with this idea is a genius! :D
@St33ldancer2 ай бұрын
Such a cool set. I'm hoping wizards sees there's actual demand for a set like this, unlike other stuff lately (Assassins creed??? Who asked for that?) so that maybe I can play with this set, because it looks real fun
@Mando0Melkor2 ай бұрын
Good set with good ev, easter eggs and fun cards and not in stores of course. Great idea.
@TheJeffersW2 ай бұрын
I actually learned to play Magic shortly after moving to Japan a decade ago. I happened to randomly see a copy of the Dreamcast game in a shop not long after. I took a photo to show the friend who taught me how to play. Sadly at the time I didn't have a Japanese Dreamcast to play it on, so I didn't pick it up. I do now. Maybe if I see it again somewhere I will grab a copy. Or buy it on Mericari.
@nosrin19882 ай бұрын
It's really hard to care about what's in these packs knowing my poor butt will never be able to afford to get my hands on them. Thanks WOTC.
@lobbynotlob2 ай бұрын
I'm actually playing through the Dreamcast game rn. The first opponent I fought dropped a Millstone followed by a second Millstone followed by a Winter Orb, and then didn't tap either stone the entire game. 10/10 format👍
@Breyfunk2 ай бұрын
With this, and MB1, I think you have crafted the best Un sets ever made. Please do a wider paper release. I know players complain about too many oaper releases, but this is a product that we want.
@Reuben.Aotearoa2 ай бұрын
Could we have a wider release of this without the playtest cards? That would keep those special for conventions, and would allow people who aren’t able to make a convention to get hold of some of these cool reprints.
@trumpets1012 ай бұрын
As much as Mystery Booster 2 will be as amazing, if not more, than Mystery Booster (1), it’s a shame I will not be able to personally enjoy this product. No matter how deep the cuts are, I will most likely never be able to touch a single card printed from this set unless I purchase it through the secondary market at an extreme mark-up. I’m a family of 2 teachers supporting our 1 child in current year 2024 and do not have expendable income to travel across country or even across the globe to not just attend a MagicCon but also to be in that city for a weekend. Please be considerate of your player base and let this product be sold in stores across the world. Let the game stores benefit from the products you make and don’t just sell this at an over costed price on the internet with a small finite amount that will be bought out immediately by scalpers.
@NekoValtzАй бұрын
I've really got to say that I was blown away hearing about how much Duel Masters has inspired magic over the years. I knew it'd still been going on in japan but that's about it. If you have any other stories about stuff duel masters may have inspired i'm BEGGING to hear it!
@thedailygeneral2 ай бұрын
Ow yes, to play the dreamcast version I had to learn how to burn cr-r with game copies. And I got a lot of joy even without language. I was really excited when you guys reprinted Arden Angel.
@BassWakil2 ай бұрын
Love all of this.
@Dizzy04222 ай бұрын
Please make this available at local game stores. $250 would be much better spent at my LGS.
@kingofnothing4472 ай бұрын
since universes beyond is a thing, i wonder if we can actually get duel masters cards like a real bolshack dragon or kaijudo's tatsurion the unchained AKA the artist formerly known as "Bob"
@Tymbaroth2 ай бұрын
I was hoping for a print of Velukan Dragon as soon as I saw the Dreamcast angel in the Secret Lair Angel EDH deck. Glad to see it finally coming into paper. I'll be able to replace my proxy version in my Ur-Dragon deck with a real one.
@Greg501-2 ай бұрын
I eagerly await the eventual retail announcement. Just don't price it higher than MH3.
@andrewfornes53202 ай бұрын
I do really wish we could the Gunk legend in legal. I know it wont be probably forever but the ability to shuffle trash into your opponents deck is really cool.
@WanHooProductions2 ай бұрын
I love me some "Spawning Pit!" I always thought that if I ever won a Magic Invitational and was allowed to design a card, I would take one for the "Spawning Pit" team and create a creature that created Spawn tokens so Wizards would have to finally print an official token.
@Welverin2 ай бұрын
First let me say, thank you for Magus of the Chains (and I hate you because it's not a real card). But, while it definitely seems like a cool set, it's hard to care when it's a convention exclusive and no, Festival in a Box isn't good enough. There should be a retail release.
@mrsnufflegums2 ай бұрын
honestly I really want to buy this but I can't afford to go to a magiccon, much less a festival in a box.
@bushwagg_YT2 ай бұрын
I think there was an opportunity (and I’m not sure if there was a legal reason or just because you didn’t think of it) to use the UDON MTGO vanguard arts for cards in the future sight frame. There’s art that I would have loved in that frame (necropotence, platinum angel, stuffy doll, reaper king, Heartwood Storyteller, figure of destiny ect) that has amazing art and mechanically would work so well in that frame. Maybe MB3?
@calebj58522 ай бұрын
This product is great and I'd like to be able to engage with it by buying it at an LGS
@AtlRopeGuy2 ай бұрын
I had the Dreamcast game. Was overseas with my parent at the time. So cool
@mcbuckets23992 ай бұрын
Festival in a box isn’t a good distribution method. Let people buy the set they actuallt want to buy
@Cjgalvez112 ай бұрын
Awsome designed product,❤ hope to catch some cards in secondary market
@ryanfisher6442Ай бұрын
Fact check: the art on Tendrils of Agony was used on an FNM or Arena promo in paper. :)
@Azraell012 ай бұрын
I love duel masters always makes me sad it never took off here and that you can no longer get english cards.
@einsUNDcolt2 ай бұрын
Man, it would be great if I could buy these at a store
@jarvvoitlus94582 ай бұрын
I wish I could buy a bunch of these to draft with friends like the first mystery booster :c Conventions are just so inaccessible
@fwopkins2 ай бұрын
I live in Australia. Flights to Las Vegas are $1800 return. I'm never going to be able to attend a MagicCon. Please release this to LGS so that it's accessible to all fans equally.
@DaduttaАй бұрын
FINALLY i will have some say in what my floral spuzzem deck does. Up to now, I had to play Evil Eye of Orms-By-Gore JUST so as to prevent my Flo-Spo's from completely ruining my game plan with their own decisions.
@brendans19832 ай бұрын
Single dad from Australia here. Been playing since Fallen Empires. Great looking set. Is there any way i can obtain this without the shipping costing as much as the actual product?
@RenegadeofStyx782 ай бұрын
So glad they made this product accessible to everyone, just like their secret lair monty python.
@sniffnoy67722 ай бұрын
Hey Gavin! Could you perhaps talk about Call from the Grave? I'm wondering why it ended up as a playtest card. Thanks!
@Gada1012 ай бұрын
I would be interested in the video IF I COULD EVER BUY THE PACKS IN STORES!
@marcozarantonello21802 ай бұрын
Thanks for this product Gavin. Only issue is that is basically impossible to follow it up, there's too much cool and obscure stuff here
@Welverin2 ай бұрын
Nah, they could rerelease the whole thing with a new name to game stores and no one would know it, because they never saw it before.
@Triceratopping2 ай бұрын
8:40 Gavin on the off chance you see this comment I just did a review of the Mirrodin Pure vs New Phyrexia duel deck on my channel, they were definitely much stronger than other Duel Decks of the time! The New Phyrexia one is especially spicy! Love your videos man
@angoos20592 ай бұрын
Dude Bolshack Dragon!! I loved the English release of Duel Masters, still have my old decks 😁
@AutumnReel44442 ай бұрын
Those Drake Stone cards are actually dope
@thepieguyinthesky23632 ай бұрын
It'd be really, really cool to get ahold of a goblin gang leader for my dad's goblin commander deck, but I don't think I'll be able to.
@ericleiva2 ай бұрын
Bolshack Dragon should've been an MDFC with it's backside being a land OR, even better, framed as a "flip card" that worked as an MDFC with it's lower side being a land!
@andrewfornes53202 ай бұрын
Biggest marketing fail of the year was not wide releasing this. This and solely this would've been the only official product from WotC I would probably buy this year and you didn't give it to LGSs.
@ComfyDents12 күн бұрын
Btw "Gem Bazaar" would be great to have in paper! :D
@LainKaplan2 ай бұрын
I’ve seen that Dreamcast game in used game shops in Japan, but the chance of them are only in sealed copies.
@Core1592 ай бұрын
First of all, Duel Masters, it was my small town's favorite card game for a good long time. We still talk about how it is not Japanese only and just wish it'd one day come back to the US to play it again, even after all this time... Sigh...
@OrdemDoGraveto2 ай бұрын
It was a miss to not have the actual Drake Stone cards in here.
@blaze5569222 ай бұрын
White borders are such an eyesore to me. I've been avoiding them since I was 8 and I'm not going to start embracing them now
@mastermike8902 ай бұрын
Really hope wizards lets these come to retail someday
@friedpinnapple2 ай бұрын
Speaking of Playtest cards, is there any reason behind Teferi, Druid of Argoth being on the card Surrak and Goreclaw?
@sum1unopk492 ай бұрын
The Puca Trade emblem at 5:42 needs an update to Cardsphere :D
@GooberGobIin2 ай бұрын
Wow these are so cool, glad I’ll never be able to get any
@superspacebird12 ай бұрын
How cool are these easter eggs. Shame that 90% of players won't be able to get them
@hadrian3542 ай бұрын
Maybe if this were a product I could actually buy I'd give a shit
@C._Bradford2 ай бұрын
"Hear me out what if we remake one of our most popular products ever, but never let anyone buy it"
@JqlGirl2 ай бұрын
How about the fact that Magus of the Chains exactly copies the layout of the flowchart created by the magicjudge tumblr?
@TheMonyarmАй бұрын
We need more Arena-exclusive cards in paper (even if it's with an acorn stamp)