Comments on: Presenting the Innistrad Booster Battle Packs!

By: muskelaufbau trainingsplan

muskelaufbau trainingsplan — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:10:19 +0000

Thats a very good feedback. Im curious to think what type of impact this would have globally? There are times when things like this begin to have global expansion and frustration. Ill check back to see what you have to say.

By: mtg theros

mtg theros — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 06:34:27 +0000

I was wondering if it’s worth it to buy fat packs and booster boxes in general, I know it’s a matter of oppinion but some people have told me its better to just buy the singles that you want/need most..

By: CEN

CEN — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:39:40 +0000

What a great idea !!! Are we going to see a "Dark Ascension Booster Battle Pack" ? That would be really nice ! Thanks a lot !

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:31:01 +0000

In reply to Alan. Alan, Congratulations! You've been selected as the winner of this contest. Please email Jay at ertaislament at gmail dot com with your contact information so that we can send you your prize.

By: Soares

Soares — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:23:30 +0000

So, who won the give away?

By: BXCX

BXCX — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:25:00 +0000

These are great, especially for reintroducing lapsed players who have some recollection of what's going on and want to jump in to the sets that everyone is playing now over the core set from the summer before. Something that would be cool would be to have battle packs with enough semi random cards to end up with 40 card decks to better simulate what playing sealed actually looks like. Maybe have the packs fit some of the two color limited archetypes with 22 commons/uncommons and 18 lands and then have the booster pack to customize the deck.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:27:38 +0000

Never got ahold of the battle booster :/ The local supplier only bought a couple, and they sold fairly quickly. My plan was to cram the battle booster into my bag, and when me and my girlfriend were out, far away from our decks, I could pull it out as a surprise.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:16:15 +0000

I would love so much to win these! Booster Battle Packs are a great format for two-player duels, plus new Dark Ascension cards are awesome! I've been trying to assemble these card packs from my collection or through trading, but no such luck 🙁

Booster Battle Packs, especially a complete set, offer almost infinite limited fun (that's an oxymoron). I'm particularly impressed with how the packs work together both thematically and mechanically. It would be interesting to see if you could build a complete deck using two packs as a starting point.

By: Helmuth Goetz

Helmuth Goetz — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:57:41 +0000

In reply to @xebix.

I taught my girl using my decks, but seeing both my hands and hers, and explaining to her everything I was and wasn't doing, what she should and shouldn't do and why. She understood it really well and really fast. 🙂
But sadly, she grew bored of magic really fast… 🙁

By: Helmuth Goetz

Helmuth Goetz — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:54:06 +0000

When the battle packs launched, I read a lot of people saying that those were a waste of money, dumb, way to cheat you out of your money, etc… But when my friend bought one, and we played with it, I was actually surprised at how much fun it was! And as for the price, I think its totally worth it. Just a little bit more than buying 2 separate packs, , but you get lands and some cards. I would have definitely bought an INN battle pack if Wizards had them released.
I just wished that you had made a red or green pack with werewolves… I'm a fan of werewolves since Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

By: Andrew C

Andrew C — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:46:58 +0000

I just got back into playing Magic with New Phyrexia, and now I'm teaching my girlfriend to play. We're both really excited about Innistrad's Gothic Horror motif. These packs are a great idea for beginners! I really like the way you highlighted the card mechanic interactions. As always, a clear and enlightening presentation. Nice job!

By: JRAM

JRAM — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:18:39 +0000

Pretty cool. The only way I would make it better is by adding more cross-pack synergy. Like if you open the black and the red, you have the core of a Vampire deck, but none of the other colors go together that well. I’d at least do a blue zombie pack, and maybe make green and white particularly aggressive so they combine if opened together. Though I guess this has the problem that off-color combos kind of suck. A dilemna.

By: premiersoupir

premiersoupir — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:38:35 +0000

This sounds like a great way to play! I missed out on these battle packs. A friend and I are starting to construct a (pauper) cube and looking into “Winchester” drafting in order to get our drafting fix, the traditional version of which doesn’t make sense with two people, obviously. Your deck lists look great, and this may well encourage my friend and I to try this mode as another drafting alternative for kitchen table play. Thank you!

By: AtheneWins

AtheneWins — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:48:40 +0000

This idea is awesome! Looks like the most fun way to open packs at kitchen tables. Definitely going to try it out even if I don't win.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:37:18 +0000

The battle packs were not very popular around here, but in my opinion, it's better than cheaper than doing almost anything else (movies, etc).

If you split with a friend, that's $5 for a pack and some misc cards. Not too shabby. And it's a good way to kill time. Now, in terms of an introduction to limited, not much choices to be made. You pretty much just add the correct color cards out of your pack into your deck, and that's it. Although drafting or sealed deck would be intimidating for a brand new player.

By: DXC

DXC — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:13:58 +0000

Good job with the packet construction! I would only question 1 of the packets: White B. I think that Midnight Haunting is just a hair too complicated for such an intro-focused product.

The spell is an instant combat trick that involves tokens AND is usually played between the sub-steps of combat. That’s a lot going on with packets that usually only have cards with 1 relevant ability line at most.

I would suggest replacing it with a Gallows Warden to show off the semi-lord synergy with the other spirits in the packet (and highlight Doomed Traveler’s ability).

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:59:51 +0000

This is an interesting new way to play Magic. I've never heard of Battle Packs before, but I might have to try it out!

By: Nerethos

Nerethos — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:14:51 +0000

Black seems pretty powerful for this draft format. Tribute to Hunger (in pack b) is just bonkers. Although I am sad to say that there's no doom-blade like spell available for black, and tribute is really the only thing we've seen so for that is 'playable' beyond limited.

The only issue I really had with the booster battles was how simple the decks turned out to be. Sure, you can get somewhat creative but overall you're going to be seeing the same card interactions several times. I think making it a pool of 4 sets of 15 cards and 3 packs each would really boost the ability to make interesting decks.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:44 +0000

I think that the booster battle is a decent way to teach people limited. It's not exactly flawless, but it's as good a place as any to start with new players.
It's also easier to do than arranging a whole limited event.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:09 +0000

I dig this idea, and I think that wizards will be missing a big boat if they don't keep churning these out. Not only does this appeal to the casual players, it also help to teach new players the game. If I win this, I plan on donating them to my LGS and using them to help some of our newer players get better, or brand new players learn the game.