Rock The Magic The Gathering Clash Pack!
June 15, 2014 by deltagamegirl22
July is right around the corner, which means the release of Wizards of the Coast's Magic the Gathering's new Core Set for 2015! And to think, I just got really comfortable with my 2014 Pacifism deck!
The 2015 Core Set will offer a new twist in addition to the booster packs, intro packs and Fat packs - The Clash Pack! Come on, without knowing anything more, it's title has me wanting one!
The Clash Pack will provide instant game play for 2 potentially new Magic players right out of the box. These decks are meant to offer beginner level play in 2 complete decks, but with additional instructions to combine cards from each deck to allow growth in a player's game as their skill advances. These decks are not meant to replace Event Decks, but will be released in alternate rotations.
The Clash Decks will include:
2 Ready to play, 60 card decks
6 Premium foil cards with alternate art (Yes I said 6! Six foils!)
Deck Box
Strategy insert
Magic rules and reference card
What a perfect way to introduce a friend to the ever changing world of Magic? Oh who am I kidding? The had me at 6 premium foils! What do you think, is this something you and a mate might try?
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So is this a more beginner focused version of their duel deck packs? Still, will be interesting to see what the 2015 set have to offer.
It sounds that way by the little Wizards has revealed about it to this date (hence the nondescript picture of The Clash Deck box).They are specifically focusing on the ability to tweak the 2 decks to 1 more competitive deck. I do know that they are bringing back the “convoke” mechanism in the 2015 set.
I really hope these ones take a different approach and have them be Standard legal…the Duel decks are a real pain for anyone just starting out who expects the brand new decks to be completely legal…
That is a great point! I thought the same thing when I bought my first duel deck set!
To make matters even worse there, a lot of places along the lines of Walmart sell the duel decks as starter sets…I was extremely lucky with the Koth/Venser one that came out when I started playing that there was a pretty easy to handle R/G deck that worked rather well with legal cards.
Damn it wizards, that already have my
Money, thanks to fifth edition, and now they announce this, this is pretty
Much tempting enough for me to start playing magic.
This will be an expensive year
I got started with Dragon’s Maze, jumped in with the 2014 edition and then left it alone. The constant release/revamping of their cards put me off but I guess it’s been long enough now (with plenty of games under my belt using the 2014 decks) that I wouldn’t mind scooting over to the 2015 stuff. I’m wary of the whole release ‘blocks’ thing but that’s a personal preference, this all looks pretty cool 🙂