Resale pack
Repacked Magic products or value packs are regurarely sold in American "Big-Box" stores such as Walmart, Target, and Meijer stores.[1] Sometimes, they are also sold online on at Amazon. These products are repackaged because the original packaging has been damaged or otherwise wasn't sold. Wizards provides the packaging art to third parties to help them sell these loose items.
Nostalgia Packs
Nostalgia Packs were early packages, consisting of four boosters from early sets. Not seen since early 2012.[1]
Vintage Packs
Vintage Packs were early packages, consisting of two boosters from early sets.[2]
Extreme Value Package
An early "Extreme Value Package" contained 2 booster packs and 8 "bonus cards" repacked into a blister pack. The "bonus cards" could be any cards from any rarity, including lands and foreign language cards from any expansion or limited edition set.MTG Salvation: Extreme Value Packs back at Target</ref> Retail price: US$7.99 (which was .01 more than the cost of 2 booster packs). Another variant was 1 booster pack and 30 random cards.
Blister booster three packs
Blister packs containing 3 random MTG booster packs plus an exclusive foil promo. A product distributed by MJ Holding Company LLC.
Promos
These promos are available since 2007. First with the Extreme Value Package, later with the Blister booster three packs
- A1 2007 — Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
- A2 2008 — Brion Stoutarm
- A3 2009 — Broodmate Dragon
- A4 2010 — Retaliator Griffin
- A6 2010 — Terastodon
- A7 2011 — Knight Exemplar
- A8 2012 — Sunblast Angel
- A9 2013 — Angel of Glory's Rise
- A10 2013 — Hamletback Goliath
- A11 2013 — Angelic Skirmisher
- A12 2014 — Xathrid Necromancer
- 2015 — Stocking Tiger [note 1]
- 2015 — Magister of Worth [note 2]
- 2015 — Genesis Hydra
- 2015 — Atarka, World Render
- 2016 — Outland Colossus
- 2016 — Felidar Sovereign
- 2017 — Thalia's Lancers
- 2017 — Bristling Hydra
Acrylic containers
Clear Acrylic storage cubes, packed by a third party ("Fairfield"[3]). The most recent ones contain two booster packs and one mystery deck for an MSRP of $19.99.[4][note 3] You can see the front of the booster packs through the plastic storage cube, but the deck is hidden. This may be an Intro pack, or a potentially valuable old Commander, Archenemy or Duel Deck.[5] Notice that Commander decks are thicker and heavier than Intro Packs. They also may be recognized by a red band around the deck.[1][note 4]
In the past, these storage cubes have also contained other products like 6-card booster packs from "gravity feeds", packs of 50 sleeves, packs of lands containing either 50-80 assorted lands,[note 5] or packs of semi-randomized cards from a Deck Builder's Toolkit.[note 6][1] They have also been known to contain damaged products.[1]
$10 deck packages
A 2011 variant contained 2 decks.[6][7]
$30 deck packages
A 2012 variant contained one certain Commander deck, two random other decks, 3 regular boosters, and 2 6-card "bonus boosters" for an MSRP of $30.[1] There were also packages with four decks.[3]
Starter Set
A 2-Player Starter Set, consisting of two 2017 Welcome Decks and two spindown life counters. Sold in 2017.
Mystery Box
A product distributed by MJ Holding Company LLC, available in 2016 for MSRP $24.98. Each box contained six booster packs, including one mystery pack selected from among some of the most beloved sets in modern Magic: The Gathering history. The fixed boosters were Battle for Zendikar, Oath of the Gatewatch, Shadows over Innistrad, Eldritch Moon and Kaladesh. The mystery ranged from Shadowmoor to Khans of Tarkir. A spindown life counter is also included.
Mystery Planeswalker Pack
An official Wizards of the Coast product, available since 2017.[8]
Mystery Cache
An official Wizards of the Coast product, available since 2017.[8] Each box contains five booster packs, including one mystery pack selected from among some of the most beloved sets in modern Magic: The Gathering history.
Notes
- ↑ "Stocking Tiger" and "Magister of Worth" were mis-packaged into some select blister packs.
- ↑ Promos starting in 2015 do not include the "A##" marking and are in the 2015-style border.
- ↑ They are often too small and will not fit sleeved cards at all. Most of the time the contianers are not meant for playing cards. Sometimes however, you do find a double container that does fit sleeved cards.
- ↑ These are the decks only, and maybe a strategy insert. You will most likely not get all of the cards if the original packaging had foil or oversized cards displayed on the front of the package.
- ↑ Some of the "precronstructed" decks could be all lands.
- ↑ These were advertised as a deck by themselves.
References
- ↑ a b c d e f MTG Salvation: Walmart/Target Value pack primer
- ↑ MTG Salvation: Boosters from older sets at walmart
- ↑ a b MTG Salvation:"Extreme Value" $30 Repacks at Target?
- ↑ MTG Salvation: Target and Wal-Mart Extreme Value RePacks are back
- ↑ MtgGoldfish.com: Mystery Walmart Bundle Opening
- ↑ MTG Salvation: Wal-Mart Classic Two decks and sleeves
- ↑ MTG Salvation: New & improved two-deck "Value Packs" back at Target?
- ↑ a b Wizards of the Coast: Mystery Packs