The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth/Holiday Release
| The Lord of the Rings Holiday Release | |||||
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| Set Information | |||||
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| Symbol description |
A ring on a shield (same as LTC) | ||||
| Art direction | Sarah Wassell | ||||
| Release date | November 3, 2023 | ||||
| Set size | 24 | ||||
| Expansion code | LTC[1] | ||||
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In addition to its June 23 release, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth featured a Holiday Release on November 3, 2023.
Description
The Holiday Release features four additional Scene Boxes that show off more iconic moments from The Lord of the Rings, Jumpstart, Volume 2 and a Special Edition of Collector Boosters with special alternate art, an alternate "Scroll" card frame and a new type of foil treatment.[2][3] The Scene Boxes each contain 6 borderless scene cards, 3 Set Boosters, 6 Art cards and a paper display easel. Special Edition Collector Boosters do not contain Serialized Ring cards.
While the set is a separate release it remains part of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Commander decks, using the same expansion symbol () and set code (LTC).
The Holiday release features 24 mechanically unique cards among the scene cards (LTC #491-514).[4] Twenty new borderless reprints with art of the Brothers Hildebrandt can exclusively be found in the Special Edition Collector Boosters (LTC #515-534). Another 20 borderless cards (LTR #731-750) have a 60's Rock Poster Showcase card treatment, and each of the 20 also has an x/100 serialized version. The entire LTR set and Rares and Mythics from LTC are also available in the "Scroll" card frame (LTR #452-730, LTC #411-490).
Each Special Edition Collector Booster contains a surge foil extended-art rare or mythic rare. In addition, there are double-rainbow foil serialized versions of each Realms and Relics Box Topper. With 100 serialized versions of each card, they're incredibly rare.[2]
New cards
Each of the new cards features a reused mechanic.[5]
Skinned cards
Five of the Hildebrandt reprints are reskinned.
External links
References
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- ↑ a b Mike Turian & Adam Styborski (September 22, 2023). "Collecting "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (June 8, 2023). "The scroll treatments are a sneak peek at some of what's coming in the Holiday release.". Twitter.
- ↑ 30th Anniversary Panel at GenCon – A Recap of MTG's Past, Present & Future (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (August 5, 2023).
- ↑ Tom Marks (September 21, 2023). "Exclusive: Lord of the Rings Returns to Magic: The Gathering with 24 New Cards and Special Boosters". IGN.com.