Modern Masters 2015 Booster design
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Posted on Feb. 24, 2015, 12:44 p.m. by JWiley129
So they revealed that the English language boosters will be made of recyclable cardboard and showed us the back of the booster.
The blue color scheme doesn't really give anything away, but what do people think about the non-foil booster packs?
YES! Finally wizards finds out, that the plastic around the packs wasn't healthy for our environment! Glad they made it recyclable! Hope they do this to all packs from now on!
February 24, 2015 12:49 p.m.
No more 'crimped' cards for extra collectibility value, I guess.
+1 for environment!
Certainly hope this doesn't open the possibility of 'repacking', by opening packs without using the strip, and then resealing.
February 24, 2015 12:53 p.m.
How better to preserve the smell of cardboard and ink than to wrap it in cardboard and ink?
February 24, 2015 12:54 p.m.
Rayenous I really think, that Wizards made them so they can't be mapped!
February 24, 2015 12:54 p.m.
I'm pretty sure cardboard and ink make that barnes and nobles/fresh booster stank. It should remain untainted. :>
February 24, 2015 12:55 p.m.
Go enviroment! I hope they start making the cards out of recyclable stuff too now.. (or do they do that already?)
February 24, 2015 12:57 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #9
What?? No. Just...no. This looks way too porous. Water and other stuff could get to the cards... :(
February 24, 2015 1:28 p.m.
JakeHarlow, there is already plastic around the boxes.
February 24, 2015 1:40 p.m.
like foil! they could like,.. package,.. the cards.... in.... foil....... inside the cardboard :>
February 24, 2015 2:23 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #13
"We're printing the living fuck out of MM2, and we don't want GP Vegas to tear a hole in the ozone."
WotC, 2015.
February 24, 2015 2:41 p.m.
$9.99 MSRP... gotta pay for the new packaging equipment somehow!
February 24, 2015 2:43 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #15
I don't understand the change that much, but I'll keep an open mind. It just seems trendy, but maybe there's some actual recycling that could happen here.
February 24, 2015 5:51 p.m.
once had a foil Omniscience with a crimp on it. Guess the risk of awesome cards being crimped is now gone?
February 24, 2015 6 p.m.
Named_Tawyny says... #17
I really like that tear-away strip. No more random packs that just won't open.
February 24, 2015 7:48 p.m.
boooo! they should've used edible rice paper instead
February 25, 2015 6:32 a.m.
Good move by wotc. If they did that with all the new expansions it'd be really awesome.
February 25, 2015 8:58 a.m.
Dalektable says... #20
This is pretty sweet, honestly. I would like to see WOTC move solely to this if it works out.
February 25, 2015 9:09 a.m.
I personally love peeling things open that have that perforated cardboard strip. It's like peeling plastic off electronics for me.
February 25, 2015 6:56 p.m.
This is probably a test run. If it works for MMA2 it will probably work for other expansions.
February 26, 2015 10:58 a.m.
jandrobard says... #24
Well...
This is certainly an unexpected development. It's cool though, and environmentally friendly.
February 28, 2015 7:43 p.m.
According to a european site that sells sealed magic products the MSRP for MM15 is at 10 (9.99 to be exact) euro per pack right now. The display consequently is currently priced at almost 240 euro.
The site says the price is likely going to change 2 weeks before prerelease, but not sure if it's going to go up or down.
The higher price could be result of the new card board packs. I'll have to wait for more information to be released though to be sure.
Tbh as a poor university student a higher price would probably make me reconsider playing magic as it's already expensive as is. If pack prices should rise I probably won't play anymore or only draft ocassionally.
March 1, 2015 12:03 p.m.
tbh I don't remember the last booster I paid for outside of draft. All I pay for is single cards nowadays.
March 1, 2015 5:26 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #27
Yeah, buying packs is a horrendous idea, if you're trying to amass value. Buy singles, make deck, win FNM, crack prize packs. That's my formula now.
March 1, 2015 5:30 p.m.
I usually buy a couple packs to play sealed with friends, but that's not gonna happen if prices increase.
For decks I usually buy singles. Maybe should've been more specific. :P
March 1, 2015 6:14 p.m.
The price increase could have something to do with the packaging, but I'd rather have cheaper packs.
Either way, I'm unhappy with the $10 price tag as well.
notamardybum says... #2
seems fine
February 24, 2015 12:46 p.m.