MAGIC: THE GATHERING FOUNDATIONS BEGINNER BOX

Learning to play Magic: The Gathering has never been easier! Magic: The Gathering Foundations offers tons of ways to enjoy the game, whether you've just started playing or are a seasoned Magic superfan. Foundations releases on November 15, 2024, ushering in a new era for Magic.

The Beginner Box is designed to teach you how to play Magic. It will walk you through your first game turn by turn, then help you to start playing on your own. Once you've learned how to play, you can mix and match ten different themes of cards. Each theme is tailored toward new players and offers a glimpse into what Magic has in store for you.

Each Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box includes the following:

• 10 Themed Jumpstart decks
  Each deck includes 20 cards from Foundations.
  Shuffle two together and play!
  Jumpstart decks are predetermined and designed for beginner play.
• 2 Reference cards
• 1 Reference guide booklet
• 2 "How to Play" guides
• 2 Gameboard playmats
• 2 Spindown life counters

The Beginner Box contains ten themed Jumpstart decks, two of which (the Vampires and Cats decks) are specifically ordered for the tutorial. These decks are not to be shuffled. If they become out of order and need to be reordered, don't worry! 

For new players we will be running special introductory days in the weeks following the release. More details of these events to follow tomorrow along with details of the new Deck Building Starter Kit.

WEEKLY EVENT PRIZING - UNIVERSUS

Each month, we distribute a fresh Alternate-Art Promo card to all of our Universus players. To ensure you get a complete playset, join at least 4 events monthly.

These events a scheduled for Wednesdays from 6pm but you are welcome to play anytime you like. Simply play a game against another player whilst in the shop and you will qualify for a promo card.

This month's cards is...

This will be available from Wednesday 6th November. Players are also welcome to choose from any of the older promo cards that we still have available if they prefer.

Rewards for Participation:

One Monthly Alternate-Art Promo

Rewards for Winning:

One Victory Alternate-Art Promo for the event's champion

MTG Foundations - Prerelease Kits

With the new MTG Foundations set in store from this weekend it is time to start looking at the products that will be available.

First up we will look at the Pre-release kits as these will likely be the first product that most players will come across...

Magic: The Gathering Foundations Prerelease Pack
Release Date: Nov 8, 2024

The best time for your first Magic prerelease is now. Dive into Foundations, and experience quintessential Magic: The Gathering by playing with and collecting cards selected to give every player the advantage. Whether a past, present, or future Magic player, Foundations invite you to share your spark!

Prerelease is your first opportunity to get your hands on the newest Magic: The Gathering release and explore what the set has to offer. Prerelease Packs contain everything a player needs to be guided through deckbuilding and begin facing off in epic one-on-one matches.

Contents:

• 6 Magic: The Gathering Foundations Play Boosters
• 1 Traditional Foil Rare/Mythic with a year stamp
• 1 Magic: The Gathering Arena code card
• Spindown life counter

What is in a Play Boosters?

Boosters include 

• 1–4 cards of rarity Rare or higher (2: 26%; 3: 2%; 4: <1%) 
• 3–5 Uncommon
• 6–9 Common
• 1 Land cards.
• 1 card of any rarity is Traditional Foil. Foil Borderless Mythic Planeswalker in <1% of boosters. Traditional Foil Land replaces a Land in 20% of boosters.

When are our Prerelease events?

There will be three events on one Friday at 7pm, one on Saturday at 2pm and one on Sunday at 11am. These can be booked online now.

Tomorrow we will look at the Foundations beginners box

New this week - Altered TCG

 New in this week at KD Games is the great new TCG called Altered.

Play as a Hero, choose a faction and lead your expeditions into the unknown in this innovative TCG set in a modern and colorful fantasy universe.

• A unique and modern experience
• Race your opponents to victory in a non-combative game of exploration
• Enjoy fast-paced games and lightning quick turns in a dynamic back-and-forth
• Collect one-off in the world unique cards and surprise your opponents with unprecedented decks
• Discover a modern and accessible mana system
• Replay cards from your Reserve to benefit from different abilities and whole new strategies
• Adapt to ever changing situations with cards that never remain in play for more than a few turns

We have played a few games and it is very different to other TCG's and etremely good fun to play. I have searched the internet for a good tutorial and this seems to cover the mechanics well...

So fat we have only had a small amount of stock for it including one of each of the 6 starter decks. More stock is due to arrive next week and once it does I will put together a demo kit. So we should be able to teach this game by next weekend. 

Anger Smash

Today we have added two new games to our Library, the first one is this very simple card game for two to five players.

Anger Smash is a light strategy set-collecting card game that will have you on the edge of your seat as tensions rise and alliances shift. The theme revolves around the concept of maintaining a balanced state of mind, represented by the Anger and Zen sets you must collect. Ideal for family and travel!

The gameplay is deceptively simple: Players race to collect four matching Anger cards and four matching Zen cards. However, the real excitement comes from the strategic use of Bloodboilers (events that make your blood boil) and Disruptors (sneaky cards that can hinder your opponents). Players must carefully decide whether to focus on building their own sets, sabotaging others, or forming temporary alliances to obstruct the leader.

The game is fast-paced, with each round offering players the choice to draw a new card, take a matching card from the centre pile, or play a BloodBoiler or Disruptor card. The tension ratchets up as players get closer to completing their sets, and a single well-timed move can often determine the winner.

Wonky

In Wonky, players try to get rid of the cards in their hand by stacking blocks on top of one another, ideally setting up the blocks so that someone else takes a spill and gets stuck with more cards in hand. The trick to doing this are the special blocks in the game: nine blocks — with three each in small, medium and large sizes — with three of the block sides being flat and three being curved. Set up the blocks in the right way, and you can block an opponent's path to victory.

Commander Party: Duskmourn: House of Horror

Commander Party is a Commander event where players are immersed in the Duskmourn: House of Horror setting and story. The special rules for Commander Party are designed specifically around the theme of the set, found nowhere else.

These events are ideal for players of all experiences, where they participate in a casual in-store event and get absorbed in the world of Magic.

At Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander Party, players will explore a haunted house, spending mana to unlock new rooms that grant different effects to the players and the game. Will they make it out alive? Who will be the last one standing? Players will have to persist if they want to survive the house of ever-shifting horrors!