Murders at Karlov Manor Draft

This Sunday is not just Easter Sunday but it is also Gambit Sunday!!

It is our all day gaming event held at the shop in partnership with Gambit Games UK. For just £5 you can come and play a wide variety of table top games including AOS, Bloodbowl, Dreadball, Bolt Action, 40k, Kill Team, Warcry, etc

As part of this Sunday's event we will also be running a MTG Murders at Karlov Manor Draft.

Entry to this event will cost £15. Each player will get 3 play boosters from Murders at Karlov Manor and then at the end of the event will receive a promo copy of 'Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy', a promo dated copy of 'Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose' and a promo dated copy of 'Deadly Dispute' just for playing. Players will also receive a promo pack if they are in the top 3.

Extra Promo Cards

This weekend it is prerelease for Murders at Karlov Manor.

Each Prerelease Pack will also contain one of three promos in addition to the traditional foil, year-stamped promo card. 

These additional traditional foil promos are Standard-legal but cannot be included in players’ Sealed deck during the event. Players can still use their year-stamped promo in their Prerelease Sealed deck.

The additional Prerelease promo card may be any one of the following: 

• Melek, Reforged Researcher 
• Tomik, Wielder of Law 
• Voja, Jaws of the Conclave 

What cards are in Murder at Karlov Manor Play Boosters?

Play Boosters make their thrilling debut when Murders at Karlov Manor releases on February 9. Players will have their hands on them even earlier during the coming week of Prerelease, from February 2 – 8. 

This epic new offering is the best of both worlds: combining the thrill of opening a Set Booster and the playability of a Draft Booster.
We previously outlined their contents, but that only tells part of the story. Now that the full Card Image Gallery for Murders at Karlov Manor has been revealed, we want to show off all the booster fun you may find inside:

Showcase Dossier: This splashy new treatment transforms Ravnica Detective Agency files into playable cards. It gives players a glimpse into the intrigue and mystery of Murders at Karlov Manor.

Magnified Cards: Are another piece of the puzzle in Murders at Karlov Manor, but they’re not just flavorful fun. Each one gives you a closer look at a critical moment in the story as it all comes together.

Borderless Cards: Have returned, bringing incredible art to life as beloved Magic characters burst free of their frame.

Borderless Dual Lands: Both the regular and Borderless Rare Dual Lands show up in the Wild Card slot in Play Boosters. This gorgeous art shows another side of the beloved city of guilds.

The stylish Impossible Basic Lands: These are sure to be a boon to any collection. Each one explores the dizzyingly-large metropolis of this fan-favorite setting.

Every Play Booster comes with one Rare or Mythic, one Wildcard, one Foil, and one card from the List or a Special Guest. That means a single Play Booster can contain one to four rare cards! 

What Is a Play Booster?

The Play Booster combines the best of two worlds: it takes the Set Booster's fun-to-open experience and weaves in the Draft play that is integral to the Magic ecosystem. 

Starting with Murders at Karlov Manor, the Play Booster will replace the Draft and Set Boosters.

Opening a Play Booster is just plain fun.

The Play Booster was created to retain the fun experience of opening a Set Booster while weaving in the play experience of the Draft Booster. With up to four rares in each pack, the possibility of booster fun in each slot, and exciting updates to The List, Play Boosters are every bit as fun to open as Set Boosters.

Play Boosters contain 14 cards, with one non-playable card; there are 8 slots in a Play Booster, which are as follows:

• 6 Commons—There is a possibility of booster fun in this slot.
• 1 Common or Card from The List—Most of the time this will be the 7th common, but when a card from The List shows up, it shows up here.
• 3 Uncommons—There is a possibility of booster fun in this slot.
• 1 Wildcard—This card can be almost anything from the main set. It can be any rarity, and it has the possibility of being Booster Fun. Whatever it is, it will be nonfoil.
• 1 Main set Rare or Mythic Rare
• 1 Foil of any rarity—This is just like the Wildcard slot except that the card is guaranteed to be foil.
• 1 Basic Land
• 1 Non-Playable card—This can be a token, a play aide, an ad card, or an art card

Some future sets may have small shifts to account for something cool or new in that set. 

What About The List?

In the past, The List has mostly been reprints of older cards. Play Boosters are going to tinker with what exactly can be on The List. For example, when Play Boosters premier, The List will include what are called Special Guests, cards that are exciting reprints that we can give new art and will thematically tie into whatever set they are in.

In addition to the Special Guests, there will be 40 cards that are reprints without new art. Of those, 30 will be common or uncommon and 10 will be rare or mythic rare. This is down from the 300 cards that previous iterations of The List had. 

Here is the percentage breakdown for your players' potential to open items from The List slot in the first Play Booster:

• 87.5% – A common from the main set
• 9.38% – A common or uncommon normal reprint from The List
• 1.56% – A rare or mythic rare normal reprint from The List
• 1.56% – A Special Guests card from The List