Wizards of the Coast announced Mythic Odysseys of Theros, a new sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons, for release on June 2, 2020. D&D campaigns can now enter another plane of Magic: The Gathering with Mythic Odysseys of Theros. This book features a variety of new rules, races, gods, and monsters found in the plane of Theros. Players can now use satyrs or leonin as races, and the new rules introduce supernatural gifts as well as five signature artifacts wielded by the deities of Theros. It also has Magic: The Gathering-inspired subclasses like the College of Eloquence for Bards and Oath of Heroism for Paladins.
Konami Digital Entertainment will release Toon Chaos for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game on June 19, introducing a new rarity.
Toon Chaos features new cards based on the themes Yugi and Pegasus used during their final battle in the animated series Duelist Kingdom storyline. Toon monsters get a boost with new spells and monsters such as “Toon Black Luster Soldier,” which banishes an opponent’s monsters. The set will include new Chaos versions of older monsters, including “Chaos Creator,” which special summons a banished monster and returns other banished monsters to the deck. Toon Chaos will include new Noble Nights and Pot of Extravagance. Each booster pack will contain 1 foil card and 6 rare cards.
Toon Chaos contains 60 cards in total, including 10 Ultra Rares; 15 Super Rares; and 35 Rares. Debuting in the set for the first time outside of Asia will be the Collector’s Rare. 15 cards in the set will also be available as a Collector’s Rare.
3 Striker Dragon 1 Guardragon Elpy 1 Guardragon Pisty 1 Hieratic Seal of Heavenly Spheres 1 Dragunity Knight – Romulus 1 Beat Cop from the Underworld 1 Quadborrel Dragon 1 Dillingerous Dragon 1 Triple Burst Dragon 1 Unchained Abomination 1 Borrelsword Dragon 1 Borreload Savage Dragon 1 Draco Berserker of Tenyi
Side Deck: 15
1 Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend 2 Nibiru, the Primal Being 2 Dark Ruler No More 3 Lightning Storm 2 Anti-Spell Fragrance 1 Imperial Order 1 Red Reboot 3 Evenly Matched
Monsters: 21 3 Babycerasaurus 1 Dinowrestler Pankratops 2 Dogoran, the Mad Flame Kaiju 1 Giant Rex 1 Jurrac Aeolo 3 Miscellaneousaurus 1 Petiteranodon 3 Souleating Oviraptor 3 True King Agnimazud, the Vanisher 1 True King Lithosagym, the Disaster 2 Ultimate Conductor Tyranno
Spells: 17 1 Dragonic Diagram 3 Fossil Dig 2 Lightning Storm 3 Lost World 1 Mystic Mine 3 Pot of Extravagance 1 Set Rotation 1 Terraforming 2 Mind Control
Traps: 3 3 Evenly Matched
Extra Deck: 15 3 Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier 3 True King of All Calamities 1 Evilswarm Excition Knight 1 Number 60: Dugares the Timeless 1 Evolzar Laggia 2 Evolzar Dolkka 1 I.P. Masquerena 1 Knightmare Phoenix 1 Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze 1 Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess
3 Called by the Grave 3 Foolish Burial Goods 1 Foolish Burial 1 Monster Reborn 1 One for One 1 Terraforming 2 SPYRAL GEAR – Big Red 1 SPYRAL Resort 1 SPYRAL MISSION – Assault
1 Appointer of the Red Lotus 2 Artifact Lancea 2 Evenly Matched 2 Twin Twisters 2 Lightning Storm 2 Mind Control 2 Dark Ruler No More 2 Nibiru, the Primal Being
The Fourth Set of Archon Decks for ‘KeyForge’ Card Game
antasy Flight Games revealed Mass Mutation, the fourth set of Archon Decks for the KeyForge card game. Mass Mutation draws from a card pool of 422 cards with 250 cards being entirely new. The general theme of the set revolves around dark AEmber and mutation creating strange, new versions of old characters. There are also massive single creatures that encompass more than one card and the return of House Sanctum.
The Mass Mutation release has three product types attached to it. The first product type is the Mass Mutation Two-Player Starter Set which contains two ready-to-play 36-card decks. Each deck features a unique mix of cards, contains all the tokens needed for a two-player game, and will retail for $24.95.
The Mass Mutation Archon Deck and Deluxe Deck are both single decks which are the core of KeyForge products. Both products contains a unique pre-constructed 36-cards with new cards mixed in, and Archon Decks carry an MSRP of $9.95. The Deluxe Deck comes with tokens as well as the deck, and runs $14.95.
Fantasy Flight Games also will release Secrets of the Crucible, a sourcebook for the Genesys Roleplaying System, in Q2 2020 (see “‘KeyForge’ Universe Comes to ‘Genesys RPG’ System.”).
Jasco Games unveiled My Hero Academia: Collectible Card Game, decks and booster displays for the UniVersus CCG system, which will release in May 2020. The UniVersus CCG system comes to U.A. High where students are doing their best to make the grade of Pro Hero. Based on the smash-hit anime My Hero Academia, this latest set for the Universus CCG system adds new characters to the mix (see “Jasco Games Enrolls In ‘My Hero Academia’ with CCG”). This release features two product types: Turbo Decks and Booster Displays.
Each My Hero Academia: Collectible Card Game Turbo Deck comes with two 41-card decks built around Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo. It also comes with two random Ultra Rares from the booster set, and will retail for $24.99. Booster Displays contain 24 packs with 10 cards in each pack. My Hero Academia: Collectible Card Game Booster Displays will retail for $95.76.
Jasco Games released Soul Calibur VI: Libra of Souls in November (see “Fight On With ‘UFS Soul Calibur VI: Libra of Souls'”).
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner told analysts in the earnings conference call Tuesday that the company’s Magic: The Gathering revenues increased 30% in 2019, behind “double-digit growth in tabletop play” and the first year of Magic: The Gathering Arena digital revenues, which grew “several-fold.” Magic sales growth contributed to Hasbro’s 6% increase in total gaming revenue to $1.53 billion for the year, up from $1.44 billion in 2018. Monopoly also had double-digit growth.
In fact, Hasbro gaming sales without franchise brands Magic: The Gathering and Monopoly were down 10% for the quarter, with Dungeons & Dragons and classic game sales increases unable to offset declines in sales of novelty games Pie Face and Speak Out.
D&D sales continue to be driven by video views; 150 million hours of D&D video content were viewed in 2019, up nearly 50% year on year. With those kinds of increases, it seems unlikely that the growth of D&D will flag any time soon.
The increase in total gaming revenues for the year was despite a decline of 7.7% in Q4, with Magic sales undoubtedly part of that decline due to the tough comparisons with the Ultimate Masters release in Q4 2018.
Despite tariff-related impacts on sales and earnings earlier in the year (see “Tariffs Hit Hasbro Sales, Earnings”), Hasbro ended the year with total revenues up 3% to $4.72 billion from $4.58 billion in 2018. Earnings more than doubled, from $220.4 million in 2018 to $520.5 million last year.
Wizards of the Coast has revealed decklists for the four new Magic: The Gathering 2020 Challenger Decks planned for release on April 3, 2020 (see “WotC Will Release new ‘Magic Challenger Decks'”). The contents of each deck is listed below with notes about cards that hold significant secondary market value (*$10 or more based on TCGPlayer market value at time of this article’s publication):
Allied Fires
Main Deck: 3 Sarkhan the Masterless, 1 Ugin, the Ineffable, 3 Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor, 4 Narset, Parter of Veils, 2 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer, 1 Kenrith, the Returned King, 2 Fae of Wishes, 3 Deafening Clarion, 2 Drawn from Dreams, 2 Time Wipe, 4 Fires of Invention, 2 Banishing Light, 4 Omen of the Sea, 1 Steam Vents* (Market Price $12.89), 1 Temple of Enlightenment, 1 Temple of Epiphany, 1 Temple of Triumph, 4 Interplanar Beacon, 3 Swiftwater Cliffs, 3 Tranquil Cove, 4 Wind-Scarred Crag, 5 Island, 2 Mountain, 2 Plains
Sideboard: 1 Sarkhan the Masterless, 1 Time Wipe, 1 Mass Manipulation, 1 Ashiok, Dream Render, 2 Devout Decree, 1 Dovin, Hand of Control, 1 Dovin’s Veto, 2 Fry, 2 Revoke Existence, 3 Thirst for Meaning
Features Hard-To-Find Cards from Previous ‘Legendary Duelists’ Sets
Konami Digital Entertainment will release the Legendary Duelists: Season 1 for Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game in July 3. Legendary Duelists: Season 1 features hard-to-find cards from Legendary Duelists (see ” ‘Legendary Duelists’ Join ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!'”) and Legendary Duelists: Ancient Millennium. This set also adds Secret Rares to the mix, which did not appear in the original sets, and every box will include one of seven Secret Rare variant cards such as the Pegasus, Joey-inspired Fusion Monsters Millennium-Eyes Restrict, and Red-Eyes Slash Dragon. Each Legendary Duelists: Season 1 box contains a Secret Rare, 6 Ultra Rares (2 standard Ultra Rares, 4 colorful Ultra Rares), and 30 commons.
The complete set of Legendary Duelists: Season 1 set contains 121 cards: 7 Secret Rares, 16 colorful Ultra Rares (available in blue, green, or purple), 4 standard Ultra Rares, and 94 Commons (set contents are subject to change). This product will retail for $14.99.
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