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NEW TCG FROM WIZARDS OF THE COAST

source https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62281/new-tcg-wizards-coast

Wizards of the Coast will launch a new TCG, Mood Swings, designed by Magic: The Gathering Lead Designer Mark Rosewater.  The new game will be launched via a direct-to-consumer Secret Lair drop on June 1.  Mood Swings is configured in randomized decks rather than booster packs and designed to offer a simpler experience than Magic: The Gathering.

“Mood Swings has all the things I love about trading card games—fun card interactions, adaptability, collecting, and trading—but in the style of a traditional card game, something you could buy off the shelf and play immediately,” Rosewater said in a post announcing the drop.  “I think it will excite longtime fans of trading card game and gamers who might have been too intimidated to play a traditional trading card game.”

The Secret Lair drop will offer 45-card decks, each of which will include 23 common, 14 uncommon, 6 rare, and 2 mythic rare cards, drawn from a 133-card set that includes 48 commons, 40 uncommons, 30 rares, and 15 mythic rares.  Cards are in the five Magic: The Gathering colors and each represents an emotion or mood.  Card art is drawn from sketches for published Magic art.

Mood Swings is a light strategy game for two to four players; the two-player version plays in five to ten minutes.  Every player plays a card each round; cards can have effects when played, and some cards can alter the rules.  Scores are totaled after the round and the highest score wins the round; three rounds wins the game.  The winner of each round plays first the next round, and the losing player(s) draw a card.  Cards stay in play unless another card removes it. 

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‘MAGIC: THE GATHERING – EDGE OF ETERNITIES’ PRODUCT LINE UNVEILED

Source https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58987/magic-the-gathering-edge-eternities-product-line-unveiled

Wizards of the Coast unveiled product line details for Magic: The Gathering – Edge of Eternities, a new Standard-legal booster set, which will hit retail on July 25, 2025.

Edge of Eternities is a new set that has a bit of Magic: The Gathering meets Spelljammer flair to it (see ” ‘D&D Spelljammer: Adventures in Space'”). The backdrop of this set takes places on the very edge of the Multiverse, the Sothera system, where mages wage war with magic against alien factions. Being a space-inspired set, popular Galaxy Foils will make their return (see “‘Unfinity’ Product Line Deets”), and the set will feature some brand-new characters as well as returning ones from other planes.

The product line for this set is as follows:

Edge of Eternities Collector Booster Packs and Displays. The Edge of Eternities Collector Booster Boxes come with 12 packs, each of which has 15 Magic: The Gathering cards. The cards included will be a combination of 5 cards of rarity Rare or higher, 4 uncommons, 5 commons, and a land card. Collector Packs can have 0-3 Galaxy Foils in them and 10–13 traditional foil cards and can contain the following cards with these collector numbers: EOE 1–266, 277–392; EOC 1–4, 2–44; EOS 1–180; SPG 119–128.

Edge of Eternities Play Booster Packs and Displays. Edge of Eternities Play Boosters include 14 Magic: The Gathering cards and come 30 packs to a display. Each pack comes with 1-4 cards of rarity Rare or higher, 3-5 uncommons, 6-9 commons, and a land card. One card in the pack will be a traditional foil, and packs can contain the following cards with these collector numbers: EOE 1–316; EOS 1–45; SPG 119–128.

Edge of Eternities Bundle. This bundle contains 9 Edge of Eternities Play Boosters, 15 traditional foil basic lands, 15 non-foil basic lands, a bundle-exclusive foil alt-art card, a storage box, a Spindown life counter, and 2 reference cards. These bundles will ship in cases of 6.

Edge of Eternities Commander Decks. The Edge of Eternities Commander Decks come with a 100-card ready-to-play deck featuring two traditional foil legendary cards and 98 non-foil cards. The contents of the box also include a two-card Collector Booster Sample Pack, 10 double-sided tokens, a strategy insert, a reference card, and a deck box.

Edge of Eternities Prerelease Pack. Edge of Eternities Prerelease Packs are specifically for use in prerelease events. These packs come with 6 Edge of Eternities Play Booster packs, a foil rare or mythic rare card with year stamp, a deck box, and a spindown die.