Magic: The Gathering's next set, The Brothers War, looks promising so far.
With The Brothers War, Magic is bringing back some old favorites, quite literally as we're seeing the return of retro borders, which apply to 63 different artifacts from Magic's history. You'll have a shot at these with every pack, as there's one showing up in every Set, Draft, and Collector booster. In addition, these retro artifacts can show up as a schematic, which is a new art that portrays blueprints of the artifact.
To add to this, Magic is stealing an old idea from the realms of sports cards and late-night shopping channel collectible plates. Schematic showcase cards can show up in collector boosters as a serialized print—which is a double rainbow foil that's numbered out of 500. What this means is that for each of the 63 different schematic artifacts, there are 500 copies out there each individually numbered .
Piling onto the glut of options, there will also be some tie-in cards, similar to the Dracula cards released in Crimson Vow. Matching up with the giant robots of the Brothers War storyline, the. There are 15 different cards in the sub-set, all mythic rarity and mechanically unique—unlike the Dracula cards, which were just normal Crimson Vow cards given alternate names and art.
As usual, there will also be extended art and borderless cards, so you can expect to see that pesky black border disappearing once again. While the usual assortment of avatars and cosmetics are showing up with The Brothers War, something far more important is coming along in the form of the new golden booster. When purchasing booster packs of The Brothers War, Every 10 boosters you purchase will net you a single golden booster, regardless of whether you purchased the pack with gems or gold.