MTG fans are angry about what Bloomburrows Value Booster represents – Destructoid

Wizards of the Coast recently revealed new information about the upcoming Magic: The Gathering – Bloomburrow – The Great Adventure Set. Alongside a trailer showcasing the contents, the company announced Value Boosters, a new type of booster pack that fans see no value in at all.

According to Wizards of the Coast, Value Boosters that come with the Magic: The Gathering – Bloomburrow – The Great Adventure Set, are “a smaller, lighter booster that contains a handful of new cards that every fan can enjoy – a budget-friendly way to Bloomburrow.” However, fans have two major issues with the new packs. First, Wizards of the Coast has just consolidated all of its booster types, and second, this booster type seems to be designed to get newcomers to spend more money to guarantee good pulls.

Cheaper packages, worse chances

The main problem fans have with Value Boosters is that they don’t have a guaranteed rare card. Each booster only contains 7 cards as opposed to the 12 you get in Play Boosters and 15 in Collector Boosters. Of those 7 cards, 3 are common, 2 are uncommon, 1 is a wild card of any rarity, and 1 could be a land, special guest, or traditional foil.

These packs even say “contains up to 2 rares,” but there is no guarantee of a rare or foil card like the other boosters. Value boosters are cheaper due to the smaller card count, but without the guarantee of a rare, some fans can imagine players buying 10 packs and getting very little value out of them for a deck or as a collector.

The players discussed this in detail at the Magic the Gathering Subreddit. User SWBFThree2020 sums it up best. “Didn’t they already try this with Alara… and it failed miserably? I remember seeing boosters for $2 a piece as a kid and getting so excited that I bought like 10 of them… only to then realize they were micropacks and only about 3 of them had rarities in them. That really pissed me off MTG for a while.”

As a fan, I have to say that these packs seem to be geared more towards newcomers who haven’t had the luxury of guaranteed rarities and plenty of foils in boosters for years. If rarities are harder to come by in these cheaper packs, anyone who buys them will take longer to get the best cards they need to build or modify their deck in a meaningful way.

User harker06 added: “Wizards – “We’re creating play boosters to reduce the number of different booster types.” Also Wizards – “Hey kid, you want a garbage booster?”” That may sound harsh, but fans have been teased with multiple booster types for years. Even the recent Assassin’s Creed Set has Beyond Boosters, which are another variant of the current simplified state of Magic the Gathering.

Value Boosters also seem to be a way for Wizards of the Coast to give the impression that it is trying to lower the price of entry into Magic the GatheringHowever, when you look at the details, it is an economy of scale that benefits the company with higher numbers and makes opening packs a less pleasant experience.

The Magic: The Gathering – Bloomburrow – The Great Adventure The set will not be released until August 2, 2024. Wizards of the Coast will not change what Value Boosters are until then, but if fans continue to voice their opinions, they could at least be limited to Bloomburrow.