Para o pre-release de BFZ, vão distribuir estas deck boxes todas jeitosas. Cada box traz 6 boosters de BFZ (sem o típico seeded booster, thank God), 1 dado e a promo de pre-release que será qualquer rara ou mítica da expansão, aleatória.
Cada caixa tem um mecanismo XPTO que nos permite guardar um par de dados (quase como as deck vault):
Na semana seguinte ao pre, isto é o que poderão encontrar à venda numa loja perto de vocês:
O event deck que parece-me ser Preto e Verde...
Os intro packs, com um novo spoiler:
E finalmente o anúncio oficial de Oath of the Gatewatch. O draft e o sealed processam-se um pouco diferente do normal:
Set Name: Oath of the Gatewatch
Block: Set 2 of 2 in the Battle for Zendikar block
Number of Cards: 184
Prerelease Events: January 16–17, 2016
Prerelease Format: Sealed (4 Oath of the Gatewatch/2 Battle for Zendikar)
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Launch Weekend: January 22–24, 2016
Game Day: February 13–14, 2016
Magic Online Prerelease Events: January 29–February 1, 2016
Magic Online Release Date: February 8, 2016
Magic Online Release Events: February 8–24, 2016
Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch: February 5–7, 2016
Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch: Location Atlanta, GA
Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch Formats:
Swiss:
Modern
Oath of the Gatewatch/Oath of the Gatewatch/Battle for Zendikar Draft
Top 8:
Modern
Official Three–Letter Code: OGW
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGOGW
Initial Concept and Game Design:
Ethan Fleischer (lead)
Graeme Hopkins
Ari Levitch
Ken Nagle
Adam Prosak
Mark Rosewater
Final Game Design and DevelopmentIan Duke (lead)
Dave Humpherys
Jackie Lee
Adam Prosak
Gavin Verhey
Languages: English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Available inBooster Packs, Intro Packs*, Fat Pack*, Clash Pack*
(*-Not available in all languages.)
Fontes:
magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/branded-play-2015-09-01
magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/battle-zendikar-packaging-2015-09-01
magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-oath-gatewatch-2015-09-01