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More Zendikar spoilers or just a big hoax?
So the rumor mill has spawned quite an interesting story about Zendikar. Priceless treasures in Zendikar packs replacing lands.
It looks like mtgsalvation has the story as it evolves and here's the link to their forum discussion. What it boils down to is that it appears random packs of Zendikar have their basic land replaced by a card of old. And not a reprinting of the old card, but one of the actual old cards. Candelabra of Tawnos, Bayou, Tiaga are Lich are some that have supposedly been found. And certainly the new rules put out by WotC now actually make sense:
Section 7.3 — Card Use in Limited Tournaments
Other than basic land, only cards from the expansions of the boosters opened (and only cards opened in that player's pool) may be used in a player's deck. For example, in a Magic 2010 Sealed Deck tournament, any card in a booster other then the Magic 2010 game cards received by the player and basic land may not be used in a player's deck during that tournament.
Section 7.5 — Sealed Deck Swap
In Sealed Deck tournaments, the Head Judge may require players to perform a deck swap prior to deck construction. Players receive unopened product and register the contents (except basic land cards) on deck lists. Any card in a booster that is not a card from the expansion of the opened booster is retained by the player that registers the cards (example: a player that registers the contents of a booster during a deck swap keeps the token card, if any). Players who drop from the tournament before fulfilling this duty will receive a match loss in the first round. Tournament Officials then collect the recorded card pools and re-distribute them randomly. A player may randomly receive the product he or she registered. The Head Judge should require players to sort the cards they register according to some criteria (e.g. color and then alphabetically) to assist the player receiving the pool.
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Upon reading those rules, I assumed it had something to do with cards from one's own collection, just odd, cool tokens or wierd new Exile/out-of-play something-or-other cards. Now it makes much more sense....if this rumor's true. And based on the apparent frequency of this already happening, we'll know during the pre-release (I hope.)
I have it on Official word that YES, there are vintage cards inserted into booster packs of Zendikar. These are original cards, not reprints. They are not disclosing the total number of cards in the set, but that there are over 90 vintage cards possible.
The reasoning behind this is "The cards fit the game play and theme of the Zendikar set which is about 'deadly perils and priceless treasures'."
One more Public Service Announcement:
I was able to secure ten (10) fat packs before they dissappeared. I have one or two already on layaway customers. If you're interested in these (and there are not likely to be more) I suggest you reserve one now or be here on Friday.
These fat packs have a bunch of the cool new extended art land and are part of the first wave of product (meaning there is the very rare chance of getting one of the cool special old inserted cards.)
BTW, yes, it appears we will be selling out of Zendikar and there are plans at WotC to ration further shipments. If this were a crappy set I would not encourage a feeding frenzy. But I feel it's important to say that, while I'll of course have stock for all current preorders of booster displays, I would reccommend not delaying too long if you're on the fence.