It’s one of the largest communities that uses a language that doesn’t use the Roman alphabet. Japan has one of the largest Magic-playing populations in the world.
The Japanese market is extremely different from western markets, so different kinds of products work in Japan where they wouldn’t work in Europe or the U.S. WotC has a strong relationship with Japan and is always looking for ways to market the game differently to the Japanese audience. Why Do the Japanese Versions Have Alternate Art? I’ve seen so many similar images in Japanese anime, games, and so on and it really resonated with me.Įverything on these cards, from the way the text boxes are structured to the names printed vertically to the set symbol being a stamp, has been meticulously designed and the end result is incredible. It was shown off very early in the spoiler season for the set and I was completely blown away. One of my favorites is the stunning art for Demonic Tutor. Each piece of art was commissioned from a long-standing Japanese art agency with over a century of experience. These gorgeous variants featured a classic style of Japanese art that dates back centuries. WotC also printed Japanese variants of each of these cards.
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Every booster had one Mystical Archive card that ranged from cheap and simple cards like Infuriate all the way up to the banned-in- Legacy Demonic Tutor.
Their solution was the Mystical Archive, a collection of cards that aren’t legal in Standard but still appear in draft boosters, so they could be a part of the Limited format. WotC naturally wanted to reprint a bunch of classic cards but worried about the effect they might have on Standard, Pioneer, and Modern. The Mystical Archive from Strixhaven is a set of 63 instant and sorcery cards that supplement the main set. Opt (Mystical Archive) | Illustration by Kristina Collantes
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