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Journey into Nyx Event Deck List Revealed

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

 

 

 

Wizards of the Coat featured writer Mike McArtor revealed today on Dailymtg.com the packaging and full deck list of the up coming Journey into Nyx Event deck. Event decks are 60-card pre-constructed decks (including a 15-card sideboard) designed to be competitive for Friday Night Magic. In this case, the Journey into Nyx features a blue and red “burn” deck. Check it out!

 

Main Deck

60 cards

9  Island
4  Izzet Guildgate
12  Mountain

25 lands

1  Ætherling
1  Battlefield Thaumaturge
1  Chandra’s Phoenix
3  Guttersnipe
1  Ogre Battledriver
1  Oracle of Bones
4  Spellheart Chimera
3  Young Pyromancer

15 creatures

1  Anger of the Gods
2  Divination
1  Fated Conflagration
2  Flames of the Firebrand
1  Harness by Force
4  Lightning Strike
3  Magma Jet
1  Mizzium Mortars
2  Searing Blood
1  Steam Augury
2  Turn // Burn

20 other spells

Sideboard

2  Dispel
2  Elixir of Immortality
3  Essence Scatter
2  Flames of the Firebrand
3  Izzet Staticaster
3  Negate

15 sideboard cards

 

What do you think? Any of these cards exciting? Let us know in the comments below! Purchase this deck and customize it at Battleground Games & Hobbies!

 

 

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Wizards of the Coast Announces ‘Duel Deck: Speed Vs. Cunning’

Monday, April 7th, 2014

Last Wednesday, Wizards of the Coast announced a brand new Duel Deck product for release this fall: ‘Duel Decks: Speed Vs. Cunning’! No details as yet, as to what cards to be expected in the latest addition to the Duel Deck series of products. ‘Speed Vs. Cunning’ will be released on September 5th and was designed by Chris Millar and Sam Stoddard.

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ICv2: Bushiroad Announces ‘Weiss Schwartz: Angel Beats! Re: edit’ Release Date

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014

 

Hobby channel retailer news website ICv2.com reported last week that Bushiroad will release the new Angel Beats! Re: Edit expansion for its Weiss Schwarz TCG.  The expansion will include a Trial Deck and Booster packs.  Both will release on July 25th.  This set will introduce a new foil pattern for R and RR rarity cards.

 

The set is based on the Angel Beats! anime  and game series.  The story takes place in the afterlife, and focuses on Otonashi, a boy who has lost his memories after dying and is enrolled in an afterlife school.  Otonashi is asked to join the Afterlife Battlefront, an organization fighting against God for imposing cruel fates on the students during life. The series blends action, humor and music.

 

The 50-card Trial Deck will contain 21 types of cards including three exclusive cards. A randomly selected deck in each display will have 1 RRR holo card (3 designs) or 1 SP Gold foil signed by Japanese voice actress Kana Hanazawa, who played Kanade.  The decks will include a rule sheet, deck manual, playbook and playmat.  The decks are packed six to a display, with eight displays per carton.  The English Edition does not include gold/silver campaign coupons.

 

The booster will include 117 types of cards, as well as 36 parallel cards. Gold foil chase cards featuring autographs from Japanese voice actresses will be randomly inserted into packs.  Each booster includes eight cards, with 20 boosters per display. Four rubber playmats are included in each carton.  The English Edition does not include gold/silver campaign coupons.  With this set, English and Japanese cards may be played together in tournament formats (except in Japan).

 

The Weiss Schwarz: Love Live! Trial Deck and Booster are due to release in May.  Bushiroad has also introduced US organized play for the game this year, which you can enjoy each and every Saturday at Battleground Games & Hobbies in Abington, MA! Please see our event calender for additional details.

 

 

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‘Star Wars X-Wing: Rebel Aces’ Expansion Pack Announced!

Sunday, March 23rd, 2014

Fantasy Flight Games has recently announced Star Wars X-Wing: Rebel Aces Expansion Pack, an expansion for the popular X-Wing collectible miniatures game, due out in quarter 3 of 2014.  The Rebel Aces Expansion Pack is not a stand-alone game, it requires the core X-Wing game in order to play.

The X-Wing: Rebel Aces Expansion Pack contains one A-wing and one B-wing miniature, both which come with alternate paint schemes.  The Expansion also includes four highly skilled new pilots, thirteen upgrade cards, a dramatic rescue mission scenario, plus all the tokens and maneuver dials needed to launch these starfighters against the Empire.

Both the A-wing and B-wing miniatures included in the Rebel Aces Expansion share the same 1/270 scale as the miniatures found in the A-Wing Expansion Pack and the B-Wing Expansion Pack.

 

Rebel Aces will be on sale now at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies retail store this fall. Keep an eye out!

 

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Stoneblade Entertainment Reveals ‘Ascension: Realms Unraveled’

Wednesday, March 12th, 2014

Retailer news website ICv2.com reported that Stone Blade Entertainment, makers of the popular Ascension deck building game, will release a new standalone product for its Ascension line; Ascension: Realms Unraveled will release in Q2.

Realms Unraveled is a standalone game for 1 – 4 players, though it can be combined with other Ascension games to support up to 6 players.   This release introduces the first dual-faction Heroes to the game.  It includes new Multi-Unite cards to let players gain large rewards for playing several Heroes from the same faction in one turn.  There are also Transform cards that can create more powerful versions of cards.

 

Excited for this release? Battleground Games & Hobbies carries a full line of Ascension deck building games so you won’t miss out on this exciting new release!

 

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Asmodee Announces new ‘Formula D’ Expansion

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

According to ICv2.com, Asmodee has announced the March release of Formula D Expansion 5, an expansion for the Formula D racing game that adds two new racing circuits.  One of the circuits, which is set in the Olympic Village at Socchi was designed by Herman Tilke, the architect and designer of numerous modern Formula One race courses.

The other course include in Expansion 5 is a street racer’s dream as players scream along the Hudson River in New Jersey through parks, bluffs, and palisades on course that includes nineteen high speed turns.  The Formula D games are designed for 2-10 players, ages 8 and up, and take about one-hour to play.  The courses included in Expansion 5require that players have a copy of the basic Formula D game.

Formula D is Laurent Lavaur and Eric Randall’s 2008 re-launch of their own hit from 1991, Formula De.  The game uses multiple-shaped polyhedral dice to represent the various gears of a Formula 1 racecar.

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