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Monday Night Magic #106: Mythic Rare Madness?!?

Posted on 03 June 2008 by Tommy

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Big news of the day is the slew of announcements from WoTC regarding a new rarity, “Mythic rare”, along with reduction in set sizes and changes to theme decks and fat packs! The article also shows that Shards of Alara will feature a RG planeswalker.

The June 1st Banned and Restricted list has some huge shake-ups for Vintage players. We also will finally get a chance to get some legit DCI Crystalline Slivers at GP Madrid in side events. And don’t miss Regionals this weekend!

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1 Comments For This Post

  1. David Says:
    June 5th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    Hey Tom, Gavin, & Derek. I just finished listening to the latest ‘cast, and I noticed the bit where you were wondering why they announced the Mythic rarity so soon. One reason that came into my head was the upcoming “From the Vault: Dragons” special set, with the 15 all-foil dragon cards from Magic’s history. Also included in that set is a sneak preview dragon from Shards of Alara. I’m guessing that dragon will be a Mythic rare. Thanks for the podcast, I’ll keep listening if you keep talking. Take it easy.

    -D

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