Magic the Gathering

Zendikar — What to buy

Deadly Per­ils, Price­less Treasures

Zendikar is nearly upon us, being released to the stores in Octo­ber of 2009. Now the ques­tion a lot of new­bies ask is: “Trick! Help me! What should I spend money on in the new set?” and so I set up this page. There are three main sealed prod­ucts I rec­om­mend. Once the full set is released I’ll post the cards I think you should keep an eye on.

Zendikar Fat Pack

Want a Zendikar Fat Pack? Get it from Cool Stuff!

Fat packs are a spe­cial bun­dle of items from the set. The Zendikar fat packs are going to be espe­cially pop­u­lar as they con­tain land packs of the full card-art lands com­ing in Zendikar. It also contains: A player’s guide 1 card box with panoramic art 8 Zendikar booster packs Excerpt from the most recent Magic novel Zendikar spin-down life counter Pack of 40 Full Art Zendikar basic lands.

Zendikar Booster Boxes

Booster Boxes are the best way to get cards from the new set (unless you’re just going to get the cards you need, in that case buy sin­gles.) But for those eager to get cards and look­ing for the pure joy of open­ing packs, then a booster box is the way to go. Demand is def­i­nitely high for this upcom­ing set! Booster box prices are nor­mally around $80 and they’ve inched up to around $90.

Zendikar Intro Decks

Want all five Zendikar Theme Decks?

There is no eas­ier way to intro­duce friends to Magic rather than to sit them down with some theme decks and let them start play­ing straight away. Zendikar, like other Magic the Gath­er­ing sets, offers five dif­fer­ent intro decks designed to be picked up and played. Def­i­nitely grab one or two of these to play with your friends, or as an easy way to get a group game going!