By:*Mark Tuttle
Hello Planeswalkers!

I wanted to first thank everyone who tuned in to our Magic : The Gathering – Tactics webcast a couple of*weeks back.* We had fun showing you the new spells coming in*Secrets of Terisiare, our first expansion!* As promised, we’re showing off figures and spells every week through launch on Wednesdays and Fridays.* Chuck “Shocho” Kallenbach, our lead designer, will tell you a little about each piece and how you’ll want to use these new spells and figures in your spellbooks.



While development on*Secrets of Terisiare*continues every day, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been doing a lot under the hood on Tactics.* We’ve done a great deal of stabilization on the engine.* We completely revamped talents based on your feedback.* We’ve given you the ability to change your Planeswalker avatar and select a new starter spellbook, even giving you five new ones to choose from.* We’re currently working on other new functionality and enhancements that you’ll be seeing over the next few months.* But there’s another big change coming to the game.

Starting with today’s*patch we’ve completely re-priced Magic : The Gathering – Tactics.* The new pricing is as follows:

  • Booster packs now cost 299 Station Cash
  • Booster boxes now cost 6499 Station Cash
  • Campaign Chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5 now cost 250 Station Cash each
We’ve also reduced the Djinn of Deceit and Spirit Collector single figures to 200 Station Cash each.

Booster packs now contain an additional four commons for a total of 14 digital objects. This will have an immediate effect in Draft play as players will now have more rounds to draft and more spells to choose from.* It will also help new players build their collections faster.

These new prices are permanent and will continue through the release of*Secrets of Terisiare*which will launch at the same 299 SC price.* This re-pricing is done to bring Magic : The Gathering – Tactics more in-line with SOE’s other digital TCG offerings.

Next, our five new mono-color spellbooks aren’t showing new players the wonders of multi-colored Magic.* To rectify this, we are now giving every new registered player one free booster pack along with their first free to play starter.* That will give them new spells in different colors to play with in the Spellbook Editor.* And for the collective groan from you previous players who now think you’ve missed out, we’ll be dropping all of you a free pack as well.* These packs and the spells inside are non-tradable, and will auto open upon delivery.

Halloween is just a few days away, and we have a special treat for you!* Log in every day from Friday, October 28th*– Monday, October 31st, and you’ll receive one (1) free copy of the spell “All Hallow’s Eve”.* That’s a total of four copies you can get during the promotion.* If for some reason you miss out, we’ll be adding the spell to the singles store in the next couple of weeks.

We hope you continue to enjoy the spoilers from*Secrets of Terisiare*and the All Hallow’s Eve promo!* There’s more good stuff coming very soon so log in often to see what we’re up to!

See you in the game!

Mark Tuttle
Executive Producer
Magic: The Gathering – Tactics




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