![]() ![]() Unlike collector foils, they’re glossier and are only found in Japanese language draft and set boosters. Traditional “set” foils are a different kind of traditional foil treatment.Traditional “collector” foils have a traditional foil treatment and are found in collector boosters in all languages. ![]() Etched foils look very similar to non-foils but have a foil texture surrounding the card’s text box.All foil versions, including these etched foils, have a star at the bottom of the card while non-foils have a small dot in the same place. Non-foils are your typical non-foil card, same as any other printing.The Japanese Mystical Archive cards have four different printings with varying kinds of foiling. 11 white, 12 blue, 12 black, 12 red, 11 green, and 5 multicolored (one in each allied pair) cards.Īre the Japanese Mystical Archive Cards Available in Foil? Like I said before, there are 63 cards total in the Mystical Archive series. I’d be beyond excited to see more like this in the future. We’ve seen some incredibly unique Japanese variants in the past few years, like Japanese Liliana, Dreadhorde General drawn by legendary Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano and the borderless variation of Kaito Shizuki drawn by legendary Fist of the North Star artist Hara Tetsuo. Creating variants that make use of the way these languages are written is something that WotC’s Japanese office has been working on for a few years. 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. 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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