Several special seasonal Magic packagings have been released by Wizards of the Coast, containing a combination of various products.
Description
Holiday Gift Box
Although Gift Boxes incidently have been released in the past, this particular product was introduced after the release of Return to Ravnica.[1]
The storage box is useful to both beginners and thorough collectors and especially designed for non-Magic playing people who want to surprise their playing relatives. Initially, the gift boxes were always released in November. Starting with Shadows over Innistrad, a Gift Box is released with each large expansion.
Each Gift Box can hold more than 2,000 Magic cards, it comes with some booster packs from the first set of a block, a pack of twenty basic lands from the same set, six illustrated plastic dividers, a sticker sheet for customizing the dividers and an exclusive card with alternate art.
Gift Box
In 2016 the product was rebranded as the Magic: The Gathering Gift Box and also appeared in the Easter Season.[2][3]
Gift Pack
For the 2017 Holiday Season the Gift Box was replaced by a Gift Pack, losing the deck box.[4] In 2018, the Gift Pack became integrated with the reintroduced Core Set, and featured 5 exclusive cards.[5][6]
Contents
Date | Name | Box | Boosters | Set | Specials | Remarks |
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2012-11 | Holiday Gift Box | X | 4 | Return to Ravnica | Alternate art Dreg Mangler [1] | |
2013-11 | Holiday Gift Box | X | 4 | Theros | Alternate art Karametra's Acolyte [7][8] | |
2014-11 | Holiday Gift Box | X | 4 | Khans of Tarkir | Alternate art Sultai Charm [9] | |
2015-11 | Gift Box | X | 5 | Battle for Zendikar | Alternate art Scythe Leopard [2][10] | Except inside booster packs, the basic lands are not full-art. |
2016-05 | Gift Box | X | 5 | Shadows over Innistrad | Alternate art Ravenous Bloodseeker [3] | First and only Gift Box released in the spring. |
2016-11 | Gift Box | X | 5 | Kaladesh | Alternate art Chief of the Foundry [11] | |
2017-10 | Gift Pack | 3 | Amonkhet Hour of Devastation Ixalan |
Foil Metalwork Colossus Foil Kari Zev, Skyship Raider 5 foil basic lands [4] |
Includes a Spindown life counter and an exclusive mini-poster (Featuring art from Hour of Devastation) | |
2018-11 | Gift Pack | 4 | Core Set 2019 | Exclusive foil Angelic Guardian Exclusive foil Angler Turtle Exclusive foil Vengeant Vampire Exclusive foil Immortal Phoenix Exclusive foil Rampaging Brontodon 5 foil basic lands [5] |
Includes a themed Spindown life counter. The 5 exclusive creature cards numbered #GP1/001 to #GP1/005 are considered to be part of Core Set 2019 . |