Beginning August 20, limited quantities ofMystery Booster: Convention Editionwill be available at WPN stores, with in-store play events available where possible, making for an exclusive experience that can be shared between players around the world.

But what isMystery Booster? It’s an awesome experience with the feel of a “Chaos Draft” that uses multipleMagicDraft Boosters from different releases but bundles the cards and variety you’d experience into one amazing package. The set itself contains a whopping 1,670 reprints from across the game’s history (see below for the full list), plus 121 copies of something new and surprisingR&D Playtest cards you won’t find anywhere outside ofMystery Booster: Convention Edition. There are so many cards packed into the possibilities, you could fill an entire eight-person draft and not see the same card twice.

Cards inMystery Boosterhave the original set symbols and numbering of one of their printings. The only difference is a Planeswalker symbol in the lower left corner, like what you findon cards fromThe Listin Set Boosters.

EachMystery Booster: Convention Editionbooster pack contains fifteen cards: fourteen from the gigantically awesome main set, and one from that “something new and surprising” group of R&D Playtest cards. You cancheck out these unique cards on Gathererand revisit theMystery BoosterRelease NotesandGavin Verhey’s article about the development ofMystery Boosterto learn even more. We also havea full list of R&D Playtest card names and the artistsif you’re curious about the unique visual illustrations these cards feature.

WithMystery Booster: Convention Edition‘s return, there were a few updates made from its initial release.

Two of theMystery Booster: Convention EditionR&D Playtest cards feature new artwork, as seen here.

Note:Mystery Boostercards typically include a small printing of the Planeswalker symbol in the lower left corner, similar to what you see in cards fromThe Listfound in Set Boosters. While this was the case for all cards in the original printing ofMystery Booster: Convention Edition, in this printing going to WPN stores the Planeswalker symbol will not appear on the Playtest cards. Additionally, there’s a known difference inPhantom Centaurin this set. For this card in particular some text is printed black instead of white, including the name, power and toughness, artist credit, and creature type line.

Finally, the following cards were removed from the updated release. (Note: The linked cards below do not necessarily represent the version previously found inMystery Booster.)

CARDS REMOVED

• Anger of the Gods
• Approach of the Second Sun
• Desert Twister
• Dictate of Heliod
• Dismember
• Essence Warden
• Fade into Antiquity
• Forgotten Cave
• Frogmite
• Giant Growth
• Kird Ape
• Moonglove Extract
• Mother of Runes
• Nature’s Lore
• New Horizons
• Nyx-Fleece Ram
• Pollenbright Wings
• Rage Reflection
• Revenant
• Rhystic Study
• Seal of Cleansing
• Seal of Strength
• Stalking Tiger
• Swords to Plowshares

The following cards appear at twice their previous frequency, replacing where the above cards would have appeared. (Note: The linked cards below do not necessarily represent the version found inMystery Booster.)

HIGHER-FREQUENCY CARDS

• Aggressive Instinct
• Alloy Myr
• Ambitious Aetherborn
• Armadillo Cloak
• Aura of Silence
• Cast Out
• Creeping Mold
• Cultivate
• Evra, Halcyon Witness
• Gift of Growth
• Great Furnace
• Knollspine Dragon
• Meteorite
• Might of the Masses
• Mirror Entity
• Mogg Fanatic
• Murder
• Path of Peace
• Priest of Titania
• Rhox Maulers
• Sakashima the Impostor
• Taurean Mauler
• Thrashing Brontodon
• Wall of Omens