One thing that provides MTG plenty of charm is the number of unique promotional cards that are exclusive to different regions. There is a lot of diversity and accommodation for all backgrounds, and it’s great to see.
With that, Wizards of the Coast Japan (WotC) revealed a couple of promotional cards on Twitter earlier today to support the tabletop release of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms which drops on July 23.
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Magic: The Gathering Japanese Promotional Cards Revealed
With the release of Forgotten Realms on the horizon, WotC Japan is offering promotional cards for buying products from Wizard Play Network (WPN) stores. You can purchase set boosters, draft boosters, and collector booster boxes to obtain the “Onigiri”
Orb of Dragonkind
Orb of Dragonkind
{1}, {T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast Dragon spells or activate abilities of Dragons.
{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal a Dragon card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
card. There are three versions of the card to collect which vary depending on the location of the Japanese WPN store.
Often you’ll see Japanese exclusive promotional cards to celebrate an upcoming release or an event. Such as the Planeswalker Championships (PWCS) which is a Japan-only program that encourages players to play in-store events. Recently,
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
{3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
,
Basri Ket
Basri Ket
+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. It gains indestructible until end of turn.
−2: Whenever one or more nontoken creatures attack this turn, create that many 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens that are tapped and attacking.
−6: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control."
, and
Seasoned Hallowblade
Seasoned Hallowblade
Discard a card: Tap this creature. It gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
were part of the 2021 Championships. Extending further, the Lunar New Year Celebration provided a Sethron, Hurlon General promo for APAC regions upon Kaldheim‘s release.
For those who are outside of Japan, these promotional cards are tricky to acquire since they are printed in limited numbers. However, it doesn’t stop us from appreciating how lovely and adorable they look.
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