The Ultimate Fantasy Universes Past Magic: The Gathering Set is superb. My solely knock towards it’s how costly it was to purchase something at launch between shops charging method over MSRP and scalpers driving up costs on reseller websites. For the primary time because the record-breaking expansion launched, nevertheless, you may lastly get the a lot wanted pre-constructed Ultimate Fantasy Commander decks at an enormous low cost. The truth is lots of them are lastly promoting for even lower than what they launched at.
The largest deal is for the bundle of all four decks—Revival Trance (FFVI), Restrict Break (FFVII), Counter Blitz (FFX), and Scions & Spellcraft (FFXIV)—that’s been popping up on Amazon for method beneath its regular $280 worth. Proper now, you should purchase the bundles as a part of a “limited time deal” for simply $190, or lower than $50 per deck. Contemplating every deck additionally comes with a two-card pattern collector booster which might embody a number of the rarest playing cards within the set, that’s not a nasty deal in any respect.
However it’s also possible to purchase the entire particular person decks for a few of their lowest costs as nicely proper now. Whereas inventory and costs are at all times in flux, there have been a lot more stores promoting Counter Blitz, Revival Trance, and Scions & Spellcraft for as little as $50 every. Some resellers on TCGPlayer and eBay are even promoting them for much less. Restrict Break—which options the Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER commander card—remains to be going for nearer to $70, which is what it was priced at again when all these pre-orders instantly bought out earlier within the yr.
Counter Blitz is probably the best of the bunch in relation to a robust, well-rounded Commander deck, however for followers of Ultimate Fantasy, every is enjoyable and compelling in its personal method, and options playing cards referencing characters and occasions from throughout the franchise’s historical past. Whereas MTG can really feel overwhelming to attempt to get into, even for lapsed gamers who’ve a great understanding of the final panorama, the Commander decks are a simple technique to simply deal with it like some other tabletop sport you play on occasion with buddies.
Wizards of the Coast mentioned it plans to maintain printing the Ultimate Fantasy set to satisfy demand, so hopefully costs will proceed to drop. In the event you have been a type of followers that resisted the FOMO and didn’t pay method over MSRP at launch, that persistence simply paid off.
