A new Magic: The Gathering product called Mystery Booster 2 is dropping at MagicCon Vegas as a convention exclusive that can also be purchased through Festival in a Box.
The return of Mystery Booster 2 has me excited to play a wide variety of cards printed throughout the history of MTG. A full list of every card from the set is slated to be put on the Magic website, but game designer Gavin Verhey recommends “[going] in blind, knowing as little as possible because it is so fun to crack a pack and have no clue what stuff in there.”
Where to purchase MTG Mystery Booster 2
The Secret Lair Festival in a Box will drop on Aug. 19 at 11am CT.
You can play a Mystery Booster 2 Draft at MagicCon Vegas from Oct. 25 to 27 and all future MagicCons throughout the 2024-2025 competitive season. Booster boxes are also available for sale at MagicCon festivals.
If going to a MagicCon isn’t a feasible option, WotC will have an alternative way to purchase Mystery Booster 2 through a Secret Lair Festival in a Box. This type of promo sale has occurred before as a Secret Lair drop tied to a MagicCon, like the Festival in a Box version from Minneapolis.
Prices for Mystery Booster 2 Draft at MagicCon Vegas have not been announced at time of writing. Neither have booster box prices. Based on prices from Minneapolis MagicCon, I predict the Festival in a Box will be priced at around $270.
All prices and Festival in a Box details will be updated once WotC releases the information.
Contents of the Mystery Booster 2 Secret Lair Festival in a Box
Contents of the Secret Lair Festival in a Box, featuring Mystery Booster 2 packs, include boosters from WOE, LCI, and traditional foil Legends, per WotC.
- One Mystery Booster 2 Display Box (24 boosters per display box)
- One The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Collector booster pack
- One Wilds of Eldraine Collector booster pack
- One Commander Masters Collector booster pack
- One Li’l Legends Foil Edition Secret Lair drop:
- One traditional foil Reya Dawnbringer
- One traditional foil Orvar, the All-Form
- One traditional foil Drana, the Last Bloodchief
- One traditional foil Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- One traditional foil Omnath, Locus of Creation
- One MagicCon non-foil promo pack:
- One copy of Ponder
- One copy of Swords to Plowshares
- One copy of Convention Maro playtest card
- One copy of Basic land Plains
What MTG formats are Mystery Booster 2 cards legal to play?
All MTG cards within Mystery Booster 2 are reprints, playable in sets they are already legal to be played in. Some of the cards have an Acorn stamp, playable only through a Mystery Booster 2 Draft or in Cube as they’re not Legacy or Vintage legal. Sanguine Brushstroke, an MTG Arena card, for example, contains an Acorn stamp.
Frames within the set include Future Sight and a White border frame treatment. Both of these frame treatments will showcase updated text if necessary.
Will MTG Mystery Booster 2 contain mechanics from future sets?
The first Mystery Booster Draft box contained MTG mechanics that appeared in later sets, and Mystery Booster 2 might have a card or two making an appearance in a future set, according to Verhey.
“Mystery Boosters is a great test bed to try things and put Discarding mechanics in so I’ll tell you for sure there are many mechanics in Mystery Booster 2 we discarded for other sets and did not use,” Verhey said on MTGWeekly.
