Magi Nation Duel Traitor's Reach

Happy Halloween!
6 months ago – Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 06:56:08 PM

Happy Halloween, Moonlanders!

We are pleased to announce that shipping fulfillment has processed over 50% of all orders! That means half of everyone who has supported the project should have received their stuff (or it is currently in transit). We started shipping products in the last week of September, and with 50% fulfilled at the end of October, we’re making steady progress to get everyone the cards they’ve been waiting for! Keep an eye on your emails for shipping updates, and if you haven’t yet received an email with tracking, you still have time for any last minute address changes. Just be aware that once the email with tracking has been sent, you no longer have the ability to change your address and must take alternative methods to receive your product.

With shipping over halfway completed, we want to acknowledge some things our backers have noticed so that everyone is all on the same page. First of all, you should expect a double back card in the Naroom deck. This was intentional for printing purposes, and can be used for a variety of purposes! It can be used as a dummy card for a stack of Magi with a Dual Magi card, a bookmark, a nice piece of art to look at, or it can work great as a snack for your fird!

We are also aware of some typos on cards. As hard as we tried to catch all errors, an unfortunate few slipped through our midsts. We appreciate the call out and concern from our backers. Even so, we were able to produce a product with a mere 1% error rate, which is exceptionally good considering the size of our team and the amount of cards they had to examine. Despite the errors, we are proud of the work they did and we appreciate your support as well.

Some of you may have also noticed some adjustments to Magi titles. This was intentional for simplifying names on cards for the game mechanics that use them. Some examples would be Blygt, who is no longer titled Magnificent Remembering Guy (though he retains that title in the flavor text), and Fossik is subtyped as simply Keeper. Are there any other Magi title changes you can spot? 😀

Another important discovery is a predictability in the foils within booster pack boxes. It has been noticed and confirmed that within a booster box, a foil is most likely contained within the third, seventh, eleventh, and fifteenth pack of either stack. This was not intentional but since it is consistent with inspected boxes by different QC team members, we wanted to make the community aware of this in case anyone decides to purchase singles of booster packs while hunting foils. Just make sure that you trust the seller to either pick packs in the same order the box provides or shuffle them all together. This does increase the likelihood of your booster boxes getting a full eight foils, but we wanted to make the community aware of this in order to protect themselves as well. Packs sold from the Arcanist’s Armory will be pulled from booster boxes in order as purchases come in.

And finally, as a special thank you to everyone who has supported the project, we are proud to present a special commemorative art piece in the spirit of Halloween! The art was done by artist team member, Wendy Loredo, and features a Naroom magi in the midst of a frightening run in the Avoid the Agovos game, a popular attraction in Vash Naroom that has suddenly been haunted by creatures of the Core! Oh no! How ever will he escape from this spooky turn of events??

Happy Halloween, everyone! Thank you all again for your continued support, and remember Moonlanders, in the spirit of Spooky Season, to

P.S. As a final note, the Backerkit store link provided through the Kickstarter page will close in two weeks. Any last minute purchases should be made before that locks down.

P.P.S. For a high-resolution version of this art, please email [email protected] to request it!

Shipping has charged/Started and FAQ for shipping
7 months ago – Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 09:33:29 PM

Hello Backers,

Shipping has charged correctly (for all but 9 backers whose cards are erroring out and the 19 backers that never filled out their surveys to completion in the first place).  Under 3% errored out is actually a very good rate, and we are proud of all of you for being on top of things.  If yours errored out for either reason, let us know and we can still get those fixed too.

So now that shipping collected:

-We have now shipped over 300 packages with right around 70% left to ship.  Each week we anticipate shipping between 7-12% of the orders based on that week’s complexity of orders etc and we will keep regular updates posting to keep you in the loop on the progress.
-if you are in the UK/EU the orders are on their way to Wordforge games in the UK for forwarding.  
-Shipping confirmations for everyone else should be emailed from pirateship.com automatically when your package ships out to the email where you filled out your survey.

SHIPPING FAQS SO FAR:

-if you get a random open box that is either white, or is a region box that says foil, then those contain your promos and random foils from the order
-if you have any items missing or incorrect in your order contact the fulfillment team at [email protected] missing or incorrect items will be fixed now.  

-Any items requiring replacement will be saved to be addressed once all backers have received their initial pledges to make sure that there are sufficient extras for any needed replacements.  So far, accuracy appears standard for these orders which means that the vast majority are going out great, and we are happy to help get the remainder fixed quickly and efficiently.

Thank you all for your support and patience.  It has been really awesome seeing people getting their items and loving them!

Remember,

Energize Your Dreams!

Early Shipping Goal achieved Shipping to charge for everyone next week. Final Call for Add-ons
7 months ago – Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 05:41:30 AM

Hello Everyone,

Thanks to all your support, we have crossed the threshold that will allow us to move the shipping window up! Since that is the case, and the because off site QC team members have started getting their orders as well, we are now preparing with Backerkit to be able to charge shipping charges next Friday 9/26 for the Kickstarter and backerkit pledges. The shipping section is copied below so that you know what to expect. The amounts have been kept to the initially projected amounts despite the turbulent circumstances of the last few years:

Shipping

Shipping tends to be volatile recently and even with an experienced Kickstarter fulfillment team we will charge shipping after the campaign once items are closer to ready to ship. US shipping will likely be close to $8, or $12 for orders with either 6+ decks or cases due to increase in weight or bulk. The international shipping will likely be approximately $18 or $22 based on the same conditions. The largest items such as posters will likely add an additional $5-8 to an order due to increased package size required. We will make an announcement if anything changes with these predictions before shipping happens.

So for clarity, US backers will be billed: $8 for orders with no bulky items and less than 5 decks, $12 for orders with bulky items or more decks, or $20 if the order contains posters or ormagon figurines.

For backers outside the US, the charges will be $18, $22, or $30 for the same categories respectively. Backers in the UK/EU will have your orders forwarded through our partner at Wordforge games in the UK to set proper expectations on tracking and tariffs if applicable in those zones.

Thank you all for working together with us to bring the Moonlands back.

Energize Your Dreams!

2I

P.S. Anyone that wants any items added to their pledge please contact us over the next week to make sure that they can be added before shipping charges. Items can continue to be added after that, but once a specific package has shipped it will no longer be eligible for backer or preorder discounts or promotions. 

P.P.S. We have received confirmation that the metal cards should get to us by the end of the month as well which will be the final add-on needed for completing all orders! (Outside of the digital rewards such as the free TTRPG pdf which will be distributed separately later.)

Paradwyn Dis…ray and Traitor's Reach Uncut Sheets for Sale
7 months ago – Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 06:08:25 PM

Hello Moonlanders!

Our folks at the Arcanist’s Armory have been hard at work QCing the product received from the printing company. You may have seen some pictures in the Discord server! So far all QC tests have passed inspection. We are aware of some discrepancies between the art files and the printed cards, namely the contrast seems to be higher than expected on some. We are currently reviewing our internal processes and communication with the print company to understand the reason behind the variance and ensure that future print runs will be even more accurate. Fortunately, we can confirm that the affected cards are readable and playable and still look really good!

You can check out QC videos of the foil decks and the booster box oppenings here.

Unfortunately, as much as we try to prepare and anticipate any errors or inconsistencies, there will inevitably be some that slip through our defenses. It seems as though someone let Korg design the Wildlands Booster Box and Booster Packs because Paradwyn was accidentally spelled with an “I” instead of a “Y.” Fortunately, this only affects the box and packs and not the cards themselves, though for those of you that like collecting printing errors this is a great opportunity to jump on this because we can assure you it will never, ever happen again. Yes, next time we’ll properly hand the assignment to Zet to avoid future di … dis … ray.

Also! As mentioned in our previous announcement, the print company has provided us with uncut sheets for sale! We have added them to the Arcanist’s Armory website and they run from $100–$350 depending on the type of sheet. We also still have uncut sheets from the original run in the early 2000s ranging from $75 for a damaged sheet to $400 for a rare uncut sheet from the later expansions (Nightmare’s Dawn and Voice of the Storms).

The exciting piece of this is that if we can raise $10,000 from sales of the uncut sheets then we can dedicate the funds to cover the holiday surcharge for shipping without billing any backers that don’t want new items anything more than the shipping charge that was promissed up front. This means we’ll be able to start to ship out product as soon as QC has completed, which is still slated for the month of October. We are currently at $3,000 of $10,000 since the sheets were posted, so we’re already almost a third of the way there!

If we don't manage to raise $10,000, then all proceeds will still go towards shipping fulfillment, albeit after the holidays. This will allow us to prepare all packages ahead of time to be ready to ship starting on January 18, rather than waiting for the shipping charge funds to be deposited before we can order packing material.

Either way, backers will still be charged shipping costs as advertised, but it will either be at the end of this month, or January 2026, depending on if we hit our goal. Whatever funds are  replenished thereafter when shipping charges normally will go towards a future project beyond fulfillment.

We are still a year ahead of our projected fulfillment, and the uncut sheets will help us remain ahead of schedule and even push us further ahead for fulfillment in 2025 rather than the proposed January 2026 fulfillment date from last announcement.

Of course, if there are any questions, please feel free to reply to this announcement or ask in the Discord server. We truly appreciate everyone’s patience and excitement. Things are really moving along and we trust everyone will be mighty pleased with the end product.

Until then, remember to …

Energize Your Dreams!

-2I

P.S. if anyone has any last minute items you want added such as decks, foils, booster boxes, or promos let us know. All add-ons from this point, through fulfillment, will also count toward the $10,000 line.  Remember that after your packages ship, many of the discounts or Kickstarter exclusive bundle options or foil decks will no longer be available.

They're Here!
8 months ago – Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 08:21:33 PM

Hello Magi-Nation Backers!

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! … Mostly ;)

We finally received our shipment from the print company!

So what's next? Starting now, and over the course of the next month or so, our team will QC the product to make sure it is up to standard before we start shipping it out to our loyal backers. What will this look like?

We anticipate QC to be finished during October. Barring any complications, we should then be ready to start locking in addresses and start calculating final shipping prices. However, due to the holiday season, shipping companies in the US increase their shipping prices drastically while also increasing the of lost packages so we are opting to wait until the holiday season is over before shipping packages. That will give our backers time to adjust any shipping addresses and credit cards on file and for our team to pull all the orders emphasizing accuracy so they are ready to ship as a batch.

The holiday season runs from October 5th to January 18th, therefore we ask our backers to have their addresses and cards up to date by January 2026 so we can start shipping in earnest as soon as the shipping companies end their holiday surcharges.  If you want to add any final addons to your pledge please get them to us sooner rather than later as having to repull an already picked pledge can increase the potential for errors.

We understand this may not be the ideal situation for some backers who want their Traitor’s Reach product sooner, but we made this decision to protect our backers from additional charges and to negate the increased risk of lost product or fulfillment errors during the holiday season.

For those with questions we encourage you to comment on the Kickstarter page or start a discussion in our Discord or Reddit.

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That’s the big news! In other news, there are the last uncut sheets from the original print run from the 2000s storage for sale on The Arcanist’s Armory website and we anticipate adding additional Traitor’s Reach uncut sheets over the course of the next few months as we move through the new product. Also, in addition to the official cards from the Traitor’s Reach Expansion Set, we will also have the final add-on—the metal cards—in hand soon; finished and ready to ship out with the rest of the product.

Another cool development is that we now have illustrated lore documents drawn by Bryan Taylor of the new Magi-Nation Art Team! You can purchase them at The Arcanist's Armory and Bryan has plans to continue drawing as long as folks remain interested!  We also now have an assembled lore team so watch for new lore releases coming out in the coming months.

And let’s not forget the tournament! If you have opinions about the competitive balance of MND or just want a chance to play online while waiting for your cards to come, sign ups are still open until Wednesday, August 27 @ 10:00am EST for our upcoming Banlist Tournament on Lackey. Whether you want to play with cards that will be in print as of the fulfillment of the Kickstarter, look ahead to the future meta of Daybreak, or both, this is your chance to help set the foundation for the future of organized play. Prizes for the top three placers in each tournament and the overall top finisher across both will be provided by The Arcanist's Armory.

You can sign up for the tournament here.

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We thank you all for your patience and continued support! Once again, if you have any questions, please let us know through the Kickstarter page or Discord.

And as always, remember to …

Energize Your Dreams!

-2I