Region themed decks for Magi-Nation Duel and further support for store play etc through promos and unlockable booster boxes. The shipping date shown is the very worst case scenario knowing that backerkit only orders tend to sort to the end of the fulfillment lists. Shipping will be charged all at once for backers and store late preorders later after the initial close in July closer to when fulfillment actually starts.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Files sent to print, and addressing tariffs
11 months ago
– Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 10:59:10 AM
Hello Backers,
We understand it’s been some time since the last announcement and we appreciate your patience! We bring these announcements with mixed emotions, both excited to show you new things, and apprehensive about the elephant in the room. Let’s start with the positive: Last week, following the completion of our promos, we sent the final files to print! Additionally, we’re thrilled to share an unexpected new promo, generously contributed by an excited custom League Elder backer, along with stunning Booster Box designs crafted by Matt Holmberg!
All promo bundles will include the above League Elder alt art by original MND artist Strom! They will still receive the standard League Elder as well. That means that the final counts for the promo bundles are 32 unique promos with 33 in the bundle and a random animite card. Full playset bundles have a total of 75 promos and all three animite cards.
While we had planned to share these updates earlier, we’ve also been monitoring the evolving tariff situation in the United States, which has significantly impacted our production costs. Tariffs are a big buzz word recently, but for those unfamiliar with them they are taxes that the government places on imported goods in order to try to force people to buy from domestic manufacturers. Usually tariffs and other taxes are applied gradually, or make allowances for already existing contracts. In this case, however, bypassing normal lawmaking processes and protections, US President Trump has raised tariffs without specific warnings or clarifications of his details. It appears to also have been decided without considering that once contracts are made and paid upon, companies cannot pivot to produce in the United States for the present run, even if they wanted to. For our purposes, production of 30,000 decks and 6,000+ booster boxes is still below the minimum order sizes for US TCG printers (we have checked, including the US division of the same print company that is doing the printing).
When the first major tariff hike was announced to be 20%, we (Duelworks, 2I, Matt Holmberg, and the Armory) got to work to come up with a way forward that would not require backer assistance. We managed to do that … only for this new set of tariffs to be announced days later: an additional 34%, bringing the total to 54%. This means we now need to raise $65,000 more to ensure the cards can be delivered after production.
We remain committed to overcoming this hurdle and bringing Earth’s contact back to the Moonlands. Other Kickstarter projects have opted to increase shipping costs to offset these tariffs, but we believe that passing a $65 increase per backer isn’t fair. While we may consider adding shipping costs if it will make up the difference, we are exploring several community-driven solutions to help raise the necessary funds:
Ways to Help
🔹 Exclusive Art Commissions – Art Director Matt Holmberg has graciously offered to take 10 commission slots for custom artwork featuring 1-2 characters and 1-2 creatures each. These slots will be available via auction over the next two weeks, starting with a minimum bid of $400 per slot. Reach out to place a bid! You can see the current bids list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OF286TCUQUYlaQ1Cey_BKqY-MTjYgTBPXb5ocoGKBXQ/edit?usp=sharing
🔹 Promo Card Sale – Arcanist’s Armory has listed all remaining storage promo cards on their website:
Use promo code LEAGUEOFMAGI for 30% off promos under $100 and LEAGUEOFELDERS for 40% off promos $100 or more. These discounts are available for two weeks while supplies last!
🔹 Additional Pledge Items – Backers who wish to expand their pledges can now add the following items at a discounted rate:
Booster Box – $100
Foil Decks (x2) – $100
Bundle of 13 Decks – $100
Playset of Promos – $150
Foil Playset of Promos – $350
These discounted rates will only be available until midnight EST on the day we reach the $65,000 goal. Since they will need to be added manually, please message us here on Kickstarter, or the team on Discord.
The new animite cards turned out amazing and this is a great opportunity to collect them all!
🔹 Creative Fundraising Ideas – We are still brainstorming additional ways to bridge the gap as well, and if you have an idea that can help us raise funds, we want to hear it! For every $1,000 raised through your idea, you’ll receive a promo card valued at up to $100 as a thank you. Message us here on Kickstarter or join the discussion on Discord.
We appreciate your continued support and enthusiasm. Together, we shall overcome all obstacles that stand in the way to delivering the Moonlands to everyone!
Some card reveals as we finish up the 13th print sheet over half way there!
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 08:09:40 PM
Happy February, Moonlands Heroes!
The two pulse-pounding testing tournaments are under way. All of the new promos are being represented, with lots of innovation and spicy brews by players new and returning. As a group of people who have been keeping the lights going for a game long thought passed, this event is a heartwarming sight. We’re excited to see the new tricks demonstrated.
We also have had some great progress on the inside, and we’re practically giddy to share some of the cool things that we have been working on.
As some may know, this is an exercise of reassembling all of the old card assets together. To ensure the highest quality to you, we’re making sure that the art that we all know and love is portrayed in the best way possible. Part of doing that is having the art push out of the frame for notable cards! This was an effect done in the past that we wanted to emulate to make some cards pop. Here are some examples:
We also added the errata to all reprints which in some places was quite the challenge. We’re very happy with how this pair of cards turned out: Amulet of Ombor and Gate to Ombor. When Gate came out, it retroactively added text to Amulet which is now included on the physical for the first time.
We know this is a bit in the weeds but we are obsessed with giving you the highest quality. Let us know if you like these kinds of updates. There have been plenty of fun aspects to this whole process and we’d love to share what we can.
We hope you all appreciate the effort when the cards are in your hands. We appreciate all of you.
Wishing you well,
2i and the Duelworks Team
P.S. for those that are wondering, we are still on track for the promised fulfillment deadline. We are monitoring the US/China tariff situation as it is likely to increase print costs by nearly $20,000 with no added benefits, but as of yet, that is not enough to prevent fulfillment. We will let everyone know if that changes. It does mean that if you have been thinking of adding something like a foil deck or a set of decks or promos to your order we are happy to help you get that done before the order finalizes in a month or two. Just message us here or our representatives on the discord if you want anything added or if you or your friends missed the campaign and would like to still order.
New Cards and Tournaments! What a way to start the year!
about 1 year ago
– Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 02:46:17 PM
Greetings and Happy New Year, Moonland Heroes!
We have had a lot of good activity behind the scenes and we’re ready to share the fruits of our labor.
All new Create-A-Card Promos for this release are ready for playtesting and we are so excited we’re holding two online tournaments! Yes, we'll be having not one but two distinct tournaments to test these new Promos. The first will be a standard tournament featuring Traitor’s Reach and Kickstarter Promo cards, and a second tournament featuring unreleased Daybreak cards! The matches will be played online using the free client app LackeyCCG. Please make sure you have the most recent version installed (https://duel.works/plugin) for access to all the cards.
Sign-ups have already begun, and will end Saturday, January 25th at 10 am EST.
You may sign up for one tournament or both. We encourage both!
The proposed ban list is in effect and listed in the rules (LINK)
Tournament Structure:
There will be four rounds of Swiss with a top cut depending on the number of signups for each
15+ will result in a top 8 cut
30+ will result in a top 16 cut
Top cut will be single elimination with an extra game to determine third and fourth places
Each round will last eight days
Full tournament structure can be found here: LINK.
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Now onto the new cards! We hope you’re just as excited to see them as we are to share.
First off, we have a group of Create-A-Card Promos each commissioned by the Create-A-Card tier backers:
The next group of promos really comes from our love for the game and community. These will be included in the Promo bundles.
We hope everyone is excited to give these cards a try. The tournament will be a perfect place to playtest so please feel free to sign up regardless of how skilled you might be. Plenty of door prizes will be offered and even a prize for the surprisingly creative decks is available!
Wishing you all the best, 2I and the Duelworks Team
Second box contents reveal
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 08:36:04 AM
Hello, Magi-Nation Community!
Announcement for today is some development progress for the second booster set for Traitor’s Reach Reprints list. Gloamlight, the booster box set containing cards from Bograth, the Core, and the Underneath is complete, and you can start looking at what is included now.
As previously released as well, the Wildlands (Naroom / Paradwyn / Weave) booster box from Traitor’s Reach is also complete, and you can see that list on MND Workbench. We’re excited that players will be able to get their hands on some reprints from these six regions in the booster sets now, and the team is excited to find other future ways to reprint cards that didn’t make it into the two set lists. Next up, as backers and sales fund the final two booster box lists, are the other two subnamed sets: Hailstorm (Orothe / Nar / Arderial) and Ashfall (Kybars / Cald / D'resh).
We’d love to hear your excitement, thoughts, and more about these first two booster box lists. We hope there are exciting choices of cards for all of you! We’ll have a few minor fun surprises about these cards in the boosters too, though we can’t announce anything about that just yet.
November Update
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 09:22:18 AM
Hello, Backers!
Another great month of progress. The second deck, Cald, is in finalization for printing approval. See some of the cool cards included below:
(Sorry for some reason they didnt upload and kickstarter posted the update anyway so you can see the batch of screenshots above)
We also will be rotating the 41st card slot from deck to deck. As was revealed before, the Naroom deck will get a special double card back card. The additional cards for each region will be:
Arderial: Shockwave
Bograth: Crushing Stench
Cald: Warrior’s Boots
Core: Spirit of the Core
d’Resh: Crushing Sands
Kybar’s Teeth: Crushing Stones
Nar: Crushing Ice
Naroom: Double back faced card
Orothe: Crushing Surf
Paradwyn: Warrior’s Boots
Underneath: Crushing Fungus
Universal: Ummm, No!
Weave: Crushing Growth
As you can see, most of the regions got their crushing spell to add the flavor of Traitor’s Reach even more to the decks. The Cald list already had Crushing Heat and will get a copy of Warrior’s Boots added instead.
Playtesting continues on the new promos, and the pre-tournament is wrapping up with good feedback and no standout problems observed so far. New backer Spells have been added for testing for Nar and Kybar’s Teeth as well. These are of course beta designs and subject to change with testing still:
Only one more backer Spell card is pending art and then the tournament to playtest all released promos for the Kickstarter will be announced. Thank you to all that have participated and given feedback so far.
We are finalizing the Core/Bograth/Underneath box, Gloamlight, contents list and will announce it in the next few weeks after Thanksgiving.
We also have received the 3D ormagon figure print addons, as well as the card sleeves, and are well on our way to collecting all items for fulfillment on the expected timeline.
Speaking of holidays, https://arcanistsarmory.com has been updated with a number of original sealed product items, some of them for the last time as the storage stock has run out, feel free to hop on and get some original run decks or boosters while you wait. Please look at the page for limits in place since we want everyone to have the chance to buy stock if interested and your order may be canceled if it does not comply. We are asking them to run a sale on sealed Limited base set booster boxes for $100 each, through Christmas, for anyone who wants to get some while supplies last. https://arcanistsarmory.com/products/magi-nation-sealed-booster-box-base-set-limited?_pos=5&_sid=92e1495b7&_ss=r
Remember that these storage item sales all generate funds for the project and get us closer to unlocking the remaining booster boxes faster after project fulfillment.
