IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT READ BY 7/12
almost 2 years ago
– Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 05:51:18 AM
Hello everyone,
We are excited to announce that black core card-stockhas been unlocked, all thanks to an enterprising member of the community who is looking to start a Magi-Nation focused store and campaign circuit.
All non-foil cards in decks, promos, and booster packs will now be upgraded with premium black core. (The foiling process adds its own different foil stock which is why only nonfoils are gaining the core.)
- With black core unlocked by the exact amount in direct payment, we can move the next booster box up! This puts us only $38,000 away from the unlock of the Arderial, Orothe, and Nar box if it stays in the lead!
- However, it’s in hot contention with Cald, Kybar’s Teeth, and D’resh, and could be swapped out any time now!!
While the next booster box is still a ways off, and might not be reached at this time, even if it is not, it will likely be made soon after fulfillment! If you have been holding off to see if blackcore unlocks, now is the time to add something special!
We are extending the BackerKit survey one extra week to account for this new unlock and the US holiday this week. That way, we may update the printing company on the change, and also to give more time to that one-tenth of backers who still have not filled out their surveys.
In other exciting news, an opportunity is allowing us to move the store & project storage to a larger climate controlled spot without any additional costs!
Also, with the move, we are aiming to open a Magi-Nation specialized game store in Richmond, Utah! Assuming the proper permits and licenses go through, we’ll be in brick and mortar!
- This is very good for protection, insuring, and handling of the items.
- We also now own a company vehicle to make inventory transfer easier and safer.
- All these changes are super exciting, but it will make this month more busy than planned and you may experience a slightly longer than usual delay in response time from the team.
Finally, we will be announcing the contents list of the first booster box sometime next week if everything goes according to plan. In case you haven’t seen them yet, these are the current create-a-card promos that have been created and drafted:
Their text may change as playtesting occurs over the next few months, but it is so amazing to see so many awesome new cards and concepts coming out!
Remember to Energize your Dreams,
2I
$300,000 passed! New booster box unlocked and added to survey options
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, May 31, 2024 at 05:42:40 PM
Hello Everyone,
With the foils auction in full swing and more backers filling out their surveys, we have officially passed $300,000 pledged between the campaign and afterwards. That means that it is time for a stretch goal unlock of a booster box! And here are the results: Out of the box pledges in backerkit, we have
Orothe/Arderial/Nar $4,052.00 Cald/Kybars Teeth/Dresh $3,784.00 and Core/Bograth/Underneath $5944
That means that Core/Bograth/Underneath has now unlocked and been added as a selectable option on pledge questions and addons as unlocked alongside the Weave/Naroom/Paradwyn box!
The next stretch goal is now Black Core upgrade for all cards at $49,500 more needed or $19980 in direct pledges for it's unlockable addon in backerkit. The all foils auction announced in the last update is just under $10,000 in total bids already which helped account for a large part of the jump towards this last unlock! Thanks all for checking it out. Almost every card has a bid and bids are still live for 2 more weeks.
If you are one of the 15% of backers that have not filled out their survey yet, or have lost it, you can find it at
Have a great weekend and we are excited to see how much further we can travel together! With two boxes officially unlocked, it practically guarentees that there will be enough money to release the other two eventually as we sell off stock after fulfillment as well as procuring rolling funding to keep production of new sets going while we work. Congratulations to all of you, you truely are Heroes of the Moonlands!
Two new create a card art reveals and new storage auction
almost 2 years ago
– Wed, May 29, 2024 at 06:03:21 AM
Hello Everyone,
It has been a busy few weeks and as long as everything collects we are under $6500 away from the next booster box unlock and $56,500 away from unlocking black core! Thats under 13% to go!
Above you can see Matt Holmberg’s art for the next two create a card creature promos. All standard tier purchases of naroom decks will now get both a Darkwood Furok and a V’ryle added. These also come in the promo bundles and are selectable in backerkit now for additional copies in the addons as well!
To help us get over the top on the next booster box unlock (Bograth/Underneath/Core is still in the solid lead position) we are auctioning the foils from the storage unit. Photos will be shared at the end of this announcement for those interested. All cards up for bid are foils. A non foil auction will occur later to help keep them straight and avoid fulfilment errors.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yVyAHN0Mvc45jgK07mxy5dUqKpGvHNYK79J7UDHN_oQ/edit
The instructions for how to bid are listed at the top of the sheet and bids will close the later of June 15th at 5 pm mountain time or 48 hours after the last bid if cards continue getting bids at the end to prevent sniping. We have added a new autobid feature as well that is new so let us know if you encounter any problems.
Thanks again for the support, anyone that still needs credits added or giftcards redeemed for credit please reach out and we will get yours added as well.
From here on out is just auction pictures:
UPDATE ON SURVEY COMPLETION and under 1/3rd to go to unlock the next booster box!
almost 2 years ago
– Wed, May 08, 2024 at 11:21:26 AM
Dear Backers,
We are at 677/903 surveys submitted so far (You can still go back and make changes just make sure to hit submit each time that you finish). If you have not yet found your survey link or have lost it you can recover it at : https://magi-nation-duel-the-traitors-reach.backerkit.com/
If the newly added to survey amounts as well as the auctions so far all collect, we are over $33,333 toward the $50,000 needed to unlock the second booster box! That is under $17,000 away and we still have the remaining surveys and upcoming auctions to go for more storage unit items. Reminder to everyone that the first auction for sealed Booster Boxes and Starter Decks from every old set will end this Saturday: Arcanist's Armory Storage Unit Auction #1 - Google Sheets
Bograth/Core/Underneath is in the lead for unlocking first if we hit the $50,000 unlock tier. If 1/3 of backers add even one booster box for this set we will unlock it immediately :) Awesome to be so close!
New UNLOCKABLE BLACK CORE ADDON in surveys
We are now also $67,000 away from unlocking the black core upgrade to all cards via stretch goal. Due to at least a few backers requesting it, an addon in Backerkit has been added to allow you to pledge directly toward the unlock of black core in amounts of $20, $50, or $100. This addon is not tied to any specific item and will only be charged if either it as its own addon passes $20,000 or if it amount pledged to the addon helps raise campaign funds over $350,000 to unlock it as a stretch goal. You can go back and edit your survey to add this if you want to chip in on this card quality upgrade unlocking for everyone. It is not needed for play and cards are already on high quality paper, but to take even one step further if we can unlock this everything will be that much more awesome!
Amulet of Ombor clarification
It has been brought to our attention that our announcement removing the Amulet of Ombor Alt art from the promos list when we released the newer non alt art promos led to some confusion. The art is, as we announced, being used for the Underneath deck instead of being used as a promo. A very small number of people have come forward to say that they expected it to trigger a third Underneath deck in the Will of Orothe tier. Our stance on this demand is that Amulet of Ombor, whichever art was used, is not a promo as it will not be available as one, and it is definitely not a new card having been around since both base set runs. That said, if you fall into the category of backers that got both the Will of Orothe tier for playsets of all Traitor's Reach Cards, and also have gotten a pledge addon for playsets of all promos, we have decided to offer an opportunity to allow backers that meet both of those requirements that want to guarantee a third Amulet of Ombor the ability to add either one foil Alt art Amulet of Ombor or on Underneath deck for $7.50 to your order. Please email our team at [email protected] if you wish to redeem either of these options.
We got in the 12" square metal samples and we will post those pictures after we get our photographer pics back before the next update. They are very shiny and both the Tony Returned and the Moonlands Map turned out wonderfully.
Have a great day! P.s. we have 8 late pledge backers so if or a friend you missed the window to pledge before, the backerkit store link is available with the button at the top of the page above.
Surveys sent and progress so far
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 06:31:53 PM
Hello Everyone,
Smoke test surveys went out yesterday evening and we have had enough responses that the surveys were able to send today so you should now have your survey.
What is a survey and what does this mean?
For people new to Kickstarter or at leat larger campaigns, Backerkit is what is called a pledge manager. It will let you add items, change your pledge tier, and even pay for things you didn't select initially in the Kickstarter. Cards will not be charged for what you select until 7/15 if you add anything new. Shipping is still not charged at this time and will be collected sometime next year when we are ready to begin fulfilment.
Are there any things to add in Backerkit that weren't on the Kickstarter?
Yes, there are a limited number of original shirts and hats both for $25, Orothe and Cald League posters, and base set limited and unlimited booster packs at their original MSRP of $3 from the storage unit. There are also Stretch Goals that are listed as unlockable. If you pledge for an unlockable booster box it will count toward the $50,000 needed to unlock the box. All addons in the survey that will result in a charged card count toward the campaigns stretch goals as well. That means we are less than $50,000 away in sales of any items to get the second box unlocked. Whichever box has most pledged for it will unlock first if we unlock via stretch goals.
So where are we on unlocks?
General Stretch Goal amount raised so far including funds for the highest chosen box (currently Core/Bograth/Underneath at 3): 4941, current amount raised from the storage auction if all bids pay and it ended now 3302.5, Storage sales 938 total $9182/50,000 for first box unlock.
With only 17% of surveys completed we are well on our way to unlocking the next box already. If we get to $350,000 total raised (just about 90,000 to go) all cards will be upgraded with black core as well.
Where was that storage auction again?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14ChozmqlsYGR2RU66egsVCs1cDIWFoFeZ-q5aOsFRzI/edit
How do I add my giftcards from Arcanist's Armory?
Messsage us or Sharik Peck (Artimillies on discord) and request an invoice in the amount you want added. Pay that with giftcards and your credit will be added to your survey. Also ask to get your prepledge promos added if you qualified for that before the kickstarter.
If I qualified for the $120 Earlybird booster box by adding the $120 before they unlocked what do i do?
Add the booster box of your choice to your survey and contact us or Sharik with your name or kickstarter email to add the extra $20 credit to make your $120=the $140 backekrit price.
It has also come up that some people still dont quite grasp the booster boxes concept so here is a quick FAQ:
What are the booster boxes and why do we want them?
Booster boxes will contain cards from their 3 regions. which will include the Traitors Reach cards as well as 30-35 reprint cards per region in the box.as well as a portion of the universal card list. Why is TR still in? Because it lets collectors collect a set of ones with the MH commemorative rarity as well as standard versions from the boosters. It will also allow for some foil hunting after the campaign since there will be some foils in the boxes and the sale of guarenteed foil decks as decks expires as soon as the pledge manager closes in July after that they will only be sold as singles. Also some players and collectors want up to double playsets and this allows to fill out collections without decks being the only choice for doing so. Traitors reach is only about 1/3 of the box contents and will form the base of the new standard tournament legal play set so keeping access open is desirable. So why is it not only Traitors Reach? Peaople want reprints, plus with the ability to guarentee an initial playset of TR this helps expand the pool of cards that are generally available, reprint errataed cards with proper text, and generally make the playfield more fun and interactive. With 30-35 reprints per region plus the TR cards and cards rereleased in the starters it lines up to 55-60 cards per region that are legal off the bat and the ability to regrow that pool as we head forward with new sets and projects.
In the time it has taken to write this update we are already up to 20% of the way to the next box unlock. You are all awesome! Let us know if you still have questions.
