Best Magic The Gathering deal: Foundations Play Booster Box under market price

TL;DR: The Magic: The Gathering Foundations Play Booster Box is down to $129.99 at Amazon. This deals saves you 12% off its usual $146.95 list price.

The Foundations expansion is one of the most fun ways to get into Magic: The Gathering, and Amazon has now dropped the best deal to help you dive in for less.

As of May 14, Amazon has the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Play Booster Box on sale for $129.99, dropping it under both its usual Amazon price and the wider market rate. By comparison, TCGplayer currently lists the Foundations Play Booster Display with a market price of $135.80, and listings starting at $137.95 with shipping included. Walmart has the same box listed at $146.45 from a third-party seller.

The Foundations expansion is essentially designed to help you build a bigger Foundation with the Magic trading card game, as the name implies. The box includes 36 Play Boosters, with each pack containing 14 Magic trading cards and either a Token/Ad card or Art card. That all-around makes it great for drafting with friends, building out a collection, or just spending an evening ripping packs and hoping for something shiny. 

Each Play Booster includes between one and four cards of Rare or higher rarity, plus a mix of Uncommons, Commons, and a Land card. There’s also one Traditional Foil card in every pack, with a Traditional Foil Land showing up in 20% of boosters. Borderless cards and Special Guest Mythic Rare cards are also possible pulls, which gives the box a bit more chase-card energy than a beginner-friendly set might suggest.

This probably isn’t as simple a starting point as a Jumpstart box, where you can shuffle two packs together and play immediately. Still, for players who want more flexibility, more packs, and better draft potential, Foundations Play Boosters are the better long-term buy.

Among other MTG expansions, there’s also a price reduction on the Lorwyn Exclipsed Play Booster Box to only $119.95. Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel Spider-Man Gift Bundle is also on sale at Amazon.

If you’re a Pokémon fan, the newly-announced Pitch Black expansion is available to preorder at TCGplayer.

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