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<p><a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/updating-our-boosters-in-2027">According to an article</a> posted by <a class="css-W1hvw" href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/archive?author=79798M8Sh7ito0Lr1YKQ3B&amp;_gl=1*pz5tjq*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTI5Nzk1NzU1My4xNzkxMjEyOTM2*_ga_X145Z177LS*czE3OTEyMTI5MzUkbzEkZzAkdDE3OTEyMTI5MzUkajYwJGwwJGg4ODQ0MTU4Mjk."><span class="css-IqqMm">Blake Rasmussen</span></a> on the Wizards of the Coast site, changes are coming to Collector and Play boosters with the release of <i>Nauctis: The Sunken Realm</i> on February 5th, 2027.</p>
<p>These changes, in a nutshell, are meant to increase opportunities to open things players enjoy, like showcase foils, and a bit less of what they don't, like foil commons and uncommons.</p>
<p>Here's a breakdown of what you can expect with <em>Nauctis</em> sealed product and beyond.</p>
<h3>General changes and booster pack additions</h3>
<ul>
<li>Play boosters are now simply called "Booster" packs</li>
<li>Japanese showcase cards will be available in Boosters in the wildcard slot in traditional foil</li>
<li>"Increased drop rates of foil rare and mythic rare cards" in Booster packs</li>
</ul>
<h3>What's being removed from Booster packs</h3>
<ul>
<li>Removing foil common and uncommon cards from Booster packs</li>
<li>No more guarantee of a foil in every Booster pack</li>
<li>If you open a foil card in a Booster pack, it will be a rare or mythic rare</li>
</ul>
<h3>What's being removed from Collector Boosters</h3>
<ul>
<li>Removing two commons and one uncommon from the foil slots, which will not be replaced (with the caveat "we're still keeping some number of foil common and uncommon cards in Collector Boosters, as they won't be available in Booster Packs")</li>
</ul>
<h3>Changes to MTG boosters</h3>
<p><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/godpacksimg.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-194329" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/godpacksimg-1024x479.png" alt="" width="1024" height="479" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/godpacksimg-1024x479.png 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/godpacksimg-300x140.png 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/godpacksimg-768x359.png 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/godpacksimg-1536x718.png 1536w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/godpacksimg.png 1626w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>1 God Pack celebration card</li>
<li>10 Non-foil rare and/or mythic rare cards</li>
<li>2 Non-foil Booster Fun rare and/or mythic rare cards</li>
<li>2 Traditional foil Booster Fun rare and/or mythic rare cards</li>
</ul>
<h3>Changes to MTG Collector boosters</h3>
<p><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/collectorboost.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-194330" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/collectorboost-1024x474.png" alt="" width="1024" height="474" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/collectorboost-1024x474.png 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/collectorboost-300x139.png 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/collectorboost-768x355.png 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/collectorboost-1536x711.png 1536w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/collectorboost.png 1686w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>1 God Pack celebration card</li>
<li>1 Foil land</li>
<li>3 Foil default frame rare and/or mythic rare cards</li>
<li>3 Non-foil Booster Fun rare and/or mythic rare cards</li>
<li>5 Foil Booster Fun rare and/or mythic rare card</li>
</ul>
<p>In the article, Blake mentions: "You may have heard us call this the "foil fancy slot" on WeeklyMTG. It's that, but it's five of them instead of one. Yes, that means this slot could hypothetically contain multiple headliner cards. It's pretty improbable, but, hey, it could happen."</p>
<h3>Let's get crackin'!</h3>
<p>These changes, as stated in the article and from what we can infer, are to help gather even more excitement around packs being opened. As someone who has played the game for over two decades and loves drafting, I personally enjoy seeing these types of changes to sealed product, especially since I've dealt with the dreaded "Draft booster" era of sadness and despair. But what do you think? Will you be cracking more packs because of this? Is this the inevitable end of <em>Magic</em> as we know it (spoilers: no, come on, y'all). Let us know!</p>


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