Magic: The Gatheringhas journeyed to the wondrous new plane of Bloomburrow, a world where there are many of the traditional fantasy elements that you know and love have been left behind. Instead of Elves, Goblins, and Humans running around the world, you have Mice, Bats, and Otters going on adventures.
If that sounds intriguing to you then you’re going to need to know exactly what products to buy and which ones give you the best chance of opening some cool cards. We took a look at everything Bloomburrow has to offer so you open up a new planeswalker for Ral Zarek or go hunting for some Mice cards like Mable, Heir to Cragflame.
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Commander Deck - Squirreled Away
What To Buy For Magic: The Gathering’s Bloomburrow
Depending on what you’re looking for from Bloomburrow, you are going to want to make sure you pick up the right products. If you’re hunting a collection of rare cards you’d want to go for Play Booster Boxes or even better, Collector Booster Boxes. If you just want a couple of fun cards, a Bundle might be more up your alley. And if you’re after Commander staples hop on down to the Commander and Starter Kit section to find your new favorite deck.
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Bundle
Best bang for your buck
The all around best thing to pick up whether you’re a collector, casual player, competitive grinder, or if you’re looking for a neat gift for the Magic player in your life. You get nine packs, a bunch of accessories, and a neat storage box to keep everything in.
Bundles are some of the best ways to build your collection of Magic cards without breaking the bank. Each bundle comes with a few bonuses you may’t get anywhere else. On top of a bunch of packs, you also get a promo card of Thundertrap Trainer, an Otter Wizard, that has alternate artwork from the original, and a pack of full art foil lands. Opening one of these Bundles gets you:
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Play Booster Box
More cards than you’ll know what to do with
Giving you the most packs for your money, the Play Booster Box gives you more than 500 cards to open, play with, and build decks around. There’s a guaranteed foil in each pack so you get plenty of options to get something cool.
Whether you’re cracking packs for the fun of it, in front of a camera on a live stream, or on the hunt for specific rares and foils, Play Booster Boxes are the best way to open as many cards as possible. Play Boosters are the replacement for the Draft and Set Boosters that you might have been familiar with that had been the standard for Magic since Zendikar Rising, and generally have more rares than those older packs do. The breakdown for a Play Booster looks like:
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Collector Booster Box
Only the best looking cards for you
Containing the best-looking cards released in Bloomburrow, a Collector Booster Box gives you 12 chances to open the rarest and most valuable cards from the set. You can get special showcase frames, alternate art cards, and even Commander cards in variants you can’t open in the decks.
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Collector Booster
A little cheaper than a whole box
Not interested in blowing the bank with a whole box of Collector Boosters? You can try your luck with a single Collector Booster Pack. You get 14 cards, plenty of chances to open a unique foil or a special variant.
The real prize in Bloomburrow are the Collector Booster Boxes. You have tons of chances to pull all the foils you might be looking for, as well as alternate art and special showcase frames that are exclusive to Collector Boosters. Some of the special cards you can find include Field Note Calamity Beasts, Showcase Woodland rare and mythic rares, borderless planeswalkers, extended art cards, Imagine: Curious Critter rare and mythic rares, a special Three Tree City variant, Special Guests cards, raised foil anime cards including one special one from artist Mitsuhiro Arita.
Whether you’re ready to commit to a full Collector Booster Box or just want a few packs to try your luck with, each pack includes:
Magic: The Gathering - Bloomburrow Starter Kit
Great for new and returning players
Two decks for a fairly low price is a great way to jump right into Magic: The Gathering. With the Starter Kit from Bloomburrow, you get one Otter deck and another Rabbit deck, each one designed to help teach the basic mechanics of the game while slowly leading you to the more advanced mechanics too.
Starter Kits are a great way to jump right into learning Magic, whether you are a returning player, one who has never learned how to play, or you are looking to teach some folks how to play. The Bloomburrow Starter Deck comes with two complete 60-card decks, one based on the blue and red Otters, while the other is designed with the green and white Rabbits in mind.
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Commander Deck - Animated Army
Turn your chunky artifacts into powerful beaters
Raccoons are taking over Magic and if you’re looking for a solid deck for a starting point, you may pick up the Animated Army deck. This red and green deck has everything you need to get started, and a solid ramp package to give you a shell you can build around.
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Commander Deck - Family Matters
Overwhelm your opponents with tokens
Tokens play a big role in Bloomburrow, so you can bet that one of the Commander decks will be dedicated to them. The Family Matters deck is all in on going wide, spreading your forces across the battlefield, and attacking with more creatures than your opponents can handle.
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Commander Deck - Peace Offering
Keep your friends close, and your enemies happy
Group Hug decks get a new Commander with Ms. Bumbleflower and her green, white, and blue deck. You boost up your opponents while also building value for yourself, and then you’re able to sweep over your opponents with some beefed up bunnies.
More Squirrels than you can count
Squirrels have long been a popular creature type in Magic, going from a bit of a joke up to an actual, viable kindred archetype with multiple commanders and deck designs to choose from. The Squirreled Away deck gives you some new kindred-specific cards to play with, along with some Commander staples.
Four preconstructed Commander decks come alongside Bloomburrow, each one designed with a different theme in mind. You have the Animated Army deck starting off, which is all about building up a collection of medium to high-cost artifacts and enchantments, while ramping up in mana, and then smashing your opponent’s faces with an army of beasts. The Family Matters deck is all about the offspring mechanics and making the most of your tokens.
Peace Offering is a group hug deck, one that’s devoted to pumping up your creatures with +1/+1 counters while giving everyone you’re playing with a helping hand. Once you’ve built yourself a solid board state, you can turn around and start taking over the game with card advantage and better creatures. The last preconstructed Commander deck is Squirreled Away, which as you could guess, is all in on Squirrel tokens and some powerful kindred strategies.
No matter which Commander deck you pick up, you’re going to get:
