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Here's a press release that states that Magic: The Gathering Online will allow you to redeem full sets of online cards for real life card:
JANUARY 14, 2002 (RENTON, Wash.) – Adding excitement for players of the new Magic: The Gathering® Online game, Wizards of the Coast, a division of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), announced today that its Magic Online game will include an innovative feature that enables players who have collected full sets of online cards to redeem them for full sets of physical Magic cards. Magic Online will be the first online game to offer players such a feature.
Collecting online cards will enable players to expand their repertoire of gaming strategies. Players will be able to purchase, trade for and win online cards. Once a player collects a full set of online cards, they will have the option to trade those cards for physical cards or to retain the cards in their online collection. Wizards will track each online card on a secure master game server, ensuring authenticity of the cards.
“Our R&D team came to us with the idea of building a card redemption feature into Magic Online and we saw it as a way to give players even more,” explained Wizards’ Nathan Sherman, brand manager for Magic: The Gathering. “Magic Online redemption gives players the ability and flexibility to play with the online cards or the physical cards. It’s about giving players as many options as possible.”
In the Magic game, players become the game designers, choosing from thousands of creatures with unique battle abilities, building their decks and crafting strategies. At the launch of Magic Online, the Seventh EditionTM, InvasionTM, PlaneshiftTM, ApocalypseTM, OdysseyTM and TormentTM card sets will be available, totaling approximately 1,500 cards. New card sets will be released approximately three times a year. Magic Online cards and physical Magic cards will be released simultaneously. Wizards will redeem full sets of both the regular and premium Magic Online cards.
Magic Online will offer 24-hour access to other players in an official Magic environment. A wide range of game rooms will allow players of different levels to find just the right environment for them, from casual pick-up games to highly competitive tournaments. To ensure the best human-to-human competition, the Magic Online game will feature fully integrated, enforced rules. Wizards plans to host official tournaments and other Magic Online events on a regular basis.
There will be no monthly subscription fee for Magic Online. Players will be able to purchase a starter game, which will include the online game CD, a certificate good for one online theme deck, a Magic: The Gathering rule book and the Magic Online player manual, for $14.99 (retail). Or, players can choose to download the game at no cost, go into a “free room” to play a sample game with a limited number of cards, and then move on to purchasing a theme deck and other cards when they are ready. Cards will be offered at $3.29 for 15-card booster packs and $9.99 for 60-card theme decks, the same price as the physical cards.
As usual, we left out the who is who at the end of the press release :-) |
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Magic Online Announces Card Redemption Feature
