PETA vs. the Space Marines

In case you missed this, PETA has contacted Games Workshop asking them to no longer dress their plastic figures in plastic fur and plastic leather. As a hobby, we think this is silly but what it does accomplish is classic public relations, getting people to talk about you. As the saying goes "Any publicity is good publicity".

A Look at the Numbers

This week's ICV2 column looks at some of the numbers from the 2016 holiday shopping season.

Yu Gi Oh Maximum Crisis

Maximum Crisis booster set for Yu Gi Oh arriving May 5th:

Konami Digital Entertainment Inc., is proud to bring you the next core booster release Maximum Crisis.  The walls between dimensions are collapsing and the supreme king of destruction will rise in Maximum Crisis, May’s all-new 100-card 1^st Edition booster set!  Maximum Crisis is the climax of the 2016-2017 Dueling season, introducing three new themes as well as bold new cards for a wide variety of popular Decks.

Pendulum Summoning will undergo its final evolution in Maximum Crisis with a pair of Pendulum Monsters with Scales of 0 and 13, opening up the ability to Pendulum Summon monsters of any Level in any Deck!  But that’s not the only type of Summoning that’s evolving.  Following up on February’s Fusion Enforcers set, Maximum Crisis introduces a new Fusion Summoning Spell Card that lets you keep your Fusion Monster while giving back the monsters you just fused together!

Here’s a brief overview of what else you can expect in Maximum Crisis:

·         The dawn of the “True Draco” monsters! These monsters can be Tribute Summoned using Continuous Spell/Trap Cards instead of monsters, and their Continuous Spell/Trap Cards have multiple effects depending on whether you just activate them or Tribute them.

·         A brand new way to win a Duel! Even if you can’t damage your opponent with this new theme’s ace monster, if you can power it up enough, destroying 3 of your opponent’s monsters with it will automatically end the Duel!

·         New Winged Beasts that fly over enemy monsters for fast direct attacks and effects that inflict damage.

·         Individually powerful cards to cover a variety of common situations in everyday Dueling.

·         The mastermind behind the global plot has been revealed, and SPYRAL embarks on its final mission to take him down!

·         All is not yet lost! The final battle against the Subterror Behemoths begins… and the Subterror Nemeses receive help from an unlikely source!

·         Cards that boost Decks and themes from Fusion Enforcers, Raging Tempest, the Pendulum Domination Structure Deck, Invasion: Vengeance, The Dark Illusion, Shining Victories, Wing Raiders, the Master of Pendulum Structure Deck, High-Speed Riders, and more!

The Maximum Crisis booster set contains 100 cards: 48 Commons, 20 Rares, 14 Super Rares, 10 Ultra Rares, 8 Secret Rares.

A Look at the Proposed Future of WOTC

This week's ICV2 column looks at a recent letter from WOTC President Chris Cocks on the direction he sees the company going.

If You Have Damaged Magic Cards

If you open a pack of Magic and it contains missing or damaged cards, Wizards will replace them, if you follow the procedures, except for a Masterpiece Scalding Tarn. Those are all gone.

The most important thing you need to do immediately is to take a picture of the pack and the cards immediately after you open them and Wizards would like photos of both.

Note that if you buy single cards on the aftermarket and get one that is damaged, you are out of luck. You would need to contact the seller of the cards to deal with replacements.

Store Video

In case you missed it when it was posted a couple of  months ago, as part of their Carbondale Spotlight series, the City of Carbondale, produced a short video about the store and its history. While you are there, take a look at the videos on Hair Brains, Fat Pattles, Thai Taste and Mary Lou's

Adventurer's League and the Herald's Guild

This week's ICV2 column looks at WOTC's co-ordinator program, the Adventurer's League and the Herald's Guild