TL;DR: Amazon has the Magic: The Gathering The Hobbit Play Booster Box available for preorder at $209.70 ahead of its Aug. 14 release. TCGplayer’s market price is $226.05, making Amazon’s listing $16.35 cheaper.
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Any Magic: The Gathering collector who’s worried about climbing prices for the upcoming Hobbit expansion can quickly grab a whole display box of 30 booster packs for well under market value.
As of May 8, you can preorder the Magic: The Gathering The Hobbit Play Booster Box for $209.70 with free shipping — with a delivery date of Aug. 17, after the expansion’s release date of Aug. 14.
TCGplayer is currently higher for the same Play Booster Display. Its market price is $226.05, while the lowest listing is $225.80 with shipping included, and the listed median is $225.92. That makes Amazon more than $15 below market price right now.
Buyers will get 30 Magic: The Gathering The Hobbit Play Boosters and one traditional foil Middle-earth Box Topper card. Each Play Booster includes 14 Magic cards, with one to three cards of rare or higher rarity, three to five uncommons, seven to nine commons, one land card, and one traditional foil card of any rarity.
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There’s also a shot at special alt-art and alt-border cards, with foil borderless rare or mythic rare cards appearing in less than 1% of boosters.
For Lord of the Rings fans who are just getting into Magic, Play Boosters are made for drafting with friends, building decks, chasing Booster Fun, or just opening packs because the art rules.
Featuring beloved characters of Middle-Earth, the set follows Bilbo, Gandalf, and the Dwarves from The Shire to the Lonely Mountain, with Smaug, Erebor, treasure, and plenty of second-breakfast energy along the way.
For expansions you can buy right now, the 30-pack MTG Edge of Eternities Play Booster Box is on sale for only $129 — its lowest-ever price on Amazon. The Magic: The Gathering Avatar The Last Airbender Jumpstart Booster Box is also $17 off.
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