With Streets of New Capenna going on sale last Friday, it was time for another round of our traditional ‘Crack a box of the new set’ event. As with recent ones, we once again went with a Set Booster box. While there are fewer packs and cards, it’s all about the higher chance of pulling those Rare and Mythic cards.

We always go in turns, picking up packs one at a time. Then we crack them together one at a time. The rule is that you must show your rares and mythics. After three packs, Christian was sitting with two mythics, including an Ob Nixilis foil, while I had one. Noah had none. Fortunately, he persevered after taking a bit of time and ended up relatively satisfied with his pulls.

Here are some of the highlights:

Christian:

• Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva
• Ob Nixilis, the Adversary – Art Deco foil
• Perrie, the Pulverizer

Noah:

• Outlaws Merriment
• Vampiric Tutor
• Halo Fountain

Jerome:

• All-Seeing Arbiter
• Falco Spara, Pactweaver
• Rafiq of the Many
• Ziatora, the Incinerator

Other nice pulls:

• Raffine’s Tower
• Spara’s Headquarters (regular and borderless)
• Void Rend, regular and alternate by Noah and Christian
• Giada, Font of Hope, regular and Art Deco by Noah and Christian – I traded for Noah’s for my Kaalia Commander deck
• Brokers Ascendancy – Traded with Christian and now headed to my Atraxa deck

As per the tradition, whoever pulls the fewest mythics gets the BAB promo. With two with this set, Christian ended up with the Gala Greeters while Noah took Jaxis, the Troublemaker.

In the end, not our best box but not the worst either. As we often see, one person always seems to do better. Fortunately, we’ve opened enough boxes to realize that everyone gets a turn in that position over a long enough period of time.