Attendees to Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease events this past weekend found something radical, yet unexpected in their prerelease packs.
Rather than the expected foil Lorwyn Eclipsed rare or mythic rare that should come within each prerelease pack as the event's promotional card, some players instead found promotional cards for the yet-to-be-released Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universes Beyond set.
"If this was a genuine mistake it is so unbelievably embarrassing on the part of wizards, and if they're intentionally stomping all over a mainline pre release with spoiler season for this ill-conceived nightmare of a set then they should be flat out ashamed," says Reddit user Perfect_Reserve_9824 in regards to the error.
As for what Wizards of the Coast is saying, they released a statement that says, in part:
"We, like you, were a bit shell shocked to discover that a small but noticeable number of players received foil rares and mythic rares from the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set. It was in no way planned or part of any kind of promotion. It seems like most of you had a blast, even with some non-Lorwyn Eclipsed cards sneaking their way onto your battlefields, and fun is fun as far as we're concerned.
But this still wasn't exactly the type of fun we had intended. For one, there were way more Turtles of the non-changeling variety than we intended. We wouldn't blame you if you found it cool, but maybe a bit rude, that Lorwyn Eclipsed had to share the spotlight with an upcoming set."
As for what Wizards is doing about it, the short answer is that there's not much they can do at this point beyond just lean into it. To that end, the company updated the Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Card Image Gallery to include all rares and mythic rares from the main set under the assumption that they've all been revealed at this point via the Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease packs.
Lorwyn Eclipsed officially releases Friday, January 23. The TMNT Universes Beyond set is scheduled to release March 6.
