Magic: The Gathering will increase the prices of reinforcement packets

Wizards of the Coast has announced a price increase for many of its reinforcement packages, which will take effect in September. Wizards announced the price changes in a blog post published this morning on your website. "During the past year, the costs of goods, transport and manufacturing increased significantly and constantly for almost all in almost all industries," said the company. "For Wizards of the Coast, this means that we have seen a large increase in general costs to produce Magia: the meeting. As such, we will increase the prices by around 11%, taking into account the regional variation, in selected products from our line from September ».

Price increases will only affect the first level products (products linked to the four main launches of the game per year) and JumpStart. Commander Decks will also receive a price increase in July. However, other sets such as Maestros, _ Modern Azizes, "Secreta_, Challenger Decks or Universes Beyond will not be affected by price increases. The presentation packages will not have an increase in price either.

The news of price increases arrives shortly after Hasbro announced his first quarter earnings this year. Hasbro reported that its Wizards of the Coast division, which produces Magia: the meeting, _ won more than $ 230 million in the quarter, with _Magia: LA RENUNION 'S Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty selling more than $ 100 million in products. Wizards operating profits for the quarter were $ 106 million, a decrease of approximately 3% with respect to the same period of 2021. Hasbro insinuated that it would increase the prices of selected products from Wizards of the Coast during its call from investors, citing The increase in inventory and freight costs.. Hasbro's general operating profits were also reduced by almost 20% due to problems of the global supply chain. Hasbro also warned that its income could be affected by up to $ 100 million due to Russia's withdrawal earlier this year, due to the invasion of Ukraine by that country.

Magic: The Gathering'S Price increases will come into force from the Set of Domina United. The products from the previous list will also be affected as of July.