Wizards of the Coast confirmed that God Packs MTG are coming back in 2027, bringing a rare shot at an all-rare, all-mythic booster to a game overhauling its entire pack structure. The company detailed the change in a blog post and in comments from Magic communications director Blake Rasmussen, who spoke with Polygon about the return of a chase product fans haven’t seen since 2014.
The original God Packs appeared after Journey into Nyx released that year, each one swapping the usual mix of cards for 15 legendary gods from the Theros block at odds of roughly 1 in 1,000 packs. “We are always looking for ways to make the pack opening experience more fun,” Rasmussen told Polygon. “Bringing back God Packs as a regular feature has long been at the top of our list of wants.”
God Packs MTG work the same way now: instead of a standard mix of commons, uncommons and rares, the entire pack is rares and mythics.
How God Packs MTG will work
Under the new system, both standard Booster Packs and Collector Boosters carry a chance of becoming a God Pack, though the odds and contents differ by product, according to IGN. Approximately 1 in 1,000 regular Booster Packs will hit the jackpot, while Collector Boosters land one at roughly 1 in 300, making them the better bet for chasing one.
A God Pack pulled from a standard Booster Pack includes one special “God Pack celebration card,” 10 non-foil rares and mythics, two non-foil Booster Fun variants such as showcase or borderless treatments, and two foil Booster Fun cards, IGN reported. A Collector Booster version swaps in one foil land, three foil default-frame rares or mythics, three non-foil Booster Fun variants and five foil Booster Fun variants.
Wizards is also telling game stores how to handle the moment a player actually opens one. “If a player opens a God Pack, they should stop and call for a judge or tournament organizer,” the company’s official guidance reads, according to Polygon. Store staff get discretion over whether the pack stays in an event once it’s flagged.
Smaller Collector Boosters and a return to ‘Booster Packs’
Outside of the God Pack chase, Wizards is trimming what’s inside every pack. Collector Boosters shrink from 15 cards down to 12, with three foil common and uncommon slots cut entirely, per IGN. Foil commons and uncommons disappear from standard boosters as well.
Wizards defended cutting those slots directly in its blog post: “We’ll be honest here, it doesn’t,” the company wrote when asked if removing cards makes Collector Boosters more exciting. “But we do know that most people who open Collector Boosters mostly skip past these cards… Removing them isn’t about shrinking the experience; it’s about making room, in terms of both printing capacity and player psychology, for cards people actually get excited about.”
The product formerly known as Play Boosters is also getting renamed. Magic is reviving the term “Booster Packs” as the catch-all name for packs used in Draft, Sealed and set releases, replacing the Play Booster label introduced with Murders at Karlov Manor in Feb. 2024. Rasmussen confirmed to Polygon that the renamed packs will function exactly the same way in Draft and Sealed formats despite the new name.
Better foil odds, new showcase appearances
Wizards says it’s raising the odds of pulling a foil rare or mythic rare across these packs from roughly 7% to 10%, Rasmussen told Polygon. Any foil that does appear in a standard Booster Pack will always be a rare or mythic, since foil commons and uncommons are being removed from that product.
Traditional-foil Japan Showcase cards, previously exclusive to Collector Boosters, will start showing up in standard Booster Packs at around a 1% rate, according to Polygon. Those cards will still have a separate chance to appear with a specialty foil treatment inside Collector Boosters.
When the changes arrive and what’s next
The new booster structure goes live with Nauctis: The Sunken Realm and will carry over to every in-universe Magic set released afterward, IGN reported. Universes Beyond sets, Magic’s crossover products with outside franchises, won’t adopt the changes until 2028, since those sets are finalized well ahead of release. Rasmussen told Polygon that Wizards finishes work on a Universes Beyond set before the in-universe Magic set releasing around the same time, as was the case with Nauctis and the first unannounced Universes Beyond set of 2027.
Wizards hasn’t released pricing for the new Collector Boosters or Booster Packs yet. Check back as Nauctis: The Sunken Realm nears its release for final prices and availability details.
Reporting from IGN and Polygon contributed to this story.
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