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Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

#994: Bonus Sheets

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

Wizards of the Coast

Duels Of The Planeswalkers, Games, Magic The Gathering, Leisure, Game Design, Mtg, Ccg, Mark Rosewater

4.8743 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I talk about the history of bonus sheets from Time Spiral to The Brother's War.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm pulling my driveway. We all know what that means. It's time for a other drive to work.

0:05.0

Okay, today is all about what we in R&D refer to as bonus sheets.

0:12.0

I'm not sure we use that term externally, so let me explain what a bonus sheet is, and then I will go into detail.

0:18.0

So a bonus sheet is usually a slot in a booster that has a, that comes

0:25.1

from a whole separate sheet, so I'll get to it in a second. Usually there are reprints. They're

0:29.0

not always. I'll walk through it. But the idea is, let me get into detail of how a booster works.

0:35.6

And I'll sort of explain the technicality

0:37.7

of what a bone sheet is.

0:40.1

Okay, so when we make a booster,

0:42.0

here's how it works.

0:43.8

We print magic on large sheets

0:46.5

11 by 11, sometimes 10 by 11,

0:50.2

10 by 10.

0:51.1

There's different sizes.

0:52.9

And the idea is we print them the giant sheets,

0:54.9

then we chop them up into their normal size cards,

0:57.3

and then they have what they call hoppers.

1:00.1

So what a hopper is, imagine taking a whole bunch of cards

1:02.8

and stacking them inside this sort of metal chute

1:06.3

that lets them out one at a time.

1:09.5

Now, it's also possible the chute could let out more than one at a time. Now, it's also possible the shoe could let out more than one at a time.

1:13.6

So, for example, let's say you're building a booster pack.

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