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Dungeons & Dragons is celebrating its 50th anniversary - and as part of the same company - Magic: The Gathering is also taking part! Back in 2021 and 2022, Magic: The Gathering released their crossover sets with Dungeons & Dragons which has seen huge success.
One of those sets, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate, was designed to be drafted and included references to Baldur's Gate 3, which was unreleased at that time. Stores are invited to hold a draft event using these cards once again, and a specially designed Baldur's Gate Wilderness Dungeon (an in-game mechanic) for it as well.
Note that the dungeon is not officially legal in any format, but obviously players can still play them casually if agreed ahead of time. Check out the full promotional material from the Wizards Play Network below!
Venture into the Dungeon with the Battle for Baldur’s Gate Draft Event!
o you have players in your community seeking more ways to play with their favorite characters from Baldur's Gate 3? This May, they can! From May 17 – 19, WPN stores in the U.S. and Canada can keep the party going with this special event offering: a Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate draft event. You can schedule Magic Presents: Battle for Baldur's Gate – 50th Anniversary Edition today!
Stores with leftover materials may run the event again if desired.
Magic Presents: Battle for Baldur's Gate – 50th Anniversary Edition can also help you kick off celebrations for the upcoming anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, drawing on crossover marketing opportunities that you can implement to encourage more fans to join your event.
How does the event work?
Preparing Your Product
Similar to our previous Harvesttide Festival event, you'll receive one free-of-charge Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Collector Booster box from your distributor alongside your product order. Please be sure to request this special offering from your distributor directly.
If you don't have enough Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Draft Boosters on-hand, you will need to order more through your distributor. Additionally, you will have until April 5 to change your preferred distributor to receive the free-of-charge Collector Booster box alongside your order.
Setting Up the Event
For this casual Commander event, you'll receive four 8.5" x 11" dungeon cards to support four tables of Commander players. Dungeon cards are also available for download on the marketing materials page. Place each dungeon card at the center of the table.
As the event begins, you’ll distribute three Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate Draft Boosters and one Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate Collector Booster to each player. They’ll open the Collector Booster first: its contents will be part of their final card pool. Then, they’ll draft the remaining three packs, picking two cards at a time. Once they build 60-card decks, send them to battle in pods of four.
If you want to review more details on how to prepare for drafting this set, feel free to review our previous guide.
Venturing Into the Dungeon
Once players are ready to begin, have each player choose a venture marker of some kind to represent themselves for the duration of the game. Then, when players are directed to venture into the dungeon, they'll begin moving through Baldur's Gate Wilderness, the oversized Dungeon card you'll have on each table.
All players may also venture into this dungeon the first time they cast their Commander during the game.
Don't wait—schedule your event now!
You can schedule Magic Presents: Battle for Baldur's Gate – 50th Anniversary Edition today in Wizards EventLink, so don't delay—get your event on the books now. Then, you can begin advertising this epic crossover event to Dungeons & Dragons and Magic fans in your community.
Additionally, you may consider using this event as an opportunity to promote the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary Play Series events you may have scheduled already, giving your community even more opportunities to celebrate Dungeons & Dragons with fellow fans!
