Magic: The Gathering is one of the most popular card games on the planet, and new card sets are released throughout the year, changing the game and introducing new cards and mechanics. These sets have a central theme and follow the story of a particular place, event, or character in the Magic Universe. One of the most recent releases was The Brothers War set in late 2022.
In the magic Universe the Brothers’ War, also known as the Antiquities War, was the legendary great war between the brothers Mishra and Urza that spawned after the two each found half of an ancient power stone and battled the other in an effort to take both halves for themselves. As you can imagine, this was an epic event, and the cards that are based on these events don’t disappoint.
There are almost 290 new cards introduced as part of this set. As with every set, there are multiple bundles and boxes that you can buy, all with a different purpose and with different cards for you to get your hands on. We’ve gone through them all and outlined their pros and cons and ranked them accordingly.
The Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Bundle is a great choice if you’re looking for the classic pack opening experience, as well as getting your hands on a few extras.
In this bundle box, you’ll find 8 Set booster packs, these are fairly standard packs that have a good chance of getting any card from the Brother’s War set. In each set booster pack you will find 14 cards, 12 Magic cards, 1 art card, and 1 token/ad card. The 12 Magic cards will include 1-5 cards of rarity Rare or higher, and 3-7 uncommon, 3-6 common, and 1 land card, or a foil land card. So there is definitely a good chance to get some reasonable cards, although the chance to get higher rarity cards is lower than other booster packs.
However, to make up for this you are guaranteed some extra goodies as part of the Brother’s War Bundle box. You’ll get yourself a card box, with some very nice artwork on the outside, one of two life tracker dice that are on offer, and a couple of extra cards. You will get 1 card from the Universes Beyond Transformers set, maybe even Optimus Prime himself, as well as 1 foil retro-frame alt-art promo card, Queen Kayla bin-Kroog, a Legendary Creature who has some quite useful abilities. On top of the cards you find in the set booster packs, you’ll also get 40 basic land cards, 20 that are foil, and 20 normal cards.
- 8 x 14 card set booster packs
- 40 Basic land cards
- Card Box, and life counter
- Alt-art foil, and a card from the Transformers set
- Number of Cards: 154
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Includes lots of cards to build decks
- Great value for what you get
- Includes some good accessories and extras
- life tracker die is not the highest quality
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Bundle
Magic: The Gathering cards are known for their amazing art, so why not make them even more special and get your hands on some foils, retro-frame artifacts, and even potentially Shattered Glass alternate-art Transformers cards. You can get all of that, and more, from the Brother’s War Collector Booster Box.
In the Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Collector Booster Box you’ll get 12 collector booster packs, each of which will contain 16 cards, 1 foil token, and 15 actual magic cards. These are not just ordinary cards however, 10-11 of these cards will be foil. On top of this, you’ll also find a combination of 1 special Mythic Rare, 5 cards of rarity Rare or higher, and 4 Uncommon, 4 Common, and 1 Land cards. These packs are also the only packs that you have a chance to find Shattered Glass alternate-art Transformers cards, and special Foil Serialized Schematic cards.
The collector booster packs really place emphasis on artifacts, and machines, giving you a guaranteed Transformers’ card in every pack, as well as 3-4 retro-frame artifact cards. Showing off and celebrating the major themes of the Brother’s War card set, and all it has to offer.
The collector booster box is a great buy if you’re looking to make your card collection even more special.
- 12 x 16 card boosters
- 15 Magic cards and 1 foil token in every pack
- Chance to get Shattered Glass alternate-art Transformers cards
- Chance to get special Foil Serialized Schematic cards
- Number of Cards: 180
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Exclusive cards only available in this box
- Guaranteed Foil and retro-frame cards
- Mythic rare transformers card in every pack
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Collector Booster Box
Mishra’s Burnished Banner is the second commander deck bundle for The Brother’s War card set, and it is a good one.
This is a powerful deck if used in other right hands, making use of powerful artifact creatures and utilizing the power that death can bring. The commander of this deck, Mishra, Eminent One, only has one ability, however, its 0 cost and cooldown can make it extremely powerful if used in combination with other cards. Mishra is able to create a 4/4 token copy of any noncreature artifact you control that gains hast until the end of your turn, this can be used at the start of every turn. There are some other great cards in this deck that can synergize extremely well with Mishra, and with other cards in the deck, making it a formidable deck to use.
Besides the deck you’ll also find a few extra goodies to sweeten the deal, and make this bundle even more worth your money. You’ll get all the accessories that you’ll need to play the game, including a deck box with the decks’ mana colors and some minor Brother’s War theming, 10 double-sided tokens, and a life tracker. As an added bonus you’ll also get a 2-card collector booster pack which will contain 1 Foil Retro Frame card and 1 card of rarity Rare or higher that has some sort of special treatment.
- 100 card ready to play commander deck
- Blue, Black, Red Mana deck
- Comes with deck box, tokens, and life tracker
- Includes 2 card collector booster sample
- Number of Cards: 102
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Ready to play out of the box
- Includes all the accessories you need
- Strong deck, and good for beginners
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Commander Deck – Mishra’s Burnished Banner
Whilst similar to the normal Brother’s War bundle, this gift bundle has a few extras which make it worth getting, even if you don’t intend on giving it as a gift.
The Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Gift Bundle offers everything that the standard bundle has to offer, including 8 set booster packs, a card box, a life tracker die, a foil retro-frame alt-art promo card, and a card from the Universes Beyond Transformers set. As a bonus to the gift set, you’ll also get a collectors’ booster pack, which is guaranteed to include an additional Transformers card.
Out of each set booster pack, you will find 14 cards, 12 Magic cards, 1 art card, and 1 token/ad card. The 12 Magic cards will include 1–5 cards of rarity Rare or higher, 3-7 uncommon, 3-6 common, and 1 land card, or a foil land card. The added collector booster pack will contain an additional 16 cards, 1 will be a mythic rare transformers card, 5 will be of rarity Rare or higher, 4 commons, 4 uncommon, and 1 land card. To make the collector booster pack even more special 10-11 of the cards you pull will be traditional foil cards.
- 8 x 14 card set booster packs
- 1 x 16 card collector booster pack
- 2 Transformer cards, and 1 foil retro-frame card
- 40 Basic land cards
- Number of Cards: 171
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Lots of packs to open
- Guaranteed some extra special cards
- Comes with accessories like card box and life counter
- Includes a collector booster pack
- Foils are not the besdt quality and bend easily
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Gift Bundle
For those players that are looking to host a draft tournament, or want more reassurance on what rarity of cards they will be getting, then the Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Draft Booster Box is the choice for you. The draft booster packs included in this box set are designed and packaged, to be used in draft tournaments and to adhere to the rules of building a deck for a draft tournament. Each pack will contain a fixed distribution of cards based on rarity. Inside each pack you will find 16 cards, 1 will be a marketing/token card, and 15 will be actual Magic cards. Of the 15 cards, one will be a basic land, 10 are common, 3 are uncommon, and one is a rare or mythic rare. In the Brother’s War draft booster packs, there is also a guarantee that there will be at least 1 Retro-Frame artifact card in every pack.
Unfortunately, there aren’t any extras or accessories with this draft booster box, but that is not outside the norm. This is made up for in the fact that there are 36 draft booster packs included in one box, for a fairly reasonable price.
- 36 x 16 card draft booster packs
- 15 Magic cards per booster
- 1 Retro-Frame artifact in every pack
- 1 Foil card in 33% of packs
- Number of Cards: 540
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Lots of packs and cards
- Guaranteed to get at least 1 Rare or higher card
- High chance of getting a couple of foil cards
- Packaging often comes damaged
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Draft Booster Box
Commander is one of the hottest new formats to hit Magic: The Gathering and pre-con commander decks are becoming the norm in new card set releases. The Brother’s War set is no exception, and the first deck on our list is the commander pre-con Urza’s Iron Alliance. This is a deck all about artifact creatures and tokens, getting smaller and cheaper creatures onto the field, and buffing them through various spells and abilities.
The deck commander, Urza, Chief Artificer, possesses three abilities that are key to the success of your deck. The first ability lets you play Urza for less mana depending on how many artifact creatures you control, the second gives every artifact creature you control ‘menace’ (all the outgoing damage will need to be blocked), and Urzas final ability will create a 0/0 token that gets +1/+1 for every artifact creature you control. All of these abilities really demonstrate what this deck focuses on, and where you should put your attention.
Within the box, you will find everything that you need to get playing right away. Including a deck box, with some minor Brother’s War theming, 10 double-sided tokens, and a life tracker. As an added bonus you’ll also get a 2-card collector booster sample pack, which will contain a special treatment card of rarity Rare or higher, and at least 1 traditional foil Retro-Fram Artifact card.
- 100 Card ready-to-play commander deck
- White/Blue/Black Mana deck
- Includes 2 card collector booster sample pack
- Foil Display commander, Deck box, 10 tokens, and life tracker
- Number of Cards: 102
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Ready to play out of the box
- Includes lots of accessories and extras
- Features retro-frame cards
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Commander Deck – Urza’s Iron Alliance
Set booster boxes are built for those players who want to experience the fun and excitement of opening packs and having a good time. The set booster box contains a whopping 420 cards in total, with 360 actual Magic cards, the extra 60 are special art and promo cards that you will find in each pack. In one set booster pack, you will find 14 cards, 12 Magic cards, 1 art card, and 1 token/ad card. The 12 Magic cards will include 1–5 cards of rarity Rare or higher, 3-7 uncommon, 3-6 common, and 1 land card, or a foil land card. So there is definitely a good chance to get some reasonable cards, although the chance to get higher rarity cards is lower than other booster packs.
This is a great booster box to buy with friends and take a more chilled and laid-back approach to pack openings. Unlike draft boosters, there is no set order or amount of rare cards that you can expect, making them more random and more exciting to open. Unfortunately with this box, you don’t get any extras, only the cards that you’ll find in the 30-set booster packs.
- 30 x 14 card set booster packs
- 12 Magic Cards in every pack
- 1 Retro-frame artifact in every pack
- Transformers card in 10% of packs
- Number of Cards: 420
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Lots of cards up for grabs
- Great fun, and can share with friends
- Chance to get Transformers cards
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Set Booster Box
Topping off our list is the Brothers’ War Jumpstart Booster Box, this box is designed for those players who don’t care much for the deck-building part of opening packs and want to jump into playing a game as soon as possible. All you need to do is grab yourself 2 packs, open them, and shuffle them together, and you’re good to play.
Each of the packs can be one of 5 different themes, with each theme also having two variations, keeping each pack fresh and ensuring you get a good spread of cards. 1 jumpstart pack will contain 20 cards, half a standard deck size, including all the lands that you’ll need, which helps to facilitate easy deck building. these 20 cards have a few guaranteed cards to make sure that you can make a deck easily, there will be 1 rare card, 1 rare card that is unique to jumpstart boosters, 2 foil lands, and 6 non-foil lands, the rest of the cards are random, but will fit the given theme for that particular jumpstart booster pack.
This is a great box bundle to buy if you want to get playing as soon as possible, giving yourself a jumpstart, or even if you want to get your hands on a few of the exclusive rare cards that you can’t get in any other box set.
- 18 x 20 card boosters
- 2 foil lands in every pack
- 2 rare cards in every pack
- each pack has 1 of 5 possible themes
- Number of Cards: 360
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Great for playing with randomized decks
- Can start playing straight away
- Fun and excitement of opening packs
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Jumpstart Booster Box
If you’re looking to complete your collection and get your hands on everything that the Brother’s War card set offers, this is definitely the bundle for you. All in one box you’ll be able to get one of every bundle on offer from the set, however, there aren’t any extra bonuses for buying the full assortment bundle.
In the box, you will find 1 collector booster box, mostly containing cards that have had some sort of special treatment, 1 set booster box, 1 draft booster box, 1 brother’s war bundle box, and both of the precon commander decks. Each of these boxes and bundles comes with all the accessories and extras that you would expect to find when purchasing them separately.
With this The Brothers’ War Full Assortment Bundle you can rest assured that you will not be missing out on anything that the card set has to offer, there’s a great chance that you’ll get every card available (around 290) as you’ll be getting almost 1400 cards. However, if you’re opening every pack for yourself you’re definitely going to get a lot of duplicates, so be prepared for that.
- 1 x Collector Booster Box
- 1 x Draft Booster Box
- 1 x Set Booster Box
- 1 x Bundle
- 2 x Commander Decks (One of each)
- Number of Cards: 1400
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Lots of packs to open
- Over 1000 cards in one box
- Can make lots of decks from one box
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Full Assortment Bundle
In this get bundle you can get yourself both of the commander decks available for The Brother’s War card set, and all the extras and accessories that you would expect to find out of a single commander deck box.
The two commander decks available both share similar themes and make use of artifacts and artifact creatures, which makes sense since the Brother’s War set is all about artifacts and machines. The first deck is Urza’s Iron alliance, a deck focused on artifact creatures and tokens, making use of different buffs and abilities to make your artifact creatures even more powerful so that they can overwhelm your opponents. The second deck is Mishra’s Burnished Banner, which also makes a lot of use of artifacts and artifact creatures, but as a partially black deck, Mishra also makes use of the power that death can bring, resurrecting and using cards even after they have been sent to the graveyard.
Each deck comes with its own set of accessories, giving you everything that you need to get playing right away. For each deck you will get a deck box, with the mana color of each deck printed on the front, as well as 10 tokens for each deck, and a life tracker. You’ll also get a collector booster pack for each deck, giving you 2 special cards from the collector edition of the brother’s war set.
- Includes both Brother’s War commander decks
- Urza’s Iron Alliance
- Mishra’s Burnished Banner
- Accessories for both decks
- Number of Cards: 104
- Rare Cards Included?: Yes
- Language: English
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Includes accessories and extras for both decks
- Great value
- Ready to play head-to-head commander out of the box
- Packaging leaves more to be desired
Magic: The Gathering The Brothers’ War Commander Decks Bundle
The major theme of this card set is the heavy use of artifacts, machines, and magic, which all featured heavily in the two brother’s war as it raged across the different Planes of Magic: The Gathering. The impact of the Brother’s War was immense and ultimately led to the creation of a calendar called Argivian Reckoning (AR), which places the year 0 as the one in which the brothers were born. It also spawned a general dislike for magic and artifacts, because of their use in the war, which aptly suits the theme of the cards released as part of the set.
Each brother in the war is represented through a commander deck, which is one of the most popular formats for Magic: The Gathering. But there are lots of options for building many different deck types, with new mechanics and cards introduced to keep the game fresh. So let your imagination run wild when building your decks, and don’t feel limited by the set’s theme of artifacts. There are also a lot of new cards which you can implement into your existing decks, changing the strategies and playstyles that you need to adapt.
Choosing which bundle is right for you is not an easy task, there are many on offer. You should firstly think about your budget, and how much you are willing to spend. Some of these The Brother’s War set bundles can be pretty pricey. Secondly, you should think about what kind of experience you are looking for, and what format you ideally want to play. If you’re looking to play the Commander format, then take a look at the two precon commander decks on offer, they’re pretty good and are great value. If you want a more traditional deck-building experience, then take a look at The Brother’s War Bundle, it offers a good selection of packs to open, as well as giving you a good amount of cards to play any format.