For Immediate Release - Magic Multiverse Gift Box WHAT'S IN THE CARDS FOR MAGIC: THE GATHERING(R) IN 1997? New Gift Box Reveals a Portion of What's to Come in the Card Game September 12, 1996 (Seattle, Wash.) -- Players of the popular card game Magic: The Gathering will get a sneak peak at some of what's to come in the game next year when Wizards of the Coast introduces a new gift box this October. The set, called the Magic Multiverse(TM) Gift Box, contains six booster packs, including two booster packs from Visions(TM), the limited-edition expansion to Mirage(TM), which will be released in January 1997. The Multiverse set also contains the following hard-to-find international Magic cards: 1 Japanese Chronicles(TM) booster pack 2 English Visions booster packs 1 Italian Alliances(TM) booster pack (as mentioned above) 1 German Renaissance(TM) booster pack 1 French Homelands(TM) booster pack Of the 25 Visions preview cards being printed, 15 are common, six are uncommon and four are rare. Each Multiverse set will contain 23 of the 25 cards -- all 15 common cards with seven commons appearing twice, all six uncommon cards and two of the four available rare cards. The Magic Multiverse Gift Box is ideal for intermediate to advanced Magic players. The set, scheduled for release in late October, converts into a handy carrying case which holds 12 Magic starter decks, or approximately 840 cards. Wizards of the Coast created a whole new category of games when it released the first trading card game, Magic: The Gathering, in 1993. To date, more than 2 billion cards have sold worldwide. The game is currently available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and Chinese. Late in 1996, Wizards of the Coast will release a Korean version of Magic. Wizards of the Coast is headquartered in Renton, Washington, with other offices in Glasgow, Scotland; Antwerp, Belgium; and Paris, France. For more information on Wizards of the Coast, visit the company's website at . # # # Please visit our official Web page at "http://www.wizards.com/"! Charles Keith-Stanley werewolf@wizards.com Cyberspace Coordinator liaison@wizards.com Wizards of the Coast, Inc. http://www.wizards.com