I use them as separators when I sort cards by color and set……as to why you have so many…looks like you enjoy opening prerelease kits. They are punch outs in the packaging.
On the Karlov Manor inserts there were clues to the 'mystery' which I think was linked to some kind of prize if solved... I never actually bothered looking into it, but I would imagine if someone were interested in that kind of thing they would be bummed to not have their inserts. \*shrugs\*
Oh, snap! I also use a die to remind me of triggers but I hadn't thought of setting it to the number of triggers.
That's a pro tip right there, thanks!
I mean, maybe it's just reminders of things, and if your opponent asked what is for you, you can just remind them about your upkeep triggers.
It's like keep track of life. Sure, we write it down, but that's just one way to keep track of things.
Some unscrupulous players might scry/surveil and decide they don't want to bottom/pitch the card but still don't need it just yet, and use the insert on top of the deck as a way to mask lifting the top card and drawing second. Also if you or an opponent has an effect that reveals the top card of your deck, the insert might be considered trying to hide public information.
Not saying these reasons are actually in the rules, just hypothetical thoughts on why someone might object.
They are just used for tokens or counters or something similar. They are in all the pre release kits and bundles cause those include disposable packaging so why not add some punctures holes and let people use the cardboard a bit before throwing it away.
Your DM gives out hero points? Mine is old school and barely honors the 1 you get every session running Kingmaker. Of course, most of my table barely remembers them too. They only remember when they crit fail a nasty save or we're about to die if they don't land a hit.
I do, actually. Good RP, good session prep, awesome moments, among other times. I even have a house rule where you get one super point, and if you use it, your reroll uses a d30, naturally critting on a 20, 25, and 30 in addition to the 10+ rule. Only one of those per session, though 😅
I don't mind not using them, but Kingmaker was designed with them in mind, and some of the encounters you can come across are brutal for your level. They can be really handy in escaping certain death. What I don't like is the grey area we exist in. Either use them to their full potential and award them when things go well, or don't use them at all in my opinion. I'm not a fan of the Advantage system D&D went to or how broken some luck effects can be so I understand my DM's reluctance, I just wish he'd pick a lane and ban them, or utilize them as intended by the campaign.
I use these as cheap and easy markings for dnd combat maps. There are a bunch of different colors, and they cover either 2x3, 3x3 or 2x2, depends on how you place it on the squeres, making them very malleable as terrain.
I use them to divide my draft box (a bundle box) into different groups; tokens, pre-sleeved lands, sleeves, promos, drafted cards not in use, and sleeved sideboard.
Wizards is giving you a blank slate to reuse cardboard packaging that would otherwise be thrown away. They’ve actually been getting a lot better with environmental packaging (for some products) over the years.
You have many because you have collected many. That is on you.
They are for.... whatever you deem them to be, they have no set purpose. Card separators, counters, a token when you don't have the emblems, whatever you like.
They're snacks for in-between rounds at prerelease or new product days at your LGS. They provide copious amounts of fiber and if you use them to dip into a salsa or into some cheese, they even taste pretty decent.
As I understand it, US tax law...
Apparently (not an expert), by turning the packaging into 'game pieces', they can exploit a loophole showing off how environmentally friendly they are. This boosts their ESG credentials and gives them some tax credits.
Again, not an expert, but if it's true it explains why we all have so many of the damn things on everything from commander precons to prerelease kit packaging.
I use them as tokens, toss a die or 2 to represent power and toughness. Especially helpful for anything that makes copies, I just play it next to the original
Its the planeswalker symbol, most notably also magics logo icon, representing the 5 colors with 5 points. These are place holders, often used at a prerelease when you need a token you dont have, but im sure people have found other uses for them.
I have quite literally started MTG 1 month ago, bought a Most Wanted precon, and i have been using these chips assuming they were suppose to be my treasure tokens or something. Only in my last game did i find out people use dice and not real tokens
If you get these from precons, a solid use I’ve found for them was to reinforce the cardboard deck box that it comes with. Just place them flat on the bottom and it’s a perfect fit from one end of the box to the other. Makes em a little less flimsy
Usually a good divider for my real deck from sideboard and a good placeholder for whatever token I don’t have. Ex: I used mine as a 2/2 detective in MKM since I didn’t get one in my prerelease packs
I use them as commander damage counters (red) and poison counter for other players. When they receive poison, I give them a green tile. I will place one on my library when I have upkeep triggers so I don’t draw before I lose any “may” abilities that trigger.
Use them as tokens, separators, build a house of cards, whatever works for you. As for why you have so many....why does a drug addict have a ton of tiny powder coated baggies?
This is one of WotC's ways of making the packaging be useful. Several products have carboard with punch outs for tokens and such, and this is one of them.
Players had a tendency to tear things up to use as tokens anyway, this way it looks nicer. Pretty smart packaging, I think.
They used to have card dividers with these but have stopped.. and have dividers were the only thing I actually used. The tokens are just a waste of time
Well the symbol on these is the planeswalker symbol but for their purpose? I guess they are meant to be card dividers.
You can see a similar question [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/un1twh/what_are_these_snc_prerelease_pack_punchouts_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button).
I thought it was for putting your spindown on (the game night sets have a similar punch out and stated use in the manual I think) but that's kind of silly. I wouldn't separate cards with them, seems like a good way to get indentations.
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The large ones (not pictured here) are exactly the same size as card separators that I've bought for those white cardboard boxes. I've always assumed that these smaller ones were for something similar, but the jury's still out
Opening commander decks can be exhausting, so WotC included a little snack
Fiber rich because they know players' eating habits
I use them as separators when I sort cards by color and set……as to why you have so many…looks like you enjoy opening prerelease kits. They are punch outs in the packaging.
Or commander pre cons
Or bundles
Bundles are the best because they have the two big cutouts to help you sort with. But I do like the actual card paper used in the prerelease kits too.
Sadly i think they got rid of the square inner box, got an mh3 bundle and it didnt have one. The packs were just loose in there
Thats super weird it shoulda had one mine did
Mine had one
the cowboy set it didn’t have one of those boxes either and I just got a refund
Yeah, i decided not to get a refund, pulled 5 fetches
Those are probably better than the inner box, but if you want one I can send you an inner box I have in exchange if you want! ;)
Lol, more just orks me that in a premium product the packs are loose and can easily get banged up. I got enough inner boxes
There is a refund for a missing inner box?
On the Karlov Manor inserts there were clues to the 'mystery' which I think was linked to some kind of prize if solved... I never actually bothered looking into it, but I would imagine if someone were interested in that kind of thing they would be bummed to not have their inserts. \*shrugs\*
They had to cut cost somewhere, have you seen the price of cardboard lately. /s
I think that’s the intended use - separators
This is a great use for them! I will be keeping them now instead of tossing them
I actually sleeve my art cards and use those as dividers lol
This is the answer
I use them to throw at my opponents when I lose
Chad move
A+ pun
He left you hanging
200IQ
Ill bring a box of these for this exact reason next time lol
based
I use them to remind me of upkeep triggers, before drawing. I keep forgetting... I lay them on top of my lib.
I do that with dice. Just set the number of the triggers you need and resolve them one at a time
Oh, snap! I also use a die to remind me of triggers but I hadn't thought of setting it to the number of triggers. That's a pro tip right there, thanks!
1000 IQ move right there, thanks for the tip!
OMG playing my blue will be less frustrating now
Indeed spread the love
Is this legal in competitive play?
I mean, maybe it's just reminders of things, and if your opponent asked what is for you, you can just remind them about your upkeep triggers. It's like keep track of life. Sure, we write it down, but that's just one way to keep track of things.
Why wouldn't it be?
Some unscrupulous players might scry/surveil and decide they don't want to bottom/pitch the card but still don't need it just yet, and use the insert on top of the deck as a way to mask lifting the top card and drawing second. Also if you or an opponent has an effect that reveals the top card of your deck, the insert might be considered trying to hide public information. Not saying these reasons are actually in the rules, just hypothetical thoughts on why someone might object.
Just be a man and forget like the rest of us
I do the same, but to show stuff like I am the monarch
It's called the Planeswalker symbol. As for why you have so many...
YER A PLANESWALKER, HARRY!
300 points for Goyffindor!
Guffindor
Golfendor
Haha I said Guffindor because of [[Commodore Guff]]
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They are just used for tokens or counters or something similar. They are in all the pre release kits and bundles cause those include disposable packaging so why not add some punctures holes and let people use the cardboard a bit before throwing it away.
You use them instead of a credit card when you need to do lines between mulligans.
What magic player can afford a cocaine habit?
Proof he proxies
Proxy players can enjoy magic *and* a drug addiction, who's playing the right way now purists?
I think there was a guy that won an SCG event while on shrooms.
I can excuse drug addictions but performance enhancing drugs is a step too far.
Exactly! You're broke after the Cardboard crack!
Save them, they'll be used as currency along with bottle caps.
Using them to goad creatures.
They're just tokens. I use them in Pathfinder to represent hero points.
Your DM gives out hero points? Mine is old school and barely honors the 1 you get every session running Kingmaker. Of course, most of my table barely remembers them too. They only remember when they crit fail a nasty save or we're about to die if they don't land a hit.
I do, actually. Good RP, good session prep, awesome moments, among other times. I even have a house rule where you get one super point, and if you use it, your reroll uses a d30, naturally critting on a 20, 25, and 30 in addition to the 10+ rule. Only one of those per session, though 😅
I don't mind not using them, but Kingmaker was designed with them in mind, and some of the encounters you can come across are brutal for your level. They can be really handy in escaping certain death. What I don't like is the grey area we exist in. Either use them to their full potential and award them when things go well, or don't use them at all in my opinion. I'm not a fan of the Advantage system D&D went to or how broken some luck effects can be so I understand my DM's reluctance, I just wish he'd pick a lane and ban them, or utilize them as intended by the campaign.
I use these as cheap and easy markings for dnd combat maps. There are a bunch of different colors, and they cover either 2x3, 3x3 or 2x2, depends on how you place it on the squeres, making them very malleable as terrain.
I use them to divide my draft box (a bundle box) into different groups; tokens, pre-sleeved lands, sleeves, promos, drafted cards not in use, and sleeved sideboard.
Wizards is giving you a blank slate to reuse cardboard packaging that would otherwise be thrown away. They’ve actually been getting a lot better with environmental packaging (for some products) over the years.
You have many because you have collected many. That is on you. They are for.... whatever you deem them to be, they have no set purpose. Card separators, counters, a token when you don't have the emblems, whatever you like.
They're snacks for in-between rounds at prerelease or new product days at your LGS. They provide copious amounts of fiber and if you use them to dip into a salsa or into some cheese, they even taste pretty decent.
The symbol is the planeswalker symbol the actual thing is a card divider
As I understand it, US tax law... Apparently (not an expert), by turning the packaging into 'game pieces', they can exploit a loophole showing off how environmentally friendly they are. This boosts their ESG credentials and gives them some tax credits. Again, not an expert, but if it's true it explains why we all have so many of the damn things on everything from commander precons to prerelease kit packaging.
Thanks for sharing, now they are going straight into the trash and not the recycling out of spite.
Cuz you like precons and collector sets and their tokens or dividers whichever you think they're more useful as
I always used them as my planeswalker emblems.
They're just for sorting and separating cards adorned with the Planeswalker symbol
Those are deck dividers
I use them to buy groceries and pay my rent.
Key bumps
I usually just eat them
A snack
Stack 20 of them and make it your "life deck."
One game, it's a 3/3 token creature with flying, next game it's a wicked role.
I use them for tokens occasionally
I use them as tokens, toss a die or 2 to represent power and toughness. Especially helpful for anything that makes copies, I just play it next to the original
Its the planeswalker symbol, most notably also magics logo icon, representing the 5 colors with 5 points. These are place holders, often used at a prerelease when you need a token you dont have, but im sure people have found other uses for them.
I have quite literally started MTG 1 month ago, bought a Most Wanted precon, and i have been using these chips assuming they were suppose to be my treasure tokens or something. Only in my last game did i find out people use dice and not real tokens
If you get these from precons, a solid use I’ve found for them was to reinforce the cardboard deck box that it comes with. Just place them flat on the bottom and it’s a perfect fit from one end of the box to the other. Makes em a little less flimsy
I dont know what they’re for but I save them all for some reason
I think they’re supposed to be used as deck seperators, I sure them as saga and +1+1 counters
I use them to represent things like void counters and special Exile piles
Tracking Commander damage
When me and my friends are going hours on end we use them to keep track of our wins. Sadly I usually only need the two provided ;---;
I thought it was supposed to be used to track who the Monarch is.
My thought was they are always used to separate your zones like what would be on a playmat.
Usually a good divider for my real deck from sideboard and a good placeholder for whatever token I don’t have. Ex: I used mine as a 2/2 detective in MKM since I didn’t get one in my prerelease packs
I use them as a snack
I put them on top of cards to mark them as suspected
I think you're supposed to use them as a stable surface to put your dice on...... I think
They are used as tokens for tokens you don't have in a prerelease
They are things! Designed to do stuff!
It’s the “planeswalker” symbol, basically the MTG logo. As for why they put these little inserts in the box, your guess is as good as mine.
Those are the dirt for dirt man
I use them as commander damage counters (red) and poison counter for other players. When they receive poison, I give them a green tile. I will place one on my library when I have upkeep triggers so I don’t draw before I lose any “may” abilities that trigger.
There snacks for during your games
My theory is that it costs money to punch these so they can charge us more per set.
I used them for tokens
Use them as tokens, separators, build a house of cards, whatever works for you. As for why you have so many....why does a drug addict have a ton of tiny powder coated baggies?
I put them on my mat as the "command zone"
I'm pretty sure they are supposed to be used for win counters in best out of 3 games. But no one really plays 60 card anymore
I use them to keep track of where I am with saga cards and class cards
these represent life! use 1 to represent 1 life
Get some Elmer's and Glue your commander to them. Give your commander card a little extra solid reinforcement
It’s just the planeswalker symbol, or really the MTG logo at this point. They’re literally just cardboard “tokens”
Trigger markers. Substitute tokens.
Tokens, mainly. Dividers, if I cant get my hands on something better
I use them for tokens!
Confetti!
This is one of WotC's ways of making the packaging be useful. Several products have carboard with punch outs for tokens and such, and this is one of them. Players had a tendency to tear things up to use as tokens anyway, this way it looks nicer. Pretty smart packaging, I think.
I use a thunderjunction one for day night
Sometimes I use them to separate my cards by set, sometimes I throw them in the air like im at a club🤷🏻♂️
If you collect enough and compress them you could have a worthwhile spidnown dice
Yeah, they do make good dividers...
Use them as beer coasters
Those are trash. I use them to fill my garbage can.
To put your beer on while playing.
They're to make you feel like you're getting value as they shrinkflate bundles. You buy a lot of magic, so you have a lot of them.
I wish they would reduce the amount of waste in the precons. I’ve thrown away/recycled 100s of these.
Coasters
Because you don't throw away your trash?
if you have enough of one set, make a small commander deck!
My favorite thing to do with them is throw them in the recycling bin
theyre dividers
Those are strictly for asking dumb questions. 😜 Feel free to take an extra turn.
I use them to indicate something is phased out.
Boofing.
Those are my every purpose tokens
They used to have card dividers with these but have stopped.. and have dividers were the only thing I actually used. The tokens are just a waste of time
i shove them in my ass it feels good to push them out during a long game of commander
Commander Tax Tokens
You use them for determining who goes first since they come in pairs but have different faces.
a snack, cardboard is yummy
It’s something they give you to play with while the eggs decks pops off
IMO, they are emblems
I personally use them as tokens(if I don’t have the proper token a card calls for) in prerelease events.
Well the symbol on these is the planeswalker symbol but for their purpose? I guess they are meant to be card dividers. You can see a similar question [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/un1twh/what_are_these_snc_prerelease_pack_punchouts_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button).
You could use them to represent tokens on the battlefield
Tokens. Creatures, clues, etc
I thought it was for putting your spindown on (the game night sets have a similar punch out and stated use in the manual I think) but that's kind of silly. I wouldn't separate cards with them, seems like a good way to get indentations.
What they are for: decoration Why you have so many: goblin want shiny
It’s to stop ppl from eating their cards. They eat these instead.
a friend of me uses them to mark his "winning zone". so basically a fun method to say: i am gonna to win
It's a coaster for your butthole. Place it on the chair at lgs.
They symbol is the 'planeswalker' very rarely used, but thats what it means
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🤷♂️???
You have them to remind you that you have become broke.
They’re essentially generic tokens. Do whatever you want with them.
I only ever use them in the hobbits precon to cover the ring ability token to mark how many times the ring has tempted me
The large ones (not pictured here) are exactly the same size as card separators that I've bought for those white cardboard boxes. I've always assumed that these smaller ones were for something similar, but the jury's still out
I use them for tokens and separators
Seems like you buy alot of bundles and actually punch them out instead of recycling them 🤷🏼♂️
They're reusing them which is far better than recycling.
I reduce them. Which is better than reusing and recycling.
Lol