German MTG Players Are Finding the Strixhaven Codex Bundle on Store Shelves Three Days Early
A German Magic: The Gathering player stumbled upon the Secrets of Strixhaven Codex Bundle sitting on a Müller store shelf on 12 May 2026, three days before the product's official street date of 15 May. Two units were sitting in the toy and trading card aisle, priced at 85€ each, and the player purchased one on the spot.
The find was shared on r/mtg by u/enderlord44444, quickly gathering close to 1,000 upvotes as players recognised what they were looking at. "It's the Strixhaven Codex Bundle. They are not supposed to be on sale yet so you have gotten lucky," confirmed u/Somthing_different in the comments.
What Is Inside the Strixhaven Codex Bundle?
The bundle contains 2 Collector Boosters, 6 Play Boosters, a set of dice, and one of six promo Talisman mana rock variants exclusive to the product. At an MSRP of around $90 USD (approximately 85€ in Germany), the value is considerable: two individual Collector Boosters retail for close to that price on their own in the US. Players who managed to pre-order through Walmart or Amazon were looking at $89–$99, though a number of those US Walmart pre-orders have since been delayed or cancelled outright.
How Did It End Up on a German Toy Store Shelf Early?
Multiple commenters in the thread identified the retailer as Müller, the German and Austrian lifestyle chain that stocks trading cards alongside books, toys, and stationery. Redditor u/Kravo420 confirmed they had also bought one the same day: "Yesterday I got one, today they were sold out at Müller." A separate user in Vienna, u/Auxweg, reported picking one up at a Müller store the previous week after a staff member had "just put it into the system" without apparently knowing an embargo was in place.
As u/Zuparoebann noted, stores had likely been sitting on stock for several days in preparation for the 15 May ship date, and some Müller locations simply put the product on shelf without waiting for the street date to pass. At least one other player confirmed buying one in Austria on the same day as the original post.
The early availability was particularly pointed for local game store owners, some of whom had not yet received their own allocations. "Someone fucked up," wrote u/AshsAlarmClock, who manages a card shop. "I manage a card shop and we haven't even received ours yet." Several LGS owners reported their orders being shorted, while US Walmart pre-orders were still cycling through delays at the time of writing.
Finding an unreleased product at a general retailer at MSRP is exactly the kind of thing that rewards a wander through the toy aisle on a weekday. Whether that second unit on the Müller shelf survived the weekend is a different question entirely.