Alright, read it. The part that stuck out to me is the discussion about the conflict between making the game as good a game as it can be, and making a game that sells well. Someone covered that topic too when reviewing Masters 25, though I don't remember who. To Jeff's credit, he points out that Richard Garfield is all aboard the "the game has to sell well" side and thus doesn't romanticize him too much.
I think 96% of people complaining about prices would have gone away if they had announced MSRP as "$9.99 for individual booster packs, $335 for sealed booster boxes with Ultimate Box Toppers". The issue I (and likely a lot of people had) was that they thought the MSRP for packs was going to be $14 (335/24)We still don't know what the set contains so it's difficult to say whether the premium price is justified or not.
Let's be honest. Lots of people complained about the super high pricepoint on Ultimate Masters, but there was so much ridiculous reprint value and the set sold so well that tons of Modern staples cratered in value.
A fantastic read and the report format (and Cunningham's not-ever-changed profile picture) brought back a lot of nostalgia.Lands and Spells - Jeff Cunningham
This article might not resound as much for people who haven't been playing a long time, but was absolutely blown away by it. Hard to summarize -- would recommend reading the whole thing -- but for people who start it, the old-school tournament report isn't the whole thing; it's used as a framework to get to a deeper discussion of playing and following Magic into 2019. (Written by Jeff Cunningham, who was one of the all-time best Magic writers during the time when people invested talent and energy into being that.)
When I look at the cards I began playing with, I marvel at their integrity. There's no hint of commercialism in their design. No "remember, your audience is BOYS 14 and up." No branded characters on endless hero's journeys.
I still use "brainburst.com" to access Magic TCGplayer TO THIS DAY lolA fantastic read and the report format (and Cunningham's not-ever-changed profile picture) brought back a lot of nostalgia.
Clicking the bookmark "brainburst" always gives me a nostalgia hit, as well.
EDIT: to add something more, I thought this was a concise way of summing up something I've thought but couldn't quite put into words.
EDIT: to add something more, I thought this was a concise way of summing up something I've thought but couldn't quite put into words.
I've always typed that in if I'm on a browser where it's not bookmarked haha.I still use "brainburst.com" to access Magic TCGplayer TO THIS DAY lol
Modern Horizons definitely makes me think this will be like Future Sight.
Since the event was taken down, here's an image.
Modern Horizons definitely makes me think this will be like Future Sight. It was odd that MaRo would be so excited about a set that just put cards directly into Modern, and the way he worded things before made it seem like it wasn't necessarily in the nature of his design for it to be a Modern product, but it being Future Sight 2: Electric Boogaloo makes a lot more sense for his excitement.
Presumably it would be future card types and generally abilities that they're interested in testing without burning up standard with them.
As long as we don't get the horrible future shifted frame I'll be happy
Future Sight was a wacky experimental set filled with "cards from the future", along with the "mix and match" cards from the rest of the Time Spiral block that combined mechanics from all throughout Magic. Mechanics like delve and several individual cards made their debut here. It proved to be too complex for most players, but many experienced players liked it a lot, including the developers. It's been a common request to have another set like it, and I imagine this is it. Check the link for the cards.
Future Sight was a wacky experimental set filled with "cards from the future", along with the "mix and match" cards from the rest of the Time Spiral block that combined mechanics from all throughout Magic. Mechanics like delve and several individual cards made their debut here. It proved to be too complex for most players, but many experienced players liked it a lot, including the developers. It's been a common request to have another set like it, and I imagine this is it. Check the link for the cards.
They've been hinting at a Modern product that inserts new cards without going through Standard for a while. Given the fact that Mark Rosewater, someone who's shown very little interest in reprint-only products, is hyping this up and it's a product he himself proposed, I can't imagine it's reprint-only.The cards in the set have to be applicable to the Modern format in order for the set to be called "Modern Horizons" so any new cards by definition can't slide into Modern without WotC simply stating that this set is an exception to the rule. Do you think the product is Modern reprints + Timeshifted cards? Because that's more like "Modern and Horizons", not "Modern Horizons", if that makes sense.
They've been hinting at a Modern product that inserts new cards without going through Standard for a while. Given the fact that Mark Rosewater, someone who's shown very little interest in reprint-only products, is hyping this up and it's a product he himself proposed, I can't imagine it's reprint-only.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply there wouldn't be reprints.I don't think the set will be reprint-only but I can't see how you call a set "Modern" without reprints at all.
But Hazoret rotated out.Mono Blue, Mono Red, and people who play Wilderness Reclamation can burn in hell.
Card being referenced with the +2
Yeah, not paying twice as much for cardboard just because you might get a reprinted card that could or could not even be expensive right now. Fuck that noise, I'm out.
Since the set is including a bunch of new, pushed cards for Modern, the expensive cards are going to be in the new cards. Not the reprints.
I'm curious about what this means for Modern as a format. I feel like they've done a pretty awful job shaping and cultivating the metagame via bans and printed answers if I'm being 100% honest. Maybe this set will be the start of them taking it seriously.
Would also love a Legacy Horizons as well... but I guess we gotta walk before we run.