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more reserved list woes
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Magic: The Gathering |OT| Throne of Eldraine - Will and Rowan's Excellent Adventure
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more reserved list woes
Just think, the worst decision Wizards has made in 25 years of Magic the Gathering all happened because of the wet fart of a fucking set that was Chronicles.
reading that mystery boosters won't have updated oracle text for the cards
for example, it's really easy to miss that some of the older cards (some heavily played in modern/pioneer) can target planeswalkers instead of just creatures + players
i would have liked printings with the updated rules text
for example, it's really easy to miss that some of the older cards (some heavily played in modern/pioneer) can target planeswalkers instead of just creatures + players
i would have liked printings with the updated rules text
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Scryfall has most of the playtest cards
But bad news
thasgar asked: Will the playtest cards be available in the mystery boosters outside of the conventions? I've heard conflicting reports.
They will not. The playtest cards are just part of the Convention version.
November 08, 2019
But bad news
thasgar asked: Will the playtest cards be available in the mystery boosters outside of the conventions? I've heard conflicting reports.
They will not. The playtest cards are just part of the Convention version.
November 08, 2019
That's too bad. So the store version is just standard cube with foils.
At least I'll be going to a Magicfest and can hopefully check it out. I am also hoping this moves the needle on pricing. I want a foil Selvala badly but it's way expensive.
At least I'll be going to a Magicfest and can hopefully check it out. I am also hoping this moves the needle on pricing. I want a foil Selvala badly but it's way expensive.
Not a product I'd touch with a 10 foot pole, but I guess it'll be nice if the reprints lower some card prices.
the playtest cards looked fun, but i'd probably want to just draft without them after the first few times
without test cards, they could put this on magic online
something similar could be done with arena too, but arena hates limited
without test cards, they could put this on magic online
something similar could be done with arena too, but arena hates limited
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Week after next is the scheduled time, I believe.
Interesting article about a 1994 unpublished interview with Richard Garfield.
Have they been in the habit of making people replace scribbled over card's before? I know I've seen signed cards on camera but I can't remember seeing alters it any sort other than at Vintage/Legacy champs (which I don't think are Pro REL?).
Like, I'm all for what Autumns doing here but I'm also not sure that I've ever seen them allow cards marked up like that before in Pro REL ever.
Like, I'm all for what Autumns doing here but I'm also not sure that I've ever seen them allow cards marked up like that before in Pro REL ever.
Yeah I mean, I'm not surprised they don't want cards marked all over like that. If there's one company I don't actually think has any intention of stamping out statements like that, it's WOTC. If anything it sort of works out, because it brought a lot of attention to it, and at the end of the day I don't think they look particularly bad because of it /shrug
Well, this, as far as I can tell from Twitter, has caused many other players to follow suit with their lands.
I stopped playing Standard years ago because it was too expensive for me in the long term. Every year I paid money to be competitive and every year my deck would lose 70-90% of its value when rotation occurred. Legacy on the other hand was relatively cheap (in fact it can be argued to be a pretty good financial investment) and stable thanks to the reserve list. Also, thanks to the rise of Commander the value of a lot of Legacy staples have found a a secondary market.
Legacy is only a sound investment if there is a strong local scene. Pioneer has further put the death knell into legacy as a large format.
I'd say Legacy is pretty much dead now. It'll live on in MTGO.
Autumn definitely has lands with the same basic message on them on steam right now. Not sure if there was something specific that WotC needed addressed, or what the deal was. Hopefully they can share what happened at some point. Definitely surprised to see that happen after the Hong Kong statements.
I can reasonably support a policy that allows you to express your beliefs but also prevents you from calling anyone out by name. There isn't much of a slippery slope argument for the former but there definitely is for the latter.
In Bo3 it makes for great deck building choices. While Karn tutoring up lattice sucks there's a real tradeoff between running it and losing 5+ SB slots and not running it for a better SB.
In EDH thankfully wishes don't work at all
Mystery Booster information
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It's confirmed that the playtest cards are exclusive to the convention edition. The store version will instead have one of 121 foils in that slot, which are cards that can't be found in the other slots. Presumably, these will be normal cards, with a chunk being money cards.
Speaking of which, looking at the other slots, there is actually decent value overall, though the reprints are largely things that are expensive only due to low supply, so we're already seeing huge drops in prices.
In the Throne of Eldraine vision design handoff article,
The article also notably mentions that they looked into a lot of Knight based mechanics, including a renamed bushido (to chivalry).
Speaking of which, looking at the other slots, there is actually decent value overall, though the reprints are largely things that are expensive only due to low supply, so we're already seeing huge drops in prices.
In the Throne of Eldraine vision design handoff article,
They went out of their way to censor a section presumably talking about devotion, only to leave in a mention of it right after. Whoops.
The article also notably mentions that they looked into a lot of Knight based mechanics, including a renamed bushido (to chivalry).
sad about not getting playtest cards but i guess no one will be upset if you proxy them off and shove one in or draft them separately
what is this? the 6th reprint set in a row without fetches?
pretty amazing, even for wotc standards
pretty amazing, even for wotc standards
I dunno, there's the fact that my one friend at my kitchen table insists it plays as on the card since it's not a tournament, even though me and the one other friend most commonly playing with him say it should be handled with a wishboard. And I mean, there's an argument there I suppose, but it still feels lame to have an opponent go "okay, now let me spend a few minutes looking through my collection to see what would screw you over the absolute most in this specific situation."
I don't even know if it's particularly good per se, but it still makes for a definite feel-bad when you don't happen to have the tools to stop it.
Haha that friend would get hated out at my table then if that didn't change their ways possibly cut from the team. That's so stupid haha
official rules don't even mention wishboards anymore and wishes don't work in brawl either. If you're ok with a wishboard then that's fine I personally dislike it since that leads to even less deckbuilding cost. You could try and teach them a lesson by just putting karn in all your decks and spend several minutes looking for your lattice.
Wishing is acceptable when you're using Spawnsire of Ulamog to wish for one of every Eldrazi that's ever been printed.
B&R update - Veil of Summer banned in Pioneer
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Veil of Summer banned in Pioneer
Wow, I didn't expect a Standard card to be banned in Pioneer before the normal B&R announcement, and especially not for a defensive card like Veil. I also didn't expect a ban today with a tournament coming up this week. I suppose a sideboard card is the best card they could ban in a situation like that, since it doesn't mess up a deck. It also allows them to see if the Green Devotion threats are still too strong on their own.
Literally every other sanctioned constructed format looking at that announcement like "when's it gonna be my turn".
Veil is also just an obv design mistake imo. Better to be rid of it.
Not only the cantrip, also the player's hexproof which sidesteps edicts, target player loses X life effects, discard spells... The card protects against literally every single angle of attack in B and U for a single mana. The only thing it doesn't stop are non-targetting wraths.
Green shouldn't have cards like Veil. What's the point of differences in colors if green is going to get a de facto counterspell like that.
Green has counterspells for removal all the time (Blossoming Defense, etc). No big deal. I'm even okay with it giving the player hexproof as well considering that it's more narrow (as a color hoser). The cantrip on top is what's egregious.
It's a philosophical disagreement I have with how they design cards that bleed way over, for sure. I also dislike fight 🤷♂️
But Veil, the cantrip is egregious and granting the hexproof to you AND all permanents for G is egregious. That they're both in one card is for just G is super double stupid.
For real, the cheap ass cards that do like 12 things at once are getting to be a bit much. Even more so because they're mostly all green which makes everything stale. The meta revolves around one color, and that one color can do everything cheaper and quicker.
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