Why can WOTC not print some more Future Sight boxes and sell them to people? What is keeping them from selling new boxes of old sets? Not any set on the reserved list I get it but why not those that have no cards on the reserved list AKA Masques and up. If MM taought us anything is that non standard boxes can be uber popular.
Why can WOTC not print some more Future Sight boxes and sell them to people? What is keeping them from selling new boxes of old sets? Not any set on the reserved list I get it but why not those that have no cards on the reserved list AKA Masques and up. If MM taought us anything is that non standard boxes can be uber popular.
Like as a limited "special edition" sort of idea done once in a while? [so I see if I understand what yer asking]
Like instead of a MM set every year just print some more of the highest valued boxes from yester year. Why do they assume that when a set leaves standard than that is when they should stop printing it. Also why do they never print more of a set when they have stopped?
The sets are no longer in print. They'd have to print the set explicitly to sell.
Future Sight might sell pretty well as a cash-grab/goyf-chase, but it's not going to sell as well as a Standard set unless you reprint the whole block to draft, at which point you're talking 3x the printing costs.
The idea just has logistical issues. Something like Modern Masters is a better avenue for reprinting cards, because they can craft a fresh limited environment each time as a means to sell packs.
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There doesn't seem to be much upside to reprinting entire sets.
It'll either sell well and take focus away from new product or sell poorly and be a big loss.
It'll upset the secondary market (primarily store owners) who sell old packs at a premium because they bought them at a premium.
It being an old draft format means that it's already 'solved' for lack of a better term.
A new product with sought-after reprints is far more exciting for just about everyone that Wizards needs to keep happy than a full-set reprint would be.
Why can WOTC not print some more Future Sight boxes and sell them to people? What is keeping them from selling new boxes of old sets? Not any set on the reserved list I get it but why not those that have no cards on the reserved list AKA Masques and up. If MM taought us anything is that non standard boxes can be uber popular.
If MM taought us anything is that non standard boxes can be uber popular.
As an explicit reprint set that serves to put a large number of staples back into the environment, sure.
Time Spiral block (and any given past block, really) doesn't have that much appeal to reprint, especially since it's got a much higher level of chaff than Modern Masters, so there's little other than nostalgia to justify buying the set seeing as it's not in Standard.
Also they print boxes primarily for limited. Future sight was a TERRIBLE limited format. They've gotten much better at making good ones these days. It's better to just do value reprints in other ways.
WotC also tested the waters with the Alara-block all foil boosters. Reprinting the whole block in just one 'set.'
Unfortunately it didn't sell well, the draft format was horrendous and the boosters cost too much for casual players. On top of that this was done while the set was still fresh, so the cards were still standard playables.
The good part was that Alara-block foils were very easy to acquire for a while. Both foil Bloodbraid Elf and [card]Path to Exile[/*card] were much cheaper than they would have been without these and the promo foils floating around.
If WotC were going to rerelease an old set exactly as it originally was, the logical choices would be Innistrad, Zendikar/Worldwake (possibly in 2:1 mixed boxes) or Rise of the Eldrazi. All popular with drafters and filled with money cards.
Nothing prevents them doing so, but I feel they've made a commercial decision that Modern Masters style products are better for them. I'm actually not convinced they are right.
They won't because it creates rarity, it gives the cards value and doing so would tempered with the market value...
Pick the easiest example possible, what would happen if they would reprint alpha ....with tons of power nine cards going on the market...
Additionally to that:
- The percentage of people who want's cards from previous sets can easily get them through online shops so there's enough cards there to cover the demands
- The cards wouldn't be tournament legal as it would follows the same sets rules (so standard only i believe)
- The most fun cards can be found into Core Sets (this will change as the core sets will end this year)
- And yes they would like to stay focus on the sets going forward, bring new cards to the table and let people creates championship decks instead of trying to build those that have already been made
Wizards does a lot to appeal to collectors as well as competitive players. Sure people might like more Tarmagoyfs floating around, but that kills the collectability of the card if they make more, and not just reprinting like in Modern Masters but with the same set symbol and everything.
Mostly, there is no reason to print old sets again when they can be cherry picked for what was good from them. Modern Masters' limited format was just the limited formats of like three sets cobbled together. If people really want to play Tribal Humans or whatever in limited again, Wizards would much rather print those draft types in a new product instead or releasing Innistrad again, for example.
Why reprint Future Sight as purely a Goyf lotto when you can print a Modern Masters set as a Goyf plus lots of other excellent cards lotto. Plus Modern Masters was way more fun to draft.
It would be cool to revisit some of the draft-formats I missed during my "sabbatical", I'm sure there would be takers for Innistrad draft for example. But such a release would likely have to take the place of the summer supplemental product, and something like Conspiracy, Planechase, Modern Masters or even Un-3 would almost definitely sell better than an old reprint.
Additionally, they can do this online for no cost, so it is better for them to let the people that are interested in such a thing do it in cyberspace.
It would be cool to revisit some of the draft-formats I missed during my "sabbatical", I'm sure there would be takers for Innistrad draft for example. But such a release would likely have to take the place of the summer supplemental product, and something like Conspiracy, Planechase, Modern Masters or even Un-3 would almost definitely sell better than an old reprint.
Additionally, they can do this online for no cost, so it is better for them to let the people that are interested in such a thing do it in cyberspace.
They do do this online. I think they call them flashback drafts or something like that. I've done ROEROEROE, Innistrad Block, Masques Block, and Urza's block semi-recently. Also, during the recent set of cubes, prizes included old packs. I got a Mirage draft set in one of them, and I don't even think I came in first.
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Like as a limited "special edition" sort of idea done once in a while? [so I see if I understand what yer asking]
Future Sight might sell pretty well as a cash-grab/goyf-chase, but it's not going to sell as well as a Standard set unless you reprint the whole block to draft, at which point you're talking 3x the printing costs.
The idea just has logistical issues. Something like Modern Masters is a better avenue for reprinting cards, because they can craft a fresh limited environment each time as a means to sell packs.
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They actually can.
They also won't.
As an explicit reprint set that serves to put a large number of staples back into the environment, sure.
Time Spiral block (and any given past block, really) doesn't have that much appeal to reprint, especially since it's got a much higher level of chaff than Modern Masters, so there's little other than nostalgia to justify buying the set seeing as it's not in Standard.
Unfortunately it didn't sell well, the draft format was horrendous and the boosters cost too much for casual players. On top of that this was done while the set was still fresh, so the cards were still standard playables.
The good part was that Alara-block foils were very easy to acquire for a while. Both foil Bloodbraid Elf and [card]Path to Exile[/*card] were much cheaper than they would have been without these and the promo foils floating around.
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Nothing prevents them doing so, but I feel they've made a commercial decision that Modern Masters style products are better for them. I'm actually not convinced they are right.
Pick the easiest example possible, what would happen if they would reprint alpha ....with tons of power nine cards going on the market...
Additionally to that:
- The percentage of people who want's cards from previous sets can easily get them through online shops so there's enough cards there to cover the demands
- The cards wouldn't be tournament legal as it would follows the same sets rules (so standard only i believe)
- The most fun cards can be found into Core Sets (this will change as the core sets will end this year)
- And yes they would like to stay focus on the sets going forward, bring new cards to the table and let people creates championship decks instead of trying to build those that have already been made
Mostly, there is no reason to print old sets again when they can be cherry picked for what was good from them. Modern Masters' limited format was just the limited formats of like three sets cobbled together. If people really want to play Tribal Humans or whatever in limited again, Wizards would much rather print those draft types in a new product instead or releasing Innistrad again, for example.
Additionally, they can do this online for no cost, so it is better for them to let the people that are interested in such a thing do it in cyberspace.
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MTGO does have a cost but it is miniscule in comparison to the headache that is reprinting old sets.
Yo OP, whats to stop you from buying sealed product that is still available? Cost?
Selling some cards I don't want.
Generally less than tcg mid.
They do do this online. I think they call them flashback drafts or something like that. I've done ROEROEROE, Innistrad Block, Masques Block, and Urza's block semi-recently. Also, during the recent set of cubes, prizes included old packs. I got a Mirage draft set in one of them, and I don't even think I came in first.