So, do people still remember Iconic Masters? Well, I went to my local game stop and found out they are having a sale right now on the draft packs and you can pick them up at 10.99 per 3 boosters. Honestly, that's one sweet deal considering they still have some relatively good pulls. It's in-store pick up only so depending on your area you might be out of luck.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Magic "attendance" might be dropping, but from what I've seen, sales are as good as ever, and that's because people are playing more commander. Because of that, people don't go out as much to tournaments or drafts, but still buy products like those $50 commander packs or singles from vendors.
Well, there is the whole attendance angle, but finding a good deal on sealed product in this game is like finding a mythical garden gnome watering your garden in the morning. Iconic Masters may have been a flop, but the contents of the set are still light years ahead of other sets. There's almost no way to not get your money back out of 3 packs of iconic for basically 11 dollars when there's so many cards in the set that already exceed 3 usd. Honestly, both Iconic masters and the unset are probably worth more than people are giving them credit for.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Well, there is the whole attendance angle, but finding a good deal on sealed product in this game is like finding a mythical garden gnome watering your garden in the morning. Iconic Masters may have been a flop, but the contents of the set are still light years ahead of other sets. There's almost no way to not get your money back out of 3 packs of iconic for basically 11 dollars when there's so many cards in the set that already exceed 3 usd. Honestly, both Iconic masters and the unset are probably worth more than people are giving them credit for.
Well a potential value and what you actual get for them is quite different.
In the end, A LOT of boosters will just fail to compensate the money , if they would actually make you money opening them even in the majority of time, the shop would be downright stupid to sell them and not get the money themselves (as a store should have a much easier time selling all the cards online and in the shop itself as singles).
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Anyway, doesnt mean you cant be satisfied, but its far of from being good.
Iconic masters simply sells terrible bad, so lots of stores sell them for cheaper, even with the best possible pulls, lots and lots of the cards are just not sought after at all (and theres just that many Mana Drain people want for some random EDH decks etc. etc.).
A much bigger value is in foils, but getting one that is a rare is already a stretch.
Well, there is the whole attendance angle, but finding a good deal on sealed product in this game is like finding a mythical garden gnome watering your garden in the morning. Iconic Masters may have been a flop, but the contents of the set are still light years ahead of other sets. There's almost no way to not get your money back out of 3 packs of iconic for basically 11 dollars when there's so many cards in the set that already exceed 3 usd. Honestly, both Iconic masters and the unset are probably worth more than people are giving them credit for.
Well a potential value and what you actual get for them is quite different.
In the end, A LOT of boosters will just fail to compensate the money , if they would actually make you money opening them even in the majority of time, the shop would be downright stupid to sell them and not get the money themselves (as a store should have a much easier time selling all the cards online and in the shop itself as singles).
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Anyway, doesnt mean you cant be satisfied, but its far of from being good.
Iconic masters simply sells terrible bad, so lots of stores sell them for cheaper, even with the best possible pulls, lots and lots of the cards are just not sought after at all (and theres just that many Mana Drain people want for some random EDH decks etc. etc.).
A much bigger value is in foils, but getting one that is a rare is already a stretch.
I actually like the set, just that it should not have been a masters product. This set feels more like what 4th edition felt like, which was sold for far less and did well in stores all over the place. In fact, it was probably one of the best selling sets in my area when I was younger as people just liked it far more than 5th edition. Oh, and don't get me started with bloody 6th edition. That set was a blight on the game as every single pack felt like it had basically nothing worth picking up and playing for longer than a day.
People want powerful, easy to use cards. That's just the story of magic going back to the times of old. Big clunky monsters really only played a part in decks that could push the mana to play them fast enough. On top of which, I'm still trying to figure out why they would not provide the basics in these masters sets. Counter Spell, Dark Ritual, Lightning Bolt, Giant Growth, etc, are staples of MtG past and should remain so for at least casual players. Even if the monetary value isn't high, the play value is there and people always need copies of these things for decks.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Quick update: It seems that Gamestops listing is a little deceptive. What they are calling a draft pack is actually a single booster pack, which goes completely against how the game is marketed as draft packs are a set of three booster packs. So really, the price is msrp for iconic masters which is a rip off and no one should buy them. Also it seems whoever is doing the repacks now is getting a bit savvier. I was like "well I came all the way here so I might as well get something" and saw a repack that had a foil card on top of a pack of 100 cards. I thought to myself, "well, this has to be a repack of one of the commander decks" and decided to buy it. Holy smokes was I wrong. What they did was create a fake 100 card pack that had a foil land on the top and gave just enough space between the booster pack and the cards to reveal the card was a foil. It was actually a pack of basic lands with a foil on top. I don't believe there are any 100 card land packs that I know of and I did actually count the cards to make sure I wasn't going crazy. On the upside it had the UR deck from SOI with the niblis of frost and the one pack of kaladesh had a Concealed Courtyard.
That was double burn in one day. Case in point people: Don't buy repacks and start complaining to gamestop about their product labeling.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Quick update: It seems that Gamestops listing is a little deceptive. What they are calling a draft pack is actually a single booster pack, which goes completely against how the game is marketed as draft packs are a set of three booster packs. So really, the price is msrp for iconic masters which is a rip off and no one should buy them. Also it seems whoever is doing the repacks now is getting a bit savvier. I was like "well I came all the way here so I might as well get something" and saw a repack that had a foil card on top of a pack of 100 cards. I thought to myself, "well, this has to be a repack of one of the commander decks" and decided to buy it. Holy smokes was I wrong. What they did was create a fake 100 card pack that had a foil land on the top and gave just enough space between the booster pack and the cards to reveal the card was a foil. It was actually a pack of basic lands with a foil on top. I don't believe there are any 100 card land packs that I know of and I did actually count the cards to make sure I wasn't going crazy. On the upside it had the UR deck from SOI with the niblis of frost and the one pack of kaladesh had a Concealed Courtyard.
That was double burn in one day. Case in point people: Don't buy repacks and start complaining to gamestop about their product labeling.
The pack of "basic" lands is something you should reclaim in the store, as its more like a Fake product.
It happens, as they put all kinds of packs in these things and some contain a lot of basic lands.
Anyway, everyone i know of that reclaimed the product in the store got a new one, as "basic lands" arent even funny, thats just borderline a scam and you should be angry about it, and they just wont give a crap to argue with you.
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Theres a potential to get a repack that in fact contains a commander deck and other good value, even some promos that are worth something on top of it.
But its quite a gamble, and its the kind of product that shouldnt ever exist in a "normal" world that has enough LGS to play.
But for the sake of it, reclaim the basic land box (doing that 1 time shouldnt be an issue, if you try to do that multiple times they might become somewhat suspect of you).
Quick update: It seems that Gamestops listing is a little deceptive. What they are calling a draft pack is actually a single booster pack, which goes completely against how the game is marketed as draft packs are a set of three booster packs. So really, the price is msrp for iconic masters which is a rip off and no one should buy them. Also it seems whoever is doing the repacks now is getting a bit savvier. I was like "well I came all the way here so I might as well get something" and saw a repack that had a foil card on top of a pack of 100 cards. I thought to myself, "well, this has to be a repack of one of the commander decks" and decided to buy it. Holy smokes was I wrong. What they did was create a fake 100 card pack that had a foil land on the top and gave just enough space between the booster pack and the cards to reveal the card was a foil. It was actually a pack of basic lands with a foil on top. I don't believe there are any 100 card land packs that I know of and I did actually count the cards to make sure I wasn't going crazy. On the upside it had the UR deck from SOI with the niblis of frost and the one pack of kaladesh had a Concealed Courtyard.
That was double burn in one day. Case in point people: Don't buy repacks and start complaining to gamestop about their product labeling.
The pack of "basic" lands is something you should reclaim in the store, as its more like a Fake product.
It happens, as they put all kinds of packs in these things and some contain a lot of basic lands.
Anyway, everyone i know of that reclaimed the product in the store got a new one, as "basic lands" arent even funny, thats just borderline a scam and you should be angry about it, and they just wont give a crap to argue with you.
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Theres a potential to get a repack that in fact contains a commander deck and other good value, even some promos that are worth something on top of it.
But its quite a gamble, and its the kind of product that shouldnt ever exist in a "normal" world that has enough LGS to play.
But for the sake of it, reclaim the basic land box (doing that 1 time shouldnt be an issue, if you try to do that multiple times they might become somewhat suspect of you).
At this point I don't really feel like running 30 minutes back to the gamestop to do it, but you're right on this and next time I run into a scenario like that I'm just going to return it on the spot. I actually had my personal land station pilfered a few weeks ago (swapped my old deck box that used to be used for a commander deck for the land station) since I was suspicious of a few people that were roaming around. Seems my suspicions were correct, but man those guys are going to feel funny when they see 100 amonket lands. I didn't even like those lands since they kept bending like crazy. Still, I did report the theft so hopefully they get caught. Ironically, I'm hoping that if they do get caught they have something other than just the land station, otherwise the estimated theft is like sub 10 usd so it's like someone running off with your McDonalds lunch. Albeit, a human running off with your mcdonalds lunch instead of a small fuzzy animal.
So these new ones will just get added into the pile with the Rivals land order. The new basics look amazing. I seriously want to meet up with this Dimatar fellow and see if he has any full scale land art prints.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Well a potential value and what you actual get for them is quite different.
In the end, A LOT of boosters will just fail to compensate the money , if they would actually make you money opening them even in the majority of time, the shop would be downright stupid to sell them and not get the money themselves (as a store should have a much easier time selling all the cards online and in the shop itself as singles).
----
Anyway, doesnt mean you cant be satisfied, but its far of from being good.
Iconic masters simply sells terrible bad, so lots of stores sell them for cheaper, even with the best possible pulls, lots and lots of the cards are just not sought after at all (and theres just that many Mana Drain people want for some random EDH decks etc. etc.).
A much bigger value is in foils, but getting one that is a rare is already a stretch.
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I actually like the set, just that it should not have been a masters product. This set feels more like what 4th edition felt like, which was sold for far less and did well in stores all over the place. In fact, it was probably one of the best selling sets in my area when I was younger as people just liked it far more than 5th edition. Oh, and don't get me started with bloody 6th edition. That set was a blight on the game as every single pack felt like it had basically nothing worth picking up and playing for longer than a day.
People want powerful, easy to use cards. That's just the story of magic going back to the times of old. Big clunky monsters really only played a part in decks that could push the mana to play them fast enough. On top of which, I'm still trying to figure out why they would not provide the basics in these masters sets. Counter Spell, Dark Ritual, Lightning Bolt, Giant Growth, etc, are staples of MtG past and should remain so for at least casual players. Even if the monetary value isn't high, the play value is there and people always need copies of these things for decks.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
That was double burn in one day. Case in point people: Don't buy repacks and start complaining to gamestop about their product labeling.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
The pack of "basic" lands is something you should reclaim in the store, as its more like a Fake product.
It happens, as they put all kinds of packs in these things and some contain a lot of basic lands.
Anyway, everyone i know of that reclaimed the product in the store got a new one, as "basic lands" arent even funny, thats just borderline a scam and you should be angry about it, and they just wont give a crap to argue with you.
----
Theres a potential to get a repack that in fact contains a commander deck and other good value, even some promos that are worth something on top of it.
But its quite a gamble, and its the kind of product that shouldnt ever exist in a "normal" world that has enough LGS to play.
But for the sake of it, reclaim the basic land box (doing that 1 time shouldnt be an issue, if you try to do that multiple times they might become somewhat suspect of you).
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At this point I don't really feel like running 30 minutes back to the gamestop to do it, but you're right on this and next time I run into a scenario like that I'm just going to return it on the spot. I actually had my personal land station pilfered a few weeks ago (swapped my old deck box that used to be used for a commander deck for the land station) since I was suspicious of a few people that were roaming around. Seems my suspicions were correct, but man those guys are going to feel funny when they see 100 amonket lands. I didn't even like those lands since they kept bending like crazy. Still, I did report the theft so hopefully they get caught. Ironically, I'm hoping that if they do get caught they have something other than just the land station, otherwise the estimated theft is like sub 10 usd so it's like someone running off with your McDonalds lunch. Albeit, a human running off with your mcdonalds lunch instead of a small fuzzy animal.
So these new ones will just get added into the pile with the Rivals land order. The new basics look amazing. I seriously want to meet up with this Dimatar fellow and see if he has any full scale land art prints.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
https://www.artstation.com/dimarinski
If you want big printouts you can call them, mail or for some directly buy it from a homepage/shop.
Some artworks in magic have a way way bigger original image they just crop from.
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