Glad to see the Lotus reprinted... been holding off buying mine for EDH. Now, I'll have no reason not to pick up a couple for my edh decks.
Battle of Wits should never be a reprint ever.... in fact wizards should errata it out of existance. Banning isn't enough... it should be as though it never existed in the first place. I played against it when it was last in standard, I wanted to kill that kid every time I had to cut his deck or wait for him to shuffle.
Gilded Lotus is a good card that has a chance at competitive play, has a lot of appeal to Commander players and is in short supply. It is a good reprint. Battle of Wits........yeah I got nothing. Unless we get a bunch of good tutors/transmute cards in RtR, it's kind of a waste of everyone's time. WOTC also needs to stop previewing cards that they've already officially spoiled. Unofficial leaks you can't control are unavoidable and unfortunate but stuff you've already spoiled? What a waste of time.
Battle of Wits has created so many awesome stories, and some really creative decks in several formats. I think it totally deserves to come back for another whirl.
Nice to see Gilded Lotus reprinted. I reluctantly traded my last one away recently, and it's good to know I can get another one easily now.
Gilded Lotus is a good card that has a chance at competitive play, has a lot of appeal to Commander players and is in short supply. It is a good reprint. Battle of Wits........yeah I got nothing. Unless we get a bunch of good tutors/transmute cards in RtR, it's kind of a waste of everyone's time. WOTC also needs to stop previewing cards that they've already officially spoiled. Unofficial leaks you can't control are unavoidable and unfortunate but stuff you've already spoiled? What a waste of time.
This is a reason I'm excited. It gives potential to transmute returning (although this is an empty wish since they didn't really like the mechanic). A man can dream though.
Happy to see Lotus back, though I wish it had new art. Old art is still awesome though.
Battle of Wits? Really? THAT'S AWESOME! So many fun cards being spoiled in this set and BoW really makes it all that more awesome. I swear if someone at FNM starts bringing a BW decks I may just have to shake his/her hand.
Jesus Christ. Can't wait to be drafting and open that piece of crap. Wizards, if you want to reprint joke cards like this, why can't you just make them commons? Is it really necessary to waste rare slots like this. So far I've been digging this set but this crap is really pissing me off now.
Edit: Im talking about Battle of Wits, if it wasn't obvious.
Come on apologists - tell me that there are still rares to spoil and this set is not terrible.
Your opinion. I'm a casual Johnny, and this set is a veritable candyland playground for me. So many interesting cards, so many effects to break...synergies to exploit.
To you it's crap, to me, my favorite core set thus far.
Jesus Christ. Can't wait to be drafting and open that piece of crap. Wizards, if you want to make joke cards like this, why can't you just make them commons? Is it really necessary to waste rare slots like this. So far I've been digging this set but this crap is really pissing me off now.
Edit: Im talking about Battle of Wits, if it wasn't obvious.
Right, cause it's not like 70 percent of ANY rares in the set are gonna be picked before Nighthawk.
Jesus Christ. Can't wait to be drafting and open that piece of crap. Wizards, if you want to reprint joke cards like this, why can't you just make them commons? Is it really necessary to waste rare slots like this. So far I've been digging this set but this crap is really pissing me off now.
Edit: Im talking about Battle of Wits, if it wasn't obvious.
Drafting?!? Who cares you get to take a sweet common/uncommon and pass that along. Sealed is where opening this is going to suck.
And Battle of Wits may not be an especially good or expensive card, but it certainly is a fun card. And it had done well in Standard both times it was printed, and it has even seen Extended and Legacy play.
Seriously guys, this set is full of great cards. Whenever a set isn't full of overpowered mythics, everyone thinks that a set is underpowered. But this set has a ton of powerful cards at lower rarities that will be affecting Standard.
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
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Why else do you think that card goes for $10?
I would SO MUCH RATHER have Time Reversal at Rare then this useless garbage. Bleck.
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You honestly didn't just say that.
It's Battle of Wits, man! Battle of Wits should be called Battle of the Imbeciles who play a 200+ deck and are doomed to fail!
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A Community Set
Commander: Allies & Adversaries
N/A
Modern:
Grishoalbrand / Grixis Death's Shadow / Jeskai Control / UW Control
Okay...If I get that one in my M13 drafts, I will do it.
Augustin, Rasputin, Bruna, Brago, Ojutai
No offense, but the set is looking to be quite fun and cool. Not everyone wants to see Titans again.
So excited. 256 is the proper deck size.
Lyzolda, the Blood Witch | Maga, Traitor to Mortals | Mayael the Anima | Rafiq of the Many | Rhys the Redeemed
Sasaya, Oorochi Ascendant | Sygg, River Cutthroat | Thada Adel, Acquisitor | Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Battle of Wits should never be a reprint ever.... in fact wizards should errata it out of existance. Banning isn't enough... it should be as though it never existed in the first place. I played against it when it was last in standard, I wanted to kill that kid every time I had to cut his deck or wait for him to shuffle.
This set is really horrible nuff said...
EDH: Xenagos, God of Revels.
Think a lot of people are confusing niche rares with junk rares.
Battle of Wits is a niche rare and will make a small percentage of the magic community happy . well worth the slot.
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Anyone who hates Battle of Wits also likely hates fun and ice cream. Disregard them.
Nice to see Gilded Lotus reprinted. I reluctantly traded my last one away recently, and it's good to know I can get another one easily now.
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This is a reason I'm excited. It gives potential to transmute returning (although this is an empty wish since they didn't really like the mechanic). A man can dream though.
Happy to see Lotus back, though I wish it had new art. Old art is still awesome though.
Battle of Wits? Really? THAT'S AWESOME! So many fun cards being spoiled in this set and BoW really makes it all that more awesome. I swear if someone at FNM starts bringing a BW decks I may just have to shake his/her hand.
Edit: Im talking about Battle of Wits, if it wasn't obvious.
Are they printing it without the rest of the cycle?
EDH:
Niv-Mizzet
Legacy:
The Rack
Modern
Venser, the Sojourner Control
Your opinion. I'm a casual Johnny, and this set is a veritable candyland playground for me. So many interesting cards, so many effects to break...synergies to exploit.
To you it's crap, to me, my favorite core set thus far.
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Right, cause it's not like 70 percent of ANY rares in the set are gonna be picked before Nighthawk.
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Drafting?!? Who cares you get to take a sweet common/uncommon and pass that along. Sealed is where opening this is going to suck.
I'm not going to touch it with a ten foot pole because the card is terrible, but I think it's awesome that it exists.
And Battle of Wits may not be an especially good or expensive card, but it certainly is a fun card. And it had done well in Standard both times it was printed, and it has even seen Extended and Legacy play.
Seriously guys, this set is full of great cards. Whenever a set isn't full of overpowered mythics, everyone thinks that a set is underpowered. But this set has a ton of powerful cards at lower rarities that will be affecting Standard.
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(and look, the proper border color this time!)
New art on Battle looks *much* better than the old art...
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW