Case: Scavenging Ooze: Card goes for $30 which is roughly the cost of the commander deck it came in assuming it went for the normal price. This puts everyone in an awkward spot. Eternal players, and EDH players looking for a specific card, want to get their pieces in the most efficient way possible. Since the card already is worth as much as the deck, might as well buy the deck for free value (Foil Generals, other chase cards). Retailers want a fair price, so they bring the price up for the deck since it's started to be worth more.
This screws over the more casual crowd who spend money only on direct product and not singles, since the deck they wanted is suddenly waaaaaaay more expensive than it should be.
Actually, Scavenging Ooze was more of a "perfect storm" kind of issue.
When the commander decks originally came out, you could find Counterpunch boxes ALL over the place, because people were running around looking for Political Puppets to relieve it of it's Flusterstorm. You could still quite reasonably find most of the other boxes for normal retail at Target, Walmart, etc, especially if you live an reasonably sized metro area with multiple locations.
Scavenging Ooze's problem was that the legacy deck that wanted it didn't pick up on how rad it was for it's deck until the print run of Commander had basically run it's course- stores weren't getting replenished, so by that point you were basically selling whatever stock they had left on hand- this being what really pushed it up to a $30 card- the demand wasn't really there for a good chunk of the time that the boxes sat on shelves, so there were additional reorders and replenishes from the company that handles the stocking of the big-box stores. Thus, fewer boxes out in the wild, and the ones out in the wild were the ones that had lesser demand, thus less product moved, thus stores are sitting with full shelves, but with boxes that aren't the ones that the players really, really wanted.
If you were a casual player that only wanted the decks for fun, it was actually pretty easy to get one of everything within the first two months for just about retail +/- $5. Thing is, most of the products sit on shelves for about 5-6 months. That's where the bad spot is- those last 3-4 months are pretty dry unless you do just want them for their casual use and not "value".
It's nice that there is so much value in so many of the decks, AND that it drags down the value on lots of key cards... it's SOOOO much easier to get Sol Rings at a sane price now, and if they keep doing targeted things like this with the future Commander decks, and with this Commander's Arsenal, it does make for a lot easier way to keep trying to enable the format.
Just remember that just like Commander deckboxes, if you want them for casual play, it's not going to be wise to sit on your hands- unlike the many precons of times past and the PDS, these never seem to dip below MSRP even online, unless they end up being shopworn store-salvaged stuff that some people were lucky to stumble into months and months ago.
Just remember that just like Commander deckboxes, if you want them for casual play, it's not going to be wise to sit on your hands- unlike the many precons of times past and the PDS, these never seem to dip below MSRP even online, unless they end up being shopworn store-salvaged stuff that some people were lucky to stumble into months and months ago.
This is really the truth. I'm pretty pissed at myself for not getting all of them when they came out but I really didn't have the money at the time. By the time I did have the money I wasn't playing much magic due to school starting. Then when I finally found a solid EDH group, they weren't around anymore.
Looking back on that and forward to this new product, I'm making the adjustment to start prepping for a nice size cash dumb... depending on what the product actually is.
It's nice that there is so much value in so many of the decks, AND that it drags down the value on lots of key cards... it's SOOOO much easier to get Sol Rings at a sane price now, and if they keep doing targeted things like this with the future Commander decks, and with this Commander's Arsenal, it does make for a lot easier way to keep trying to enable the format.
But what will they focus on targeting? There are several cards on the reserve list that would otherwise be staples like Duel lands which won't get that treatment.
Cards like Scavenging Ooze, which are cool, but far from staple, probably won't actually see reprinting because Wizards probably doesn't care, they'd rather maker new cards. This also goes for cards that would be great to reprint to make eternal formats cheaper (Noble Hierarch, Wasteland, Force, Swords, Jitte etc.)
But what will they focus on targeting? There are several cards on the reserve list that would otherwise be staples like Duel lands which won't get that treatment.
There are several cycles of dual lands that are old/obscure and not very easy to get ahold of now. Those could easily be reprinted, without being particularly valuable, but still being good for EDH.
Cards like Scavenging Ooze, which are cool, but far from staple, probably won't actually see reprinting because Wizards probably doesn't care, they'd rather maker new cards. This also goes for cards that would be great to reprint to make eternal formats cheaper (Noble Hierarch, Wasteland, Force, Swords, Jitte etc.)
Wait... isn't scavenging ooze replacing Goyf in some decks? (I could be wrong) but I was pretty sure that scavenging ooze is quite the popular card.
There are several cycles of dual lands that are old/obscure and not very easy to get ahold of now. Those could easily be reprinted, without being particularly valuable, but still being good for EDH.
Wait... isn't scavenging ooze replacing Goyf in some decks? (I could be wrong) but I was pretty sure that scavenging ooze is quite the popular card.
Ooze is replacing Goyf in G/x decks that do not have blue. At least that is how it has appeared to me watching SCG Opens, checking decklists for other large events, and playing in Legacy events myself.
This. Well said too because it's very difficult to fight off swarms of people buying out one specific deck/box for a specific card. I hope they print a ton of arsenals for november and that they distribute the value of decks better. Commander last summer was baller but dealing with people buying out boxes for ooze or fluster was a joke. Then those specific cards were so overpriced. Ruined the market for people who wanted a product to have fun with more than anything else.
So what is the solution? Commander was printed in huge quantities, as was Planechase, and there are always unsold decks for ages. It would be impossible to properly test the product for it's effect on eternal formats, as the pools are just too vast, and Wizards wants to print cards that will churn up Legacy now and then (Flusterstorm). I just don't see a solution that will keep preconstructed product from causing Eternal Format gold rushes at times.
I fully support staples packs. First time foils, like the Commader Generals in the original? Command Tower? Here's to hoping! Also Back to Basics hopefully!
Also: no matter what Wotc tries to say, flusterstorm was obviously made for type 1, not Edh. They wanted to make it without it hitting standard, and because they don't want to reprint storm in an expansion necessarily.
Easy future solution: release "vintage / legacy enabler packs" and print cards for them that you want to introduce to those formats. Include some cheap staples too, like Brainstorm or Psychatog too I guess.
I am very displeased to learn that there shall be no more Premium Decks, as I enjoyed that series immensely, and believe that there is still far more potential than can be explored with it.
However, I am very glad to learn that new Commander/EDH products shall be printed every year, as I do enjoy that format very much. I do hope for both reprints of awesome older cards (most notably absorb, backlash, and pristine angel, which I believe would be awesome in that format and hopefully with new artwork), plus awesome new cards, as well.
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So what is the solution? Commander was printed in huge quantities, as was Planechase, and there are always unsold decks for ages. It would be impossible to properly test the product for it's effect on eternal formats, as the pools are just too vast, and Wizards wants to print cards that will churn up Legacy now and then (Flusterstorm). I just don't see a solution that will keep preconstructed product from causing Eternal Format gold rushes at times.
Several solutions, some extreme:
1. Remove support for all non-modern eternal formats, and I don't mean the current way magic works, but more along the lines of no more Vintage of Legacy tournaments ever, removing planeswalker points and similar things.
2. Not print new cards for commander decks. No one will miss cards they don't know would other wise exist, and decreases the probability of something broken getting printed fro Type 1.x
3. Any new cards printed in pre-cons get a play-set in whatever product they come in. So if it was commander, then they'd have the commander deck, and any new cards would have 3 spares in a sepreate part of the package.
4. Paper Masters Edition.
5. Print so many that the pre-con is worth around $5 msrp.
6. No non-randomized product. EDH will have to crack packs along with everyone else who feels like playing roulette
7. More ideas I don't have time to write down.
And I think that deck availablity is really over-stated. I live in a major U.S. city and have problems finding certain decks at reasonable prices.
Collector's Edition-Commander: With ABU lands, Wastes, Strip Mines, Force, Mana Crypt, all Tutors including Imperial Seal, etc. With a special border and the "only legal in Commander" clause.
There's your solution for stuff that will sell like hot-cakes among the casual crowd but won't be hoarded by greedy store owners for their rich T1 crew.
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Collector's Edition-Commander: With ABU lands, Wastes, Strip Mines, Force, Mana Crypt, all Tutors including Imperial Seal, etc. With a special border and the "only legal in Commander" clause.
There's your solution for stuff that will sell like hot-cakes among the casual crowd but won't be hoarded by greedy store owners for their rich T1 crew.
Uhm, what? No. The store owners will just gut the casual crowd instead.
It really doesn't matter who buys whatever product. If someone's buying, there's profit to be made.
There really is no way to solve the Legacy problem, not through LGS or online.
Buying gold-bordered proxies directly from an on-site WOTC vendor, is about the only solution that wouldn't hurt anyone but the collectors. But why would WOTC do something so... alienating? So... unnecessary?
Please stop asking for Legacy reprints. That format does not represent Magic: The Gathering anymore. It represents Magic's past, not its future.
There really is no way to solve the Legacy problem, not through LGS or online.
Buying gold-bordered proxies directly from an on-site WOTC vendor, is about the only solution that wouldn't hurt anyone but the collectors. But why would WOTC do something so... alienating? So... unnecessary?
Please stop asking for Legacy reprints. That format does not represent Magic: The Gathering anymore. It represents Magic's past, not its future.
Why should we do so? Legacy reprints are really needed unless Wizards wants to kill the format (which might or might not be the case). Of course reprints would hurt some people who have speculated with cards. Most actual Legacy players I know wouldn't mind reprints, as they would prefer having players to play with over maintaining value of their collection. Probably a paper master's edition would be the best solution as then there wouldn't be a rush of Legacy players hoarding all the Commander product.
All of those ideas create more problems than they solve.
But they solve the problem at hand (theoretically, I haven't heard anything to the contrary.) I'm also well aware that whatever solutions get done, there will be other impacts elsewhere, that's the nature of doing things.
Cards like Scavenging Ooze, which are cool, but far from staple, probably won't actually see reprinting because Wizards probably doesn't care, they'd rather maker new cards. This also goes for cards that would be great to reprint to make eternal formats cheaper (Noble Hierarch, Wasteland, Force, Swords, Jitte etc.)
They aren't making new cards for the sake of making new ones. I definitely think they'll reprint things like Scavenging Ooze because it was designed specifically for commander. There's really no better reason than that to reprint it.
I doubt they'll reprint anything specifically for eternals but I think there'll be a few cards in there just because of eternal/commander overlap.
They aren't making new cards for the sake of making new ones. I definitely think they'll reprint things like Scavenging Ooze because it was designed specifically for commander. There's really no better reason than that to reprint it.
I doubt they'll reprint anything specifically for eternals but I think there'll be a few cards in there just because of eternal/commander overlap.
My wording was stronger than it should have been. WoTC isn't arbitrary in what they do, which means that the chances for a card like scavenging Ooze need a very specific set of circumstances to get reprinted since it A. Deals with the graveyard, and B. deals with +1/+1 counters. So they'll only put it in a deck that deals with one or both (like Counterpunch)
So when it comes to the choices of filling in slots for a deck, they could choose to either reprint a card, which is fine, or they could make a more perfect card for the deck, that serves a similar purpose.
The very idea that EDH is now a format that has "staples" is antithetical to what it was originally supposed to be. Originally, it was supposed to be a way of making deck building more challenging. If there are "staples", then, suddenly, there is something that "has" to be in a deck in order to be competetive. And, then, bang, dammit, the format is now for spikes only.
Sol Ring is almost to the point of being banned in EDH by the guys that run it, because it is now pretty much in every EDH deck you see.
Now, what would I like to see in a Commander's Arsenal? Damn, that's a tough one. I basically use EDH as a way to repurpose some of those 40,000 cards I don't have in decks right now. And, the singleton aspect makes it challenging. But...what would my wish list be? Gads, I don't know.
What do I expect? Reprints of a lot of non-chase commons and uncommons. Kind of like an "eternal Deckbuilder's Toolkit". They could even put in some random packs for people to bust.
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I'd love to see Show and Tell and other group hug effects. Maybe big cards for the other new legendary creatures in last year's Commander series (with little cards – foil Nin, s'il vous plaît), or a cycle of Shards-identity legendaries.
What do you guys think of the possibility that they might do something like the Nephilim but with the legendary type? On the other hand (if it happens at all), we might be more likely to find it in Sinker instead.
The very idea that EDH is now a format that has "staples" is antithetical to what it was originally supposed to be. Originally, it was supposed to be a way of making deck building more challenging. If there are "staples", then, suddenly, there is something that "has" to be in a deck in order to be competetive. And, then, bang, dammit, the format is now for spikes only.
That does suck, but it's inevitable. It's been that way in every card game I've ever played. There will always just be cards that work so good in their niche that they end up in every deck that can run them.
That's why I'm trying to build EDH decks that don't overlap too much in colors or themes so I don't get that "samey" feeling with all of my decks.
what cards skyrocketed in price due to commander and aren't on the reserved lists?
The other question is will they avoid cards they have already reprinted in the other commander sets or will they print those card because they are good in commander?
The very idea that EDH is now a format that has "staples" is antithetical to what it was originally supposed to be. Originally, it was supposed to be a way of making deck building more challenging. If there are "staples", then, suddenly, there is something that "has" to be in a deck in order to be competetive. And, then, bang, dammit, the format is now for spikes only.
Make a list of 20 staples for a deck archetype in EDH and you still have 80 cards left over. Make a list of 20 staples for a deck archetype in a 60 card format and you're lucky if you have enough slots in your sideboard. EDH was supposed to be a format where cards that couldn't see play elsewhere because of deck sizes being too restrictive or games being too short (and therefore not hitting high mana totals) could become powerful, format-defining cards. So many EDH players hate Time Warp, but the fact of the matter is that Time Warp is the poster child of what the format has always been all about. It's worthless almost everywhere, but in EDH it's absurdly good.
The fact of the matter is that the moment a format gets a large playerbase, people WILL identify certain cards that are simply always worth running. The fact that these cards are good is not inherently problematic. It's only when these staple slots go beyond merely being very good and step into being game-winners in their own right, like Staff of Domination, that they become an issue. Sol Ring? All it does is make it so that the parts of the game that the format is all about - the big plays that other formats dream of making possible - start sooner.
they said they would have a special premium foil type thing never been done before on these cards.
Hopefully, the card(s) foiled are randomly inserted, similar to booster packs, or more standardized, ala' the preconstructed decks we typically see with each new set.
If the whole product is foil, it will be more money saved by myself, as I cannot stand foil.
Still, I cannot wait to see the contents. Perhaps it will contain an even spread of colors, lands, artifacts, and multicolored cards.
Alternatively, a full set of Painlands and their patriarch, the city of Brass would be sweet, as well as some/all the join forces cards and commander-only rares from the Commander boxed sets.
Regardless, reprinting cards is a good thing.
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Actually, Scavenging Ooze was more of a "perfect storm" kind of issue.
When the commander decks originally came out, you could find Counterpunch boxes ALL over the place, because people were running around looking for Political Puppets to relieve it of it's Flusterstorm. You could still quite reasonably find most of the other boxes for normal retail at Target, Walmart, etc, especially if you live an reasonably sized metro area with multiple locations.
Scavenging Ooze's problem was that the legacy deck that wanted it didn't pick up on how rad it was for it's deck until the print run of Commander had basically run it's course- stores weren't getting replenished, so by that point you were basically selling whatever stock they had left on hand- this being what really pushed it up to a $30 card- the demand wasn't really there for a good chunk of the time that the boxes sat on shelves, so there were additional reorders and replenishes from the company that handles the stocking of the big-box stores. Thus, fewer boxes out in the wild, and the ones out in the wild were the ones that had lesser demand, thus less product moved, thus stores are sitting with full shelves, but with boxes that aren't the ones that the players really, really wanted.
If you were a casual player that only wanted the decks for fun, it was actually pretty easy to get one of everything within the first two months for just about retail +/- $5. Thing is, most of the products sit on shelves for about 5-6 months. That's where the bad spot is- those last 3-4 months are pretty dry unless you do just want them for their casual use and not "value".
It's nice that there is so much value in so many of the decks, AND that it drags down the value on lots of key cards... it's SOOOO much easier to get Sol Rings at a sane price now, and if they keep doing targeted things like this with the future Commander decks, and with this Commander's Arsenal, it does make for a lot easier way to keep trying to enable the format.
Just remember that just like Commander deckboxes, if you want them for casual play, it's not going to be wise to sit on your hands- unlike the many precons of times past and the PDS, these never seem to dip below MSRP even online, unless they end up being shopworn store-salvaged stuff that some people were lucky to stumble into months and months ago.
Looking back on that and forward to this new product, I'm making the adjustment to start prepping for a nice size cash dumb... depending on what the product actually is.
But what will they focus on targeting? There are several cards on the reserve list that would otherwise be staples like Duel lands which won't get that treatment.
Cards like Scavenging Ooze, which are cool, but far from staple, probably won't actually see reprinting because Wizards probably doesn't care, they'd rather maker new cards. This also goes for cards that would be great to reprint to make eternal formats cheaper (Noble Hierarch, Wasteland, Force, Swords, Jitte etc.)
There are several cycles of dual lands that are old/obscure and not very easy to get ahold of now. Those could easily be reprinted, without being particularly valuable, but still being good for EDH.
Wait... isn't scavenging ooze replacing Goyf in some decks? (I could be wrong) but I was pretty sure that scavenging ooze is quite the popular card.
Ooze is replacing Goyf in G/x decks that do not have blue. At least that is how it has appeared to me watching SCG Opens, checking decklists for other large events, and playing in Legacy events myself.
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Also: no matter what Wotc tries to say, flusterstorm was obviously made for type 1, not Edh. They wanted to make it without it hitting standard, and because they don't want to reprint storm in an expansion necessarily.
Easy future solution: release "vintage / legacy enabler packs" and print cards for them that you want to introduce to those formats. Include some cheap staples too, like Brainstorm or Psychatog too I guess.
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Several solutions, some extreme:
1. Remove support for all non-modern eternal formats, and I don't mean the current way magic works, but more along the lines of no more Vintage of Legacy tournaments ever, removing planeswalker points and similar things.
2. Not print new cards for commander decks. No one will miss cards they don't know would other wise exist, and decreases the probability of something broken getting printed fro Type 1.x
3. Any new cards printed in pre-cons get a play-set in whatever product they come in. So if it was commander, then they'd have the commander deck, and any new cards would have 3 spares in a sepreate part of the package.
4. Paper Masters Edition.
5. Print so many that the pre-con is worth around $5 msrp.
6. No non-randomized product. EDH will have to crack packs along with everyone else who feels like playing roulette
7. More ideas I don't have time to write down.
And I think that deck availablity is really over-stated. I live in a major U.S. city and have problems finding certain decks at reasonable prices.
There's your solution for stuff that will sell like hot-cakes among the casual crowd but won't be hoarded by greedy store owners for their rich T1 crew.
Uhm, what? No. The store owners will just gut the casual crowd instead.
It really doesn't matter who buys whatever product. If someone's buying, there's profit to be made.
There really is no way to solve the Legacy problem, not through LGS or online.
Buying gold-bordered proxies directly from an on-site WOTC vendor, is about the only solution that wouldn't hurt anyone but the collectors. But why would WOTC do something so... alienating? So... unnecessary?
Please stop asking for Legacy reprints. That format does not represent Magic: The Gathering anymore. It represents Magic's past, not its future.
And what would be the problem with paper Master's Edition? Or with Commander having randomized product?
Why should we do so? Legacy reprints are really needed unless Wizards wants to kill the format (which might or might not be the case). Of course reprints would hurt some people who have speculated with cards. Most actual Legacy players I know wouldn't mind reprints, as they would prefer having players to play with over maintaining value of their collection. Probably a paper master's edition would be the best solution as then there wouldn't be a rush of Legacy players hoarding all the Commander product.
But they solve the problem at hand (theoretically, I haven't heard anything to the contrary.) I'm also well aware that whatever solutions get done, there will be other impacts elsewhere, that's the nature of doing things.
Tell yourself that next time You get your stuff countered by Force of Will.
Commander needs accesible legacy reprints because it's an eternal format.
They aren't making new cards for the sake of making new ones. I definitely think they'll reprint things like Scavenging Ooze because it was designed specifically for commander. There's really no better reason than that to reprint it.
I doubt they'll reprint anything specifically for eternals but I think there'll be a few cards in there just because of eternal/commander overlap.
Commander:
R Daretti, Scrap Savant
BR Olivia Voldaren
BRG Shattergang Brothers
GUR Riku of Two Reflections
WBG Karador, Ghost Chieftain
My wording was stronger than it should have been. WoTC isn't arbitrary in what they do, which means that the chances for a card like scavenging Ooze need a very specific set of circumstances to get reprinted since it A. Deals with the graveyard, and B. deals with +1/+1 counters. So they'll only put it in a deck that deals with one or both (like Counterpunch)
So when it comes to the choices of filling in slots for a deck, they could choose to either reprint a card, which is fine, or they could make a more perfect card for the deck, that serves a similar purpose.
>Anyways, reprinting casual staples is a good thing too, so I'm still looking forward to this set.
>reprinting casual staples is a good thing too
>casual staples
~ Oh the irony...
I also want to see (foil) casual staples on this product.
And I'm confident that they won't disappoint us.
Sol Ring is almost to the point of being banned in EDH by the guys that run it, because it is now pretty much in every EDH deck you see.
Now, what would I like to see in a Commander's Arsenal? Damn, that's a tough one. I basically use EDH as a way to repurpose some of those 40,000 cards I don't have in decks right now. And, the singleton aspect makes it challenging. But...what would my wish list be? Gads, I don't know.
What do I expect? Reprints of a lot of non-chase commons and uncommons. Kind of like an "eternal Deckbuilder's Toolkit". They could even put in some random packs for people to bust.
Standard:
WBRG Aggro-Reanimator Humans GRBW
Modern:
UR Twinning RU
G Venus Fly Trap G
U Artifacts Aggro U
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WBGGhave, Guru of SporesGBW
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WUBRGScion of the Ur-DragonGRBUW
Casual
Far too many to list
What do you guys think of the possibility that they might do something like the Nephilim but with the legendary type? On the other hand (if it happens at all), we might be more likely to find it in Sinker instead.
That does suck, but it's inevitable. It's been that way in every card game I've ever played. There will always just be cards that work so good in their niche that they end up in every deck that can run them.
That's why I'm trying to build EDH decks that don't overlap too much in colors or themes so I don't get that "samey" feeling with all of my decks.
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They reprinted akroma's memorial and gilded lotus in M13 for similar reasons.
what cards skyrocketed in price due to commander and aren't on the reserved lists?
The other question is will they avoid cards they have already reprinted in the other commander sets or will they print those card because they are good in commander?
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Modern:U Mono U Tron
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GB Glissa, the traitor: Army of Cans
UW Dragonlord Ojutai: Dragonlord NOjutai
UWGDerevi, Empyrial Tactician "you cannot fight the storm"
R Zirilan of the claw. The solution to every problem is dragons
UB Etrata, the Silencer Cloning assassination
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Make a list of 20 staples for a deck archetype in EDH and you still have 80 cards left over. Make a list of 20 staples for a deck archetype in a 60 card format and you're lucky if you have enough slots in your sideboard. EDH was supposed to be a format where cards that couldn't see play elsewhere because of deck sizes being too restrictive or games being too short (and therefore not hitting high mana totals) could become powerful, format-defining cards. So many EDH players hate Time Warp, but the fact of the matter is that Time Warp is the poster child of what the format has always been all about. It's worthless almost everywhere, but in EDH it's absurdly good.
The fact of the matter is that the moment a format gets a large playerbase, people WILL identify certain cards that are simply always worth running. The fact that these cards are good is not inherently problematic. It's only when these staple slots go beyond merely being very good and step into being game-winners in their own right, like Staff of Domination, that they become an issue. Sol Ring? All it does is make it so that the parts of the game that the format is all about - the big plays that other formats dream of making possible - start sooner.
If the whole product is foil, it will be more money saved by myself, as I cannot stand foil.
Still, I cannot wait to see the contents. Perhaps it will contain an even spread of colors, lands, artifacts, and multicolored cards.
Alternatively, a full set of Painlands and their patriarch, the city of Brass would be sweet, as well as some/all the join forces cards and commander-only rares from the Commander boxed sets.
Regardless, reprinting cards is a good thing.
Cheers!
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