WOTC are so dumb. Best FNM turnouts I saw in recent years were when Stoke the Flames, Serum Visions, and Path to Exile were promos. What actual downside is there to making FNM promos cards people want?
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If the Vikings were around today, they would probably be amazed at how much glow-in-the-dark stuff we have, and how we take it for granted.
Saturating the market and devaluing cards so shops and sharks cry foul! Serum Visions and Path are highly sought after because they're soo damn good and used in so many decks. You either wanted a copy or traded away a copy in a good deal. I don't recall anything as exciting as them for FNM promos this 2016 year.
I was not expecting another Blue card so soon after Rise from the Tides. I honestly would have picked a Blessed Alliance, Cryptolith Fragment, or one of the WereWolves
Other stuff that I see as more playable than Fortune's Favor and thus, more exciting to earn at FNM.
Saturating the market and devaluing cards so shops and sharks cry foul! Serum Visions and Path are highly sought after because they're soo damn good and used in so many decks. You either wanted a copy or traded away a copy in a good deal. I don't recall anything as exciting as them for FNM promos this 2016 year.
I was not expecting another Blue card so soon after Rise from the Tides. I honestly would have picked a Blessed Alliance, Cryptolith Fragment, or one of the WereWolves
Other stuff that I see as more playable than Fortune's Favor and thus, more exciting to earn at FNM.
I don't think that we'd get a DFC as an FNM card, just because we keep getting told that they're more expensive to print. Otherwise, *ahem*, Delver?
Unsubstantiate is a great card, but it's also a Game Day promo. Honestly, I'd be pretty happy with Murder - I bet that if WOTC removed the plane-specific context on that card, one of the artists could hit it out of the park. Or, you know, we could move away from Standard promos. We've had a very long run of them lately, broken by a couple Modern promos. How about some EDH cards highlighting the new Commander set? Ash Barrens, anyone?
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But more on topic, they're not going to move away from standard promos because they think that printing standard legal promos is more appealing to newer players. And they're probably right. They have started printing a couple of non-standard promos a year and I think that's great. It's also as much non-standard fnm promos as we are likely to see for the foreseeable future.
I do agree that ash Barrens could be a solid promo though.
So it looks like Inkmoth Nexus is the next WMCQ promo. There is a photo on the Facebook High End Group. Apparently it was in a regular booster pack of Kaladesh (which has happened before with promos being in the wrong packs).
(Looks like i got Sarnathed as there was a thread already in the main page, i swear i checked)
I don't understand the Professional Competitve side of Magic and it's qualifying system... so.. I'm gonna be that n00b and ask, How are these Distributed? To whom?
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Wanted -Zombie Foils and older expensive Zombie stuff. High Priority- Beta Z Master/ Int. Collector's Edition.
I don't understand the Professional Competitve side of Magic and it's qualifying system... so.. I'm gonna be that n00b and ask, How are these Distributed? To whom?
Any one who plays in a World Magic Cup Qualifier receives one of these just for participating. To Qualify, you need to have I believe 500 Planeswalker Points in the last year to participate.
that incendiary flow promo is sweet but I'm most excited about inkmoth nexus getting a promo
Can't really argue with the second part. The first one ... well, Flow doesn't suck, at least.
I mean flow is an interesting choice as a promo. It's played a bit
Flow is a good choice for a promo. It at least sees standard play, which is more than can be said for the last ... how many FNM cards? I feel that the art is unexciting (burnt out mostly colorless husk vs right, dynamic action scene featuring a main character), and the card doesn't have any staying power once it rotates. But, it's definitely a step in the right direction.
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I don't know if this is still being updated, but I just picked up promo Thalia's Lancers at Wal-Mart. The second card behind it was backwards, such that the back of the cards were touching each other. Also, the other one I saw had a blue pack as opposed to the red (Born of the Gods), which makes me think Return to Ravnica.
I don't know if this is still being updated, but I just picked up promo Thalia's Lancers at Wal-Mart. The second card behind it was backwards, such that the back of the cards were touching each other. Also, the other one I saw had a blue pack as opposed to the red (Born of the Gods), which makes me think Return to Ravnica.
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WOTC are so dumb. Best FNM turnouts I saw in recent years were when Stoke the Flames, Serum Visions, and Path to Exile were promos. What actual downside is there to making FNM promos cards people want?
I was not expecting another Blue card so soon after Rise from the Tides. I honestly would have picked a Blessed Alliance, Cryptolith Fragment, or one of the WereWolves
Other stuff that I see as more playable than Fortune's Favor and thus, more exciting to earn at FNM.
Lone Rider / It That Rides As One
Geist of the Archives
Liliana's Elite
Furyblade Vampire
Kessig Prowler / Sinuous Predator
Spells
Blessed Alliance
Lunar Force ? The penultimate reference of the story?!? Unsubstantiate is also a good pick.
Murder
Incendiary Flow
There isn't a good Green Uncommon Spell. Haha.
Selling some cards I don't want.
Generally less than tcg mid.
I don't think that we'd get a DFC as an FNM card, just because we keep getting told that they're more expensive to print. Otherwise, *ahem*, Delver?
Unsubstantiate is a great card, but it's also a Game Day promo. Honestly, I'd be pretty happy with Murder - I bet that if WOTC removed the plane-specific context on that card, one of the artists could hit it out of the park. Or, you know, we could move away from Standard promos. We've had a very long run of them lately, broken by a couple Modern promos. How about some EDH cards highlighting the new Commander set? Ash Barrens, anyone?
I do agree that ash Barrens could be a solid promo though.
Concur.
If the mods don't want to take on the task of keeping it updated ...
I volunteer as tribute!
(Looks like i got Sarnathed as there was a thread already in the main page, i swear i checked)
Selling some cards I don't want.
Generally less than tcg mid.
Any one who plays in a World Magic Cup Qualifier receives one of these just for participating. To Qualify, you need to have I believe 500 Planeswalker Points in the last year to participate.
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/january-through-march-fnm-promo-update-2016-12-13
that incendiary flow promo is sweet but I'm most excited about inkmoth nexus getting a promo
Can't really argue with the second part. The first one ... well, Flow doesn't suck, at least.
I mean flow is an interesting choice as a promo. It's played a bit
Flow is a good choice for a promo. It at least sees standard play, which is more than can be said for the last ... how many FNM cards? I feel that the art is unexciting (burnt out mostly colorless husk vs right, dynamic action scene featuring a main character), and the card doesn't have any staying power once it rotates. But, it's definitely a step in the right direction.
That's great information, Dr. West! If you could attach the image here, that'd be much appreciated.
Here is the pic from the facebook group. Same art, just foiled. (pic as attachment pending mod approval)
Looks like it's #5/2016, which seems like important information.
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http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/february-through-june-fnm-promo-update-2017-01-25
April FNM is Servo Exhibition
May FNM is Unlicensed Disintegration
June FNM is Aether Hub
WOTC is doing a lot better.
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
Pioneer:UR Pheonix
Modern:U Mono U Tron
EDH
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
Peasant cube: Cards I own