Never in an intro pack, unless they make a dire mistake.
I could certainly be wrong here, but I have a hard time imagining that a card named "ankle biter" is going to be another one of the 5+ CMC monstrosities wizards usually clogs these intro packs with. It says something to me that they didn't go with the standard, overcosted red monster for that deck.
Since there are apparently up to 40 different prerelease promos this time, that does give Wizards more options in terms of intro deck rares. So maybe "Anklebiter" won't be the typical 5+CC limited bomb card, unless the ankles he's biting are those of the Eldrazi.
Not sure where you're seeing the hate, bro. Just saying that, to my understanding, Wizards no longer wants intro-pack rares to be quite as eternal-influential as Guide has been, if they ever did. Unless they're moving back away from their recent weakness.
Not sure where you're seeing the hate, bro. Just saying that, to my understanding, Wizards no longer wants intro-pack rares to be quite as eternal-influential as Guide has been, if they ever did. Unless they're moving back away from their recent weakness.
And When they did it for true Eternal ( outside of Rats nest) ?
Also saying Eternal you are saying : Vintage , Legacy , EDH , casual (and EDH, Casual uses lots of intro pack rares too...).
If you are counting Modern then my exemple before Blade Splicer and Zealous Conscripts are quite influencial in modern ...(blade splicer is way more and next to guide in that regard)( and those were in standard in 1 and 2 years ago ) .
We got mizzium mortars in RTR , and in Theros we got that hydra with pro U ( That they spoiled as the playable hydra ) ( yes i know its not eternal influencing buy it is a good card in standard ...) ( And makes my point that wizards can put good rares in intro packs ) ( Also how many rares ( outside of those "created to be a staple" in RTR and INS ( like Adecay , DRS , RIP , Loxodon Smiter , Snapcaster Mage, etc ... ) do you see in sets ? ...) ( the most recent card to be a really eternnal-influential ( Vintage-Legacy ) printed recently was Young Pyromancer and they have put a playset of hin in a event deck...(yeah its not a Intro-Pack but is really close to one )
(we also had Sensei's Divining Top in a Theme deck but it was not a "intro-Pack rare " as you say., also Master of Etherium was not a long ago , neither Student of Warfare , neither Wilt-Leaf Liege , Reveillark was a while ago +- 6 years but the point is Wizards do put good things in intro packs sometimes ... )( And when a thing is good it can be playable as well)
: Ivorytusk Fortress (Matt Stewart)
: Avalanche Tusker (Eric Deschamps)
: Ankle Shanker (Steven Belledin)
: Rakshasa Vizier (Peter Mohrbacher)
: Sage of the Inward Eye (Anastasia Ovchinnikova)
Will update if more information becomes known.
EDH:
Zur, The Enchanter
Modern:
Burn
Legacy:
Cheeri0s
Burn
That ankle biter better be breaking some legs...
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WUBRG The Primeval Dragon's influence on EDH
We still have no idea what the hell Sage of the Inward Eye's race is, so lol. Maybe this is how Tarkirese Djinni or Efreeti look?
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
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Well it better get some handles then.
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I could certainly be wrong here, but I have a hard time imagining that a card named "ankle biter" is going to be another one of the 5+ CMC monstrosities wizards usually clogs these intro packs with. It says something to me that they didn't go with the standard, overcosted red monster for that deck.
"Personally I love high-riak, low-reqars gambles. Life's best with a decent amount of riak. And f*** reqars."
Would like to have a word with you...
^ Those were playable in standard and are now in Modern...
to a less extent:
[cards]Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
Mizzium Mortars
Hornet Queen[/card]
are/where all playable in Standard
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Established | Gahiji, Honored One | Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker | Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo | Rubinia Soulsinger
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....
He is not asking for a goblin guide...(that was in a precon as well as a 2 off) and those cards see moderate modern play ...
And here Staples in their Standard Era ( toghether )
But i know you like just to keep hating...
( note: I m not saying it will be , i think that some has chances to be good in Standard but don't know about modern)
Playtesting | Karador, Ghost Chieftain | Narset, Enlightened Master | Ephara, God of the Polis
Established | Gahiji, Honored One | Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker | Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo | Rubinia Soulsinger
Retired | Medomai the Ageless | Diaochan, Artful Beauty
And When they did it for true Eternal ( outside of Rats nest) ?
Also saying Eternal you are saying : Vintage , Legacy , EDH , casual (and EDH, Casual uses lots of intro pack rares too...).
If you are counting Modern then my exemple before Blade Splicer and Zealous Conscripts are quite influencial in modern ...(blade splicer is way more and next to guide in that regard)( and those were in standard in 1 and 2 years ago ) .
We got mizzium mortars in RTR , and in Theros we got that hydra with pro U ( That they spoiled as the playable hydra ) ( yes i know its not eternal influencing buy it is a good card in standard ...) ( And makes my point that wizards can put good rares in intro packs ) ( Also how many rares ( outside of those "created to be a staple" in RTR and INS ( like Adecay , DRS , RIP , Loxodon Smiter , Snapcaster Mage, etc ... ) do you see in sets ? ...) ( the most recent card to be a really eternnal-influential ( Vintage-Legacy ) printed recently was Young Pyromancer and they have put a playset of hin in a event deck...(yeah its not a Intro-Pack but is really close to one )
(we also had Sensei's Divining Top in a Theme deck but it was not a "intro-Pack rare " as you say., also Master of Etherium was not a long ago , neither Student of Warfare , neither Wilt-Leaf Liege , Reveillark was a while ago +- 6 years but the point is Wizards do put good things in intro packs sometimes ... )( And when a thing is good it can be playable as well)