Thank god it's not myhtic. I've always hated this card for some reason. I'll still be disappointed to get this in a back though, it's just so boring to me and definitely won't be worth more than a buck after release.
Totally agree. I think it's a poor choice for Gruul. Never had any affection for it. Isn't there a better option?
I think I prefer Savageborn Hydra, but it's too recent. Same with Kalonian Hydra, which is my favorite Hydra ever. Khalni Hydra is pretty cool and hard to find, but I imagine it's mana cost pretty much prohibited it as a choice.
I like how they are taking cards that fit their original description of what mythic was suppose to be perfectly and down grade their rarity to fit the new description of what mythic is. Way to go WotC.
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I always hated this card, too. I think it's the fuzzy Naya hydras. But I'm sure someone out there will be happy with this, and I'm always glad to see rarity downgrades.
I like how they are taking cards that fit their original description of what mythic was suppose to be perfectly and down grade their rarity to fit the new description of what mythic is. Way to go WotC.
While you raise a valid point, do you really want this crap card filling up a mythic slot?
Actually yes. But I liked what WotC had originally intended mythics to be. Not highly playable utility cards that everyone is gonna want.
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"Stretched that definition" is far too kind a statement. A more accurate one would be they realized they were losing money because people won't buy packs for cards that have limited appeal but will for format mainstays and erased, errata'd, blew up, back tracked, flip flopped etc. on their previous position in order to reposition themselves to make more money. Its just like politics. Follow the money and everything becomes clear. Its just another example that WotC is not a business that caters to its constituency, rather it simply caters to money.
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"Stretched that definition" is far too kind a statement. A more accurate one would be they realized they were losing money because people won't buy packs for cards that have limited appeal but will for format mainstays and erased, errata'd, blew up, back tracked, flip flopped etc. on their previous position in order to reposition themselves to make more money. Its just like politics. Follow the money and everything becomes clear. Its just another example that WotC is not a business that caters to its constituency, rather it simply caters to money.
That's utter crap. Did WOTC kill your familar or something? Truth is, they still print big effects at mythic, see Clone Legion, Ghastly Conscription, etc as mythic. They do sometimes print good, very playable cards as mythic too, but they have been doing that for while. And a large percent of the cards are rare too. Was Siege Rhino mythic? Tasigur, the Golden Fang? Goblin Rabblemaster?
Why are people happy this card wasn't printed at Mythic? Had this been printed at Mythic, there'd be half of them opened as there would be at rare. I would have hoped this was a Mythic, and one of the Mythics been pushed to Rare. It's like people enjoy good cards being Mythic, while they complain about card prices when they are.
Well the three cards you listed had absolutely no business being mythic. Neither did Brimaz or Geist of St. Traft or Monastery Mentor for that matter and they were. No they didn't put every playable card at mythic, only now they include the ones that have a higher probability of making a huge impact. And the two you did list, well Apocalypse Hydra fits right in there. I don't know why everyone is so excited about the down shift. I mean they are only doing it so they can bump something like Bitterblossom up.
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I think I prefer Savageborn Hydra, but it's too recent. Same with Kalonian Hydra, which is my favorite Hydra ever. Khalni Hydra is pretty cool and hard to find, but I imagine it's mana cost pretty much prohibited it as a choice.
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While you raise a valid point, do you really want this crap card filling up a mythic slot?
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Let's face it -- while that is definitely still sometimes true, they have stretched that definition quite a bit.
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That's utter crap. Did WOTC kill your familar or something? Truth is, they still print big effects at mythic, see Clone Legion, Ghastly Conscription, etc as mythic. They do sometimes print good, very playable cards as mythic too, but they have been doing that for while. And a large percent of the cards are rare too. Was Siege Rhino mythic? Tasigur, the Golden Fang? Goblin Rabblemaster?
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