I am so glad therese nielsen did the fow art. It just doesn't feel right any other way.
I feel the same way about Richard Kane-Ferguson... as someone who was fortunate enough to start playing back in the days of yore, and even more fortunate to pick up some FoWs on the cheap many years ago, RKF's art is all I'm used to seeing on a Force.
I am very confused by this post
... and that was the point where I looked it up and discovered it was Therese and not RKF...
I'll just go and hide under my keyboard now...
I've probably confused it in my head with Arcane Denial... same set, another great blue counterspell that I was always happy to pull from an Alliances booster, another counter I've been decking ever since (... yes, yes... let the "Arcane Denial is terrible/wonderful" debate begin, I know...)
As someone who honestly dislikes the reserved list:
The problem with breaking it, even if the prices stay the same, is the breaking of a deal.
It doesn't matter if the prices stayed the same, because at that point, the promise has been broken, and the financial investment is now unstable.
Sure, this hypothetical time, it didn't do anything. But then they'd have full reign to print things whenever, wherever, however.
The reason that the cards on the Reserve List maintain their value is because there is a contractual guarantee from Wizards that the current supply of the card is all there will ever be, regardless of demand. It's a hard line.
And if that hard line is broken, then it no longer matters what Wizards says, what research they pull up. Because that word of "caring about the value of your investment" is then worthless. You can only break a promise once, after all.
It was a joke... Since Annihilation should have had Damnation, MM2015 should have had Damnation, and now this... It should have damnation... Watch it be a bad black wrath effect nobody cares about...
The two Modern Masters sets did reduce prices on most cards... briefly. The original Modern Masters cards are pretty much all back up to the same level as the original copies by now, and Modern Masters 2015 cards are all currently doing the same. All these sets are currently doing is giving the singles in question a brief dip.
That's what I meant. It's not great, but it's better than nothing. Demand for and/or speculation on many cards just seems to keep increasing, so I wouldn't expect an enduring price drop on sought-after cards. Some EDH cards reprinted in Modern Masters or Modern Masters 2015 are still lower than before Modern Masters, however. Woodfall Primus is an example.
It's additionally worthwhile to consider that volatile markets tend to crash sooner or later. MTG has been going up and up lately, but trends only continue until they stop.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
As someone who honestly dislikes the reserved list:
The problem with breaking it, even if the prices stay the same, is the breaking of a deal.
It doesn't matter if the prices stayed the same, because at that point, the promise has been broken, and the financial investment is now unstable.
Sure, this hypothetical time, it didn't do anything. But then they'd have full reign to print things whenever, wherever, however.
The reason that the cards on the Reserve List maintain their value is because there is a contractual guarantee from Wizards that the current supply of the card is all there will ever be, regardless of demand. It's a hard line.
And if that hard line is broken, then it no longer matters what Wizards says, what research they pull up. Because that word of "caring about the value of your investment" is then worthless. You can only break a promise once, after all.
Randy Buehler wrote an article on the mothership back in 2002 when they first revised the reserved list, that they found whenever they reprinted a card, the older (usually the originals) went up. And Wizards has shown us with these reprint sets that they are very conservative even with non-RL cards to maintain their value. I'm sure if the RL went away they would reprint cards like the dual lands very carefully. I would be happy even if they opened the premium loophole that they closed in 2010 (because collectors *****ed when Wizards reprinted cards like Mox Diamond even though the RL clearly stated they could reprint cards on the list as foils) and reprinted cards like the dual lands as judge promos. I don't care how expensive they would be, I would just be glad that there were versions with the modern border with newer, better art available.
The ideal situation would be that they would have a reserved list replacement program, where people could send in their cards and get a replacement with the modern border and choose to have it be foil or nonfoil to fight counterfeits. Then they destroy the old copies keeping the amount of cards in the supply the same.
So I just went ahead and got the dual lands I was planning on getting later now. Good or bad?
Also, I'm looking forward to cheap wastelands; I'll be able to run death and taxes, jund and esper mentor all at the same time! Between that and card availability, maybe legacy will start firing in my area
Duals are going to skyrocket because there will be additional demand. If anyone wants "cheap" duals buy them now.
As someone who honestly dislikes the reserved list:
The problem with breaking it, even if the prices stay the same, is the breaking of a deal.
It doesn't matter if the prices stayed the same, because at that point, the promise has been broken, and the financial investment is now unstable.
Sure, this hypothetical time, it didn't do anything. But then they'd have full reign to print things whenever, wherever, however.
The reason that the cards on the Reserve List maintain their value is because there is a contractual guarantee from Wizards that the current supply of the card is all there will ever be, regardless of demand. It's a hard line.
And if that hard line is broken, then it no longer matters what Wizards says, what research they pull up. Because that word of "caring about the value of your investment" is then worthless. You can only break a promise once, after all.
The valuable cards on the list are valuable because they're played. You can buy an Ebon Praetor for $0.20.
I think the biggest thing to take away from the announcement of this set is that we are getting "Eternal" Masters and not "Legacy" Masters. We could see some sweet EDH cards that aren't legacy legal or viable.
I hate how they stated they won't be reprinting any cards from the reserve list. Of course they aren't reprinting cards from the reserve list, that's the whole point of the reserve list after all.
I'm personally super excited for the set. I know its not going to tank prices but it will increase availability and hopefully increase the legacy player base.
Unfortunately every try hard from Sacramento to Shanghai preaches from the top of their 27 lands + Mana Reflection that Tooth and Nail and Time Stretch are fine to play in the same turn but Armageddon is unfair.
Any guesses on what will be the archetypes for the set?
UR Storm, GW Enchantments and BG Elves come to mind as possibilities
I think UB Storm (because of high chances for tutors and Cabal Ritual), GW Enchantess, RB Goblins, UR Sneak'n'Show, BW Death'n'Taxes/Humans, WR Equipment Matters, RG Ramp/Lands, UW Control (may be TopDeck Matters or Enchantments), UG Elves (Distant Melody, Master Biomancer, Edric, for Example), BG Dredge (like MMA).
As someone who honestly dislikes the reserved list:
The problem with breaking it, even if the prices stay the same, is the breaking of a deal.
It doesn't matter if the prices stayed the same, because at that point, the promise has been broken, and the financial investment is now unstable.
Sure, this hypothetical time, it didn't do anything. But then they'd have full reign to print things whenever, wherever, however.
The reason that the cards on the Reserve List maintain their value is because there is a contractual guarantee from Wizards that the current supply of the card is all there will ever be, regardless of demand. It's a hard line.
And if that hard line is broken, then it no longer matters what Wizards says, what research they pull up. Because that word of "caring about the value of your investment" is then worthless. You can only break a promise once, after all.
MTGS doesn't care
They want free money and they want it now
And if you don't agree it's because you are a WotC apologis and a corporate shill
Perhaps it's time to finally settle the reserved list situation in literally the only reasonable way possible...
Ban all reserved list cards in Lagacy.
Either that, or introduce a third eternal format. And not a non-rotating format like Modern, but a truly eternal fotmat, in terms of both backwards set legality, and the legality of new supplemental product cards like Flusterstorm. And, of course, ban the reserved list.
I think the former makes more sense. Just relegate the reserved list to Vintage and Commander. That should pretty much even out the supply for those players. I just read the list again, and I really don't think it would be super impactful to ban it. Obviously every mana base shifts, and mono-red gets a natural boost from that, but most of the major archetypes stay fully intact. You lose only a small handful of relevant cards, but nothing irreplaceable apart from maybe LED. After everyone has a few months to cry wolf and whine about it, Wizards can pretty much wipe their hands of the whole debate. No one will care any more than they currently do about the lack of Black Lotus reprints....
So here is a quick list of cards I think could/should be reprinted. This is not including any modern legal cards, hopefully some of the good ones might show up here, but they will probably save lots for MM2017. Also you can add the Jace, Jitte and the whole modern ban list to this as well.
Ice Storm
Sinkhole
Jade Statue
Demonic Tutor
Mana Vault
Sylvan Library
Land Tax
Grim Tutor
Goblin Settler
Devastation
Time Warp
Imperial Seal
Capture of Jingshou
Imperial Recruiter
Ravages of War
Loyal Retainers
Three Visits
Temporal Manipulation
Natural Order
Sylvan Tutor
Cruel Tutor
Personal Tutor
Gift of Estates
Cabal Coffers
Flusterstorm
Kaalia of the Vast
Animar
Toxic Deluge
True-Name Nemesis
Maelstrom Wanderer
Shardless Agent
Sakashima’s Student
Dack Fayden
Mana Drain
Karakas
Chain Lightning
Maze of Ith
Enlightened Tutor
Worldly Tutor
Phyrexian Dreadnought
Necromancy
Scroll Rack
Mirri's Guile
Ancient Tomb
Choke
Reanimate
Gemstone Mine
Ensnaring Bridge
Burgeoning
Price of Progress
Show and Tell
Sneak Attack
Gamble
Phyrexian Tower
Worship
Greater Good
Contamination
No Mercy
Defense of the Heart
Defense Grid
Quicksilver Amulet
Tinker
Rishadan Port
Bribery
Food Chain
Diabolic Intent
Eldamri’s Call
Orim’s Chant
Vindicate
Entomb
Time Stretch
Deserted Temple
Grim Lavamancer
Chainer’s Edict
Cabal Ritual
Cabal Therapy
Burning Wish
Cunning Wish
Seedborn Muse
Sliver Overlord
Thran Dynamo
Sol Ring
Animate Dead
Dark Ritual
Counterspell
Control Magic
Black Vise
Regrowth
Serendib Efreet
Winter Orb
Armageddon
Mind Twist
Nevinyrral’s Disk
Basalt Monolith
Daze
Gush
Phyrexian Alter
Rhystic Study
Aura Shards
Perhaps it's time to finally settle the reserved list situation in literally the only reasonable way possible...
Ban all reserved list cards in Lagacy.
Either that, or introduce a third eternal format. And not a non-rotating format like Modern, but a truly eternal fotmat, in terms of both backwards set legality, and the legality of new supplemental product cards like Flusterstorm. And, of course, ban the reserved list.
I think the former makes more sense. Just relegate the reserved list to Vintage and Commander. That should pretty much even out the supply for those players. I just read the list again, and I really don't think it would be super impactful to ban it. Obviously every mana base shifts, and mono-red gets a natural boost from that, but most of the major archetypes stay fully intact. You lose only a small handful of relevant cards, but nothing irreplaceable apart from maybe LED. After everyone has a few months to cry wolf and whine about it, Wizards can pretty much wipe their hands of the whole debate. No one will care any more than they currently do about the lack of Black Lotus reprints....
As someone who owns both a legacy deck and an EDH full of reserve list cards I actually whole heartedly agree. I fully support the existence of the reserve list but if they seriously want people to start playing legacy than this is really their only option. The reserve list isn't going anywhere. Sets like EMA will go a long way to increasing accessibility but as long as the reserve list is there it will never truly be accessible. I think creating a new eternal set or outing the reserve list cards from our existing legacy is really the only option we have.
Unfortunately every try hard from Sacramento to Shanghai preaches from the top of their 27 lands + Mana Reflection that Tooth and Nail and Time Stretch are fine to play in the same turn but Armageddon is unfair.
As someone who honestly dislikes the reserved list:
The problem with breaking it, even if the prices stay the same, is the breaking of a deal.
It doesn't matter if the prices stayed the same, because at that point, the promise has been broken, and the financial investment is now unstable.
Sure, this hypothetical time, it didn't do anything. But then they'd have full reign to print things whenever, wherever, however.
The reason that the cards on the Reserve List maintain their value is because there is a contractual guarantee from Wizards that the current supply of the card is all there will ever be, regardless of demand. It's a hard line.
And if that hard line is broken, then it no longer matters what Wizards says, what research they pull up. Because that word of "caring about the value of your investment" is then worthless. You can only break a promise once, after all.
"Caring about the value of your investment" is a load of crap. Don't invest your money in a card game that people play for their personal enjoyment, especially if you raise enough of a fuss to make Wizards enact a policy that detracts from other people's enjoyment of that game.
It's Wizards's game, and they should be able to do with it what they wish.
The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
As someone who honestly dislikes the reserved list:
The problem with breaking it, even if the prices stay the same, is the breaking of a deal.
It doesn't matter if the prices stayed the same, because at that point, the promise has been broken, and the financial investment is now unstable.
Sure, this hypothetical time, it didn't do anything. But then they'd have full reign to print things whenever, wherever, however.
The reason that the cards on the Reserve List maintain their value is because there is a contractual guarantee from Wizards that the current supply of the card is all there will ever be, regardless of demand. It's a hard line.
And if that hard line is broken, then it no longer matters what Wizards says, what research they pull up. Because that word of "caring about the value of your investment" is then worthless. You can only break a promise once, after all.
"Caring about the value of your investment" is a load of crap. Don't invest your money in a card game that people play for their personal enjoyment, especially if you raise enough of a fuss to make Wizards enact a policy that detracts from other people's enjoyment of that game.
It's Wizards's game, and they should be able to do with it what they wish.
This 1000x over. If you don't want to feel like you wasted your money, then don't waste your money.
As someone who honestly dislikes the reserved list:
The problem with breaking it, even if the prices stay the same, is the breaking of a deal.
It doesn't matter if the prices stayed the same, because at that point, the promise has been broken, and the financial investment is now unstable.
Sure, this hypothetical time, it didn't do anything. But then they'd have full reign to print things whenever, wherever, however.
The reason that the cards on the Reserve List maintain their value is because there is a contractual guarantee from Wizards that the current supply of the card is all there will ever be, regardless of demand. It's a hard line.
And if that hard line is broken, then it no longer matters what Wizards says, what research they pull up. Because that word of "caring about the value of your investment" is then worthless. You can only break a promise once, after all.
"Caring about the value of your investment" is a load of crap. Don't invest your money in a card game that people play for their personal enjoyment, especially if you raise enough of a fuss to make Wizards enact a policy that detracts from other people's enjoyment of that game.
It's Wizards's game, and they should be able to do with it what they wish.
Problem is they might not legally be able to do with it as they wish.
As someone who honestly dislikes the reserved list:
The problem with breaking it, even if the prices stay the same, is the breaking of a deal.
It doesn't matter if the prices stayed the same, because at that point, the promise has been broken, and the financial investment is now unstable.
Sure, this hypothetical time, it didn't do anything. But then they'd have full reign to print things whenever, wherever, however.
The reason that the cards on the Reserve List maintain their value is because there is a contractual guarantee from Wizards that the current supply of the card is all there will ever be, regardless of demand. It's a hard line.
And if that hard line is broken, then it no longer matters what Wizards says, what research they pull up. Because that word of "caring about the value of your investment" is then worthless. You can only break a promise once, after all.
"Caring about the value of your investment" is a load of crap. Don't invest your money in a card game that people play for their personal enjoyment, especially if you raise enough of a fuss to make Wizards enact a policy that detracts from other people's enjoyment of that game.
It's Wizards's game, and they should be able to do with it what they wish.
This 1000x over. If you don't want to feel like you wasted your money, then don't waste your money.
I better never catch you *****ing and moaning about card prices then
I'm not annoyed...just seriously urinated. I never bought any MM or MM2 due to the price, nor participated in any drafts of it. Now here's a set with cards that I presumably care about and WotC have to be uber-greedy. I don't care about foils being in every pack. I want to be able to enjoy something WotC publishes, as there has been little in 3 years I have been that happy with, save for the Commander 2014 decks.
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So here is a quick list of cards I think could/should be reprinted. This is not including any modern legal cards, hopefully some of the good ones might show up here, but they will probably save lots for MM2017. Also you can add the Jace, Jitte and the whole modern ban list to this as well.
Ice Storm
Sinkhole
Jade Statue
Demonic Tutor
Mana Vault
Sylvan Library
Land Tax
Grim Tutor
Goblin Settler
Devastation
Time Warp
Imperial Seal
Capture of Jingshou
Imperial Recruiter
Ravages of War
Loyal Retainers
Three Visits
Temporal Manipulation
Natural Order
Sylvan Tutor
Cruel Tutor
Personal Tutor
Gift of Estates
Cabal Coffers
Flusterstorm
Kaalia of the Vast
Animar
Toxic Deluge
True-Name Nemesis
Maelstrom Wanderer
Shardless Agent
Sakashima’s Student
Dack Fayden
Mana Drain
Karakas
Chain Lightning
Maze of Ith
Enlightened Tutor
Worldly Tutor
Phyrexian Dreadnought
Necromancy
Scroll Rack
Mirri's Guile
Ancient Tomb
Choke
Reanimate
Gemstone Mine
Ensnaring Bridge
Burgeoning
Price of Progress
Show and Tell
Sneak Attack
Gamble
Phyrexian Tower
Worship
Greater Good
Contamination
No Mercy
Defense of the Heart
Defense Grid
Quicksilver Amulet
Tinker
Rishadan Port
Bribery
Food Chain
Diabolic Intent
Eldamri’s Call
Orim’s Chant
Vindicate
Entomb
Time Stretch
Deserted Temple
Grim Lavamancer
Chainer’s Edict
Cabal Ritual
Cabal Therapy
Burning Wish
Cunning Wish
Seedborn Muse
Sliver Overlord
Thran Dynamo
Sol Ring
Animate Dead
Dark Ritual
Counterspell
Control Magic
Black Vise
Regrowth
Serendib Efreet
Winter Orb
Armageddon
Mind Twist
Nevinyrral’s Disk
Basalt Monolith
Daze
Gush
Phyrexian Alter
Rhystic Study
Aura Shards
This is the first time in history that I can safely say this. The entire list looks good. There is not a single card there that doesn't belong. I to would love to see all of these reprinted and I don't believe any of these are unprintable.
Unfortunately every try hard from Sacramento to Shanghai preaches from the top of their 27 lands + Mana Reflection that Tooth and Nail and Time Stretch are fine to play in the same turn but Armageddon is unfair.
Sounds like it what it was supposed to do
... and that was the point where I looked it up and discovered it was Therese and not RKF...
I'll just go and hide under my keyboard now...
I've probably confused it in my head with Arcane Denial... same set, another great blue counterspell that I was always happy to pull from an Alliances booster, another counter I've been decking ever since (... yes, yes... let the "Arcane Denial is terrible/wonderful" debate begin, I know...)
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The problem with breaking it, even if the prices stay the same, is the breaking of a deal.
It doesn't matter if the prices stayed the same, because at that point, the promise has been broken, and the financial investment is now unstable.
Sure, this hypothetical time, it didn't do anything. But then they'd have full reign to print things whenever, wherever, however.
The reason that the cards on the Reserve List maintain their value is because there is a contractual guarantee from Wizards that the current supply of the card is all there will ever be, regardless of demand. It's a hard line.
And if that hard line is broken, then it no longer matters what Wizards says, what research they pull up. Because that word of "caring about the value of your investment" is then worthless. You can only break a promise once, after all.
Truthery... think of all the black game rebooters that they could reprint... Extinction, Mutilate, Forced March...
I'd really like to see Overwhelming Forces, though, if we're not allowed Damnation. We'll probably get Mutilate instead (again).
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That's what I meant. It's not great, but it's better than nothing. Demand for and/or speculation on many cards just seems to keep increasing, so I wouldn't expect an enduring price drop on sought-after cards. Some EDH cards reprinted in Modern Masters or Modern Masters 2015 are still lower than before Modern Masters, however. Woodfall Primus is an example.
It's additionally worthwhile to consider that volatile markets tend to crash sooner or later. MTG has been going up and up lately, but trends only continue until they stop.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Randy Buehler wrote an article on the mothership back in 2002 when they first revised the reserved list, that they found whenever they reprinted a card, the older (usually the originals) went up. And Wizards has shown us with these reprint sets that they are very conservative even with non-RL cards to maintain their value. I'm sure if the RL went away they would reprint cards like the dual lands very carefully. I would be happy even if they opened the premium loophole that they closed in 2010 (because collectors *****ed when Wizards reprinted cards like Mox Diamond even though the RL clearly stated they could reprint cards on the list as foils) and reprinted cards like the dual lands as judge promos. I don't care how expensive they would be, I would just be glad that there were versions with the modern border with newer, better art available.
The ideal situation would be that they would have a reserved list replacement program, where people could send in their cards and get a replacement with the modern border and choose to have it be foil or nonfoil to fight counterfeits. Then they destroy the old copies keeping the amount of cards in the supply the same.
Oh, I hope not. I mean, it's great and all... but in a draft format? Excuse me while I durdle with my Top for a minute or seven...
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Duals are going to skyrocket because there will be additional demand. If anyone wants "cheap" duals buy them now.
The valuable cards on the list are valuable because they're played. You can buy an Ebon Praetor for $0.20.
UR Blue-Red Control
Modern:
UBR Grixis Control
UWR Jeskai Control
I hate how they stated they won't be reprinting any cards from the reserve list. Of course they aren't reprinting cards from the reserve list, that's the whole point of the reserve list after all.
I'm personally super excited for the set. I know its not going to tank prices but it will increase availability and hopefully increase the legacy player base.
I think UB Storm (because of high chances for tutors and Cabal Ritual), GW Enchantess, RB Goblins, UR Sneak'n'Show, BW Death'n'Taxes/Humans, WR Equipment Matters, RG Ramp/Lands, UW Control (may be TopDeck Matters or Enchantments), UG Elves (Distant Melody, Master Biomancer, Edric, for Example), BG Dredge (like MMA).
MTGS doesn't care
They want free money and they want it now
And if you don't agree it's because you are a WotC apologis and a corporate shill
Ban all reserved list cards in Lagacy.
Either that, or introduce a third eternal format. And not a non-rotating format like Modern, but a truly eternal fotmat, in terms of both backwards set legality, and the legality of new supplemental product cards like Flusterstorm. And, of course, ban the reserved list.
I think the former makes more sense. Just relegate the reserved list to Vintage and Commander. That should pretty much even out the supply for those players. I just read the list again, and I really don't think it would be super impactful to ban it. Obviously every mana base shifts, and mono-red gets a natural boost from that, but most of the major archetypes stay fully intact. You lose only a small handful of relevant cards, but nothing irreplaceable apart from maybe LED. After everyone has a few months to cry wolf and whine about it, Wizards can pretty much wipe their hands of the whole debate. No one will care any more than they currently do about the lack of Black Lotus reprints....
Ice Storm
Sinkhole
Jade Statue
Demonic Tutor
Mana Vault
Sylvan Library
Land Tax
Grim Tutor
Goblin Settler
Devastation
Time Warp
Imperial Seal
Capture of Jingshou
Imperial Recruiter
Ravages of War
Loyal Retainers
Three Visits
Temporal Manipulation
Natural Order
Sylvan Tutor
Cruel Tutor
Personal Tutor
Gift of Estates
Cabal Coffers
Flusterstorm
Kaalia of the Vast
Animar
Toxic Deluge
True-Name Nemesis
Maelstrom Wanderer
Shardless Agent
Sakashima’s Student
Dack Fayden
Mana Drain
Karakas
Chain Lightning
Maze of Ith
Enlightened Tutor
Worldly Tutor
Phyrexian Dreadnought
Necromancy
Scroll Rack
Mirri's Guile
Ancient Tomb
Choke
Reanimate
Gemstone Mine
Ensnaring Bridge
Burgeoning
Price of Progress
Show and Tell
Sneak Attack
Gamble
Phyrexian Tower
Worship
Greater Good
Contamination
No Mercy
Defense of the Heart
Defense Grid
Quicksilver Amulet
Tinker
Rishadan Port
Bribery
Food Chain
Diabolic Intent
Eldamri’s Call
Orim’s Chant
Vindicate
Entomb
Time Stretch
Deserted Temple
Grim Lavamancer
Chainer’s Edict
Cabal Ritual
Cabal Therapy
Burning Wish
Cunning Wish
Seedborn Muse
Sliver Overlord
Thran Dynamo
Sol Ring
Animate Dead
Dark Ritual
Counterspell
Control Magic
Black Vise
Regrowth
Serendib Efreet
Winter Orb
Armageddon
Mind Twist
Nevinyrral’s Disk
Basalt Monolith
Daze
Gush
Phyrexian Alter
Rhystic Study
Aura Shards
As someone who owns both a legacy deck and an EDH full of reserve list cards I actually whole heartedly agree. I fully support the existence of the reserve list but if they seriously want people to start playing legacy than this is really their only option. The reserve list isn't going anywhere. Sets like EMA will go a long way to increasing accessibility but as long as the reserve list is there it will never truly be accessible. I think creating a new eternal set or outing the reserve list cards from our existing legacy is really the only option we have.
"Caring about the value of your investment" is a load of crap. Don't invest your money in a card game that people play for their personal enjoyment, especially if you raise enough of a fuss to make Wizards enact a policy that detracts from other people's enjoyment of that game.
It's Wizards's game, and they should be able to do with it what they wish.
If there's a Sneak and Show component to the set, Bridge would be an amazing counterpunch in Limited.
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This 1000x over. If you don't want to feel like you wasted your money, then don't waste your money.
Problem is they might not legally be able to do with it as they wish.
I better never catch you *****ing and moaning about card prices then
I'm not annoyed...just seriously urinated. I never bought any MM or MM2 due to the price, nor participated in any drafts of it. Now here's a set with cards that I presumably care about and WotC have to be uber-greedy. I don't care about foils being in every pack. I want to be able to enjoy something WotC publishes, as there has been little in 3 years I have been that happy with, save for the Commander 2014 decks.
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This is the first time in history that I can safely say this. The entire list looks good. There is not a single card there that doesn't belong. I to would love to see all of these reprinted and I don't believe any of these are unprintable.
Why would I do that?
none
Modern
UBG B/U/G control
BBB MBC
WUR Control
WWW Prison
RRR Goblins
Legacy
BBB Pox
UBG B/U/G Control
UWU StoneBlade
UW Miracle Control