Like usual, they start out awesome with 10% of the set full of value....followed by 90% of the set worthless crap. I'm fearing another Modern Masters 2015
Well yeah, whenever Wizards releases Anything Masters just replace "Masters" with "Lottery" and you've got the concept.
And here's the obligatory round of "whining about the booster system/reprint selection".
This isn't going to be "Reserved List: The Gathering", folks. Like any product, they sensibly want to test the waters for popularity and marketability, and save some of the Good Stuff™ for next round. And as we've learned over two decades of evolving set design, "bad cards" are a requirement of any limited format, regardless of its scope.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
This is why Seth at MTGGoldfish is one of my favorite youtubers. Spoiling that card Against the Odds style was fantastic. It's a shame I couldn't finish the video because Legacy is just so boring to watch. Shame this is a bulk rare in a set with $10 packs too.
People forget the format is meant to be drafted. How could this be an uncommon in draft?
because playing multiple copies of a spell that exiles 25% of your starting library and doesn't even force people to draw if they don't want to isn't what I would consider game-breaking, and there are plenty of better enablers for storm and 'belcher.
And here's the obligatory round of "whining about the booster system/reprint selection".
This isn't going to be "Reserved List: The Gathering", folks. Like any product, they sensibly want to test the waters for popularity and marketability, and save some of the Good Stuff for next round. And as we've learned over two decades of evolving set design, "bad cards" are a requirement of any limited format, regardless of its scope.
I don't think most people in their right minds expect Reserved List: the Gathering. But expecting your $10+ pack of cards to contain some semblance of value isn't exactly insane. I also disagree that bad cards are a requirement for limited (just look at Cube, for example). That's just how they choose to design their game, and that's their right to do so. And that's generally fine when your draft is $10. But to shell out $30-40 or more and potentially end up taking home a pile of trash comparable in value or less than what you could've opened in standard-legal packs is not a good way to get people excited about buying your product.
I'm not saying every rare needs to be a big money card, just that they could have certainly chosen better and more exciting cards to fill slots than worthless trash-bin garbage that have several more playable analogues available.
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Well yeah, whenever Wizards releases Anything Masters just replace "Masters" with "Lottery" and you've got the concept.
This isn't going to be "Reserved List: The Gathering", folks. Like any product, they sensibly want to test the waters for popularity and marketability, and save some of the Good Stuff™ for next round. And as we've learned over two decades of evolving set design, "bad cards" are a requirement of any limited format, regardless of its scope.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
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Unless the 5-slot in blue is incredibly crowded I would literally rather have Time Reversal in any imaginable scenario
because playing multiple copies of a spell that exiles 25% of your starting library and doesn't even force people to draw if they don't want to isn't what I would consider game-breaking, and there are plenty of better enablers for storm and 'belcher.
I don't think most people in their right minds expect Reserved List: the Gathering. But expecting your $10+ pack of cards to contain some semblance of value isn't exactly insane. I also disagree that bad cards are a requirement for limited (just look at Cube, for example). That's just how they choose to design their game, and that's their right to do so. And that's generally fine when your draft is $10. But to shell out $30-40 or more and potentially end up taking home a pile of trash comparable in value or less than what you could've opened in standard-legal packs is not a good way to get people excited about buying your product.
I'm not saying every rare needs to be a big money card, just that they could have certainly chosen better and more exciting cards to fill slots than worthless trash-bin garbage that have several more playable analogues available.