Ancient spider is a very nice older card that I wish to see reprinted, because it has an excellent balance, in my mind, between its mana cost and its power/toughness and abilities. I could easily purchase copies of its current version, but I am strict about all cards in my decks being in the post-Eighth Edition frame style, so I must wait until this card is reprinted before I obtain it.
What does everyone else say? Might this card ever be reprinted, such as in a Duel Deck or Commander set?
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But that's it. I guess one reason could be that reachers tend to have big butts, so first strike is rather unnecessary. Seems to me as if they don't like that kind of design any more (Ranger en-Vec has been cited as a non-synergistic design by mr. Rosewater on multiple occasions), and that this may be a strike against the spider.
So while it's certainly not impossible, I don't really see a set where it (or a functional reprint) would be needed. I could much easier see a WGLongbow Archer if they wanted to combine reach and first strike again.
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Another example of its uniqueness and perhaps its obsoletenes: It is one of only two creatures with toughness 5 or greater, lower power than toughness, as well as first strike. The other is Kjeldoran Phalanx where I suppose the high toughness makes a little more sense due to banding.
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What does everyone else say? Might this card ever be reprinted, such as in a Duel Deck or Commander set?
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“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of its user.”-Theodore Roosevelt
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Ancient Spider
Longbow Archer
and then:
Ember Weaver
and I suppose:
Cairn Wanderer
But that's it. I guess one reason could be that reachers tend to have big butts, so first strike is rather unnecessary. Seems to me as if they don't like that kind of design any more (Ranger en-Vec has been cited as a non-synergistic design by mr. Rosewater on multiple occasions), and that this may be a strike against the spider.
So while it's certainly not impossible, I don't really see a set where it (or a functional reprint) would be needed. I could much easier see a WG Longbow Archer if they wanted to combine reach and first strike again.
EDIT:
Another example of its uniqueness and perhaps its obsoletenes: It is one of only two creatures with toughness 5 or greater, lower power than toughness, as well as first strike. The other is Kjeldoran Phalanx where I suppose the high toughness makes a little more sense due to banding.
By going to toughness 4 or greater, lower power than toughness, and first strike, it only brings up a few others:
Daru Lancer
Peregrine Griffin
(Spitting Slug)
Master of Cruelties
Odric, Master Tactitian
And for the last two of these there is additional synergy between the first strike and the other abilities of the creature.
So yeah, high toughness + first strike = unlikely it seems.
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