If EMA is a big hit (and all signs point to it being so), then EMA2 will probably be on the product schedule in 2 years or so. If so, I would love to see the cards that they held out of this set, like:
Mana Drain
Urza lands (even though they are Modern-legal, I see them more in an eternal reporting than a Modern Masters one)
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Goblin Matron could also do with some newschool art. Then there's Goblin Ringleader who already got new art but in the online-only Vintage Masters.
I'd also like to see Goblin Lackey get a new border reprint to go with its new art.
Goblin Guide is cool, but I think it's more likely to go into a Modern Masters set and/or somehow standard. The nostalgia value just isn't as high.
You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
More elves, more goblins, the revised dual lands, shadow ability, slivers, elder dragons, the avatars, snow covered lands and their spell counterparts, and the other half to some of the great combos of magic past. Oh and damnation because why should I have to pay $70 for a wrath of God for a black/anything but white combo deck or even a mono black. I'm sure there's a few more I missed but these are just the basics.
What I really want is for them to print the "filler" cards from old sets. If you have to put in the filler cards at least remake some of the classic fillers of the past with new frames /and art.
On a side note: Isn't there something about the old artists and contract or rights or something so now my they can't use some of the older art.?
Some cards NEED new art and some MUST retain the vintage art to get the right effect.
Would love to see some Chris Rush art in foil but he has past and don't know if wotc can use any of the amazing art he did in the beginning and early expansions. None the less the others that remain but have some beef with wotc and won't let them use their art
Dark Depths
Flusterstorm
True-Name Nemesis
Rishadan **** Port
Damnation (though it should be in MM)
Goblin Guide (should also be in MM)
Crucible of Worlds
Inquisition of Kozilek
I kind of hope it's in Eldritch Moon though. Would be hilarious if one of the planeswalkers founded a cult around the memory of Kozilek on Innistrad, with it's own inquisition, JUST so they could reprint this card.
Actually, yes. No excuse is too small to reprint it, honestly. Make a 1/1 black legendary creature human called Kozilek Cultist, maybe deathtouch or etb:removal, flavor text all sad and lonely, and then reprint Inquisition of Kozilek with that dude in the art.
Hell, an IoK reprint might actually pull of the near impossible feat of dragging me back into standard, I love the card so much.
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Very unlikeoly. 4 of this 6 cards could easily be reprinted in Modern Masters.
Damnation is never going to be reprinted, I've given up. We've gone through FTV: Annihilation, MM2, Commander 2014, and EMA, all great places to put it, especially FTV, and it is still missing.
Very unlikeoly. 4 of this 6 cards could easily be reprinted in Modern Masters.
Damnation is never going to be reprinted, I've given up. We've gone through FTV: Annihilation, MM2, Commander 2014, and EMA, all great places to put it, especially FTV, and it is still missing.
Compare this to Force of Will. There is still hope.
I'm going to be salty about Force of Will for a moment and say oh good, that means Damnation is going to be mythic because of its price. Force is definitely not mythic, certainly not uncommon as well. Rare would have been perfect for it, but EMA set this odd precedent where we had quite a few cards bumped up in rarity because of price. I don't look forward to MM3 or EMA2.
Difference with Force is that it could only be put into Commander, Conspiracy, and Duel Decks and I'm sure it was never going to be put into Duel Decks, ever.
Well, the folks asking for Berserk, Show and Tell and Serum Visions should be happy with the new Conspiracy
I fully expect that if Damnation ever gets reprinted it would be at mythic. And let's not besmirch EMA for starting rarity upshifts, that 'innovation' came with MM1 and goyf.
You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. I can't wait till I can play my bicycle land out, thus making me heckbent, while I have Nessie on the field. You know, so I can attack with my Pervert.
Well, the folks asking for Berserk, Show and Tell and Serum Visions should be happy with the new Conspiracy
I fully expect that if Damnation ever gets reprinted it would be at mythic. And let's not besmirch EMA for starting rarity upshifts, that 'innovation' came with MM1 and goyf.
As much as I expect Damnation at mythic, I also know it would be rather dumb to do. If Wrath of God can be rare than so should Damnation. Of course that is if they are willing to reprint it at rare and not bump it up at mythic only because of price.
If Eternal Masters 2 happens, my only wish is for it to more readily available over here in Scandinavia, because it sucks that it is effectively impossible to get here.
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It's about time for the reserved list to die, for the sake of Vintage and Legacy (And Commander).
As for included cards, I feel like Mana Drain, Rishadan Port, and Imperial Seal are prime candidates (each have recently been reprinted as Judge Promos) for a reprint (obviously not all at once). There are many lesser value cards (i.e. Flusterstorm) that have reprint potential. I also think that we'll see some of the value cards printed in EMA 2016 reprinted in the next EMA product.
If I were a gambling man I'd wager Mana Drain and Rishadan Port are the big name reprints in the next EMA product.
Noble Hierarch, Chalice of the Void, Engineered Explosives are more likely to appear in the next Modern Masters, so the big value cards for EMA 2 would certainly be:
- Mana Drain
- Rishadan Port
- Flusterstorm
Some nice lower value Rares would be:
- The 5 Ice Age Painlands (would enable a Sliver theme)
- Deserted Temple
- Phyrexian Altar
- Phyrexian Tower
- Back to Basics
- Grindstone
- Intuition
- Scroll Rack
- Phyrexian Dreadnought
- Sphere of Resistance
- Bribery
- Food Chain
- Unmask
As for Uncommons, these would be nice:
- Ancient Tomb
- Thran Dynamo
- Cabal Coffers
- Reanimate
- Necromancy
- Gemstone Mine (very likely for Limited considerations)
- Crystalline Sliver
- Worldly Tutor (the only Mirage tutor that doesn't have a reprint)
- Carpet of Flowers
Commons in need of a reprint:
- Rhystic Study
- Oubliette (a nod to paper Pauper)
- Quirion Ranger
- Priest of Titania
- Snap
- Crop Rotation
If Coldsnap is not eligible for Modern Masters, then the following inclusions would make sense:
- Mishra's Bauble
- Counterbalance
- Dark Depths
For Limited, the color archetypes would most likely be:
Black - Reanimation
Green - Elves, Enchantment
Blue - Accelerated Blue
Artifacts - Ramp
Multicolor - Slivers
Red - If there are a lot of nonbasics, I could see Magus of the Moon as a high-value card for Red (pretty much the only one besides Through the Breach that hasn't got reprinted). I could also see Grim Lavamancer and Lavamancer's Skill as the foundation for a Red Wizard archetype.
White - This is the difficult one. Value-wise, it is very shallow. Orim's Chant is the only White card with some value. Maybe some Enchantress theme with Solitary Confinement and Enlightened Tutor?
Mana Drain
Urza lands (even though they are Modern-legal, I see them more in an eternal reporting than a Modern Masters one)
What else would you like to see?
Flusterstorm
Lotus Petal
Umezawa's Jitte
Dark Ritual
True-Name Nemesis
Containment Priest
Dark Depths
Cloudpost
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Dust Bowl
Lotus Petal
Pernicious Deed
Goblin Guide
Chalice of the Void
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This thing is BEGGING for new art.
Goblin Matron could also do with some newschool art. Then there's Goblin Ringleader who already got new art but in the online-only Vintage Masters.
I'd also like to see Goblin Lackey get a new border reprint to go with its new art.
Goblin Guide is cool, but I think it's more likely to go into a Modern Masters set and/or somehow standard. The nostalgia value just isn't as high.
"OH GOD MY BRAIN IS EXPLOADING AT HOW BAD THE ART IS ON MY OWN CARD"
-A friend's first impression of Ancestral Recall
10/10, I tapped.
Crucible of Worlds
Damnation
Oath of Druids
Serum Visions
Pact of Negation
Imperial Recruiter
On a side note: Isn't there something about the old artists and contract or rights or something so now my they can't use some of the older art.?
Some cards NEED new art and some MUST retain the vintage art to get the right effect.
Would love to see some Chris Rush art in foil but he has past and don't know if wotc can use any of the amazing art he did in the beginning and early expansions. None the less the others that remain but have some beef with wotc and won't let them use their art
Flusterstorm
True-Name Nemesis
Rishadan **** Port
Damnation (though it should be in MM)
Goblin Guide (should also be in MM)
Crucible of Worlds
Actually, yes. No excuse is too small to reprint it, honestly. Make a 1/1 black legendary creature human called Kozilek Cultist, maybe deathtouch or etb:removal, flavor text all sad and lonely, and then reprint Inquisition of Kozilek with that dude in the art.
Hell, an IoK reprint might actually pull of the near impossible feat of dragging me back into standard, I love the card so much.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
Doomsdayin'
Damnation is never going to be reprinted, I've given up. We've gone through FTV: Annihilation, MM2, Commander 2014, and EMA, all great places to put it, especially FTV, and it is still missing.
I'm going to be salty about Force of Will for a moment and say oh good, that means Damnation is going to be mythic because of its price. Force is definitely not mythic, certainly not uncommon as well. Rare would have been perfect for it, but EMA set this odd precedent where we had quite a few cards bumped up in rarity because of price. I don't look forward to MM3 or EMA2.
Difference with Force is that it could only be put into Commander, Conspiracy, and Duel Decks and I'm sure it was never going to be put into Duel Decks, ever.
That's my wishlist, mostly (including the very unlikely P3K reprints).
I fully expect that if Damnation ever gets reprinted it would be at mythic. And let's not besmirch EMA for starting rarity upshifts, that 'innovation' came with MM1 and goyf.
As much as I expect Damnation at mythic, I also know it would be rather dumb to do. If Wrath of God can be rare than so should Damnation. Of course that is if they are willing to reprint it at rare and not bump it up at mythic only because of price.
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As for included cards, I feel like Mana Drain, Rishadan Port, and Imperial Seal are prime candidates (each have recently been reprinted as Judge Promos) for a reprint (obviously not all at once). There are many lesser value cards (i.e. Flusterstorm) that have reprint potential. I also think that we'll see some of the value cards printed in EMA 2016 reprinted in the next EMA product.
If I were a gambling man I'd wager Mana Drain and Rishadan Port are the big name reprints in the next EMA product.
- Mana Drain
- Rishadan Port
- Flusterstorm
Some nice lower value Rares would be:
- The 5 Ice Age Painlands (would enable a Sliver theme)
- Deserted Temple
- Phyrexian Altar
- Phyrexian Tower
- Back to Basics
- Grindstone
- Intuition
- Scroll Rack
- Phyrexian Dreadnought
- Sphere of Resistance
- Bribery
- Food Chain
- Unmask
As for Uncommons, these would be nice:
- Ancient Tomb
- Thran Dynamo
- Cabal Coffers
- Reanimate
- Necromancy
- Gemstone Mine (very likely for Limited considerations)
- Crystalline Sliver
- Worldly Tutor (the only Mirage tutor that doesn't have a reprint)
- Carpet of Flowers
Commons in need of a reprint:
- Rhystic Study
- Oubliette (a nod to paper Pauper)
- Quirion Ranger
- Priest of Titania
- Snap
- Crop Rotation
If Coldsnap is not eligible for Modern Masters, then the following inclusions would make sense:
- Mishra's Bauble
- Counterbalance
- Dark Depths
For Limited, the color archetypes would most likely be:
Black - Reanimation
Green - Elves, Enchantment
Blue - Accelerated Blue
Artifacts - Ramp
Multicolor - Slivers
Red - If there are a lot of nonbasics, I could see Magus of the Moon as a high-value card for Red (pretty much the only one besides Through the Breach that hasn't got reprinted). I could also see Grim Lavamancer and Lavamancer's Skill as the foundation for a Red Wizard archetype.
White - This is the difficult one. Value-wise, it is very shallow. Orim's Chant is the only White card with some value. Maybe some Enchantress theme with Solitary Confinement and Enlightened Tutor?
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Intuition and Phyrexian Dreadnought are on the reserved list.
Why wouldn't Coldsnap be eligible for Modern Masters? They just put Zur the Enchanter in this year's Modern Masters.
That would indeed be a nice reprint, and it isn't on the reserved list, so that is a bonus.
Another one, would be Thran Quarry, from the same set (and also not on the reserved list).
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