This seems like a great product for TNN. It's too good for 1v1 limited formats and not good enough for/unfun in free for all multiplayer formats. 2HG means it's powerful without being unbeatable. The worst thing I can say about its inclusion is that it might have been safe at rare.
There is nothing about Doubling Season that dictates it needing to be mythic either. Honestly it seems like they just jump rarity on cards of worth these days.
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I have officially moved to MTGNexus. I just wanted to let people know as my response time to salvation decks being bumped is very hit or miss.
To be fair though they already do this type of cash-grabbing (money cards at Mythic) in Masters sets. This is a regular 36-pack-a-box product at Standard booster prizes and the Limited format already looks miles ahead of the best Masters-Limited (whichever it may be). It even has new cards (like Arena Rector) to sort of fill-in the void for "Reserved List replacements", something a all-reprint set cannot do.
Conspiracy and Battlebond are the true Masters Sets. They are effectively what I would call "Magic Masters" sets and the kind of product that should come out annually like the Commander Decks.
I'm quite convinced at this point that even if the remaining half of the set is chaff, Battlebond is a better set for EDH than Dominaria (which was pretty generous). It's better than Conspiracy by default because it focuses on multiplayer (and has Partner instead of Conspiracy chaff). Not regretting my purchase of Dominaria, of course. In fact I'm not getting a box of Battlebond because I know precisely what cards I want and since I want them in foil, it's going to be a hefty singles-run for this set, whereas Dominaria was more of a mixed bag that altered the fundamentals of my decks so I needed a lot of testing.
I finally got motivated to revamp part of my suite of decks (all to be more precise, about 1/3rd of each deck)... but that was two weeks ago. Maybe that was a good thing since I'll probably should just put Battlebond into the mix so I don't have to update like immediately after I get them done... if I get them done. I'm quite convinced the Core Set won't be as tremendous (or even have an impact) and while Ravnica is multi-color goodness, I personally have this feeling they're going to same-tried narrow path since the guilds do define the pairings to some direction, so it won't be as impactful as one would expect from typical multicolor sets, making Battlebond the last likely set to make a major splash.
This set is the first one in forever that I really feel like I could just buy the singleton full set package and be happy with my purchase. My cube has some tough decisions ahead of it.
This set is going to be even more expensive than DOM for me, and I picked up more out of DOM than any other set in years. That's just singles, too - I definitely want to run a draft or two.
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A friend of mine used to have a Sygg, River Cutthroat deck years ago, and doesn't really play anymore. I've recently decided to take up the mantle and rebuilt the deck with updated cards. I've started jamming it over the last week, and it's hysterical.
There is nothing about Doubling Season that dictates it needing to be mythic either. Honestly it seems like they just jump rarity on cards of worth these days.
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Conspiracy and Battlebond are the true Masters Sets. They are effectively what I would call "Magic Masters" sets and the kind of product that should come out annually like the Commander Decks.
I'm quite convinced at this point that even if the remaining half of the set is chaff, Battlebond is a better set for EDH than Dominaria (which was pretty generous). It's better than Conspiracy by default because it focuses on multiplayer (and has Partner instead of Conspiracy chaff). Not regretting my purchase of Dominaria, of course. In fact I'm not getting a box of Battlebond because I know precisely what cards I want and since I want them in foil, it's going to be a hefty singles-run for this set, whereas Dominaria was more of a mixed bag that altered the fundamentals of my decks so I needed a lot of testing.
I finally got motivated to revamp part of my suite of decks (all to be more precise, about 1/3rd of each deck)... but that was two weeks ago. Maybe that was a good thing since I'll probably should just put Battlebond into the mix so I don't have to update like immediately after I get them done... if I get them done. I'm quite convinced the Core Set won't be as tremendous (or even have an impact) and while Ravnica is multi-color goodness, I personally have this feeling they're going to same-tried narrow path since the guilds do define the pairings to some direction, so it won't be as impactful as one would expect from typical multicolor sets, making Battlebond the last likely set to make a major splash.
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This set is the first one in forever that I really feel like I could just buy the singleton full set package and be happy with my purchase. My cube has some tough decisions ahead of it.
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ewww cube
I SAID WHAT I SAID.
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3. URNiv's Wheeling and Dealing!
4. BURThe Walking Dead
5. GWSisay's Legends of Tomorrow
6. RWBRise of Markov
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