MTG Salvation

Any speculation on Arclight's price sticking above $20? I managed to open 2 in the past few days and have no idea how the deck is performing in standard or modern, but the spike was very sudden.

Its a 'real' thing in Standard but the Standard meta seems in crazy amount of flux.

I dont know that it keeps up in Modern, as its not better than Dredge, and it dies to the same hate.

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Has there been an announcement about an Arena format? Or is it just speculation? Can you throw this planeswalker a link?

the only thing confirmed is that there will be a non-rotating format on arena, and it wont be modern. anything past that is speculation.

Our goal is to ultimately provide a format beyond Standard for Arena, though what that ultimately looks like will likely develop throughout the next year. Creating this new format isn't something we want to rush into, and this lets us go into Open Beta with a much more reasonable amount of initial content. Beyond that... who knows. And before you ask - "Modern" as a format includes over 15 years of Magic: The Gathering, spanning 61 sets, dozens of keyword abilities, and almost 12,000 cards. In short, it's a lot of work and realistically years of development time to fully support it.

https://forums.mtgarena.com/forums/threads/37045

Well that's pretty much spot-on. Thanks for providing the quote/source.

Would make sense to start a new arena-based, non-rotating format with all the shocklands.

so there is some buzz on social media regarding new foil full-arts/borderless cards (akin to the mythic edition walker promos). i havent seen anything about an announcement of a new product, however wizards has confirmed that people have gotten surprises in the mail; with more information promised soon.
https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/1058419844410994694

anyone have an idea what this is? note that one of the images shows a letter in the background indicating people have been given this promo booster or whatever as compensation for a poor experience with the hasbro online store. whether this really happened, or if that letter is real...well i dunno.

obvious PR stunt, however it makes little sense for promos to be created specifically for customer support difficulties. id have to imagine they will show up in other places.

attached are the images ive seen.

The prevailing logic is that it'll be a set used as pack-in buy a box promos for an upcoming masters set. And they have said they'll give full details on Monday.

The spoiler-room thread about it, updated as more cards are found out:
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/800876-uma-ultimate-box-topper-promos-12-40

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The prevailing logic is that it'll be a set used as pack-in buy a box promos for an upcoming masters set. And they have said they'll give full details on Monday.

The spoiler-room thread about it, updated as more cards are found out:
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/800876-uma-ultimate-box-topper-promos-12-40

yeah, it being this exclusive promo set they can throw around in various boxes or other things makes sense (maybe extra prize support?). looks to be a decent set of reprints too. from the pics in the spec thread, i think colonnade being in it is a safe assumption.

i think whether its a precursor to an actual masters set is the real question.

i do hope they clarify that people shouldnt expect it all the time as a apology/compensation thing. going down that road can blow up in their face. ive worked in customer support before, and once it gets out that you can get free stuff by raising a ruckus you get flooded with support tickets. i mean why not; its low effort high reward.

Liliana of the Veil just revealed to be in it. Celestial Colonnade seems likely (already two others of that cycle spoiled). now confirmed.

Not usually one to squee over card design, but those are beautiful. Feels like a huge step forward (even though I don't play in paper).

Snapcaster Mage confirmed

A Good Masters Set, Its a Christmas Miracle. Truly Eternal Masters hits for Modern, Legacy and EDH.

While we are all oogling over these beautiful cards in UMA, I bet they curl up like pringles. LOL!

I have a foiled out Jund deck and sometimes I wonder if they are worth the effort at all

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I have a foiled out Jund deck and sometimes I wonder if they are worth the effort at all

Yeah I'm almost there in Blue Moon, but I dont know that I would bother again, some foils look really amazing, but its the really old ones that I really like.

Yeah, but even though I put silican packets with them. I literally have to stand over my stove with my cards to get them to uncurl the other way. Not a permanent solution either.

Foils are pretty but maybe they aren't meant to be played with, which seems like a poor investment then.

Those new cards are gorgeous but the Joe is probably right, without perfect care they'll probably pringle up.

Having kept mine in a safe with silica gel packs, and living in a warm, dry climate, I've never had a problem with my foils. I live and breathe foils for my entire UR Moon deck, and most other Jeskai and Grixis staples. Wouldn't have it any other way. Though, I could imagine if you lived in a humid climate, there's little escaping it the curl.

I live in Pennsylvania so humidity is here.

I went on vacation with the wife in Colorado and that would be a good place to own foils, lack of curling.


I wonder how much these new cards are going to be price for once initial hype dies down.

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I wonder how much these new cards are going to be price for once initial hype dies down.

A lot of that is going to depend on what they say on Monday. If this is a special one-off thing, they will be unbelievably expensive. If it's just another "masters set" or something that regular people can just buy, they'll still be expensive, but probably not astronomical. Either way, I hear that each person who ordered (or tried to order) Mythic Edition will get one per box, meaning I might have two coming my way! Just got the fedex confirmation email yesterday.

I hope it's a preview for the next Masters set, made as a buy-a-box promo for the Holidays, like last year's very successful Treasure Chest Promo. On a personnal note, I really like the wider artwork on the cards, since it really helps the art pop out of the card, and I hope they are considering it for regular cards in the future.

atm my guess is that there is no full-on masters set. as in a box you can buy with these cards included as non-foils/bordered.

it makes sense to keep it as a promotional set where they keep it around as catch-all seasoning for whatever products or events. that and as an incentive to stick with the hasbro store. like a mythic edition, but they dont have to make new ones for each set - just throw on some of these boosters. or seasonal in-store events (like the draft weekends or whatever) - include a few boosters as prize support. make a large purchase on arena - get one of these as a bonus.

that sort of thing. we will get our answer soon enough.

The Through the Breach alone, is going to break me.

truth. the art and flavor is just perfect.

for reference its nahiri summoning emmy:

Looks soo good.

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truth. the art and flavor is just perfect.

for reference its nahiri summoning emmy:

Looks very cool but I think you mean Nahiri sealing them away. She never freed the Eldrazi. Nissa in her foolishness did

Nahiri, the Harbinger - Galerion