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I am thinking about upgrading my original Coalition Relic to a foil one from M25. Has anyone been fortunate enough to see one in person yet or, at least, have an opinion? The new art looks great.
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I am thinking about upgrading my original Coalition Relic to a foil one from M25. Has anyone been fortunate enough to see one in person yet or, at least, have an opinion? The new art looks great.
I waited for a reprint because of the old art and the price.
I luckily had both so just purchased one - it’s on its way. When it arrives I’ll take a pic for you.
I like that frame and am now definitely looking forward to how they do these in the future with other planeswalkers and characters. I really like the Brainstorm and Mystical Tutor here.
Wow, yeah, I love both the Miscalculation and Forbid artwork. :/
@wtwlf - I thought you tried to represent every frame in your cube. You're not planning on including either of these? I think the Mystical Tutor would be a fine foil replacement for any of the currently available options for that card. I like the Brainstorm too, but it doesn't beat out the MM version for me.
I like to represent the frames if I can, but not for any of those. I'm going to wait and see if they do ones for other 'walkers. But there's a 0% chance that I run any of those over the better options we have now.
Oh, and both Miscalc and Forbid have gorgeous old-frame foils available with great artwork.
I like to represent the frames if I can, but not for any of those. I'm going to wait and see if they do ones for other 'walkers. But there's a 0% chance that I run any of those over the better options we have now.
If I could get an old frame foil Mystical Tutor with the Mirage art, I'd definitely prefer that to this version. The FTV Exiled foiling is terrible and I'm not really a fan of the hand art on the EMA version.
Miscalculation is just so goofy compared to most magic art, meh. Forbid isn't that bad, but I don't get what a guy clinging to a wall with a glowing stick in a puddle has to do with anything . I know you guys are all about the nostalgia but it does nothing for me (even though I started playing in 2001).
So what arts do you guys NOT like but are stuck with? What are you hoping to be redone soon? I'd also like a new Opposition and Force Spike. I seem to have a bias against old blue cards...
Plow Under isnt' too good either. Oh and I like the art for Dance of the Dead but would love to see Wizards try to fit its monsterous new templating on a card.
To be honest, it takes a really sweet art for me to replace an old border foil with a new border foil. That's especially true for a new new border. I love the Urza's Destiny art Opposition.
I just ran through the visual spoiler for my cube on CubeTutor. Here's what I came up with.
White - Land Tax. I've never been a fan of the original Land Tax pimp art. I much prefer the promo, which I haven't yet acquired.
Blue - Force Spike. I don't care for the original Force Spike art, but getting me to swap my Legends copy for a new border version would require some really sweet art.
Black - The Abyss. This is the same thing as Force Spike, really. It'd have to be pretty sweet to warrant swapping the Legends copy. Isn't this on the reserve list, though?
Red - Surprisingly, a few here. Lightning Mauler. The art is dark and just kinda meh. I'd like to see a new take on this guy. Magma Jet. Neither art is that great, imo. Earthquake. The best (only good) art is the Fifth Edition version which only comes white bordered. Just give me a black bordered RKF copy of this thing. I'll sacrifice and take it in a new border if needed.
Green - Both Rofellos and Plow Under. These two go back to my original statement of preferring old border to new, so the art would again have to be pretty sweet to get me to make the swap. I was playing when these were released, so there's a bit of nostalgia with the original versions.
Multi - Fractured Identity. It's probably challenging to capture what's really happening on this card, but I'd like to see a new take on it.
Colorless - Terrmorphic Expanse. There's nothing really wrong with this art, but we've had about a hundred million Evolving Wilds, so at least one new version of Expanse would be nice.
Okay the big question now which Llanowar Elves edition do I use. Alpha and Beta are out of my price range sadly so those are no goes but we have several arts now and Im stuck.
The opntions Im stuck between are:
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Card images: WMP Promo, New Pack foil, the New Promo, and a M13 edition foil
I've been running the FTV art because despite usually having a soft spot for OG printings, the OG art just being metal and not actually gilded really bothers me. What are people's thoughts on the FTV art (considering the FTV foiling) versus this new version?
for Llanowar elves you could run a collectors edition if you like the alpha / beta look and want to avoid the price tag.
Of those you have, I like the promo or the new full art version best.
I like the new guilded lotus art quite a lot and anything is better than from the vault Foil
As for Gilded Lotus, the new art is the best of them but the frame disqualifies it. FTV is also out by definition, so the only usable option is the original foil.
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I waited for a reprint because of the old art and the price.
I luckily had both so just purchased one - it’s on its way. When it arrives I’ll take a pic for you.
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I hope they do one for Chandra that has some burn spells in it with the post-DOM wording.
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@wtwlf - I thought you tried to represent every frame in your cube. You're not planning on including either of these? I think the Mystical Tutor would be a fine foil replacement for any of the currently available options for that card. I like the Brainstorm too, but it doesn't beat out the MM version for me.
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Oh, and both Miscalc and Forbid have gorgeous old-frame foils available with great artwork.
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If I could get an old frame foil Mystical Tutor with the Mirage art, I'd definitely prefer that to this version. The FTV Exiled foiling is terrible and I'm not really a fan of the hand art on the EMA version.
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Plow Under isnt' too good either. Oh and I like the art for Dance of the Dead but would love to see Wizards try to fit its monsterous new templating on a card.
I just ran through the visual spoiler for my cube on CubeTutor. Here's what I came up with.
White - Land Tax. I've never been a fan of the original Land Tax pimp art. I much prefer the promo, which I haven't yet acquired.
Blue - Force Spike. I don't care for the original Force Spike art, but getting me to swap my Legends copy for a new border version would require some really sweet art.
Black - The Abyss. This is the same thing as Force Spike, really. It'd have to be pretty sweet to warrant swapping the Legends copy. Isn't this on the reserve list, though?
Red - Surprisingly, a few here. Lightning Mauler. The art is dark and just kinda meh. I'd like to see a new take on this guy. Magma Jet. Neither art is that great, imo. Earthquake. The best (only good) art is the Fifth Edition version which only comes white bordered. Just give me a black bordered RKF copy of this thing. I'll sacrifice and take it in a new border if needed.
Green - Both Rofellos and Plow Under. These two go back to my original statement of preferring old border to new, so the art would again have to be pretty sweet to get me to make the swap. I was playing when these were released, so there's a bit of nostalgia with the original versions.
Multi - Fractured Identity. It's probably challenging to capture what's really happening on this card, but I'd like to see a new take on it.
Colorless - Terrmorphic Expanse. There's nothing really wrong with this art, but we've had about a hundred million Evolving Wilds, so at least one new version of Expanse would be nice.
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The opntions Im stuck between are:
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Card images: WMP Promo, New Pack foil, the New Promo, and a M13 edition foil
I think I'd rank them:
M12 > Promo > DOM pack > DOM promo
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I've been running the FTV art because despite usually having a soft spot for OG printings, the OG art just being metal and not actually gilded really bothers me. What are people's thoughts on the FTV art (considering the FTV foiling) versus this new version?
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Of those you have, I like the promo or the new full art version best.
I like the new guilded lotus art quite a lot and anything is better than from the vault Foil
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As for Gilded Lotus, the new art is the best of them but the frame disqualifies it. FTV is also out by definition, so the only usable option is the original foil.
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I love this one, too. There's just something about the guy's expression that makes it memorable.
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