Well, Worldly Tutor is finally available in foil. Would have preferred a foiling of the original art/text, but it's still exciting to have the option to foil.
Currently grappling with the announcement about first-time old-bordered cards in Time Spiral Remastered. Not sure how these will line up with promos or first-release foils for me. I think the make-or-break for me might be if they have the classic shooting star in the text box.
OMG, somehow I missed the Time Spiral Remastered announcement. Thanks for bringing it to my attention Cythare
I've always thought foil looks kinda dumb so I go out of my way to not foil my cube, but if these old bordered cards only come in foil, it's still worth it. I plan to upgrade every card possible.
I'm considering buying the Seb McKinnon Secret Lair pack, mainly because I just love that Damnation art - but will probably also play the Sower over my original non-foil.
The secret lair can be ordered in foil or Non-foil. I have zero experience with Secret Lair, but hear the foiling is abysmal. Anyone have any experience with them?
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I'm considering buying the Seb McKinnon Secret Lair pack, mainly because I just love that Damnation art - but will probably also play the Sower over my original non-foil.
The secret lair can be ordered in foil or Non-foil. I have zero experience with Secret Lair, but hear the foiling is abysmal. Anyone have any experience with them?
I have Secret Lair foils and the foiling is no better or worse than anything else, from my experience.
I will say I don't like the Etched Foils from the new Commander set, they are very dark.
The old border foils are super sweet, but they are so ridiculously overpriced due to the short print run, that I'm unfortunately not targeting any despite having a pretty long list working during spoiler season.
The pricing is definitely super painful. I ended up caving and buying a Reclamation Sage, and then picking up a Restoration Angel and a Crystal Shard in trades, but I really wish these were otherwise anywhere approaching reasonably priced. They look nice, though!
If it wasn't for the flavor text I think MA would easily win, however, the simplicity of the MH2 textbox is very appealing.
I am actually a huge fan of flavour-text on all cards. The increased immersion makes it a huge deal for me. The best example of this actually is Counterspell from Ice Age.
I don't really like the artwork, but the flavourtext is one of my favourites!
So in both regards I like the MA better than the MH2 version, even though both are sufficiently cool!:sunny:
I like the Ryan Yee art on the MH2 one. It kind of reminds me of the 7th Edition and Eternal Masters versions, so it feels kind of iconic even though it's new art.
That said, if we're talking about flavor text, I've got to mention the Ertai quote that appears on a few versions. That's why I chose to go with the FNM version. Ertai Quote and Mark Poole art, can't go wrong with that.
Which styles from the new Secret Lair drops are you considering swapping in to your cube?
I like the Fiona Staples Sakura-Tribe Elder a lot. Maybe the Mark Poole balance, but I like the FTV version quite a bit too so maybe not. The Signets look incredible for cubes running those. Lots of other cube pieces in these sets, but for most of the others I like existing variants better.
I'm going to pick up the new STE, Dryad, and Spell Queller. Too bad the Hero's Downfall has goofy cartoon art, I'd like a cooler version of it.
I normally don't like old bordered cards but the Signets are very tempting. I'm running Talismans now but I might grab a set of Signets just in case I ever want to swap.
I picked up the two Signet SL's, but that's it. I really wanted the Fiona Staples SL, but just couldn't justify a third one in the cart. I might pick up singles of the cards I want once they're available. Jen Bartel's cards were sweet too, but unfortunately no cube cards.
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I've always thought foil looks kinda dumb so I go out of my way to not foil my cube, but if these old bordered cards only come in foil, it's still worth it. I plan to upgrade every card possible.
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The secret lair can be ordered in foil or Non-foil. I have zero experience with Secret Lair, but hear the foiling is abysmal. Anyone have any experience with them?
I have Secret Lair foils and the foiling is no better or worse than anything else, from my experience.
I will say I don't like the Etched Foils from the new Commander set, they are very dark.
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vs full art MH2 Counterspell
If it wasn't for the flavor text I think MA would easily win, however, the simplicity of the MH2 textbox is very appealing.
I am actually a huge fan of flavour-text on all cards. The increased immersion makes it a huge deal for me. The best example of this actually is Counterspell from Ice Age.
I don't really like the artwork, but the flavourtext is one of my favourites!
So in both regards I like the MA better than the MH2 version, even though both are sufficiently cool!:sunny:
That said, if we're talking about flavor text, I've got to mention the Ertai quote that appears on a few versions. That's why I chose to go with the FNM version. Ertai Quote and Mark Poole art, can't go wrong with that.
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I like the Fiona Staples Sakura-Tribe Elder a lot. Maybe the Mark Poole balance, but I like the FTV version quite a bit too so maybe not. The Signets look incredible for cubes running those. Lots of other cube pieces in these sets, but for most of the others I like existing variants better.
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I normally don't like old bordered cards but the Signets are very tempting. I'm running Talismans now but I might grab a set of Signets just in case I ever want to swap.
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