Probably the promo Elves and JR Gemstone Mine. I like most timeshifted foils a lot since they have foiled art and generally look cool, but that one is an unusally dark foil. The Judge one has good contrast and looks neater.
Pretty sweet art, but new border plus giant shooting start just doesn't beat out the Rebecca Guay Gateway promo or even the pack foil. I actually forgot all about the Venser v Koth version. My PtE ranking would go like this: Gateway > Conflux > FNM > Duel Decks
I have a few bad alters in my cube, but I don't consider any of them to be "pimp". They were just convenient at the time. I don't think that alter is very good at all. The name and card type aren't smooth. The explosion looks ok, but what's with that gray thing at the bottom? It's definitely better than what I could personally do, but it doesn't hold a candle to any of the alters done by people like Klug or CardKitty. The best Vindicate IMO (not considering altered versions, of course) is a pack foil from Apocalypse. If I had to choose between that alter or the older promo, I'd go with the promo and make a note in my spreadsheet that it's pimped, but not the preferred version.
mm2015 art ~ Judge art > Ham Sandwich > Original art (I do like the color variation on the mm2015 as it feels like the art on the judge one is a bit monochromatic with light blues)
I'm not a fan of the new(er) frame, but I really like the new formatting for these types of spells. I don't know that it'd be worth it to change from a foil Lorwyn/MM1 to this new one, but if I ended up with a new foil, I'd probably swap it out.
Don't have a foil of any version yet, but looking to pick one up. Just not sure which I want more, OG printing or readability. There will be a lot more new foils floating around, so it would be easier (and cheaper!) to pick up, but less special.
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Doesn't do much for me compared to, well, any of the existing three options... but it's cool to at least get non-standard promos.
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If you have the alter, though, definitely that one.
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mm2015 art ~ Judge art > Ham Sandwich > Original art (I do like the color variation on the mm2015 as it feels like the art on the judge one is a bit monochromatic with light blues)
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