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I'd be willing to bet $1 that the alternate art Ugin is used as the foil planeswalker in a duel deck within one years time.

I'll take that bet. I'll even give you an extension to next May, because we know for sure that the next two duel decks will be Elspeth vs Kiora and a non-Planeswalker deck in the fall. Spring 2016 is the earliest that Ugin could appear as the flagship card in a duel deck.

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Did Ugin just explode or are their MKM shenanigans again?

The cheapest on MKM right now are 25 Euros!!!

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Can someone explain why cards like this (OP at Mythic) are considered cash grabs?

Don't most packs get open up by drafters?

So why is it relevant? Honestly curious about the economics.

It's because before Mythic Rarity was a thing...this card would have been simply another Rare card in the set. But with Mythic being a thing we now have Wizards essentially splitting Rare power level cards into two slots for mostly arbitrary reasons. Lots of Mythic Rare cards are HORRIBLE in Limited or are extremely weak in that format. Ugin's Nexus and The Chain Veil are basically useless in Limited. Maze's End is another card that's Mythic and also horrible in Limited. Lotus Cobra likely wasn't causing tables to be flipped over in rage. There are tons of weak Mythics in Limited and tons of bomb Rares and even Common/Uncommon cards.

Enter the Infinite and Jin-Gitaxias aren't doing anything in Limited. But those are Mythics because they are major story based cards, have potential for powerful Eternal combos and interactions, and are better off being Mythic so that they don't appear more often in Limited as useless cards. In some ways Wizards wants terrible cards that are storyline based or clearly built for Eternal formats at Mythic so as not to pollute Limited and waste a Rare slot that a Standard staple card could occupy.

If Pack Rat is a Rare then this card doesn't need to be Mythic to balance out Sealed and Draft. Monastery Mentor looks like it should be great in Standard/Block and probably good in Eternal formats. But it could have been a Rare just as easily. And this card looks to be a Standard killer and likely a card that will get tested in Eternal formats for a few months if not years looking for decks that can use it or be built around it. Wizards knows this and rather than making the card a Rare and therefore more often opened they made it a Mythic meaning people need to crack more packs to get them on the secondary markets or in their collections.

Thanks man. Well-said.

I hate cards like these: Rares becoming Mythics on steroids.

P.S. Say hello to Master of Waves of the year. pffft

Sorry, but your answer doesn't really answer my question.

Concretely, how does printing OP mythical put more cash in WoTC hands?

Do they cause more people to draft? Do they cause people to buy more cases just to crack and sell the in-demand cards?

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I'll be adding this guy but I won't be replacing Metamorph. It is very often taken by non-blue drafters and this having UU puts it solidly in blue. Something else will have to go.

Who suggested cutting Phyrexian Metamorph? Why would anyone even consider that. I'll be running both - Clone effects are always useful and can make the 40 in a lot of archetypes.