Why would anyone shop at Walmart over their lgs assuming the lgs is at least halfway decent? Walmart must be offering free play space now.
Last time I decided to purchase a pack at two different LGS, they wouldn't let me pay by credit card because I didn't meet their minimum purchase requirement. Blah blah blah, swipe fees, yadda yadda. I know the argument for that. If they don't want my money, fine. Walmart doesn't care.
So some of these may not be included, or may be changed in some way
That's entirely possible, but the date on the file is January 18, 2011 (see the pic with the artifacts) so that's probably too late in the process to change it up.
For example, we conduct a particular kind of market research called a "godbook study." A "godbook" is just a printout of all the cards. We ask a statistical sampling of hundreds of players to pick their favorite and least favorite cards in several categories (card mechanics, art, names, and flavor text) from memory. Then we show them a random portion of a set's godbook and ask the same questions. We take the data from the first part (what we call an open-ended survey) and combine the data with the second part.
The font is off due to the way PDF programs handle rendering fonts. Notice that "regular" sized text is fine, it's only the smaller text that is off. Whatever PDF program is being used to display the file probably didn't have the correct font & size so it substituted it with a close approximation.
I deal with PDFs at work. It depends on how the original PDF is created.
And they probably wouldn't allow it in the future either, unless there was some way to flip it rightside up (morph). If you're going to get a 2/2 for a card, might as well just discard for a 2/2 token.
Yeah but that's not as cool
Ideally this set would have morph cards in it.. Imagine setting up your library or graveyard with morph creatures (or morph SPELLS!) and using this hypothesized creature to sneak them into play. Good stuff.
It's probably not Chub Toad is that is hideously underpowered for today's game.
It's probably one of these new versions:
2/2 for 1G, gets +2/+2 when blocking or being blocked.
3/3 for 1GG, gets +2/+2 when blocking or being blocked.
4/4 for 2GG, gets +2/+2 when blocking or being blocked.
It's not a sweepstakes any more than putting foil Baneslayers in M10 is a sweepstakes or WoW having loot cards is a sweepstakes. Every pack of Magic is an odds-based promotion. If it were a sweepstakes, they also would need to have a "no purchase necessary" option available, which is impossible. In random drawings, you send in your name etc. in lieu of a purchase and it gets entered into the random drawing. In the McDonalds Monopoly game, you can mail away for free game pieces. The thing is, there's no way to do that. There's no random drawing, and there are no little pieces to scratch off and see if you win. You are paying money for a PRODUCT, and that product may be worth money. You are not paying money for a product and INCIDENTALLY getting some sort of game piece or raffle entry that itself has no value.
Yes, but in your Monopoly example there are clear rules and disclaimers available for the chance of winning, odds, prizes, etc.. There is nothing of that sort for the priceless treasures. You'll notice that the odds of pulling a premium (foil) card are printed on each booster pack. There's no such language posted for priceless treasures. Had they advertised the fact and used it as a selling point, they would have to post the odds of pulling the treasures. (And somewhere, probably their website, a complete list of cards available).
The sports card industry uses this method as their key selling point. All the special inserts, autographed cards, and other rarities are explained somewhere. If you advertise that you can open a rare and/or valuable item in your product, you have to disclose the odds somewhere.
Baneslayer Angel is not a good example because it is no more rare than any other mythic rare in M10. It just happens to be worth more on the secondary market because of its playability. The card rarities (common/uncommon/rare/mythic) are disclosed on the product page for each set.
Back on topic, I think WoTC will eventually distribute foil versions of reserved list cards in more mainstream methods. It may be through packs, or as prizes for tournaments, or in more Duel Decks & From the Vaults, or some other product not in existence yet. If they can figure out a way to do this without destroying the secondary market value of these cards, it will be done.
People keep asking "Why did Wizards put Vintage cards in Zendikar BUT NOT TELL ANYONE?" They still have not said anything about it, and we sill don't *know* why they did. However, I'm going to go out on a limb and GUESS the reason they did it was to "test the market" for that kinda thing. We all have said for years "If Wizards put power 9 in packs, they would fly off the shelf." Well, Wizards wanted to test that, and guess what? They did.
I am not a lawyer.
I believe the reason WOTC never acknowledged the priceless treasures is a legal one. It amounts to a sweepstakes or other odds-based promotion. There are many laws dealing with disclosure of such promotions. I believe that by not acknowledging it, they get around having to deal with the legal issues surrounding it. For example, but not limited to, 1) including the collation rate on the packs and other promotional material, 2) differentiating between first and second run boxes (more than just a serial number, it would require different packaging, distrubution, etc), 3) other obscure international laws that may prevent such a promotion.
It makes sense that they wouldn't promote priceless treasures before the Zendikar release because they wanted to keep it a surprise. However, continuing to not acknowledge priceless treasures after the fact seems odd (outside of some vague and non-specific comments by some employees confirming it).
Trust me, I'm pretty sure their lawyers are calling the shots here.
I'll probably get at least one. I use a ton of Shards block cards in my casual decks so this would be kind of neat. Not as efficient as just trading for the foils, though.
Would be awesome if they had foil Priceless Treasures...
Lotus Cobra 1G
Creature - Snake
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, if you played it from your hand, you may search your library for a copy of that card and put it into play.
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That's entirely possible, but the date on the file is January 18, 2011 (see the pic with the artifacts) so that's probably too late in the process to change it up.
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr13
For example, we conduct a particular kind of market research called a "godbook study." A "godbook" is just a printout of all the cards. We ask a statistical sampling of hundreds of players to pick their favorite and least favorite cards in several categories (card mechanics, art, names, and flavor text) from memory. Then we show them a random portion of a set's godbook and ask the same questions. We take the data from the first part (what we call an open-ended survey) and combine the data with the second part.
Looks like their godbook was leaked.
The font is off due to the way PDF programs handle rendering fonts. Notice that "regular" sized text is fine, it's only the smaller text that is off. Whatever PDF program is being used to display the file probably didn't have the correct font & size so it substituted it with a close approximation.
I deal with PDFs at work. It depends on how the original PDF is created.
Ideally this set would have morph cards in it.. Imagine setting up your library or graveyard with morph creatures (or morph SPELLS!) and using this hypothesized creature to sneak them into play. Good stuff.
Yeah yeah, currently the rules don't allow this. Yet.
It's probably one of these new versions:
2/2 for 1G, gets +2/+2 when blocking or being blocked.
3/3 for 1GG, gets +2/+2 when blocking or being blocked.
4/4 for 2GG, gets +2/+2 when blocking or being blocked.
U
Instant/Sorcery
As an additional cost, sacrifice 3 Eldrazi Spawn tokens.
Draw 3 cards.
That way it still "costs" 4, but with a drawback that you need Eldrazi tokens to pay the colorless component.
The sports card industry uses this method as their key selling point. All the special inserts, autographed cards, and other rarities are explained somewhere. If you advertise that you can open a rare and/or valuable item in your product, you have to disclose the odds somewhere.
Baneslayer Angel is not a good example because it is no more rare than any other mythic rare in M10. It just happens to be worth more on the secondary market because of its playability. The card rarities (common/uncommon/rare/mythic) are disclosed on the product page for each set.
Back on topic, I think WoTC will eventually distribute foil versions of reserved list cards in more mainstream methods. It may be through packs, or as prizes for tournaments, or in more Duel Decks & From the Vaults, or some other product not in existence yet. If they can figure out a way to do this without destroying the secondary market value of these cards, it will be done.
I am not a lawyer.
I believe the reason WOTC never acknowledged the priceless treasures is a legal one. It amounts to a sweepstakes or other odds-based promotion. There are many laws dealing with disclosure of such promotions. I believe that by not acknowledging it, they get around having to deal with the legal issues surrounding it. For example, but not limited to, 1) including the collation rate on the packs and other promotional material, 2) differentiating between first and second run boxes (more than just a serial number, it would require different packaging, distrubution, etc), 3) other obscure international laws that may prevent such a promotion.
It makes sense that they wouldn't promote priceless treasures before the Zendikar release because they wanted to keep it a surprise. However, continuing to not acknowledge priceless treasures after the fact seems odd (outside of some vague and non-specific comments by some employees confirming it).
Trust me, I'm pretty sure their lawyers are calling the shots here.
Would be awesome if they had foil Priceless Treasures...
Lotus Cobra 1G
Creature - Snake
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, if you played it from your hand, you may search your library for a copy of that card and put it into play.
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