This is absolutely the correct list, and always has been, and the mods continual refusal to admit that has been rather astonishing.
You used debatable evidence of fonts on a printed insert sheet, not the actual cards, when we know WotC changes fonts for things like preview cards already.
You ignored things like the correct layout and format and new artwork and sensible setlist and even the completely puzzling omission of Virtue's Ruin from Vintage Masters that all piled up evidence in its favor.
That is the set symbol from the "Exiled" Legacy Pre-Built deck released a few years ago. You can find it in MTGO under Special Sets with the "TDO" code, or "Theme Deck Set" in the drop down list. Part of a failed experiment.
Here's what they've done with Core Sets Mythics in the past:
M10: 9 reprint, 6 new
M11: 7 reprint, 8 new
M12: 8 reprint, 7 new
M13: 8 reprint, 7 new
For M14, we're already at 9 NEW Mythics:
Chandra (pretty much has to be)
Archangel of Thune
Devout Invocation
Windreader Sphinx
Rise of the Dark Realms
Shadowborn Demon
Scourge of Valkas
Primeval Bounty
Ring of Three Wishes
This already is more new mythics than we've ever had in a core set. That, coupled with:
1) It's unlikely there's more than 15 total. No set has had more than 15, except those that use an extra slot (Innistrad had 16, DKA and DGM had 12/11 for a small set).
2) It's unlikely they're all new mythics, though we only have past Core Sets to look at.
3) No other PW has been prominently featured in the advertising for M14.
4) We know the Lorwyn Five are returning in some form.
That leads me to believe we've probably seen all the non-reprint Mythics for this set except Chandra, and that the other 4 PW will all be reprints. Probably the same 4 that were in M13, as that Jace and Garruk are reasonably popular and still hold some value, and Ajani and Liliana are new from that set.
It's possible there's one other non-reprint Mythic if they wanted to push it to 10 new/5 old, but I doubt it's another PW based on the lack of advertising images.
Considering the two spots left for the hybrid slots, we can almost say with near certainty that Swans of Bryn Argoll will be the U/W hybrid, (it makes sense from both a draft and hystorical standpoint).
The only U/R hybrid card that is viable then is Unnerving assault.
Since we already have a puzzling 2 U/R (non-Hybrid) cards, I strongly believe they realized that no U/R hybrid was worth reprinting and just went with 2 U/R multicolors - Jhoira and Electrolyze. That solves both issues - missing U/R hybrid that has no obvious candidate, extra U/R multicolor spell.
For what it's worth, I don't think we're going to see the Onslaught Fetches in a standard-legal set. Beyond any sort of development concerns, I don't think they want all 10 in Modern.
This is the exact reason they will - it makes no sense at all to have the enemy ones, and not the allied ones in Modern for the next infinity years. R&D hates stuff like this. They'll fix it.
They'll be in M15 or M16 along with the ZEN ones. After the RAV shocks are out of std.
There's space for exactly 10 artifacts in Dragon's Maze. The leadoff article heavily implies that these are common mana fixers.
It also says they tried a bunch of designs, and didn't settle on anything before handing it off. Development ended up at one of the very first designs they tried. So I would assume it's something fairly simple and obvious.
My guess is that it's finally time to get 2-color diamonds. Worse than the signets, but certainly playable.
2
Gruul Jewel
Comes into play tapped.
Add R or G to your mana pool.
Much more likely (but still not likely) is the idea that every card will belong to a guild and have a watermark - every card will either be monocolored and have the guild mechanic or an off color activation cost, or be multi-colored.
But it's probably not likely given the "rising up of the Guildless" that seems to be addressed in some flavor text.
Wizards will reprint the Onslaught Fetchlands, but not before Return to Ravnica rotates out of standard. I really don't think that there is much question of this, there is really no reason for Wizards not to reprint the Onslaught Fetchlands. Wizards is looking to support Modern, a format that doesn’t rotate and has powerful cards at its disposal, yet does not have the hindrance of the Reserved list to deal with. There is absolutely no reason for Wizards not to reprint them to make them Modern Legal, you just have to wait, nuff said.
This, exactly. They WILL be reprinted in a Modern legal set (either core or expansion). But it's unlikely to be in standard at the same time as the shocklands - why would they concentrate all their best lands in one year, and leave little for the other years? My guess is M2015 or 2016 will see a return of all 10 fetchlands - ONS and ZEN alike. They've said they know how tired we are of the M10 lands after 4 years.
The reason they absolutely will be reprinted? It makes no sense to have only the enemy color fetches in Modern, but not the ally-color. It definitely irks people in R&D. It will happen. We just don't know when, and not within the next year.
I'm firmly convinced that they'll reprint all 10 Fetchlands (including the ONS ones) in M14 or M15.
-They know how tired we are of M10 duals, and have all but promised they won't be around forever (they wanted to keep them in one more time with the INN enemy ones and the RAV shocklands).
-It's very, very odd to have the enemy color fetches in Modern but not the ally color fetches. Eventually, they will want to right this problem.
-The promise to reprint Modern staples would definitely include the Zendikar fetches.
-After the so-so reception of M13, having a full set of fetches in M14 or M15 would be bonkers for them.
Um, yea It would be BAH-ROKEN without the 2nd U...Look at Stroke of Genius, thats pretty much the bar for instant-speed variable card draw; CMC= X+3...The white is needed for the Lifegain, and X1WU just looks awkward....
I think if it was XUW and a sorcery to match the others in the cycle it would have been fine.
This isn't a new thing. I'm surprised it took them this long. They've been backing off of the no-regen clauses for years.
Here's every new (non-reprint) card with a no-regen clause all the way back through Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block, 5 years ago: Wooden Stake - no idea on this one, guess it's just for the flavor of them not coming back. Consume the Meek - this is supposed to be "Smother everything", and Smother has the clause, so it fits. Child of Alara - they didn't want to have him exile all nonland permanents, I guess. So they used it here.
That's it. Everything else has been reprints grandfathered in, until they decide to reprint them without the clause, like here.
The only reason Incinerate has the clause at all is because back in 1994, the designers of Ice Age wanted to use Lightning Bolt, but couldn't because even back then they realized it was too good. So rather than just straight add one mana to it and have everyone complain, they added the minorest of minor abilities to it to justify the added mana. An ability that probably is relevant once every 1000 games. And called it Incinerate.
You used debatable evidence of fonts on a printed insert sheet, not the actual cards, when we know WotC changes fonts for things like preview cards already.
You ignored things like the correct layout and format and new artwork and sensible setlist and even the completely puzzling omission of Virtue's Ruin from Vintage Masters that all piled up evidence in its favor.
Not your best hour, mods.
Man... that's even better than protection from all colors and artifacts in a duel, and it's on a 3/1?
Besides sac effects and wraths, there's no easy way to stop it.
In a duel, barring stuff like running your own Pyroclasm, is it identical to Progenitus's ability? Are there corner cases where it's not?
M10: 9 reprint, 6 new
M11: 7 reprint, 8 new
M12: 8 reprint, 7 new
M13: 8 reprint, 7 new
For M14, we're already at 9 NEW Mythics:
Chandra (pretty much has to be)
Archangel of Thune
Devout Invocation
Windreader Sphinx
Rise of the Dark Realms
Shadowborn Demon
Scourge of Valkas
Primeval Bounty
Ring of Three Wishes
This already is more new mythics than we've ever had in a core set. That, coupled with:
1) It's unlikely there's more than 15 total. No set has had more than 15, except those that use an extra slot (Innistrad had 16, DKA and DGM had 12/11 for a small set).
2) It's unlikely they're all new mythics, though we only have past Core Sets to look at.
3) No other PW has been prominently featured in the advertising for M14.
4) We know the Lorwyn Five are returning in some form.
That leads me to believe we've probably seen all the non-reprint Mythics for this set except Chandra, and that the other 4 PW will all be reprints. Probably the same 4 that were in M13, as that Jace and Garruk are reasonably popular and still hold some value, and Ajani and Liliana are new from that set.
It's possible there's one other non-reprint Mythic if they wanted to push it to 10 new/5 old, but I doubt it's another PW based on the lack of advertising images.
Since we already have a puzzling 2 U/R (non-Hybrid) cards, I strongly believe they realized that no U/R hybrid was worth reprinting and just went with 2 U/R multicolors - Jhoira and Electrolyze. That solves both issues - missing U/R hybrid that has no obvious candidate, extra U/R multicolor spell.
Yeah, the accurate amount of what shops pay when buying is more like $73-$75. Like $2.05 a pack.
This is the exact reason they will - it makes no sense at all to have the enemy ones, and not the allied ones in Modern for the next infinity years. R&D hates stuff like this. They'll fix it.
They'll be in M15 or M16 along with the ZEN ones. After the RAV shocks are out of std.
It also says they tried a bunch of designs, and didn't settle on anything before handing it off. Development ended up at one of the very first designs they tried. So I would assume it's something fairly simple and obvious.
My guess is that it's finally time to get 2-color diamonds. Worse than the signets, but certainly playable.
2
Gruul Jewel
Comes into play tapped.
Add R or G to your mana pool.
But it's probably not likely given the "rising up of the Guildless" that seems to be addressed in some flavor text.
This, exactly. They WILL be reprinted in a Modern legal set (either core or expansion). But it's unlikely to be in standard at the same time as the shocklands - why would they concentrate all their best lands in one year, and leave little for the other years? My guess is M2015 or 2016 will see a return of all 10 fetchlands - ONS and ZEN alike. They've said they know how tired we are of the M10 lands after 4 years.
The reason they absolutely will be reprinted? It makes no sense to have only the enemy color fetches in Modern, but not the ally-color. It definitely irks people in R&D. It will happen. We just don't know when, and not within the next year.
-They know how tired we are of M10 duals, and have all but promised they won't be around forever (they wanted to keep them in one more time with the INN enemy ones and the RAV shocklands).
-It's very, very odd to have the enemy color fetches in Modern but not the ally color fetches. Eventually, they will want to right this problem.
-The promise to reprint Modern staples would definitely include the Zendikar fetches.
-After the so-so reception of M13, having a full set of fetches in M14 or M15 would be bonkers for them.
I think if it was XUW and a sorcery to match the others in the cycle it would have been fine.
Here's every new (non-reprint) card with a no-regen clause all the way back through Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block, 5 years ago:
Wooden Stake - no idea on this one, guess it's just for the flavor of them not coming back.
Consume the Meek - this is supposed to be "Smother everything", and Smother has the clause, so it fits.
Child of Alara - they didn't want to have him exile all nonland permanents, I guess. So they used it here.
That's it. Everything else has been reprints grandfathered in, until they decide to reprint them without the clause, like here.
The only reason Incinerate has the clause at all is because back in 1994, the designers of Ice Age wanted to use Lightning Bolt, but couldn't because even back then they realized it was too good. So rather than just straight add one mana to it and have everyone complain, they added the minorest of minor abilities to it to justify the added mana. An ability that probably is relevant once every 1000 games. And called it Incinerate.
(see the fiasco with lapsed triggers)
I kind of can't believe he still has his position.