"Vanguard, Planechase, Archenemy, Duel Decks, Duels of the Planeswalkers, MTG Tactics, From The Vault, and Premium Deck Series did not meet our financial obligations."
"But those aren't Magic expansions."
"SCHWEIGEN!"
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Nothing in this game is degenerate or completely dominant. They haven't banned anything in standard in a long, long time. Hell they should have banned affinity right away, but they didn't until boxed sales collapsed too. Hasbro had to come in and fire people.
I'll enjoy watching all the whiners eat crow monday.
Seriously, stop announcing new product every other day and just make sure we have enough of our sets. If there is a worldwake shortage like there was for m10 and zen I'll be pissed.
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-cackle- I wonder how many augmentations I'll be adding to multiplayer games from now on. I do like the fact that it appears we'll be getting 80 Archenemy cards versus the 40 original planes. Hopefully these will be unique cards.
Planechase has been really popular, there will be more.
I'm interested by the fact that these are oversized cards, as opposed to a set of regular cards that are made to help a player fight off against multiple opponents.
I dunno how they are going to make 20 unique and creatively designed oversized cards that will allow you to beat 10 players. I don't just want cards that deal 10 damage to each opponent or something really plain to affect and disadvantage each of your opponents.
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I'm guessing that each of the over-sized cards must have some kind of variable in them that changes based on the number of players in the game. How to actually balance them, I really don't see how they will do that.
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Oh my god, I'm a fan of Planechase and Vanguard, of course I'll be a fan of this.
Soon to be playing Planechase Vanguard Archenemy Cube... maybe even with a Two Headed Giant spin somehow (depending on what Archenemy actually does.)
so...you'll be playing 2 on 6? Sounds fun.
In my playgroup, I'm betting that I'll end up being chosen to be the Archenemy most of the time. At least this way I don't get to complain about them ganging up on me and they don't need to generate strange excuses.
"I'll attack him when it's convenient for me," they say.
lol @ how Wizards announcing new products is supposed to directly impact the availability of Worldwake.
"We regretfully announce the discontinuation of the Magic: the Gathering collectible card game. The last few iterations did not perform to expectations in the past few years, and Hasbro is moving in a more cost-effective direction for its analog games."
"Oh wow, what sets did so bad that Hasbro had to pull the plug?"
"Vanguard, Planechase, Archenemy, Duel Decks, Duels of the Planeswalkers, MTG Tactics, From The Vault, and Premium Deck Series did not meet our financial obligations."
"But those aren't Magic expansions."
"SCHWEIGEN!"
"._."
It does seem that Wizards is certainly focusing more on the casual player. Strangely, PTQs and big tournaments are seeing more and more players, despite a crippling recession. Perhaps this idea is working.
I'm guessing that each of the over-sized cards must have some kind of variable in them that changes based on the number of players in the game. How to actually balance them, I really don't see how they will do that.
My guess is that the "Archenemy" gets to utilize an additional oversize card for each additional player. What they'll do, and how they'll be used, I don't know.
Horizon Boughs was the last one we got, and that was quite some time ago.
Like I said WPN promos. Plus with Worldwake prerelease there is a chance that they will do the same with Zen prerelease with the plane.
And people really need to stop *****ing about Worldwake spoilers since they have not only spoiled 6 cards already but by the end of this week spoilers will start trickling in.
Plus there is the Product page coming tomorrow and presumably the Orb of Insight.
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I'm not gonna believe I'm gonna see more Planechase until something verifiable or official comes out about there being more. It's a really fun format and I'd love to see more of it.
That said, this new product seems too vague so far for me to care one way or another. I'm gonna need more details before I crap.
Also, this still isn't an announcement for more Planechase, so I'm not as excited.
it sold way better than anticipated which is reason #1. my LGS said they were only getting their initial shipment they've restocked 6 times since then.
We play every life loss is a shot, but your game sounds like it would get me much more messed up.
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Soon to be playing Planechase Vanguard Archenemy Cube... maybe even with a Two Headed Giant spin somehow (depending on what Archenemy actually does.)
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I'm interested by the fact that these are oversized cards, as opposed to a set of regular cards that are made to help a player fight off against multiple opponents.
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But with all this info for stuff coming out in 6 months, World Wake better be straight bonkers.
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so...you'll be playing 2 on 6? Sounds fun.
In my playgroup, I'm betting that I'll end up being chosen to be the Archenemy most of the time. At least this way I don't get to complain about them ganging up on me and they don't need to generate strange excuses.
"I'll attack him when it's convenient for me," they say.
And this is what, the fourth new thing announced since the new year? Its like crap overload. Plus who buys all these things?
"We regretfully announce the discontinuation of the Magic: the Gathering collectible card game. The last few iterations did not perform to expectations in the past few years, and Hasbro is moving in a more cost-effective direction for its analog games."
"Oh wow, what sets did so bad that Hasbro had to pull the plug?"
"Vanguard, Planechase, Archenemy, Duel Decks, Duels of the Planeswalkers, MTG Tactics, From The Vault, and Premium Deck Series did not meet our financial obligations."
"But those aren't Magic expansions."
"SCHWEIGEN!"
"._."
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My guess is that the "Archenemy" gets to utilize an additional oversize card for each additional player. What they'll do, and how they'll be used, I don't know.
Well, it's a little more info.
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Like I said WPN promos. Plus with Worldwake prerelease there is a chance that they will do the same with Zen prerelease with the plane.
And people really need to stop *****ing about Worldwake spoilers since they have not only spoiled 6 cards already but by the end of this week spoilers will start trickling in.
Plus there is the Product page coming tomorrow and presumably the Orb of Insight.
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Standard: Jeskai Tempo
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Pauper: Mono-U Delver
EDH: Ghave, Token Master
it sold way better than anticipated which is reason #1. my LGS said they were only getting their initial shipment they've restocked 6 times since then.
There are still two more promo planes. After that I'm not sure what is to come.