how disappointing, really, is FTV:Legends? SUPER disappointing. eight of fifteen legends are from sets released in the past four years. add in the innistrad card and that's sixty percent of FTV:L that's presently extended-legal. of the six that aren't recent, two are from P3K (and one of them is totally useless), and the rest... teferi (good), kiki-jiki (good, but really, only one legend from THE BLOCK WITH A THOUSAND LEGENDS), captain sisay (woo. hoo. but i'm sure the EDH crowd is ecstatic), and visara (see previous comment). when you use a title like "from the VAULT," you should have a reason to expect there will be a large number of cards that haven't been in print for a while... not a pile of crap with most of it originally printed in the last four years.
if i wasn't a collector, i wouldn't even bother with this set. i'd spit on it, it's so pathetic. i mean, really, it's not "from the vault," it's "extra cash grab."
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A lot of them seem to be in there purely for EDH reasons. Foil EDH commanders are at a premium, but I don't think it is wise to construct almost the entire set around this fact. Portal Three Kingdoms legends are expensive, but I don't see a Berserk or Mox Diamond equivalent here.
... but the two older-than-invasion-block guys are kinda weak. i mean, cao cao is awful as a general. the other guy is OK (go go unblockable team), but he's a mono-blue aggro general, which is incredibly awkward.
visara and kiki-jiki aren't even really generals, though they do support generals well (and kiki does get infi with help).
sisay and teferi are the only two older cards that are good generals.
progenitus and ulamog aren't really generals, either... but at least they branch out into constructed. (same, but to a lesser degree, for oona.)
rafiq, sharuum, kresh, omnath, and doran are all legit generals, but all from the last four years (and three of them were used in standard and extended).
Kiki-Jiki is one of the most popular mono red generals, and is a combo piece in a great many decks including red. I think the rest of them you listed fit within my "a lot of them" statement.
Part of me wanted Xiahou Dun, The One-Eyed, but it would easily be the most valuable card printed in FTV.
see, i never think of kiki as a general because he has so much utility (and, i don't really play mono-colored generals, either. ).
it's very clear this set was designed with EDH in mind, but they left out the FTV part, largely, which is my main gripe here.
i agree about xiahou dun. i thought they'd let us have him, but, no. FAIL on wizards again. i probably wouldn't care about the 9 of 15 recent cards if one of the other six was him.
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i'm actually quite upset regarding the timing of this announcement. the event is less than a month away, and they must have made this decision some time ago. to allow players to begin preparing for a tournament and then to change the format with such relative short notice is quite unfair.
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Blue Bell X Top 4
Pro Tour: Philadelphia Day 2
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That and, as I understand it, this is now no longer an established metagame. Sure, nobody played extended, but it had been around. Modern has been played on Magic Online, but with a different banlist. It's the Wild West out there now.
i'm actually quite upset regarding the timing of this announcement. the event is less than a month away, and they must have made this decision some time ago. to allow players to begin preparing for a tournament and then to change the format with such relative short notice is quite unfair.
i was very surprised about the change to PT:Philly. i don't blame you for being upset; that was a really abstract last-minute change, and changing to a wide-open format with 9 years' worth of cards is intense.
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no doubt. my car can sometimes fill fast, so the earlier you can let me know, the better.
My schedules go in months, so I'll know at the beginning of months. It's really a matter of when I'm on call and when I'm not. I'll let you know usually at the beginning of the month that way.
Well... I wish I never went to gameday now... I didn't know it was 16k REL.... I lost 1 match in the top 8 and went down 14 points total and 16 points in constructed... I've never had that happen to me before...
My rating is back to where it was 2 weeks ago, both of them... Man, magic is so fun:D.
But enough crying about that, I hear that teetering peaks is gonna be a promo for something... Um, Teetering peaks????? REALLY????
Waits for the ratings committee to jump on you like they did me. enjoy it.
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Modern: Jund
T1: Remora Gush
MTGS Legacy Tournament #7 2nd
2009 NY States Top 8, 2010 NY States 2nd, 2011 NY States 2nd
NYSE V Top 8, NYSE X Top 4, NYSE XVIII Top 4
Blue Bell X Top 4
Pro Tour: Philadelphia Day 2
NEV 4 1st, NEV 6 2nd, NEV 7 Top 4, NEV 9 Top 8, NEV 11 Top 8, NEV 13 Top 8
LOL... Hey man rating is something you should be proud of.. I don't like the farming idea, but I guess I am a Hippocrate now, cause I do enjoy getting my rating higher and higher...
Also new plainswalker vs plainswalker decks jace vs koth.. Thoughts?
one of these days, you're getting spelling lessons.
anyway, the duel decks is VENSER vs. koth.
and i approve. i also approve of making the PvP DD the spring release. now we'll actually get to play with those fancy alt art shiny planeswalkers.
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the PWs in duel decks are always reprints. storywise, venser is dead, and i doubt koth will factor much in the innistrad storyline (seeing as how it seems to be about liliana and garruk)... so i doubt we'll see new versions of either prior to DD:VvK's release.
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if i wasn't a collector, i wouldn't even bother with this set. i'd spit on it, it's so pathetic. i mean, really, it's not "from the vault," it's "extra cash grab."
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visara and kiki-jiki aren't even really generals, though they do support generals well (and kiki does get infi with help).
sisay and teferi are the only two older cards that are good generals.
progenitus and ulamog aren't really generals, either... but at least they branch out into constructed. (same, but to a lesser degree, for oona.)
rafiq, sharuum, kresh, omnath, and doran are all legit generals, but all from the last four years (and three of them were used in standard and extended).
LAME.
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Part of me wanted Xiahou Dun, The One-Eyed, but it would easily be the most valuable card printed in FTV.
it's very clear this set was designed with EDH in mind, but they left out the FTV part, largely, which is my main gripe here.
i agree about xiahou dun. i thought they'd let us have him, but, no. FAIL on wizards again. i probably wouldn't care about the 9 of 15 recent cards if one of the other six was him.
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i'm eager to play modern and i hope extended dies a quiet death.
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Modern: Jund
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Ravnica duals, Mutavault and Reflecting Pool are the new hotness. 12 Post / Eldrazi seems good.
Oh nice. I'll let you know if I have something in the schedule.
I am really new to NY. Like less than a week new. I am indeed from Canada. lol
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well, welcome to our wonderful city, then!
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My schedules go in months, so I'll know at the beginning of months. It's really a matter of when I'm on call and when I'm not. I'll let you know usually at the beginning of the month that way.
Love the warm welcome. Way to break the Yorker stereotype.
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Waits for the ratings committee to jump on you like they did me. enjoy it.
Modern: Jund
T1: Remora Gush
MTGS Legacy Tournament #7 2nd
NYSE V Top 8, NYSE X Top 4, NYSE XVIII Top 4
Blue Bell X Top 4
Pro Tour: Philadelphia Day 2
NEV 4 1st, NEV 6 2nd, NEV 7 Top 4, NEV 9 Top 8, NEV 11 Top 8, NEV 13 Top 8
anyway, the duel decks is VENSER vs. koth.
and i approve. i also approve of making the PvP DD the spring release. now we'll actually get to play with those fancy alt art shiny planeswalkers.
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But Venser looks very cool.
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