"A card is considered functionally identical to another card if it has the same card type, subtypes, abilities, mana cost, power, and toughness." - Wizards of the Coast Official Reprint Policy
Oh boy, here comes the "Modern Player's Arsenal".
So, if this happens to be true, this could be a way to reprint the staples without ruining Standard. I just hope that this doesn't become some sort of FTV or any product that goes ten times the price of it's MSRP.
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Nothing. All I want is Heroes vs. Monsters spoilers.
This is extremely exciting and could potentially be a very good way to get people into the format. We'll just have to see the contents and the price first.
Modern Chronicles... lol everything from 8th edition and up is reprinted in white bordered.
I know, Exciting thought, eh?!
I really hope it is something like Chronicles, Modern DESPERATELY needs it right now. Things like Bob, Goyf, Jac--- Oops, forgot he was banned because he's like, 100$...:nike:
Sorry, I went a bit haywire with the smilies function.
In all seriousness, I hope we get some AWESOME modern staples, like Fetchlands, Bob, Goyf, Jace, and all the other awesome staples. Cryptic would be nice too...
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In all seriousness, I hope we get some AWESOME modern staples, like Fetchlands, Bob, Goyf, Jace, and all the other awesome staples. Cryptic would be nice too...
All in one set would make a fair ammount of players sell their cars to buy the product, but they could deliver hard-finding playables along with main staples (Bob, goyf, etc) in a regular way, like a 'yearly' product. But, please, no Desert ever again.
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Nothing. All I want is Heroes vs. Monsters spoilers.
Ahh haa haa! Referring to what i like to call the FTV: Desert Incident?
Seriously, there's too many staples in modern right now for too many competitive decks to just release event decks. IT'd have to be some sort of large set of cards. Like Chronicles, or think of it as "Modern Core Set"
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Ahh haa haa! Referring to what i like to call the FTV: Desert Incident?
Seriously, there's too many staples in modern right now for too many competitive decks to just release event decks. IT'd have to be some sort of large set of cards. Like Chronicles, or think of it as "Modern Core Set"
I love the card Desert, but I'm just a grain of sand in here. (Get the reference? Huh? Huh?) - Yet, the card is useless except in places like my mind, where I can create pointless homebrew formats that having cards is a must)
The thing is, a product without fillers would be nice. I don't know if the Event Deck recipe will work right, because, remember the PDS product.
I'm just really afraid of the price, you know...
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Nothing. All I want is Heroes vs. Monsters spoilers.
I love the card Desert, but I'm just a grain of sand in here. (Get the reference? Huh? Huh?) - Yet, the card is useless except in places like my mind, where I can create pointless homebrew formats that having cards is a must)
The thing is, a product without fillers would be nice. I don't know if the Event Deck recipe will work right, because, remember the PDS product.
I'm just really afraid of the price, you know...
Premium Deck Series problem was that it was printed in MUCH higher volumes to distribute to mass market stores, and the fact that premium decks sat on shelves gathering dust didn't help things either, they were forced to put more outrageous things in Graveborn just to get it to sell. They didn't like what they were being forced to do just to get the product to sell at major retailers.
Event decks are a much SMALLER print run and are only distributed to specialty stores.
However, I'm hoping that this is a Mass Market product like a Chronicles set or Modern Core Set. This way Modern is more accessible to a LOT more people. Just like the Commander decks did last year.
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I don't mind a lot of reprints as long as it doesn't ruin the secondary market prices. And make them non foil. Foils in constructed formats suck. A normal face tarmogoyf would be sweet for those with futureshifted ones, since the frame difference will make pimpness distinction easier.
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Please let this be something good and not the horrible joke that Commander's Arsenal was. I don't even play Modern, but there are a lot of pricey Modern cards that I would really like to have for casual/EDH purposes. I really hope this is something that makes a lot of them easier/cheaper to get.
Considering the PDS got cancelled because 'not enough people were buying it' which is bs imho, I doubt this announcement will be anything similar.
It could be a new pack series, smaller packs, with old modern cards, mostly rares and mythics. It would be randomized from a 'cube', that would change every year. This way, we still have to crack packs which is where WOTC makes their money, we get the staples we want, and all without effecting standard. Maybe, even as a kicker, the cards in this series will have their last expansion symbol instead of a new one, so that you can't tell if that Bob came from Rav or this release, to avoid that 'not real' feeling.
Or maybe it's the MTG:Cube product we want so bad. Would have it's own card backing for easy tracking, but sleeved, it could be used as a proxy in other formats.
Maybe, even as a kicker, the cards in this series will have their last expansion symbol instead of a new one, so that you can't tell if that Bob came from Rav or this release, to avoid that 'not real' feeling..
That would destroy the secondary market for the originals. WotC has never reprinted a card that was identical to the original, outside of MTGO nonfoil redemption sets. That set idea would be far more likely to work as a "Modern Core Set" that's not standard legal & has a new expansion symbol.
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Considering the PDS got cancelled because 'not enough people were buying it
It's not because not enough people were buying it, it's because they overextended into mass market territory... If they had limited it to Game Stores, it wouldn't have been cancelled in my opinion.
But, they did, and it was. So let's move on.
They in all seriousness COULD release a Modern-border Non-Standard legal set with Modern staples and even bringing older cards that are very much needed into modern (I.E. Onslaught Fetches, Stifle, etc.)
How much longer do we have to wait now? lol, I heard the announcement was at the end of round 14,
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Announcing Page: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1086
Aaron Forsythe just joined the Pro Tour Webcast to announce "Modern Masters" a product targeted at Modern players.
A short run booster pack set of cards from 8th Edition to Alara Reborn. 229 card set. 15 mythics, 53 rares, 60 Uncommons, 101 Commons.
Some cards shift rarity for various reasons.
Developed with draft in mind by Lead Developer Erik Lauer. You can draft "Storm vs. Faeries vs. Dredge"!
$6.99 MSRP per pack
24 packs per box.
No basic lands. Instead of land you get a foil.
Release June 7th, 2013.
Available in English only, but distributed worldwide.
Contains no cards currently on the Modern ban list.
There will be 1 Modern Masters Limited Grand Prix next year.
20 to 30 cards with new art. Some of the Tokens are appearing in paper for the first time.
First Preview Card:
Tarmogoyf at Mythic with new art and modern card frame.
So, if this happens to be true, this could be a way to reprint the staples without ruining Standard. I just hope that this doesn't become some sort of FTV or any product that goes ten times the price of it's MSRP.
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Modern Chronicles... lol everything from 8th edition and up is reprinted in white bordered.
I know, Exciting thought, eh?!
I really hope it is something like Chronicles, Modern DESPERATELY needs it right now. Things like Bob, Goyf, Jac--- Oops, forgot he was banned because he's like, 100$...:nike:
Sorry, I went a bit haywire with the smilies function.
In all seriousness, I hope we get some AWESOME modern staples, like Fetchlands, Bob, Goyf, Jace, and all the other awesome staples. Cryptic would be nice too...
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All in one set would make a fair ammount of players sell their cars to buy the product, but they could deliver hard-finding playables along with main staples (Bob, goyf, etc) in a regular way, like a 'yearly' product. But, please, no Desert ever again.
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this would be the best magic related news I have heard all year
It really is a joke that the original, allied color fetch lands are not modern legal.
Ahh haa haa! Referring to what i like to call the FTV: Desert Incident?
Seriously, there's too many staples in modern right now for too many competitive decks to just release event decks. IT'd have to be some sort of large set of cards. Like Chronicles, or think of it as "Modern Core Set"
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I love the card Desert, but I'm just a grain of sand in here. (Get the reference? Huh? Huh?) - Yet, the card is useless except in places like my mind, where I can create pointless homebrew formats that having cards is a must)
The thing is, a product without fillers would be nice. I don't know if the Event Deck recipe will work right, because, remember the PDS product.
I'm just really afraid of the price, you know...
(Give your LGS judge a hug. He deserves it.)
Premium Deck Series problem was that it was printed in MUCH higher volumes to distribute to mass market stores, and the fact that premium decks sat on shelves gathering dust didn't help things either, they were forced to put more outrageous things in Graveborn just to get it to sell. They didn't like what they were being forced to do just to get the product to sell at major retailers.
Event decks are a much SMALLER print run and are only distributed to specialty stores.
However, I'm hoping that this is a Mass Market product like a Chronicles set or Modern Core Set. This way Modern is more accessible to a LOT more people. Just like the Commander decks did last year.
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Reprints of non-modern Legal cards would be really cool, in a Chronicles-style set.
Not gonna happen, though :/
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It could be a new pack series, smaller packs, with old modern cards, mostly rares and mythics. It would be randomized from a 'cube', that would change every year. This way, we still have to crack packs which is where WOTC makes their money, we get the staples we want, and all without effecting standard. Maybe, even as a kicker, the cards in this series will have their last expansion symbol instead of a new one, so that you can't tell if that Bob came from Rav or this release, to avoid that 'not real' feeling.
Or maybe it's the MTG:Cube product we want so bad. Would have it's own card backing for easy tracking, but sleeved, it could be used as a proxy in other formats.
That would destroy the secondary market for the originals. WotC has never reprinted a card that was identical to the original, outside of MTGO nonfoil redemption sets. That set idea would be far more likely to work as a "Modern Core Set" that's not standard legal & has a new expansion symbol.
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It's not because not enough people were buying it, it's because they overextended into mass market territory... If they had limited it to Game Stores, it wouldn't have been cancelled in my opinion.
But, they did, and it was. So let's move on.
They in all seriousness COULD release a Modern-border Non-Standard legal set with Modern staples and even bringing older cards that are very much needed into modern (I.E. Onslaught Fetches, Stifle, etc.)
How much longer do we have to wait now? lol, I heard the announcement was at the end of round 14,
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Goyf, Bob, new art Mistbind Clique and Lightning Helix to balance card value...
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