Frightened about giving out reprints of Liliana of the Veil and Jace the Mind Sculptor?
No, sir, no. Sign me up to have a chance at them.
Also, you must be misreading things. This is only going to sell the old duel decks, but all in one item.
They aren't changing anything except the card frames.
Edit: Someone beat me to it. Shouldn't have spent time debating whether or not to put the first two lines.
Anyone else frightened they might use these decks to give out reprints of Liliana of the Veil and Jace the Mind Sculptor?
Given the fact that Lili was cut from M15, that would be the perfect opportunity.
You seem to be forgetting that Wizards wants your money. They'll wait until Modern Masters 2 to reprint Liliana of the Veil because silly players will literally be throwing money at Wizards for a chance to crack one in a pack. Why would they just put one in a duel deck where you're guaranteed to get one? There's not nearly as much money in that.
I'm ok with the price, as my LGS has a Elves vs Gobins unopened and wants 100 bucks for it. With this I not only get that dual pack but three other dual decks?
Yeah...no thanks. At $80 I might have considered it, but at an additional 25% markup, no chance in hell. Plus, that's assuming that they sell at MSRP; given that I'm pretty sure this is going to be a LGS-only item, I'd expect at least another $40 on top of that. Good idea, poor execution.
That seems fine since i will probably pro-order this, considering the quality of the duel decks i would buy it for the experience, not for making a profit.
So does this mean no Holiday Gift Box?
I was kind of counting on them to round out the box colors with a red-black one
so my color-coded storage could be complete Frown
This is most definitely worth it seeing as the current eBay value of the sealed decks is well over the $100 MSRP. Hell, Jace vs Chandra alone sells for ~$80.
So what they said about allowing people who never got their hands on this product in the first place is a lie? Since it seems like only the most wealthiest of collectors will be willing to shell out $150 required by most shops.
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Ugh... I didn't bother to pre-order one of these like I normally do with limited print run products to lock one down at MSRP for me from my LGS because I thought these would be printed in mass. I was thinking these would be available at Walmart and such that you could find them below MSRP post release, but wow was I wrong. I just got done talking to my LGS and they confirmed that they are only getting three.
WTF Wizzards? I understand "limited print run", but this is getting ridiculous! They used to allocate 10 FTV sets to my LGS, then they cut that to five, and now they're only doing three of these. If anything they need to me printing more of sets like this or at least not cut allocations to shops.
...anyway, I'm going to go take a chill pill now
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Useful information. This explains the extra $20 price tag.
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35 token cards
I still think most advanced+ stores will have a hard time moving 15 of these. At $100 or any higher. Outside of a few select cards like Demonic Tutor - there really isn't anything in these that people are going to go crazy over. Expect to see these on ebay at msrp.
In my opinion, this "grouping duel decks" strategy is garbage. Why not just reprint them and sell them separately, so someone looking for Jace vs Vraska can just get one for $20, instead of being forced to spend $100 (including the $20 from "we're charging more cause we can")?
In my opinion, this "grouping duel decks" strategy is garbage. Why not just reprint them and sell them separately, so someone looking for Jace vs Vraska can just get one for $20, instead of being forced to spend $100 (including the $20 from "we're charging more cause we can")?
On the subject of intro packs, take theme decks, make them crappier to make an excuse to include boosters, which makes an excuse to charge more for it. Profit.
I totally swear that that is their strategy. Fat packs too. Remember how they were 25 bucks, had a novel, and 6 boosters? Now they add 3 more boosters just to make an excuse to charge $40 for it.
i'm gonna pick this up simply for the fixer-upper quality of the decks.
$100 on a fixer up deck?
Then again Im going to get 4 cause its the only magic product I spend money on. Guess I am going to have to raid every store in South Africa to get atleast 1. Wish the print run wasn't so limited else they really should of just called this, from the vault Duel Decks. Featuring 15 of the best cards from Magic's duel deck product line. Now for a limited time get your hands on that Demonic tutor or 14 alt artwork islands.
Still could of had 4 dice but ill take the 2 dice with hopefully the duel deck symbols on it and the 35 tokens are never a bad thing.
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i'm gonna pick this up simply for the fixer-upper quality of the decks.
$100 on a fixer up deck?
Then again Im going to get 4 cause its the only magic product I spend money on. Guess I am going to have to raid every store in South Africa to get atleast 1. Wish the print run wasn't so limited else they really should of just called this, from the vault Duel Decks. Featuring 15 of the best cards from Magic's duel deck product line. Now for a limited time get your hands on that Diabolic tutor or 14 alt artwork islands.
Still could of had 4 dice but ill take the 2 dice with hopefully the duel deck symbols on it and the 35 tokens are never a bad thing.
Leave one in South Africa for me.
I have been after Elves vs Goblins for a long time just unwilling to pay ebay prices for it.
It's going to be a from me to me Christmas present.
The dice, tokens, and deck boxes only add more fuel for me getting two of these, at the very least. I look forward to trying to get these. The Akroma in DvD is worth any price for this.
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No, sir, no. Sign me up to have a chance at them.
Also, you must be misreading things. This is only going to sell the old duel decks, but all in one item.
They aren't changing anything except the card frames.
Edit: Someone beat me to it. Shouldn't have spent time debating whether or not to put the first two lines.
You seem to be forgetting that Wizards wants your money. They'll wait until Modern Masters 2 to reprint Liliana of the Veil because silly players will literally be throwing money at Wizards for a chance to crack one in a pack. Why would they just put one in a duel deck where you're guaranteed to get one? There's not nearly as much money in that.
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This "very limited" stuff is getting really old, really fast.
I don't mind it once in a while, but it seems like there are multiple "very limited" releases every year now.
If it was going to be a "limited release" - they'd have said so on the announcement page. Here's an example of a limited print run blurb:
http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1426
I will not use the same foul language as yourself, but for what it's worth, here's your confirmation directly from WOTC:
http://wpn.wizards.com/en/event/duel-decks-anthology
Decks used- GGarruk vs LilianaB, WElsepth vs TezzeretU, WGKnights vs DragonsR
WGRAjani vs BolasRUB, WUVenser vs KothR, RUIzzet vs GolgariGB.
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WTF Wizzards? I understand "limited print run", but this is getting ridiculous! They used to allocate 10 FTV sets to my LGS, then they cut that to five, and now they're only doing three of these. If anything they need to me printing more of sets like this or at least not cut allocations to shops.
...anyway, I'm going to go take a chill pill now
Useful information. This explains the extra $20 price tag.
I still think most advanced+ stores will have a hard time moving 15 of these. At $100 or any higher. Outside of a few select cards like Demonic Tutor - there really isn't anything in these that people are going to go crazy over. Expect to see these on ebay at msrp.
My Decks:
All my Decks are budget
EDH:GRWHazezon TamarGRW, RKazuul, Tyrant of the CliffsR, BMikaeus, the UnhallowedB, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GRXenagos, God of RevelsGR, BGPharika, God of AfflictionBG
Standard:BMono Black Control(devotion)B- retired
Casual:UWHeroicUW, UGWall tribalUG, BPhylactery LichB
Modern:UBAbyssal PersecutorUB, WKnight TribalW
On the subject of intro packs, take theme decks, make them crappier to make an excuse to include boosters, which makes an excuse to charge more for it. Profit.
I totally swear that that is their strategy. Fat packs too. Remember how they were 25 bucks, had a novel, and 6 boosters? Now they add 3 more boosters just to make an excuse to charge $40 for it.
All or nothing I guess.
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$100 on a fixer up deck?
Then again Im going to get 4 cause its the only magic product I spend money on. Guess I am going to have to raid every store in South Africa to get atleast 1. Wish the print run wasn't so limited else they really should of just called this, from the vault Duel Decks. Featuring 15 of the best cards from Magic's duel deck product line. Now for a limited time get your hands on that Demonic tutor or 14 alt artwork islands.
Still could of had 4 dice but ill take the 2 dice with hopefully the duel deck symbols on it and the 35 tokens are never a bad thing.
Decks used- GGarruk vs LilianaB, WElsepth vs TezzeretU, WGKnights vs DragonsR
WGRAjani vs BolasRUB, WUVenser vs KothR, RUIzzet vs GolgariGB.
WBSorin vs TibaltBR, WRHeros vs Monsters RG
Want to see other duel decks I made ? Check out my Blog ! Feel free to post advice or give topics for me to make duel decks out of. Check out the Theros Block Planeswalker Theme Duel Decks Elspeth, Xenagos, Ashok, Kiora, Ajani
Leave one in South Africa for me.
I have been after Elves vs Goblins for a long time just unwilling to pay ebay prices for it.
It's going to be a from me to me Christmas present.