They've said time and time again that 4-color doesn't have enough of an identity separate from 5-color to be worth the effort.
Maro has said it is inevitable about a 4-colro legend, and since the only ones who really want them is EDH players, one year it is bound to happen in the Commander decks. This year has been confirmed to be enemy-colored guilds, but maybe in 2016 they will show up.
Hopefully, each will have a general that costs 3 mana or less, just to throw Tiny Leaders a bone. It's probably a dead format anyways, but I'm a nice guy like that.
EDH is like French fries: some people like waffle cut, crinkle cut, or plain old straight cut, and while there's slight flavor difference and personal preference, at the end of the day they're still fries.
They've said time and time again that 4-color doesn't have enough of an identity separate from 5-color to be worth the effort.
Maro has said it is inevitable about a 4-colro legend, and since the only ones who really want them is EDH players, one year it is bound to happen in the Commander decks. This year has been confirmed to be enemy-colored guilds, but maybe in 2016 they will show up.
Hopefully, each will have a general that costs 3 mana or less, just to throw Tiny Leaders a bone. It's probably a dead format anyways, but I'm a nice guy like that.
I figure at the least if we don't get 4 color decks we'll get a Commander set where we get a lot of Commander reprints and the new cards there and the 4 color legendaries can show up there.
I figure at the least if we don't get 4 color decks we'll get a Commander set where we get a lot of Commander reprints and the new cards there and the 4 color legendaries can show up there.
Why would they put 4 color legends in decks that aren't 4 color? That doesn't make any sense.
I figure at the least if we don't get 4 color decks we'll get a Commander set where we get a lot of Commander reprints and the new cards there and the 4 color legendaries can show up there.
Why would they put 4 color legends in decks that aren't 4 color? That doesn't make any sense.
I'm talking an actual set, like Conspiracy, where they reprint a bunch of cards and put new ones in as well. Those 4 color legendaries could also be there, if they didn't do 4 color decks.
Would have been nice to at least know the front cards of these packs or something. This dry wait builds anticipation. If these don't deliver equally to that, consequences will be felt.
Would have been nice to at least know the front cards of these packs or something. This dry wait builds anticipation. If these don't deliver equally to that, consequences will be felt.
End of the reserved list confirmed! That's why they're holding back. An ABU dual will be in each deck, along with Mana Drain in the two blue decks, Moat in the white decks, The Abyss in the black decks, etc.
We might well not get any further info until close to the end of this month. I'm dying to know just like everybody else, but I'm guessing patience is in order.
You know what I'd really like? Gemstone Mine.
It's unresserved, uncommon, inexpensive penta-color mana fixing that has never been printed non-foil in the Modern border despite being Modern-legal. It wouldn't hurt anyone to make it common for this product and put one in each deck along Command Tower, Opal Palace, refuges and gates for fixing. C14 was the best so far because it didn't suffer from having to support 2+ colors on a singleton, un/common manabase.
Meteor Crater would also be a great reprint if they could bend the rule of Rares only appearing on a single deck.
You know what I'd really like? Gemstone Mine.
It's unresserved, uncommon, inexpensive penta-color mana fixing that has never been printed non-foil in the Modern border despite being Modern-legal. It wouldn't hurt anyone to make it common for this product and put one in each deck along Command Tower, Opal Palace, refuges and gates for fixing. C14 was the best so far because it didn't suffer from having to support 2+ colors on a singleton, un/common manabase.
Meteor Crater would also be a great reprint if they could bend the rule of Rares only appearing on a single deck.
I would love some Gemstone Mines, but it seems unlikely in two color decks. Maybe next year when they go back to 3+ color decks.
I preorder these and I don't even know what's in it
Hope it's not a bad idea..
I'm picking up a set for my colleges club, but I dunno if I'm going to get any personally. I mean, all precons are fixer uppers anyway, but man, wizards has been going downhill hard and fast with their precons lately
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Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
I preorder these and I don't even know what's in it
Hope it's not a bad idea..
If you hoping to get value it's probably a bad idea
If you are buying them to play them as is or slightly modified then it's a great idea
Really? I've always thought the commander decks were good value.
Most of the time they are about equal to their MSRP, but we do tend to usually get one deck that has much higher value than MSRP and one that's like half the value of the MSRP. Last years being the red deck being high and the blue being low and 2013's Grixis being high and Naya being low (although Jund was close to that as well).
I buy em for cards in it that might be in the cube. Singles might be the best way to do so, but supplies of these are very limited in Thailand so you can hardly find them for singles.
I'd like to see some commanders that have alternative win conditions, I don't mean commanders that mill other players, I'm thinking more along the lines of a commander with a Maze's End like ability that could be fun to build around. Though, rather than "win the game" it would probably be more multiplayer friendly to say "target player loses the game" so LGS that host commander tournaments will be able to assign 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th more easily.
I'd also would like to see WOTC release a new group hug general in one of the pre-constructed decks, though enemy colored pairs might be not the best place the fit one in.
Target player loses the game is far more multiplayer un-friendly, as it means someone needs to sit out the game. Also, the table fear at such an effect is pretty toxic and unpleasant, knowing that once it's active all that one person has done is meaningless, and you can only hope the fates don't pick you. Ye old Door to Nothingness attribute.
I'm really hoping the WB is good. I'm quite fond of bleeder decks. Extort, Drana's Emissary, Gary, Debt to the Deathless etc. Lots of small effects that impact everyone, and before you know it you've built up a dominant position and they never even realised it was happening. Who cares about losing 1 point of life, right?
Link please?
Check out http://www.mtgbrodeals.com/author/john-murphy/ for my EDH articles!
http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/104358995383/using-the-storm-scale-what-are-our-chances-of
I believe.
And on this FAQ (http://blogatogfaq.tumblr.com/faq):
I figure at the least if we don't get 4 color decks we'll get a Commander set where we get a lot of Commander reprints and the new cards there and the 4 color legendaries can show up there.
Why would they put 4 color legends in decks that aren't 4 color? That doesn't make any sense.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
I'm talking an actual set, like Conspiracy, where they reprint a bunch of cards and put new ones in as well. Those 4 color legendaries could also be there, if they didn't do 4 color decks.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
End of the reserved list confirmed! That's why they're holding back. An ABU dual will be in each deck, along with Mana Drain in the two blue decks, Moat in the white decks, The Abyss in the black decks, etc.
We might well not get any further info until close to the end of this month. I'm dying to know just like everybody else, but I'm guessing patience is in order.
I'm not at all anxious to find out what's in these
I would be, but after Dragons of Tarkir, MM15, Origins, and BFZ having almost nothing, if anything, for me, I am rather nervous.
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Gemstone Mine.
It's unresserved, uncommon, inexpensive penta-color mana fixing that has never been printed non-foil in the Modern border despite being Modern-legal. It wouldn't hurt anyone to make it common for this product and put one in each deck along Command Tower, Opal Palace, refuges and gates for fixing. C14 was the best so far because it didn't suffer from having to support 2+ colors on a singleton, un/common manabase.
Meteor Crater would also be a great reprint if they could bend the rule of Rares only appearing on a single deck.
I would love some Gemstone Mines, but it seems unlikely in two color decks. Maybe next year when they go back to 3+ color decks.
Check out http://www.mtgbrodeals.com/author/john-murphy/ for my EDH articles!
Hope it's not a bad idea..
My cube
My cube on Cube tutor
I'm OP_Forever. I'll be putting this in my signature for a while so everyone know I change my nickname.
I'm picking up a set for my colleges club, but I dunno if I'm going to get any personally. I mean, all precons are fixer uppers anyway, but man, wizards has been going downhill hard and fast with their precons lately
GGo Elf YourselfG
WThat Cat Has A Knife!W
BUGWhip your assBUG
If you got them for MSRP there's really no way to go wrong.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
and I don't expect them to start here.
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
I think the 2013 decks were lackluster. Sure we got TNN, but there wasn't much that stood out for me.
If you hoping to get value it's probably a bad idea
If you are buying them to play them as is or slightly modified then it's a great idea
BChainer, Dementia Master(Big Mana/Reanimator)
BRRakdos, The Showstopper (Mass Life Loss/Ramp)
BUThe Scarab God (Zombie Tribal/Control)
BWKarlov of the Ghost Council (Life Gain)
BGJarad, Golgari Lich Lord (Stompy/Dredge)
BRGProssh, Skyraider of Kher (Tokens/Non-infinite Combo)
Most of the time they are about equal to their MSRP, but we do tend to usually get one deck that has much higher value than MSRP and one that's like half the value of the MSRP. Last years being the red deck being high and the blue being low and 2013's Grixis being high and Naya being low (although Jund was close to that as well).
My cube
My cube on Cube tutor
I'm OP_Forever. I'll be putting this in my signature for a while so everyone know I change my nickname.
/goes back under rock.
How about:
Fall of the Dice 2UURR
Sorcery
Select a player at random, then that player loses the game.
Any player may pay 2 to counter Fall of the Dice. If it is countered this way, copy Fall of the Dice.
Chaos ensues
On topic:
I'm really hoping the WB is good. I'm quite fond of bleeder decks. Extort, Drana's Emissary, Gary, Debt to the Deathless etc. Lots of small effects that impact everyone, and before you know it you've built up a dominant position and they never even realised it was happening. Who cares about losing 1 point of life, right?