Hate you Wizards... Where's my Ugin vs Jace!!!???!!!
So that is a little bit of a joke but I thought for sure an Ugin dual deck was incoming. I see no good way to get enough of these guys our there. Maybe they will start reprinting planewalkers in other supplementals more often
But the PW decks pretty much always sold better, didn't they?
This is an especially odd call after also eliminating core sets-
where will they reprint PWs now?
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
Looks like they are doing away with the Planeswalker Vs decks.
Curious. I assume they have market research that says this is the smart play, but by and large players I know only buy the planeswalker dual decks and mostly ignore the non-planeswalker ones. If anything I'd have thought they would go the opposite direction.
This is puzzling. I get that they want Duel Decks to coincide closely with the newest set, but dropping the planeswalker portion seems like a bad move.
Maybe the primary audience of duel decks doesn't care either way.
Wait what? They're not making planesalker DDs anymore? What the hell. New players eat Planeswalkers up. You can't get much flashier than a deck with two free shiny Planeswalker cards! These Duel Decks were often the one way to get expensive Planeswalker cards into the hands of people who normally couldn't afford them as well. Screw this. I guess I'm not buying anymore DDs...
I for one, love the non-PW decks. Not everything has to revolve around the planeswalkers all the time. Not to mention this isn't the last DD.... so why the "they're not doing PW dds anymore??"
Especially considering there is a much heavier focus on PWs now in the main sets.
there could be planeswalkers in a themed DD release, and they are just moving to a naming convention that focuses on setting and theme more than contents? that aligns with the new 2 blocks per year release well, so that makes sense that each DD will tie to the current block thematically. and sorin vs tybalt wasnt the best innistrad showcase deck IMHO. I do think the DD balance and flavor is the crucial thing to nail to make them feel like standalone "board game" magic releases. Personally, I ONLY buy duel decks for the past several years and don't see this changing, and will continue to do so if the play is good regardless of what the chase cards are.
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
As far as non-PW DD's go, the Izzet vs. Golgari deck actually had some great reprints in it. Hopefully this is on par with that one, or at least not any worse than Heroes vs. Monsters. Let's just hope it's not another Speed vs. Cunning.
Planeswalker Duel Decks come out when a set rotates out, so when Khans rotates is when we'll get Sarkhan Vs. Sorrin, or the like, this will be the introductory DD for Shadows over innistrad, that's why there are no Planeswalkers
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/announcing-duel-decks-blessed-vs-cursed-2015-11-02
Feb 26th release date
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Foil Face Cards: Geist of Saint Traft, Mindwrack Demon
Link to the announcement post
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
2 Divine 2 Demonic?
So that is a little bit of a joke but I thought for sure an Ugin dual deck was incoming. I see no good way to get enough of these guys our there. Maybe they will start reprinting planewalkers in other supplementals more often
But the PW decks pretty much always sold better, didn't they?
This is an especially odd call after also eliminating core sets-
where will they reprint PWs now?
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
Curious. I assume they have market research that says this is the smart play, but by and large players I know only buy the planeswalker dual decks and mostly ignore the non-planeswalker ones. If anything I'd have thought they would go the opposite direction.
GReki, the History of Kamigawa Legendfall
UGEdric, Spymaster of Trest Drawmaster of Trest | GBGlissa the Traitor A Touch of Death | WBTeysa, Orzhov Scion Spinning in Graves
UWIsperia, Supreme Judge A Riddles of Sphinxes | RG Mena and Denn, Wildborn Beware Falling Rocks | GWSigarda, Host of Hurons The Enchantress
WRGRith the Awakener Superfriendly Tokens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8h2vp5Xis
Maybe the primary audience of duel decks doesn't care either way.
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Especially considering there is a much heavier focus on PWs now in the main sets.
Heh, I was *just* about to post this-
I could definitely see it, especially since they just added Mythics to them kind of randomly.
I could also see the situation FlameJuggler describes,
where all of these decks going forward are faction decks with PW face cards.
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
Liliana of the Veil is pretty cursed amirite?!?! lol
Significantly earlier than we're used to getting them. Shadows over Innistrad isn't supposed to be out until April. Curious.
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
"Non-Tribal" Tribal Generals, Eggs
BWModern Black/White Control
WGBOGGLES
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