The conspiracy theorist angle is my favourite one, thanks for the laughs folks. :]
People have been talking, and there was real potential, over a year ago. Like when I bought mine, when he was closer to $50, than $150.
Reprints, Masters sets value, whatever people want to complain about, thats fine, but the tin foil hats just make you look funny. Its a card that will power up some decks, maybe create some new ones, and thats it. You still die on Turn 3 to Burn.
Well, no the cards were unbanned for sales reasons. Wizards knows that they can't have another iconic masters and unbanning cards increases the market value of the set. If the set fails like iconic masters people will literally lose their jobs. It is not funny in the slightest. Its always all or nothing with these people. First no more core sets, then core sets are back. Then it's drop the power level in standard, then up it again with nitroglycerin.
Honestly, a Jace unban doesn't do much to increase the market value of the set. He's a mythic rare, so any increase in his price, even a big one, is going to actually have a fairly negligible effect on the overall value of the set.
The value is not to the consumer, it is to WotC. Online retailers and shops will be buying more Masters 25 boxes to get their hands on more Jaces, since he will be the card everyone needs and wants.
The powering up and down of sets is done with intent, the issue is...I dont think people like lower power sets anymore, if they ever did.
Modern is a thing, and its a big thing, and people can very easily look at it as 'why would I play X, when I can play Y'.
I know I'm not alone in that. The last good Standard, was Khans, because that block had power.
People have no clue how to measure power though, they cry "This set sucks! This is the worst Standard ever" every standard format.
I mean, the problem is they've been right for so many Standards in a row that WotC brought back the Modern PT.
I never heard anyone say Standard sucked during Phyrexia/Innistrad. In fact it was really fun! Sucked after that though
I loved Scars-Innistrad Standard--it's my favorite Standard format I've played in, in fact--but I have no idea how you can say no one complained about Standard during that format. It was almost nonstop complaining about UW Delver.
I'm also confused as to the "Sucked after that though" comment. Immediately after Scars-Innistrad was Innistrad-RTR, often held up as one of the best and most diverse Standards ever (certainly the most diverse since Ravnica-Time Spiral). I'll agree Standard took a nosedive after that format, but I think you're the first person I've seen to express active dislike towards Innistrad-RTR.
during Scars - Inn standard I was having fun at the LGS around my college just playing casual whatever tournaments. People were warring with UW delver while I was fighting slivers, goblins, some crazy wheel of fate deck that won by decking people, what I think was combo elves, and an annoying white weenie deck among a few others. I was playing UW human tribal and I don't think I won any packs at the time.
Honestly, I don't really get pro play or the whole DCI system appeal. The game is at it's best when it's a game and not a sporting event. Trying to force it into a sport is like trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole and watching the drama that unfolds each time they get around to doing these unbans and bannings just pushes that point home even more. Wizards really just wants tournament play to turn into a sporting event to push sales and make people spend more money.
For petes sake, deftblade Elite can nullify a Tarmogoyf or Death's Shadow, with the latter costing over 50 bucks a card while the earlier one is a few cents. Kefnet the mindful + Gush is also perfectly viable in blue assuming the deck is built right.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Wizards really just wants tournament play to turn into a sporting event to push sales and make people spend more money.
I really hope this doesn't come as a mind-blowing revelation to anyone, since that's essentially been the point of the DCI and Wizards-sanctioned competitive play from day 1.
Also, players have Masters sets to thank for Modern being back on the Pro Tour, and for reason in the quote above. Players get excited about watching certain cards in action, thus increasing demand for the cards and any set in which they are printed.
I don't think anyone here is under the disillusionment that it's anything but a way to boost sales. The trouble is that WoTC has proven to be incompetent with price management due to a likely attempt to force more players into going digital. There is a very good reason why WoTC hired Chris Cocks, and that's to turn the game into something far more easy for spectators to enjoy (hence Arena), and to radically simplify the game. I've got zero doubt that the long term goal the new wizards CEO has is to completely abandon the legal issues and baggage of the paper market and move to digital along with steadily trying to kill off any long term unsupportable formats. The only thing stopping them from doing so is what we all just witnessed happen in the last two years: Players, distributors, and stores just strait up wont tolerate being messed with.
This is probably going a little off topic, but if they go back to the 10th edition glory days of reprinting cards I don't see those days lasting. They will try to axe paper magic again in some way once Arena is up and running. Most likely they will try to axe modern and complete purge legacy in order to simplify the game down. I really don't know what is going to happen when they try the second run at this, but my hope beyond all sanity is that they do not try it again.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
I have to say that from an outsider's perspective (i.e. someone who doesn't play Modern and swore off T2 over a decade ago), this whole deal is fairly fascinating. Whatever their intentions, it's sure as hell got people talking about M25 - I mean, I even dusted off my account to post in this thread - and you know what they say about publicity.
Depending on what else is in the set, I might actually consider getting a pack while I'm at the Dominaria prerelease.
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The conspiracy theorist angle is my favourite one, thanks for the laughs folks. :]
People have been talking, and there was real potential, over a year ago. Like when I bought mine, when he was closer to $50, than $150.
Reprints, Masters sets value, whatever people want to complain about, thats fine, but the tin foil hats just make you look funny. Its a card that will power up some decks, maybe create some new ones, and thats it. You still die on Turn 3 to Burn.
Well, no the cards were unbanned for sales reasons. Wizards knows that they can't have another iconic masters and unbanning cards increases the market value of the set. If the set fails like iconic masters people will literally lose their jobs. It is not funny in the slightest. Its always all or nothing with these people. First no more core sets, then core sets are back. Then it's drop the power level in standard, then up it again with nitroglycerin.
Yep. They've done the same with Multiplayer, first with ridiculously powerful Primordials that along with clones made multiplayer games a joke, then the took it back a notch and had curses that actually had to target, and now it's back to "Each Opponent" all over the place. Only it really sucks because Commander isn't a rotating format, so they can't fix the nitro they've added in the last few years. We've had to make huge house rules just to allow games to last more than 4 turns.
"He isn't even that good guys he'll be like a $20 card tops."
>MTGSalvation today
"OMG HES BEING UNBANNED IN A FORMAT THAT CAN KILL YOU ON TURN THREE REGULARLY WITH A TON OF DIVERSE DECKS THIS ONE SINGLE PLANESWALKER WILL BE THE END OF THE FORMAT DAMN YOU WIZARDS OF THE COAST!!"
Yeah that's my feeling on this too. I'm honestly more surprised Blood braid got the okay, which is fine since I can break out my old speed racer deck again!
In what universe? If you build a deck like that, and ever draw that hand, I will personally come to wherever you live, perform complicated acts of awestruck ********, then disembowel myself to escape the world that allowed something like this to occur and validate you.
Yep. They've done the same with Multiplayer, first with ridiculously powerful Primordials that along with clones made multiplayer games a joke, then the took it back a notch and had curses that actually had to target, and now it's back to "Each Opponent" all over the place. Only it really sucks because Commander isn't a rotating format, so they can't fix the nitro they've added in the last few years. We've had to make huge house rules just to allow games to last more than 4 turns.
If those kinds of things are a problem in multiplayer, it means your group needs to be running more disruption and spot removal. It's the classic EDH complaint where people don't want to have to run cards to interact with their opponents over running "cool stuff".
The powering up and down of sets is done with intent, the issue is...I dont think people like lower power sets anymore, if they ever did.
Modern is a thing, and its a big thing, and people can very easily look at it as 'why would I play X, when I can play Y'.
I know I'm not alone in that. The last good Standard, was Khans, because that block had power.
People have no clue how to measure power though, they cry "This set sucks! This is the worst Standard ever" every standard format.
based on how we had to ban a Lay of the Land, I'd say that's been pretty accurate for the last 4 years.
If you think Lay of the Land and Attune With Aether are remotely comparable cards you are insane or selling something, the amazing thing is that people shouldn't have cried about the bans, they should have cried that WOTC banned the wrong crap, Energy Didn't break because Kaladesh/Amonkhet/Ixalan cardpools, Energy broke because WOTC (once again) make a mechanic with punishes to counter it directly, and make all of the payoffs to the mechanic instant speed so so that dealing with them was impossible.
The conspiracy theorist angle is my favourite one, thanks for the laughs folks. :]
People have been talking, and there was real potential, over a year ago. Like when I bought mine, when he was closer to $50, than $150.
Reprints, Masters sets value, whatever people want to complain about, thats fine, but the tin foil hats just make you look funny. Its a card that will power up some decks, maybe create some new ones, and thats it. You still die on Turn 3 to Burn.
Well, no the cards were unbanned for sales reasons. Wizards knows that they can't have another iconic masters and unbanning cards increases the market value of the set. If the set fails like iconic masters people will literally lose their jobs. It is not funny in the slightest. Its always all or nothing with these people. First no more core sets, then core sets are back. Then it's drop the power level in standard, then up it again with nitroglycerin.
Yep. They've done the same with Multiplayer, first with ridiculously powerful Primordials that along with clones made multiplayer games a joke, then the took it back a notch and had curses that actually had to target, and now it's back to "Each Opponent" all over the place. Only it really sucks because Commander isn't a rotating format, so they can't fix the nitro they've added in the last few years. We've had to make huge house rules just to allow games to last more than 4 turns.
Sounds like your group is not running enough cards that counter and/or remove specific cards.
The powering up and down of sets is done with intent, the issue is...I dont think people like lower power sets anymore, if they ever did.
Modern is a thing, and its a big thing, and people can very easily look at it as 'why would I play X, when I can play Y'.
I know I'm not alone in that. The last good Standard, was Khans, because that block had power.
People have no clue how to measure power though, they cry "This set sucks! This is the worst Standard ever" every standard format.
based on how we had to ban a Lay of the Land, I'd say that's been pretty accurate for the last 4 years.
If you think Lay of the Land and Attune With Aether are remotely comparable cards you are insane or selling something, the amazing thing is that people shouldn't have cried about the bans, they should have cried that WOTC banned the wrong crap, Energy Didn't break because Kaladesh/Amonkhet/Ixalan cardpools, Energy broke because WOTC (once again) make a mechanic with punishes to counter it directly, and make all of the payoffs to the mechanic instant speed so so that dealing with them was impossible.
The problem with Energy was that most of the effects triggered as soon as the card hit the field and the fact that energy was not costed appropriately. Most cards simply had energy tacked on for free.
The conspiracy theorist angle is my favourite one, thanks for the laughs folks. :]
People have been talking, and there was real potential, over a year ago. Like when I bought mine, when he was closer to $50, than $150.
Reprints, Masters sets value, whatever people want to complain about, thats fine, but the tin foil hats just make you look funny. Its a card that will power up some decks, maybe create some new ones, and thats it. You still die on Turn 3 to Burn.
Well, no the cards were unbanned for sales reasons. Wizards knows that they can't have another iconic masters and unbanning cards increases the market value of the set. If the set fails like iconic masters people will literally lose their jobs. It is not funny in the slightest. Its always all or nothing with these people. First no more core sets, then core sets are back. Then it's drop the power level in standard, then up it again with nitroglycerin.
If wizards really wants to make money why not make a good product? Nobody wants to buy 10$ boosters and then open Advent of the Wurm.
The conspiracy theorist angle is my favourite one, thanks for the laughs folks. :]
People have been talking, and there was real potential, over a year ago. Like when I bought mine, when he was closer to $50, than $150.
Reprints, Masters sets value, whatever people want to complain about, thats fine, but the tin foil hats just make you look funny. Its a card that will power up some decks, maybe create some new ones, and thats it. You still die on Turn 3 to Burn.
Well, no the cards were unbanned for sales reasons. Wizards knows that they can't have another iconic masters and unbanning cards increases the market value of the set. If the set fails like iconic masters people will literally lose their jobs. It is not funny in the slightest. Its always all or nothing with these people. First no more core sets, then core sets are back. Then it's drop the power level in standard, then up it again with nitroglycerin.
If wizards really wants to make money why not make a good product? Nobody wants to buy 10$ boosters and then open Advent of the Wurm.
I don't know, but for some reason I keep imagining this clip...
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Yep. They've done the same with Multiplayer, first with ridiculously powerful Primordials that along with clones made multiplayer games a joke, then the took it back a notch and had curses that actually had to target, and now it's back to "Each Opponent" all over the place. Only it really sucks because Commander isn't a rotating format, so they can't fix the nitro they've added in the last few years. We've had to make huge house rules just to allow games to last more than 4 turns.
If those kinds of things are a problem in multiplayer, it means your group needs to be running more disruption and spot removal. It's the classic EDH complaint where people don't want to have to run cards to interact with their opponents over running "cool stuff".
I wasn't referring to the lack of existence of cards that counter or remove problematic cards, but to the escalating power of multiplayer cards over the last few years. The number of cards in sets that refer to "Each Opponent" has tripled in the last decade, which leads to a lack of interaction, as the caster doesn't care about targets, and as the vast majority of them are ETB effects, like Primordial's, they also don't care whether you target them or not once they hit. If you are referring to the few select cards that stop ETBs, those aren't very reliable in a 100 card deck. And finally if your answer is "it can be countered not sure what the big deal is", the banned list would like to have a word. There is clear evidence that WotC has spiraled up Mulitplayer with power rather than flavor, which I view as unsustainable in the long term.
Note that this summer´s special FTV replacement product, Signature Spellbook, is Jace themed, with one Jace planeswalker and 8 support cards. JTMS is the Jace card, so it would be perfectly on theme. Watch closely as they absolutely do not put JTMS in that because they don´t want to ruin the reprint equity of a $90+ card on a $20 product, and then come and tell me how much they care about availability. Then watch them put JTMS in one of the two next Masters sets to sell more $10 lottery packs with Comet Storm and friends.
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Note that this summer´s special FTV replacement product, Signature Spellbook, is Jace themed, with one Jace planeswalker and 8 support cards. JTMS is the Jace card, so it would be perfectly on theme. Watch closely as they absolutely do not put JTMS in that because they don´t want to ruin the reprint equity of a $90+ card on a $20 product, and then come and tell me how much they care about availability. Then watch them put JTMS in one of the two next Masters sets to sell more $10 lottery packs with Comet Storm and friends.
JTMS has already been spoiled as the face card of Masters 25. This spellbook one will probably be Party Jace
Note that this summer´s special FTV replacement product, Signature Spellbook, is Jace themed, with one Jace planeswalker and 8 support cards. JTMS is the Jace card, so it would be perfectly on theme. Watch closely as they absolutely do not put JTMS in that because they don´t want to ruin the reprint equity of a $90+ card on a $20 product, and then come and tell me how much they care about availability. Then watch them put JTMS in one of the two next Masters sets to sell more $10 lottery packs with Comet Storm and friends.
JTMS has already been spoiled as the face card of Masters 25. This spellbook one will probably be Party Jace
I know that JTMS is in M25. Everyone knows. And even after that reprint, it is going to be a $90+ Modern and EDH staple. I´m just pointing out that they could give it another reprint in the Spellbook if it was truly a high priority for them to make the card accessible - but they absolutely won´t do that.
And it makes perfect business sense for them not to. I´m not even saying it´s weird. It´s just something to think about for the people in this thread that make it out to be some tinfoil hat idea that they unbanned JTMS primarily to sell packs, that they are more driven by profit than by format health and card availability. WotC being a company driven by profit is not some conspiracy theory, it is a logical conclusion to draw from this move. I just think it is a terrible move to make it so blatantly obvious that they value a cash grab over the health over their currently most successful constructed format, it looks sooo bad.
And just to cover my back, I´m not entirely convinced that JTMS will be bad for Modern. I don´t know, the jury is out. But taking that risk at a point where the general consensus is that the format is healthier than ever, it just looks like they don´t care about anything but milking the player base for money.
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This honestly does feel like a low-blow Yugioh move. I left that trash game because of this BS.
I was really counting on Jace being affordable enough for me to get my last copy for Commander. Now as usual, Commander players are screwed out of this iconic card because of Modern, and they think a product at $10 a pack, with a horrible gamble ratio of majority garbage bulk rares is going to offset this insane demand they've created?
It makes me so upset to have my Mind Sculptor stolen from me, only to have WOTC inflate its price before a reprint set they've promised would make it more accessible. Seems every way I turn, this card is going to be a nightmare. And here I thought it would finally be reasonable. But it's a mythic, and I'd have to hemorrhage out cash on bulk rares before I have any hope of seeing it anywhere.
Honestly, I'm getting sick of being burned by card games. Making it a mythic was NEVER going to solve the demand problem when it's tripled in price from one announcement. Good luck to us Commander folks I guess, since we'll never see the light of damn day in this game with anything.
There's some serious irony in your post man... Edh is the SOLE reason for a ton of cards spiking because edh players must have. Hilarious!
So Jace getting unbanned in Modern wasn't the cause of Jace spiking from $55 to $140. EDH was. Where it's always been legal. Makes sense.
Note that this summer´s special FTV replacement product, Signature Spellbook, is Jace themed, with one Jace planeswalker and 8 support cards. JTMS is the Jace card, so it would be perfectly on theme. Watch closely as they absolutely do not put JTMS in that because they don´t want to ruin the reprint equity of a $90+ card on a $20 product, and then come and tell me how much they care about availability. Then watch them put JTMS in one of the two next Masters sets to sell more $10 lottery packs with Comet Storm and friends.
Not putting a card that's worth more than $20 in a $20 product isn't so much the result of retaining 'reprint equity' and more to do with the fact they want the product to actually sell for $20. They don't want another True-Name Nemesis situation.
This honestly does feel like a low-blow Yugioh move. I left that trash game because of this BS.
I was really counting on Jace being affordable enough for me to get my last copy for Commander. Now as usual, Commander players are screwed out of this iconic card because of Modern, and they think a product at $10 a pack, with a horrible gamble ratio of majority garbage bulk rares is going to offset this insane demand they've created?
It makes me so upset to have my Mind Sculptor stolen from me, only to have WOTC inflate its price before a reprint set they've promised would make it more accessible. Seems every way I turn, this card is going to be a nightmare. And here I thought it would finally be reasonable. But it's a mythic, and I'd have to hemorrhage out cash on bulk rares before I have any hope of seeing it anywhere.
Honestly, I'm getting sick of being burned by card games. Making it a mythic was NEVER going to solve the demand problem when it's tripled in price from one announcement. Good luck to us Commander folks I guess, since we'll never see the light of damn day in this game with anything.
There's some serious irony in your post man... Edh is the SOLE reason for a ton of cards spiking because edh players must have. Hilarious!
So Jace getting unbanned in Modern wasn't the cause of Jace spiking from $55 to $140. EDH was. Where it's always been legal. Makes sense.
Amazing how you're missing the point. I'm saying that you're complaining that because he got unbanned his price rocketed without acknowledging the very fact that edh is responsible for spiking the price on tons of other cards that never would have otherwise.
Price spikes are fine, it's the damn buyouts on random older cards. I'm having to buy cards from Europe because people have literally gone insane here with some of the old legends stuff.
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The value is not to the consumer, it is to WotC. Online retailers and shops will be buying more Masters 25 boxes to get their hands on more Jaces, since he will be the card everyone needs and wants.
I never heard anyone say Standard sucked during Phyrexia/Innistrad. In fact it was really fun! Sucked after that though
I'm also confused as to the "Sucked after that though" comment. Immediately after Scars-Innistrad was Innistrad-RTR, often held up as one of the best and most diverse Standards ever (certainly the most diverse since Ravnica-Time Spiral). I'll agree Standard took a nosedive after that format, but I think you're the first person I've seen to express active dislike towards Innistrad-RTR.
UW Delver was never a problem in my book
Honestly, I don't really get pro play or the whole DCI system appeal. The game is at it's best when it's a game and not a sporting event. Trying to force it into a sport is like trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole and watching the drama that unfolds each time they get around to doing these unbans and bannings just pushes that point home even more. Wizards really just wants tournament play to turn into a sporting event to push sales and make people spend more money.
For petes sake, deftblade Elite can nullify a Tarmogoyf or Death's Shadow, with the latter costing over 50 bucks a card while the earlier one is a few cents. Kefnet the mindful + Gush is also perfectly viable in blue assuming the deck is built right.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
I really hope this doesn't come as a mind-blowing revelation to anyone, since that's essentially been the point of the DCI and Wizards-sanctioned competitive play from day 1.
Also, players have Masters sets to thank for Modern being back on the Pro Tour, and for reason in the quote above. Players get excited about watching certain cards in action, thus increasing demand for the cards and any set in which they are printed.
This is probably going a little off topic, but if they go back to the 10th edition glory days of reprinting cards I don't see those days lasting. They will try to axe paper magic again in some way once Arena is up and running. Most likely they will try to axe modern and complete purge legacy in order to simplify the game down. I really don't know what is going to happen when they try the second run at this, but my hope beyond all sanity is that they do not try it again.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Everyone complains when Wizards bans a card.
Everyone complains when Wizards unbans a card.
Seems like we are back to the point of does not matter what Wizards does people just want to complain.
Bloodbraid Elf people kept asking for and you finally got your wish so be happy.
Depending on what else is in the set, I might actually consider getting a pack while I'm at the Dominaria prerelease.
based on how we had to ban a Lay of the Land, I'd say that's been pretty accurate for the last 4 years.
Yep. They've done the same with Multiplayer, first with ridiculously powerful Primordials that along with clones made multiplayer games a joke, then the took it back a notch and had curses that actually had to target, and now it's back to "Each Opponent" all over the place. Only it really sucks because Commander isn't a rotating format, so they can't fix the nitro they've added in the last few years. We've had to make huge house rules just to allow games to last more than 4 turns.
Yeah that's my feeling on this too. I'm honestly more surprised Blood braid got the okay, which is fine since I can break out my old speed racer deck again!
If those kinds of things are a problem in multiplayer, it means your group needs to be running more disruption and spot removal. It's the classic EDH complaint where people don't want to have to run cards to interact with their opponents over running "cool stuff".
If you think Lay of the Land and Attune With Aether are remotely comparable cards you are insane or selling something, the amazing thing is that people shouldn't have cried about the bans, they should have cried that WOTC banned the wrong crap, Energy Didn't break because Kaladesh/Amonkhet/Ixalan cardpools, Energy broke because WOTC (once again) make a mechanic with punishes to counter it directly, and make all of the payoffs to the mechanic instant speed so so that dealing with them was impossible.
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Sounds like your group is not running enough cards that counter and/or remove specific cards.
The problem with Energy was that most of the effects triggered as soon as the card hit the field and the fact that energy was not costed appropriately. Most cards simply had energy tacked on for free.
If wizards really wants to make money why not make a good product? Nobody wants to buy 10$ boosters and then open Advent of the Wurm.
I don't know, but for some reason I keep imagining this clip...
The chart says...
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
Doomsdayin'
JTMS has already been spoiled as the face card of Masters 25. This spellbook one will probably be Party Jace
And it makes perfect business sense for them not to. I´m not even saying it´s weird. It´s just something to think about for the people in this thread that make it out to be some tinfoil hat idea that they unbanned JTMS primarily to sell packs, that they are more driven by profit than by format health and card availability. WotC being a company driven by profit is not some conspiracy theory, it is a logical conclusion to draw from this move. I just think it is a terrible move to make it so blatantly obvious that they value a cash grab over the health over their currently most successful constructed format, it looks sooo bad.
And just to cover my back, I´m not entirely convinced that JTMS will be bad for Modern. I don´t know, the jury is out. But taking that risk at a point where the general consensus is that the format is healthier than ever, it just looks like they don´t care about anything but milking the player base for money.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
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|| 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 ||
Amazing how you're missing the point. I'm saying that you're complaining that because he got unbanned his price rocketed without acknowledging the very fact that edh is responsible for spiking the price on tons of other cards that never would have otherwise.