I've never been able to wrap my head around 2HG. You share life totals, but you can't work together on strategies? People who like it: what is the appeal?
The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
Imagine that Jace Signature Spellbook containing Jace, the Mind Sculptor and turning him from the Wallet Sculpter to the Peoples Sculpture. Crash the market. Eliminate the bourgeoisie.
I think the more likely scenario is that since he's basically 8x the MSRP of the spellbook every single one gets bought out by scalpers or horded and no one sees them actually make it to the shelves. I'm probably pre-ordering one the second it shows up since at worse I'm getting a jace themed counterspell reprint from the jace vs chandra duel deck in foil, Fact or Fiction Jace duel deck reprint in foil, and possibly a Jace Beleren. I highly doubt they are going to put the most powerful version of jace in the FTV unless they literally hold the spoilers to a week before release.
^THIS^.
Anyone expecting JtMS in a $20 MSRP product is deluding themselves.
Why? I bought a JTMS at $35 a few years ago in FTV:20. I've since sold him because while he's useful in Commander, I got more value by trading him away for a whole slew of cards on my want list.
Understandably the FTV printing was worth a lot less than the other versions, and in the long run it made little impact on his market value, but it sets the precedent that Wizards aren't afraid to print high value cards in something like this. Honestly, I wish they'd exercise that right a little more often, but meh.
My concerns are him being the poster boy for Masters 25, and having already had a FTV printing both hurt the odds of us getting a mass reprint in this sort of product.
Boy oh boy, so much goodness to look forward to. Battlebond sounds great. I have come to expect high card quality from the Commander decks and do not expect this to change with this year's release. Personally, am not a huge fan of planeswalker commanders, but that might just be due to the fact that the last ones were monocolored and I don't like monocolored EDH decks. We'll see.
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Still convinced the guy on Beseech the Queen is wearing a Mitra-type hat. Wake up sheeple!
The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
Imagine that Jace Signature Spellbook containing Jace, the Mind Sculptor and turning him from the Wallet Sculpter to the Peoples Sculpture. Crash the market. Eliminate the bourgeoisie.
I think the more likely scenario is that since he's basically 8x the MSRP of the spellbook every single one gets bought out by scalpers or horded and no one sees them actually make it to the shelves. I'm probably pre-ordering one the second it shows up since at worse I'm getting a jace themed counterspell reprint from the jace vs chandra duel deck in foil, Fact or Fiction Jace duel deck reprint in foil, and possibly a Jace Beleren. I highly doubt they are going to put the most powerful version of jace in the FTV unless they literally hold the spoilers to a week before release.
^THIS^.
Anyone expecting JtMS in a $20 MSRP product is deluding themselves.
Why? I bought a JTMS at $35 a few years ago in FTV:20. I've since sold him because while he's useful in Commander, I got more value by trading him away for a whole slew of cards on my want list.
Understandably the FTV printing was worth a lot less than the other versions, and in the long run it made little impact on his market value, but it sets the precedent that Wizards aren't afraid to print high value cards in something like this. Honestly, I wish they'd exercise that right a little more often, but meh.
My concerns are him being the poster boy for Masters 25, and having already had a FTV printing both hurt the odds of us getting a mass reprint in this sort of product.
Because his current FTV printing is $141.23, last checked?
If they did put him in there, not a single actual player would see that product. It would be pre-sold and sent on eBay long before they ever get to a player.
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You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
People seemed to be okay with Teferi and Freyalise as planeswalkers. They really didn't find them unacceptable for what they were in the story.
[quote from="Ryperior74 »" url="/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/789387-mini-announcment-day?comment=6"]Serra, Lord Windgrace, Leshrac, the Leviathan Planeswalker Bolas killed, Kenan Sahrmal (Shandalar oldwalker), Dyfed
Lots of oldwalkers to choose from.
Announcing Commander 2018, featuring fan favorites Ramaz, Vronos, Baltrice, and Sifa Grent!
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Wow that optimism though. More accurate is:
"Announcing Commander 2018! Protect yourself using Ajani, trick opponents with Jace Beleren, cause chaos as Tibalt, or summon a dinosaur army as Huatli!"
Yeah, I sure wish they use would use the commander decks to give cards to characters who haven't gotten cards yet, when are we gonna get our Taigam card, Ludevic card or Feldon card?
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I mostly kid to prepare myself for disappointment; they've actually done a pretty good job lately with old characters getting cards. Ludevic's card is awful but A for effort and everyone else has been a welcome addition.
I think the actual thing we'll see is a spread to try and please everyone, as we did last year:
Black-bordered Urza Artifacts for the oldschool players, in honor of the 25th anniversary.
Serra with an Angel Deck, to appeal to casual angel-lovers AND honor the 25th anniversary of Magic.
Jace because he's the Mickey Mouse of MtG, and maybe we'll get a cool UB Jace to show his new pirate-ness with a tricky, thievery-focused deck.
Something green, probably with a female character. Most likely will be Nissa for a "lands matter" deck but could also be Radha for "ramp like crazy" (who briefly sparked I think?)or Kiora sea monsters or Hautli Dinos. Secret hope is Tamiyo Superfriends.
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I have a couple of predictions for the Commander 2018 planeswalker decks:
1. One of the commanders will be a 5 colored planeswalker.
This is low hanging fruit. Tribal planeswalker decks are a popular theme that players love building around. What is better way to encourage tribal planeswalker decks than a 5 color planeswalker? I imagine it will have at least one ability that will support other planeswalkers (i.e. [[Ajani Steadfast]]).
2. We will finally see unexplored design space used on planeswalker cards.
There is plenty of design space that has yet to be explored that Mark Rosewater says is in the works and we'll see eventually. I expect to see some of that stuff here. Examples of design space we may see for the first time include planeswalkers with static abilities, activated abilities or triggered abilities that are separate from loyalty abilities. We might even abilities see abilities that work when your planeswalker is in the command zone or being cast (similar to the Eminence cycle for Commander 2017 or the Commander 2013 cycle that rewarded you or made it easier to play your commander from the command zone multiple times).
So exactly who is clamoring for a two headed giant set? To me this seems the answer to the question nobody asked. All of this just seems like more smoke and mirrors and "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain".
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No, Bob I've got a better idea. Lets put out a Two headed Giant set because we know better and its such a popular format.
Jeesh.
I'm happy with the EDH stuff for those players. The Spellbook stuff seems a bit like Magic Gift Box if you ask me. I guess we will wait and see.
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STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
Imagine that Jace Signature Spellbook containing Jace, the Mind Sculptor and turning him from the Wallet Sculpter to the Peoples Sculpture. Crash the market. Eliminate the bourgeoisie.
I think the more likely scenario is that since he's basically 8x the MSRP of the spellbook every single one gets bought out by scalpers or horded and no one sees them actually make it to the shelves. I'm probably pre-ordering one the second it shows up since at worse I'm getting a jace themed counterspell reprint from the jace vs chandra duel deck in foil, Fact or Fiction Jace duel deck reprint in foil, and possibly a Jace Beleren. I highly doubt they are going to put the most powerful version of jace in the FTV unless they literally hold the spoilers to a week before release.
^THIS^.
Anyone expecting JtMS in a $20 MSRP product is deluding themselves.
Why? I bought a JTMS at $35 a few years ago in FTV:20. I've since sold him because while he's useful in Commander, I got more value by trading him away for a whole slew of cards on my want list.
Understandably the FTV printing was worth a lot less than the other versions, and in the long run it made little impact on his market value, but it sets the precedent that Wizards aren't afraid to print high value cards in something like this. Honestly, I wish they'd exercise that right a little more often, but meh.
My concerns are him being the poster boy for Masters 25, and having already had a FTV printing both hurt the odds of us getting a mass reprint in this sort of product.
Because his current FTV printing is $141.23, last checked?
If they did put him in there, not a single actual player would see that product. It would be pre-sold and sent on eBay long before they ever get to a player.
You'll notice I said "was worth". Past tense. FTV printings typically hold less value than their counterparts anyway due to the different and largely disliked foiling process, it's only the insane desire for that specific card that's allowed the FTV certain to hold as much value as it's other printings.
His current price reflects a knee-jerk reaction to his sudden unbanning, and while I expect his overall price to raise considerably from where it was before the ban lift, it will level back out once the initial rush of demand settles down.
My point though was that they have printed high value cards in similar products in the past, so it's not crazy to think it could happen again. You're not wrong in that if we see FTV-level supply for the spellbook series, it will do nothing to impact the price, if it's even reprinted at all.
Here's hoping they print JTMS and Vryn's Prodigy (which has managed to elude me, still) and give us duel-deck levels of product that you can happily pick up at your local Target.
I've never been able to wrap my head around 2HG. You share life totals, but you can't work together on strategies? People who like it: what is the appeal?
What? You absolutely can plan together. At prerelease you and your partner can share cards between pools. You take a shared turn, you can look at each others hands, you can talk about what to do. Like how would it be a team thing if you couldn't strategize together?
There is plenty of design space that has yet to be explored that Mark Rosewater says is in the works and we'll see eventually. I expect to see some of that stuff here. Examples of design space we may see for the first time include planeswalkers with static abilities, activated abilities or triggered abilities that are separate from loyalty abilities.
Technically, Garruk Relentless already did this, so it technically wouldn't be the first time.
The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
How much sense does it make that the Chinese special decks would be only available in English?
Huh, that's odd. Meanwhile the Chinese product page for it lists it as only being available in Chinese. So seems it'll be available in both, they just separated the pages for some reason. Confusing, though.
The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
Neither Karn nor Nicol Bolas are oldwalkers anymore. They don't have the same power. Hence why Nicol Bolas is spending all his time trying to get that power back.
Teferi and Freyalise were oldwalkers, but Urza was an entire league above either of them.
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You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
Teferi and Freyalise were oldwalkers, but Urza was an entire league above either of them.
You did bunch them together as a group in the post he quoted, and those two were still wicked powerful. If Freyalise and Teferi didn't get the cards they did, you probably would have included them.
Commander 2018: Commander walkers return. I definitely think we'll see a card for Azor before he lost his spark. We could see Ramaz given the recent mention of Kaldheim in the story and the necessity of introducing more Bolas henchmen. Interestingly, Leshrac was referenced in flavor text in C16, maybe he could appear posthumously like Freyalise. Vronos and Sifa are also possibilities but being presumably white/blue and mono-black respectively, they would have to compete with Azor and Leshrac. Maybe we get two planeswalkers per deck? For example:
A deck with Azor and Vronos
A deck with Leshrac and Sifa Grent
A or deck with Ramaz and another planeswalker
A deck with Urza and Taysir?
Commander Anthology 2: It says 13 foil commanders instead of 12, so I guess we're getting a C16 deck. Here are my predictions:
Political Puppets
Eternal Bargain
Built from Scratch
Breed Lethality
Battlebond:Sounds like fun but why this over another Conspiracy? They seemed to be doing experimental draft sets every year with Conspiracy sets being every other year. Unstable was in 2017 so why not Conspiracy 3 in 2018 and hold off on Battlebond until 2019? It's not like Conspiracy 2 was unpopular or anything. The best explanation I can think of is that a standard-legal set on Fiora is on the horizon... which would be great, in my opinion. Regardless, Battlebond sounds cool and I hope that the world-building is as good as it was for Conspiracy. I don't know how many sports references they can make without making it feel too connected to real life rather than its own world. But I would love to see another world like Fiora that's slightly more comedic than most but still very much a part of the regular multiverse, unlike Bablovia. I think that they'll definitely bring back surge in this set. I'm not so sure about support; it plays well in 2HG but it was so generic that I think it was pretty unpopular in its first appearance, whereas surge was both functional and popular. I look forward to seeing new mechanics that also tie into 2HG (and hopefully work well in Commander as well).
Signature Spellbook: Jace:They're not putting Mindsculptor in a $20 product. It'll probably be Jace Beleren. Maybe Jace, Vryn's Prodigy if we're lucky (and/or if the rest of the cards have almost no value). Other Jace cards are either not particularly desirable or tied to specific planes and therefore not representative of Jace in general. Only Jace-related cards limits the options significantly but they can give new art to blue staples and throw them in. They've already reprinted Counterspell and Fact or Fiction with Jace-themed artwork; we'll definitely see those again. As for the "Signature Spellbook" product line in general, it looks promising. The low price tag means that it shouldn't be as rare as From the Vaults were. There are only a few planeswalkers with enough cards and story presence to fit, but that list should expand at roughly the same rate as they print to Signature Spellbook products. Currently I could only see this happening for Ajani, Bolas, Garruk, Sarkhan, Sorin, Tezzeret, and of course, the other 4 of the Origins 5.
Whatever the Chinese planeswalker decks are called: This seems... interesting. It. sounds like it's going to be a series, perhaps an annual release. The description says that introduces two planeswalkers to the Magic multiverse and calls it a new branch of Magic lore... so I guess it's canon? Making it non-canon would be the easy way out, but it could be really cool to give us glimpses of new planes this way. It seems like, at the very least, a replacement for duel decks that seems like a strict upgrade: the planeswalker duel decks were always more desirable and valuable because of the inherent value of anything with that card type, so switching to exclusively those (rather than the opposite like the last few duel decks have done) seems like the right move. Plus, these will introduce new and unique lore, something that duel decks never did. I'm pretty optimistic about these decks and very curious about what they'll actually look like.
Edit: Didn't realize the The Mimeoplasm was the background image on the article link. Obviously Devour for Power will be included in Anthology 2, rather than Political Puppets or any other Commander 2011 deck. I stand by my other predictions though: I think it will be Mimeoplasm, Oloro, Daretti, and Atraxa.
The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
So exactly who is clamoring for a two headed giant set? To me this seems the answer to the question nobody asked. All of this just seems like more smoke and mirrors and "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain".
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Hmm, Bob I see that the playership is really ranting and pushing us to play up Pauper. Think we should?
No, Bob I've got a better idea. Lets put out a Two headed Giant set because we know better and its such a popular format.
Jeesh.
I'm happy with the EDH stuff for those players. The Spellbook stuff seems a bit like Magic Gift Box if you ask me. I guess we will wait and see.
This set would have been thought up a year ago when Pauper wasn't as popular as it is right now. Currently that set has probably already been set in stone and most likely been printed already if it is indeed coming out in early June. Honestly, if this brings back two headed giant to MTGO then I'm all for it, unless it already came back and I missed it as I said previously as I don't play MTGO. That format(?) has always interested me a little and more support for it is nice. Plus, we've had sets made for just about every format, we even had sets made that were made especially to draft, with Consiparcy, so I don't see the problem of a 2HG set.
If they wanted to do something with Pauper a set doesn't seem as good. Commons are being added all the time with each new set. Event Decks for them might make more sense down the road though.
Well, I want to see what they do with the spellbook idea. It may work out or it may not. It completely depends on whether they continue the trend in value they had with the last FTV, or they make another knock out like FTV 20 or FTV Legends. It's very likely they could put JTMS in there, but they could also spread the value around and just have it be things like Force of Will, Cryptic Command, Counterspell, Fact of Fiction, remand, etc.
The tournament app is interesting, but it sounds like another way to try to migrate people into playing digital. Record your wins locally and then bring it into some casual system that is used online for records. Also, it sounds like they don't like how the LGS thing is working out.
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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 find it interesting that we already knew the cards in Commander Anthology for nearly a year before it was released, but even a couple months before volume 2, we know nothing. Then again, It was just announced today, but upon Commander Anthology's announcment, we knew what we were getting.
We better get Serra. this is the only type of product we can get her in.
If she doesn't get in this year, this will be her third time not to get into when a certain product perfectly fits her.
Also, Serra has enough related rather tolerable spells for a "SIGNATURE SPELLBOOK: Serra" release. (A Constantly Requested Oldwalker + Angels = PROFIT :laugh2:)
The issue with doing PW cards for Urza, Serra, Leshrac, and the other absurdly powerful beings of Magic lore is that unless the card is a ten-mana "you win the game" card, it wouldn't be doing justice to the pure absurd power level of the oldwalkers. Oldwalkers were gods. Not Theros "kinda sorta" gods. They were completely unbeatable unless you were one or something similar (Yawgmoth).
UUUUUGH, this cop out of hand wave of an answer AGAIN.
Absurdly powerful God, yet my Lady Serra wasn't able to just clean off her Realm with her "SUPPOSED" limitless mana capabilities. Miss me with that antiquated response.
As people have already answered, they were already able to do a Teferi and Freyalise card in their Oldwalker forms and those were pretty much attuned to their character.
Isn't that what a Planeswalker card symbolizes? The abilities that they wanted to share at that point in time, NOT ALL?
Oldwalker =! Needs to have all the broken abilities in one PW card
You can give an Oldwalker a card that connects with his/her personality/given lore and we're smooth sailing. Heck, Ajani Goldmane's first card could pretty much be a Serra Planeswalker card, and it fits her...
And if you put it like that, a Post-Mending Nicol Bolas is still way powerful to be a card because he's an Elder Dragon and he must've known A TON of spells by now!
But hey, how many Planeswalker cards have he had so far? I guess the general design ain't working, no?
Interestingly, the Chinese planeswalker decks are called "Global Series: Jiang Yanggu and Mu Yanling". I'm assuming based on the name "Global Series" if this sells well we'll later see this for other countries or regions?
This product might be a test product to see if it sells better in China. If so, Wizards will likely design a Chinese-themed expansion in the future.
Interestingly, the Chinese planeswalker decks are called "Global Series: Jiang Yanggu and Mu Yanling". I'm assuming based on the name "Global Series" if this sells well we'll later see this for other countries or regions?
This product might be a test product to see if it sells better in China. If so, Wizards will likely design a Chinese-themed expansion in the future.
I am sure a Chinese setting has been on the short list for years.
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Why? I bought a JTMS at $35 a few years ago in FTV:20. I've since sold him because while he's useful in Commander, I got more value by trading him away for a whole slew of cards on my want list.
Understandably the FTV printing was worth a lot less than the other versions, and in the long run it made little impact on his market value, but it sets the precedent that Wizards aren't afraid to print high value cards in something like this. Honestly, I wish they'd exercise that right a little more often, but meh.
My concerns are him being the poster boy for Masters 25, and having already had a FTV printing both hurt the odds of us getting a mass reprint in this sort of product.
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Because his current FTV printing is $141.23, last checked?
If they did put him in there, not a single actual player would see that product. It would be pre-sold and sent on eBay long before they ever get to a player.
"I hope to have such a death... lying in triumph atop the broken bodies of those who slew me..."
People seemed to be okay with Teferi and Freyalise as planeswalkers. They really didn't find them unacceptable for what they were in the story.
I mostly kid to prepare myself for disappointment; they've actually done a pretty good job lately with old characters getting cards. Ludevic's card is awful but A for effort and everyone else has been a welcome addition.
I think the actual thing we'll see is a spread to try and please everyone, as we did last year:
Black-bordered Urza Artifacts for the oldschool players, in honor of the 25th anniversary.
Serra with an Angel Deck, to appeal to casual angel-lovers AND honor the 25th anniversary of Magic.
Jace because he's the Mickey Mouse of MtG, and maybe we'll get a cool UB Jace to show his new pirate-ness with a tricky, thievery-focused deck.
Something green, probably with a female character. Most likely will be Nissa for a "lands matter" deck but could also be Radha for "ramp like crazy" (who briefly sparked I think?)or Kiora sea monsters or Hautli Dinos. Secret hope is Tamiyo Superfriends.
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
UB(U/B)Yuriko, Ninja Trinket AggroUB(U/B)
WUBRGAtogatog: Assembling a OHKOWUBRG
1. One of the commanders will be a 5 colored planeswalker.
2. We will finally see unexplored design space used on planeswalker cards.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
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Hmm, Bob I see that the playership is really ranting and pushing us to play up Pauper. Think we should?
No, Bob I've got a better idea. Lets put out a Two headed Giant set because we know better and its such a popular format.
Jeesh.
I'm happy with the EDH stuff for those players. The Spellbook stuff seems a bit like Magic Gift Box if you ask me. I guess we will wait and see.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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You'll notice I said "was worth". Past tense. FTV printings typically hold less value than their counterparts anyway due to the different and largely disliked foiling process, it's only the insane desire for that specific card that's allowed the FTV certain to hold as much value as it's other printings.
His current price reflects a knee-jerk reaction to his sudden unbanning, and while I expect his overall price to raise considerably from where it was before the ban lift, it will level back out once the initial rush of demand settles down.
My point though was that they have printed high value cards in similar products in the past, so it's not crazy to think it could happen again. You're not wrong in that if we see FTV-level supply for the spellbook series, it will do nothing to impact the price, if it's even reprinted at all.
Here's hoping they print JTMS and Vryn's Prodigy (which has managed to elude me, still) and give us duel-deck levels of product that you can happily pick up at your local Target.
What? You absolutely can plan together. At prerelease you and your partner can share cards between pools. You take a shared turn, you can look at each others hands, you can talk about what to do. Like how would it be a team thing if you couldn't strategize together?
Technically, Garruk Relentless already did this, so it technically wouldn't be the first time.
I wouldn't mind Sifa Grent personally, since I have an Alara bias.
uh karn and teferi and Nicol bolas would like a word with you
And Freyalise and, if you want to count him, Ob Nixilis.
They can do Oldwalkers as Planeswalker commanders without making them overly busted.
Huh, that's odd. Meanwhile the Chinese product page for it lists it as only being available in Chinese. So seems it'll be available in both, they just separated the pages for some reason. Confusing, though.
Neither Karn nor Nicol Bolas are oldwalkers anymore. They don't have the same power. Hence why Nicol Bolas is spending all his time trying to get that power back.
Teferi and Freyalise were oldwalkers, but Urza was an entire league above either of them.
"I hope to have such a death... lying in triumph atop the broken bodies of those who slew me..."
You did bunch them together as a group in the post he quoted, and those two were still wicked powerful. If Freyalise and Teferi didn't get the cards they did, you probably would have included them.
Edit: Didn't realize the The Mimeoplasm was the background image on the article link. Obviously Devour for Power will be included in Anthology 2, rather than Political Puppets or any other Commander 2011 deck. I stand by my other predictions though: I think it will be Mimeoplasm, Oloro, Daretti, and Atraxa.
To be fair with Karn and Nicol Bolas that was after the Mending, so a different example, but I get your point.
(W/U)(B/R)GForm of Progenitus, Shape of a Scrubland
BRGJund Tokens with Prossh, the Magic Dragon Foil
URGAnimar, the RUG CleanerFoil
RRRFeldon of the Third Path 2.0 Foil
BG(B/G)Not Another Meren DeckFoil
UR(U/R)Mizzix, Y Control and X Burn Spells
(W/U)(B/R)GHarold Ramos - The 35 Foot Long Twinkie (In +1/+1 counters)
UB(U/B)Dragonlord Silumgar
This set would have been thought up a year ago when Pauper wasn't as popular as it is right now. Currently that set has probably already been set in stone and most likely been printed already if it is indeed coming out in early June. Honestly, if this brings back two headed giant to MTGO then I'm all for it, unless it already came back and I missed it as I said previously as I don't play MTGO. That format(?) has always interested me a little and more support for it is nice. Plus, we've had sets made for just about every format, we even had sets made that were made especially to draft, with Consiparcy, so I don't see the problem of a 2HG set.
If they wanted to do something with Pauper a set doesn't seem as good. Commons are being added all the time with each new set. Event Decks for them might make more sense down the road though.
The tournament app is interesting, but it sounds like another way to try to migrate people into playing digital. Record your wins locally and then bring it into some casual system that is used online for records. Also, it sounds like they don't like how the LGS thing is working out.
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!
EDH DECKS
Currently under construction
MAGECRAFT STORM
-Veyran, Voice of Duality-
Protection from Degeneracy
Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
If she doesn't get in this year, this will be her third time not to get into when a certain product perfectly fits her.
Also, Serra has enough related rather tolerable spells for a "SIGNATURE SPELLBOOK: Serra" release. (A Constantly Requested Oldwalker + Angels = PROFIT :laugh2:)
Get on it, WOTC~!
UUUUUGH, this cop out of hand wave of an answer AGAIN.
Absurdly powerful God, yet my Lady Serra wasn't able to just clean off her Realm with her "SUPPOSED" limitless mana capabilities. Miss me with that antiquated response.
As people have already answered, they were already able to do a Teferi and Freyalise card in their Oldwalker forms and those were pretty much attuned to their character.
Isn't that what a Planeswalker card symbolizes? The abilities that they wanted to share at that point in time, NOT ALL?
Oldwalker =! Needs to have all the broken abilities in one PW card
You can give an Oldwalker a card that connects with his/her personality/given lore and we're smooth sailing. Heck, Ajani Goldmane's first card could pretty much be a Serra Planeswalker card, and it fits her...
And if you put it like that, a Post-Mending Nicol Bolas is still way powerful to be a card because he's an Elder Dragon and he must've known A TON of spells by now!
But hey, how many Planeswalker cards have he had so far? I guess the general design ain't working, no?
Serra Stan - Angel Enthusiast - Garruk and Tyvar thirsty follower - Flavor and Art Enthusiast
This product might be a test product to see if it sells better in China. If so, Wizards will likely design a Chinese-themed expansion in the future.
I am sure a Chinese setting has been on the short list for years.