Oh good gracious...
... I mean, this is a fun card, and it'd be great in Limited...
... but how many 50c cards do you want to pile into a set with $10 boosters?
Even the foil copy is going to be worthless.... Ruric was an intro pack foil in Dragon's Maze...
I've always kind of liked this card, but never could fit it into anything I play. With that said there wasn't much in Dragon's Maze that they were going to pick that were going to be better than this, a shame that doesn't make it feel any better.
Well, you're right Antipox in the sense there is basically nothing to reprint valuewise in Dragon's Maze apart from Voice of Resurgence.
Still, this is gonna hurt the people who'll open this x|
I love the card though, and to give some ideas to Dontrike : I have the card in a Green Devotion deck's sideboard. I'm playing 4 Gifts Ungiven and 1 Unburial Rites to ressuscitate an Elesh Norn or an Iona, but Ruric gets sided in against Lantern and Storm. It's a nice secret tech ^^
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As much as this is true for us, Voice of Resurgence was just reprinted in MM3 (as a Mythic) and is already pretty much worth slightly more than the booster price at best (I think it hasn't been popular/good lately in Modern). The other two cards are worth even less than Voice. Considering the complaints over Akroma (and now Doomsday), I don't think I want to see a Mythic slot of A25 taken by the what is probably the worst-value 3rd set in Modern (Saviors of Kamigawa is worse design-wise, but there are old cards worth money in it thanks to time at least).
I'm confident somebody's going to say "drop the rarity then", but let's face it, Voice has a history of hype and is still considered reasonably strong (in a vacuum) in Modern, Ral Zarek is a planeswalker and everything about the abilities of Master of Cruelties screams mythic.
It's the Naya slot debacle all over again (long story cut short, in MM3 the slot of the Naya rare literally had no rare and/or mythic worth the booster price at all, so Fiery Justice as underwhelming as it was, wasn't actually worse than any other card choice). If they had to pick a set for the chaff rares, I'd rather it be Dragon's Maze then a set with rares worth money not having those money rares reprinted.
[...] everything about the abilities of Master of Cruelties screams mythic.
I must be too old school to understand such an allegation. It screams "bad rare" to me :x
But yeah I'm part of the "drop the rarity crowd". Even Jace and Liliana should be at rare.
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Somehow, even though I hate Kambal and Thalia, I don't hate Ruric Thar as much. He still hurts my heart when he hits the board but I hate him less that the other two. Maybe it has to do with the time a, now former, friend was at 6, had a Ruric Thar in play, had lethal on board, and then proceeded to play a Madcap Skills and killed himself. I was over his shoulder watching him thinking oh god please don't, just kill them, don't get showy. Quite the funny moment.
Well, again it feels like this is heading towards Iconic masters 2.0 and they are just hoping doing the marketing so that the reveals are closer to release will keep people from processing this fast enough.
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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!
Well, again it feels like this is heading towards Iconic masters 2.0 and they are just hoping doing the marketing so that the reveals are closer to release will keep people from processing this fast enough.
You beat me to it. Much more of this garbage and its another epic fail.
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Well, again it feels like this is heading towards Iconic masters 2.0 and they are just hoping doing the marketing so that the reveals are closer to release will keep people from processing this fast enough.
Some people preordered it already so you aren't wrong.
Well, again it feels like this is heading towards Iconic masters 2.0 and they are just hoping doing the marketing so that the reveals are closer to release will keep people from processing this fast enough.
Some people preordered it already so you aren't wrong.
I know I'm not wrong on the marketing side because I'm one of those damn fools. At least people who pre order are not paying 10 dollars a pack and it maths out to probably 7 or 8 dollars. Even then, holy smokes there is going to be a reckoning after this if the boat doesn't start turning around.
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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!
They should have reprinted a common or uncommon from dgm rather than a rare or mythic. Far//Away, wear//tear, or warleaders helix would have been fine even if they would be unexciting.
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Limited/Sealed = Heart breaking free spirit
Commander/Cube = Agreeable, needy and expensive
Pauper/Peasant = Sweet, kind, practical, but shy and boring
For comparison, my wish list for reprints currently has 188 cards on it (including even some that don't matter that much), and not one of them has shown up in Masters 25 yet. I mean, I thought Iconic Masters was lame, but so far, if you ask me, this set is somehow even lamer. Reminds me of when I got Yoshi's New Island.
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... I mean, this is a fun card, and it'd be great in Limited...
... but how many 50c cards do you want to pile into a set with $10 boosters?
Even the foil copy is going to be worthless.... Ruric was an intro pack foil in Dragon's Maze...
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Still, this is gonna hurt the people who'll open this x|
I love the card though, and to give some ideas to Dontrike : I have the card in a Green Devotion deck's sideboard. I'm playing 4 Gifts Ungiven and 1 Unburial Rites to ressuscitate an Elesh Norn or an Iona, but Ruric gets sided in against Lantern and Storm. It's a nice secret tech ^^
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As much as this is true for us, Voice of Resurgence was just reprinted in MM3 (as a Mythic) and is already pretty much worth slightly more than the booster price at best (I think it hasn't been popular/good lately in Modern). The other two cards are worth even less than Voice. Considering the complaints over Akroma (and now Doomsday), I don't think I want to see a Mythic slot of A25 taken by the what is probably the worst-value 3rd set in Modern (Saviors of Kamigawa is worse design-wise, but there are old cards worth money in it thanks to time at least).
I'm confident somebody's going to say "drop the rarity then", but let's face it, Voice has a history of hype and is still considered reasonably strong (in a vacuum) in Modern, Ral Zarek is a planeswalker and everything about the abilities of Master of Cruelties screams mythic.
It's the Naya slot debacle all over again (long story cut short, in MM3 the slot of the Naya rare literally had no rare and/or mythic worth the booster price at all, so Fiery Justice as underwhelming as it was, wasn't actually worse than any other card choice). If they had to pick a set for the chaff rares, I'd rather it be Dragon's Maze then a set with rares worth money not having those money rares reprinted.
I must be too old school to understand such an allegation. It screams "bad rare" to me :x
But yeah I'm part of the "drop the rarity crowd". Even Jace and Liliana should be at rare.
Modern : Solemnity Prison Martyr Proc Devotion to Green 8 Whacks Eldrazi Processor Bogles Landfall Aggro
Legacy : Goblins
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!
You beat me to it. Much more of this garbage and its another epic fail.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Some people preordered it already so you aren't wrong.
I know I'm not wrong on the marketing side because I'm one of those damn fools. At least people who pre order are not paying 10 dollars a pack and it maths out to probably 7 or 8 dollars. Even then, holy smokes there is going to be a reckoning after this if the boat doesn't start turning around.
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!
Standard/Block = The on-again, off-again holiday fling
Modern/Vintage/Legacy = Stable, homely. A ***** after absence/misreading
Limited/Sealed = Heart breaking free spirit
Commander/Cube = Agreeable, needy and expensive
Pauper/Peasant = Sweet, kind, practical, but shy and boring