And Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner pretty much confirms a cycle of the original elder dragons from legends I wonder what Arcades Sabboth and Chromium Rhuell are going to do?
They'll have to do something pretty spectacular if they want to see play, because so far Palladia and Vaevictis have been pretty odd. Chromium had Rampage originally, and while that's not bad, I don't know how well that fits the Esper color wedge he's representing. Arcades was also strange - random toughness boosts to your creatures.
Love the Crucible reprint. Hate the upshift to mythic. WotC doesn't pay attention to the secondary market though right.
You don't think they do? I believe they exactly looked at the secondary market and wondered how they could make more money, in turn, they need to sell more packs. How do they do this? Put cards like this in at Mythic. It is simple economics. WOTC makes nothing on the secondary market and if they "give" away all the really good cards, they sell less product.
On the flip side, they didn't have to reprint this card at all and that negatively impacts the secondary market in some eyes by having cards continue to go up in price. This move keeps this card from rising and most likely since it isn't new art, will lower the price to a more reasonable level.
Wizards are wisely letting the card maintain some value. It hasn't been printed since 10th edition (apart from inventions). The $65 price point would tank to $5-$10 at best as a rare. Card won't be played in standard, hardly sees any play in modern or any format for that matter other than EDH I suppose. On top of that the printings it's had have been extremely limited compared to the print sizes now. The price is still going to plummet even as a mythic.
You make it sound like Crucible of Worlds being reasonably priced is a bad thing for some reason. So what if it drops to a $5? That just means people that actually want one can get it. Also I think you're overestimating how much Core sets get opened. They are consistently one of the lowest performing sets (sales wise) every time they're printed which is part of the reason they got shelved and their mythics tend to retain a good amount of value over time.
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Love the Crucible reprint. Hate the upshift to mythic. WotC doesn't pay attention to the secondary market though right.
You don't think they do? I believe they exactly looked at the secondary market and wondered how they could make more money, in turn, they need to sell more packs. How do they do this? Put cards like this in at Mythic. It is simple economics. WOTC makes nothing on the secondary market and if they "give" away all the really good cards, they sell less product.
On the flip side, they didn't have to reprint this card at all and that negatively impacts the secondary market in some eyes by having cards continue to go up in price. This move keeps this card from rising and most likely since it isn't new art, will lower the price to a more reasonable level.
Yeah, I was being sarcastic. We need a sarcasm smiley/emoji. Maybe this guy I guess >>>>>
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They'll have to do something pretty spectacular if they want to see play, because so far Palladia and Vaevictis have been pretty odd. Chromium had Rampage originally, and while that's not bad, I don't know how well that fits the Esper color wedge he's representing. Arcades was also strange - random toughness boosts to your creatures.
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You don't think they do? I believe they exactly looked at the secondary market and wondered how they could make more money, in turn, they need to sell more packs. How do they do this? Put cards like this in at Mythic. It is simple economics. WOTC makes nothing on the secondary market and if they "give" away all the really good cards, they sell less product.
On the flip side, they didn't have to reprint this card at all and that negatively impacts the secondary market in some eyes by having cards continue to go up in price. This move keeps this card from rising and most likely since it isn't new art, will lower the price to a more reasonable level.
Baneslayer Angel would like a word with you.
Yeah, I was being sarcastic. We need a sarcasm smiley/emoji. Maybe this guy I guess >>>>>
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."
No problem. Keyed words have a hard time conveying meanings at times. No big deal.
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."