Bulk that's needed to keep EV down, I guess. Would be hilarious if Swans of Bryn Agoll is in there too.
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Should have been downgraded to Uncommon and then it would have been a good inclusion. At rare, not really.
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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."
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19 of the 32 rares spoiled are currently selling for above $15 another 4 are between $15 and 10. There will never be a set where every rare is worth a pack. Because if that ever happens all stores would do is raise prices on the pack until you had that balance. See the first Modern Masters. There has to be a balance between higher and lower price rares.
Also this $14 dollar pack thing is silly. Not one store is selling this at MSRP right now, and there will be 3 pack blisters of this set at Walmart for $35. My guess is most stores who are smart will take the average value of a box topper into account when pricing out boosters and they will cost closer to 12, and possibly lower.
My flgs sell packs for 12 euro which pretty much msrp and there are no walmarts in my country (I don't think eu has a single walmart). According to Mcm there are 13 rares that are worth a pack.
If we must get dollar rares, at least hopefully most of the following is true
1) New artwork
2) For a generally beloved older card
3) That saw heavy play once before
4) And still sees occasional niche play in Legacy/Modern/Vintage OR heavy play in EDH
In my book, Wall of Reverence is the only swing-anna-miss of the set so far, as every other rare that is worth less than $10 has at least 3 of those criteria true of it.
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I'll say it again, should have been downgraded to Uncommon.
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Playing since 1994: Currently MAGS (HomeBrew),Standard & Pauper (Pioneer and Modern are degenerate trash formats)
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."
19 of the 32 rares spoiled are currently selling for above $15 another 4 are between $15 and 10. There will never be a set where every rare is worth a pack. Because if that ever happens all stores would do is raise prices on the pack until you had that balance. See the first Modern Masters. There has to be a balance between higher and lower price rares.
Also this $14 dollar pack thing is silly. Not one store is selling this at MSRP right now, and there will be 3 pack blisters of this set at Walmart for $35. My guess is most stores who are smart will take the average value of a box topper into account when pricing out boosters and they will cost closer to 12, and possibly lower.
It doesn't matter how much a pack ends up costing, be it 12$ or 7$. What really matters is the fact that they had the guts of asking 14$ for a pack while also knowingly putting duds like this, Squee or Talrand in. They had no way of knowing the prices would tank. They just thought they could ask double the price of original MM for packs containing bulk bin rares and get away with it. And that mentality is what matters to me. How much a pack ends up costing is totally irrelevant.
Bulk that's needed to keep EV down, I guess. Would be hilarious if Swans of Bryn Agoll is in there too.
Well we have Sovereigns of Lost Alara and Eldrazi Conscription in the same set, I wouldn't rule that possibility out completely just yet.
Another filler rare. Fortunately the uncommons and some commons are making up for it. Just like the days where you pulled a Purelace but you got a Serra Angel and Strip Mine in the same pack.
Also, they put Seismic Assault twice in the spoiler.
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Currently focusing on Pre-Modern (Mono-Black Discard Control) and Modern (Azorious Control, Temur Rhinos).
Find me at the Wizard's Tower in Ottawa every second Saturday afternoons.
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."
I mean, I guess???
Just because it could've been worse doesn't mean it shouldn't have been better.
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Also this $14 dollar pack thing is silly. Not one store is selling this at MSRP right now, and there will be 3 pack blisters of this set at Walmart for $35. My guess is most stores who are smart will take the average value of a box topper into account when pricing out boosters and they will cost closer to 12, and possibly lower.
1) New artwork
2) For a generally beloved older card
3) That saw heavy play once before
4) And still sees occasional niche play in Legacy/Modern/Vintage OR heavy play in EDH
In my book, Wall of Reverence is the only swing-anna-miss of the set so far, as every other rare that is worth less than $10 has at least 3 of those criteria true of it.
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
UB(U/B)Yuriko, Ninja Trinket AggroUB(U/B)
WUBRGAtogatog: Assembling a OHKOWUBRG
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I'll say it again, should have been downgraded to Uncommon.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Good news this did need a reprint
The bad news rare is the wrong rarity for this uncommon would have Ben better
And for uncommons please please put in rhystic study
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It doesn't matter how much a pack ends up costing, be it 12$ or 7$. What really matters is the fact that they had the guts of asking 14$ for a pack while also knowingly putting duds like this, Squee or Talrand in. They had no way of knowing the prices would tank. They just thought they could ask double the price of original MM for packs containing bulk bin rares and get away with it. And that mentality is what matters to me. How much a pack ends up costing is totally irrelevant.
Thanks to DNC from Heroes of the Plane Studios for the sig
Check my Pauper Cube!
Well we have Sovereigns of Lost Alara and Eldrazi Conscription in the same set, I wouldn't rule that possibility out completely just yet.
Another filler rare. Fortunately the uncommons and some commons are making up for it. Just like the days where you pulled a Purelace but you got a Serra Angel and Strip Mine in the same pack.
Also, they put Seismic Assault twice in the spoiler.
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HR Analyst. Gamer. Activist | Fearless, and forthright | Aggro-control is a mindset.
Elspeth and Jhoira rock my world.