Okay, legality rules with Mystical Archive. While all the Mystical Archive is legal in Limited, Strategic Planning is legal in Standard as long as its normal variant is (see the Kaldheim version). All uncommons in this set are reprints of spells currently in Standard. The rares and mythics are from outside of Standard. Most of them are Historic-legal, except for these two and five others. Finally, that last card is legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander until Modern Horizons 2 releases, when it shall also enter Modern.
EDIT: Every Mystical Archive card will get a Japanese alt-art version. No idea when the'll show up, but supposedly they'll be from Wizards' Japanese offices.
Abundant Harvest looks like a really good cantrip. Its being green can make it a bit tough to fit in decks, although Modern Lurrus Jund might be able to figure something out.
CHANNEL IN THIS!?! What is in the world is wrong with them? That got banned in every format for a reason. (I know draft/limited only but I can wager anyone who pulls it will get 4-0 in their games)
Isnt it pretty much banned everywhere that matters?
At mystic you won’t open it too often to ruin your pack. Also because it is banned and there re hints on xxx and 10+ Cmc spells in the set it is at least safer to be Mythic
I never get why they put Channel into these sets, like what is the point. It isn't legal anywhere because it's crazy busted, so what's the point of it, to deck out your cube with it (where Channel also tends to be a controversial card)?
If channel does not fuel X-Spells or gigantic colorless artifacts , it doesnt really do much more than a ritual.
Your average card in limited will very rarely cost 6+ mana anyway and the vast majority of the manacost is colored.
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So Channel doesnt really do anything busted in Limited with actual commons and uncommons that are not cube level stupidities.
We had WAY crazier limited breaking Masterpieces in packs (like Swords, Wurmcoil Engine, Opposition and all that).
I agree, people are overreacting to Channel, I mean T3-4 Colossal Dreadmaw would be a very strong play in Limited but that's about it, it'd take either a colorless monstrosity like an Eldrazi or an X-Spell to make it broken, else it's a ritual and that's about it.
Swords to Plowshares,on the other hand...
Abundant Harvest is interesting, kinda disappointed it didn’t make it into strixhaven proper since it seems like a good enabler for magecraft triggers in draft and sealed.
To make it clear I wasn't saying Channel is busted in this Limited. It almost certainly isn't as they surely won't have been stupid enough to put anything crazy broken with it in the set. I am more asking what's the point of its reprint, it has no real value, sees no real play because it's banned in everything so who wants this flashy Channel exactly? It seems completely pointless.
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Spoiler EditorOkay, legality rules with Mystical Archive. While all the Mystical Archive is legal in Limited, Strategic Planning is legal in Standard as long as its normal variant is (see the Kaldheim version). All uncommons in this set are reprints of spells currently in Standard. The rares and mythics are from outside of Standard. Most of them are Historic-legal, except for these two and five others. Finally, that last card is legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander until Modern Horizons 2 releases, when it shall also enter Modern.
EDIT: Every Mystical Archive card will get a Japanese alt-art version. No idea when the'll show up, but supposedly they'll be from Wizards' Japanese offices.
Source: Weekly MTG
and ok that is thee best counterspell art hands down it trumps all variants
Isnt it pretty much banned everywhere that matters?
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CHANNEL IN THIS!?! What is in the world is wrong with them? That got banned in every format for a reason. (I know draft/limited only but I can wager anyone who pulls it will get 4-0 in their games)
At mystic you won’t open it too often to ruin your pack. Also because it is banned and there re hints on xxx and 10+ Cmc spells in the set it is at least safer to be Mythic
Your average card in limited will very rarely cost 6+ mana anyway and the vast majority of the manacost is colored.
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So Channel doesnt really do anything busted in Limited with actual commons and uncommons that are not cube level stupidities.
We had WAY crazier limited breaking Masterpieces in packs (like Swords, Wurmcoil Engine, Opposition and all that).
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I agree, people are overreacting to Channel, I mean T3-4 Colossal Dreadmaw would be a very strong play in Limited but that's about it, it'd take either a colorless monstrosity like an Eldrazi or an X-Spell to make it broken, else it's a ritual and that's about it.
Swords to Plowshares,on the other hand...