I have the most fun thinking about which Iconic creature cards and support we'll be seeing, but it's interesting to think about which iconic spells will be brought in to compliment. I'm looking at where the two have the best overlap.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
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You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Well, if they said iconic spells from across magics history that pretty much confirmed Lightning Bolt and Counterspell. Also, nothing is as iconic as Llanowar Elves, Birds of Paradise, etc. Also, if we don't see an Atog in the set than it doesn't deserve to be called Iconic Masters. How can someone not call Atog iconic? Look at that smile!
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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!
The only noncreature spell I would feel safe betting on is Demonic Tutor,
probably at Mythic.
I would expect most of the juicy stuff in 25 Masters,
but they'll almost certainly throw this set a thematically unwarranted bone or two
like Mana Drain and/or Rishadan Port to help drive sales.
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
The only noncreature spell I would feel safe betting on is Demonic Tutor,
probably at Mythic.
I would expect most of the juicy stuff in 25 Masters,
but they'll almost certainly throw this set a thematically unwarranted bone or two
like Mana Drain and/or Rishadan Port to help drive sales.
I feel pretty safe about a lot of cards as long as the iconic cards aren't rare. I mean, I wouldn't expect Ashnod's Transmogrant, but I have a feeling we will see some classic commons from the past, especially things to help ramp into these big creatures like mana rocks such as Coalition Relic, counters to big creatures like Windstorm, and maybe some other basic stuff that feels iconic at the uncommon and common level.
Also, I'd love to see Relentless Rats. We need more of them out there for those oddballs running that deck.
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 heard there are supposed to be spoilers on this set today. Is that true?
Yes and no, the set will be drafted this weekend, starting today, and WotC have said that people are free to post pictures of the cards they pull on the internet. So some cards will be spoiled over the weekend as people play with the set, but the full list will be posted sometime next week.
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It's about time for the reserved list to die, for the sake of Vintage and Legacy (And Commander).
Cool. IMHO the most iconic cards of each color are lightning bolt, counterspell, landowar elves, mother of runes, and Liliana of the veil, so I expect those cards to be in this set.
A lot of Pauper players are hoping condemn gets printed at common.
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Modern
JundBGR
RW Blood MoonRW
Pauper
Delver U
Elves G
Control B
Commander
Edgar Markov BRW
Captain Sisay GW
Niv-Mizzet, Parun UR
Tymna and Ravos WB
Cool. IMHO the most iconic cards of each color are lightning bolt, counterspell, landowar elves, mother of runes, and Liliana of the veil, so I expect those cards to be in this set.
A lot of Pauper players are hoping condemn gets printed at common.
Most iconic non-creature cards not on the reserved list from each color plus artifacts. Some of them have not been reprinted in a booster product for quite a while.
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It's about time for the reserved list to die, for the sake of Vintage and Legacy (And Commander).
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Blue-
Force of will
Mana Drain
Flusterstorm
Snapcaster mage
Jace the mindsculptor
Black
Demonic tutor
Imperial seal
Grim tutor
Liliana of the veil
Green
Natural order
Oath of druids
Noble hierarch
Tarmogoyf
Red
Imperial recruiter
Through the breach
White
Land tax
Artifacts/colorless
Mana vault
Mana crypt
Lotus petal
Commander decks
Nekusar, Trostani, Horde of notions, Merieke ri beret, Talruum, Sidesi, Shattergang brothers, Shirei, Deretti, Azusa, Sigurda, Geist of st. Traft, Bw enchantments[/spoiler]
-And others under construction
While we may see some of this, I highly doubt we'll see most of them.
Remember also that 25th Anniversary Masters comes out next year as well, and that will be more of a who's who of the best cards of all time.
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Legacy: Something U/W Controlish
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Hypercube! A New EDH Deck Every Week(ish)!
Angels
Sphinxes
Demons
Dragons
Hydras
Spells
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
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!
probably at Mythic.
I would expect most of the juicy stuff in 25 Masters,
but they'll almost certainly throw this set a thematically unwarranted bone or two
like Mana Drain and/or Rishadan Port to help drive sales.
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
I feel pretty safe about a lot of cards as long as the iconic cards aren't rare. I mean, I wouldn't expect Ashnod's Transmogrant, but I have a feeling we will see some classic commons from the past, especially things to help ramp into these big creatures like mana rocks such as Coalition Relic, counters to big creatures like Windstorm, and maybe some other basic stuff that feels iconic at the uncommon and common level.
Also, I'd love to see Relentless Rats. We need more of them out there for those oddballs running that deck.
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!
JundBGR
RW Blood MoonRW
Pauper
Delver U
Elves G
Control B
Commander
Edgar Markov BRW
Captain Sisay GW
Niv-Mizzet, Parun UR
Tymna and Ravos WB
Yes and no, the set will be drafted this weekend, starting today, and WotC have said that people are free to post pictures of the cards they pull on the internet. So some cards will be spoiled over the weekend as people play with the set, but the full list will be posted sometime next week.
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Numquam evolutioni obstes. Solum conculceris.
Pascite draconem, evolvite aut morimini.
A lot of Pauper players are hoping condemn gets printed at common.
JundBGR
RW Blood MoonRW
Pauper
Delver U
Elves G
Control B
Commander
Edgar Markov BRW
Captain Sisay GW
Niv-Mizzet, Parun UR
Tymna and Ravos WB
Most iconic non-creature cards not on the reserved list from each color plus artifacts. Some of them have not been reprinted in a booster product for quite a while.
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Numquam evolutioni obstes. Solum conculceris.
Pascite draconem, evolvite aut morimini.