Ever since Time Spiral experimented with specials sheets dedicated to special subset of cards, we have seen two consecutive blocks which use special sheets. Innistrad block uses special sheets for double-face cards and Dragon's Maze will have special sheet for nonbasic lands.
The latter gave me an idea to have special sheet of lands for new (big) sets. In particular, core sets with special land sheets can have all 10 duals of any cycle (e.g. checklands, fetches, shocks, etc.) without wasting the rare slots that can be used for other rares (including utility lands). Right now, each pack contains a basic land already, which are all printed on a special sheet of only basic lands. So it's a simple matter of replacing 10 of those basic lands with a rare cycle of dual lands.
This could also attract more people to buy packs since they have a better chance to open extra rares per pack. So if you get a pack with two rares, one of them will be a valuable dual land.
What if all three sets in one block get the same dual lands printed on special sheets. One, it doesn't waste rare slots in any of the sets. Two, more of those duals will be available, keeping their secondary prices low. Three, even less popular (powerful) sets can be attractive if people can pull a dual land.
Presumably it'd be done the most obvious way DGM could do it, with a 11x11 sheet containing 10 shocklands, 1 mythic whatever-it-is & 100 basics. Produces about 3 non-basics in the basic slot per box & doesn't suck down rare slots in the actual set.
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Presumably it'd be done the most obvious way DGM could do it, with a 11x11 sheet containing 10 shocklands, 1 mythic whatever-it-is & 100 basics. Produces about 3 non-basics in the basic slot per box & doesn't suck down rare slots in the actual set.
That's correct. For DGM, Gates filled up most of the sheet. In other sets, just use basics instead of Gates.
The latter gave me an idea to have special sheet of lands for new (big) sets. In particular, core sets with special land sheets can have all 10 duals of any cycle (e.g. checklands, fetches, shocks, etc.) without wasting the rare slots that can be used for other rares (including utility lands). Right now, each pack contains a basic land already, which are all printed on a special sheet of only basic lands. So it's a simple matter of replacing 10 of those basic lands with a rare cycle of dual lands.
This could also attract more people to buy packs since they have a better chance to open extra rares per pack. So if you get a pack with two rares, one of them will be a valuable dual land.
What if all three sets in one block get the same dual lands printed on special sheets. One, it doesn't waste rare slots in any of the sets. Two, more of those duals will be available, keeping their secondary prices low. Three, even less popular (powerful) sets can be attractive if people can pull a dual land.
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Presumably it'd be done the most obvious way DGM could do it, with a 11x11 sheet containing 10 shocklands, 1 mythic whatever-it-is & 100 basics. Produces about 3 non-basics in the basic slot per box & doesn't suck down rare slots in the actual set.
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That's correct. For DGM, Gates filled up most of the sheet. In other sets, just use basics instead of Gates.
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