While looking at the 10th Edition product page on CoolStuffInc's website I noticed that the descriptions for the card sets had phrases like
"NOTE: Does not include Two-Player Starter Game exclusive cards." and "NOTE: Does not include Two-Player Starter Game exclusive uncommons. Black Bordered." I read the descriptions for the Two-Player Starter Game products but they make no mention of exclusive cards. All of this can be seen at the URL below.
I searched the Rumor Mill here but could not find anything related to Two-Player Starter Game exclusive cards. If it does exist I apologize but I could not easily find it. Does anyone know what these Two-Player Starter Game exclusive cards are? I'll grab some mayo if they just turn out to be foil lands.
Worse than foil lands. They're things along the lines of Coral Eel and Eager Cadet - too boring to be in the real base set, but simple enough that they're needed for the starter game.
Here are the cards that were in the 9E starter game only:
Card shops don't really have any inside info...evident from when SCG put up all the 10th cards, but didn't have Fog Elemental up. (or all the correct rarities)
This goes against what has been previously said in the Inquest interview, and the product description of the 2 player starter sounds like it is just 2 boosters...so who knows really.
could be why they're not doing them again.
"Buy the starter box and get some exclusive cards! Just to confuse you even more, although they have the same border and expansion symbol as all the other Ninth Edition product, they're not legal in all formats as if they were in Ninth!"
Not like they were worth anything (or any good), and I won't be sad to see them leave.
Now if they were Standard legal and... you know, GOOD or something (like a paladin or a new way to fly (not really new, just sounded catchy), then maybe I'd care a little more).
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It is good to note that these cards are not standard legal. (The ones in the 9th S series)
They are legal.... They just are so bad nobody would want to play with them anyways.
I could see those specific cards being a special starter-game only s-series thing. They like to show the ways that colors dislike eachother, as well as basic abilities like Levitation. Those cards fit that criteria.
so inquest has said that they got rid of the old starter staples like giant octopus and his lame friends so perhaps the exclusive cards could be decent. I mean with what wizards is doing who knows
That's just the product listing if you want to buy the complete set of 10th edition. Most likely they didn't get the memo that there isn't going to be "starter" cards. The descriptions they have for the actual starter games on that site say nothing about "starter" cards.
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if there is exclusive cards, that'd explain a lot... but then that still begs the question of why THOSE cards are in the starter sets...
EDIT: btw, the S-series were indeed standard legal. I just looked it up on gatherer... figured I'd better check since I remember someone trying to play a vizzerdrix against me in T2 once...
We don't need exclusive cards. If they were good it would not tempt me to buy the stater pack. It would tempt me to go on Ebay and get the older versions of those good cards.
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Exclusive cards! Exclusive cards! Call me a noob but I always smile when I find that rare vizzerdrix in my starter. I remember my first starter. I got 2 trained orggs and 2 vizzerdixes. That adds to 5 rare cards. That's what I love about the starter. Plus the rare foil is always a good initiative to buy. If we look at the past guaranteed rare foils, the starter hasn't been all that bad... thorn elemental, elvish champion, serra angel... all usable cards.
"NOTE: Does not include Two-Player Starter Game exclusive cards." and "NOTE: Does not include Two-Player Starter Game exclusive uncommons. Black Bordered." I read the descriptions for the Two-Player Starter Game products but they make no mention of exclusive cards. All of this can be seen at the URL below.
http://www.coolstuffinc.com/main_displaySet.php?sectionSet=Magic%20the%20Gathering&setName=Tenth
I searched the Rumor Mill here but could not find anything related to Two-Player Starter Game exclusive cards. If it does exist I apologize but I could not easily find it. Does anyone know what these Two-Player Starter Game exclusive cards are? I'll grab some mayo if they just turn out to be foil lands.
Here are the cards that were in the 9E starter game only:
woo-hoo
This goes against what has been previously said in the Inquest interview, and the product description of the 2 player starter sounds like it is just 2 boosters...so who knows really.
That said, Southern Paladin, Levitation, and Fishliver Oil are hardly the line of cards they put in the 'starter' kit.
It is good to note that these cards are not standard legal. (The ones in the 9th S series)
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"Buy the starter box and get some exclusive cards! Just to confuse you even more, although they have the same border and expansion symbol as all the other Ninth Edition product, they're not legal in all formats as if they were in Ninth!"
Not like they were worth anything (or any good), and I won't be sad to see them leave.
Now if they were Standard legal and... you know, GOOD or something (like a paladin or a new way to fly (not really new, just sounded catchy), then maybe I'd care a little more).
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They are legal.... They just are so bad nobody would want to play with them anyways.
I could see those specific cards being a special starter-game only s-series thing. They like to show the ways that colors dislike eachother, as well as basic abilities like Levitation. Those cards fit that criteria.
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=10978772#post10978772
EDIT: btw, the S-series were indeed standard legal. I just looked it up on gatherer... figured I'd better check since I remember someone trying to play a vizzerdrix against me in T2 once...
My bad.
The autocard is wrong. :/
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20 Basic Lands(10x 10th edition basic lands and 10 Lorwyn Basic Lands!
1 Chart with rules
Thats it!! So there is not special cards in the two player game other that those 10 lorwyn basic lands!
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How is that playable for two? You'd be hard pressed to make even one 40-card deck with that.
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