Maros explanation for why they shifted to black border and the acorn stamp sounds like very convoluted way to say "corporate needed these sets to make more money, so this is how we did it." To me this means that these sets will have less wacky designs (what Un-Sets were once known for) and a lot more cards that are just "merely funny" based on art and concept alone.
I don't like how much all the different Secret Lairs, Universes Beyond, and now black-bordered Un-Sets are starting to detract from Magic's core aesthetic. I guess I'm the minority here and most players just don't care, but to me it kind of feels like pumping SpongeBob Squarepants skins into a Lord of the Rings game.
The article does say the black borders were slapped on after the set was more or less done, but you do you I guess.
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Expecting reading comprehension? From Magic players? It's 2021, we should have abandoned that long ago.
Maros explanation for why they shifted to black border and the acorn stamp sounds like very convoluted way to say "corporate needed these sets to make more money, so this is how we did it." To me this means that these sets will have less wacky designs (what Un-Sets were once known for) and a lot more cards that are just "merely funny" based on art and concept alone.
I don't like how much all the different Secret Lairs, Universes Beyond, and now black-bordered Un-Sets are starting to detract from Magic's core aesthetic. I guess I'm the minority here and most players just don't care, but to me it kind of feels like pumping SpongeBob Squarepants skins into a Lord of the Rings game.
The article does say the black borders were slapped on after the set was more or less done, but you do you I guess.
Fact of the matter is, Un-sets are enjoyed only for the land slot. They're a waste of cardboard to an overwhelming majority of players, who wouldn't mind ripping them up for fun. Magic players treat wasps with a higher regard than silver border. I enjoy the gameplay, sure, but I can never truly enjoy playing them knowing the utter disdain the general playerbase has over cards that aren't "real Magic." Adding black border to things like Target Minotaur would up their playability and maybe their value in the eyes of many players. That's not even getting into how much of silver border goes directly into the trash, making this shift of the most environmentally-friendly changes they've made in years.
Today Mark talks about how Unfinity came about... and why it's a black-border set. He also reveals that this set has an all-foil Collector Booster, for the five of you who want to make a foil cube out of this set.
First off, the acorn cards, named after their security stamp. Any card with this stamp is not legal in any format outside of Unfinity draft and other "silver-border" formats.
Here are a bunch of "normal" cards, and the set's frame treatment.
And now, the part you've all been waiting for, the lands. The basics come in two varieties: planetary (on the surface of the planet) and orbital basics. The planetary lands show up in seven out of every ten draft boosters, while the orbital lands show up in one out of every four draft boosters. For example, if you have 20 draft boosters, you'd have 14 planetary lands, and 5 orbital lands.
The shocklands appear in one out of 24 draft boosters, and are also box toppers.
Unfinity releases April 1, 2022. Participants in Release events get this promo, the one nonland reprint of the set.
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Spoiler EditorFact of the matter is, Un-sets are enjoyed only for the land slot. They're a waste of cardboard to an overwhelming majority of players, who wouldn't mind ripping them up for fun. Magic players treat wasps with a higher regard than silver border. I enjoy the gameplay, sure, but I can never truly enjoy playing them knowing the utter disdain the general playerbase has over cards that aren't "real Magic." Adding black border to things like Target Minotaur would up their playability and maybe their value in the eyes of many players. That's not even getting into how much of silver border goes directly into the trash, making this shift of the most environmentally-friendly changes they've made in years.
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Spoiler EditorFirst off, the acorn cards, named after their security stamp. Any card with this stamp is not legal in any format outside of Unfinity draft and other "silver-border" formats.
Here are a bunch of "normal" cards, and the set's frame treatment.
And now, the part you've all been waiting for, the lands. The basics come in two varieties: planetary (on the surface of the planet) and orbital basics. The planetary lands show up in seven out of every ten draft boosters, while the orbital lands show up in one out of every four draft boosters. For example, if you have 20 draft boosters, you'd have 14 planetary lands, and 5 orbital lands.
The shocklands appear in one out of 24 draft boosters, and are also box toppers.
Unfinity releases April 1, 2022. Participants in Release events get this promo, the one nonland reprint of the set.
EDIT: Water Gun Balloon Game is another victim of the wrong card image and is getting an acorn holofoil.
EDIT 2: And image has been fixed.