I hope there's a reprint of 2 of every scheme so that people can build their own scheme deck, or at the very least 1 of every scheme and change the rule that scheme decks are limited to 10 and 1 of any given scheme in the deck.
Interesting. I wish they could have used a better Chandra for this, though.
Hey, Pyromaster is, like, the third best one. It's not like they stuck Ablaze in there.
Value aside, I kind of wish this *did* use Chandra Ablaze-
then Gideon and Nissa could protect her glass cannon ass
from Bolas until she's ready to blow him away with her ultimate.
That could be more interesting than the more straigforward 3v1 gameplay this is likely to encourage.
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
Hey I get the color scheming of it! Nicol Bolas is UBR and the planeswalkers hes facing, together, are WRG. Which is basically a callback to Nicol Bolas Vs Ajani. As Ajani is from Naya which is/was WRG and that was also the color identity that Ajani gained.
Huh, that's a VERY solid planeswalker line-up, I'm rather impressed. I'm thinking of actually getting this if I see it for a good price, that box looks pretty neat.
I'm SO SICK of the "too strong for Standard" argument. It's the new "Dies to removal". We can have a two mana 4/4 with a zillion abilities, but we can't just have Accumulated Knowledge. Makes sense.
Those deck boxes actually look legit enough to hold sleeved cards. Which would be amazing! This looks like a very board game like thing to put on the shelf and pull out every now and then
Those deck boxes actually look legit enough to hold sleeved cards.
That seems very likely, seeing as they are doing the same thing with planeswalker decks and recently duel decks.
Personally, I don't like it at all since I prefer to play my cards without annoying plastic around them whenever possible, but apparently I'm in the minority there. Though, I always thought people who care about that sort of thing would never use these paper deck boxes anyway
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Excited to see the reprints. So this will retail for $50? Is it going to be one of those super limited print run cardshop-exclusive things like Commander's Arsenal or will you be able to pick it up at, say, Walmart? I'd really like to get this set if I could pick it up for a reasonable price. Don't wanna pay like $200 for it on the secondary market.
Excited to see the reprints. So this will retail for $50? Is it going to be one of those super limited print run cardshop-exclusive things like Commander's Arsenal or will you be able to pick it up at, say, Walmart? I'd really like to get this set if I could pick it up for a reasonable price. Don't wanna pay like $200 for it on the secondary market.
Given that it appears to be in a box set like format unlike the old archenemy decks, and according to the wizards site the msrp is going to be $59.99, I have a feeling it may be a card shop only item. How limited it will be, I have no idea though. I doubt it will be as limited as commander arsenal, that was something super special. This is more like archenemy v 2.0. Just in a complete box set versus the old individual deck setup. I imagine it will be somewhat limited though simply for the included commander arsenal looking ratcheting life counter. Whether it will be enough to drive the price up beyond $59.99 its hard to say. A lot depends on the cards in the box set, though at $59.99 I think the price will be low enough to entice buyers, and people who were looking for the commander arsenal life counter anyway will likely use the opportunity to get one on the comparably cheap given everything else it comes with. If the decks turn out to have some decent stuff in them beyond the planeswalkers that could also influence how hard they may be to come by and how quickly they may sell, etc etc. Comes out next month though. I know I'll be picking up a set, just because I have the old archenemy stuff, so figure I may as well get this one too, plus it just looks like a good solid box set for the price anyway. Hopefully its not too limited so people who want it can get it, but I still suspect it will be a shop only item, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Set Name: Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGARCHENEMY
Languages Available: English
MSRP: $59.99 *Applies to U.S. Only
Reprinted Planeswalkers will be:
The life counter looks similar to the Commander's Arsenal one.
Hey, Pyromaster is, like, the third best one. It's not like they stuck Ablaze in there.
I'd even say second best, and probably the only "good" one that is old enough to reprint in a set like this.
Value aside, I kind of wish this *did* use Chandra Ablaze-
then Gideon and Nissa could protect her glass cannon ass
from Bolas until she's ready to blow him away with her ultimate.
That could be more interesting than the more straigforward 3v1 gameplay this is likely to encourage.
But hey, at least they all got new art!
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
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WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
Also, it seems the scheme cards have been redesigned to be Bolas-y.
But okay. This is the most anticipated product for me this year. More to the old adage of a game in a box.
Selling some cards I don't want.
Generally less than tcg mid.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance ain't happening for this (pretty obvious this is the best one.)
But as for this.
Neat plains Walker reprints.
If the bolas reprint art is amazing (not the same as before) I might consider getting a single from that
Or if the rest of the reprints are great in this product I might get it so I have something for a commander variation.
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That seems very likely, seeing as they are doing the same thing with planeswalker decks and recently duel decks.
Personally, I don't like it at all since I prefer to play my cards without annoying plastic around them whenever possible, but apparently I'm in the minority there. Though, I always thought people who care about that sort of thing would never use these paper deck boxes anyway
-Plateau, troll philosopher
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
If nicol bolas art looks amazing that's going to be my bolas art card.
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Given that it appears to be in a box set like format unlike the old archenemy decks, and according to the wizards site the msrp is going to be $59.99, I have a feeling it may be a card shop only item. How limited it will be, I have no idea though. I doubt it will be as limited as commander arsenal, that was something super special. This is more like archenemy v 2.0. Just in a complete box set versus the old individual deck setup. I imagine it will be somewhat limited though simply for the included commander arsenal looking ratcheting life counter. Whether it will be enough to drive the price up beyond $59.99 its hard to say. A lot depends on the cards in the box set, though at $59.99 I think the price will be low enough to entice buyers, and people who were looking for the commander arsenal life counter anyway will likely use the opportunity to get one on the comparably cheap given everything else it comes with. If the decks turn out to have some decent stuff in them beyond the planeswalkers that could also influence how hard they may be to come by and how quickly they may sell, etc etc. Comes out next month though. I know I'll be picking up a set, just because I have the old archenemy stuff, so figure I may as well get this one too, plus it just looks like a good solid box set for the price anyway. Hopefully its not too limited so people who want it can get it, but I still suspect it will be a shop only item, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Jokes aside, I do like the walkers they picked for this. Combined these walkers already give the product $31 out of its $50/60 price point.
-Chandra Nalaar
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
none
Modern
UBG B/U/G control
BBB MBC
WUR Control
WWW Prison
RRR Goblins
Legacy
BBB Pox
UBG B/U/G Control
UWU StoneBlade
UW Miracle Control
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Wizards link: http://magic.wizards.com/en/products/archenemy-nicol-bolas
Set Name: Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGARCHENEMY
Languages Available: English
MSRP: $59.99 *Applies to U.S. Only