That art is ok but it's still ridiculous to say it's better than the original which is hands down one of the best masterpieces in MTG history.
are you thinking of the right card?
elvish visionary's art is good... but i don't know if its that good. i don't mind the new art if they use the mtgo promo art for it, and i really don't think its that bad of a choice for fnm either. it sees play sometimes, maybe not a lot, but enough.
you know, i wasn't going to say anything but people started to bash the guy that didn't want to go to events to get the promo planes, and doesn't want to see support for archenemy go that route either. i frequent a number of shops on a weekly basis, and i have to say the majority of the time i see a plane handed out the people getting them just tell the TO to keep it, or they shove it in a binder until they meet someone that plays planechase and then trade it to them.
the fact of the matter is that while these promos are meant to get people away from the kitchen table and into a store, it just doesn't work. planechase is a very casual friendly format, these are the types of players that would rather play with friends for fun than go to a competitive tournament. hence why the promos are given out at tournaments in an attempt to get them to go however; it doesn't work. the majority of them either play without all the planes and gripe about it, or just ebay them. the competitive environment isn't their style of play and they don't enjoy it, so why give out a promo thats meant for casuals at a competitive level that they're still not going to go to.
as someone who enjoys planechase, casual, and organized play, even i find it annoying to go to a shop for the week hoping to get the new plane or whatever only to find out that they didn't get any in their kit, or to not place high enough to win one and watch it get shoved into a binder and laughed about, or that they can't be purchased because they're meant as prize support. then i have to ebay the new one anyway.
i don't want to see archenemy go this route, and i don't think planechase should be continuing on this route either. its not enough incentive to get the casual players into a competitive setting because they just don't like that style of play.
it would make more sense if they did something like say, at the end of each block release 1-2 planechase/archenemy decks. 10 or so planes/schemes exclusive to locations/whatever within that block. 1-2 preview planes/schemes from the next block, and 60 card decks made up entirely of cards from the block that was just completed. it makes it easier to get the planes into the hands of the people who really want them, and it generates revenue.
the system of handing them out as promos doesn't work to get casuals into a store and it reinforces the idea that wizards made this format and doesn't really care about it.
i too would rather see them abolish the reserve list than make an over-extended format. all it'll do is drive up the price of cards that are used in multiple formats further, and then there'll be more complaining about prices, not less. i mean, while they can reprint staples sure, its not like they're just going to make a set called LOLSTAPLES and saturate the market with them. it'll still take time, and in that time demand and prices will go way up, killing potential support for the format anyway.
i'd much rather see them sanction some kind of multiplayer format, edh, planechase, anything else really. theres so many variants that should be explored before this sort of thing is developed. the objective should be getting the kitchen table player to show up at events, rather than giving people that already go to them another option.
homelands without a doubt.
it had some of the best flavor ever, but some of the worst cards. ever.
even at the time it added little to nothing to what was standard, and for casual its even worse. it was mass produced and came in 8 card boosters so everyone had a crap ton of everything and no use for any of it.
This is how self-declared free thinkers get treated on Salvation? Unbelievable. And yet when Pat Chapin says Cancel is good, it's "Yes sir, yes sir, Cancel was always good!" Big Brother is alive and well and moderating this forum.
i think the real difference comes down to results. if someone like chapin says cancel is good, and then proves it, people will believe it. if random guy on the internet says bad card is good, and can't even prove it with data from a major event... well, that doesn't do much.
personally i don't think omnath will see more play at all. theres easier ways to get eldrazi into play, if they end up played at all.
back in middle school when i would buy a box knowing that my dad would freak out if he saw the packs. i'd crack it at the shop, store the cards in a box i already used and used often, and then just brought home the empty booster box if i wanted it for storage, saying that it was being thrown out. problem solved.
some of the other posters in this thread sound overly judgmental and make a lot of assumptions about your life, but overall most their points are valid
i'm not a fan of the here i rule slogan either.
as far as actual card names go, i'm not bothered by any of them and i think this is yet another example of magic players finding things to ***** about simply for the sake of *****ing.
feels like these have way too many cards from m10 and not enough from roe. especially if half of them could end up not being reprinted in m11. still not impressed with precons.
i think theres a comfortable amount of them. they need to be fleshed out more though. its easy to think theres too many when they pop up in every block, and so much of the storyline seemingly revolves around them. the problem is though that nothing is being told. its so bland. all they do is hop from plane to plane and do... nothing. i mean i've never seen so much storyline dedicated to something that has zero impact on the storyline. they're all so static. i understand introducing them to build the story on them, but there comes a time where you actually have to start building that story rather than just making them all chase each other for no apparent reason.
In EDH You Have A Choice Of Putting General(Commander) In Grave Or Command Zone ...:p
sure but he's red. which means if he's your general you're playing mono-red... which means if you elect to put him in the graveyard, he's probably staying there as red doesn't have much, if anything, in the way of reanimation/return to hand effects and a 5/5 token isn't a serious threat in edh.
came back around shards though because i was bored, and liked the flavor behind it.
are you thinking of the right card?
elvish visionary's art is good... but i don't know if its that good. i don't mind the new art if they use the mtgo promo art for it, and i really don't think its that bad of a choice for fnm either. it sees play sometimes, maybe not a lot, but enough.
the fact of the matter is that while these promos are meant to get people away from the kitchen table and into a store, it just doesn't work. planechase is a very casual friendly format, these are the types of players that would rather play with friends for fun than go to a competitive tournament. hence why the promos are given out at tournaments in an attempt to get them to go however; it doesn't work. the majority of them either play without all the planes and gripe about it, or just ebay them. the competitive environment isn't their style of play and they don't enjoy it, so why give out a promo thats meant for casuals at a competitive level that they're still not going to go to.
as someone who enjoys planechase, casual, and organized play, even i find it annoying to go to a shop for the week hoping to get the new plane or whatever only to find out that they didn't get any in their kit, or to not place high enough to win one and watch it get shoved into a binder and laughed about, or that they can't be purchased because they're meant as prize support. then i have to ebay the new one anyway.
i don't want to see archenemy go this route, and i don't think planechase should be continuing on this route either. its not enough incentive to get the casual players into a competitive setting because they just don't like that style of play.
it would make more sense if they did something like say, at the end of each block release 1-2 planechase/archenemy decks. 10 or so planes/schemes exclusive to locations/whatever within that block. 1-2 preview planes/schemes from the next block, and 60 card decks made up entirely of cards from the block that was just completed. it makes it easier to get the planes into the hands of the people who really want them, and it generates revenue.
the system of handing them out as promos doesn't work to get casuals into a store and it reinforces the idea that wizards made this format and doesn't really care about it.
i'd much rather see them sanction some kind of multiplayer format, edh, planechase, anything else really. theres so many variants that should be explored before this sort of thing is developed. the objective should be getting the kitchen table player to show up at events, rather than giving people that already go to them another option.
it had some of the best flavor ever, but some of the worst cards. ever.
even at the time it added little to nothing to what was standard, and for casual its even worse. it was mass produced and came in 8 card boosters so everyone had a crap ton of everything and no use for any of it.
i think the real difference comes down to results. if someone like chapin says cancel is good, and then proves it, people will believe it. if random guy on the internet says bad card is good, and can't even prove it with data from a major event... well, that doesn't do much.
personally i don't think omnath will see more play at all. theres easier ways to get eldrazi into play, if they end up played at all.
some of the other posters in this thread sound overly judgmental and make a lot of assumptions about your life, but overall most their points are valid
as far as actual card names go, i'm not bothered by any of them and i think this is yet another example of magic players finding things to ***** about simply for the sake of *****ing.
the green dude... i'd like him more if it wasn't forcing me to over commit in most situations.
sure but he's red. which means if he's your general you're playing mono-red... which means if you elect to put him in the graveyard, he's probably staying there as red doesn't have much, if anything, in the way of reanimation/return to hand effects and a 5/5 token isn't a serious threat in edh.
i foil my edh generals and thats it.