MTG Salvation

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Hey it's Shahrazad's long lost cousin.


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Personally, what I think we ultimately need is some sort of "extended+" rotating format that holds a full 10 years worth of cards.

The creation of modern 10 years into MTG, followed by Pioneer 10 years later, kind of shows that we run into accessibility issues (at least with Wizards' current business model) at about the 10 year mark. Giving cards a 10 year shelf-life wouldn't make cards a horrible investment for players who actively play, would give investors a decent window to speculate on cards, and gives Wizards more time to print out reprints (such as shock-lands or premium kill spells) if they want to keep cards in the format.

While Modern plays an admirable role as "eternal format without reserved list", pioneer can't be expected to act as the "huge but accessible format where newly rotated cards can still be played" in the long term unless all unbalanced cards that slip past Play Design eventually trickle out to keep people brewing.

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[quote from="Shadow345 »" url="/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/814748-the-pioneer-format?comment=55"]Why Wizards of the Coast doesn't feel the need to officially discontinue Modern in favor of Pioneer is anyone's guess.

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I want to like the idea of this new format, but I think it is going to have to much of a modern feel to it (fast) with empty holes. I personally would have been excited to play a new format if they would have started the card pool from Kaladesh onward. I see Kaladesh as the beginning of a new era in magic. I think there could have been a lot of good to come out of a potentially slower clock and maybe a turn 5 format. Now, I could just be biased since I am vested in modern so much. I hope this new format helps LGS's and doesn't hurt them more than WTC already has in the last year or so.

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I would like it as a new extended. Modern is now a "new legacy" but every legal card can be reprinted. This is just a Modern without lots of cards that defined it, it is like a "hey lets do a modern format without the "good cards" from modern"... It is not that it is bad but id hope that the format had more changes than just be a new modern. How about rotation- like a big extended (lots of years), it would be nice to have a 8 years worth of cards format that rotated, this way wizards would always have a "flesh" format to show off as a new modern. Non rotation will only make new staples be discovered and soon after 3-4 years the format be almost like modern is today.

If it was new Legacy without reserve list, it would go back to Masques. I do agree this is trying to kill reserve list cards for good. They don't like Legacy. If Legacy goes, I go. I've been playing this game too long to watch them abandon the past.

This is a cash grab format. It allows them to have a modern that they don't have to worry about reprints tanking value. If you notice, the kick off point is the first set that started the era of huge print runs. Now they can reprint like crazy and keep the modern "money" stuff for Masters sets and charge $15 a pack for it. No more fetch lands in $3 packs. They won't worry about needing to reprint anything in standard that will piss off Modern players. They can just crank the stuff out. They will generate the big bucks from stupid stuff like Collectors Packs with 42 different borders and styles instead of anything of actual value from a play standpoint.

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What a silly thing. They just arbitrarily picked a starting point instead of applying an ounce of logic for the format.

Any set you choose to be the start date is entirely arbitrary.

Only if you consider the starting point of Modern to be entirely arbitrary as well.

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Am I the only one who's a little sad that the type-line on The First Sliver isn't "Elder Sliver"?

I'm glad to see the slivers have returned to their Rathi roots, aesthetically speaking.

I can't imagine what this will cost in a foil.

It's not like Slivers have been around forever on Dominaria. They're certainly much younger as a species than dragons on Dominaria or dinosaurs on Ixalan.

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Ranger of Eos was a pet card of mine and this card has a lot to love as a callback. With his promotion, he became cheaper and gained a toughness. While he doesn't search for two things, he still searches for one thing while having a secondary ability. I love his art too, he gets a lion for his mount since it's Bant, there's still a tower in the background, and his faithful falcon is on his shoulder. Just love his design and art direction.

You'll like this, then. Ryan Pancoast tweeted a high resolution version of the art, and it's absolutely fantastic.

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Ranger of Eos was a pet card of mine and this card has a lot to love as a callback. With his promotion, he became cheaper and gained a toughness. While he doesn't search for two things, he still searches for one thing while having a secondary ability. I love his art too, he gets a lion for his mount since it's Bant, there's still a tower in the background, and his faithful falcon is on his shoulder. Just love his design and art direction.