MTG Salvation

Okay, well thanks for the information, but I'm not saying they should do away with it altogether, just take off a few cards that are truly necessary to Legacy, and are currently way too expensive for the average player. Also, they have removed cards from the reserved list in past, so I am a bit confused there, is the legal issue actually removing them, or the change in card value, because it seems that if the issue was with removing items from the reserved list that they would have had issues in the past.

I was talking to a friend about the cost of Legacy, and various budget options available to players that can't afford a full Legacy deck. There were the obvious things that came up like replacing duals with shocks and so on, but we ended up talking about the reserved list, and how necessary it was. For me, as a player who mostly just proxies legacy decks and plays with people in casual games, I love the idea of reprinting various cards on the reserved list, specifically the ABU duals. I do realize that the reserved list exists, but there is some reason to believe that this could actually happen. First of all, WotC has gone on record saying that they wouldn't reprint Mana Drain, although it isn't on the reserved list, and we now know that it is getting reprinted in Iconic Masters. This feels like it could have been a test to see how it would effect the price of a card that they said they would never reprint, and it actually did not make a huge difference in the price of the card. Second of all, WotC is now actually supporting the legacy format with grand prixs and such, and having legacy being more accessible to people would only benefit them in that regard. Third, while the price would see a much more significant change than mana drain, the reprinted cards would probably stabalize again as the demand for them would increase due to the newfound accessibility of legacy, as long as WotC dosen't totally overprint he reprints. Another interesting factor here is that it doesn't seem like the revised edition duals would see a super significant price drop, and it would actually be the alpha/beta duals that would see a more significant price drop because the main reason people buy those is to have access to black bordered duals, and the new reprints would be black bordered. Fourth, for the average legacy player, it seems like even if you already play legacy, this would only be a good thing because it would allow for a more diverse group of people to play with, especially at a less competitive level. I could see players getting mad if they say had just purchased a play set of underground seas, but it seems like it would help more people than it hurt. For the most part, this really seems like it would really make collectors mad, but for the average player, it would be great. Fifth, WotC would make an absolute ton of money. Since WotC no longer makes money off of the original duals, reprinting them would be a surefire way to sell an absolute ton of product. This is definitely just speculation, but I just wanted to see what other people thought about the idea of reprinting some reserved list cards like the ABU duals.