Comes online faster than Chandra, Torch of Defiance as well. As we are talking a -7 ult versus a -6 ult, both costing 4 mana, both with 4 loyalty. Only way Torch comes online sooner is with Acolyte.
Shimmering Lotus 4
Artifact R
{T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color. Each petal a mirror
Good thing paradox engine was banned. Could you imagine just staring across the table at a person with this, an engine, and a Jodah, Archmage Eternal? Once they have the two missing colors sorted after like one or two casts tops, that would result in them being able to cast anything for basically free. Unlike Omniscience, this artifact is not only innately cheaper by always costing 1 less than even the Jodah discount, but it also would have helped contribute to furthering your game winning plan before you could have gone off.
Cavernous Lair
Land C
T: Add 1 to your mana pool
T: Add X to your mana pool, where X is the number of times you’ve cast your commander from the command zone. Spend this mana only to cast your commander.
This new land is basically a more limited version of myth unbound for any non-green deck when it comes to casting your commander more often. The benefit however is its a land instead of an enchantment. Less people pack land hate than they do enchantment hate.
With green its a bit more silly, not infinite, unless we are talking needing five to seven pieces.
Thalia in regular print costs about $7, so you are getting at least $28 value for a $30 product with a full playset. If this was Marche's offering alone, that would be dandy.
I only got really one gripe with it, and that is the window of purchase of a slim 24 hours.
You know, at a certain point people have to accept the reality that they may not have the means to pierce that barrier. Wanting a thing, or desiring entry into a particular hobby, doesn’t entitle you to it by mere virtue of said want. I want a complete Tau army, assembled and professionally painted, but I don’t have $4k to burn at the moment.
Is it bold to want all players to have access to the same content for an affordable price?
Honestly, yes. Magic is a luxury, but that really shouldn’t come as a surprise at this point. I don’t like paying $30 for a single mythic, much less a whole play set just to participate in standard, so I don’t. I find that to be a much more practical - and less stressful - solution than expecting WotC to change practices that have been going on for 25+ years. I hate to be glib, but maybe the solution for you is to find another hobby.
All games are luxuries. But its up to the makers on how they wish to a price game and keep up its avability. As long as things like Mystery Boosters and Jump Start drive down prices and are affordable to the average consumer, the game is in good shape. The only ones who disagree are those wish to flip products. If they reprinted my reserved list cards, I couldn't be happier, as that means new people can enjoy the same content as I have.
You know, at a certain point people have to accept the reality that they may not have the means to pierce that barrier. Wanting a thing, or desiring entry into a particular hobby, doesn’t entitle you to it by mere virtue of said want. I want a complete Tau army, assembled and professionally painted, but I don’t have $4k to burn at the moment.
Is it bold to want all players to have access to the same content for an affordable price?
Lets address these point by point.
1: if WOTC is in the singles market, they’re doing it in the most round about, inefficient way possible. Another thing, WOTC has been selling singles for years, with things like duel decks and From the Vault, etc.
If they are in the singles market they better start printing 25 years worth of product much more aggressively.
2: WOTC is not beholden to anyone to keep their product lines limited just so you can afford every single one. I have many hobbies that have lots of offerings I cannot afford. I just simply buy the things I like most. If you, or anyone, feels need to have to own every single product, you all have issues and need professional help. People who feel “burned” by WOTC need to assess their priorities. No one is entitled to everything they want.
3: Cannot argue for the most part however, companies often create boutique products for their higher end clientele. But hey, NOT ALL PRODUCTS ARE FOR ALL PLAYERS!
Just buy the cards you think you’ll use or can afford.
Most people don’t get to drive the car they want, or live in the house they want, or own every Magic card in existence.
All the complaints are first world problems, not feeling any empathy.
So I'm insane or need professional help if I want to keep pace with the game?
That depends entirely upon how you define “keep[ing] pace with the game.” Compulsion is a legitimate mental issue, so if you define that phrase to mean “own every single product Wizards puts out, regardless of format relevance,” and you otherwise lack the means to do so, then the answer might surprisingly be yes. If you define it otherwise, however, you’ve pretty much defeated your own point: it’s both perfectly sane and reasonable to spend money on the individual products you desire most.
The so-called “defenders” that you’re parodying, by the way - people like myself - few of us, through the discourse I’ve witnessed here, are WotC apologists. We’ve merely pointed out time again that your “detractors” are arguing mostly out of principal, as I’ve yet to see a single one of them actually claim a desire to own one or more SL drops; people have come here, by and large, to say “no thanks, I pass” and move on. Market saturation and wallet fatigue are not the same thing, so please let us know when you actually do own everything and we can go from there.
Getting at least one of each card for each printing. Might sound insane to you, but even things like Guru basics or APAC basics or the power 9 used to be far cheaper than they are today.
Hey, I’m not here to pass judgment on actual collectors. But as someone already pointed out, if your expectation going into that practice is a low barrier to entry or even modest prices, you really may want to adjust your perspective. Whatever the prices used to be, collecting has always been an exorbitant venture.
A low barrier simply means more people can enjoy the same content. A higher barrier only creates exclusivity. Chronicles is what most sets should strive to be.
Wizards: [Releases a new monthly series of limited-time offer products as a drop] Detractors: "Wizards are you selling singles now?" Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Wizards: [Keeps releasing more products and product lines at an accelerated rate] Detractors: "Wizards slow down, I'm getting burned out by this, I only got so much income." Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Wizards: [Wizards raising the prices] Detractors: "That is really greed of you wizards, can you tone down the greed?" Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Lets address these point by point.
1: if WOTC is in the singles market, they’re doing it in the most round about, inefficient way possible. Another thing, WOTC has been selling singles for years, with things like duel decks and From the Vault, etc.
If they are in the singles market they better start printing 25 years worth of product much more aggressively.
2: WOTC is not beholden to anyone to keep their product lines limited just so you can afford every single one. I have many hobbies that have lots of offerings I cannot afford. I just simply buy the things I like most. If you, or anyone, feels need to have to own every single product, you all have issues and need professional help. People who feel “burned” by WOTC need to assess their priorities. No one is entitled to everything they want.
3: Cannot argue for the most part however, companies often create boutique products for their higher end clientele. But hey, NOT ALL PRODUCTS ARE FOR ALL PLAYERS!
Just buy the cards you think you’ll use or can afford.
Most people don’t get to drive the car they want, or live in the house they want, or own every Magic card in existence.
All the complaints are first world problems, not feeling any empathy.
So I'm insane or need professional help if I want to keep pace with the game?
That depends entirely upon how you define “keep[ing] pace with the game.” Compulsion is a legitimate mental issue, so if you define that phrase to mean “own every single product Wizards puts out, regardless of format relevance,” and you otherwise lack the means to do so, then the answer might surprisingly be yes. If you define it otherwise, however, you’ve pretty much defeated your own point: it’s both perfectly sane and reasonable to spend money on the individual products you desire most.
The so-called “defenders” that you’re parodying, by the way - people like myself - few of us, through the discourse I’ve witnessed here, are WotC apologists. We’ve merely pointed out time again that your “detractors” are arguing mostly out of principal, as I’ve yet to see a single one of them actually claim a desire to own one or more SL drops; people have come here, by and large, to say “no thanks, I pass” and move on. Market saturation and wallet fatigue are not the same thing, so please let us know when you actually do own everything and we can go from there.
Getting at least one of each card for each printing. Might sound insane to you, but even things like Guru basics or APAC basics or the power 9 used to be far cheaper than they are today.
Wizards: [Releases a new monthly series of limited-time offer products as a drop] Detractors: "Wizards are you selling singles now?" Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Wizards: [Keeps releasing more products and product lines at an accelerated rate] Detractors: "Wizards slow down, I'm getting burned out by this, I only got so much income." Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Wizards: [Wizards raising the prices] Detractors: "That is really greed of you wizards, can you tone down the greed?" Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Lets address these point by point.
1: if WOTC is in the singles market, they’re doing it in the most round about, inefficient way possible. Another thing, WOTC has been selling singles for years, with things like duel decks and From the Vault, etc.
If they are in the singles market they better start printing 25 years worth of product much more aggressively.
2: WOTC is not beholden to anyone to keep their product lines limited just so you can afford every single one. I have many hobbies that have lots of offerings I cannot afford. I just simply buy the things I like most. If you, or anyone, feels need to have to own every single product, you all have issues and need professional help. People who feel “burned” by WOTC need to assess their priorities. No one is entitled to everything they want.
3: Cannot argue for the most part however, companies often create boutique products for their higher end clientele. But hey, NOT ALL PRODUCTS ARE FOR ALL PLAYERS!
Just buy the cards you think you’ll use or can afford.
Most people don’t get to drive the car they want, or live in the house they want, or own every Magic card in existence.
All the complaints are first world problems, not feeling any empathy.
So I'm insane or need professional help if I want to keep pace with the game?
Wizards: [Releases a new monthly series of limited-time offer products as a drop] Detractors: "Wizards are you selling singles now?" Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Wizards: [Keeps releasing more products and product lines at an accelerated rate] Detractors: "Wizards slow down, I'm getting burned out by this, I only got so much income." Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Wizards: [Wizards raising the prices] Detractors: "That is really greed of you wizards, can you tone down the greed?" Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Can't wait to see the more wacky stuff battlebond has in store. As while these lands are very nice, I want to see those cards. Even if its just one card that really makes multiplayer even sillier than it is now and possibly breaks its.
Hopefully the cards are good in this set. One of the reasons people wanted the core sets back is to act as a net to catch staple cards that were commons and uncommons.
Feels like tiny leaders, and tiny leaders felt constrained despite having a much bigger list of cards.
Difference is, Tiny Leaders did not have WotC's official seal of approval. WotC will keep tweaking their releases to cater to Brawl, in a way that they simply would not do with Tiny Leaders (since it was unsanctioned).
That would be quite the set overhaul to alleviate some problems. Such as the limited card selection for deck building.
Comes online faster than Chandra, Torch of Defiance as well. As we are talking a -7 ult versus a -6 ult, both costing 4 mana, both with 4 loyalty. Only way Torch comes online sooner is with Acolyte.
Cavernous Lair + Thespian's Stage
Cavernous Lair + Mirage Mirror
Myth Unbound
Crop Rotation
Scapeshift
Hour of Promise
Expedition Map
Seedborn Muse
Awakening
Winding Canyon
Leyline of Anticipation
Vedalken Orrery
Phyrexian Altar
Ashnod's Altar
Food Chain
This new land is basically a more limited version of myth unbound for any non-green deck when it comes to casting your commander more often. The benefit however is its a land instead of an enchantment. Less people pack land hate than they do enchantment hate.
With green its a bit more silly, not infinite, unless we are talking needing five to seven pieces.
I only got really one gripe with it, and that is the window of purchase of a slim 24 hours.
Detractors: "Wizards are you selling singles now?"
Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Wizards: [Keeps releasing more products and product lines at an accelerated rate]
Detractors: "Wizards slow down, I'm getting burned out by this, I only got so much income."
Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."
Wizards: [Wizards raising the prices]
Detractors: "That is really greed of you wizards, can you tone down the greed?"
Defenders: "nOt EvErY pRoDuCt Is MeAnT fOr YoU."