MTG Salvation

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I think nobody should buy Masters 25 and my reasoning is

1. Wotc recently banned Jace in modern and despite modern being really diverse. The unbanning just feels like a cheap move by wizards.

2. Masters 25 is yet another 10 dollar booster set where you can open exiting rares as bident of thassa, ball lightning and ratcatcher.

I personally won't be buying any boosters, singles or trade cards that are included in masters 25 until jace is banned.

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I think this is when we finally get are karrthus, tyrant of Jund reprint to present for "shards of Alana"

Would be awesome to see Karrthus with some new art!

For green mythics I think we may just see Tarmogoyf get rinsed again as it's the only mono colored mythic in green with absurd value still. I'm guessing it'll be accompanied by some jank card that needs new art.

Also personally think this set is gonna need a good land cycle to really go the distance. The fetches getting another rinse would be ideal, but I think doing something like shadowmoor filters would be appropriate as well. Although we already have 2 colorless mythics, I think Cavern of Souls could maybe come back since it's a land.

The last thing I predict is seeing Grim Tutor. I know there's already 2 black mythics, but it COULD be a rare (which would be awesome). And besides, what ELSE do you really reprint from Starter 1999? Let's face it, that's THE card of that set by a landslide.

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I love how this set is perfectly playable on its own. It's a well-designed set with a bunch of great nonsense. I'm dubious about Commander play, I don't play much as it is and haven't seen this stuff in action yet, but if it works, that will be incredible. If the effects of the secondary market are any indication, the prices of cards from the other Un-sets have exploded.

If Marks last few interviews are any indication they designed it completely for the casual player and drafting. Not to mention he admitted they designed it more like a normal magic set than prior unstable sets (which is what people were thinking from the get go), so there are plenty of fair cards and a lot less odd ball cards that are just too quirky to endure. Crow Storm is a good example along with things like Earl of Squirrel.

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I wish they could do something like this in black-border...

They do this every set

with basic lands

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One of the tweets I personally saw was deriding Sprankle for wearing a NUPE shirt, ala' Spike, Tournament Grinder, calling her a cross-dressing guy and such. Keep in mind, here, that he has stated that Spike being a female is further ruining the game.

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Can someone please give me a neutral short-version of the story? I've never heard of Sprankle, don't follow the cosplay scene, and don't watch mtg content on YouTube.

I'm kinda in the same boat as you. I've only heard the name Christine Sprankle from SCG Twitch streams. I don't watch MTG content on YouTube and know nothing of the parties involved.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a neutral version, just because most people who know the details have already chosen a side that they are adamantly for (and adamantly against the other).

Anyway, I'll try my best with the little that I know:

• Christine Sprankle, a prominent MTG cosplayer, said that she was no longer cosplaying anything MTG related. She was partaking in an activity called "flip it or rip it", where people open packs and rip cards before looking at them, possibly destroying a valuable card. Apparently, people were criticizing/abusing her for this.
• Sprankle then came out and said that UnsleevedMedia, a YouTube channel ran by someone named Jeremy, was the source of alleged harassment towards her, made her life hell, and was the reason she's quitting the Magic community.
• In a YouTube video, UnsleevedMedia previously called out Sprankle for using her sexuality to further her career. Relates cosplaying to prancing around in lingerie. Accuses her of preying on younger males who are vulnerable to this sort of marketing. Made disparaging comments about her physical appearance and her integrity and was pretty objectively rude about it.
• Members of the community have come to her defense and condemned UnsleevedMedia's actions. WotC said that they will take action. Tolarian Academy (another YouTube channel) defended her. Eric Froelich (an MTG pro) proposed an anti-bullying/harassment committee, tasked with investigating and preventing this type of harassment.
• Other members of the community have come to the defense of UnsleevedMedia, stating that while he may be guilty of being a jerk, there was no actual harassment taking place. There was a YouTube video echoing UnsleevedMedia's sentiments about Sprankle, and also denying any harassment. States that the community is up-in-arms without looking at the facts first.
• UnsleevedMedia has received harassment as well, in retaliation of his alleged harassment, including death threats, and people trying to find out where he lives.
• YouTube took down one of his videos, citing bullying/harassment as the reason.
• As for his reaction, Jeremy of UnsleevedMedia has not been apologetic, claims that he has not harassed anyone and that he himself is the victim of harassment. Responds to other people's criticism with his own criticism of his critics, including comments about another person's alleged infidelity. This is on his twitter feed.

Anyway, that's as much as I've gathered. I still haven't seen anything indicating of said harassment. I've seen one video of UnsleevedMedia calling out Sprankle and criticizing her, but the other video and his twitter posts have apparently been deleted.

I'd post links and examples, but this thread is being pretty heavily moderated. Warnings/Infractions being dealt out for anything that defends the alleged harasser, questioning whether or not harassment has taken place, asking for examples/proof of said harassment, or using the term "SJW" or "Social Justice Warrior".

I hope I don't get moderated for this, as I've tried my best to be neutral and just stating what I know.

I also requested some sort of clarification/examples of exactly what happened here but have yet to get a response.