I remember when I first got back into Magic, was a bit before Innistrad, finding my way to this community and just getting so into everything and discussing things, posting and sharing deck lists (some good, some bad), having a blast on the commander forums especially as that more and more became my favorite format. This quickly became one of my go to sites for just wasting hours of my time. I've grown distant from the game and community over the last couple of years for a combination of reasons, but even still there's a special place in my heart for it all.
So yeah, this announcement definitely hurts, it's like a huge part of my adult life is sorta dying, damn near a decade of it at that. It's also closing the day before my 29th birthday so..yeah, that really rubs the salt in.
I've seen this place both through good times and bad, and even if aspects of the community or other things sorta pushed me away, I am genuinely saddened by this news and will cherish the memories I have. Thanks for the ride.
https://www.thegrandgeekgathering.com/tgtbtu-ikoria/#.XsWVImhKi00
I don't think that's enough of a drawback at all. The main issue with Companion is just how powerful having guaranteed access to a specific card actually is.
This is something the mechanic already went through when it was originally tested 20 years ago when Maro first found out that this ***** is busted and not good for the game, as he detailed in an article he posted five years ago. Then he said "fug it" and did it anyways for Ikoria. And look what happened...
You apparently missed the fact that these are for any box and not just boxes of Ikoria.
As for the Hangarback vs Walking Ballista thing, eh...given that I actually run Hangarback in my main deck and Ballista in..nothing, I am much happier with the decision for it to be Walker.
Not sure. Asked my buddy that owns a shop about them (I REALLY want that Hangarback for Breya) and he said he would see about talking to WotC about it today.
Saw this on the MtG Facebook page:
They specifically released a statement basically saying that if they needed to ban something in Vintage, they could.
They then went on to announce that there would be an update to the banned/restricted list for Vintage, Legacy and Brawl (the statements may have been the other way around in order, but result is the same). They wouldn't have done that if a ban was not on the table.
It wouldn't be banned in Commander, it simply would not be legal. Commander uses the Vintage card pool, if a card is banned in Vintage it would simply not be legal in commander.
Have swapped Emry out for Lurrus (for long as she remains legal). Trying out the triomes I can run, don't run other ETB tapped lands (besides Bog) and the cycling and fetchability won me over. Also cut Ingot (which is fine, especially with Tezz able to make it a creature) to try out the new Narset. The plus is sorta mana rocky, and the life gain isn't bad to have. The ability to draw and then the discard being a may (and removal) won me over. That ultimate is entirely decent as well.
But I did notice something odd as I was opening it.
First, I didn't hit any of my mythics until basically the end of the box. I pulled a foil Narset about halfway through, but nothing in the actual rare/mythic slot until the last like..6 packs maybe? I mean, it happens sure and I still pulled an average number of mythics so eh just used to seeing a few earlier on I guess.
The thing I noticed that was really odd was the way my cards were actually set within the packs. They were all, basically, in the wrong order. It went token, land, foil (if there was one), rare and then uncommons and commons. I was kind of annoyed as I was opening them because I like the rare being last because, obviously. I haven't bought a ton of sealed recently (wasn't big into a lot of the sets) so I thought maybe it was just a new thing I missed out on, but watching online box openings and the packs in those are all normal.
So what's the deal?
Like I said, it was a good box, opened a lot of stuff I wanted, some good value, I couldn't be more pleased really (well, maybe a tiny but but that's being greedy). Has anyone else noticed this, is it just me, does it mean anything?
Problem with that is that emblems exist in the command zone, would have to be an entirely new zone.
Agreed. It was a bad move to try and force it to work in the format. They had to alter the rules and ban a card that a lot of people would have loved as a commander or as part of their 99 all to appease WotC and showcase their (terrible) new mechanic?
I slipped Lurrus into Breya so hopefully they find a way to make things work. I mean, I can always put Emry back if I have to, but I rather not.
It does though. The EDH card pool is "vintage legal" with an added banlist. That's why cards like the ante cards, conspiracies, etc. are not actually banned in EDH, they're simply not legal because they are not vintage legal.