Comments on: They’re Baaaaack… Reprinting Cards in Magic

By: Leaf

Leaf — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:49:39 +0000

Let’s not forget the chance for a veteran player to throw some of those old classics in Standard legal decks.
Its a small reward for holding onto your cards for a while.

By: jessesl66

jessesl66 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:39:29 +0000

I agree, cancel has been way overdone. I don’t mind Bogardan Hellkite, though, it was arguably mythic-worthy and certainly a lot of fun to play if you actually got it out. All in all, I guess I’m in favor of reprintng a few cards in each set, but not too many. I’d like to see Life and Limb here; Scapeshift would be good too.

By: Jiggy

Jiggy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:18:01 +0000

I count 14 mythics so far. I also count 39 rares, although there are still two missing from the cycle of rare non-fetch lands (Valakut, etc.) so it’s more like 41 rares so far. Anyone remember off the top of their heads what the normal count for each rarity is in a set this size?

By: sweetestsadist

sweetestsadist — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:32:14 +0000

I have to say, that out of the four magic sites I read, (and the one I watch on Youtube) this one always has the most insightful articles on the game.

Personally, I see the Mythic slot in the core set as the perfect opportunity to throw in classics or future classics. I agree with Bogardan Hellkite being crappy Mythic. I could see it as a rare and accept it and Ball Lightning could be swapped in. If you came into the game late, you have the chance to buy them again. If you’re a 15 year+ player you have the chance to crack one in a pack again or get one with a new artwork.

@JC: I agree. There will probably be 16 Mythics all together, like in Shards of Alara. This is too many in my opinion. They could weed out some of the unmythics mentioned in a previous article here. I’d appreciate about 10-12 in a large set and 5-6 in the small sets. But then again, I have a negative attitude to Mythics in the general, though.

By: Jiggy

Jiggy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:18:07 +0000

Thanks and you’re welcome!
To clarify my bit about explaining claims, I was more thinking of quick parenthetical references, rather than paragraphs of explanation, and only on the less “obvious” claims. For instance, if you claimed that Path to Exile was the best removal spell ever, there would be room to disagree, but no one would be baffled by the very idea, so there’s no need to explain until someone challenges you (unless that’s the subject at hand). And for the example of gauging planeswalkers’ popularity, I was picturing something more like, “… (judging by the online price trends I saw).” You know, just something to give an idea of what the train of thought was, while still leaving room for comments.
Or, if as you say you’re just trying to get your readers to be longwinded, then I guess don’t change a thing.

By: Jiggy

Jiggy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:53:25 +0000

Did you really just say that blue “desperately needs” a boost? Seriously? Is it the loss of the “Faerie Menace” from Standard that’s got you down? Or is it the fact that the Power 9 includes artifacts instead of just blue spells? Blue’s trademarks (drawing and countering) were broken to begin with (Alpha), and only now, 15 years later, is blue finally starting to get appropriately balanced against the other colors/mechanics.