if you're doing the fall one in albuquerque, it'll actually be like a month and a half into the format since they're running worlds as the set release tournament instead of the PT
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 02:00 (seven years ago) link
probably a lot more favorable to ppl without teams
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 02:02 (seven years ago) link
oh that's great actually
― iatee, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 02:06 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/rLEI9Yv.png
very...interesting cards.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:06 (seven years ago) link
announcements are up
Fall and Winter - Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan - jungle world w/ pirates and dinosaurs, vraska is a main character for some reasonSpring 2018 - Dominaria - standalone large set, they brought back richard garfield for the design teamSummer 2018 is a core set as previously announced, no details yetthey finally let Maro make a 3rd Un-set, its called Unstable and is out in decemberthere's a 25th anniversary masters set out next spring that's not the same thing as 'iconic masters' - sounds like iconic masters is more of a casual set whereas this one will be more like a modern masters set
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
oh wow, as an old-school player I'm really excited for the Dominaria set
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
don't especially care for pirates and dinosaurs in particular but ixalan does sound like it is going to be a fun setting
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
there's also a from the vault: double faced cards, for all the people who were waiting for fancy delvers and such
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
I generally don't care about flavor but dominaria is pretty much the only plane that I'm ever gonna look forward to
I don't get un-sets. why do people buy them? what do you do with the pack when you open it? it's like paying $3.50 for a comic strip.
― iatee, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
un-sets are really fun to draft, plus the lands inside are generally worth a buck or two
I agree they're a tough sell but I did think the last one was really funny
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
i don't like un-sets so i can't help you there. the only card from the last one i think is funny is http://magiccards.info/uh/en/29.html and i'm not even sure why
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
this one is totally stupid but I love it
http://magiccards.info/uh/en/43.html
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 16:18 (seven years ago) link
I also dig how they use the opportunity to make all sorts of legitimately interesting cards that just couldn't be done in "real" Magic due to all the rules nightmares. Reminds me of the ol' "if you disagree on rules, just flip a coin" days
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
none of those gotcha type cards are actually fun though because the optimal thing to do is just not talk ever
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
yeah I think even Maro admitted those were a mistake
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
i didn't see that the Dominaria set is actually called Dominaria. that in itself is kind of interesting
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
I'm curious if it'll have a Time Spiral vibe to it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 18:22 (seven years ago) link
i wonder. that could've been a p cool alternative tack for a masters set
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
most really old cards suck so it'd be hard to make an exciting masters set out of just dominaria sets
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
that would for sure be an obstacle. there've got to be a few thousand cards tho.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
i guess bad creatures alone might be enough to kill it
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
dinosaur set - coolDominaria - YESUn-set - never expected this to happen, surprised it is buried at the end of the article
did a Unglued draft back in college and it wasn't that fun, actually. heard similar about Unhinged. some of the cards in both sets crack me up though. very curious what a modern Un-set would look like, after 13 years of lessons learned. I think they'll make it play a lot better than the last two, certainly
― Vinnie, Thursday, 15 June 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
unsets are the sort of corny non-humor that makes me hate nerds so much. them existing makes magic a worse game
happy abt a return to dominaria
― ( ^_^) (Lamp), Thursday, 15 June 2017 06:14 (seven years ago) link
3rd Un-set already exists, it's called Future Sight
still pretty curious as to what an Un-walker will look like. can't believe Unhinged was really that long ago, wow
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 June 2017 13:26 (seven years ago) link
i had a couple akh packs sitting on my account so i decided to do a draft for the first time in weeks. looking at the first pack i just wanted to turn my computer off and go for a walk.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:28 (seven years ago) link
hehe i still like AKH fine but i don't love it like i thought i was going to at the start. i'm ready for the next thing.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link
they're doing a team pro tour next summer
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:44 (seven years ago) link
I only did one sealed but that's mostly because I've gotten back into online poker. Feel like I'm too far behind to start drafting this now.
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
also someone leaked a photo of part of the Ixalan rare sheet on reddit. no keyword mechanics in sight but there's a pirate guy that makes Treasure tokens that are basically lotus petals, and Sunpetal Grove is on there so we're getting that land cycle back finally.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:47 (seven years ago) link
https://i.redd.it/r7yoylx9ht3z.jpg
also has the pithing needle people have been asking for, though you have to pay an extra mana for the privilege of looking at your opponent's hand
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
It seems like there are always too many people trying to force red white aggro, and the other colours are subsequently very open. Lay claim seems to go crazily late.
― AlanSmithee, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:49 (seven years ago) link
I like that way better than Pithing Needle. One extra mana isn't that big a difference is it?
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:51 (seven years ago) link
not really since generally when you want needle you're using it to turn off your opponent's deck, not just 'trade' it for any old card. but in that case the hand peek doesn't matter much either.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
right, i think 1 mana vs 2 prob will prob come up more often than there being a selection of things you want to needle
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
those effects are always overrated anyway, both needle effects and cranial extraction effects. people try to use them on everything when they're only particularly effective vs one-dimensional combo decks.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:57 (seven years ago) link
It seems like there are always too many people trying to force red white aggro, and the other colours are subsequently very open
i admit i'm curious what kind of correction has been going on if any in response to this kind of thing. didn't learn anything from my draft, was just a mess.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 15 June 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link
wow, look at those rares. 3 drop haste that...makes mana, a 7 mana draw 7, 5 mana anthem+. looks like might be a touch slower than akh.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 15 June 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
xp i suspect GB or UG will be wide open most drafts, but uh they're not very strong pairs so you have to be sure that's actually the case.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 June 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
right but Needle as sideboard to shut off combo always felt like kinda dumb gameplay to me, which is why I sorta like the one-for-one nature of this one
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 June 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
3-mana Conspiracy is nice
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 June 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
new Jace as well, with an interesting ultimate (looks like he makes copies of himself). this is quite the announcement week
― Vinnie, Thursday, 15 June 2017 15:48 (seven years ago) link
a wider but blurrier photo of the rare sheet is going around now - kinda thinking maybe i wont look at all of these right now
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 June 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
brings back memories of when an Invasion card sheet leaked but was so lo-res that you could barely make out anything besides the gold and split cards (which no one seemed to figure out, everyone thought it was a misprint)
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 June 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link
So many of the comments on mtgsalvation are that this leak is intentional. Because yeah, it makes sense to spoil mechanics, reprints, and chase rares for your fall set days before we even get spoilers for the set coming out in a few weeks. Meanwhile, I am expecting yet another article about why leaks are bad for the game
― Vinnie, Friday, 16 June 2017 02:37 (seven years ago) link
I think the "future card in booster" thing is intentional but this, no way
― frogbs, Friday, 16 June 2017 02:40 (seven years ago) link
Yep exactly. They are very controlled with leaks, and this totally steps on the toes of Hour of Devastation
― Vinnie, Friday, 16 June 2017 03:01 (seven years ago) link
i looked at a few of the cards but when it became clear that the entire rare sheet was out there and not just a subset i stopped - would prefer to just talk/think about HOU rn
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
relevant information for anyone doing leagues:
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/6hjf20/do_not_draft_on_magic_online_you_are_being/
― frogbs, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:43 (seven years ago) link
yeah i call bullshit. would be insanely easy to spot this kind of collusion.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:44 (seven years ago) link
yeah i wouldnt be surprised if people pull that off occasionally but i think it would fail a considerable % of the time
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 June 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link