Melriken's card works, as there is a replacement effect for the production of mana.
Having said that, they look... terrible. Sure they have basic land types and enter untapped, but it's a land I can get colored mana from exactly twice each game. Perhaps that's good enough for competitive play in a format where you only ever get two turns, but...
One way to change or abolish the reserve list is to announce it a few years before any reprints happens. If people knew now that in 3 or 5 years cards that are on the reserve list (or some spesific cards on the reserve list) might get a reprint in a "Masters"-set, the value of duals will only go down gradually over time, and vendors or other collectors who have a huge stock of these lands have time to sell them without losing a lot of money.
Sure, I don't know much about the legal issues with abolishing or changing the reserve list, so I don't know what really is possible, but there are different ways of doing it.
I'm sure vendors and collector's would rather see Wizards reprint reserve-list cards than ban them ...
I think it's clear at this point that:
1) Wizards isn't going to abolish the reprint list.
2) The future of Vintage and Legacy lies with MTGO. Especially if the program and interface gets updated throughout the years. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if at some point in the future sanctioned Vintage tournament were played LAN style ala Hearthstone.
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Having said that, they look... terrible. Sure they have basic land types and enter untapped, but it's a land I can get colored mana from exactly twice each game.
Well, the Islands have Daze and the Forests have Quirion Ranger to mitigate the drawback.
First off, anything reprinted in Revised (3rd) should be considered ineligible for the Reserved List. That would bring back the ABU dual lands.
Secondly, I can't see why they can't just do a checklist style card like they do for the Innistrad sets, where you mark on the card which ABU land or Mox it represents.
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First off, anything reprinted in Revised (3rd) should be considered ineligible for the Reserved List. That would bring back the ABU dual lands.
Secondly, I can't see why they can't just do a checklist style card like they do for the Innistrad sets, where you mark on the card which ABU land or Mox it represents.
Personally, I find checklist cards an irritating but necessary evil due to DFC. I find them only marginally less irritating and slightly more necessary than the perforated cards in Amonkhet and Chaos Confetti. As such, I would prefer to avoid them whenever possible.
One way to change or abolish the reserve list is to announce it a few years before any reprints happens. If people knew now that in 3 or 5 years cards that are on the reserve list (or some spesific cards on the reserve list) might get a reprint in a "Masters"-set, the value of duals will only go down gradually over time, and vendors or other collectors who have a huge stock of these lands have time to sell them without losing a lot of money.
Sure, I don't know much about the legal issues with abolishing or changing the reserve list, so I don't know what really is possible, but there are different ways of doing it.
I'm sure vendors and collector's would rather see Wizards reprint reserve-list cards than ban them ...
Half right the Vendors want it gone, or alteast we know SCG's (and other smaller venders) do or did. Collectors however are much more almost universaly in favor of the reserve list. Most of them do not care about legality if you banned them they would take a hit but in truth mostly a SMALL one. To you honestly think their are that many Vinatage events poping that demand for BL or AR or any MOX is so high that it can support $1000+ on these cards? These are cards that are ONLY legal in vintage and ONLY 1 of at that. Collector factor is HUGE.
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Having said that, they look... terrible. Sure they have basic land types and enter untapped, but it's a land I can get colored mana from exactly twice each game. Perhaps that's good enough for competitive play in a format where you only ever get two turns, but...
Sure, I don't know much about the legal issues with abolishing or changing the reserve list, so I don't know what really is possible, but there are different ways of doing it.
I'm sure vendors and collector's would rather see Wizards reprint reserve-list cards than ban them ...
1) Wizards isn't going to abolish the reprint list.
2) The future of Vintage and Legacy lies with MTGO. Especially if the program and interface gets updated throughout the years. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if at some point in the future sanctioned Vintage tournament were played LAN style ala Hearthstone.
Secondly, I can't see why they can't just do a checklist style card like they do for the Innistrad sets, where you mark on the card which ABU land or Mox it represents.
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Personally, I find checklist cards an irritating but necessary evil due to DFC. I find them only marginally less irritating and slightly more necessary than the perforated cards in Amonkhet and Chaos Confetti. As such, I would prefer to avoid them whenever possible.
Half right the Vendors want it gone, or alteast we know SCG's (and other smaller venders) do or did. Collectors however are much more almost universaly in favor of the reserve list. Most of them do not care about legality if you banned them they would take a hit but in truth mostly a SMALL one. To you honestly think their are that many Vinatage events poping that demand for BL or AR or any MOX is so high that it can support $1000+ on these cards? These are cards that are ONLY legal in vintage and ONLY 1 of at that. Collector factor is HUGE.