Wizards will make a lot more money with the card at rare, people opening more packs, than if it were uncommon.
I think they are executing a very strategic plan, putting a sprinkling of prime reprints in the sets going forward. My guess is we will see MM2 in two years, but we will continue to see some biggies in the meantime.
Wizards will make a lot more money with the card at rare, people opening more packs, than if it were uncommon.
I think they are executing a very strategic plan, putting a sprinkling of prime reprints in the sets going forward. My guess is we will see MM2 in two years, but we will continue to see some biggies in the meantime.
I sincerely doubt that this card at rare will sell substantially more packs, and if Wizards wants to help Modern uncommon would have made sense.
I want you all to thank me, for I knew when I bought my playset a week and a half ago, that would be the last straw that would see Thoughtseize put into Theros.
It's a risk you take, and sometimes it doesn't pay off. No big deal.
Though now I'm relegated for hoping for new art. Faeries hovering over people's ears doesn't make much sense in a set about gods and heroes, right?
I think the new land cycles will be New Benalia with dual colors as it's new, from futuresight, and similar to Halimar Depths. I would love this as coming into play tapped sucks, but scrying is one of my facsimile and I love New Benalia. My only concern is that I think wizards stated these would be harder to make three color with. Cone of the color permamentsould it be you don't scry if you lack one of the colored permaments or they are nimbus maze and new benalia combined.
Nice a reprint of Thoughtseize, good thing I bought mine at $10 ea so its no big deal, and also with its demand across alll formats which is very big compared to reprinted cards like scavenging ooze, mutavault and shocklands which had a large drop in price recently due to it being reprinted, this card will still be a $20-30 card which is worth every cent IMO. Anyway this would also mean that I now have a chance at foiling my Thoughtseize which I can't before due to its ridiculous price tag. Also reprinting TS would adjust the power level of black based decks in standard to a whole new level compared to before.
#1 - What's the dumbest idea you ever had?
#2 - 15/15 for 15?
#1 - Make it dumber
#2 - Give it protection from removal and counter?
#1 - DUMBER!
#2 - Add Timewalk?
#1 - DAMN IT MAN, I SAID DUMB!! DUMB !!!
#2 - It destroys everything when it attacks.... And wait, I have a friend who plays mill decks... I want to beat him too.
#1 - Excellent! Recess is over, go back and learn sex-ed with the other 6th graders.
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The updates labeled "mod edits" in red are by mods TK-421 and viperesque.
I feel extremely vindicated in knowing Thoughtseize is coming back. I had a friend tell me that "Thoughtseize is not going to get reprinted for a while, don't worry, pick up your set now and play legacy again..."
He then proceeds to pick up his foil thoughtseize for 180 or something and now I get to laugh at him for not being able to wait.
Also, I'm really starting to dislike the way the duals seem to be coming out as. If they are coming into play tapped that makes aggro even better and it makes Burning Earth insane still...
Also reprinting TS would adjust the power level of black based decks in standard to a whole new level compared to before.
Black-based control is at a high point in standard in large part thanks to Mutilate being a 4 mana sweeper. Lack of such a sweeper post rotation will relegate black to either a) be the secondary/tertiary color of a deck, or b) be based in an aggro shell. Sorry to say that Thoughtseize won't be pushing black based control on its own anytime soon.
AMEN to the thoughtseize. now give me a playset WOTC!
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Hmmmm. I don't know how I feel about TS being reprinted. I just traded for a NM/M foil TS. I think it will still retain its value as a collection, much like the original shockland foils have kept their value. People always want to pimp their decks.
Spoiler season is really funny when a lot of people get hyped over a card.
Last M14 spoiler season, many people are wishful thinking and speculating that a card with high power level such as Thoughtseize would ever be in a core set.
Aren't you all even aware how powerful Thoughtseize is to be a rare card only, when his brethren (Dark Confidant and Vendillion Clique) got promoted to Mythic Rare status?
Hurting collectors doesn't always hurt Wizards.
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Wizards will make a lot more money with the card at rare, people opening more packs, than if it were uncommon.
I think they are executing a very strategic plan, putting a sprinkling of prime reprints in the sets going forward. My guess is we will see MM2 in two years, but we will continue to see some biggies in the meantime.
I sincerely doubt that this card at rare will sell substantially more packs, and if Wizards wants to help Modern uncommon would have made sense.
It's a risk you take, and sometimes it doesn't pay off. No big deal.
Though now I'm relegated for hoping for new art. Faeries hovering over people's ears doesn't make much sense in a set about gods and heroes, right?
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Most of the updates to the first post have been by me (I'm not a mod, just the original poster), collecting/organizing information provided by Trollcreature and by mods TK-421 and viperesque. (I'm very grateful to them and all their sources. )
The updates labeled "mod edits" in red are by mods TK-421 and viperesque.
I don't normally make posts just to say "this is brilliant," but this is brilliant enough to justify making a "this is brilliant" post about it.
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This is pretty much the best post I've seen in recent memory on MTG Salvation. Many kudos to you, sir or madame.
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He then proceeds to pick up his foil thoughtseize for 180 or something and now I get to laugh at him for not being able to wait.
Also, I'm really starting to dislike the way the duals seem to be coming out as. If they are coming into play tapped that makes aggro even better and it makes Burning Earth insane still...
Black-based control is at a high point in standard in large part thanks to Mutilate being a 4 mana sweeper. Lack of such a sweeper post rotation will relegate black to either a) be the secondary/tertiary color of a deck, or b) be based in an aggro shell. Sorry to say that Thoughtseize won't be pushing black based control on its own anytime soon.
If only it were Damnation.
EDH - UWGrand Arbiter Agustin IV
UBW Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Modern - Mono U tron / Polymorph / NFTW (ninja for the win)GR tron GR
Buy All the Dual Lands!!!
Buy All the fetches!
Create tons of EDH Decks!!!
Eat Nothing but Oats!! (LOL, not true)
Train MMA!!!
Marry My girlfriend!!!
Get her Pregnant only Once!
Teach my Son/Daughter Sports and magic cards!!!
Continue my legacy son!!!/Daughter!!
Last M14 spoiler season, many people are wishful thinking and speculating that a card with high power level such as Thoughtseize would ever be in a core set.
Aren't you all even aware how powerful Thoughtseize is to be a rare card only, when his brethren (Dark Confidant and Vendillion Clique) got promoted to Mythic Rare status?
Like always, pics or it never happened.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
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Count me in.
Im glad that TS reprint and I can collect them again after I missed it at Lorwyn.
However, I do not think it will be fun to face Lifebane Zombie and TS at the same time.
I am not shocked but I am VERY happy. Also the return of scry also gets my juices flowing.
Everything is coming up millhouse.
So in other words we have Scry lands that come into play tapped that have two colors.
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I do not think we'll see rare dual lands that CIPT. They could have an equally crippling drawback, but not CIPT. That would be new.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
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