Hmm, hope they're not going to go for $40 like all the boxed sets with expensive cards do over here in Japan... It really sucks that I can't just import them for the retail price...
Either way, definitely going to pick this up for an EDH playset of some of the most awesome planeswalkers I never bothered with getting
I'm not a fan of the concept. Jace v. Chandra and Garruk v. Lilliana worked with the stories and made sense from a flavour perspective(fire v. water, life v. death) but these 2 are of an allied colour pair and have no real problem with each other that I can remember(it could change with Tezzeret post capture but that'll be a different Tezzeret all together).
That said Elspeth is a great planeswalker(which I'm hoping will replace the original Ajani as the white planeswalker in m11) and Tezzeret has been good in non type 2 formats. The decks should be pretty good(the previous decks have all been worth buying).
I'm not a fan of the concept. Jace v. Chandra and Garruk v. Lilliana worked with the stories and made sense from a flavour perspective(fire v. water, life v. death) but these 2 are of an allied colour pair and have no real problem with each other that I can remember(it could change with Tezzeret post capture but that'll be a different Tezzeret all together).
That said Elspeth is a great planeswalker(which I'm hoping will replace the original Ajani as the white planeswalker in m11) and Tezzeret has been good in non type 2 formats. The decks should be pretty good(the previous decks have all been worth buying).
Just wait for the comic, it will be made to explain this conflict (hopefully). For the record there is a large time difference between the DD and the comic/story for example:
DD:JvC announced date was June 10, 2008 (first)
"Fuel for the Fire" release date was November 5th, 2008
"The Hunter and the Veil" date was July 30, 2008 (first)
DD:GvL announced date was June 2, 2009
DD:EvT announced May 27, 2010 (first)
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Good this will drive the price of non-foil tezzerets down, if Tezzerator becomes popular.
Dont think I will pick them up though, since I dont use foils as a rule.
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Wow, i'll be able to afford to play elspeth the month before she rotates from standard.
Looks good though. But i almost cried when i saw that September release date. It's a shame they aren't printing it now.
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This is the greatest duel deck pair to ever be released.
My friend Sean will like it too, since he collects walkers...
/Agree, Sure it comes out when thye rotate but wow, finally a good great casual/competitive product. I dont think I could be happier if they came out with a jace 2.0 vs $100 bill duel deck =)
well, now all of my friends will have elspeth. now i wont be the only one.
oh well, i might sell my realy elspeth, or keep her, i guess ill wait a couple of months. will pick up 2 copies for sure though. cant wait to see the decks!
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Yay cheap Elspeth a month before she rotates. But I do kind of like her alt art. Am I the only one that really wants Tezz's alt art to have him without the lower half of his etherium arm? I like that notion for some reason.
many call this pair out of the blue. I think not. It was PW vs PW time, and blue and white have been underrepresented in these decks. So W/U is a very normal choice.
As for the choice of PW, I really thought it would be Gideon, since he fits the antique theme of man vs machine the better. He's too fresh out o' the box though.
IMO: Espelth would most likely be a soldier style deck (not necessarily tokens) and Tez bends towards artifact with blue aid. I hope this won't be a revised edition of Metallic Dreams.
This isn't the first allied pair we've got, Elves vs. Goblins were the first. But what will the next be, U/G Merfolk vs. Druids. Id really like Archers vs Assassins, though.
Well, I think because of the high dollar of Elspeth, we won't see any real jaw dropping other cards. They really try to stick to that MSRP "value-wise." I'll surely buy one just to get a better version of Tez. I HATE that bendy arm thing.
Obviously, I'm glad to see this, but I have to say the new Tezz art is kinda meh... I prefer the original one..
I can't really judge until I see the whole thing (could he be playing Twister, like Garruk?) but it looks good to me. Then again, the original looks like a Geico caveman to me. His face here looks more like the Tinker version.
I think there's a very good chance of both of these being in M11. As the only mono coloured 'walkers of alara block, they would be good replacements for Ajani and Jace1. I think its more probable as well, as Tezzeract is featured in the book that comes with the fat pack and with Scars coming artifact manipulation should be very relevant.
Not sure if the book has anything to do with Tezz being in M11. But, I'm also starting to feel like nothing has to do with anything! Really, the only pattern with planeswlkers is that there is no pattern.
Either way, definitely going to pick this up for an EDH playset of some of the most awesome planeswalkers I never bothered with getting
i needed 1 more elspeth and a tezz , so i will definately buy it! but ...3 months.... argh
i hope there are some other interesting rares inside aswell !
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That said Elspeth is a great planeswalker(which I'm hoping will replace the original Ajani as the white planeswalker in m11) and Tezzeret has been good in non type 2 formats. The decks should be pretty good(the previous decks have all been worth buying).
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Just wait for the comic, it will be made to explain this conflict (hopefully). For the record there is a large time difference between the DD and the comic/story for example:
DD:JvC announced date was June 10, 2008 (first)
"Fuel for the Fire" release date was November 5th, 2008
"The Hunter and the Veil" date was July 30, 2008 (first)
DD:GvL announced date was June 2, 2009
DD:EvT announced May 27, 2010 (first)
Comic ???
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Wal Mart in my area will retail $19.99 Cant wait!!
Dont think I will pick them up though, since I dont use foils as a rule.
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Looks good though. But i almost cried when i saw that September release date. It's a shame they aren't printing it now.
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/Agree, Sure it comes out when thye rotate but wow, finally a
goodgreat casual/competitive product. I dont think I could be happier if they came out with a jace 2.0 vs $100 bill duel deck =)Currently looking to buy miscut Homelands, (my wife thinks I'm crazy too).
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oh well, i might sell my realy elspeth, or keep her, i guess ill wait a couple of months. will pick up 2 copies for sure though. cant wait to see the decks!
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As for the choice of PW, I really thought it would be Gideon, since he fits the antique theme of man vs machine the better. He's too fresh out o' the box though.
IMO: Espelth would most likely be a soldier style deck (not necessarily tokens) and Tez bends towards artifact with blue aid. I hope this won't be a revised edition of Metallic Dreams.
This isn't the first allied pair we've got, Elves vs. Goblins were the first. But what will the next be, U/G Merfolk vs. Druids. Id really like Archers vs Assassins, though.
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I can't really judge until I see the whole thing (could he be playing Twister, like Garruk?) but it looks good to me. Then again, the original looks like a Geico caveman to me. His face here looks more like the Tinker version.
Not sure if the book has anything to do with Tezz being in M11. But, I'm also starting to feel like nothing has to do with anything! Really, the only pattern with planeswlkers is that there is no pattern.
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Addendum: A Geico caveman with a paperclip arm!