Tune in right here for complete live coverage of the Magic: The Gathering panel on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET. The panel kicks off previews for Avacyn Restored and features senior creative designer Brady Dommermuth, development manager and Pro Tour Hall of Famer David Humpherys, developer Dave Guskin, and brand manager Paul Levy.
Seriously!?!?!? How much did THAT thing cost them? Bolas better be the bad guy of every set for the next 10 years if WotC is going to spend their marketing money on booth props like that rather then send players MPR cards.
We get poo for rewards and promos (I reserve the right to either retract or double emphasis this statement pending the early opening of a Helvault promo) and instead they get a giant Bolas symbol? I mean, I get that they are marketing M13 (and DotP13) but still. That thing has to be just grossly expensive and totally useless much beyond July/August of this year.
I dont think you understand just how expensive MPR was for wizards, dont get me wrong I was disapointed it stoped and at the time the money they were saving by cutting it wasnt being put in elsewhere from what I could tell (however more recent changes to OP have changed that). But just imagine how many people they had to be sent out to in america alone at what a buck per envelope plus you need programmers to design the system to record it all and denote who should get what. You need people to choose the cards comission art for them. You need the cards to be printed and sorted ready to be sent. And then you have to pay extra shipping to get them to the people everywhere else in the world.
I dont think you understand just how expensive MPR was for wizards, dont get me wrong I was disapointed it stoped and at the time the money they were saving by cutting it wasnt being put in elsewhere from what I could tell (however more recent changes to OP have changed that). But just imagine how many people they had to be sent out to in america alone at what a buck per envelope plus you need programmers to design the system to record it all and denote who should get what. You need people to choose the cards comission art for them. You need the cards to be printed and sorted ready to be sent. And then you have to pay extra shipping to get them to the people everywhere else in the world.
is it me or do the spoilers seem like they keep starting close to the spoiler date. like this one is 2 days away i believe Dka and INN. started around 1-2 weeks and etc? i think it was from the godbook incident with New Phy
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Innistrad kicked off at one of the conventions, too. Wizards has no control over when an outside entity wants to schecule their cons. If it weren't for Pax East, though, AVR would likely have had 3 weeks of previews due to being a large set. Instead, we got our previews in one dose, today. I doubt the godbook has anything to do with it. It's just another opportunity to market to gamers outside the Magic sphere, just like the Avacyn share thing.
I hope its back to the Lorwyn 5. New Jace is just so bad I want Jace 1.0 back. Lorwyn 5 would be really boring, but I feel they would be stronger than Lil V, Ajani G, and the M12 Jace/Chandra/Garruk.
Or maybe 1.0s of Jace/Garruk/Chandra and a new Ajani and Liliana? That would be cool. Or just a mix and match of different forms of them, like chandra 3.0, Jace 1.0 Garruk 3.0 Liliana 1.0 and a new Ajani. One can hope.
I understand it said Magic 2013 at the end...but Nicol Bolas saying, "Defeat them and then you'll face me" (or something similar to that...) leads me to believe it is a trailer for DotP2013.
I hope its back to the Lorwyn 5. New Jace is just so bad I want Jace 1.0 back. Lorwyn 5 would be really boring, but I feel they would be stronger than Lil V, Ajani G, and the M12 Jace/Chandra/Garruk.
Or maybe 1.0s of Jace/Garruk/Chandra and a new Ajani and Liliana? That would be cool. Or just a mix and match of different forms of them, like chandra 3.0, Jace 1.0 Garruk 3.0 Liliana 1.0 and a new Ajani. One can hope.
I heartily disagree with your notion about Jace 3.0 is bad, quite the contrary. He mills for 10 cards at no loss of loyalty.
Yeah, looks like at least a new art for Ajani\Liliana, maybe even new card. New card theory also fits into black\white competitive push they did in ISD block.
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I don't like those odds
Anyways.. I'm not too familiar with american times, when does it start from now if anyone knows?
Very funny.. I mean PAX is a gameconvention. I think it is much more likely that they will talk about DoTP 2013 the game.
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So I support 98.24% as our odds, lol.
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The panel kicks off previews for Avacyn Restored
And for those wondering when it will start, there's still 6 hours and 30 minutes to go.
That helps me alot, thanks, Tackman
I am as well:no:
But I cant wait for spoilers for Avacyn Restored. I want it soo bad it hurts.:banghead:
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Innistrad - The Darkest Night
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A Community Set
Commander: Allies & Adversaries
I dont think you understand just how expensive MPR was for wizards, dont get me wrong I was disapointed it stoped and at the time the money they were saving by cutting it wasnt being put in elsewhere from what I could tell (however more recent changes to OP have changed that). But just imagine how many people they had to be sent out to in america alone at what a buck per envelope plus you need programmers to design the system to record it all and denote who should get what. You need people to choose the cards comission art for them. You need the cards to be printed and sorted ready to be sent. And then you have to pay extra shipping to get them to the people everywhere else in the world.
The labor costs for MPR were likely enormous.
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Decks i'm currently running
Standard
BUGW BUG Control (With a splash of white)
WUG Midrange Lifegain
Modern
Legacy
RG Valakut Lands
WG Maverick
R Burn
EDH
G Azusa, Lost but Seeking
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Or maybe 1.0s of Jace/Garruk/Chandra and a new Ajani and Liliana? That would be cool. Or just a mix and match of different forms of them, like chandra 3.0, Jace 1.0 Garruk 3.0 Liliana 1.0 and a new Ajani. One can hope.
I heartily disagree with your notion about Jace 3.0 is bad, quite the contrary. He mills for 10 cards at no loss of loyalty.
Put him in a deck with some Belltower Sphinx's, Jace's Archivist's, Jace's Erasure, Merfolk Mesmerist's, Chill of Foreboding, Curse of the Bloody Tome, Dream Twist, and Increasing Confusion and you have the start of a very scary mill deck.
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