Liliana of the Veil just recently went out of standard and Ajani, Mentor of Heroes is currently in standard so both are unlikely to see reprints in the near future. Liliana maybe in Modern Masters 3.
Liliana has been out of standard for over a year, and she demands quite a hefty price tag because of large demand and low supply. Wizards has proven time and again that they can make reprints at anytime, even if cards are in Standard.
No, Maro said that she is too strong for the current Standard, in which the best deck is monoblack.
This is correct as I recall reading him mentioning this in his blog as well. Liliana would help Mono-Black Devotion too much at this point, and she won't be reprinted as long as Theros is in Standard. Even with the next core set, she'd probably not be reprinted, unless Wizards didn't care at that point and people would murder others in events and everyone and their dog would play Mono-Black. Yay.
Bringing this thread back from the bottom of the graveyard because some interesting predictions were made here, some of which may now be coming real.
At this moment it's still in speculation zone, but "Modern Masters 4" is coming, following the 2-year release cycle of previous 3 MM sets, but this time it comes some with BIG changes:
Not even a Masters set (because those are on halt)
Leaked name Modern Horizons
Regular pack price or only $1 higher
Will likely introduce new cards to Modern format, bypassing Standard.
Cards new to Modern are speculated to be just some Legacy reprints, we'll know that soon.
So, it took 2 years longer than I've expected but here it comes! A Modern Core Set, so to say.
Can we speculate on the future of Modern sets like Horizons and more here?
Throwing some before-official-info specs:
Horizons will be a yearly Modern Core Set to introduce new cards to Modern bypassing Standard. First, second and maybe third of them will not contain entirely new cards but just reprints. First one, for safety, may only bring some oldies, next ones may bring some newer Legacy stuff like cards from Conspiracy or Commander products. I believe it will take at least 3 years until another radical change to Modern-oriented booster sets is made.
Yearly releases of Horizons-like Modern oriented sets based entirely on reprints may become unsustainable after a few years, as the Legacy card pool is not as deep as it may seem. But if other Magic supplemental products increase the pace of releasing powerful stuff into Legacy testing grounds first, then, combined with some fetchland reprints, the yearly Modern sets may have fuel to be ran for over a decade.
EDIT:
So I was too conservative with my predictions this time
All cards new to modern, some entirely new to the game
Set shapes to be awesome and I can easily expect there to be more of them
oh, and the set code is MH1, just to prepare for conveniently making MH2 and more
Liliana has been out of standard for over a year, and she demands quite a hefty price tag because of large demand and low supply. Wizards has proven time and again that they can make reprints at anytime, even if cards are in Standard.
This is correct as I recall reading him mentioning this in his blog as well. Liliana would help Mono-Black Devotion too much at this point, and she won't be reprinted as long as Theros is in Standard. Even with the next core set, she'd probably not be reprinted, unless Wizards didn't care at that point and people would murder others in events and everyone and their dog would play Mono-Black. Yay.
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At this moment it's still in speculation zone, but "Modern Masters 4" is coming, following the 2-year release cycle of previous 3 MM sets, but this time it comes some with BIG changes:
Cards new to Modern are speculated to be just some Legacy reprints, we'll know that soon.
So, it took 2 years longer than I've expected but here it comes! A Modern Core Set, so to say.
Can we speculate on the future of Modern sets like Horizons and more here?
Throwing some before-official-info specs:
Horizons will be a yearly Modern Core Set to introduce new cards to Modern bypassing Standard. First, second and maybe third of them will not contain entirely new cards but just reprints. First one, for safety, may only bring some oldies, next ones may bring some newer Legacy stuff like cards from Conspiracy or Commander products. I believe it will take at least 3 years until another radical change to Modern-oriented booster sets is made.
Yearly releases of Horizons-like Modern oriented sets based entirely on reprints may become unsustainable after a few years, as the Legacy card pool is not as deep as it may seem. But if other Magic supplemental products increase the pace of releasing powerful stuff into Legacy testing grounds first, then, combined with some fetchland reprints, the yearly Modern sets may have fuel to be ran for over a decade.
EDIT:
So I was too conservative with my predictions this time
All cards new to modern, some entirely new to the game
Set shapes to be awesome and I can easily expect there to be more of them
oh, and the set code is MH1, just to prepare for conveniently making MH2 and more