If it was marketability they were after, putting 'Modern' into the title probably wasn't the best choice. Is it ignorant to think yearly Commander products strictly cater to EDH?
Lol, ok. I mean, how about it referencing modern card design? Or being the first set ever that bypasses standard, yet allows them to be modern playable? Which I think was the original marketing direction. You peeps took it as “oh, every card is going to be competitively playable in modern! Sweet!” And ran with it. Which is why I said folks should start thinking, rather than reacting.
We get ~50 new commander cards each year, in a set contains ~400 cards. So, you should expect 30 new toys in Modern Horizons. And, we are well on our way to eclipsing that total. And by that logic, my expectations have been raised for Commander products to include MOAR Commander cards!
The set is legal in Modern, not made for modern. No set is made for just one play group. There's a good 20 cards out of the 100 spoiled so far that will see play and I'd guess about another 20 will see play as well and by that I mean be in decks that are in the top 16 deck lists. On top of that there are tons of cards that will see play in new tier 3 decks. What I'm really amazed by is how many cards don't slot in to current tier 1 decks (a good thing) They are new avenues to explore. This set is a brewers delight already. I'll admit there are some misses, some of the force cycle and the mox, but that's likely because play design felt they were too risky as designed and lowered their power level.
I don’t play modern. Everything being already established is a pretty big turn off for me, I don’t want to play somebody else’s deck.
However, this set has brought a multitude of tools for the brewer in me to toy around with, making Modern as a format more appealing to me.
It would be ignorant of anyone to expect this set to strictly cater to the Modern meta, as you’d severely neuter its marketing potential. Which, in turn would raise the prices of any card deemed “worthy” for modern. People should really start thinking, instead of just reacting.
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Lol, ok. I mean, how about it referencing modern card design? Or being the first set ever that bypasses standard, yet allows them to be modern playable? Which I think was the original marketing direction. You peeps took it as “oh, every card is going to be competitively playable in modern! Sweet!” And ran with it. Which is why I said folks should start thinking, rather than reacting.
We get ~50 new commander cards each year, in a set contains ~400 cards. So, you should expect 30 new toys in Modern Horizons. And, we are well on our way to eclipsing that total. And by that logic, my expectations have been raised for Commander products to include MOAR Commander cards!
I don’t play modern. Everything being already established is a pretty big turn off for me, I don’t want to play somebody else’s deck.
However, this set has brought a multitude of tools for the brewer in me to toy around with, making Modern as a format more appealing to me.
It would be ignorant of anyone to expect this set to strictly cater to the Modern meta, as you’d severely neuter its marketing potential. Which, in turn would raise the prices of any card deemed “worthy” for modern. People should really start thinking, instead of just reacting.