Oh yeah I meant Gameday-style cards (plus old Champs stuff like Electrolyze), not the textless ones. I want everything in my cube to be readable (... aside from text boxes which sometimes get annihilated by a particularly bold signature) so nothing like the Steve Argyle Ponder
I'll probably get a set, but I'm not a fan of the top border from the pics. Looks very 90s computer graphics chic. Art is great, though.
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I want a few playsets of these unstable lands alongside the Zendikar/BFZ full art lands. Didn't care for the Amonkhet full art lands with all that horn action going on...
IMA definitely has a couple cards I want for the artwork. (Especially the blue cards....blue gets everything I swear).
Mana Drain - I don't run this, but that is some SICK art and updated wording on the card makes me happy. The Judge Promo has really good art/updated wording too though so a couple options here now. Ancestral Vision - Another spectacular new art option for those who run this. Cryptic Command - Vastly superior art here. Condescend - YES. This is the one I'm most excited about actually. I hate the current art for this and I can't wait to pick up a foil of this new and improved art.
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Horizon Canopy - That is some beautiful art. I have a strong preference for running cycles in my cubes when it comes to lands that only produce certain colors, but I might break the symmetry just to get to look at this all the time.
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So far I haven't seen any cards from IMA that will replace any versions I'm currently running. The Condescend might be kinda close, but none of the others will be going in. Maybe they'll spoil some more art?
I'm looking forward to seeing the official image gallery from WotC to get a better look at some of the new art. I honestly haven't seen the Condescend art so I can't comment on that, but I love that new Cryptic Command art. I would like to replace my Modern Masters foil with the new version. Other than that, there's nothing else I've seen so far that I'm interested in swapping.
BlackWaltz3: out of curiosity, what puts you off about the original Crpytic artwork? I felt the new art was kinda meh, the addition of the random blue mage in the background makes it feel too much like generic modern Magic artwork, though not as bad as most of the stuff I see in new sets. I really prefer the warm feel of the original command(s).
I'm lukewarm on the new Canopy artwork as well, but happy that they reprinted it, might be able to get an original for a bit cheaper now.
I think having a person in the background makes the art more dynamic. It shows a mage forming the command and not just a symbol coming from a lamp/bottle thing. Also the gesture the blue mage is making is just classic blue...as in "No".
The must haves for me though are a foil condescend with the new art (can be found on mythic spoiler) and the Horizon Canopy. Really like the Ancestral Vision, but I ultimately decided I appreciate the call back to Ancestral Recall in the original art more.
A set called Iconic Masters shouldn't destroy the iconic imagery that makes the cards memorable.
Cryptic Command's original art is pretty far from iconic. Yes, it identifies the card, but it's as generic as they come. The new one is a little better.
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I suppose if you didn't play with Cryptic in Standard and Extended it wouldn't be iconic the same way to you.
I started in 2007, so that's what I remember from that time.
Just saw this floating on Twitter. Not sure if it's real or not, but these are pretty hawt.
It looks super fake--you can almost see where the photo shop lines are cut around the red mana symbol, and why would it have a holostamp unless it's a promo?
That being said, I hope I'm being more cynical than realistic here.
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Where Unglued lands were 'funky' and Unhinged ones were 'majestic', these kinda seem, well, a little generic.
Honestly, the colored strip across the top is just a total deal-breaker. Ugh. Sorry.
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IMA definitely has a couple cards I want for the artwork. (Especially the blue cards....blue gets everything I swear).
Mana Drain - I don't run this, but that is some SICK art and updated wording on the card makes me happy. The Judge Promo has really good art/updated wording too though so a couple options here now.
Ancestral Vision - Another spectacular new art option for those who run this.
Cryptic Command - Vastly superior art here.
Condescend - YES. This is the one I'm most excited about actually. I hate the current art for this and I can't wait to pick up a foil of this new and improved art.
aaaaaaand.....
Horizon Canopy - That is some beautiful art. I have a strong preference for running cycles in my cubes when it comes to lands that only produce certain colors, but I might break the symmetry just to get to look at this all the time.
Lastly just want to comment on getting a Duress art that I don't hate from Ixalan....finally. It still isn't great, but it is easily the best of available options for me.
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I'm lukewarm on the new Canopy artwork as well, but happy that they reprinted it, might be able to get an original for a bit cheaper now.
The must haves for me though are a foil condescend with the new art (can be found on mythic spoiler) and the Horizon Canopy. Really like the Ancestral Vision, but I ultimately decided I appreciate the call back to Ancestral Recall in the original art more.
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Cryptic Command's original art is pretty far from iconic. Yes, it identifies the card, but it's as generic as they come. The new one is a little better.
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It looks super fake--you can almost see where the photo shop lines are cut around the red mana symbol, and why would it have a holostamp unless it's a promo?
That being said, I hope I'm being more cynical than realistic here.
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Urza's or CNS/EMA foil Victimize?
Victimize: I like the Modern frames more, but in foil most old cards look awesome, so Urza's. Although I had to see the foil CNS version in person to be sure.
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