If nobody wants to play legacy with you because they aren't rich and thus would have a permanent handicap against dual lands, and you have to play Standard or whatever instead to find a game, then guess what? The end result is you not being allowed to play with almost all your cards, which directly violates the philosophy of the eternal formats you just stated.
No, it doesn't violate the philosophy of eternal formats which only concerns that you get to play with most of all the different cards ever printed if you have them.
Having no players to play with due to card supply issues is different from not being able to play your cards at all. Card supply is always an issue for non-rotating formats because sets aren't equally printed. Banning cards is just banning cards.
Just ask him to replace the card instead of paying up.
Treat the incident as if you misplaced the card back when it was $40 and found it when it was down to $5. Charge the lost monetary value to experience.
Hopefully you learned something from the incident.
The primary reason, from what I understand, is not out of some desire to preserve value or respect the intent of the reprint list because the intent of the reprint list was always to allow non-playable reprints. The primary reason is because not enough players want them to make it worth making them.
This is true. The cards aren't tournament playable, and the most expensive standard staples barely reaches $20. There simply isn't a demand for these back then. In today's market, this might not be true.
This is no different to the Portal/Starter cards back then. There isn't a demand for those since they weren't tournament legal for years; they're barely worth anything except to collectors (Imperial Seal was around $15 in early 2000s). Then they became tourney legal and prices went through the roof.
That is a pretty poor excuse considering modern is supposed to be designed as a stand alone format that is unique in its design. Using this as an excuse would just be admitting its just a bad version of legacy.
Modern was created as a nonrotating format without reserved list limitations.
As much as I want to buy all the Pack Rats I don't want to get deck checked all of a sudden and have to answer to judges why there are 20 copies of Pack Rats near my 75 and in the same deck box.
Use a different colored sleeves for the extra Pack Rats.
I bought the RtR Gift Box last year, and I was very impressed by the product. The box was very sturdy, the dividers are thick and beautiful, and the overall impression was that it was a high quality product. This year however, the Theros version of the same product is vastly inferior.
Firstly, the box itself feels flimsier and less sturdy. The lid of the box that I bought had some bubbling issue with the cover, whereas the RtR box did not have this issue. The interior of the box seemed to use thinner cardboard as well. Secondly, those thick, beautiful dividers that came with the RtR gift box have been replaced with ones that are much, much thinner. That was the most disappointing part for me, because I was genuinely impressed by the ones offered in RtR. Overall, I was very disappointed by this year's gift box, and just wanted to get the word out to people who were expecting the same level of quality as last year's gift box.
I thought I was the only one who noticed the inferior quality of the box. My only consolation was the Xenagos and Master of Waves I got from the boosters.
I personally very much doubt that commander decks will go up in price noticeably.
Keep in mind that they are not random, so there's no "chance of getting that one random card that is super valuable in 5 years" that you can use to play off of people's gambling instincts.
Instead, the deck is simply going to be worth (the price of each single in it) + (some small nostalgia value or whatever for being in an original set) - (the inconvenience of being forced to buy cards you KNOW you don't want). That's all going to add up to be fairly close to (the price of the singles) over time.
They're also just plain less fun to open up, when you know everything in them. So there's no "adventure exploration into sets of the distant past!" excitement later on. It's just "oh hey this is a faster way of getting a bunch of singles I could have bought on ebay. Although I don't want 2/3 of them..."
Historically, the things that rise most in value appear to be unpoened booster boxes and fat packs from either influential or very flavorful/cool set (e.g. innistrad or phyrexia).
Do you know how much a sealed Elves vs Goblins duel deck is right now? 200 USD. The deck neither money rares nor random collation. You can probably use that 200 to buy singles and still have enough for a booster box of the newest expansion. It's expensive simply because it's sealed.
No, it doesn't violate the philosophy of eternal formats which only concerns that you get to play with most of all the different cards ever printed if you have them.
Having no players to play with due to card supply issues is different from not being able to play your cards at all. Card supply is always an issue for non-rotating formats because sets aren't equally printed. Banning cards is just banning cards.
Banning duals goes against the philosophy of the Eternal formats: allow players to play with almost all their cards.
I'm talking about back then.
Treat the incident as if you misplaced the card back when it was $40 and found it when it was down to $5. Charge the lost monetary value to experience.
Hopefully you learned something from the incident.
This is true. The cards aren't tournament playable, and the most expensive standard staples barely reaches $20. There simply isn't a demand for these back then. In today's market, this might not be true.
This is no different to the Portal/Starter cards back then. There isn't a demand for those since they weren't tournament legal for years; they're barely worth anything except to collectors (Imperial Seal was around $15 in early 2000s). Then they became tourney legal and prices went through the roof.
Modern was created as a nonrotating format without reserved list limitations.
No. The RL not going anywhere.
Use a different colored sleeves for the extra Pack Rats.
decks with resource denial or combo decks with no interaction are examples of the former.
a deck with 60 basic lands is a example of the latter. This is more annoying to play against since it has no intention of winning the game.
But different prize structure
PTs are invite only
There's only 3-4 PTs a year.
There wasn't a discussion.
Someone asked during the SDCC panel about the possibility of having a cube product different backs.
I thought I was the only one who noticed the inferior quality of the box. My only consolation was the Xenagos and Master of Waves I got from the boosters.
The chat is just a tactic to distract his opponent. It worked.
Do you know how much a sealed Elves vs Goblins duel deck is right now? 200 USD. The deck neither money rares nor random collation. You can probably use that 200 to buy singles and still have enough for a booster box of the newest expansion. It's expensive simply because it's sealed.