I do expect (This is more educated guesswork than anything) that the demand for original duals would actually rise with the release of a masters set with them included, which might've not been so much the case with FoW/Wasteland. Duals are right now probably the biggest barrier to playing the formats, and there's a certain desire from EDH players to obtain them as well. Now, if they were to be reprinted, it might actually revitalize Legacy, and more EDH players might fancy their shots at getting a few for their own decks. This kind of demand isn't really there for FoW and Wasteland, because Wasteland has a cheaper and strictly better version floating around in casual and EDH in Strip Mine, while FoW isn't really a casual card and is not seen on most EDH tables aside with more competitive combo decks, whereas each and every multicolour deck would enjoy a dual or two.
This in turn leads me to believe that the price drop the original duals would experience wouldn't be nearly as big. Keep in mind they also have an unique look to them, unique to those 10 specific cards in the entire game. A reprint would lack that specific look, which would be another reason for collectors and such to stick to the originals.
Those factors kept in mind, plus the odds of a revitalized legacy generating bigger demand, I don't think the duals would fall much. The cards that would lose most on the reserve list are the cards that see niche play, only in very specific decks. Something like Nether Void or Moat would take a much larger hit. Something like Gaea's Cradle would probably be on par with FoW/Wasteland as far as drops go.
I can certainly see your point of view on this, and it is entirely possible what you say would happen. I certainly agree that reprints of the niche cards (The Abyss would also qualify) would tank on reprint.
However, I just don't see increased interest in any of these cards unless prices drop, and significantly at that. $300 for a dual land is an extreme barrier. $200? Probably more of the same. $150? You would probably get more interest if you tank the price 50%. Again, it's all speculation at what price it would take to reinvigorate the format. One thing I strongly believe is that a reprint of any kind would negatively impact prices. The size of the price drop would be dependent on the number of interested parties, the number of reprints, and what each individual persons buy-in point would be. Too many factors to accurately predict IMO.
True, but thanks to Modern Masters (look at Tarmogoyf!) and Eternal Masters we do have a bit of a baseline to work with as to how it'd impact prices. And I maintain the point that prices would not crash enough (At least not of the originals) to warrant actual panic. People who bought in during the past two, three years might suffer a hit, but people who already been sitting on them for 10 years won't feel it.
As far as the higher interest bit; this would be in good part due to simply being able to support more legacy players. You gave the number of 300,000 available of each dual land, give or take. This means that less than 100.000 people can have a full playset of any given dual. Means there's an artificial barrier as to how many people can actually play high-end legacy decks. Simply adding duals to the pool removes that barrier to an extent. Which, combined with the possibility of further reprints and reprints of random other high-price cards that have niche applications, would certainly attract more people.
I agree with sealteamfive. If you don't reprint enough to cause a drastic price drop in duals there's no point in reprinting them in the first place. SCG would buy them up and keep selling that at 80+90% original dual prices. The only reason to reprint the duals would be to tank the price.
Sort of unsure on my opinion on this topic. I would really like to have some fun cards like Cursed Scroll to be reprinted, so that I could play them in Modern.. but at the same time I don't want the dual lands that I bought to lose value if they became reprinted. Have bought 2 Taiga, 2 Plateau and a Savannah years ago - I don't play them anymore, just sitting safe in a binder.
And that is exactly why they should be reprinted, because people like you keep them away from those who want to play them, tightening the hold on an already low number. Plus, take a look at Eternal Masters, and cards like Shivan Dragon or Birds of Paradise. Iconic cards, even if reprinted, will always hold a good chunk of value, even if reprinted pretty often. The reprints may not, though. This "But muh value" argument has long been disproved by the way WOTC handles reprints anyway.
Disproved how? Like how SnT Sneak Attack and Wasteland dropping ~50%?
If you control Cavern of Souls, and you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, the presumption is that you activated the second ability. The spell can't be countered. As the controller of Cavern of Souls, it is your responsibility to make sure the card is clearly visible (no stacking under other lands, your elbows, etc.). You don't have to expressly say anything when casting the creature spell, but your opponent has the right to ask you to clarify your actions at any time. If you control more than one Cavern of Souls, it is your responsibility to make sure it is clear what creature types you have named for each of them. If, for whatever reason, you want to activate Cavern of Soul's first ability and leave your creature spell vulnerable to counter Magic, you must explicitly say this as you cast the spell. If you're going to an event in the near future and you have further questions, please make sure to ask the judge staff at that event.
So if your cavern was naming merfolk, and you cast a merfolk creature, it's implied you cast it with uncounterable mana
No. If she was buying stuff for you then she was trying to court you, I'm guess to become her BF or something. FWB are literally friends doing what friends would do normally in any situation, except you also sleep with each other.
As someone said above most decks play themselves. Most of the advantage comes from metagaming. Its hard to metagame successfully unless you're sponsored and have access to all the decks at all times.
Dromoka's last ability won't stop it once it's on the stack. In any case the ability only affects spells cast during your turn, making it irrelevant unless your friend was casting Treachery at instant speed on your turn.
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Tap return target legendary permanent to its owners hand. If * something * , garden of karakas targets an opponents commander return it to the command zone instead with a vitality counter on it. Vitality counters do not get removed when changing zones. Each vitality counter reduces a commanders casting cost by 4.
lol? Legendary permanent? So strictly better than Karakas? I think not.
I agree with sealteamfive. If you don't reprint enough to cause a drastic price drop in duals there's no point in reprinting them in the first place. SCG would buy them up and keep selling that at 80+90% original dual prices. The only reason to reprint the duals would be to tank the price.
Disproved how? Like how SnT Sneak Attack and Wasteland dropping ~50%?
Maybe Null Rod and Chalice too
So if your cavern was naming merfolk, and you cast a merfolk creature, it's implied you cast it with uncounterable mana
Source:
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/discussing-cavern-souls-2012-05-25
lol? Legendary permanent? So strictly better than Karakas? I think not.