GG everyone it was nice playing burn for all these years but there is no way to fight this. Crack and Command are powerless to help here. All anti life gain are null and void against this. Time to sell off burn and build a new deck.
Anything with Masters at the end of it is free money with little to no effort on behalf of WOTC so it makes sense to me that they would keep shelling out this garbage.
"Wizards doesn't do enough reprints!"
"Masters sets are garbage!"
What?
The problem is people want the reprints to come in block sets, not limited time packs. So these statements are both true. Wizards barely ever reprints modern staples in standard legal sets, so we need more reprints. And masters sets are garbage because packs cost $10 and are limited print run, not to mention that these masters sets are filled with so much jank because of "drafting"
My thinking is that people just don't realize that Extended is what they really want. Frontier players say they want a non rotating format that isn't stale and has a ton of room for innovation. You can't have it both ways though. You know what causes brewing and changes up the monotony - it's rotation.
But I get that players want to add to their decks overtime, that's why I recommend a rotation every 3 years. You build a deck, then add to it over the course of 3 years, that's a lot of sets. Frontier, to me, is a player initiated rotation of Modern. Players want a shake up and are tired of seeing the same decks all the time; well, that's actually called rotation. And as a result of rotation, Wizards doesn't need to ban cards as often since rotation also takes care of that.
With the rise in popularity of Frontier I've noticed all the claims about how it's a brewers paradise...
That has nothing to do with the avaliable card pool and all to do with it not being a real format. If it became a sanctioned format with any PT or WMC presence it would be solved within two weeks and everyone would be netdecking or losing to optimal lists.
If you want a format where you can actually brew a deck to consistently beat 2/3 of the top decks, you're looking for Legacy. A Legacy variant with all RL cards banned would be the real brewer's paradise.
I agree that format gets solved quickly when the pros play it but that's true of any format, and would be true of Frontier as well. No RL Legacy is not the answer as that still has the same problem as Modern, which is card availability. Wizards has proven time and time again that they aren't serious about making Modern affordable.
With the rise in popularity of Frontier I've noticed all the claims about how it's a brewers paradise, or how Modern is so stale, solved, and has no room for innovation. People seem to want a format that they can play their old standard cards in without breaking the bank for super old ones. But then, despite all the reasons to not like Modern, Frontier players want a format that never rotates. This is odd to me as eventually Frontier will become far too large just like Legacy and Modern, thus not solving anything.
A long time ago existed extended, no not the 4 year super standard that some of you may remember, and no not even the brief 7 year extended that even fewer of you will remember. The format Extended was a format that contained anywhere from 6 to 8 blocks and only rotated once every 3 years. Just like in standard where 3 sets, and a core set, rotate at a time, 3 blocks would rotate at a time.
This is my Modern solution. It gives players of Frontier everything they've ever wanted and no long term problems. Players get a format with slow rotation so for 3 years it feels like an eternal format with cards only being added to it. But it never gets so large and out of control that older cards become too difficult to find or too pricy as in Modern and especially Legacy. And the format never gets stale because everyone will know that rotation is coming so if the format stinks well don't worry because it's only temporary.
So what do you think? Is this the solution to Modern and all non rotating formats?
Then let's bring back seven year Extended that rotates every three years. You get to play your cards and deck for much longer through a consistently changing meta game, but by the time it gets stale it'll rotate. That way you can have fetch/shock mana bases in there but it won't be forever. It'll rotate before we get to the point of wanting a completely new format.
If you don't like people at your LGS then go play MTGO. If that's too much money for you, go play xmage or cockatrice. But best of all just play with friends. No magic is better than playing it with close friends.
I'd be shocked if we don't see enemy fetches in the next year or two in a standard-legal set. I believe development even went on-record a couple years ago saying they want to do it and are waiting for the right time. From a standard perspective, the real mistake IMO was to have them at the same time as fetchable dual lands (and Flip Jace). So that time is almost past, and actually would be past by Amonkhet if they hadn't rescinded their decision on the faster rotation.
This is hilarious. I remember years ago people were desperate for an enemy fetch reprint and it still hasn't happened. Man Wizards is so out of touch with their fan base...
Despite Trump being elected I still have a glimmer of hope. Young people overwhelming vote democrat. Eventually these young people will grow up and be the old people that always vote. Then, finally then, we can actually make some progress in this country. Until then, women, gays, minorities, pretty much anyone who isn't a white male, just try to hang in there. It's only going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
Trumps win, and also the Reublican wins in house and senate, have me second guessing American values. I got to the point where I believed my stance in social issues were correct and any dissenters were just backward and wrong. But now we have this and I fear for much of the progress that has been made on social issues. Thank god for the Supreme Court to rule in favor of marriage equality, too bad we couldn't get them to rule in favor of other things to solidify the correct choice. Now with a right wing crongress and trump in the White House, good bye LGBT rights, gun control, woman's right to choose. And good bye to any hope of universal health care, affordable college (gotta keep the masses uneducated so they keep thinking that Trump is the right choice) and keep the uneducated down by refusing to raise the minimum wage, and to top it all off, destroy our planet unchecked and unopposed. America's system of checks has completely failed.
It must be a frustrating loss for Hillary considering she won the popular vote. The Electoral Collage needs to go, it's a joke. I understand that people are worried that without it, everyone outside of NY and LA would lose their voice. But how is it fair to make coastal people's vote count for less simply because they live in a higher densely populated area?
Trump is going to deport all the Mexicans, build a giant wall, and ban all Muslims from the country. And through all of this, I'm supposed to tell my son to not hate people because of the color of their skin...sad times.
He's going to deport people with American citizenship? How does that work?
Thanks troll, I'll specify. "Undocumented" or "illegal" aka people who are here because their own country is junk and they want a better opportunity for themselves and family
GG everyone it was nice playing burn for all these years but there is no way to fight this. Crack and Command are powerless to help here. All anti life gain are null and void against this. Time to sell off burn and build a new deck.
And also what happened to Grim Lavamancer? I don't see it played much anymore but in my past experience the card was amazing in many match ups.
The problem is people want the reprints to come in block sets, not limited time packs. So these statements are both true. Wizards barely ever reprints modern staples in standard legal sets, so we need more reprints. And masters sets are garbage because packs cost $10 and are limited print run, not to mention that these masters sets are filled with so much jank because of "drafting"
But I get that players want to add to their decks overtime, that's why I recommend a rotation every 3 years. You build a deck, then add to it over the course of 3 years, that's a lot of sets. Frontier, to me, is a player initiated rotation of Modern. Players want a shake up and are tired of seeing the same decks all the time; well, that's actually called rotation. And as a result of rotation, Wizards doesn't need to ban cards as often since rotation also takes care of that.
I agree that format gets solved quickly when the pros play it but that's true of any format, and would be true of Frontier as well. No RL Legacy is not the answer as that still has the same problem as Modern, which is card availability. Wizards has proven time and time again that they aren't serious about making Modern affordable.
A long time ago existed extended, no not the 4 year super standard that some of you may remember, and no not even the brief 7 year extended that even fewer of you will remember. The format Extended was a format that contained anywhere from 6 to 8 blocks and only rotated once every 3 years. Just like in standard where 3 sets, and a core set, rotate at a time, 3 blocks would rotate at a time.
This is my Modern solution. It gives players of Frontier everything they've ever wanted and no long term problems. Players get a format with slow rotation so for 3 years it feels like an eternal format with cards only being added to it. But it never gets so large and out of control that older cards become too difficult to find or too pricy as in Modern and especially Legacy. And the format never gets stale because everyone will know that rotation is coming so if the format stinks well don't worry because it's only temporary.
So what do you think? Is this the solution to Modern and all non rotating formats?
This is hilarious. I remember years ago people were desperate for an enemy fetch reprint and it still hasn't happened. Man Wizards is so out of touch with their fan base...
Thanks troll, I'll specify. "Undocumented" or "illegal" aka people who are here because their own country is junk and they want a better opportunity for themselves and family