You can't discount scarcity and price from the game because it's one of the things that have made some cards highly sought after.
If Wizards really cared about playability when it started, they would just sell decks containing all cards for everyone who wants to play the game of magic. there's plenty of board games like this. there is a reason wizards sells booster packs at a certain price with rares being rares and mystic rares being that much harder to get. it's to make money. if nothing was scarce, then wizards would be making a lot less money.
you can argue that not printing cards from the reserve list...every year would still keep some of the value of the older cards (i still prefer playing with the older, original print because nothing is better than nostalgia.) but then you get into the issue of how often you release those cards.
i personally think the original cards should hold their value over the time...but seeing how recent reprints have affected older cards makes me wonder why they haven't as much.
I was wondering, are there any answers to DnT type of decks from the blue side. Wizards has printed so many cards recently for White that hoses Blue decks. Even without Spirit of the Labyrinth, they already have many viable answers to blue decks.
Hi. I was wondering how this deck can compete against any white deck (namely death & taxes) with Spirit of the Labyrinth in their decks.
In my opinion, this deck doesn't match up favorably against D&T decks and after sideboard, your strategy becomes very obvious. I think that's the reason why I wouldn't go with decks that respond to opponents' plays.
I'm not trying to deter anyone from playing this, but I'm just not finding any answers to Spirit.
If Wizards really cared about playability when it started, they would just sell decks containing all cards for everyone who wants to play the game of magic. there's plenty of board games like this. there is a reason wizards sells booster packs at a certain price with rares being rares and mystic rares being that much harder to get. it's to make money. if nothing was scarce, then wizards would be making a lot less money.
you can argue that not printing cards from the reserve list...every year would still keep some of the value of the older cards (i still prefer playing with the older, original print because nothing is better than nostalgia.) but then you get into the issue of how often you release those cards.
i personally think the original cards should hold their value over the time...but seeing how recent reprints have affected older cards makes me wonder why they haven't as much.
In my opinion, this deck doesn't match up favorably against D&T decks and after sideboard, your strategy becomes very obvious. I think that's the reason why I wouldn't go with decks that respond to opponents' plays.
I'm not trying to deter anyone from playing this, but I'm just not finding any answers to Spirit.