Quote from JonnotheMackem2 »Quote from idSurge »If you are going to write an update, that is how.
PS: No unbans is probably since they not UW was in second place.
PPS: Stirrings and Opal are being watched.
All in all, a fine update.
Based on your earlier post about Arena, I have to say you've taken this very well.
Honestly, I just want information, transparency, and the ability to at least pretend they are being honest with us. I get that from this announcement.
As to Arena, I can play Best of One Xerox Burn and abuse the fact they will almost always give me 2 lands thanks to the algorithm (the same deck does NOT work out on MTGO lol) and I can play Wilderness Reclamation Nexus on Standard MTGO. I may even brew up a UG Taking Turns/Growth Spiral deck for Modern.
All in all though, just taking out KCI is not going to change my view on Modern, so I'll just mess with Standard/Arena and see how things go till March.
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Aura Barbs
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Dingy dingy. There's been a lull just this past week, but I haven't had much trouble getting fetches/shocks that are on my Want list. However, I make sure that I also include some other random trade fodder (~50-300 pp/ea) on my list, so folks are more encouraged to make the trade. I've had some great success lately receiving combinations of fetches and Tasigurs from various traders. When multiple people want a card, I'll almost always initiate the trade with whomever is also looking for the most standard and/or bulk cards.
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What part of that comment isn't true? He's absolutely correct when saying that the game would be dead if Hasbro/WoTC mass produced every single competitive card. An item's perceived value is a very real phenomenon that generates billions of dollars every day across numerous industries. I'd love it if players had more access to format staples, but certainly not if that means reprinting everything into oblivion. As mentioned above, this is what plagues Yugioh and it would drive a significant amount of people away from MTG. The game's perceived value allows players to both compete and feel as though their cards have real, tangible value.
Perceived Value - The worth that a product or service has in the mind of the consumer. The consumer's perceived value of a good or service affects the price that he or she is willing to pay for it. For the most part, consumers are unaware of the true cost of production for the products they buy.
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I said this about a year ago and, judging by the reactions, you'd think that I had lobsters crawling out of my ears. There's way too much money tied up in the secondary market; it is less plausible that some kind of collusion doesn't exist. Hasbro is in the money making business and MTG is in the money printing business. It may not even be an intentional relationship, but I'd be astonished to find no traces of "insider trading", especially considering how niche of a market it is. If I had any vested interest in/decision-making powers at SCG, TCGplayer, etc, I'd pay some WoTC grunt a pretty penny for leaked information....
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That would be helpful, wouldn't it?
http://reddeckwinning.com/2016/01/18/the-modern-burn-bible/
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Is that so? Well that's pretty slick. I have two sealed OGW land packs, but that's b/c I haven't needed to use them yet. And are they selling for $20 on eBay or just listed at $20? Considering OGW fat packs are readily available for MSRP, I don't know why anyone would spend $20 for just the lands. Then again, there aren't any good reasons for half of the ***** that happens on the secondary market, so I shouldn't be surprised anymore.
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TL;DR: There's nothing wrong about speculating on playsets and playing the market game. However, if you buy 100 copies of something and sit on it, you're just being a selfish dick.
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Not at all. Obelisk of Urd was a ton of fun to play in my standard b/w warriors deck; I've been trying to work it into my modern builds and b/w tokens has shown the best results. It's possible to cast it on turn 3 and it can be a finisher in the late game.