Of course there will be garbage (<1 USD) and lower/mid end rares (~5-10 USD). What these sets are good at are reducing prices for all the mid-tier and some high-tier rares to reasonable levels. Take Celestial Colonnade for example; before UMA it was ~50 USD and steadily declined to 5 USD after printing. Maelstrom Pulse was solidly a ~20 USD card before UMA and now 5. All I'm trying to say is that these Master sets are good to nerf the prices of so many cards. I have no doubt this will be cracked A LOT regardless of the price point.
I would have liked to have the Thriving cycle in the Coreset to open up some slots from the basic land cycle (10) there. I feel like it's more elegantly designed to reduce card slots.
1) I believe Gavin mentioned in a TCC interview that they have something special planned for Oubliette like 6 months ago. It seems inevitable.
2) I'm all for another Unset regardless of it's theme. Would be a nifty way to sneak in a black border card like Sliver Queen, the same way they did with Steamflogger Boss.
3) Jumpstart...we will see very soon but I highly doubt the written language.
4) Master sets...it's a cash cow so why not print them.
I was number crunching in the lands and noticed that after the Temples there should be 3 additional cards that are not basics. There are not a lot of letters that would make sense...except Urza's lands. I thought I read somewhere they are rumored to be in Double Masters, but wondered maybe the rumor source got the set mixed up. I'm not sure if they would fit flavor wise in Core 2021 though.
My first thought was that they would no way print them into standard and likely so. Then you look at Ikoria and the future standard environment and see HUGE colorless mana cost paired with a double color, or cards that can be greatly helped with an early Chromatic Orrery.
I would maybe have 4 Mirage fetches at most, and really to fetch a shockland for turn 2 or 3. Maybe Manalith or pain-lands will be more common in some of my multi-color decks in pioneer.
I don't think they will change how they put reprints in the Core set. It satisfies all formats and you maintain reprint equity, just don't expect LotV or other powerhouse reprint in Core. I agree that a Pioneer Master-origin-horizon set is to be expected to inject some reprints from old sets that missed the cut off. With the fetch banning, it makes me believe they want a "slower" format than Modern to push games farther so ETB tapped is likely a mainstay. That being said I would love to see the Mirage fetches be reprinted (e.g.Bad River) for Pioneer.
Depending on the other Knights in the set, it's possible a Modern deck could be brewed. It's not likely to win big tournaments but would be classic tempo/aggro deck. The best inclusion is a 1-drop Knight, Novice Knight, which helps with early bears, but is likely to become stronger once equipments start coming out like Horned Helm or Godsend. I like the idea of giving the Knights trample (like cavalry) so splashing Green for Rancor or Primal Rage. It could be a fun casual deck.
Are cards numbered above 269 that have the embellished artwork frame, also have a regular version within the 269 draft-set or will they only be found in the collector sets and planeswalker decks? I like this card in draft since it gives some versatility to Shatter something even if it's not instant speed.
Yeah it's surprising in a direct-to-Modern set that it started off as a >$20 rare. Depending on how it's played in Modern tournaments will dictate if it could be rolled out to a Standard set? However, I think what we have discussed before is that this is a cheaper alternative to the Fetch->Shockland mana base. On complete unfounded dysphoric speculation (that we don't need to discuss further), what if they banned all the real fetchlands in Modern to leave them in Legacy? That would make both formats more distinct in explosiveness and could move some players to Legacy. I highly doubt they would because the outcry would be ridiculous and so many decks would lose a consistent mana base in Modern. If that happened, then Prismatic Vista would spike as the best option for mana bases in mono and 2-color while not as good for 3+. IT would be a huge shake-up for Modern if WotC did that.
Overall I like Prismatic Vista as it is since I play more mono or 2-color decks, and don't really need Fetch-Shocklands.
I know this is a slight necro...but I have played a 2-color deck recently with these and I didn't have a problem getting the mana when I needed it. I have some true fetches, but I decided to play with Prismatic Vista in the current decks I'm building and works well. You may have to be creative in any duals like using painlands or checklands to round out the base. It is a callback to the Mirage cycle slow-fetch in my eyes (which I was hoping for a reprint) and making it in a single card for basics. I suspect this will be reprinted a lot since it only fetches basics and could be standard playable that won't cause too much shuffling. It's a nice gateway to real fetches if people want to up their Modern game competitively.
I think I heard mid-July.
2) I'm all for another Unset regardless of it's theme. Would be a nifty way to sneak in a black border card like Sliver Queen, the same way they did with Steamflogger Boss.
3) Jumpstart...we will see very soon but I highly doubt the written language.
4) Master sets...it's a cash cow so why not print them.
My first thought was that they would no way print them into standard and likely so. Then you look at Ikoria and the future standard environment and see HUGE colorless mana cost paired with a double color, or cards that can be greatly helped with an early Chromatic Orrery.
Pretty sure the artwork was inspired by Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty.
Overall I like Prismatic Vista as it is since I play more mono or 2-color decks, and don't really need Fetch-Shocklands.