I'm very happy for more schemes, but very disappointed that there are no new cards. It was great that they made surge cards in OGW, but I was really hoping for teammate cards/mechanics in this. Especially since the last Plancechase gave us new cards, it's a real let-down.
I like how the enfranchised players complained that card previews spoil the story for BFZ and SOI (especially Anguished Unmaking), but we pretty much guessed the whole story for EDM before we saw a single card.
I'm glad they finally made a legendary spider, but I have been waiting for a Naya one. I know people love Spider Spawning, but I'd rather be able to play Dragonlair Spider and Ancient Spider in an EDH tribal deck. I'm not surprised on the color identity since we are Innistrad. I'll just settle for being happy for other people. Hopefully the next legendary spider won't take so long.
Your biggest assumption here is that I have a playgroup. When it comes to playing MTG my only option is to go to one of several local game stores which tend to stick to the letter of WOTC rules. LGS in general shy away from having "house" rules because their proprietors don't want to lose their WPN sanctioning.
I don't have a playgroup either, I'm lucky if I get a game at a prerelease, but the point remains that you can ask the other players if they minded you playing an illegal commander. Unless your LGS has some sort of league or tracking/points, I don't see why the store would care what the group decides. The rules of Commander are not WotC's rules. Stores around me have a night for commander, but it's just a time and place for people to meet up and play. If someone asked to play a nephilim or Arlinn as their commander, I'd be fine with it. I'm not sure how that could affect WPN. Sorry if the players in your area are sticklers for the consensus rules or the stores somehow would ban it.
At least with getting 4 color legendaries you can keep a nephilim as a back up general (or visa versa) for the right group.
If you want to use the Nephilim as a commander, just ask your play group. There will be no errata or rules changes for the nephilim.
I would be surprised if they didn't put the nephilim in the decks, but the reprinted legends would probably be a clan and/or shard card. Just like how the original Commander release had enemy pair legends in the wedge decks.
That's the way precon rarity works. Commons appear in every deck rares and mythics in only one deck each. They won't be reprinting an individual rare that appears in each deck. They could reprint reflecting pool but it won't show up in each deck. These precons will have inefficient cheap mana bases balanced to play against each other, nothing more.
Precon rarity is generally based on the most recent printing, unless they promote it, like in Duel Deck face cards. It has no effect on whether they put a rare in one or more decks or an uncommon in all the decks (like sol ring). Only the rarity of new cards is based on how frequently a card appears in each deck. Just for variety's sake, I doubt they will stuff duplicate rares in each deck, but it's possible they will put a rare mana rock or land in each deck. If they did that they can keep it at rare just fine.
I don't expect crazy mana bases, the decks just need to play well against each other. At the same time, 4 colors is harder to get out than the 3 color decks they have made before. There certainly is room for them to do something they haven't done before. There really isn't much difference in putting a new common land or mana rock in each deck and reprinting a solid rare that people can always use for any muti-colored deck.
remember that any card that is put in all decks must be common in accordance to their rules. So I really doubt there will be the same efficient mana fixing cards found in all decks. The best I think we can expect are cards like transguild promenade and rupture spire in addition to trilands and vivids of the appropriate colors for each deck.
Only new cards are common. Are you suggesting that they couldn't put reflecting pool in every deck? Sol Ring stayed uncommon and is in every deck.
I wouldn't hold your breath-
in five years of this product they have given us a grand total of zero new gold cards outside of the commanders.
I was certain last year that would change, but alas.
Also, how would a four color charm work?
Commands could be feasible, but charms would be awkward without adding a fourth option.
That's true about new gold cards. I suppose that is to give players more options to put new cards in decks, but I doubt they will ever do 4 color cards in a standard set again. This would be the place to do it. The problem is that the cards would pretty much be limited to one deck or the 5 color goodstuff deck.
And the charm would he hard to do. Maybe it could be choose one - WU effect, UR effect, RG effect. A fourth option wouldn't really be a proper "charm" anyway.
I'd like to see duals that ETBT unless it's for Commander. Check for Command Zone or something. No need for bannings and no interest from other eternal formats.
I wonder how many actual new 4 color cards they will make per deck. We should get two legends, but would we get commands or charms? Would "nephilim charms" actually fit on card with the new bullet point template?
This was not the Planechase announcement I was looking for.
Here's hoping it will generate interest in another edition. It's a good way for players who missed out to get all the planes, but I just don't want it to be pointed to as a reason for not making any more if sales aren't good. I saw the duel deck anthology sit for a while and I figured that would be a better seller.
Are there any valuable cards from the 2012 PCH decks besides Shardless Agent? There were some fun reprints in the first set. I remeber enjoying the zombie one. I can't believe that Death Baron is almost as much as Shardless!
Didn't you swear off doing PW cards? There'll never be a next Architect of Thought. (I never had a problem, BTW)
And I'm sure it's a nod to HP Lovecraft too.
The expansion symbol looks OK on the spindown (or as common), but Emrakul's MR symbol looks like some enemy for Super Mario
I don't have a playgroup either, I'm lucky if I get a game at a prerelease, but the point remains that you can ask the other players if they minded you playing an illegal commander. Unless your LGS has some sort of league or tracking/points, I don't see why the store would care what the group decides. The rules of Commander are not WotC's rules. Stores around me have a night for commander, but it's just a time and place for people to meet up and play. If someone asked to play a nephilim or Arlinn as their commander, I'd be fine with it. I'm not sure how that could affect WPN. Sorry if the players in your area are sticklers for the consensus rules or the stores somehow would ban it.
At least with getting 4 color legendaries you can keep a nephilim as a back up general (or visa versa) for the right group.
I would be surprised if they didn't put the nephilim in the decks, but the reprinted legends would probably be a clan and/or shard card. Just like how the original Commander release had enemy pair legends in the wedge decks.
Precon rarity is generally based on the most recent printing, unless they promote it, like in Duel Deck face cards. It has no effect on whether they put a rare in one or more decks or an uncommon in all the decks (like sol ring). Only the rarity of new cards is based on how frequently a card appears in each deck. Just for variety's sake, I doubt they will stuff duplicate rares in each deck, but it's possible they will put a rare mana rock or land in each deck. If they did that they can keep it at rare just fine.
I don't expect crazy mana bases, the decks just need to play well against each other. At the same time, 4 colors is harder to get out than the 3 color decks they have made before. There certainly is room for them to do something they haven't done before. There really isn't much difference in putting a new common land or mana rock in each deck and reprinting a solid rare that people can always use for any muti-colored deck.
Only new cards are common. Are you suggesting that they couldn't put reflecting pool in every deck? Sol Ring stayed uncommon and is in every deck.
That's true about new gold cards. I suppose that is to give players more options to put new cards in decks, but I doubt they will ever do 4 color cards in a standard set again. This would be the place to do it. The problem is that the cards would pretty much be limited to one deck or the 5 color goodstuff deck.
And the charm would he hard to do. Maybe it could be choose one - WU effect, UR effect, RG effect. A fourth option wouldn't really be a proper "charm" anyway.
I wonder how many actual new 4 color cards they will make per deck. We should get two legends, but would we get commands or charms? Would "nephilim charms" actually fit on card with the new bullet point template?
Here's hoping it will generate interest in another edition. It's a good way for players who missed out to get all the planes, but I just don't want it to be pointed to as a reason for not making any more if sales aren't good. I saw the duel deck anthology sit for a while and I figured that would be a better seller.
Are there any valuable cards from the 2012 PCH decks besides Shardless Agent? There were some fun reprints in the first set. I remeber enjoying the zombie one. I can't believe that Death Baron is almost as much as Shardless!