Because Tarmogoyf is too powerful for Standard. (I would not be surprised to see it banned in Modern someday, even.)
By reprinting it in modern masters, they're admitting that they cannot under current circumstances see it banned in the near future.
My .02 - (Completely biased as a legacy player who hates modern and thinks modern needs a huge manabase reckoning because it's already a huge greedfest)
I was already shocked by the ban of Wild Nacatl. (Which wouldn't have been necessary had there been adequate nonbasic hate in the format) But if they ever ban tarmogoyf, they're admitting that the format failed. Tarmogoyf was going to be the pillar aggressive creature of whatever eternal format wizards decided to support, (Overextended, Modern, Etc) and its banning would basically say that Wizards has failed in card design over the past few years. They thought control was overpowered, so they banned its important elements (Visions, Jace), they thought combo was overpowered, so they banned its important elements (Grave Troll, Hypergenesis, Glimpse, Every storm card, Ponder) and they've heavily nerfed aggro (Nacatl, GSZ, Bitterblossom)
As it stands, they have a mildly unpopular format, which is almost as expensive as legacy, that people really only play because it's sanctioned for PTQs/GPs, and that could be subject to banning at any time.
People want to play eternal formats so they can have access to powerful cards, not so they can play with tier 1.5/tier 2 strategies. A weak eternal format is not a truly eternal format.
Unless you really want to keep it, I would try and get rid of it right now. I'd sell for 250-300 in a heartbeat, I can only see it going down in the long run.
I found Gatecrash the worst draft set in three years. Too fast and bland because everybody was drafting the same 5 archetypes. I think it can only become better from now, and thus I am looking forward to drafting DGM/GTC/RTR.
I can only rate DGM once I have drafted it at least 10 times. I think it is too early to set it to the trash.
Did you draft AVR? Just curious. I don't know how bad gatecrash was really, since I only did a few, but I don't think it was as awful as AVR.
I think, personally, that people paying $200+ per box will not make their money back, on average.
You want to make money? Buy shocklands and sell six months from now.
I mean, if we're talking about it in terms of brute EV, you never make your money back opening boxes and or packs. I think anyone who wants to make $$ from this set is going to be reselling boxes that they got at either retail or less than 200$.
At this point, buying the boxes at reasonable price, (Say 200 or under), is a win-win. Either there's enough supply of the set, and you can just hold the box for a period of time until it goes up above its MSRP like every box has in the past, or there's a short run on the supply, and it'll be worth 250 or more, and you can just immediately sell for profit.
Lets be honest, if there's enough of the set to go around, it won't for long, given that the drafting on it should deplete the supply rapidly.
I paid 170 for mine from an LGS, but I'm still poking around. I'm glad there's no immediate price gouging like there was with Commander's arsenal, but that being said, I'm probably not going to open the box until later.
Going to be perfectly honest, I think this is a win-win for players. If MM is printed in enough quantity to make sure that there isn't a gouge-run on the stock, everything is good, and that's what it's looking like right now.
I did take into account the rarity of P3k, but I assumed that would only push it into the Three Visits or less range (20$ >) The use to fuel Will in vintage as an unrestricted almost brainstorm makes a lot of sense, though I'm sad the card isn't seeing more usage.
A few random SCG open trades. Let me know how I did.
1)
A: Underground Sea (MP)
B:2 Foil Deathrite Shaman's (NM)
2)
A: Foil Japanese Thundermaw Hellkite, Godless Shrine (GTC), Deathrite Shaman
B: Foil Deathrite Shaman, Foil Godless Shrine (GTC), Hallowed Fountain (RTR)
3)
A: 2 Dark Confidant (NM)
B: 2 Force of Will (NM)
4)
A: 2 Force of Will (NM)
B: 1 foil Iona, Shield of Emeria, 1 foil Blood Moon, 2 All is Dust, 1 Extirpate
1) I prefer pile A, because duals, but foil deathrites are hot, and have the potential to go up/be worth more if you know the right people.
2) Foil Deathrite/Shocks over overhyped standard. Jap Thundermaw is cool, but card will not be anywhere close to where it is after rotation, where deathrite will only go up.
3) Prefer forces, but it's modern season, and you can get rid of those confidants now or before a large event such as a PTQ or GP, you could probably get more. Either one is fine, but Forces for Long Term.
4) Forces, without question. Even at trading price of 50$, I couldn't justify trading what is basically cash for stuff that I'm probably going to have to find niche markets to get rid of.
Starcitygames and ABU do a very good job of accurately grading their singles.
Every single foil I have ordered/received from SCG has been pretty much pack fresh. Say what you want about their prices, (They're a little high), but if you want to guarantee receiving NM, they'll come through.
ABU same deal. The premiums for some cards are much higher than competitors, but again, they deal with a lot of high-end stuff, and no matter what you're ordering, they'll make sure you receive something that meets or exceeds condition expectations.
Allied Fetches would literally turn 30-40% of the modern metagame into five color "Goodstuff" decks that would try to greed everything. Winning wouldn't be about play, it would rather be about having the right maindecked answers to a given field.
I'm going to lean towards fake. Three major reasons:
The border/outside rim of the back of the card looks way, way, way too crisp when compared to the middle, especially the red/blue inking contrast on the word "Magic".
Cards don't age differently in different spots, and the super-faded appearing middle is a really common sign of fake.
Second: The type/font of the words "Land" and "Rob Alexander" on the front look extremely white and without the normal effect shading that you see on Unlimited cards.
Third: Black mana symbol is recent/current rather than the extremely ragged one that they used back in the first few years.
By reprinting it in modern masters, they're admitting that they cannot under current circumstances see it banned in the near future.
My .02 - (Completely biased as a legacy player who hates modern and thinks modern needs a huge manabase reckoning because it's already a huge greedfest)
I was already shocked by the ban of Wild Nacatl. (Which wouldn't have been necessary had there been adequate nonbasic hate in the format) But if they ever ban tarmogoyf, they're admitting that the format failed. Tarmogoyf was going to be the pillar aggressive creature of whatever eternal format wizards decided to support, (Overextended, Modern, Etc) and its banning would basically say that Wizards has failed in card design over the past few years. They thought control was overpowered, so they banned its important elements (Visions, Jace), they thought combo was overpowered, so they banned its important elements (Grave Troll, Hypergenesis, Glimpse, Every storm card, Ponder) and they've heavily nerfed aggro (Nacatl, GSZ, Bitterblossom)
As it stands, they have a mildly unpopular format, which is almost as expensive as legacy, that people really only play because it's sanctioned for PTQs/GPs, and that could be subject to banning at any time.
People want to play eternal formats so they can have access to powerful cards, not so they can play with tier 1.5/tier 2 strategies. A weak eternal format is not a truly eternal format.
Couldn't he choose whether he wanted a 4/5 or a 8/1?
Creating a 4/5, cast furious resistance, decline to trigger fluxcharger, resolves, 4/5.
Creating an 8/1, cast furious resistance, trigger fluxcharger, switch p/t, furious resistance resolves, leaving an 8/1.
Did you draft AVR? Just curious. I don't know how bad gatecrash was really, since I only did a few, but I don't think it was as awful as AVR.
I mean, if we're talking about it in terms of brute EV, you never make your money back opening boxes and or packs. I think anyone who wants to make $$ from this set is going to be reselling boxes that they got at either retail or less than 200$.
At this point, buying the boxes at reasonable price, (Say 200 or under), is a win-win. Either there's enough supply of the set, and you can just hold the box for a period of time until it goes up above its MSRP like every box has in the past, or there's a short run on the supply, and it'll be worth 250 or more, and you can just immediately sell for profit.
Lets be honest, if there's enough of the set to go around, it won't for long, given that the drafting on it should deplete the supply rapidly.
Oops, Prosak's All Spells.
Eyup.
Going to be perfectly honest, I think this is a win-win for players. If MM is printed in enough quantity to make sure that there isn't a gouge-run on the stock, everything is good, and that's what it's looking like right now.
I did take into account the rarity of P3k, but I assumed that would only push it into the Three Visits or less range (20$ >) The use to fuel Will in vintage as an unrestricted almost brainstorm makes a lot of sense, though I'm sad the card isn't seeing more usage.
I finally got around to doing so, and when I looked at the retail price, it's insanely high, SCG has them at 50$ for NM english for some reason.
I was wondering why the price is so high for a card that seems strictly worse than Telling Time
Is the market cornered on them Ala Alpha fungusaur?
I'll post scans of the counterspell when i can, but ballpark?
1) I prefer pile A, because duals, but foil deathrites are hot, and have the potential to go up/be worth more if you know the right people.
2) Foil Deathrite/Shocks over overhyped standard. Jap Thundermaw is cool, but card will not be anywhere close to where it is after rotation, where deathrite will only go up.
3) Prefer forces, but it's modern season, and you can get rid of those confidants now or before a large event such as a PTQ or GP, you could probably get more. Either one is fine, but Forces for Long Term.
4) Forces, without question. Even at trading price of 50$, I couldn't justify trading what is basically cash for stuff that I'm probably going to have to find niche markets to get rid of.
Every single foil I have ordered/received from SCG has been pretty much pack fresh. Say what you want about their prices, (They're a little high), but if you want to guarantee receiving NM, they'll come through.
ABU same deal. The premiums for some cards are much higher than competitors, but again, they deal with a lot of high-end stuff, and no matter what you're ordering, they'll make sure you receive something that meets or exceeds condition expectations.
But less than 5 (Which is the price for if you reveal it off of a Bob, you feel Janked)
Allied Fetches would literally turn 30-40% of the modern metagame into five color "Goodstuff" decks that would try to greed everything. Winning wouldn't be about play, it would rather be about having the right maindecked answers to a given field.
The border/outside rim of the back of the card looks way, way, way too crisp when compared to the middle, especially the red/blue inking contrast on the word "Magic".
Cards don't age differently in different spots, and the super-faded appearing middle is a really common sign of fake.
Second: The type/font of the words "Land" and "Rob Alexander" on the front look extremely white and without the normal effect shading that you see on Unlimited cards.
Third: Black mana symbol is recent/current rather than the extremely ragged one that they used back in the first few years.