You know what. That's actually not a terrible thing to bring up to someone. Though I suppose the Duel Deck cards are their own sheet and it would be ridiculous to turn that into a redundant foil sheet.
It's not impossible for them to print cards that only show up on the foil sheet. There's at least one example I know of.
Should Wizards make more of an effort to explore more of the planes we visit outside of one city or continent within the story and/or cards, or is how they've been handling the planes in question good enough?
I'd prefer if they leave it unexplored and leave it open for the future. I think planes are better when there's room for more then one thing on them. They can do plenty of detail and storytelling in one region without having to pigeonhole an entire plane as "all-Egypt, all-the time", or "all-horror, all day, every day'. The fact that there's "something" across the ocean on Innistrad that we don't know about and may be completely different, adds some more depth to the plane, even if we never go there and see it.
Of course, fully fleshing out the plane with multiple continents and varied cultures like Zendikar is decent too, but a lot more work. Plus, with so much stuff there, most of it will only get a cursory look and a few cards representation, at best. Then it all gets destroyed and all that worldbuilding is for naught. I guess that's another benefit of smaller-scale settings like Amonkhet. You can have high stakes, have the heroes fail or only partially succeed with drastic consequences and massive devastation, and not ruin everything everywhere and have to have the next set there be Plane X: Post-apocalytic edition.
Ugh, why does all the art for Woodland Stream have to be so great? You can't play that card anywhere!
Depending on what other cheap Dinosaurs there are, Huatli's Snubhorn could actually make it into the Dinosaur deck - if there is one. A 2/2 Vigilance for 1W isn't too bad with tribal support.
That Island is pretty sweet. The Swamp is the worst of the bunch of course, because you can clearly see Jace in the art Jace's looks and physique are all over the place btw. Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage looks a lot more buff than Jace, Cunning Castaway and the Jace on the box itself looks different, too...
I was actually about to post that card is a really good common bear. It definitely could if it has enough support I agree. Shame it won't be in actual packs for drafting, would have been a solid common pick.
I wish they'd at least let these PW deck cards show up in packs in foil. They're counted as part of the set, but make it impossible to foil out everything.
Even if going infinite is a big hassle, at the very least, you can use untap effects to have your activated ability toolbox online during every other players turn. He's actually more insidious this way. "Answer me or I provide tons of value" is often better than "answer me or lose" simply because you're less likely to be the #1 threat. The fact that he potentially gets more powerful every time you play him makes it even better.
A lot of these new leonin don't seem very Theros-y. Maybe this is just another plane other than Theros or Alara with leonin. Was it ever confirmed which plane the leonin of Mirrodin originally came from?
Mirri and Stalking Leonin are great designs. So unique and creative (although Mirri is basically just a Dueling Grounds variant, but coincidentally I really like that card).
I may be getting the cat deck after all!
Not a fair comparison to compare Mirri to Dueling Grounds, as Mirri is assymetrical.
Mirri actually seems good enough to find its way outside of EDH.
Wow, yeah since you're still allowed to attack with everyone, they can only block one of your creatures every turn.
Of course, fully fleshing out the plane with multiple continents and varied cultures like Zendikar is decent too, but a lot more work. Plus, with so much stuff there, most of it will only get a cursory look and a few cards representation, at best. Then it all gets destroyed and all that worldbuilding is for naught. I guess that's another benefit of smaller-scale settings like Amonkhet. You can have high stakes, have the heroes fail or only partially succeed with drastic consequences and massive devastation, and not ruin everything everywhere and have to have the next set there be Plane X: Post-apocalytic edition.
If you were to flicker him, would that reset the "only once per turn" counter on the abilities?
Eh, we can still have our time-out-button-on-a-stick with elite arcanist if we so desire, but it's infinitely more fragile.
Wow, yeah since you're still allowed to attack with everyone, they can only block one of your creatures every turn.