Quote from Ryperior74 »I Can speculate on the theft deck right away for hype cards defintely get Xanathar, Guild Kingpin, and Tasha, the Witch Queen while you can unless D&D universe cards can be reprinted in mtg universe commander decks safe bet those won't be reprints.
They certainly can be, legally. Thematically, they did reprint Improvised Weaponry in Jumpstart 2022 with the art that clearly depicts a mind flayer.
1
1
Argument 2 is the only one you need, I don't think you represented it correctly.
First, I don't think your two examples of a precedent are very good. Portal: Three Kingdoms came out 20 years ago, and in case anyone forgot, wasn't tournament-legal for quite a while. It was a weird, ceremonial set that was never designed to be part of the Magic universe, and I wasn't particularly a fan of their decision to retroactively make it "real". But again, that wasn't their original intent, and it was 20 years ago, and it was based on an interesting and significant period in history. The Walking Dead is just a washed-up intellectual property with very little cultural weight.
You also cite the D&D set that's coming out. I gotta say, I'm not a fan of that either. But Magic and D&D have a long history together, and if we have to have a crossover Magic set, D&D is about the only thing approaching acceptable. Again, I don't love it, but I hardly think opens up the door for Shrek and Iron Man Magic cards.
Also, I'm not sure what your idea of something "not belonging" in Magic is. Do you mean stuff like Izzet sciencey cards or Kaladesh technology? Characters with no vowels in their name? Nothing I can think of comes close to just straight-up making cards for TV show characters. That's just on a completely different axis than anything else you could complain about not being Magicky enough.
1
I don't think you can compare stuff like Frankenstein's Monster to this. Yes, they shouldn't have made that card either. But the game was still new and they were still trying things out. Besides, Frankenstein (as well as Godzilla, I'd argue) are established, iconic elements of popular culture. I still don't like the Godzilla cards, but it's a hell of a lot better than just some TV trendy show that has well since peaked in popularity.
As for the reserve list, I can see your point. But the reserve list seems like a painful compromise they came to. They should know better than to do anything like that again.
2
Man, I feel bad for Card Kingdom for trying to hype up their previews.
1
1
1
"Wait, that's not totally in the color pie--but okay, I guess that's fine" is exactly the right reaction to a Planar Chaos card.
1
1
EDIT: Okay, Angel's Feather looks nothing like that. It looks very familiar, though! My other thought was Paradise Plume, which doesn't look right either.
1
Also, undying and persist in the same set. This set is more ridiculous than Time Spiral and it's great. Menace, Deathtouch and Undying is also quite the combo. Makes your opponent need 4 creatures to kill it in combat.
Also, with the cycle complete, they really need to reprint Thornling with mirroring art!