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    Eternal masters roughly one month away, where's the hype (and further spoilers)?

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    • joshuabrooks
      joshuabrooks TMD Supporter last edited by

      Vindicate. Wrath of God. Hymn to Tourach. Natural Order. Nev Disk.

      Sorry, I know some people are disappointed, but I can't wait to draft this set. It's going to be like opening packs of my youth!

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        kistrand @joshuabrooks last edited by

        @joshuabrooks Agree on the point about it feeling like back in the good old days.... still need Craw Wurm though. Best card ever when you started out, I mean six power!!! 😉

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        • Juggernaut GO
          Juggernaut GO TMD Supporter @kistrand last edited by Juggernaut GO

          @kistrand first (starter) pack ever opened had force of nature and royal assassin, Bayou player from the start

          still trolling, just on youtube instead of the mana drain.
          youtube.com/bocenterprises

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          • Dumpsterac1d
            Dumpsterac1d TMD Supporter @Guest last edited by

            @gkraigher said:

            @Dumpsterac1d

            It looks very fun to play in Limited. The commons/uncommons so far have been pretty good, and that will add long term value to the packs.

            But the rares/mythics are very weak. We knew about Wasteland and Force of Will. I think most of us were expecting Karakas, but not as a mythic. Balance, Necropotence, Worldgorger Dragon are all really terrible mythic rares to open. Jace and Dack both being in the set was a little unexpected, and there are a few nice rares getting reprinted like Sensei's Top and Sylvan Library but all in all, I'm very underwhelmed with it.

            The set needs cards from Portal 3 kingdoms. They appear to be absent from the list.

            There is value in this set right now, because prices haven't adjust. But expect to see a lot of cards like Foil Force of Will $800 at the beginning of the year, $350 today. Gamble $35 to $15, and still a lot lower to go. The "value" in the set is going to errode very fast, especially with cards that aren't played in old school.

            Maelstrom Wanderer is a great example of the idiocy of Wizards. Here is a hated commander. It's one of the most powerful ones in Multiplayer and French, the card was $20, and they decide to print more of them at Mythic. Why? There's already 2 printings of this card. Why the hell is it in this set? How does printing more of these improve the eternal formats, or EDH for that matter.

            Rishidan Port, Misdirection, and Unmask are cards that need to be included in this set for MODO purposes only. Where are they?

            I agree with the mythics... they leave a lot to be desired, but I wasnt even expecting Jace, let alone Dack. Necro is probably the worst mythic. Not only is it a worthless pull for anyone playing Legacy, but Necro is readily available and the new art sucks. So far, I've been surprised and rather stoked with what they've put into the rare slots. Altogether, the list is pretty good thus far, minus the mythics. I can't be frustrated about one or two cards when so much of what I need to nab will be in these packs.

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              kistrand @Juggernaut GO last edited by

              @Juggernaut-GO hehe nice. I would not, however, had understood back then that Royal Assassin was any good but an 8/8 creature on the other hand... now you're talking 🙂

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                A Former User last edited by

                This entire set is cranking my Masters "Block Constructed" commander deck up to the next level.

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                  p3temangus last edited by

                  Wait...squadron hawk as a common and multiple cascade effects being re-printed!!!! Have not played limited since Mirrodin (Viridian Longbow, how ya doin?), but I will be participating in as many drafts as possible for EM.

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                  • Dumpsterac1d
                    Dumpsterac1d TMD Supporter last edited by Dumpsterac1d

                    Sinkhole just got spoiled? Yes please.

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                      rikter @kistrand last edited by rikter

                      @kistrand said:

                      @Juggernaut-GO hehe nice. I would not, however, had understood back then that Royal Assassin was any good but an 8/8 creature on the other hand... now you're talking 🙂

                      Those were two of the most feared cards back in the Revised era, at least in my neck of the woods!

                      Argothian Enchantress as the last green mythic....pretty lame.

                      Don't trust your secrets to the sea.

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                      • Dumpsterac1d
                        Dumpsterac1d TMD Supporter last edited by

                        Mark Tedin just changed his profile pic to Mana Drain.... wouldn't that be sweet.

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                          kistrand @rikter last edited by

                          @rikter I know, we did realize the power of the assassin later on but in the beginning it was Craw Wurm, Shivan Dragon and Vesuvan Doppelganger all the way. Oh the memories.....

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                            Serracollector last edited by

                            Mana Drain as a rare and Berserk as a rare would be nice.

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                            • SamuelA
                              SamuelA TMD Supporter last edited by

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                              THE TEXT!!! I'm so happy this is amazing.

                              http://www.eternalcentral.com/author/samuelalaimo/

                              (Previously Space_Stormy)

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                                H. @SamuelA last edited by

                                @SamuelA said:

                                THE TEXT!!! I'm so happy this is amazing.

                                Indeed, today is a very good day.

                                "The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
                                —Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order

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                                  themonadnomad last edited by

                                  Strange -- so they changed the text on Winter Orb to work the way that it used to, but the oracle text has not been updated. If they don't update it before the release, wouldn't we have to play the card according to the oracle text?

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                                    H. @themonadnomad last edited by

                                    @themonadnomad said:

                                    Strange -- so they changed the text on Winter Orb to work the way that it used to, but the oracle text has not been updated. If they don't update it before the release, wouldn't we have to play the card according to the oracle text?

                                    It should be updated tomorrow, I am pretty sure, once the whole new set gets loaded into Gatherer.

                                    "The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
                                    —Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order

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                                    • Aaron Patten
                                      Aaron Patten @SamuelA last edited by Aaron Patten

                                      @SamuelA I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I first saw it spoiled! This will change the 93/94 landscape forever.

                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqvKjsIxT_8

                                      Pour me a brew as bitter as my blackened heart.

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                                        themonadnomad @Aaron Patten last edited by

                                        @Aaron-Patten weren't most events playing with that special errata anyway tho? I guess this at least makes it required across the board...

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                                          Aaron Patten @themonadnomad last edited by Aaron Patten

                                          @themonadnomad I follow the Old School M:tG rules and they did not use an errata for it. It's still a good card without the errata. In fact I had finally gotten comfortable with it as a power level errata of sorts. I guess it's time to bust out the Relic Barriers and Icy Manipulators.

                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqvKjsIxT_8

                                          Pour me a brew as bitter as my blackened heart.

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                                            A Former User last edited by A Former User

                                            The full spoiler is up!

                                            Thank you, Honden of Life's Web, for the Forbidden Orchard tokens!

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