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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

      Are these sets any fun to draft, btw? I've never done one-

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      • Ten-Ten
        Ten-Ten last edited by

        At my local shop, I was told not to expect drafts and packs might go as high as $20 each. He wouldn't even let me preorder yet. Said it might be around $300 a booster box if he decides to do so 😕

        "Memnarch or the vedalken salvage most of the large machines, leaving us only scraps. Scraps are enough."

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          DeaTh-ShiNoBi last edited by

          I like how Shops are ripping off MSRP without knowing whether the total value of the set is over MSRP or not.

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            p3temangus last edited by

            For fellow dredge players on MODO, unmask and serenity are two unnecessarily expensive cards that I would love to see reprinted

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            • Topical_Island
              Topical_Island last edited by

              There has got to be a way to preorder this online somewhere... help me.

              Brian Kelly Freudian self-analysis of the day:
              I like to express the id that a player would feel without the superego of being like, "oh you have to be nice."

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              • Cambriel
                Cambriel @Winterstar last edited by

                @Winterstar said:

                Imperial Seal tops my "I kknow we won't get it but I can dream" list.

                Demonic Tutor seems like such an obvious reprint that I doubt we'll see any other black tutors. Either that, or we'll see the whole Mirage cycle. None of the playable tutors from Mirage have had a pack foil reprint.

                Imperial Seal seems like the sort of thing they'll hold back for a holiday judge mailing or something, like Mana Drain in 2015, or Force of Will in 2014.

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                  DeaTh-ShiNoBi @p3temangus last edited by

                  @p3temangus I'd add Cabal Therapy and Undiscovered Paradise to that.

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                    kistrand @Topical_Island last edited by

                    @Topical_Island At least here in Europe the Magiccardmarket site has a lot of preorders on offer: https://www.magiccardmarket.eu/Products/Booster+Boxes/Eternal+Masters+Booster+Box

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                      Serracollector last edited by

                      My guesses for Mythic Slots (assuming 2 mythics per color):
                      Red: Imperial Recruiter, Goblin Welder
                      Green: Natural Order, Berserk
                      Blue: Force of Will, Jace TMS, or Mana Drain
                      Black: Imperial Seal, Grim Tutor, or Vampiric Tutor
                      White: Academy Rector, Land Tax, or.....I have no frigging Clue.
                      Artifacts: Mana Crypt, Sensei's Diving Top
                      Gold: Dack Fayden, and not sure
                      Land: Rishadin Port, Ancient Tomb, Glimmervoid, or Dark Depths, or Karakas

                      I believe that Hymn to Tourach and Lotus Petal will be RARES. Sylvan Library, Swords to Plowshares, Demonic Tutor, Sol Ring, Balance, Mind Twist, Ball Lightning, Maze of Ith, Ernham Djinn, Serendib Efreet, Lightning Bolt, Dark Ritual, Chrome Mox, Tinker, Mind over Matter, Oath of Druids, Recycle, Aluren, Regrowth, Gush, Daze, Chain Lightning, Misdirection, Gifts Ungiven, all the Wishes, Griselbrand, Emrakul, Tarmogoyf, Dark Confidant, Liliana of the Veil (possible mythic), Wrath of God, Damnation, Phyrexian Arena, Gitaxin Probe, Elvish Spirit Guide, Simian Spirit Guide, Goblin Charblecher, Armageddon/Ravages of War (possible Mythics), Supreme Verdict, Nevynarryl's Disk, Survival of the Fittest, Food Chains, Howling Mine, Black Vise/TheRack, Icy Manipulator, Juggernaut, Triskelion, Kuldotha Forgemaster, Grim Monolith, Time Warp, Time Spiral, High Tide, Reset, and the Elder Dragon Legends (they gotta have some shit rares), will fill most of the rare/uncommon slots. This is ofc just my opinion, and a sprinkle and dash of my hopes. I already preordered a case (4 boxes) at a lil over $1,000. I believe the EVA is gonna be through the roof, and that I will be happy with the purchase. If not, at least I will have some of the cards I been trying to get for years since I quit and sold my collection in 2003.

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                        A Former User @Serracollector last edited by

                        @Serracollector you are going tl be sadly mistaken by that decision given the set had to be draftsble which the list of cards you named wouldnt have that synergy.

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                        • joshuabrooks
                          joshuabrooks TMD Supporter @Guest last edited by

                          @Soly said:

                          @Serracollector you are going tl be sadly mistaken by that decision given the set had to be draftsble which the list of cards you named wouldnt have that synergy.

                          I would agree. That's a ton of name rares too. I think maybe half those cards will see print.....over the next three Masters sets. They only need 10-20 flagship cards to sell the packs, and half those will be mythic.

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                            A Former User last edited by A Former User

                            I'd say a good rule of thumb is any card on in the MODO cube with alternate art and not on the reserve list.

                            I'm excited for a lot of the commons/uncommons as well. Oubliette, Tron Lands, Spirit Guides, Daze they should all be included in the set.

                            I am hopefully for a lot of reprints on Judge Promos: Sneak Attack, Show and Tell, Rishadan Port, Karakas. Ravages of War, Imperial Recruiter, but I'm not sure how likely it will be. I think they have to use this oppertunity to reprint Imperial Recruiter and it would be a huge mistake not to. If that card was more available, Legacy would be a different animal.

                            I'm also holding out hope that Imperial Seal gets reprinted. But I'm not convinced Wizards will do the right thing. In all honesty, they might find a way to totally blow this set and then have to do Eternal Master 2018 or something.

                            Also, Tarmogoyf will likely be in this set.

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                              A Former User @Serracollector last edited by

                              @Serracollector

                              Goblin Welder would never be a mythic, it just got reprinted in Commander as a rare. It doesn't even need a reprint.

                              Berserk could be a rare and even an uncommon. It's not good enough to be a mythic.

                              I'd love to see imperial seal, but I have a feeling Wizards is going to give us Vampiric Tutor instead.

                              Dack Fayden will not be repritned this quickly. Maybe Jace will, but I honeslty think he will be in the follow up Etermal Masters set 2-4 years later.

                              The following cards are on the reserve list:
                              Academy Rector
                              Survival of the Fittest
                              Grim Monolith

                              And these guys are right. It's going to be a lot more like Modern Masters where there will be a few signature cards, some good commons/uncommons, and the rest garbage to make it a draft set.

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                                Serracollector last edited by

                                Like I said it's also with a bit of hope. Berserk is a very key card in Legacy infect and I just can't think of another green card outside of Natural Order that's mythic worthy. They could cheese and make Sylvan Library a mythic I guess.

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                                  p3temangus last edited by

                                  What does everyone think about re-printing the Zendikar Fetches? $80-$90+ on Scalding Tarn and friends (to me) is an unnecessarily prohibitive cost of entry to the eternal formats. Even in Legacy, you need to shell out $750-$1000 on Dual lands AND THEN another $400-500 on the correct fetches? Totally not needed.

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                                    A Former User @p3temangus last edited by

                                    @p3temangus

                                    The just reprinted Khans Fetches, they printed Expeditions in the last set. They have never pritned Fetch lands in a masters edition. All signs point to No.

                                    Wizards knows they can print money but putting them in a core set. I think they will just do that again, maybe in 2017.

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                                    • joshuabrooks
                                      joshuabrooks TMD Supporter last edited by

                                      I think it's cool that some of the old cards might see reprints (berserk, force, karakas, drain, etc), but will that really help the supply side? Won't these mythics still pull $60-100 even in a reprint state? Great for excitement, but I don't think it will do much to ease prices. At least the mythics slot in a low distribution set.

                                      Heck, some of the mythics might be worth more than the originals!

                                      Very exciting set to talk about though. I'm jazzed!

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                                      • Topical_Island
                                        Topical_Island last edited by

                                        I wonder if Liliana will see a reprinting in this set. It's not really vintage, but legacy

                                        Brian Kelly Freudian self-analysis of the day:
                                        I like to express the id that a player would feel without the superego of being like, "oh you have to be nice."

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                                          A Former User @joshuabrooks last edited by

                                          @joshuabrooks

                                          VMA was designed as a draft format and so were both Modern Masters sets.

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                                            A Former User @Topical_Island last edited by

                                            @Topical_Island

                                            I doubt it. She was a promo last year. I think they will reprint her in the next Modern Masters, in 2017.

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