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[OnPoint]

Aristocrat downgraded to rare. That's kinda nice.

 

[red13th]

lol true. two downgrades.
Mortician Beetle is what, the third rare to common? I remember Scion of the Wild and Elvish Vanguard.

 

[HK-47]

lol true. two downgrades.
Mortician Beetle is what, the third rare to common? I remember Scion of the Wild and Elvish Vanguard.

Emperor Croc

 

[Santiako]

Gnawing Zombie was also downgraded from uncommon to common.

 

[Jhriad]

Well, I at least I know what $0.10 rare I'm going to be pulling whenever I open a pack.

 

[y2dvd]

Yeah now I regret not ordering a box lol.

So much money will be thrown into drafting this set. Good bye savings! :l

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I'm not going to complain about an actual Modern playable mythic being printed, It's certanly a more playable modern card than Entreat, Temporal Mastery, Bonfire, Craterhoof, Domri Rade......

Doesn't Craterhoof see some play in elves?

Past in Flames sees like no play because Storm is as dead as it gets.

something, something gifts ungiven.

 

[HK-47]

Doesn't Craterhoof see some play in elves?

something, something gifts ungiven.

In Legacy Elves. Elves are barely a thing in Modern though.

 

[bigkrev]

Quick SGC Prices for Preorders vs what they were a week ago

Liliana: was $95, is preordering for $60
Linvala: was $40, is preordering for $20
Stony Silence: was $8, is preordering for $4
Path: was $12, preordering for $7
Death's Shadow: was $13, preordering for $6
Abrupt Decay: was $8, is preordering for $4

 

[Tunoku]

I need to get myself some Abrupt Decays. They're a staple and I'm thinking about building Dredge for Modern.

 

[Lucario]

Mortician Beetle to common is going to be insane for pauper.

EDIT: Oh my god, we're also getting Burning-Tree and Magma Jet? TY Wizards.

 

[MoxManiac]

Damn, $4 is a steal for abrupt.

 

[Santiako]

Mortician Beetle to common is going to be insane for pauper.

Scary pair with Carrion Feeder.

 

[HK-47]

Mortician Beetle to common is going to be insane for pauper.

EDIT: Oh my god, we're also getting Burning-Tree and Magma Jet? TY Wizards.

Dont thank them just yet. Last time, their gifts gave us the hell that was Izzet Drake.

 

[red13th]

I'm thinking of buying a box now (if I can get a good price) and getting singles in one or two months.

 

[GregLombardi]

This set is a magic players dream. Not even about the value. Regardless of card prices, the amazing cards you can get from a box of this are off the handle.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I'll definitely draft once or twice and pick up some singles otherwise beginning with fetches and liliana.

Weird that LSV didn't highlight 8-Rack in his LoTV reveal article.

 

[red13th]

Just noticed the new Stony Silence art is by Mark Poole. Love old school artists still doing MtG art.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Maybe they can randomly remember to put Glimpse the Unthinkable in

 

[Angry Grimace]

Path is fine, but every other art of Path is better. Especially the one I play with like a special snowflake

 

[Ashodin]

Goddamn I'm so glad I preordered a box

 

[Tunoku]

Maybe they can randomly remember to put Glimpse the Unthinkable in

It would be pretty funny if it was reprinted as a Mythic.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Path is fine, but every other art of Path is better. Especially the one I play with like a special snowflake

Nah OG Path is the best art. It's exactly what Path to Exile should look like, someone or something getting reduced to nothing. The other artworks, either look like a dream or burial at the sea idk (the above), some weird thing getting thingied by venser (venser vs. koth) or too willingly participating (FNM).

 

[Angry Grimace]

Except Path to Exile isn't supposed to be the creature being destroyed any more than Swords to Plowshares is.

 

[Infinite Stars]

Except Path to Exile isn't supposed to be the creature being destroyed any more than Swords to Plowshares is.

Exactly. Path to Exile is literally a "Path to Exile". Being torn asunder from the battlefield? That's one way to exile. Willingly embracing it as a journey? That's a path to exile. Even the Rebecca Guay one works because the name "Path to exile" isn't as niche a removal spell artwise as "Lightning Bolt" or "Fatal Push".

 

[Simply Sarah]

Path is fine, but every other art of Path is better. Especially the one I play with like a special snowflake

Well, I mean, it's the best art of the bunch (It's Guay so of course it is) and even if people argue it doesn't fit the card then you can just point out that neither does the original art.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Taking up farming counts as a path to exile, also.

 

[Simply Sarah]

Taking up farming counts as a path to exile, also.

OK, now this is a dangerous row to go plowing.

 

[pelicansurf]

FNM Promo Path is pretty dope.

 

[red13th]

Path is fine, but every other art of Path is better. Especially the one I play with like a special snowflake

I LOVE that art, it's gorgeous.

I'd kill for a non-foil version.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Sometimes I feel like WOTC really lucked into Modern being a decent format.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Except Path to Exile isn't supposed to be the creature being destroyed any more than Swords to Plowshares is.

Except that swords to plowshares had that in the original art, which carried through further iterations, while path to exile has a clear intention in the art that doesn't.

The FNM version in particular does not convey any form of exile, while you can go into exile willingly there's nothing that represents anything being left behind for the person.

Guay's just belongs on another card, it's great of course. It just appears to be a burial at the sea to me.

 

[Simply Sarah]

I LOVE that art, it's gorgeous.



I'd kill for a non-foil version.

Yeah. I was hoping for one here. At this point I own a non-foil version of almost all Guay art where that's possible and a foil for a large percentage of them. In many cases the foil came first and I went back afterward to get non-foil because it makes the art clearer. Her work really loses a lot to foiling compared to most Magic art, I'd say.

 

[charlequin]

Maybe they can randomly remember to put Glimpse the Unthinkable in

*isn't sure upfront if this is a joke suggestion or not*

*looks at current price of glimpse*

*boggles*

Path is fine, but every other art of Path is better. Especially the one I play with like a special snowflake

Not true, the one from DD: Venser v Koth is bad:

 

[Angry Grimace]

It's still better than Dissolving Catman

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I can't believe you guys. Path to Exile from conflux is one of my favourite artworks in all of magic.

Todd Lockwood is great.

 

[OnPoint]

I gotta say... Path has some horribly inconsistent tone in the arts now that I've looked them all up.

That DD version is bad. The Guay version is beautiful but I don't think fits the tone.

 

[Santiako]

Rebecca Guay's art is nicer, but the original art is iconic and easier to identify at a glance.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I need to get myself some Abrupt Decays. They're a staple and I'm thinking about building Dredge for Modern.

That's not a card that will ever be expensive because it was printed in the RTR boom where they sold a billion cards. You lose like 60% of pack value opening AD in a MM2017 pack!

I suppose in some sense its literally impossible to print every good card that sees play in Modern without it being Cube in packs.

 

[Santiako]

Fuck it, since I blew most of my march budget on the dentist, I just bought half a box (12 packs), I want to have some fun too.

 

[Jhriad]

I suppose in some sense its literally impossible to print every good card that sees play in Modern without it being Cube in packs.

I'm okay with this.

 

[Daedardus]

I prefer the Lockwood art, it kinda has this mistifying aspect surrounding it.

Also, what's the chance we'll see Lightning Bolt at common?

 

[Angry Grimace]

 

[OnPoint]

Well, I called Terminus yesterday at least haha

Not surprised to see it. Good card.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Well, I called Terminus yesterday at least haha

Not surprised to see it. Good card.

It's a card that's already cheap and I hate miracles in general, so

 

[Wulfric]

Someone tried to break my heart with that fake Voice. That artwork is so pretty.

 

[OnPoint]

It's a card that's already cheap and I hate miracles in general, so

I'd rather pull this over Extractor Demon

 

[red13th]

they gave Terminus for Joe Lossett to preview.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I'd rather pull this over Extractor Demon

I don't want to pull any Miracles because I don't want other people at the table pulling them

 

[OnPoint]

I don't want to pull any Miracles because I don't want other people at the table pulling them

Sadly we don't get that option here. So grab em if they come up! I'm actually curious as to how this will draft.