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Magic: the Gathering |OT13| Ixalan - Port to Sideboard
- Thread starter SigmasonicX
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No, for priority access you need to attend pre-release and complete at least one round in addition to signing up with your DCI
What I'm saying is that most people here attend pre-releases, so if you go, you should already get priority access (unless I guess you have to sign up a second time? which would be redundant)
I would assume that any sign ups w/ DCI number attached will flag those member's accounts that register a pre-release attended as priority.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Goddamn imagine this plains with an updated Unhinged border
Imperfected
Member
They should ask people to sign up via a social media account so they can select for the pissiest, loudest, most opinionated playtesters possible.
There's nothing worse than a door mouse who just tells you, "I thought it was fun" at the end.
There's nothing worse than a door mouse who just tells you, "I thought it was fun" at the end.
Yes, it explicitly says so on the WPN post. You need to at least play the first round.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
shouldn't be hard to ask you LGS to drop you after the first round.
It's always been that way for sanctioned events. Joining and dropping before round 1 doesn't count for your own planeswalker points or for your LGS's numbers. Normally, it doesn't matter, but with Prerelease it does because allocation is based on how many players you had at the last prerelease [of the same set size].
FreedomFrisbee
Member
Re: pre releases and FNMs used as an Arena vehicle. As a WPN guy, this seems rife for registration manipulation. Things can be manipulated now, but there isn't any incentive to do so. If suddenly people get free stuff for playing, whats to stop stores from asking select players if they want to always be registered into the system, even if they don't show up? Matches can be paired up by hand, and then after a round or so they can be dropped to no effect on any actually participating players.
Like, it'd be a neat incentive. But it's far less clean then just putting codes in every pack.
Like, it'd be a neat incentive. But it's far less clean then just putting codes in every pack.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Por que no los dos?
Some amount of free currency in every pack, larger prize pools hitched to FNM, digital pack rewards from the new set for prereleases.
If there's no trading in Arena, then there's really little benefit there for the player, and no benefit at all to the LGS.
Fudging numbers to make sure events fire and to increase prerelease allocation is more likely to happen.
FreedomFrisbee
Member
Really, depends on how much you'd get from an FNM or Pre, and also the general business model.
https://twitter.com/TheManaSource/status/907744417779519488/photo/1
Unstable sleeve art featuring our favorite Green planeswalker
Unstable sleeve art featuring our favorite Green planeswalker
I was thinking of attending 2 pre-release events this time around, and I am contemplating making a new DCI number with another e-mail for the second Arena code, since they seem to be tied to the DCI no.
Also, someone mentioned Wizards including Arena stuff in boosters. In my opinion, anything less than a full digital booster pack per physical one is BS. Pokemon is doing it and the game has seen massive growth, both in it's digital and physical forms. In fact, the Pokemon TCG saw a massive spike of 75% in sales around May of last year.
I know most of you probably think I'm nuts, because it's Hasbro we are talking about here and they'd (probably) never go for it, but it's the truth. Hell, Pokemon has now integrated all their physical TCG products to the digital game.
Wizards/Hasbro stand to make a lot of money if they implement this correctly. That way they incentivize people to spend $4 on real packs and get a digital one for free, rather than just the 150G digital packs.
/rant
Also, someone mentioned Wizards including Arena stuff in boosters. In my opinion, anything less than a full digital booster pack per physical one is BS. Pokemon is doing it and the game has seen massive growth, both in it's digital and physical forms. In fact, the Pokemon TCG saw a massive spike of 75% in sales around May of last year.
I know most of you probably think I'm nuts, because it's Hasbro we are talking about here and they'd (probably) never go for it, but it's the truth. Hell, Pokemon has now integrated all their physical TCG products to the digital game.
Wizards/Hasbro stand to make a lot of money if they implement this correctly. That way they incentivize people to spend $4 on real packs and get a digital one for free, rather than just the 150G digital packs.
/rant
SigmasonicX
Member
I figured the Unstable planeswalker would be Urza's Head. I'll be disappointed if the subtype isn't Urza's.
SigmasonicX
Member
The pinger doesn't have defender so it can attack for raid in a pinch. Neat.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Anyone know if excel files are cross compatible across languages? I'm asking because I made a template for EDH decks that automatically calculates average cmc and amount of card types after you add them in and was wondering if they'd still work if I uploaded it.
I also just realized that I have to set the countif to multiply with the count column so when you add more than a single card of one type (basics or relentless rat type of cards) it doesn't throw the formula off.
I also just realized that I have to set the countif to multiply with the count column so when you add more than a single card of one type (basics or relentless rat type of cards) it doesn't throw the formula off.
Those cards look interesting. With anointed procession and ruthless knave you'd have 4 Mana for paying 3 and sacrificing. I'm sure you could get some incidental treasures from other sources to get enough for the one wincon card. The enchantment card could work in a black control/curse deck.
I also enjoyed this spoiler season a ton, despite thinking the set was utter garbage beforehand.
I mean, more than a third of the rares leaked and only 2-3 of those looked remotely constructed playable. It was too early to say anything, but my expectations were very low.
Now we're getting opt, duress, lightning strike, some great dinosaurs, and an utterly insane set of flip-lands.
I'm glad the leaked portion of the set was so unexciting; this went about as well for Wizards as a spoiler season with ~25 leaked rares and mythics realistically could have.
I feel like there was another, somewhat recent set where they focused more on all rarities rather than just rares during spoiler season and it got lukewarm reception. The takeaway is probably that it's important to optimize the spoiler season per set. Ixalan seems to have tons of great uncommons.
To be honest, I have enjoyed the Ixalan spoiler season way more than Amonkhet and HOU
I feel like the set being spoiled this way helped massively.
But honestly, DFCs and leaks aside, this spoiler season has been good because the set actually looks fun.
blindrocket
Member
I agree. Spoilers were great. Set looks fun. And too early to tell, but it seems like it should be pretty diverse.
charlequin
Banned
I am 100% convinced this card is going to troll the fuck out of me.
I think the lesson there is that their decision to push more power back down to uncommon was a good one.
EDIT: So Lightning Bolt is in 25 Masters I guess:
EDIT: So Lightning Bolt is in 25 Masters I guess:
LOL
I can see how naming something "Iconic" Masters shouldn't have the most iconic red spell in the game, because it makes more sense in a different, non-"Iconic" named set.
Like, why can't he just say something like: "You're right. We goofed. It turned out it wasn't good for limited balance but by that time it was too late. So we had to bump it to the next set."
Any sort of 'real' explanation would be better than that response lol
The explanation is fine. The "Iconic" in Iconic Masters is supposed to be about the creature types: Angels, Sphinxes, Demons, Dragons & Hydras. It was announced that way and it seems unlikely that it wasn't in earnest. The problem, of course, is that most people don't think of that when they hear Iconic, so it really is a poor choice for a name. I can see why they wouldn't necessarily want to call it Eternal Masters 2, but I'm at a loss, at the moment, to think of a better name than that. Maybe "Classic Masters" or something along those lines.
And your explanation is also better than his initial read. See? It's not that hard!
I mean the uncommons and other stuff are fresh af because they actually were designed well. Who knew?
We've only been saying it in this thread for a few years now haha
Isn't Serra Angel in the set? Will agree with Shivan Dragon being missing though.
But Scourge of Valkas is in the set. I don't understand.