Full set is up.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/article...ers-2018-11-19
Desolate Lighthouse was the final rare.
What a disappointment. I thought if they were going to charge $13 per Booster, they would atleast include tons good cards that people actually like playing with in it. Instead 95% of the cards are worthless crap.
Even if they included cheap iconic/nostalgic cards like Dark Ritual, Hypnotic Specter etc, the packs would be fun to draft but most of the cards are literally cards that no one cares about. So happy I didn't bother to preorder a box.
Yeah, I'm glad EDH players got some of their wishlist but a big old set of "meh" from here.
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Imagine that art in here:
I think this set is actually pretty good
If you go through all of the rares I think the vast majority of them were worth more than the MSRP of a pack before this set was announced. I was initially disappointed at the initial asking price but there are only a handful of big duds like Talrand, Reya etc and I think this set will clearly lower the prices of a lot of playable cards despite the high MSRP. There are a lot of obvious cards that needed reprints like Runed Halo, Colonnade, Back to Basics, as well as those expensive staples that it certainly doesn't hurt to reprint again (Liliana, Hierarch, etc)
For the people who think this is a disappointment, what were you expecting? Full sets of fetchlands, SNT + Sneak, the whole DNT deck? Of course there are expensive cards that aren't included like Jace, Opal, FoW, etc but overall I think the set will have a significant positive impact on the secondary market (from the POV of decreasing prices) and therefore it's hard to complain about it too much
I'd consider stowing away on a freighter to Australia to pay $25 (AU) for a chance at an Imperial Seal. Oh, well.
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The way I see it:
UMA is not a bad set. The key issue is the massive bump in cost relative to value. The set is really tightly balanced, and seems like, if it were at the original Masters set MSRP of US$6.99, this would not only sell like hotcakes, but it would also give back to the Eternal communities and also increase supply. The card choices mostly make sense, and allow for a Limited format that is really cool and interesting, offering a lot of flexibility in terms of deck competition.
But at its current MSRP, it's just a terrible buy unless your RNG is good. And that will significantly diminish unless you get one of the extremely flexible, playable cards. Sure, it increases a few Portal/Starter printings, but outside of Imp. Seal and a couple of others, it's just...meh.
I don't know if this has been mentioned in this place but people have collected very convincing evidence that this wasn't originally planned to be the "ultimate" masters set but a themed one about graveyard stuff. That's why the box description on the back mentions the graveyard and why the set symbol comprises two skulls if you look closely. At some point they must have changed this to be the last masters set for whatever reason and used this opportunity to throw in abundant stuff like the cancelled Ixalan Masterpieces (look at the Demonic tutor art) as well.
well they got huge flack from masters 25. it wouldn't surprised me they went back to the drawing board shortly after masters 25 and decided to change graveyard masters to ultimate masters and reused some assets to cut down on time. it was a good decision though because they included lots of value in ultimate.
is anybody else just not impressed with the "box toppers" as desirable premium cards?
I'd much rather just play with my Expedition Ancient Tombs than the Box Topper ones. The art on the new Box Toppers is kind of lame, to be honest.
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