There's nothing "cool" about lands. If someone is paying a premium for something, they want it to have some visceral impact. Producing 2 differnt (edited) colors of mana doesn't have that in the same way that, say, Emrakul does. Gaea's Cradle and Nykthos have more shock value for a player than Volcanic Island
EDIT: tl;dr, dual lands don't have a big, splashy effect so it throws people off when guildgates that come in untapped are over $100 each
it's like American football. Nobody is excited to see their team draft or spend big money on an offensive lineman instead of a speedy wide receiver or an insanely talented running back, but the line is the foundation of consistency and dictates your ability to execute plays properly
Although the petition site is web cancer, I did my part.
Sure but they're also the core of every deck and useable in multiple decks, so why does them being lands matter specifically in regards to cost? If anything, surely the lands should reasonably be the most expensive bit as they're the most essential and flexible cards you have.
Signed.
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I am not going to sign:
- Not having all wanted/needed cards immediately available is exactly the way Magic has been intended to be played. Players are expected to trade cards and play for prizes/bets/ante, try various things and tune their decks in the process gradually.
- Deckbuilding on RL cards isn't a must, it's only an option. From my experience I can create decks and play eternal formats without them.
My decks from real paper cards:
[Modern] Green Deathtouch
[Vintage] Suicide Red
[Casual Legacy] Blood Bats
[Legacy] White Suspend Aggro Control
Make a petition to allow proxies on official legacy tournaments and il sign, chances are much higher WoTC goes with that, solves the problem for the newer players, helps older players too, keeps RL intact, every1 happy win/win
Decks I own: 2x DnTx [B,G,R], Deadguy Ale, Maverick, Elves, Enchantress [WG/GU], Goblins, (Shardless) BUG, Food Chain, Aluren, High tide (reset/spiral), UR delver, RUG delver, Grixis Delver, Reanimator, Lands, Dark Depths (turbo / selesnya / hoogaak)
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. A.E. (1879 - 1955)
My decks from real paper cards:
[Modern] Green Deathtouch
[Vintage] Suicide Red
[Casual Legacy] Blood Bats
[Legacy] White Suspend Aggro Control
Yeah suspend is really strong into opposing Teferi.
Reserve List abolishing would be quite nice; would allow Dual land reprints and Fetchland ban. Immediately unbans DRS and Dig; but can't really unban Cruise b/c of single requirement on it (too easy to cheese with Fireblast as gain 3 mana).
Seems like the trolls and RL hoarders are some of the last people left on The Source. What a shame.
I'd rather see my Tabernacle drop to 10€ (spoiler: it won't, even with the fall of the RL...not even with an actual reprint) than to not have Legacy at my FNM.
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