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English-language Forums => General Magic => Topic started by: WWolfe on February 07, 2019, 02:12:12 pm
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This post is based on something Gavin Verhey posted on Twitter yesterday (asking what 5 cards you'd like to see reprinted that don't include lands and reserved list cards), so I'm going to add a twist...
What 5 cards would you like to see reprinted in a Standard playable set to fit into this Standard environment?
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1) Noble Hierarch (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Noble+Hierarch) - It has a huge price tag, and I don't think that it will be game breaking (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Breaking) in standard. This fits well in the Sultai Midrange and Simic Climb decks, but wouldn't make them tier 0.
2) Manamorphose (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Manamorphose) - Again, this card definitely has a home in standard, this time in Izzet drake decks. This could give them the means to get to tier 1 and doesn't do anything in other shells to be an auto-include in every deck.
3) Hedron Crab (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Hedron+Crab) - There is already the pieces of a mill deck in standard, with Drowned Secrets (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Drowned+Secrets) and Psychic Corrosion (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Psychic+Corrosion), but this could give it an edge to become competitive playable. It's also surprisingly expensive for how little it sees play. The only downside is it's very Zendikar flavoured, and so could only see a place in Core Set 2020.
4) Karn Liberated (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Karn+Liberated) - Now, Wizard's of the Coast normally doesn't do Planeswalker re-prints in standard legal products, instead opting to create new cards, but I think if there were ever a time to break that rule, War of the Spark would be it. I think Karn, Liberated would probably be the safest to do in this case, because he's only really good because he's the best thing to do with exactly 7 mana in modern.
5) Phantasmal Image (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Phantasmal+Image) - Another suprisingly expensive card for its power level. Anywhere there is Jace, there can be phantasmal image (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Phantasmal+Image), and Quasiduplicate (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Quasiduplicate) and Repudiate//Replicate this could make some really janky copying shinanigans.
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1) Maze's end (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=de&card=Maze%27s+End) (Yes, it is a land) come to my mind to be reprinted in standard, 'cause - oh i think you can imagine ...
2) Amulet of vigor (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=de&card=Amulet+of+Vigor), for the same reason (and there is no reprint at all) - Nexus of fate (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=de&card=Nexus+of+Fate) should be banned before imo ...
3-5) i don't know now - i like the idea of hedron crab (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=de&card=Hedron+Crab), manamorphose (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=de&card=Manamorphose), ...
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Just because -nostalgia-...
1) The Wretched (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=The+Wretched)
2) Lure (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Lure)
3) Kjeldoran Frostbeast (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Kjeldoran+Frostbeast)
4) Wall of Nets (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Wall+of+Nets)
5) Giant Oyster (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Giant+Oyster)
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I'm trying to think of ones that would be fun for a limited archetype, not just because of a price tag. Price tag reprints are easy, but fun cards are harder to think of lol.
1. Battle Screech (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Battle+Screech) - a great card all around. Constructed playable, maybe modern playable, and a pauper staple that is a little pricey. Fills plenty of options for limited - UW fliers, a way for weenies to have some additional gas, a good discard target, breaks up a stalled board, bird tribal... And flashback is fun mechanic. It has Burning Vengeance (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Burning+Vengeance), Secrets of the Dead (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Secrets+of+the+Dead), and i am sure some other cards that play well with it.
2. Burst Lightning (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Burst+Lightning) - such a flexible card
3. Pyrostatic Pillar (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Pyrostatic+Pillar) - forces a slower format, makes most counterspells shock (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Shock) you, and because Storm is too good in modern
4. Witch's Mist (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Witch%27s+Mist) - what a fun build around card! Blocking 1/1 with your beast becomes risky, can be used offensively and defensively.
5. Mistmeadow Witch (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Mistmeadow+Witch) - so many interactions... Can make tokens, can gain life, can reset (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Reset) Banisher Priest (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Banisher+Priest), can draw cards, undoes mind control (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Mind+Control), removes counters + auras. Such a good card.
Runner up - Zada, Hedron Grinder (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Zada%2C+Hedron+Grinder) - because I want to see what else it can do in a different environment
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1: Thoughtseize (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Thoughtseize)
2: Manamorphose (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Manamorphose)
3: Amulet of vigor (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Amulet+of+Vigor)
4: Snapcaster mage (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Snapcaster+Mage)
5: The chain veil (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=The+Chain+Veil)
Runner up: The old Kaya
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1) Not a reprint but add planeswalkers of the gatewatch that can be commanders
2) The chain veil (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=The+Chain+Veil)
3) Inquisition of kozilek (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Inquisition+of+Kozilek)
4) Wall of denial (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Wall+of+Denial)
5) Manamorphose (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Manamorphose)
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They've said they'll likely never print PW's in Standard that have the 'can be your commander' line.
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noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
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Dating myself here:
Royal Assassin (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Royal+Assassin)
Hypnotic Spectre
Nightmare (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Nightmare)
Counterspell (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Counterspell)
Twiddle (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Twiddle)
Prodigal Sorcerer (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Prodigal+Sorcerer)
Circles of Protection!
Nevinyyral’s Disk
Order of the Ebon Hand (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Order+of+the+Ebon+Hand)...
There are so so many more. I’ll just stop now