I'm glad to see this topic got some serious responses. Perhaps I have underestimated the appeal of 60 card casual but I've always suspected wizard's exaggerates how many players are playing this to justify their policy decisions. Back in my undegrad days I headed up our school's ccg club and although there were some newer players who started in pure 60 card casual land nobody stayed there once they became more experienced with the game. I just find it odd when I see new printings of sol ring go for 7 bucks on sites like channel fireball. Who needs another copy of sol ring and wants to shell out 7 bucks for it?
Here's an interesting question that kind of combines magic and economics. In every instance where command tower has been printed there is an equivalent Sol ring printing except the extremely limited commander's arsenal version. There are many additional printing of Sol ring. Each player essentially never needs more then one of either card except in order to keep multiple decks together. Sol ring is only legal in one additional format which is not heavily played and unlikely to contribute to its price. Why then, is Sol ring more expensive then command tower?
Just because there is a majority of people who want something doesn't make it right
They promised and are, so far, intent on keeping their word
This could change but the idea that "but look! X amount of players don't want the RL" will stand in court (if it goes to court) is silly
And I really don't see how some of you think that this means anyone is thinking about dumping the RL
I'm a bit concerned for some of you
It doesn't need to hold up in court. There are no punitive damages in contract law. If wizards decides their economic interest are best served by paying (most likely through a settlement bellow actual damages) they can drop the RL whenever they want.
Grasp yes. Spectre no, you can play lands with the spectre to slowly build up to being able to play off color spells. I assume not being able to right away is an intentional inherit drawback of the card.
Based on the izzet charm I will speculate that each charms effects will consist of one effect the first color can do for one mana (spell pierce), one effect the second color can do for one mana (shock) and one effect both colors can do for one mana (careful study/faithless looting). Based on this would anyone like to speculate on the other charms?
So the charm effects will be: one effect one color can do for one mana, one effect second color can do for one mana, one effect both colors can do for one mana
This is absolutely true... which renders it's status as a "collectible" suspect. It's collectible because it's artificially rare.
If legacy continues to grow, eventually it will be profitable to counterfit duals, and eventually it will be profitable to counterfit them well enough to pass muster in a tournament... at which point the value will "freeze". We'll see where that point is.
I'm just going to keep stressing my point that wizards may in fact have gotten themselves into a legally binding contract and there is nothing we or wotc can do about it aside from wizards deciding it is more profitable to create an efficient breach and reprint the cards anyway
Perhaps the reason he can't talk about it because they have in fact in the past changed the reserve list which based on my explanation may have opened them up to suite
Just want to say that based on my understanding as a second year law student there may actually be a legal grounds for wotc getting sued for violating the reserve list by means of promissory estoppel. Promissory estoppel serves as a substitute for consideration (the other side actually giving up something). It is applied when one side does something (such as making a reserve list) that would likely cause the other party to change their position (such as collectors keeping cards on said list) and they actually did change their position (some collectors likely did). This would turn the reserve list into a legally binding contract
Just want to add that they would still need to prove damages which would likely be difficult in this case though not impossible
Just want to say that based on my understanding as a second year law student there may actually be a legal grounds for wotc getting sued for violating the reserve list by means of promissory estoppel. Promissory estoppel serves as a substitute for consideration (the other side actually giving up something). It is applied when one side does something (such as making a reserve list) that would likely cause the other party to change their position (such as collectors keeping cards on said list) and they actually did change their position (some collectors likely did). This would turn the reserve list into a legally binding contract
Oh, and as for Garruk, a Day of Judgment next turn wipes away all those tokens. In order to be a competitive combo deck, you want a more certain victory than that.
How about the fact Garruk still has 4 counters and can make 2 3/3's every turn lol. It's a jank combo but one that would end the game if played
It doesn't need to hold up in court. There are no punitive damages in contract law. If wizards decides their economic interest are best served by paying (most likely through a settlement bellow actual damages) they can drop the RL whenever they want.
Grasp yes. Spectre no, you can play lands with the spectre to slowly build up to being able to play off color spells. I assume not being able to right away is an intentional inherit drawback of the card.
Activating your planeswalkers is an activated ability.
Already been fixed as champion. More likely to be epic
Yeah really like this one
Would fit nicely with my theory that each set returns to a different block
I'm just going to keep stressing my point that wizards may in fact have gotten themselves into a legally binding contract and there is nothing we or wotc can do about it aside from wizards deciding it is more profitable to create an efficient breach and reprint the cards anyway
Perhaps the reason he can't talk about it because they have in fact in the past changed the reserve list which based on my explanation may have opened them up to suite
Just want to add that they would still need to prove damages which would likely be difficult in this case though not impossible
How about the fact Garruk still has 4 counters and can make 2 3/3's every turn lol. It's a jank combo but one that would end the game if played