For MtG's 20th Anniversary I'd love to see reprints of Beta & Antiquities to revive Vintage as a format in the states (or just paper versions of Masters Edition 1-4), but I doubt that's going to happen. What I think is most likely to happen is that they'll... well... I have no idea really, but it's probably not going to be anywhere near as good for the players and profit of the company as getting rid of that idiotic reserve list and reprinting cards that need to be reprinted for the long term survival of the eternal formats. We can dream though, we can dream
Another Free Magic Weekend would be pretty awesome. Last year's one brought my shop about 15 new players that have continued to play because they got so many freebies last year.
"Future Sight" looking cards starting for the 20th anniversary?
My guess is, WotC will do something pretty big for the 20th, something along the lines of the free MTG weekend we had. It probably wont be over-spectacular. (what did wotc do for the 10th/15h anniv. if anything?)
Also, 8th Edition had a reprint from every Expert-level set up to that time. I imagine something similar would happen for M14, although of course there are twice as many sets to cover, and the core set is meant to be fun to draft, and we expect they'll be bringing back an old mechanic with new cards, so I can't imagine it would be easy to make room.
I'd love to see another run of Time Spiral style timeshifted cards.
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On average, Magic players are worse at new card evaluation than almost every other skill, except perhaps sideboarding.
I think it's kind of stretching it to call 1992 the first year for magic. It might have been invented there and we have the test cards but it wasn't released.
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12-13 <- M13 will be released in this time frame which is the 20th year.
Anniversaries mark the end of the year of existence of something--the 20th anniversary is celebrated at the end of the 20th year.
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12-13 <- M13 will be released in this time frame which is the 20th year.
Anniversaries mark the end of the year of existence of something--the 20th anniversary is celebrated at the end of the 20th year.
M13 comes out in July 2012, which is 19 years. M14 comes out in July 2013, which is 20 years. Alpha was released in August 1993.
Anniversaries mark the end of the year of existence of something--the 20th anniversary is celebrated at the end of the 20th year.
That might be a cultural difference. In the US we celebrate the anniversary at the beginning of whatever year it is. Your 20 year anniversary is celebrated exactly 20 years later, not at the end of the 20th year.
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That might be a cultural difference. In the US we celebrate the anniversary at the beginning of whatever year it is. Your 20 year anniversary is celebrated exactly 20 years later, not at the end of the 20th year.
what?
No we don't.
The "first" wedding anniversary is celebrated after the first year of marriage. The "anniversary" is by definitation the date the event occured on. The first anniversary cannot be until after a year has passed.
The 20th Anniversary must necessarily celebrate the point at which magic transitions from 20 years to 21 years. That said, I think a more nebulous approach is necesary. Core sets span across two years now (as in they run 2011-2012, 2012-2013), so either core set could concievably be the celebratory core set.
I am wondering if the M14 set will simply be called the "20th Anniversary Core Set", with some amazing reprints (excepting, of course, the Reserved List).
I used to collect baseball cards, and I remember some of the big anniversaries in Topps included scratch cards that were basically "entries" into sweepstakes/lottery style contests with prizes being anything from nothing (the majority of the cards) to a free pack of the current set, to rare cards from the past to even full sets.
I would absolutely LOVE to see something like that, in which one lucky person would win a complete set of Alpha, or a full Power 9, or something similar.
So, if any of the Wizards marketing people are reading this (hi, there!), here is an idea that will guarantee that M14/20th Anniversary would be one of your best selling core sets ever!
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Currently playing:
Standard: WBRG Aggro-Reanimator Humans GRBW
Modern: UR Twinning RU G Venus Fly Trap G U Artifacts Aggro U
Your 20 year anniversary is celebrated exactly 20 years later, not at the end of the 20th year.
Exactly 20 years later is the same as the end of the 20th year.
Alpha was released in the summer of 1993 - so the twentieth anniversary is exactly 20 years later: the summer of 2013, which is the release of Magic 2014.
Maybe they will do a planar clash type of set, in wich each planes already visited will be seen again, but with brand new spells and many new planeswalkers that wage war between themselves. Maybe a war between the powers of Phyrexia and the Planeswalkers. Who know what the future will give us in Magic. All I know is it may be an exciting new set.
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I would love to see tokens in the core set that are cards on the reserve list. Think about a Black Lotus token card. Or a Mox. Basically a reprint of the great cards from the early days on as tokens.
I would love to see tokens in the core set that are cards on the reserve list. Think about a Black Lotus token card. Or a Mox. Basically a reprint of the great cards from the early days on as tokens.
If it wasn't tournament legal then what'd be the point? We can make proxies as it is though high quality official proxies could be fun.
This thread is a little stale and decomposing. I don't think necromancy should have been used.
Anyways, from a reliable source, WotC has no plans other than FTV 20 and MM for their 20th anniversary. Depressing, I know. That's not to say that there might be a secret planned that WotC has kept under tight wrap, or that perhaps they had an internal celebration, but as of about a month ago nothing is planned.
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My guess is, WotC will do something pretty big for the 20th, something along the lines of the free MTG weekend we had. It probably wont be over-spectacular. (what did wotc do for the 10th/15h anniv. if anything?)
WBG Karador GBW
R Daretti R
RG Omnath GR
WRG Modern Burn GRW
WB Modern Tokens BW
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=Modern=
BRRG LOAM
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BGGR Karrthus
RRRX Norin
UUWW Bruna
BBBB Skithiryx
I'd love to see another run of Time Spiral style timeshifted cards.
93-94 => 1 year
94-95
95-96
96-97
97-98 => 5 years
98-99
99-00
00-01
01-02
02-03 => 10 years
03-04
04-05
05-06
06-07
07-08 => 15 years
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
12-13 <- M13 will be released in this time frame which is the 20th year.
Anniversaries mark the end of the year of existence of something--the 20th anniversary is celebrated at the end of the 20th year.
M13 comes out in July 2012, which is 19 years. M14 comes out in July 2013, which is 20 years. Alpha was released in August 1993.
That might be a cultural difference. In the US we celebrate the anniversary at the beginning of whatever year it is. Your 20 year anniversary is celebrated exactly 20 years later, not at the end of the 20th year.
what?
No we don't.
The "first" wedding anniversary is celebrated after the first year of marriage. The "anniversary" is by definitation the date the event occured on. The first anniversary cannot be until after a year has passed.
The 20th Anniversary must necessarily celebrate the point at which magic transitions from 20 years to 21 years. That said, I think a more nebulous approach is necesary. Core sets span across two years now (as in they run 2011-2012, 2012-2013), so either core set could concievably be the celebratory core set.
I used to collect baseball cards, and I remember some of the big anniversaries in Topps included scratch cards that were basically "entries" into sweepstakes/lottery style contests with prizes being anything from nothing (the majority of the cards) to a free pack of the current set, to rare cards from the past to even full sets.
I would absolutely LOVE to see something like that, in which one lucky person would win a complete set of Alpha, or a full Power 9, or something similar.
So, if any of the Wizards marketing people are reading this (hi, there!), here is an idea that will guarantee that M14/20th Anniversary would be one of your best selling core sets ever!
Standard:
WBRG Aggro-Reanimator Humans GRBW
Modern:
UR Twinning RU
G Venus Fly Trap G
U Artifacts Aggro U
Legacy:
B Reanimator B
WU Stoneblade UW
EDH
WBGGhave, Guru of SporesGBW
URGRiku of the Two ReflectionsGRU
WUBRGScion of the Ur-DragonGRBUW
Casual
Far too many to list
Exactly 20 years later is the same as the end of the 20th year.
Alpha was released in the summer of 1993 - so the twentieth anniversary is exactly 20 years later: the summer of 2013, which is the release of Magic 2014.
If it wasn't tournament legal then what'd be the point? We can make proxies as it is though high quality official proxies could be fun.
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Brainstorm
Counterspell
Lightning Bolt
Wasteland (one can dream...)
BGW Junk / URB Grixis Shadow / RGB Lantern Control / WUBCBant Eldrazi
Current Legacy decks
BUG Shardless BUG / UWR Predict Miracles / RUG Canadian Thresh / WRBG 4c Loam
UB Reanimator
Anyways, from a reliable source, WotC has no plans other than FTV 20 and MM for their 20th anniversary. Depressing, I know. That's not to say that there might be a secret planned that WotC has kept under tight wrap, or that perhaps they had an internal celebration, but as of about a month ago nothing is planned.