My apologies if this is posted elsewhere or known already I just found this out today on the official Magic site by WOTC in the "Ask Wizards" column. At least the next 2 sets (and presumably all other future sets) will have rare release promos. Not exactly ground shaking, but nice nonetheless.
Q: In the past, release promo cards have been uncommon (Azorius Guildmage, Sudden Shock, Shriekmaw, etc.) but Morningtide's is a rare. What prompted this change?
–Ian, Bellevue, WA, USA A: From Aaron Forsythe, director of Magic R&D:
The success of Tenth Edition's Game Day made us (R&D, Brand, Organized Play, Sales, the whole darned company more or less) take a look at better supporting events that happened in stores as opposed to just those that happen in large convention halls. To that end, we "rebranded" the former "Release Events" as "Launch Parties" and changed the participation reward for them from an uncommon to a rare. It's not that big a deal for us to give out a slightly better prize; what we really want to see is more players going to and supporting their local stores. Shadowmoor and Eventide will continue the rare prizes for Launch Parties with some pretty sexy cards, if I do say so myself!
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Ummm...yay!! I loved the Earwig Squad and have 4 of them in the SB of my Rogue deck. I hope the SHA rare will follow Earwig Squad's example of having a block mechanic or at least have something that highlights what's good about the set/block.
Studdies say that easily obtainable foil rares are far more Grokkable than extended art State Champs rares, based on the recent cut of Champs tournaments.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/askwizards/0208
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I think we were all assuming/hoping this was the case with the recent almost-trend of release cards.
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