Set Name: Magic 2012 Three-Letter Abbreviation: M12 Number of Cards: 249 Release Date: July 15, 2011 Prerelease Events: July 9-10, 2011 Launch Parties: July 15-17, 2011 Game Day: August 13, 2011
Design Team
Mark Globus (lead)
Doug Beyer
Aaron Forsythe
Ken Nagle
Development Team
Tom LaPille (lead)
Kelly Digges
Peter Schaefer
Mike Turian
Steve Warner
Dave Humpherys
Standard rotates once each year, with the release of the October large set. Magic 2012 will enter Standard on its release without knocking anything out, then Magic 2011 and Zendikar block will leave Standard with the release of "Shake." The Standard format between Magic 2012 and "Shake" will consist of Zendikar block, Scars of Mirrodin block, Magic 2011, and Magic 2012. After the release of "Shake," it will consist of Scars of Mirrodin Block, Magic 2012, and "Shake."
Man, didn't see this one coming. No, really.
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The new Chandra art is interesting, though - new 'Walkers? Or just new art for pre-existing walkers? Could be something else, but that looks like 'Walker art to me.
I really, really, really, really don't want a repeat of the old walkers.
Either at least a reprint of the newer mono walkers, or the *third* version of the old monowalkers, or new walkers entirely. Unfortunately judging by ms redhead right there we can rule out the latter, sigh.
I wonder if M12 is going to have a multiplayer focus.
Or if the returning keyword is going to be the Ally mechanic.
Or if that just sounded good so they used it...
Glad I didn't buy lilianas or Ajanis... came into the rest of 'em via packs tho :S
But oh well, they'll be dirt cheap in their 6th? reprint
PLEASE DEAR GOD NO TITANS.
I really want titans and baneslayer gone.
New mythics ftw.
The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
I just bought everything needed for junk allies but the land base. Please let it be allies!! New allies would be soooo ftw, and newbs love allies (AKA Core Set is for newbs stereotype checked).
New art? Does this mean we'll be getting the revised (mono) edition and possibly new walkers in other colors? For example a new white/black/green walker, or it could be a reprint of an already existing mono colored one like Gideon (probably not), Sorin (possible), or Nissa (probably not). For the blue and red ones, they could reprint Jace the Mind Sculptor (a stretch) and Chandra Ablaze (I personally prefer the first version).
Please don't reprint the Lorwyn 5 anymore. So sick of them. At least they didn't troll us by revealing new art of Jace and open up speculation on whether it's TMS or not.
Nothing in this game is degenerate or completely dominant. They haven't banned anything in standard in a long, long time. Hell they should have banned affinity right away, but they didn't until boxed sales collapsed too. Hasbro had to come in and fire people.
I'll enjoy watching all the whiners eat crow monday.
Please don't reprint the Lorwyn 5 anymore. So sick of them. At least they didn't troll us by revealing new art of Jace and open up speculation on whether it's TMS or not.
Glad I didn't buy lilianas or Ajanis... came into the rest of 'em via packs tho :S
But oh well, they'll be dirt cheap in their 6th? reprint
PLEASE DEAR GOD NO TITANS.
I really want titans and baneslayer gone.
New mythics ftw.
I sincerely echo that sentiment. PLEASE NO TITANS....heck just thinking about it, we really need a fresh set of planeswalkers too, or at the very least, the original 5 mono walkers with new cards for them.
I bet its allied colors and gold will make its way to the Core.
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When they announce core sets like this, couldn't they at least give us some better info? I mean, when a regular set is announced, sure, it's exciting, but who did not see M12 coming, with this name and expansion symbol? A preview card, or a confirmed cool reprint, would make it a little more interesting, and I don't think one full card would be too much to ask for.
They only keep reprinting the original 5 neowalkers because they were designed to showcase what each color does best in terms of sorcery speed things. Cards like Chandra and Jace 1.0 are kind of linear in theme, but overall they are all more obviously color aligned and diverse than the other walkers. I don't really see a reason to change besides the clamoring of the public.
I'd bet good mana that "Gather your Allies" means that the ally mechanic will feature strongly, both reprints and new cards. It was a popular mechanic, it left players wanting more, they said that they would revisit in the future, and it plays well to new players' sensibilities. By that I mean that it's a simple mechanic to understand, and it works best they way that you think it works. Seems like a perfect fit for a core set.
Please don't reprint the Lorwyn 5 anymore. So sick of them. At least they didn't troll us by revealing new art of Jace and open up speculation on whether it's TMS or not.
If I was in charge, I totally would have put JTMS art in this announcement, just to troll people. Something tells me I'd make a bad wizards employee.
I severely hope we get new 'old' walkers since most of us are sick and tired of these original ones. I would like to have the ally mechanic back since it sort of sucked that it was only in 2 sets and one being small. I want the entire mythics to be new. They can add the Command Cycle back and just have Cryptic as the returning one =)
For everyone hoping to see new 'walkers in the core set... I wouldn't be holding my breath. There's really no point for them not to keep printing them at this point, as they most likely would've introduced new ones by now if they were going to do this.
Also, am I the only one who will be severely disappointed if this new Chandra art is just a BaB/Pre/Release promo art?
When they announce core sets like this, couldn't they at least give us some better info? I mean, when a regular set is announced, sure, it's exciting, but who did not see M12 coming, with this name and expansion symbol? A preview card, or a confirmed cool reprint, would make it a little more interesting, and I don't think one full card would be too much to ask for.
We still have two sets between now and M12. They want our eyes on Besieged, not the summer.
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Set Name: Magic 2012
Three-Letter Abbreviation: M12
Number of Cards: 249
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Prerelease Events: July 9-10, 2011
Launch Parties: July 15-17, 2011
Game Day: August 13, 2011
Design Team
Mark Globus (lead)
Doug Beyer
Aaron Forsythe
Ken Nagle
Development Team
Tom LaPille (lead)
Kelly Digges
Peter Schaefer
Mike Turian
Steve Warner
Dave Humpherys
Standard rotates once each year, with the release of the October large set. Magic 2012 will enter Standard on its release without knocking anything out, then Magic 2011 and Zendikar block will leave Standard with the release of "Shake." The Standard format between Magic 2012 and "Shake" will consist of Zendikar block, Scars of Mirrodin block, Magic 2011, and Magic 2012. After the release of "Shake," it will consist of Scars of Mirrodin Block, Magic 2012, and "Shake."
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The new Chandra art is interesting, though - new 'Walkers? Or just new art for pre-existing walkers? Could be something else, but that looks like 'Walker art to me.
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I like the preview art. More Chandra is always good.
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Either at least a reprint of the newer mono walkers, or the *third* version of the old monowalkers, or new walkers entirely. Unfortunately judging by ms redhead right there we can rule out the latter, sigh.
I wonder if M12 is going to have a multiplayer focus.
Or if the returning keyword is going to be the Ally mechanic.
Or if that just sounded good so they used it...
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
But oh well, they'll be dirt cheap in their 6th? reprint
PLEASE DEAR GOD NO TITANS.
I really want titans and baneslayer gone.
New mythics ftw.
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Well, at least the old Planeswalkers are getting new art.
Who's eating crow?
It could be Chandra Ablaze
I sincerely echo that sentiment. PLEASE NO TITANS....heck just thinking about it, we really need a fresh set of planeswalkers too, or at the very least, the original 5 mono walkers with new cards for them.
I like the chandra art, but the face feels off.
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The "..Allies" tagline is too vague. But if I were to force meaning into this I would guess that they designed the set with multiplayer in mind.
Wish they gave us more information... I mean, M12 and old Planeswalers are nothing to announce about... they are expected.
If I was in charge, I totally would have put JTMS art in this announcement, just to troll people. Something tells me I'd make a bad wizards employee.
agree'd
it'll be pretty tough IMO to top Briclot's original art.
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Also, am I the only one who will be severely disappointed if this new Chandra art is just a BaB/Pre/Release promo art?
We still have two sets between now and M12. They want our eyes on Besieged, not the summer.
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