This is really cool actually, I love products like this and Bloomburrow is the perfect set for it
This seems really good, either early or late game. Kind of like Shark Typhoon in a weird way.
IMO I think we ultimately see 3 UB sets per year, 3 "in universe" i.e. Magic sets per year, and 2 Horizons/Remastered type sets per year. You can't really pump a set shorter than 6 weeks, and it seems like 8 or 9 sets is the upper bound on what they can release each year.
I forgot how much I love Susan Van Camp's artwork. This really brings you back to the older game.
Sometimes I look at these cards and I just cannot believe how many words are printed lol. This is such a wall of text, no wonder they had to shorten "enters the battlefield" to just "enters". This seems really strong to me.
I honestly think they're going to try selling these for $3, which is absolutely bonkers nuts but I think their plan was to raise the "normal" booster price and then sell this garbage for around the original booster price.
I think Guide of Souls is the real issue here. Ocelot Pride and Phlage are certainly pushing it over the top, but Guide of Souls is just an insane card for 1 mana and I don't see how it doesn't get nerfed in Historic at some point.
What I see is them asking $270 (!!!) for 120 cards. 12 boosters of 10 cards each, for $270 is just insanity to me. Right out of the gate you're spending $2.25 per CARD. The first and last collector booster box I ever opened was for Neon Dynasty and even those 12 packs felt bad given the cost. I remember trying to stretch it out over two days. This feels even worse for the same exact price and I just cannot understand who is paying it.
I just pin some posts with more active discussion on them, usually just for a day or two
Saw this on the reddit thread and did a real lol:
It's a value booster for their shareholders
This is awesome! @andrew@mtgzone.com is in Pittsburgh, and may be going. You could win this, Andrew!
Top 32 players get one π