Fetchlands Reprints are the Half-Life 3 of Magic
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When they were spoiling Theros, development made a big deal out of how they would no longer print half cycles for allied or enemy only when talking about the scry lands. So if they do fetchlands , it's 99% cetain it will be the full cycle and not just onslaught fetchs. They could always surprise people and could have gone with manlands though which I've seen be played more and more.
I wish they reprint the manland I love them.Daymo said:
Fetchlands are good if you have shocklands or even better the woundrous biland of ye olde magic otherwise they are not that interesting.
I would like a reprint of the filter land from Lorwyn/Shadowmoor
Nope. Nope nope nope. I really hope they do not do that. Some people might actually want to buy these commander decks for the commander decks, doing that will ensure that they're solely bought for the fetchlands and the resale value. Thankfully I'm pretty sure that WotC wouldn't do this for that exact reason.
I may be wrong, but I strongly suspect WotC is too worried about stepping on the toes of people selling the card to consider reprinting them. Even if they did, I'm not sure that would be a good thing at all. How much is the price going to drop? Down to $20 at the very lowest? If they're the only multicolored land you have access to, standard is going to get seriously expensive. I've been liking the trend of being able to buy a dual land for under $5, it would be nice if that continued
We're seeing more and more modern staple reprints, which means they realize their base is becoming more players as a whole, making them more likely to reprint cards.The Almighty Aardvark said:
I agree with the "it'll happen when it happens" viewpoint, largely because I don't have as much use for the fetchlands as other players would. The chance of me building a deck for competitive Modern (and thus having more interest in fetchlands) is roughly the same as [mtg_card=Time Walk] returning to Standard. =P
If they do turn up in a set, and I happen to acquire one or more, they'll probably get traded off or sold. These days I only really play Magic at Prereleases - or against myself using proxied decks - so they'll be more of a hindrance than a help.
If they do turn up in a set, and I happen to acquire one or more, they'll probably get traded off or sold. These days I only really play Magic at Prereleases - or against myself using proxied decks - so they'll be more of a hindrance than a help.
I'm in the situation of playing a Modern deck that's only expensive because of the fetches. If they reprinted I could finally lose the proxies and get what should be a two hundred quid deck completed. Modern as a format is too dependent on fetches not to reprint them soon or lose the format the way of Legacy.
Fetches will not be in KoT. See here: http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/554589-aaron-forsythe-no-fetchlands-anytime-soon
Basically, Magic R&D chief Aaron Forsythe said they want to reprint them, but the urgency of the reprint only became apparent recently, and there is a long turnaround time. I mean, MaRo said recently on his blog that design (though not development) is over on "blood", the set that will be released in fall 2015. That's 15 months away.
In fact, that's my guess as to when we'll see a fetchland reprint. It fits the time frame, and they won't take 10 land slots in a core set (that's a lot of space). They're also not very enticing to new players (core sets' target audience) because they cost life to play, and they won't see the interaction with shocks/ABUR duals, they would be disappointing to them.
Another thing: they will reprint all 10 fetches. MaRo has said repeatedly that they now believe that printing fixing for all 10 color pairs equally is better for the game then only priting half.
And it won't break modern. People believe it would break legacy when they printed the enemy fetches, but literally nothing changed. Jund will still generally need to lava axe itself to thoughtseize yourself on turn one.
Basically, Magic R&D chief Aaron Forsythe said they want to reprint them, but the urgency of the reprint only became apparent recently, and there is a long turnaround time. I mean, MaRo said recently on his blog that design (though not development) is over on "blood", the set that will be released in fall 2015. That's 15 months away.
In fact, that's my guess as to when we'll see a fetchland reprint. It fits the time frame, and they won't take 10 land slots in a core set (that's a lot of space). They're also not very enticing to new players (core sets' target audience) because they cost life to play, and they won't see the interaction with shocks/ABUR duals, they would be disappointing to them.
Another thing: they will reprint all 10 fetches. MaRo has said repeatedly that they now believe that printing fixing for all 10 color pairs equally is better for the game then only priting half.
And it won't break modern. People believe it would break legacy when they printed the enemy fetches, but literally nothing changed. Jund will still generally need to lava axe itself to thoughtseize yourself on turn one.
Do we even need more fetchlands when we have cards like Market Festival?
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