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ParanoidObsessive 01/02/20 11:42:21 AM #243:	Zeus posted... The Throne of Eldraine It's their set like Arabian Nights was waaay back in the day. Arabian Nights was mostly based on stories out of A Thousand and One Arabian Nights, whereas The Throne of Eldraine is deliberately based on Grimm's Fairy Tales and Arthurian myth. Zeus posted... At any rate, I can't see every getting back into MtG, partly just on the basis of cost. (Not that I probably couldn't build a perfunctory inexpensive deck from newer stuff, but more because I kinda like the collectible aspect as well between the artwork and lore.) Preconstructed decks are actually pretty competitive these days, so you could easily buy one for relatively cheap and play friendly games and not lose 100% of the time. You'd be worse off in the competitive scene, but I feel like the competitive scene is pretty much entirely unfun and no one should ever aspire to play it anyway. Zeus posted... And just googling it (because I wanted to make sure I got the name right) geekbaited me even harder with the new card design. ...granted, it seems to be tied into some mechanic for the set. Was pretty disappointed to learn that all of the card designs weren't like that. They do unique card types every set or so. Like, for instance: http://media.wizards.com/2018/dom/en_4c13RzPQap.png http://cdn.pucatrade.com/cards/fulls/sm/38618.jpg Those are "Saga" cards. The idea being that they symbolize a story taking place over time, with the card doing something different each turn, before ending after a short time (unlike most Enchantments, which stay until dispelled). They've also had two-sided cards you flip during play (which is kind of shit, because you can't actually use them in your deck because they don't have backs, meaning you have to use proxy cards to represent them): http://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51GfBc6NabL._SX300_.jpg http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mtg/images/b/b5/Magic-The-Gathering-Innistrad-Daybreak-Ranger.jpg Though that mechanic inspired this fan art, so I approve: http://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/61a715c4-0d39-483e-be12-ec6348ccb957/d5fgrts-f96be3e0-9547-4164-972c-d69869e6916b.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTpmaWxlLmRvd25sb2FkIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi82MWE3MTVjNC0wZDM5LTQ4M2UtYmUxMi1lYzYzNDhjY2I5NTcvZDVmZ3J0cy1mOTZiZTNlMC05NTQ3LTQxNjQtOTcyYy1kNjk4NjllNjkxNmIuanBnIn1dXX0.8UKarD_Z_-lJBvaYBAelT0He2nIJaqKKi9ds5umETJ0 --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:932363164] in Geek+: Str... [t:78164686]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>The Throne of Eldraine</quote> It's their set like Arabian Nights was waaay back in the day. Arabian Nights was mostly based on stories out of A Thousand and One Arabian Nights, whereas The Throne of Eldraine is deliberately based on Grimm's Fairy Tales and Arthurian myth. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>At any rate, I can't see every getting back into MtG, partly just on the basis of cost. (Not that I probably couldn't build a perfunctory inexpensive deck from newer stuff, but more because I kinda like the collectible aspect as well between the artwork and lore.)</quote> Preconstructed decks are actually pretty competitive these days, so you could easily buy one for relatively cheap and play friendly games and not lose 100% of the time. You'd be worse off in the competitive scene, but I feel like the competitive scene is pretty much entirely unfun and no one should ever aspire to play it anyway. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>And just googling it (because I wanted to make sure I got the name right) geekbaited me even harder with the new card design. ...granted, it seems to be tied into some mechanic for the set. Was pretty disappointed to learn that all of the card designs weren't like that.</quote> They do unique card types every set or so. Like, for instance: http://media.wizards.com/2018/dom/en_4c13RzPQap.png http://cdn.pucatrade.com/cards/fulls/sm/38618.jpg Those are "Saga" cards. The idea being that they symbolize a story taking place over time, with the card doing something different each turn, before ending after a short time (unlike most Enchantments, which stay until dispelled). They've also had two-sided cards you flip during play (which is kind of shit, because you can't actually use them in your deck because they don't have backs, meaning you have to use proxy cards to represent them): http://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51GfBc6NabL._SX300_.jpg http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mtg/images/b/b5/Magic-The-Gathering-Innistrad-Daybreak-Ranger.jpg Though that mechanic inspired this fan art, so I approve: http://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/61a715c4-0d39-483e-be12-ec6348ccb957/d5fgrts-f96be3e0-9547-4164-972c-d69869e6916b.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTpmaWxlLmRvd25sb2FkIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi82MWE3MTVjNC0wZDM5LTQ4M2UtYmUxMi1lYzYzNDhjY2I5NTcvZDVmZ3J0cy1mOTZiZTNlMC05NTQ3LTQxNjQtOTcyYy1kNjk4NjllNjkxNmIuanBnIn1dXX0.8UKarD_Z_-lJBvaYBAelT0He2nIJaqKKi9ds5umETJ0 --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... 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