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We’re on day 3 of Commander Masters spoilers and it’s been a mixed bag. Some of the card choices feel a little dated, but we’ve also seen a bunch of long-awaited reprints like the medallion cycle.

With a higher box price than previous master sets, CMM needs to live up to some pretty lofty expectations. What highlights (and lowlights) have caught your eye?

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[–] jantin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The "big" reprints will still remain up to tens of dollars per card so no hype for me

full arts are pretty as always so there'll be something to put into printer at least

Other than that I got oversaturated already before LotR and can't force myself to care. Maybe when they show fun pauper downshifts, but this stuff happens at the end anyway.

[–] elbowdrop@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I just canceled my Comannder deck preorder. I m not paying close to $400 after taxes for subpar and junk. I really just need a break from the game probably.

Rant: $400 is an investment to better your life. It's Bill money, food, car, ect. MTG is becoming expensive to the point that I cannot justify purchasing it anymore. $400 is something that should seriously be thought about. That's almost a steam deck. It's more than a switch. You get my point.

[–] JelloBeaver@mtgzone.com 1 points 2 years ago

I'm excited for the medallions, kindred dominance, selvala, great henge, morophon, etc... Lots of good stuff spoiled so far. I pretty much only buy singles but the value seems to be decent so far at least, even at the $15/pack price. I'd say I'm cautiously optimistic and excited to see the uncommons and commons. Hoping for Pitiless Plunderer, Thornbite Staff, maybe even Reconnaissance.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Out of interest, what do you mean by “dated”?

I’m glad to see older, expensive / hard to find cards being reprinted

[–] SophismaCognoscente@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I think this is most evident in the choice of legendary creatures, many of which hit the top of EDHrec years ago. Krenko, Omnath, Sidisi, Nekuzar, Mizzix, etc. Along with Land Tax, Commandeer, and Chromatic Lantern, the set seems to reflect the era when Commander was no more than an annual product.

There are so many new legendary creatures and EDH-playable cards released nowadays that, at least in my area, nobody is playing those old decks anymore.