I think foundations will be my last magic purchase, untill the leadership changes. hopefully at the 40th anniversary, if we live enough to see it :) The 350+ card started collection is basically a cube for 30-40 bucks, and the cards included all follow the classic design that made me fell in love with the game
@LittleMushroomGuy I agree it looks like an amazing set, I'm just really deflated with the power creep and the sure knowledge its only going to get worse. One of the draws of EDH is it doesn't have to be a rotating format, but if I'm forced to keep tuning and changing my decks to keep up I might as well play Standard. That said, I'm considering trading in my 2 sealed draft boxes of Core21 for a box of Foundations, I am coming into the belief that no sets save those with reserved list or unique lottery cards (Amonkhet, Kaladesh) will have any real value, not the way old boxes used to. Power creep and reprints will kill them, I think. Figure I'd get more trade value for other cards I want from a fresh box of Foundations than 2 stale boxes of some Core set.
@keywacat Yes, the powercreep will continue to get worse. The same thing happened to Yugioh and Wizards have already started printing cards with anime art
@@keywacatFalling to the powercreep can be avoided by optimizing deck design, understanding what a card does in a deck compared to what it does individually. If the deck functions without the new cards I don't play them. For example they printed a new better sanguine bond in Duskmourn, and a new exquisite blood in foundations, classic lifegain two card combo, but still I don't have the need to take out the old ones. At least in this case it is a niche upgrade, sanguine 2 if it dies to creature removal it comes back, ok but it still dies to farewell or disenchant, and exquisite 2 is a creature. They also constantly print new better removals, but I still play vindicate and unmake for example. Other than just playing with the cards you already own haha I guess ignoring is the only other strategy, no other wisdom from me. afaik Pokemon avoided the problem of powercreep, they also avoided the need for promoting other IPs (in their game). Not sure if PKM is a rotating card game, but they focus more on new art (mtg failed at this imo) and new synergies (modern horizons 3 devoid went nowhere, and they brought it back from futuresight, I guess it is still not the right time) instead of printing just more powerful older versions, even tho there are ten versions of Charizard or what not
@ultraherman7727 I've done that before, don't want to go there again but if the field calls for it... :-/ Of course I could always just give Sharuum back her Disciple of the Vault.
@keywacat niv goes infinite with itself- from the new set/ parun firemind , you don't need to I was just agreeing with the power creep I have a Kenny deck for high power games but the new mh3 kozilek my friend made, decked my combo , was fun
I think foundations will be my last magic purchase, untill the leadership changes. hopefully at the 40th anniversary, if we live enough to see it :)
The 350+ card started collection is basically a cube for 30-40 bucks, and the cards included all follow the classic design that made me fell in love with the game
@LittleMushroomGuy I agree it looks like an amazing set, I'm just really deflated with the power creep and the sure knowledge its only going to get worse. One of the draws of EDH is it doesn't have to be a rotating format, but if I'm forced to keep tuning and changing my decks to keep up I might as well play Standard.
That said, I'm considering trading in my 2 sealed draft boxes of Core21 for a box of Foundations, I am coming into the belief that no sets save those with reserved list or unique lottery cards (Amonkhet, Kaladesh) will have any real value, not the way old boxes used to. Power creep and reprints will kill them, I think. Figure I'd get more trade value for other cards I want from a fresh box of Foundations than 2 stale boxes of some Core set.
@keywacat Yes, the powercreep will continue to get worse. The same thing happened to Yugioh and Wizards have already started printing cards with anime art
@@LittleMushroomGuy What are your plans to handle it? Will you ignore sets after an arbitrary release or will you just deal with it as it comes?
@@keywacatFalling to the powercreep can be avoided by optimizing deck design, understanding what a card does in a deck compared to what it does individually. If the deck functions without the new cards I don't play them. For example they printed a new better sanguine bond in Duskmourn, and a new exquisite blood in foundations, classic lifegain two card combo, but still I don't have the need to take out the old ones. At least in this case it is a niche upgrade, sanguine 2 if it dies to creature removal it comes back, ok but it still dies to farewell or disenchant, and exquisite 2 is a creature. They also constantly print new better removals, but I still play vindicate and unmake for example.
Other than just playing with the cards you already own haha I guess ignoring is the only other strategy, no other wisdom from me.
afaik Pokemon avoided the problem of powercreep, they also avoided the need for promoting other IPs (in their game). Not sure if PKM is a rotating card game, but they focus more on new art (mtg failed at this imo) and new synergies (modern horizons 3 devoid went nowhere, and they brought it back from futuresight, I guess it is still not the right time) instead of printing just more powerful older versions, even tho there are ten versions of Charizard or what not
niv mizzet infinite deck time lol
@ultraherman7727 I've done that before, don't want to go there again but if the field calls for it... :-/
Of course I could always just give Sharuum back her Disciple of the Vault.
@keywacat niv goes infinite with itself- from the new set/ parun firemind , you don't need to
I was just agreeing with the power creep
I have a Kenny deck for high power games but the new mh3 kozilek my friend made, decked my combo , was fun