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Is it true that if you close out your MTGO account you get sent all your online cards as real cards?
So there is no "Coldsnap" set. it's all just a hoax? That IS a load of BSNotepad said:Yeah his story is so unbelieveble. Especially with all the "hey I've had this old idea in my pocket that I've been trying to sneak in and after all these years FINALLy its here"
Seriously, if they spent effort to put a set together, they'd just put it out later. Doesn't have to be Ice Age block. They coulda thrown the mechanics into a new setting. They do this all the time, and write about it. Its how Ice Age got made, so its not like that far in the past they never made it. Ice Age was an idea they bounced around until they could finally force it out.
Its so bull. They just thought they'd play on our nostalgia, and maybe make some use of the old art file (which actually has been sitting around, but for legal contract reasons with the old artists, never used). He coulda just told the truth, but then again, that's not their style at mtg.com.
And this is totally false. Ice Age was in development the same time as Alpha, as part of Richard's Garfield's original vision of Magic sets being replaced as new ones come out. Hence the original title "Magic: The Gathering" was going to change to "Magic: Ice Age" and "Magic: Mirage". But then the whole vision of sets replacing others changed and they kept the title.Notepad said:Ice Age was an idea they bounced around until they could finally force it out.
Any speculation about what IA/AL cards will get reprinted?We're going to publish boosters, theme decks, and a Fat Pack for this release. Since this is the third set of the Ice Age block, of course, the theme decks will include a few cards from the first two sets of the block.
Well, just think about the reminder text they'd have to put on Banding... It would be opening a can of worms for which everyone will become so terribly pissed at WotC for.Hetemti said:They are NOT simply printing the cards in the dusty folder. They claim they found the design notes, and will develop the set from it. I don't expect Snow-Covered, Banding, or anything too terribly broken to see print. Or a new round of off colored pain lands, for that matter. What we can expect is Ice-Age era color pie, with power level that is approximately that of Ravnica block. The weak stuff will probably be boosted, anything terribly broken will be toned down, and one card will be found to be a T1 consideration.
Not totally false at all. Yeah, they wanted Ice Age to be the second iteration of the whole game. No secret there. What happened though was it kept getting pushed back. Arabian Nights somehow snuck in. Then Antiquities, and then the East Coasters even forced in their Legends ideas based of their ego fluffing D&D fetish fantasies. Then the Dark. Fallen Empires came in. Poor Ice Age and the whole "rotating story world" kept being pushed back until they could finally shoehorn the thing in. As you can see, they've had a history of being pretty stubborn until they get something published if it means enough to them.Spiderman said:And this is totally false. Ice Age was in development the same time as Alpha, as part of Richard's Garfield's original vision of Magic sets being replaced as new ones come out. Hence the original title "Magic: The Gathering" was going to change to "Magic: Ice Age" and "Magic: Mirage". But then the whole vision of sets replacing others changed and they kept the title.
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It really sounds like a marketing ploy, but of course that is only speculation. I don't care much. If it is indeed a marketing ploy, it's a good one (it appeals to nostalgia, etc., and the story is, as Spidey pointed out, believable--even if some of us have our doubts). More important than what block this set will fit in with, is how useful the cards will be...Spiderman said:Or other people didn't remember after all this time. Not so unbelievable.