I remember seeing the Restricted List when it was first published. First it filled me w/ rage - and not the CCG - and then it made me think "this isn't so bad an idea." I saw the disastrous effect of the reprinting Icy Manipulator had on the secondary market...
...nowadays, I think of the secondary market and laugh. I remember walking into a local gaming place w/ my binders wanting to make some good trades and some guys were actually openning his Scrye before letting me look at his cards. I grabbed my cards and told them that the cards they were looking at were on the Reserved List - if they couldn't give me a card that came from the 'List also we weren't going to trade - this was quickly followed by them grabbing their cards and pouting to the rest of their Middle School friends (no offense to those of you in this demographic). So, not too many good trades were made that day...
...then Alliances came out and I freaked - actualy freaked! Believe it. I saw Diminishing Returns and went "huh? They've reprinted Time Twister" Well, that card's value's going down....and I could repeat what I said in the rant previous to this one about the Power Nine (okay, Eight - I forgot one - my bad , but I don't want to bore you - probably have, already...
...anyhoo, all these reprints of cards from the Reserved List have proven that WotC enjoys lying through their teeth - but, that's okay. It means you don't have to shell out a month's pay/allowance/extortion money to get those cards you want - just wait four months for the next set to come out and see which one has been reprinted...
-ferret
"...and odds are, it'll be a better version... "
...nowadays, I think of the secondary market and laugh. I remember walking into a local gaming place w/ my binders wanting to make some good trades and some guys were actually openning his Scrye before letting me look at his cards. I grabbed my cards and told them that the cards they were looking at were on the Reserved List - if they couldn't give me a card that came from the 'List also we weren't going to trade - this was quickly followed by them grabbing their cards and pouting to the rest of their Middle School friends (no offense to those of you in this demographic). So, not too many good trades were made that day...
...then Alliances came out and I freaked - actualy freaked! Believe it. I saw Diminishing Returns and went "huh? They've reprinted Time Twister" Well, that card's value's going down....and I could repeat what I said in the rant previous to this one about the Power Nine (okay, Eight - I forgot one - my bad , but I don't want to bore you - probably have, already...
...anyhoo, all these reprints of cards from the Reserved List have proven that WotC enjoys lying through their teeth - but, that's okay. It means you don't have to shell out a month's pay/allowance/extortion money to get those cards you want - just wait four months for the next set to come out and see which one has been reprinted...
-ferret
"...and odds are, it'll be a better version... "