Well isn't this interesting? What on earth is going on? I am cool with them cutting a Pro Tour because frankly, irrelevant. But more Grand Prix and awesome States and Regionals should be the trade off here. Magic is not dying. It's healthier than ever. Ravnica was one of the most popular blocks of all time, along with Time Spiral. Magic's reach is solidly global and European Grand Prix regularly draw 1200-1500 people.
My theory is that Hasbro's bottom line is being hurt by failures of other Wizards ventures (Transformers TCG, anyone?) and so the company is being punished. Unfortunately, it's hurting the one part of Wizards that is going unequivocally right.
--CBG
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Thursday, February 7, 2008
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Green sucks in sealed, now?
So it looks like green is ruling the roost in constructed. States decklists have green all over the place as midrange and aggro-control archetypes seem to have done a number on white aggro, red aggro and assorted junk that showed up. But am I the only one who has looked at the 3 sealed pools that we've opened so far and barely even glanced at the green? Even in Andy's pool with a Garruk and Imperious Perfect, there just didn't seems to be any good reason at all to go green.
The past couple years of sealed have been held together with green as big smashy Wurms won a Pro Tour and England Nationals alike during Rav block. Time Spiral Block presented lots of fat, aggressive reasons to go green as well. But Lorwyn just seems really, really bare of solid reasons to pull your pool green. Traditionally, fat bodies and acceleration and fixing have been the motivation. Now, fixing is colorless, the fat verde all has a power lower than its toughness, and the acceleration is almost nonexistent. There are a few bombs that might make you play Treefolk (Doran, Timber Protector) and a very nice (best?) planeswalker. But the elves in sealed seem distinctly below the tribal curve. Merfolk, Faeries, Goblins, Elementals and Giants all seem playable in the right (not too unlikely) circumstances. Green just seems iffy right now.
This is not a complaint, by the way. In Rav Block, everyone was playing green in sealed. It's good to have a cycle of power levels. I am just making what is more by way of an observation. I'll be happy if I open Garruk at the ptq, just not because I think he'll win me the tourney. It's just one less I have to pay retail for.
The past couple years of sealed have been held together with green as big smashy Wurms won a Pro Tour and England Nationals alike during Rav block. Time Spiral Block presented lots of fat, aggressive reasons to go green as well. But Lorwyn just seems really, really bare of solid reasons to pull your pool green. Traditionally, fat bodies and acceleration and fixing have been the motivation. Now, fixing is colorless, the fat verde all has a power lower than its toughness, and the acceleration is almost nonexistent. There are a few bombs that might make you play Treefolk (Doran, Timber Protector) and a very nice (best?) planeswalker. But the elves in sealed seem distinctly below the tribal curve. Merfolk, Faeries, Goblins, Elementals and Giants all seem playable in the right (not too unlikely) circumstances. Green just seems iffy right now.
This is not a complaint, by the way. In Rav Block, everyone was playing green in sealed. It's good to have a cycle of power levels. I am just making what is more by way of an observation. I'll be happy if I open Garruk at the ptq, just not because I think he'll win me the tourney. It's just one less I have to pay retail for.
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