Enemy-Colored Duals
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Posted on April 11, 2017, 4:21 p.m. by Baltec
Why do enemy-colored duals always get shafted when compared to their allied-colored counterparts? Not only are allied lands more numerous, but it seems they always get the new card designs too. Over the past few years we have received three new types of dual lands (BFZ,SOI,AKH), all of them allied. Whereas the enemy duals we have received have been completing cycles from several years prior.
Maybe I'm just salty that allied-colored EDH decks have three fetchable non-basic duals, while I am stuck with one.
MagicalHacker says... #4
Agreed.
WotC, stop making new cycles with allied color pairs until enemy color pairs can catch up with the same number of duals. In fact, I would actually prefer that both sides have the same number of incomplete cycles, but with fetchable duals being equal.
Guftders says... #2
Just to offer counterpoints:
a) Allied colour lands are ahead anyway, so enemy colours have to complete cycles.
i. That said, I'd honestly like them to REPRINT more allied colour lands so that enemy lands can ACTUALLY catch up
b) SOI didn't have duals. The Choked Estuary cycle didn't have basic land types.
c) As of Amonkhet, there will be 4 fetchable duals in allied colours for EDH (eg, Dimir will have: Underground River; Watery Grave; Sunken Hollow; Fetid Pools). Three, if you assume that most people won't buy ABUR duals
April 11, 2017 4:53 p.m.