Which RTR Keywords Do You Think Has the Best Chance of Being Reprinted?
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Posted on Nov. 30, 2013, 12:12 a.m. by GoldGhost012
In the original Ravnica: City of Guilds block, there was a new keyword for every guild. Just to refresh everyone's memories, they were:
Hellbent Rakdos Pit Dragon
Forecast Pride of the Clouds
Transmute Clutch of the Undercity
Bloodthirst Skarrgan Skybreaker
Replicate Leap of Flame
Graft Plaxcaster Frogling
Convoke Autochthon Wurm
Radiance Brightflame
Haunt Orzhov Pontiff
Dredge Grave-Shell Scarab
And as it turns out, most of these keywords did see a reprint in other sets. I'm ignoring other, "special" sets like Duel Decks and just focusing on normal blocks and core sets. All but Haunt, Radiance, and Replicate saw reprints in Future Sight. See below:
Llanowar Reborn (trust me, it was in Future Sight)
And after that, Bloodthirst was then reprinted again in M12, even gaining a new color in black (Bloodlord of Vaasgoth ).
So what keyword from the Return to Ravnica block do you think will have the best chance of being reprinted?
I personally think that Scavenge, Extort, and Evolve may get reprinted, particularly in a core set. I'm not entirely sure why, but I think that they have a chance. Great reasoning, right?
It will be the most intuitive, mechanically-simple theme. Haunt is a very complicated mechanic, which makes sense that it didn't get reprinted.
Bloodthirst was in M12 because it's probably the easiest mechanic for a new player to grasp. The mechanics of it playing out, combined with an intuitive name for the mechanic, makes it really easy to 'get'.
I think out of all of the RTR guild mechanics, evolve or unleash would be most likely to make it into a core set. They're mechanically simple, and their names clue players into what they do.
November 30, 2013 12:28 a.m.
I would love to see Unleash and Bloodrush make a return.
November 30, 2013 12:32 a.m.
I can see Extort being reprinted down the track, maybe Overload too.
November 30, 2013 1:01 a.m.
All of the mechanics have potential to be reprinted, if Wizards sees that they can fit in whatever block they're working on.
But in a core set, only certain mechanics can be printed. I doubt highly that cipher and overload would be in a core set, just because of the complexity of their abilities.
November 30, 2013 1:07 a.m.
Hernandez1993 says... #8
Sundial of the Infinite was printed in a core set. That's a very complex card especially for beginners.Note* sundial isn't a mechanic. But still complex.
November 30, 2013 2:02 a.m.
That's true, but sundial was only one card, and printed at rare as well. Wizards' design philosophy is that they don't want too many complicated cards, and cards are more complicated the higher up in rarity tiers you go.
Having a complex mechanic means that there needs to be many cards that display that mechanic (or it wouldn't be worth it to use that keyword), and the mechanic needs to appear in different rarities.
Complex cards do show up in core sets, but very rarely. It would be hard to have a complex mechanic in a core set that follows the rules that Wizards has set for themselves.
November 30, 2013 2:24 a.m.
Hernandez1993 says... #10
Very true. That's y I love mtg. Besides it being fun it can be pretty tough. By that I mean the strategic deck planning.
November 30, 2013 2:36 a.m.
I feel that if anything it'll be unleash, it is simple enough where Wizards would not have a hard time making new cards with this mechanic :D
November 30, 2013 3:26 a.m.
KrosanTusker says... #13
To be in a core set, they have to find new design space for that mechanic, for example Bloodthirst diverged into black in M12 and Exalted also spread to black in M13. This is a tricky one because the mechanics were designed for the particular colour pair they are in so it may not be easy to find another colour for them -- but there are other ways of exploring a mechanic than putting it in another colour and I doubt that we've seen the last of, say, Evolve, because that's too good a mechanic not to revisit it.
November 30, 2013 5:30 a.m.
MonsterFinder221 says... #14
It would be really amazing to see Overload and Bloodrush back in action in the new.
November 30, 2013 6:21 a.m.
MonsterFinder221 says... #15
And of course, Graft was a somewhat useful keyword for transferring 1/1 counters to another creature, whether for the purpose of making it stronger or for strategic reasons.
November 30, 2013 7:07 a.m.
10vernothin says... #16
oh man if overload became white/green/black...
destroy target enchantment or artifact: overload
destroy target creature, overload
put a +1/+1 counter on target creature, overload
target creature's controller sacrifices it, overload
November 30, 2013 12:46 p.m.
Dalektable says... #17
I could see all of the new mechanics with the exception of overload and cipher being reprinted.
Slycne says... #2
Well Time Spiral block was a bit of a unique case since it was supposed to draw from all of magic, play around with cards design and such. It's arguably the only one that's been really reprinted is Bloodthrist.
I think any of the simpler mechanics would have a good shot of reprint some day, especially those that work well within an archtype. Unleash, Populate, Evolve, Bloodrush and Battalion would be my votes for that. They are are easy to understand, and naturally support their respective strategies. I also wouldn't be surprised to see Overload as well, but there are any number of kicker type effects that could be used.
November 30, 2013 12:27 a.m.