wallisface, I would like to respectfully disagree, with you, on both of those points, because I believe that WotC should be responsible for ensuring that this game is affordable to players, because players will not purchase cards if they are too expensive, so ensuring that players can afford to purchase cards will benefit WotC overall.

Also, I personally believe that Book of Rass is an underrated card, because it is a colorless version of Greed, a card of which WotC has printed numerous variants over the game's history; I certainly do not believe that BoR is overpowered or otherwise spectacular, but I believe that it can be quite useful in certain decks, such as EDH decks that contain the color white but neither black or blue, as EDH allows players to start the game with higher life and generally have access to greater amounts of mana.

Again, I would like to emphasize that I certainly enjoy conversing, with you, as you clearly are very knowledge about this game, and I respect and value your feedback, but I simply believe that you and I have different opinions about certain cards or other aspects of this game.

wallisface, form what I have observed, Secret Lair products do not have a significant effect upon the prices and availability of cards, because of their artificial scarcity, so I do not believe that they are an ideal product for reprinting cards; if WotC was still printing products such as Duel Decks, From the Vault, or Signature Spellbook, those products would be ideal for reprinting older and obscure cards, without encountering the issues that you mentioned.

Also, that is precisely why I am fond of those cards, because they allow for easy repetition of defensive effects; I have been playing the game since 2003, and I dearly miss repeatable defensive effects, as most defensive effects in recent years cannot be easily repeated, which annoys me greatly.

As a side not, one other old-bordered card that I would like to see reprinted in the new border is Book of Rass, as that is a source of repeatable card advantage that can be put into any deck.

wallisface, those are very good points, and I certainly understand them regarding WotC not wishing to reprint certain older cards into standard, or even modern, but that should not restrict WotC from reprinting certain cards in sets that do not affect legality, as that is a good way (and perhaps the only way) to reprint certain cards.

Also, regarding the specific cards that I mentioned, how would Martyr's Cause be unfun for newer players? And Claws of Gix are useful more as a sacrifice outlet than for gaining life. Another card that I would like to see reprinted in the new border style is Righteous Aura, as that is another card whose effects WotC rarely uses, recently, and would be useful for teaching newer players that they can use life as a resource.