Uh, what? More accessibility equals more Mana Crypts in circulation means more Crypts being played means more fast mana in the format.
I'm all for crashing the secondary market and pissing speculators off, but not with Crypt.
Uh, what? More accessibility equals more Mana Crypts in circulation means more Crypts being played means more fast mana in the format.
Sorry about that.hyalopterouslemur wrote: ↑4 years agoDidn't get my name right, but whatever. (It means transparent wings. It's a reference to an actual card.)
Did a test. How do you do generic mana 10-20 or hybrid mana?
Sheldon wrote:You're the reason we can't have nice things.
I'm not 100% sure but I would not be surprised if you were right. I enjoy a lot of stuff about fast explosive mana games. But I also suspect they might outright ban crypt just for all the damn time it wastes with people "forgetting" their crypt triggers and such. That time adds up. And it adds a significant amount of effort to watch.
I'm not sure $50 for a single card is 'relatively affordable' to most players.ISBPathfinder wrote: ↑4 years agoI just thought I would point out that they were relatively affordable recently
That is valid, but Mana Crypt tends to be one of those cards that the less streamlined and efficient your deck is the worse of a card it is too. The damage at upkeep adds up and forces you to want to be proactive and close out games where as being on a budget doesn't really play well towards that idea.Sinis wrote: ↑4 years agoI'm not sure $50 for a single card is 'relatively affordable' to most players.ISBPathfinder wrote: ↑4 years agoI just thought I would point out that they were relatively affordable recently
This is obviously not me; my historic cap has been around $250 for cards I *really* wanted, but it's not impossible I go higher (I have been recently eyeing Zodiac Dragon like a complete fool).
But, there are people I know who spend maybe $50 on an entire deck. Others buy precons, and maybe make $20 worth of modifications on them. I have a friend who I've been playing commander with for about 11 years, and he has - since Modern Horizons' release - balked at Yawgmoth, Thran Physician's $25-$30 (Canadian) pricetag.
I'm not sure $50 Mana Crypts are actually within people's budget for the game. Looking at the top cards on EDHREC, the vast majority are under $10 or so, and I would be willing to bet there is significant overlap between the set of people who contribute to EDHREC's data and the set of people who are willing to pay more than a few bucks for singles. I would venture that most people who play this game don't spend much at all after they buy a precon.
Oh, I'm definitely not advocating for Mana Crypt to be super accessible/available. I don't want it banned for the people who do want to play that kind of game, but I would just as soon have the people I regularly play with not have to worry about relatively ubiquitous access to it; it's as you say - Mana Crypt demands a more streamlined/proactive deck, and I think that cards that just kind of grant resources are among the chief culprits in an arms race scenarios.ISBPathfinder wrote: ↑4 years agoThat is valid, but Mana Crypt tends to be one of those cards that the less streamlined and efficient your deck is the worse of a card it is too. The damage at upkeep adds up and forces you to want to be proactive and close out games where as being on a budget doesn't really play well towards that idea.
I do have a lot of sympathy for those who are new to the game / commander and or on a budget but I am not sure that wishing Mana Crypt was more affordable is the best place to start for them. Things like Sylvan Library, Demonic Tutor, and Land Tax is more of fronts I would try to fight that fight for.