kaldare wrote:
Maybe not... but the time will soon some when there isn't any justification for them being banned.
Their prices have been steadily DROPPING for awhile now. (You can get a played emerald for ~$200) while the prices of many of the more expensive EDH staples have seen marked increases. (SoFaI, FoW, Duals, Mana Crypt, Random P3K stuff).
The ban is barely justifiable as it stands now. What happens when underground sea costs more then a mox? And that day IS coming, unless WoTC does something drastic. Vintage is dead, people.
A staple is a card that gets put in every deck (of that color). The only REAL staples are Sol Ring, Wasteland, Strip Mine, and Top. FoW is a staple for Ux decks, SoFI isn't by far a staple: Lightning Greaves comes alot closer in the equipment department. Mana Crypt is unplayable in all but hardcore combo, and I can't think of a single P3K card that is widely played, let alone a staple.
This leaves us with duals. If we make the comparison you do (the highest priced NM dual compared to the lowest priced mox in a played condition) I still see the mox being worth over 2.5-3 times as much if I look at ebay selling prices.
kaldare wrote:
Anyway, this is less a "Unban them now!!" thread, and more a "What would it take to force the issue?" thread.
so it's a I-know-I-can't-make-it-happen-straight-away-so-I-want-to-start-a-discussion-to-make-it-happen-in-the-future-thread? How is that different?
Overall, I'd say it's nice that you think about cards that are on the banned list. It's never a bad idea to re-evaluate it. [sarcasm]But I cannot see any reason so far to change it in a way your claiming not to want to happen but only want to discuss.
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