Whos excited for it? The prices are ridiculous but the card reveals have been pretty cool so far. Hoping they add more dwarves than have been shown
I wouldn’t say I’m super excited for it, but there are some singles that I’m really looking forwards too. Aragorn, the Uniter in particular looks like a fun 4c (sans black) Commander option, and some of the Sauron cards look fun too. I’ll probably buy singles and maybe a fat pack if I’m feeling like it, but no box sets for me.
That’s it. I run a commander cube and there are some fun singles that will be good for it. I might even be revisiting my themes, and thinking of adding legend matters and voltron archetypes. Hoping a cube focused community pops up at some point
As someone who has only briefly dabbled in magic, but does enjoy playing it, as a LOTR nerd I am very excited.
I actually like LOTR, read the books, Silmarillion, the whole shebang (has been a while though). I am not a fan of the Universes Beyond stuff but I thought I might give the LOTR set a go.
I saw the previews and was just not excited at all. I am wondering myself why that is. I just do not care for other IPs in Magic, it doesn’t do anything for me. Also not being Standard/Pioneer legal is a turn off. I am going to skip this one I think.
Edit: I didn’t even look at the pricing before writing this comment - jeez.
I’m pretty excited to build some variation of a Cube from it. It seems like a good thematical set to introduce my friends over to Magic, or to pop out as “board game” in a box.
The cards have been very flavorful and exciting. I’m curious how it’ll be as a draft experience considering most Universes Beyond sets seem designed for Commander, so it’ll be a bit of a change of pace. Although I know it’s heresy, I am actually more excited for the Doctor Who set later this year since I’m weirdly obsessive about that franchise.
Magic-wise though I’m still really curious where things are going to go post-MOM, and this set has nothing to say on that.
Here’s the issue I have with both the LOTR and Dr who sets, as well as the 40k set, which comes from my inexperience probably (only been playing about 4 years). Will these sets both just be legal forever minus a few cards they might ban? I feel like if wotc adds too much 3rd party IP it could dilute the lore/universe they’ve made, no?
Also, im very curious story wise where it goes after MOM. I want Ajani to pop off now that he’s healed and get some more sweet lifegain cards printed (I started during the heliod/ajani meta on arena)
The set definitely seems designed so that the cards they think might be good can be reprinted without LotR skins later. Stern Scolding could have been called “Fool of a Took!” or something, but they didn’t. I definitely imagine it gets a normal print someday.
There’s not enough Ents for my Treefolk Tribal Commander deck 😄 It looks sweet.
I’m splitting a set booster box with a friend of mine who’s a little into Magic and a lot into LotR. The prices are whack and while I normally go out of my way to support an LGS, the price on Axiom was about double that of Amazon. I’m just hoping for some Modern-playable stuff
I’m a giant LOTR nerd (is there a community here for that?). I wanna buy a collector box but thats too much. And if I went the draft route I’d just stare at the cards for too long lol. Maybe precons will be the best bet
