Comments on: Unlocking the Vault #50: Power in Vintage Masters

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:35:47 +0000

Scott enderfall you and I have the same hopes
I want to see:

-Old art Birds of Paradise
-Old boarders
-Original art for P9`s not the PRM ones… ( I have a feeling we will not get the original art though just so that WoTC won`t be making paper players too upset)

- Force of Will and Wastelands must be released as they are the most played cards in Vintage.

Vintage has so many pricey uncommons….Let`s hope they stay uncommons for our wallets` sake.

By: huffy henry

huffy henry — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 06:41:04 +0000

Yeah, it certainly could be. I’m not certain what the “obscene” level would be. Regardless, with all the talk about “doing it right” for years and years, I would think this sort of thing would have been in development for, well, years and years. It will be sad if it does not come to pass.

By: enderfall

enderfall — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:59:53 +0000

Just playing devil’s advocate here, but maybe it’s not WotC who is preventing the original art from being online… maybe the artists recognize the allure of these cards and are asking for an obscene royalty fee since they were clearly underpaid back in 1993 before anyone knew Magic would take off.

Food for thought…

By: huffy henry

huffy henry — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 05:03:59 +0000

So all the original art in the MED printings was somehow renegotiated? I don’t understand how they can get deals done with a lot of the cards, but for some reason these specific 9 have a 0% rate. I really wish we could get an official statement on this and not a short, vague one, too. I’ve been waiting years and years and years to get P9 and when it finally comes I simply don’t want to have them be new frame, new art. It just wouldn’t be doing them “right.”

By: Austin

Austin — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:30:34 +0000

Original art paid the artist per printing, I think they renegotiated with some, others I know they did not. I think it is safe to assume that some original art will never be used.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 12:26:27 +0000

The easiest solution that I would prefer is to have the foil P9 be extremely rare and with original art. This way the general supply is ensured but the players that like to pimp their decks can do so with very rare shiny P9. Thoughts?

By: huffy henry

huffy henry — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:02:37 +0000

Largely agree with most of the predictions, though I disagree that FOW staying at $100 would be a death sentence for the format. People are WAY too pessimistic about its effect. I would also rather see P9 be rarer than 1-24 and more valuable than 30-40, though obviously something along the lines of 200 per would be back breaking. We need original art!