Comments on: What card were you most wrong about?

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Fri, 23 May 2014 14:58:16 +0000

32 Skaab Ruinator’s @ $2.50 because all the pro’s thought it was so good (when it was spoiled) and I thought all their reasons were still true, so maybe it’d get broken…

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 22 May 2014 04:19:42 +0000

When Laboratory Maniac was spoiled, I purchased 25 Diving Witches, 15 Paradigm Shifts, and 7 Thought Lashes. Needless to say, this did not work out.

By: WeQu

WeQu — Wed, 21 May 2014 20:49:05 +0000

Around 350 Mana Blooms!

By: Corbin

Corbin — Wed, 21 May 2014 19:49:18 +0000

In reply to mneah. Yeah, I think that one will be okay.

By: mneah

mneah — Wed, 21 May 2014 12:21:37 +0000

almost 100 deathrite shamans :))

still thinking it will pan out…

By: phyrexian trader

phyrexian trader — Wed, 21 May 2014 09:49:50 +0000

splinterfright for sure. tribal flame for modern. greater goods after the US price bump. never happened in EU.

By: pi

pi — Wed, 21 May 2014 07:54:53 +0000

Pre-ordered Kozileks at $20 each, took my losses and traded them in at €5*, look at their $45+ retail price now…

* Fortunately it was a great deal that’s only gotten better as the old card I got keeps rising, but holding them would’ve been much better.

By: qed2

qed2 — Wed, 21 May 2014 05:44:49 +0000

I thought Aqueous Form was a terrible limited card. It’s not.

I thought Rage of Purphoros was a great card. In some formats it would be – but not in Theros.

I thought Nightveil Specter would never amount to anything. I was wrong, but for the right reasons.

I thought shocklands would double upon rotation. I don’t think anyone foresaw the dominance of mono-colored strategies.

I thought Tibalt MUST be secretly good. To be fair, it’s hard to improve him in a way that both keeps the design goal (make a 2cc planeswalker) and isn’t busted to hell and back (for example, making his discard nonrandom is insane).

By: Corbin

Corbin — Wed, 21 May 2014 05:17:17 +0000

In reply to Michael Hutchison. Yeah, it's a card that's been really good but not quite as powerful as it could be. I think it's just a metagame product, where the Jund decks it needed to be in didn't really exist in the form it would excel in.

By: Corbin

Corbin — Wed, 21 May 2014 05:16:09 +0000

In reply to JasonAlt. Fair.

By: JasonAlt

JasonAlt — Wed, 21 May 2014 03:54:49 +0000

I have like 700 copies of Seance. Nice 94 copies, you filthy casual

By: Michael Hutchison

Michael Hutchison — Wed, 21 May 2014 03:34:31 +0000

The card I was most wrong about was probably Rakdos’ Return. I thought it had a real good chance to be a format defining card and it just quite hasn’t lived up to the hype I thought it might have. I had a few playsets but got off them around Dragon’s Maze release.