I was going through cards on the database, and I noticed Homelands was probably one of the least popular pricewise. I also don't use cards from that set near as much as other sets. Other opinions or ideas?
I would have to say Fallen Empires do to the massive over printing.
Yeah, Homelands was fail.
Fallen Empires was the first set they did unlimited printings, but there were some solid cards in that set.
Homelands was just so bad. That was the worst set in magic history. As bad as it was it has to be.
I like how Coldsnap was WotC's way of pretending Homelands never existed. 😂
The worst pack I ever bought was a few months ago. I saw these old packs at a hole in the wall nerd store and figured "who knows, I'll probably get something vintage and super valuable!" The pack was horrible and the rare, a {savage firecat} was the icing on the crapcake. I'd never heard of Odyssey but now I think I didn't miss much by missing that block. Why do you guys all hate homelands so much? I started in Lorwyn and have no concept of anything before the first Mirrodin block.
(addendum) After further research I discovered Odyssey had this Squirrel mechanic or tribe or something. My forthcoming nutmuncher deck will bring Odyssey back from the brink of oblivion.
I believe that Wizards had complaints about different art on a card was confusing and difficult for collectors. That is why there is only one piece of art for cards now.
I had hopes for Homelands when it came out too. I even bought a box, like I did for Fallen Empires and Ice Age.
I was playing during Homelands and Fallen Empires. When I returned to the game I bought sets of both due to nostalgia and super low eBay price ;)
Fallen empires...
Anything else with banding...
Snow sets
Quote from: KangaRod on September 17, 2012, 08:26:51 AM
I would've figured the collectors would've loved having alternate art. They go ape for alternate art comic covers. Ithknk Its usually players that are so concerned with similarity on different cards, even though they could just play one with all the same art.
Speakig of, I heard the pros will play with all the same art basic lands, so if they get {Gitaxian probed} or {duress}ed or whatever it's more difficult for their opponent to figure out what they have afterwards.
Four crappy alt arts on crappy commons an uncommon was what you ended up with at the end.
To some LGS owner - "Do you have that one art for the {Homarid}? You know, the one that looks like a lobster? No, not that one the OTHER one that look like a lobster? No, that's the one that looks like a crab? Look, I'm trying to collect all the different arts for Fallen Empires. I've got all four {Combat Medic}s, all four {Icatian Infantry}... blah blah blah..."
~Some jerk collector like me.
In a set with 102 cards, you end up with ~250 UNIQUE cards, many redundant and worth mere cents.
It's a novel idea, but really not worth it.
Worst of all, there were no collector's numbers at the time.
Or rarity indicators!
Quote from: BlackJester on September 17, 2012, 03:06:07 PM
Quote from: KangaRod on September 17, 2012, 08:26:51 AM
I would've figured the collectors would've loved having alternate art. They go ape for alternate art comic covers. Ithknk Its usually players that are so concerned with similarity on different cards, even though they could just play one with all the same art.
Speakig of, I heard the pros will play with all the same art basic lands, so if they get {Gitaxian probed} or {duress}ed or whatever it's more difficult for their opponent to figure out what they have afterwards.
Four crappy alt arts on crappy commons an uncommon was what you ended up with at the end.
To some LGS owner - "Do you have that one art for the {Homarid}? You know, the one that looks like a lobster? No, not that one the OTHER one that look like a lobster? No, that's the one that looks like a crab? Look, I'm trying to collect all the different arts for Fallen Empires. I've got all four {Combat Medic}s, all four {Icatian Infantry}... blah blah blah..."
~Some jerk collector like me.
In a set with 102 cards, you end up with ~250 UNIQUE cards, many redundant and worth mere cents.
It's a novel idea, but really not worth it.
Crab people. Crab people. Look like crabs, talk like people.
I agree fallen empires AND homelands were horrible but nothing made more magic players quit than those stoopit beebles. Tough call but no set was worse than those stoopit beebles.
Has to be alpha. I mean you cannot even use those cards in your decks.
Quote from: Double-O-Scotch on September 17, 2012, 09:33:46 PM
I agree fallen empires AND homelands were horrible but nothing made more magic players quit than those stoopit beebles. Tough call but no set was worse than those stoopit beebles.
Are you referring to {Bouncing Beebles} or the flavor text on {Bursting Beebles}?
Quote from: Langku on September 17, 2012, 02:43:19 AM
The worst pack I ever bought was a few months ago. I saw these old packs at a hole in the wall nerd store and figured "who knows, I'll probably get something vintage and super valuable!" The pack was horrible and the rare, a {savage firecat} was the icing on the crapcake. I'd never heard of Odyssey but now I think I didn't miss much by missing that block. Why do you guys all hate homelands so much? I started in Lorwyn and have no concept of anything before the first Mirrodin block.
Dude, I love Odyssey, {Werebear} and {Wild Mongrel} =D