Commander's arsenal previews.

[Prophylaxis]

This product is meant to be similar to From the Vault, is that it's a "luxury" product for a small minority of the playerbase. I don't like {Search the City}. I think it's a really narrow card. But there are a small subsect of players that really like {Search the City}. They have four decks with four of these jammed in.

Most of the players will not buy Commander's Arsenal. Most of the players will revile it. But there are a small subsect of players that don't buy any Magic products, just update their EDH decks regularly and play EDH every Sunday morning. This product is aimed at them. They look at a booster box or a standard deck and say, "Golly, why would anyone spend $100+ for these things?" And they divert their booster box money or the money they would spend on a Standard deck into one of these products.

[Hays413]

This product is meant to be similar to From the Vault, is that it's a "luxury" product for a small minority of the playerbase. I don't like {Search the City}. I think it's a really narrow card. But there are a small subsect of players that really like {Search the City}. They have four decks with four of these jammed in.

Most of the players will not buy Commander's Arsenal. Most of the players will revile it. But there are a small subsect of players that don't buy any Magic products, just update their EDH decks regularly and play EDH every Sunday morning. This product is aimed at them. They look at a booster box or a standard deck and say, "Golly, why would anyone spend $100+ for these things?" And they divert their booster box money or the money they would spend on a Standard deck into one of these products.

I completely agree. That being said though, and maybe it's just the small percentage of the EDH player base I've played/spoken with, these cards are junk. And oversized cards, while cool sometimes, are just a gimmick. If they were going to put out a real arsenal, they should have packed it with staples that EVERY EDH deck uses. {Command Tower}, {Terramorphic Expanse}, {Lightning Greaves}, {Whispersilk Cloak} etc. Maybe even a cycle of "guild" legends (nothing to do with Ravnica), that would basically all have an even or same effect. Or just vanilla and badass. To me that would be an "arsenal"

[Gorzo]

I kinda disagree with you on this one proph. If the cards included were staples and must-haves, then I'd agree with you for sure, but what's being released is a strange assortment of seemingly random legendaries, enchants, and a command tower. I'm someone who plays commander almost exclusively when it comes to constructed formats, and I dont even want 75% of these cards.

Now if you replaced the gimmicky stuff like {Azusa lost but seeking} that only a couple decks would want with a staple like {Sensei's Divining Top} and swap the Precon-available generals with some harder to find popular generals like {Thraximundar} and I might feel like the people who put this set together gave a damn about me as a commander player.

[Hays413]

Hear hear

Hays' verdict: JUNK!

[AgrusKos]

Hear hear

Hays' verdict: JUNK!

all in favor say aye. Aye

[Dudecore]

I think the chance here is to print oversized cards from Reserve list, because they don't function outside EDH. But how many great creatures are even on the Reserve list? EDH also has a problem of...you only get 1 copy of every card. This set is just a cash in for Wizards, which had a great track record lately of not ripping off their consumer base.

Eternal formats outside of Modern don't get any products because mostly all the great cards are restricted, the ones that aren't ({Force of Will}) don't warrant a new print run. Modern Masters on the other hand is a fantastic product.

I had hoped for more from EDH set, like a reprint of awesome EDH stables at a good price. Instead we get $80 sleeves, counters and an oversized {Grimgrin, Corpse-born}? Just buy one for $1...