Looking at the paper’s over here in Alara, there’s a lot of hype with the new core set – the so called “Magic 2010″. I’ve been following spoiler’s in rumor dens all over the planes. The set would be around 50% new cards and the rest would be reprints. In the plane of the real, the Wizard’s company has finally released the set in real life. This means that a full art spoiler is now available and being my over zealous self, rushed and ogled at the new artwork and read the full text of the new spells.
My first impression of the set wasn’t good. The so called new spells aren’t really so new. Some cards are merely renames of older cards. There are still a lot of low power cards such as those artifacts that give you 1 life if you play a certain spell color.
After sometime in looking at the art and the different cards, my mind changed. I am amazed at my old time favorite spell – the lightning bolt is back. Serra Angel is now down to uncommon status making her now easier to find. The art of the cards also really great – too bad I only play online where looking at small pictures of cards on a screen isn’t that amazing.
I can’t wait till the release of this set over online. It’s a refreshing new start with new rules and new cards.
