Ancient Tomb

Arcane Signet Evaluation

re: arcane signet - i think "strong" vs "weak" is not the best dichotomy to use. arcane signet is a very fair card on power level for edh, which has a legacy-like card pool. the problem is that it is so widely applicable. command tower is a similar card. it's not powerful like sol ring or ancient tomb, but there is no downside and it works in any deck which contributes to format homogenization. powerful cards are actually easier for players to self-select against in edh.

What spectrum would you use?

Ancient Tomb Arcane Signet Command Tower Commander Power Level Sol Ring

Mana Acceleration Nostalgia

I really miss the era when mana acceleration was more freely available. (dark ritual, mana vault and ancient tomb for example). Do you ever feel the need to try this sort of thing again?

Do you also miss the days of crazy card drawing and broken combo engines? : )

Ancient Tomb Card Draw Dark Ritual Mana Mana Vault

Dual Lands Underestimation

Is there a reason R&D was so cautious with the rare dual lands in Tempest? (Scabland, Pine Barrens, etc...) Cards like the Gates seem to be significantly better at common these days. Plus Wasteland and Ancient Tomb at uncommon?

For a long time we underestimated how good our dual lands can be. The big switch came when Randy Buehler started during Invasion design and convinced us the taplands weren’t too good. That was what really opend up our eyes.

Ancient Tomb Dual Lands Dual Lands Eye Game Design Gates Gates Lands Pine Barrens Rares Scabland Tempest Uncommons

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