Verdant Touch

Buyback Mechanic Issues

New 14 May 2014 Asked by evouga 24 Comments

What is the problem with buyback? It is 1) beloved by all psychographics, and 2) generally looks better than it is, which sounds perfect for a mechanic... Whispers of the Muse and Capsize were mistakes, but Reiterate, Fanning the Flames, Verdant Touch, Clockspinning, Corpse Dance, etc were all perfectly fun and balanced cards.


The problem is that it isn’t worse than it looks. Journey Into Nyx tried to bring it back and it was too good.


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