Will any of the Other Future Sight Dual Lands be Given Full Cycles?
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Posted on Dec. 26, 2015, 1:03 a.m. by DemonDragonJ
Future Sight had a cycle of very unusual and fascinating dual lands, very different from others that been previously seen in this game, and then the Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block gave one of those lands its own complete cycle, since no two in the FS cycle were perfectly identical to each other.
Therefore, I wonder if any of the other dual lands from that set shall be given their own cycles. River of Tears is very unlikely, since it is rather weak compared to the others, in my mind, and would require a cycle of twenty cards to be complete. Grove of the Burnwillows could work, except that certain color combinations would require different drawbacks than what it has, since opponents gaining life is not a major problem for color combinations that do not involve red or green. I see no problem with Horizon Canopy being expanded into a full cycle, since it is essentially a better version of the "painlands" (i.e., Caves of Koilos, Yavimaya Coast, etc.), which is a full ten-card cycle. Nimbus Maze is by far the dual land that I most wish to see be given its own cycle, since it is very easy to understand and use, but still sufficiently complex so that a player needs to exercise skill and strategy when using it, and also is not very expensive to purchase as a single, which would be great for players who wish to have multiple copies of it for their decks.
What does everyone else here say about this? How likely is it that the other dual lands from Future Sight shall be given their own complete cycles? I look forward to receiving your responses.
MindAblaze says... #3
I could actually see River of Tears making for an interesting cycle. I'd be fascinated to see how they'd pull it off flavorwise, because it would probably be at most a 10 card cycle, if not a 5 card cycle.
December 26, 2015 1:29 a.m.
KillDatBUG says... #4
I want a blue version of Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth. Because reasons.
December 26, 2015 3:06 a.m.
Grove of the Burnwillows will never cycle because Punishing Fire. It's already proven unbalanced.
December 26, 2015 3:27 a.m.
Nimbus Maze and River of Tears could have a chance to be reprinted. They seem pretty balanced. The two other cards are just way too good. They won't have a chance to be reprinted.
December 26, 2015 4:12 a.m.
lemmingllama says... #7
River of Tears is the one I want to see the most.They are a lot trickier to use, but fetchlands and good sequencing can fix everything.
Nimbus Maze is the other one I'd personally want to see. They are basically just checklands in this case, but they can also produce colorless if you wanted to run some of that new Wastes mana.
Horizon Canopy is a little too good since it just draws you gas. All aggressive decks in these colors would run these things.
Similarly, Grove of the Burnwillows would see a lot of play in all control decks, since the life points aren't too relevant. Plus imagine all the legacy decks that could just throw some of these in and use Punishing Fire
December 26, 2015 7:28 a.m.
Named_Tawyny says... #8
The fact that River of Tears is 'weak compared to the others' makes it more likely, not less likely to see a full cycle.
December 26, 2015 9:49 a.m.
canterlotguardian says... #9
Wow. Everyone is talking about my favorite land ever. So I guess I'll just drop a name and be on my way.
River of Tears. (y helo bae <3)
December 26, 2015 11:13 a.m.
Harashiohorn says... #10
Honestly none of these lands are necessarily "better" overall than the power of fetch-shock or fetch-dual, I feel like they all deserve cycles, grove and horizon most so. Why? Because, from an eternal standpoint at least, they would help fuel more fringe strategies. Punishing fire will be banned as necessary, so it shouldn't be a concern.
jchudz says... #2
As much as I would like to see the Horizon Canopy cycle completed, I fear that its power level is probably too high for standard. Think about how busted aggressive strategies would be when their lands can draw them into gas.
December 26, 2015 1:19 a.m.