Posted By froffenhoffer on 03/13/2007 2:19 PM
1: whats an OP?
2: Bring on the epic FB with GREAT CLEAVE! gotta love that 5 foot step ad infinitum..
And, i dont think that only producing older epics is good, as there will then be some players that cant use them.. I mean what do i do with ma epic drizzt?

Posted By Star on 03/13/2007 4:03 AM
WOTC's reasoning probably is that releasing an epic card from Unhallowed helps to generate interest in it. If someone gets a Stone Giant Runecarver epic card at their FLGS but doesn't actually own the mini for it perhaps they will buy boosters until they do get one. That may seem slightly far fetched but an outside chance of helping their Unhallowed sales is better than no chance of helping their sales - and they know that releasing an epic Aspect of Orcus card doesn't help them at all.

Posted By Faragdar the Wise on 03/13/2007 1:01 PM
Dude, how about an Epic Red Wizard (with circle magic)? Of course, it'll probably suck worse than the original Red Wizard card.

I'd love to see Epic Ialdabode, too, especially now that the Large Astral Construct is out. You could do some sweet new stuff with high level psionics, like create astral constructs.

As long as there's an Epic Vlaakith, it wouldn't hurt to make an Epic Lich Necromancer (whose commander effect could maybe generate more powerful undead )

Epic Eye of Gruumsh and/or Orc Champion? That would be cool.

Posted By jacksonm on 03/13/2007 9:08 AM
While I want some of those older figures to get cards too I can see their point. Cards for minis that everyone can potentialy get do more to grow the brand so to speak.

Posted By The Beer Baron on 03/13/2007 1:49 PM
How about both in a retailer pack? I've heard both sides of this arguement and I agree with both. How much can these things cost to produce? I can hand out one of each to each player at the tournaments I run. People with complete older sets get something unique, while not denying newcomers prizes that count for them as well. And heck, since wishes are free today, how about a re-costed Drider Sorceror card, and a puppy.

Epic cards old,
Epic cards new,
Repainted minis
in cloaks of blue.

Posted By Ryoga on 03/14/2007 8:48 AM
YEAH!

Posted By SYB on 03/13/2007 2:55 PM
I've been playing since Harbringer and I couldn't disagree more. Currently, my FLGS has nearly as many players who started within the last year as started before that. Those players have barely any older pieces. Epic cards for the older pieces is just wasted cardboard for them. I see no reason to turn off a significant portion of the player base with worthless cards.

Even more significant was what I noticed at XP. I'd say that nearly half the people in the Limited Championship and the Constructed Qualifier were "new faces". There were a lot of new or newer players, which seems to indicate that the player base is changing. Once again, rewarding the newer players (or more importantly, not turning them off to the hobby) by providing cards that are likely to be useful is a good thing. I am generally disappointed by the rather selfish attitude that many (not all) older players seem to have that WotC should be catering to them (and thus ignoring a large percentage of the player base).

-SYB

Posted By gss_000 on 03/14/2007 2:57 PM
There has t be a balance between the two: enticing new players to continue collecting with recent epics and rewarding old time collectors for their support with epics for older figs. It shouldn't be a battle between the needs of one group and the other.