From the Vault: Realms Recap

So hello everyone and welcome to one final edition on the latest From the Vault which is Realms which is all about the lands of magic this time around in nice shiny foil edition, i'm vergil and let's take a quick recap at what's gonna be in this year's FTV.

We already knew of Ancient Tomb, which is one of my new favorite lands of all time, just due to how fast it can become as well as other things of course.

As well as Boseiju, Who Shelters All, which is not a bad land by stand point, but it has it's downsides, since it's a old Cavern of Souls for 2 life for Instants and Sorceries.

Cephalid Coliseum is one i didn't really talk about since it was only revealed yesterday, but honestly it's not as good as the money land in this set, Maze of Ith

And here come the junk lands, Desert is one of the least favorite lands, if they could have printed anything again i kinda wish wizards had went ahead and printed a preview land for this particular slot instead of filling it with this junk.

With any good land based set, there's always a iconic piece, Dryad Arbor is no exception to this with brand new spanking art for FTV

Forbidden Orchard is one of those lands that is kind of iconic in EDH these days, since it grants 1/1 for no cost to your opponent's but it's still a decent land regardless.

I was really excited when i saw this was coming back, since it's one of those old lands that deserved a reprint honestly, but Glacial Chasm hasn't got a lot to it anymore, but still has shown it's one of those classic magic lands that deserve a slot in this kind of thing.

Half of the iconic Grove/Punishing Fire combo in Extended and Modern, this is one of those neat lands that collectors can go goofy over, Grove of the Burnwillows is another good reason to pick this up if you want a shiny copy.

High Market is one of those lands that is commonly played in EDH these days and this is another good reason to pick up this set for the foil version of this and my next card on the list.

The mack daddy of the set, Maze of Ith is the sole reason to get this set, it's worth it's weight in gold for Magic players these days and is perhaps one of the 6 iconic lands in magic's history

Doran players are familiar with this bad boy, Murmuring Bosk is one of those rock lands that is the reason why Doran players love this sort of thing, another decent reason to pick up this set as a whole.

Shivan Gorge is one of the least desirable pieces for this set, they could have done a lot better with this, but at least it's art is different compared to last time.

For those looking for a foil version of this, look no further, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth is one of the iconic lands in EDH these days and is reason #2 to pick up this particular FTV, pretty much paying for the set as a whole already.

Vesuva is reason #3 for this set to be picked up, since there's finally a foil version of this made available and all that, plus the fact it can copy any land is like the bee's knees of magic.

And finally the worst choice for the final slot in this set, Windbrisk Heights, which didn't need to be reprinted, but whatever, which means that there is NO preview card for RTR in this particular set this year, which is a change since the last 2 had preview cards for the sets they were featuring, breaking the cycle for the first time in FTV's history.

Anyways, that's all 15 lands in From the Vault: Realms, join me for more spoilers when Return To Ravnica starts in early september, till next spoilers this is vergil signing off

From the Vault Realms: Full Spoiler

So welcome to another edition of the emporium and yes the title is correct, it's the full reveal of From the Vault: Realms spoiler, since Evan Erwin decided to be nice and spoil the entire contents of it as of last night, so without further ado let's take a look at what was spoiled.

Ancient Tomb is first on the list and believe me, this land is kinda required to be reprinted, honestly it's a commander staple these days for easier play styles, i cannot wait till this arrives at the end of this month.

Yes, your eyes do not deceive you, this is Maze of Fricking Ith, best fricking reason to buy this set period if i might say so, honestly for 200 dollars this land is worth every dollar, plus it's easily the best reason to pick up the set

Anyways here is the full list of cards in Alphabetical order for you fine folks.

1. Ancient Tomb
2. Bosijeu, Who Shelters All
3. Cephalid Coliseum
4. Desert
5. Dryad Arbor
6. Forbidden Orchard
7. Glacial Chasm
8. Grove of the Burnwillows
9. High Market
10. Maze of Ith
11. Murmuring Bosk
12. Shivan Gorge
13. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
14. Vesuva
15. Windbrisk Heights

Well that's all she wrote on FTV spoilers as of now, tommorow will most likely be the continuation of the usual Gen Con spoilers of course, until next time this is vergil signing off.

Gen Con Spoilers: Part 1

Hello everyone and welcome to yet another edition of the emporium, it's time to take a look at the latest From the Vault: Realms spoilers as well as the other stuff previewed at Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana this week, here's the beginning promo previewed by Mark Rosewater.

Might as well just call this set From the Vault: Realms Commander, since all the lands spoiled thus far are commander lands pretty much, but this is no joke either Boseiju, Who Shelters All is being printed for this set, previewed earlier last night by the man, this bad boy is no joke of a land, since it's a commander favorite.

Land #14 of 15 in this set is another commander favorite Vesuva is also in this set, it's got to be one of the Commander player's favorites, since it does just about anything you want it to do, making it wonderful to play in this format, plus it's a decent 10 dollar land these days.

We also got word of the Launch card for the next set, Return to Ravnica, here it is

Deadbridge Goliath 2GG
Creature - Goliath (Rare)
Scavenge - 4GG (Exile this card from the graveyard, then put +1/+1 counters on another creature equal to the power of the sacrificed creature)
5/5

This also happens to preview the new mechanic Scavenge for the Golgari for the set, since we already know that Populate in this set, nice to know the second mechanic of the set finally. With that however that's the end of this update, so till next time this is vergil signing off

Announcement: From the Vault: Realms

Yes it is true, from the vault has been revealed name wise, it is known as From the Vault: Realms, meaning there will be 15 different lands, all in foil of course now, we also got a piece of preview art with this, let's see it before we continue.

Oh wow, this is a very nice piece of art spoiled along with this set, i must admit. Flavor wise it feels like Dark Depths, you know the one that generates that 20/20 Marit Lage token and combos quite well with a certain vampire from Zendikar block. According to the announcement as well, some of these cards have never been printed in the current black border frame and for them it is the first time being done, well remember From the Vault: Legends did that as well, with a certain few cards from Portal Three Kingdoms and such.

So here is what we know for this at the moment.

MSRP: 34.99 US
Product, Concept and Development Team: Mark Gottileb
Release Date: August 31st, 2012.

Yes you can expect to see this being much higher then MSRP along with being released at the end of August, officially ending 2012's summer of magic as i like to call it, for the full link to the announcement please see the link below.

Link to Announcement ---> From the Vault Realms Announcement

With that this ends another edition of the emporium, on a very strange leap day in February, so without further ado this is vergil signing off.