Why is Mishra's Workshop still allowed as a 4-of in decks when Moxen are restricted and have been restricted for a long time?
At this point in Magic's history, Workshop is fundamentally as powerful or more powerful than a Mox, because cheap artifacts have become so potent.
There is really no reason to have Moxen and Black Lotus restricted and Workshop unrestricted when Workshop is now clearly on the same power level as the Moxen and the Lotus.
@fsecco If there was a land that said "T: Add 3 blue mana to your mana pool, spend this mana only to cast blue spells", would it be restricted?
At this point in magic's history, there are enough powerful artifacts at extremely good rates (think: walking ballista, ravager, spheres, etc) that the "drawback" of only being able to play artifacts is almost irrelevant - the best artifacts in magic's history would still be good cards even if they weren't being powered out by a Black Lotus land.
Just like, even if there was that fictional 3 blue mana land (which would surely have been restricted a long time ago), blue spells would still be competitively played with lands that only generate one blue mana a turn.
If Workshop is restricted, the deck will still be powerful and functional but not oppressive, regardless of future artifact printings. The problem is really the degenerate mana ramp that Workshop provides.
@fsecco If there was a land that said "T: Add 3 blue mana to your mana pool, spend this mana only to cast blue spells", would it be restricted?
At this point in magic's history, there are enough powerful artifacts at extremely good rates (think: walking ballista, ravager, spheres, etc) that the "drawback" of only being able to play artifacts is almost irrelevant - the best artifacts in magic's history would still be good cards even if they weren't being powered out by a Black Lotus land.
Just like, even if there was that fictional 3 blue mana land (which would surely have been restricted a long time ago), blue spells would still be competitively played with lands that only generate one blue mana a turn.
If Workshop is restricted, the deck will still be powerful and functional but not oppressive, regardless of future artifact printings. The problem is really the degenerate mana ramp that Workshop provides.
Why is Mishra's Workshop still allowed as a 4-of in decks when Moxen are restricted and have been restricted for a long time?
At this point in Magic's history, Workshop is fundamentally as powerful or more powerful than a Mox, because cheap artifacts have become so potent.
There is really no reason to have Moxen and Black Lotus restricted and Workshop unrestricted when Workshop is now clearly on the same power level as the Moxen and the Lotus.
Hey all. I'm thinking of playing my first-ever Vintage tournament in paper form this weekend at Eternal Extravaganza. The only way I can even play Vintage in paper is via the 15-proxy rule, but I've never used proxies in Magic before (being a Legacy/Modern player primarily).
Does anyone have any good guidelines as to how to make proxies for Vintage? Specifically, I need to proxy the Moxen, a Black Lotus, and Mishra's Workshops. I was thinking of using the C14 cycle of "Diamonds" to represent the Moxen, a Lotus Bloom to represent the Black Lotus, and something like Mishra's Toy Workshop for the Workshops. Would this be fine? And would it be adequate just to write the actual functioning of each card I'm proxying in black marker on top of the card itself? I.e. for the Lotus Bloom->Black Lotus I would draw a "0" in the casting cost box, and black out the "suspend" text and leave only the "T: Add 3 of any color" text, and write "Black Lotus" over the "Lotus Bloom" name. Is this the way to do it easily and properly?
And is it possible to use a foil promo card like Mishra's Toy Workshop as a Workshop proxy or would the silver border/foiling be problematic? What is the best card to use as a good proxy for Mishra's Workshop?