Ace Jade Marose!

Sept Mail!

 I got my stuff...

Except Jaces are not ftv 20 Jaces. =/
I hope there is a good way to fix this. =(

From the Vault: Twenty and Duel Decks: Heroes vs Monsters Double Review

It's been awhile since I wrote a review so I decided to do one.
(Only because I noticed the main page of MTGO said DD: Heroes vs Monsters is available in the store)

This time, I will look at both From the Vault: Twenty and Duel Decks: Heroes vs Monsters.

Ftv: 20
Below are the cards in alternate art either irl or online:

Hymn to Tourach and Fyndhorn Elves both come from the MTGO cube art (which does not exist irl).
Fyndhorn Elves being in the set because it is iconic is bullshit. They just wanted to release the cube art irl so they just used it. Hymn to Tourach is understandable.
Dark Ritual is with a 4th Ed art which does not exist on MTGO.

The other 7 are new original art which I like. 

I do think that Cruel Ultimatum, Chainer's Edict, Akroma's Vengeance and Venser, Shaper Savant look badass with the iconic characters in them and I like them like that.

I bought 3x Jace, the Mind Sculptor from FTV20 irl using the tix I got from my recent sale of some rare MTGO cards of which I sold 600 to MTGOTraders at USD 0.95.
Paypal took $22+ from that transaction!!! (For just being secure and a good way to move money???)

I bought the cards on Channelfireball.com which has free shipping.
I don't understand why I have to pay over $50 for shipping once my order goes above $200 at starcitygames. Sure I may be able to spend some money on some expensive cards but I definitely don't have the capabilities to just shell out that much for shipping. (Do consider that.)

I figured that these Jaces would be rarer with their limited quantities (and cheaper) for me to justify procuring them now.

Verdict:
If anything, I would say that this product is to release more Jace, the Mind Sculptor both irl and online who also get Tangle Wire which I am pretty sure is not particularly popular irl but is very expensive on MTGO.

Anyway, they are a good steal online at $40 since you can pick up Jace and Tangle Wire together with many alternate art cards.
Irl, they cost a bomb together for crappy cards. I would just pick up Jace and see what is cheap to get.
My local stores sell the boxes at $300. Not worth it the price it commands at all.

Moving on,

DD: Heroes vs Monsters
Below are the cards in alternate art that does not exist online or irl and some new cards from the next set that we would see soon enough:

With most of the cards already existing online, the cube art cards are a new way to make collectors have something new to collect. In this bunch, the cube art cards are Regrowth, Pyrokinesis and Orcish Lumberjack. (Regrowth and Pyrokinesis have been release as MOCS promos btw so it's not really special for the online collector)

Some people may like the new Sun Titan's art but I am not that big a fan. I am contented with the promo.
I am considering getting Beast Within online which sees play in Classic's Oath deck. The other cards are not particularly exciting so I will give them a pass. Fires of Yavimaya was good in its day but it's just something nice to look at. Destructive Revelry looks usable but it's going to be available soon enough so it's not a strong pull factor.

Verdict:

This product, I would say, is for the irl people who can pick up some cool cube art cards (mentioned above). It lacks any alluring planeswalker art playable cards to bring me to want to get it.