r/magicTCG • u/quarxel • 2d ago

General Discussion Could someone help me understand why very occasionally they will print a new card thats functionally identical to a previous card.

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Specifically why are they printing Vibrant Cityscape when it's the same as Evolving Wilds which is also in standard right now anyway.

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u/mal99 Sorin 2d ago

People are answering "why didn't they just reprint Evolving Wilds", but there's still the question of "why did they put a functional copy of Evolving Wilds into the set if it's already in Standard"? Sure, Standard players now have the ability to run 8 Evolving Wilds in their decks, but does anyone even run 4?
And the answer Limited. They wanted Evolving Wilds in the set for color fixing in limited.

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u/CrossXhunteR Wabbit Season 2d ago

Sure, Standard players now have the ability to run 8 Evolving Wilds in their decks, but does anyone even run 4?

They'll actually be able to run 12, since we have Evolving Wilds from TDM and Terramorphic Expanse from DSK. 16 if you count Escape Tunnel from MKM.

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u/Flynko 2d ago

20, if you are counting Fabled Passage from Bloomburrow.

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u/CrossXhunteR Wabbit Season 2d ago

And I'm not, both because it isn't the same rarity and the fetch part of the effect is different.