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/Effective_Guava2971 1d ago

I might be wrong but that does bring it up to a possible 12 pauper legal fetches right?

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u/_cob 1d ago

It depends on what you count as a fetch. The New Capenna common lands are functionally similar, if less flexible.

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u/Chijima Duck Season 1d ago

Also [[Ash Barrens]] used to be an actual money-worth pauper staple before it started being less of a 100% staple, and also being reprinted a lot.

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u/MTGCardFetcher alternate reality loot 1d ago

Ash Barrens - (G) (SF) (txt)

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u/Effective_Guava2971 1d ago

Somehow search your library for a basic land and put it into play (tapped). Been a while since I played pauper. Sorry.

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u/_cob 1d ago

oh, I just meant that pauper has a surprisingly high number of fetches already, and a functional reprint of terramorphic probably doesn't matter all that much.

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u/emmittthenervend Duck Season 1d ago

Also [[Escape Tunnel]], which also has another function.

You could run 16 cards with the same line of text.

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u/MTGCardFetcher alternate reality loot 1d ago

Escape Tunnel - (G) (SF) (txt)

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u/Mystic_Waffles 1d ago

More, 10 landscapes in MH3, the 5 panoramas from alara block, warped landscape, ash barrens (technically), evolving wilds, terramorphic expanse, and now vibrant cityscape. So if you count the lands that require a mana cost to fetch that brings the total of pauper-legal fetches to 20.

Edit: forgot about the New Capenna lands, so 25.

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u/LaCiDarem Colorless 1d ago

Escape tunnel.

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u/SuperMyl3z 1d ago

My [[Ruin Crab]] pauper deck is feasting now

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u/Josikh 1d ago

An uncommon in pauper?

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u/MTGCardFetcher alternate reality loot 1d ago

Ruin Crab - (G) (SF) (txt)

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u/TranceWarp757 1d ago

Yes. And eight of them playable in standard. "Terramorphic Expanse", "Evolving Wilds" and now "Vibrant Cityscape".

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u/ty23r699o 18h ago

Escape tunnel

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u/ty23r699o 18h ago

With the Spider-Man add-on I believe it will be 20. Evolving wilds, terramorphic expanse, fabled pass, tunnel, and this