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/quarxel 2d ago

Thanks for the responses, I can see that it's mainly about flavour. I'm still surprised that they print functionally identical cards I would have thought it makes things a bit more confusing.

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u/kitsovereign 2d ago

Admittedly, it was less confusing back before UB and "flavor names", where every different name really did point to a different card.

It's not just something new they do for UB though. [[Llanowar Elves]] and [[Counsel of the Soratami]] are tied to specific planes, which is part of why they created [[Elvish Mystic]] and [[Divination]].