"Rules Update: Legend Killers No More"

"So now there can be two of us...my art is better though"

"Rules Update: Legend Killers No More"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr. 

Rule Changes are a part of playing the game and in my lifetime I have seen the legendary rule change twice. It can be summed up like this:

-You have a legend in play , another player cannot play the same legend.

-You have a Legend in play and when this Legend is copied or another Legend with the same play comes into play , both of them see each other and they  "explode". Both go to the Graveyard. 

The New rule however states that:

- You have a Legend , your opponent can have the same legend on his side of the battlefield.Both can exist as long as you both don't control the same Legend. However you could play a Legend with the same name and among those you control choose which to keep in play.

The biggest repercussion is that the mirror matches with other Legends will not kill them. Cards like Phantasmal Image , Evil Twin , Phyrexian Metamorph and Clone will no longer be Legend killers. Their prices are expected to drop long before this rule takes effect but dont expect it to be on the bargain bin levels because this bunch are still very effective Utility creatures that could copy threats and defend when needed. Especially the Phyrexian Metamorh.

On the other side of the prize zone though expect Planeswalker cards ( which are also affected by this Legend/Uniqueness rule) to rise in Value since players would be more encouraged to play them.Hence a rise in their demand but not neccesarily in their supply.

"I am still copying stuff..."

One of the greatest advantages of this new Legendary Rule is that if your Legend is incapacitated by a Pillory of the Sleepless you could actually plop another copy of the Legend , sacrifice the useless one and have all the effects of your Legend as well as an able body to Block when needed. It doesn't leave your battlefield totally empty or in the case of Teysa , Envoy of Ghosts you can destroy the creatures that she cannot block and get tokens for each creature destroyed this way. 

Change is not always good especially if you have expensive cards in stock that would plummet in value but if its any indication Wizards of the Coast is preparing a lot of Legends in the M14 Core Set and the next expansion of Theros. We would all just have to wait and see now. 

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Thanks to the Awesome art of Genzoman - Akroma looks great....