Retro-Modern Magic

Modern Horizons is going to be an interesting set for Magic and particularly  Retro-Modern . It promises a large number of reprints that are new to the Modern format. That means cards predating 8th Edition, which would now be Retro-Modern legal, as well as cards from Commander, Battlebond, Conspiracy, and other recent specialty sets could all now see the light at the end of the Modern tunnel. When predicting which cards they will actually reprint, there are a few considerations that I think WotC has to keep in mind: Card Supply - How many of these newly legal reprints are already in the wild? Modern is a huge format and available inventory of cards is going to be important to prohibit massive spikes in card prices. Modern Horizons will have a significant print run, but WotC has to be realistic about introducing high-demand cards with limited supply. I am generally looking at cards that have been printed at least twice before, preferably in a relatively recent set. Card Price...

Retro-Modern has all the best elements of Magic the Gathering: balance, power, nostalgia, board development, strategy, collectibility, expansion and it is just plain old fun! Retro Magic is a little different than other nostalgic formats ( Old School , QL Magic , etc.) in that the card pool and meta continue to expand and shift. Cards either become legal in one of two ways: A reprint in a Modern legal set from a set that predates 8th Edition (July 28th, 2003) A Modern legal card is printed on the old style frames; generally some sort of promo card.  Sets released in the last few years usually have at least one reprinted card that is new to Modern. Sometimes the cards are powerful, sometimes they change the meta, and other times they simply boost the card pool and add some new tricks to existing decks.  Dominaria was a set which had many reprints and some very powerful, meta-shifting cards. Goblin Warchief being very significant for Goblin Tribal.  Rep...

What cards will be reprinted in Modern Horizons? We have some guesses and we would love to hear yours. Some of these are based on Modern meta and some are based on prices including pauper prices *cough* Oubliette *cough*. Here is what we have so far, what do you think? Oversold Cemetry  (B) Oubliette  (B) Innocent Blood  (B) Baron Sengir (B) Mystical Tutor  (U) Fact or Fiction  (U) Noble Benefactor  (U) Lotus Petal  (A) Copper-Leaf Angel (A) Sylvan Library ( G) Worldly Tutor (G) Crop Rotation (G) Land Tax (W) Enlightened Tutor (W) Goblin Matron  (R) Sneak Attack (R) Land Cycle (from Odyssey) Shadowblood Ridge Darkwater Catacombs Mossfire Valley Skycloud Expanse Sungrass Prairie Mirage Fetches and/or Fetches

Well, this is exciting! WotC just announced a new set for magic call Modern Horizons, which will skip standard. The intention of the set is to send the cards straight to Modern to augment the Modern meta with new cards that would otherwise be too powerful for Standard. Best of all the 254 card set will be made up of new cards and reprints of cards that have not previously been modern legal! That means a lot of new cards will be pumped into the Retro-Modern card pool! This was exactly the type of thing we were hoping for when we formalized the format last year. Spoilers so far have only revealed new cards but more are coming, so stay tuned!