When Explorer Anthology 3 was announced I was ecstatic - Pioneer/Explorer is the constructed format I get most excited about playing on arena and I immediately put in my calendar the date that previews would begin - so you can imagine my frustration about the lackluster choices for the cards included.
Cards like Treasure Cruise, Dig Through Time, Bring To Light, and Chained To The Rocks all seemed like shoe-ins with Wizards' previously stated stance of wanting to prioritise cards that see a lot of paper play in Pioneer, to merge the formats in the most efficient way possible. It's not hard to see that several cards in this anthology have never seen competitive play in any pioneer deck ever.
I was going to spend my money on this, but I think I'll be saving it for something else now - and will be wary about getting my hopes up about future anthologies if they're going to be as lackluster as this one.
When Explorer Anthology 3 was announced I was ecstatic - Pioneer/Explorer is the constructed format I get most excited about playing on arena and I immediately put in my calendar the date that previews would begin - so you can imagine my frustration about the lackluster choices for the cards included.
Cards like Treasure Cruise, Dig Through Time, Bring To Light, and Chained To The Rocks all seemed like shoe-ins with Wizards' previously stated stance of wanting to prioritise cards that see a lot of paper play in Pioneer, to merge the formats in the most efficient way possible. It's not hard to see that several cards in this anthology have never seen competitive play in any pioneer deck ever.
I was going to spend my money on this, but I think I'll be saving it for something else now - and will be wary about getting my hopes up about future anthologies if they're going to be as lackluster as this one.