The Power Nine on MtGO, part 3

What are the possible ways of introducing the Power Nine on MtGO?

• P9 as promo cards. It could have be given for reaching certain number of Reward Points. However, it shoudl be extremely enormous number so that only the most persistent and determined player would get it. This line of thought brings us to very similar idea to give it as a reward to top4 or top8 MOCS players.Up till now, MOCS awards were spectacular (like full regular / foil sets of players choice), so the Power Nine suits well here. The mystique would remain, but this scenario would jack up P9 skyhigh. 
• By account. Everyone would get the P9 as untradable cards. No mystique, no trades, no profit for botters.
• As FTV: Restricted Cards. The concept behind this idea is that there happens to be 15 Vintage restricted cards that have not seen virtual cardboard yet, such as P9, Regrowth, Fast Bond, Mana Vault, Time Vault. Charging $34.99 won't work here. But on the flip side $500, brings its own set of problems. What if you need just one specific card from this FTV for instance to your EDH deck? You would have to wait ages to get it from market.

I have just listed 5 ways how WotC may introduce P9. I did it quite briefly, because P9 on MtGO seems so unrealistic that we can only dream about it.

The Power Nine on MtGO, part 2

What are the possible ways of introducing the Power Nine on MtGO?

• To release the P9 in MED 5. Although, the MED 5 is not confirmed to be ever released. However, it is the very first way that comes to my mind. In fact, there are not many remaining non-restricted vintage cards to choose from, so actually there are no worthwile cards to make a MED 5... unless MED 5 is a set full of reprints, but then why to put P9 in set full of reprints? MED 5 will be either good reprints or total bulk. WotC must somehow attract players to draft this set, if there are only already existing cards so P9 is really good way to do it. Anyway, P9 should be treated as mythic or even ultra mythic and this statement led me to second idea of introducing Power Nine on MtGO
• Do you remember Zendikar set in paper Magic? In some packs we could find "treasure" card. Usually it was an old card from the first sets of Magic. In packs were cards, such as Black Lotus or Dual Lands. So the question is, why not to do it in proven way? Addionally,  it definitely would increase sales of any set where we can find such treasures. What is more, I think it will retain the mystique WotC is looking for- but what about the second criteria - the rarity. And we have another open question: how rare they should be. One is sure, it cannot be at same rate as it was in Zendikar packs.

The Power Nine on MtGO, part 1

Last week a Classic format event fired after long break and it made me wonder about Vintage format on MtGO. The only few missing cards here are The Power Nine ones, also known as P9. So, on this list is Black Lotus, Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, Mox Sapphire, Mox Jet, Mox Ruby, Mox Emerald, Mox Pearl and Timetwister. It gives us in total 9 cards from the very first Magic the Gathering sets what makes them very rare. They were printed only in Alpha, Beta and Unlimited set, meaning they were only printed from late 1993 to early 1994 and have never been reprinted through almost 20 years Magic history. Currently, all of the P9 cards are restricted in the Vintage tournament format and banned in Legacy. The Power Nine are considered to be among the best cards in the game. The acceleration, which Black Lotus or Mox grants, leads to extremely powerful plays much earlier than normal. As a result it makes them the most expensive cards which were released in regular set in MtG history. Developers couldn't have foreseen how overpowered cards they have created. However, we needed few sets more to find out this evident fact now

One day, the P9 will arrive online. Will they have the same mystique online? Will they be the most valuable cards in MTGO? Will they be cheap as other cards from Masters edition? How much would that hurt the Mystique?

In next part we will centre upon the possible ways of introducing these very rare and expensive cards on MtGO.