Mox Opal

[CHaPuZaS]

I'm gonna test 2 or 3 of them in Tezzcast, a deck in which it fits perfectly. Let's see how good it is!

[brianpk80]

3b. Other than planeswalkers, what legendary anything sees play in any format?  Academy Ruins sees some play in Legacy.  Vendelion Clique maybe?  Dredge, Show and Tell, and Oath decks run legends, but that's sort of a different situation.  They almost never cast them.  Now take all the ones people actually play and compare it to all the ones available.  It's miniscule.  So there is a natural predisposition to disliking legendary cards in the Magic community.

Many are, but in my opinion 3b misses the mark. The reason many legends are disliked is because they're Timmy chaff, not because they're Legendary. Reasonably costed, spike-y legends have on the contrary quite often been format-defining: see Jitte, Meloku, Jace TMS, etc. Even in Eternal formats Legends are everywhere; between Tolarian Academy and Karn alone you've got ubiquitous Legendary presence in three of the five Vintage pillars.

Aside from not enumerating a few more legends, the gist of that point in the context of the overall argument was fine.  He already noted the Planeswalkers like Jace and the Oath monsters.  It was a bit of an overstatement to intimate that other legendary cards see no play, but as far as discussing Mox Opal goes, to say that the legendary status works against it is... well, an understatement.   

[Gorlo]

This card can't be compared to any Mox in terms of power. Of course, it does something really similar the same way (netting one extra mana and possibly one extra storm off a 0-mana artifact), but because of this resemblance, it is easy to only see it as a bad mox, since it will never be as ''playable everywhere'' as the other moxen. This characteristic is also shared by 95% of the cards in the environment, so it makes this kind of argument futile.

Considering its playability, we have to look at the card with its proper strengths and weaknesses, like any card involved in a particular strategy.
-It accelerates mana
-It boosts the storm count
-It's an artifact (hello, Academy)

-You need 2 other artifacts (not necessarily moxen like many seem to think).
-It's legendary.

Since it's a new card, the important thing is to not start comparing it with existing cards in existing strategies, because this kind of way of thinking doesn't lead to innovation and is often proven wrong.

[Troy_Costisick]

As of today, Buy It Now on ebay is up to $159 for a set, so right now my prospecting is looking ok.

I'm not doing this to be a dick, but I did want to point this out: Mox Opal is available for $18.00 on Naked Yeti Games.  So, as I predicted, the price has come down from its initial pre-order cost.  Since all the best cards in SoM are Rare and Mythic, there'll be a ton of packs opened to get them and a ton of sets redeemed online.  And there's a four month lull between sets, so there will be lots of people drafting SoM for an extended period of time.  So, the price will likely slide further.  I think they'll be get-able for $15.00 before MBS comes out.

Peace,

-Troy

EDIT:  Update- Channelfireball now has these for less than 15 dollars.  Now, I'm almost wondering if they'll be around $10 by February.  Wow, that would be a steep decline.