Power 9: Outdated term in today's Vintage?

[bakerorgg]

Hi all,

We all know what the "Power 9" are, but does the term mean anything in today's Vintage?  Is Timetwister's price artificially inflated by the fact that it is considred part of the Power 9?  There are probably other cards in Vintage that would have made the list had the term been coined today.  In terms of the most powerful cards in Vintage today, should it be redefined, or is trying to define the list of power similar to arguing how planets are defined?  Is Timetwister the Pluto of Vintage?

[zeus-online]

The power nine is the power nine, you just can't change it, regardless of how much timetwister sux, and how much yawgmoth's will pwns!

/Zeus

[Bram]

Allow me to add an empathic "why should we care?" to that.

Seriously, this issue has been raised many times before. You're not offering any answers, and merely posing these questions hardly justifies creating a new thread. Lemme take a stab at it:

Is Timetwister's price artificially inflated by the fact that it is considred part of the Power 9?

Yes.

There are probably other cards in Vintage that would have made the list had the term been coined today.

Quite.

In terms of the most powerful cards in Vintage today, should it be redefined, or is trying to define the list of power similar to arguing how planets are defined?

Obviously the latter.

Is Timetwister the Pluto of Vintage?

Yes, and I'm its Mickey Mouse.

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