Prized Format Update — Out with the Old, In with the New
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 2017-12-12

I've a format-defining announcement to make. I figure that it's better to effect this change now, before the metagame has been too solidly set…

The first aspect is that the four Reserved List cards, each printed in From the Vault: Relics due to a loophole that no longer exists, are being banned for as long as they remain on it (or until the Reserve List is no more.) They put an absolute price cap on Prized, especially given that all of the cards are at least playable, and some would be staples in certain archetypes, such as Mox Diamond in Stax or Memory Jar in certain combo decks.
The cards that are now excluded are as follows:
Karn, Silver Golem
Masticore
Memory Jar
Mox Diamond

On the other hand, the 26 cards that are being added are the Ugin's Fate promos. They are a mite questionable, but I deem them as qualifying based on the following criteria:
Firstly, they resemble masterpieces in that they are the "prized" versions of their respective cards and come from booster packs, albeit prerelease ones.
Secondly, they are searchable on Gatherer.
Thirdly, unlike judge promos, these add no new Reserved List cards to the fray.
Here are the Ugin's Fate promos that are being added to the format.
Ainok Tracker
Altar of the Brood
Arashin War Beast
Arc Lightning
Briber's Purse
Debilitating Injury
Dragonscale Boon
Fierce Invocation
Formless Nurturing
Ghostfire Blade
Grim Haruspex
Hewed Stone Retainers
Jeering Instigator
Jeskai Infiltrator
Mastery of the Unseen
Mystic of the Hidden Way
Reality Shift
Ruthless Ripper
Smite the Monstrous
Soul Summons
Sultai Emissary
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
Ugin's Construct
Watcher of the Roost
Wildcall
Write into Being
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