(Hoping for Wall of Blossoms...alreay got Edicts...incl. one in Korean. w00t)
6th sucked like a Hoover. Okay, so at first I racked up two Birds, a Vampiric Tutor, and some other "Good Stuff," like Polymorph and Necrosavant. I still can't forgive 6th for the Jade Statue, the Bottles of Sulieman, and Ancestrial Memories.
7th has better rares. The art is questionable...but it's better in the rares department. ...or is it?
Black had VampT, Necrosavant, and Nightmare as it's Good rares. It still has the power pony, but not...much...else. Persecute will be cute since a slower environment with gold cards means though you won't snag as much as you would in a mono-color field, Urza Block games were over before you hit 4 mana, you still can pull that ~insert bomb here~ and it's friends.
White had two. God and Geddeon. Now it has God and Serra. Okie dokie. Bleach was in there, but it's not good enough, even in multicolored madness. We won't miss it.
Green. It seems they replaced 6th rares with ones for 7th, then put 6th's back in.
Ancient Silverback, Birds of Paradise, Blanchwood Armor
Creeping Mold, Elvish Piper, Gang of Elk, Hurricane (Be uncommon, damn it!)
Might of Oaks, Thorn Elemental, Wing Snare, Yavimaya Enchantress
I think I'll put 24 Forests in a pile and stack the green cards from my boosters on top, then shuffle and go.
If only they'd printed Force and Overrun... (J-MEE)
Blue gets hammered. Ancestral Memories is still trying to pretend it's Ancestrial Recall. Eat me. Archivist might see some play. Mahamoti Djinn might see play...though he can't tackle a Dragon Legend. Mana Short might work...still a little weak. Temporal Adept is not a Tradewind Rider, but we'll have to make do. Polymorph should have been kept in with all the Motis and Portal Fatboies. Instead they keep Daring Apprentice. Eat me.
Red's still screwed. They took out Hammer and Baulduvan Barbarians and gave us Trained Orgg and Volcanic hammer(Portal Incinerate minus playabiliy. Note it's "hammer," not "Hammer." Bit difference). Sure, Shiv's a beauty, but what's to back her up? Throw us a bone, R&D, or at least a Goblin Ballon Brigade! Can't red have a flyer under 5/5@6 that can block? Quick! Call in the Bird Maidens!
Overall, there are
different rares, and slightly better rares, but there is no real gain in goodness of the set. Generally, you'll pull a Fodder Cannon and wish you could load it with the other fourteen cards from the booster.
Remember: You're just as likey to pull a Bird from 6th as you are from 7th.
