$400 ?!?!? I don't care WHAT the pre-sale prices are. They always drop 15% MINIMUM by Pro-Tour. Especially where I almost exclusively play Modern and some casual EDH these days, this is ridiculous. I have tried to get these all the way back to the OGW Pre-Sale Playsets. This will be the first one I intentionally skip. NOT WORTH THE PRICE!
I have pre-ordered the last two sets from this and this price jump seems really high. Last set was around $285 for the playset. This makes me wonder if this is going to include the Mythics with this set. I dont get how it jumps up $100
i pre order the full set with the mythical and the full playset. all said and done I end up with 5 of all rare and below and 1 of each mythic. I like having all the cards because since I play a lot of magic it gives me flexibility for building decks. It also gives me ease of mind for not trading away good cards for other good cards because I need them to "brew" the next killer deck. when I first started playing I sunk a lot of money into booster boxes and I kept getting the same stuff so it was kinda frustrating so I like getting all the cards. I think I sank about $500 into boxes and still didn't get all the cards so for about $60 more I guarantee myself all the cards.
AquintonI think the price is up from Hour of Devastation for two reasons: firstly, it's a big set instead of a small set, and second, the rares are preordering for a much higher price. For instance, the card Growing Rites of Italmoc is preordering for almost $18 each. Ripjaw Raptor is close to $9 each, Regisaur Alpha for $7, etc.