Is Saheeli going to be offered for crystals?

bk1234
bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
edited January 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion
I haven't seen any word on this, so can someone from D3 / Hibernum please chime in?
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  • GrizzoMtGPQ
    GrizzoMtGPQ Posts: 776 Critical Contributor
    Yeah, what's the deal?! I want to buy Saheeli.
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,260 Chairperson of the Boards
    Hmmm..thinking aloud here.

    December 8 was Dovin, December 28 was Chandra, so if we extrapolate that, January 17 for Nissa, Vital Force (because they want to lock in the three nodes for the Inventors Fair events) and February 6 for Saheeli?

    Still 4 mythic exclusives (Marvel, Hydra, Demon, Depala) and 2 rare exclusives (Midnight Oil, Skyship Stalker).

    Or maybe they'll release Nissa and Saheeli together. Aether Revolt releases in paper on January 14-15, so it depends how far behind they want to run, since they were supposed to be catching up to it.
  • SpaceDuck
    SpaceDuck Posts: 85 Match Maker
    My guess is that she will be offered for cash in a bundle for $49.99 (like Dovin) first and then in the vault a week or two after that.

    I was half expecting to see that offer launch today, but now I think next week makes sense. However, that's all pure speculation.
  • Brigby
    Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
    Hi Everyone. Unfortunately I do not currently have any information regarding her availability in the Vault. If I hear of anything I can announce, I will be sure to pass that news on to the community. Thanks for understanding!
  • nexus13
    nexus13 Posts: 191 Tile Toppler
    Brigby,
    Are you able to actively ask?
  • SpaceDuck
    SpaceDuck Posts: 85 Match Maker
    Brigby wrote:
    Hi Everyone. Unfortunately I do not currently have any information regarding her availability in the Vault. If I hear of anything I can announce, I will be sure to pass that news on to the community. Thanks for understanding!

    Would it be possible to put up a weekly sticky called "Questions for the Devs" with the understanding that they may not be able to answer everything you ask? You could send on Mondays and hopefully post up what they send back at the end of the week.

    That way we can avoid asking the same questions repeatedly if it's marked somewhere with an answer.
  • THEMAGICkMAN
    THEMAGICkMAN Posts: 697 Critical Contributor
    SpaceDuck wrote:
    Brigby wrote:
    Hi Everyone. Unfortunately I do not currently have any information regarding her availability in the Vault. If I hear of anything I can announce, I will be sure to pass that news on to the community. Thanks for understanding!

    Would it be possible to put up a weekly sticky called "Questions for the Devs" with the understanding that they may not be able to answer everything you ask? You could send on Mondays and hopefully post up what they send back at the end of the week.

    That way we can avoid asking the same questions repeatedly if it's marked somewhere with an answer.
    Totally agree with this
  • Irgy
    Irgy Posts: 148 Tile Toppler
    Adding her to the vault will annoy everyone who put a lot of effort into acquiring her "exclusively". They kind of half broke that promise already when they ran the event again (not that I'm complaining icon_e_wink.gif ), I wasn't expecting them to break it completely.
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,260 Chairperson of the Boards
    Irgy wrote:
    Adding her to the vault will annoy everyone who put a lot of effort into acquiring her "exclusively". They kind of half broke that promise already when they ran the event again (not that I'm complaining icon_e_wink.gif ), I wasn't expecting them to break it completely.

    Why would we be annoyed? She wasn't going to be exclusive forever. The only thing they said was that she was "not going to be for purchase in the near future." Since that was September, and we've seen multiple expansions since then, I think they held up that end of the deal.
  • LakeStone
    LakeStone Posts: 1,377 Community Moderator
    bken1234 wrote:
    I haven't seen any word on this, so can someone from D3 / Hibernum please chime in?

    Hi Everyone - I just wanted to jump in and provide an update that Saheeli Rai will be available at some time in early 2017 in the Vault for crystals. I can't provide any details on how much or exactly when but rest easy knowing she will be available. She came out as an exclusive in the Saheeli Rai Challenge last September and those lucky enough to win her, earned an awesome reward from their efforts to enjoy that nobody else received. We look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks. Thanks!
  • THEMAGICkMAN
    THEMAGICkMAN Posts: 697 Critical Contributor
    LakeStone wrote:
    bken1234 wrote:
    I haven't seen any word on this, so can someone from D3 / Hibernum please chime in?

    Hi Everyone - I just wanted to jump in and provide an update that Saheeli Rai will be available at some time in early 2017 in the Vault for crystals. I can't provide any details on how much or exactly when but rest easy knowing she will be available. She came out as an exclusive in the Saheeli Rai Challenge last September and those lucky enough to win her, earned an awesome reward from their efforts to enjoy that nobody else received. We look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks. Thanks!

    Thank you LakeStone!
  • zaann85
    zaann85 Posts: 119 Tile Toppler
    I hate to be that guy, but for one, I hope she stays exclusive for a long time. Shes all mine! And two, she isn't really that good.
  • Mainloop25
    Mainloop25 Posts: 1,961 Chairperson of the Boards
    Really? Just about every Saheeli deck I have come across has been a relatively tough battle.
  • qwweetrtr
    qwweetrtr Posts: 101 Tile Toppler
    Yea, I don't get the "she isn't good" talk. Red you get Olivia. Red you get summoning the devils. Her first ability nets you creatures also for cheap (granted with her 6 becoming 9 cost for the ability not as fast but still) and that's a while being able to lock the opponent's board with Claustaphobia and taking their two other slots. Forget her two other abilities.
  • Steeme
    Steeme Posts: 784 Critical Contributor
    zaann85 wrote:
    she isn't really that good.
    Mainloop25 wrote:
    Really? Just about every Saheeli deck I have come across has been a relatively tough battle.
    qwweetrtr wrote:
    Yea, I don't get the "she isn't good" talk. Red you get Olivia. Red you get summoning the devils. Her first ability nets you creatures also for cheap (granted with her 6 becoming 9 cost for the ability not as fast but still) and that's a while being able to lock the opponent's board with Claustaphobia and taking their two other slots. Forget her two other abilities.

    Reverse psychology. It's the only explanation.

    Anyways, I don't have Saheeli, and I don't have Sphynx of the Final Word, but I'd imagine combining hexproof with Olivia and friends would probably be the most broken combo in existence.
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,260 Chairperson of the Boards
    Steeme wrote:
    zaann85 wrote:
    she isn't really that good.
    Mainloop25 wrote:
    Really? Just about every Saheeli deck I have come across has been a relatively tough battle.
    qwweetrtr wrote:
    Yea, I don't get the "she isn't good" talk. Red you get Olivia. Red you get summoning the devils. Her first ability nets you creatures also for cheap (granted with her 6 becoming 9 cost for the ability not as fast but still) and that's a while being able to lock the opponent's board with Claustaphobia and taking their two other slots. Forget her two other abilities.

    Reverse psychology. It's the only explanation.

    Anyways, I don't have Saheeli, and I don't have Sphynx of the Final Word, but I'd imagine combining hexproof with Olivia and friends would probably be the most broken combo in existence.


    You don't even need that. I use her for all of my "don't take more than X damage" objectives because her combination of control and aggression, combined with her mana gains, is extraordinary. Hell, I even use her in QB when I get bored of Nahiri.
  • Mainloop25
    Mainloop25 Posts: 1,961 Chairperson of the Boards
    That's right. I just got Sphinx in my Mythic pack, so I'm just waiting to unleash my hexproof Ulrich and co. Now that Sigarda is nerfed.
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    qwweetrtr wrote:
    Yea, I don't get the "she isn't good" talk. Red you get Olivia. Red you get summoning the devils. Her first ability nets you creatures also for cheap (granted with her 6 becoming 9 cost for the ability not as fast but still) and that's a while being able to lock the opponent's board with Claustaphobia and taking their two other slots. Forget her two other abilities.

    There's much better cards to use in Saheeli than claustrophobia. Just saying.
  • qwweetrtr
    qwweetrtr Posts: 101 Tile Toppler
    There probably is. I wasn't saying there weren't. I was saying that there a a ton of reasons why she isn't "pretty bad" as people are saying. At least in my Slack...
  • Reaganstorme
    Reaganstorme Posts: 334 Mover and Shaker
    Steeme wrote:
    zaann85 wrote:
    she isn't really that good.
    Mainloop25 wrote:
    Really? Just about every Saheeli deck I have come across has been a relatively tough battle.
    qwweetrtr wrote:
    Yea, I don't get the "she isn't good" talk. Red you get Olivia. Red you get summoning the devils. Her first ability nets you creatures also for cheap (granted with her 6 becoming 9 cost for the ability not as fast but still) and that's a while being able to lock the opponent's board with Claustaphobia and taking their two other slots. Forget her two other abilities.

    Reverse psychology. It's the only explanation.

    Anyways, I don't have Saheeli, and I don't have Sphynx of the Final Word, but I'd imagine combining hexproof with Olivia and friends would probably be the most broken combo in existence.

    She is actually quite popular according to the recent survey. I'm looking forward to getting her, personally.

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