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Anyone played with both of these? How do they compare? I really like hangarback but the new one has cool art and less text and gums up the board less. Which is stronger? Which is more fun?
I run both of them currently and happy with both options. They play very differently where Hangarback is better to actually build up board presence and make a bunch of bodies for the artifact deck while Marketback is just more generically playable across the board for other decks. They both serve as fun mana sinks but they have very different roles for different decks. I've enjoyed cashing in both in Wildfire decks, but Marketback seems to have much more potential depending on how many +1/+1 granting cards you have ala
Luminarch Aspirant or
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower. The easier it is to proliferate the counters, the more powerful Marketback becomes as any non-exile removal becomes a touch choice for you opponents. I've also done the big brain play of blowing up my own with something like a
Prismari Command on artifact mode just to cash it in for cards.
I'd run both, but if I had to choose one I think
Marketback Walker might just be better overall. Very shocked by how well it has played, wasn't even really on my radar during spoiler season except as a maybe, but it really won me over in my last draft in a U/R Wildfire deck. It was pretty gross being able to bank away excess
Vivi Ornitier mana for potential cards down the line.