sebastiansmagiccards wrote:Btw.. there was a discussion ongoing about etched foils and if there will be a special tag - any update on that?
Here is the last official word I could find on the topic. However, it would appear that as of Neon Dynasty, WotC is consistently giving etched variants their own collector number within an edition, which solves the entire issue. Will they continue to be consistent in this? Who knows. Probably not. But for now, the only affected sets are Modern Horizons 2 (including the MH1 reprints) and STX Mystical Archive. Which is an acceptably low amount of extra editions to have to track.
I'm still a fan and a huge proponent of an etched flag, to make etched cards stand out from non-etched within an edition and to be easily filterable. But I understand Sebi's concerns and think if WotC continues their current methodology, a flag is not an absolute necessity.