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Normally during these expected value articles, I provide a reminder that you shouldn't let the expected value be your only decision point when it comes to figuring out whether or not you should buy a box, but in the case of Ultimate Masters specifically, the expected value is extremely important thanks to the increased MSRP of the box and because the reprints from the set are going to give players a chance to buy some really powerful Modern (and also Commander) staples at a huge discount

Thats very similar to situations when players play with cards in other languages, or when cards are mistranslated

With that math in mind, if you want your deck to reliably make 4 land drops in the first 4 turns of the game, you should start with 36-39 lands and tweak from there

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