I don't have a lot of experience re-hydrating cigars, but I DID do it for my neighbor who had some cigars in a humidor without humidity for over a year. I put them in my humidor for a year and then we smoked them.
I don't remember what cigar brand it was, but I DO remember that while they were smokable, they tasted stale, so whatever "other" taste they may have had, every puff had stale mixed in with it. We threw them away without remorse.
I agree that I think it would depend. If they were sealed in the box, maybe they would be OK after a year in a nice stable humidity. They might be good enough to smoke, who knows? I wouldn't spend my $50 on each of them personally because for $100 I could get a box or a half box of something that I know would be good. I'm just not into taking chances and while I like the Sopranos quite a bit, they aren't THAT good, if you know what I mean.
So, I didn't say anything differently than George, but I used a lot of words to say it!
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