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New Phyrexia has 60 uncommons instead of 40, the usual amount for a small set. You have to buy 20 packs to see 1 uncommon. I actually like this.
 
Ha, I have pulled two Beast Within and it's awesome in a G/W token deck. Have trouble your Doomed Traveler killed to get that spirit token? BW it!
 
Dark Ascension is already up for preorder? Man things move fast

y2dvd said:
Ha, I have pulled two Beast Within and it's awesome in a G/W token deck. Have trouble your Doomed Traveler killed to get that spirit token? BW it!

That's half the reason I want it in. The other half is for stuff like Phyrexian Crusader, since I can't Oblivion Ring it. I'd rather a normal 3/3 token come at me than a 2/2 protected, first striking infect

kirblar said:
New Phyrexia has 60 uncommons instead of 40, the usual amount for a small set. You have to buy 20 packs to see 1 uncommon. I actually like this.

I see other uncommons pretty often. I bought well over 20 packs. Just the luck of the draw this time around, I guess.

OneEightZero said:
Have they revealed the deck list for that yet?

Ask and you shall receive

http://sales.starcitygames.com//category.php?cat=5220
 
Damn, what the hell happened? Haven't followed the subreddit in a few weeks due to being busy with BF3. Come back and there's talk about a French pro being thrown out over his comments toward a WotC employee.
 
TheSeks said:
Damn, what the hell happened? Haven't followed the subreddit in a few weeks due to being busy with BF3. Come back and there's talk about a French pro being thrown out over his comments toward a WotC employee.

Talked about raping a female WoTC employee. While it assumed it was intended as a joke, the manner it was said and the nature of it meant WoTC had to do what they had to do.

Also, looks like I'll be getting an old sealed Ravnica Fat Pack from a friend later this week that he had sitting around. Which I should probably sell since it goes for a lot, but god damn do I love ravnica obsessively, which means I'll almost assuredly keep it and open it for the deck boxes themselves, not to mention the chances of the shocklands.

Whenever we go back to Ravnica in a future set I am going to buy so many cards. I loved that set so much.
 
Went hog wild today on eBay and bought a few things for my G/W token deck.

Picked up Wurmcoil Engine x2, Hero of Bladehold and two Elspeth Tirel's. Pretty excited to see how they fit in.

Been debating over what to put in between Birds of Paradise and Avaracyn's Pilgrim as well. Any thoughts? I'm leaning toward the Birds.
 
Why is it that nerds think openly "joking" about rape to woman's face is ok? So emasculated...

In other news, I love that Graveborn deck. Part of me wants to buy multiples, but I don't really care much about legacy and will probably just wind up letting the extras sit around in their boxes collecting dust (kinda like my single copy of F&L, heh). Still contemplating getting 2... the new arts get me randy, baby.

Also, looks like I'll be getting an old sealed Ravnica Fat Pack from a friend later this week that he had sitting around. Which I should probably sell since it goes for a lot, but god damn do I love ravnica obsessively, which means I'll almost assuredly keep it and open it for the deck boxes themselves, not to mention the chances of the shocklands.
That's awesome. I wish I played during Ravnica, because the cards I've seen from that set seem really interesting. Feels like a really fun block to play. I'd definitely buy boxes to draft/play sealed with if they weren't so bloody expensive.
 
Are there sites that let you play the game online? I have Magic 2012 on PS3 which I really like, and want to try and play with more people via PC.
I'm getting cockatrice now, but are there any other online ones?
 
Tizoc said:
Are there sites that let you play the game online? I have Magic 2012 on PS3 which I really like.
You can play with the entire database of cards for free but the system is archaic compared to Duels. Seriously archaic.
 
Takuan said:
You can play with the entire database of cards for free but the system is archaic compared to Duels. Seriously archaic.
Do you mean it uses the old play style/rules from a decade or so ago?
 
Hey guys, I'm getting out of Magic. I need to pay for school and christmas stuff. Anyone interested in my (small) collection? I'll sell it for a fair price, basically under Ebay prices. I've sold/traded a bunch of stuff on neogaf before.



Merfolk + Other relevant cards:

Force of Will x3
Wasteland x4
Mutavault x4:
Llawan, Cephalid Empress x3
Aether Vial x4
Dismember x2
Cryptic Command
Life from the Loam
Sower of Temptation
Burning Wish (sp) x2
Noble Hiearch
Sword of Light and Shadow (Japanese) (sp)

Others:

Infernal Tutor x4
Elspeth, Knight-Errant (EvT)
Tezzeret the Seeker (EvT)
Garruk Wildspeaker (Xbox Promo)
Liliana Vess (PC Promo)
Grave Titan (Xbox Promo)
Submerge x2
Mother of Runes
Goblin Guide
Green Sun’s Zenith x3
Lotus Petal x4
Sliver Overlord
Beast Within
Go for the Throat x3
Kalastria Highborn
Ghost Quarter (DIS)
Figure of Destiny (promo)
Remand x4
Merchant Scroll (8th)
Sculpting Steel (Mirrodin)
 
Was thinking I might start trying to get into the tournament scene. Anyone have any experience with this? Should I just start going to FNM and seeing what's up?
 
I kinda want to also, but I don't have much practice with sideboarding. Plus, there are a few additional cards I can add to make my decks more competitive. Once I can beat my friends consistently, I will look into the tourney scene more seriously.

I've been testing out Delver of Secrets in my U/W control deck and for me, it's been stellar so far over Doomed Traveler and Invisible Stalker. A possible 3/2 flying on T2 attacking gives me quick offense and evasiveness at the same time. I have plenty of Sorcery and Instances to give him a chance to transform plus x4 Ponders to help set up transformation if necessary.

I only have a Sword of War and Peace and I don't feel like shelling out for more swords. This makes my Geist of Saint Traft pretty weak if I can't clear the board to swing. I threw in Spirit Mantles but if I can't combo the two, Spirit Mantle is pretty weak. Yall think maybe Vapor Snag or Frost Breath is a good substitute to get GoST thru for dmg?
 
Akim said:
Hey guys, I'm getting out of Magic. I need to pay for school and christmas stuff. Anyone interested in my (small) collection? I'll sell it for a fair price, basically under Ebay prices. I've sold/traded a bunch of stuff on neogaf before.



Merfolk + Other relevant cards:

Force of Will x3
Wasteland x4
Mutavault x4:
Llawan, Cephalid Empress x3
Aether Vial x4
Dismember x2
Cryptic Command
Life from the Loam
Sower of Temptation
Burning Wish (sp) x2
Noble Hiearch
Sword of Light and Shadow (Japanese) (sp)

Others:

Infernal Tutor x4
Elspeth, Knight-Errant (EvT)
Tezzeret the Seeker (EvT)
Garruk Wildspeaker (Xbox Promo)
Liliana Vess (PC Promo)
Grave Titan (Xbox Promo)
Submerge x2
Mother of Runes
Goblin Guide
Green Sun’s Zenith x3
Lotus Petal x4
Sliver Overlord
Beast Within
Go for the Throat x3
Kalastria Highborn
Ghost Quarter (DIS)
Figure of Destiny (promo)
Remand x4
Merchant Scroll (8th)
Sculpting Steel (Mirrodin)

I want your Forces and a few other things; send me a PM. If you're trying to sell the whole thing at once.....

Still PM me, I can probably come up with an offer, but it'll obviously be more than a bit under eBay single price (since selling cards on ebay = 12-14% instantly taken away by fees, which is likely where I'd end up slowly pawning off everything but the forces and certain merfolk stuff), but still well over SCG/vendor buy prices.
 
Lucario said:
I want your Forces and a few other things; send me a PM. If you're trying to sell the whole thing at once.....

Still PM me, I can probably come up with an offer, but it'll obviously be more than a bit under eBay single price (since selling cards on ebay = 12-14% instantly taken away by fees, which is likely where I'd end up slowly pawning off everything but the forces and certain merfolk stuff), but still well over SCG/vendor buy prices.

Could have sworn I PM'd him about the Forces but it's not in my sent box.

Damn you, Lucario lol
 
y2dvd said:
I kinda want to also, but I don't have much practice with sideboarding. Plus, there are a few additional cards I can add to make my decks more competitive. Once I can beat my friends consistently, I will look into the tourney scene more seriously.

I've been testing out Delver of Secrets in my U/W control deck and for me, it's been stellar so far over Doomed Traveler and Invisible Stalker. A possible 3/2 flying on T2 attacking gives me quick offense and evasiveness at the same time. I have plenty of Sorcery and Instances to give him a chance to transform plus x4 Ponders to help set up transformation if necessary.

I only have a Sword of War and Peace and I don't feel like shelling out for more swords. This makes my Geist of Saint Traft pretty weak if I can't clear the board to swing. I threw in Spirit Mantles but if I can't combo the two, Spirit Mantle is pretty weak. Yall think maybe Vapor Snag or Frost Breath is a good substitute to get GoST thru for dmg?

I ended up with a set of Sword of Body and Mind over the months, but it's the weakest of the swords, at least according to price. I have one War and Peace, but it's almost senseless to play it alone.

Delver of Secrets is a surprisingly great card. I can't believe it doesn't get more play. Invisible Stalker, on the other hand, is my boy. I can't believe he isn't a bigger staple. Him, plus Swords and counterspells... how is that not already winning tournys?
 
OnPoint said:
I ended up with a set of Sword of Body and Mind over the months, but it's the weakest of the swords, at least according to price. I have one War and Peace, but it's almost senseless to play it alone.

Delver of Secrets is a surprisingly great card. I can't believe it doesn't get more play. Invisible Stalker, on the other hand, is my boy. I can't believe he isn't a bigger staple. Him, plus Swords and counterspells... how is that not already winning tournys?

From my play test, he's just too slow to be that effective.
T2-Cast Invis Stalker
T3-Cast Sword, swing with IS for 1
T4-Equip Sword to IS, swing for 3

Compared to other decks that are a lot more aggro, they are going to do more dmg and fast by turn 4. I rather play Delver T1, get the chance to swing for 3 already by T2 and keep mana leak up, play Mirran Crusader/Geist/Blade Spilcer T3, then going from there by T4. In the first ideal set up, I'm only doing 4 dmg by T4 which can die from a sac a creature spell. In the second ideal set up, I'm possbily doing 9 dmg from Delver alone by turn 4 while possibly playing mana leak on T2 along the way, then setting up more creatures on T3. IMO, slow dmg and sac creatures spells puts Invis Stalker at the bottom.
 
What is the best way to sell my MTG cards? Is there a good site that has like wanted lists and stuff?

Edit: totally did not scroll up and see someone else in the same boat. I'll edit this post with what I have. It isn't much.
 
mf.luder said:
What is the best way to sell my MTG cards? Is there a good site that has like wanted lists and stuff?

Edit: totally did not scroll up and see someone else in the same boat. I'll edit this post with what I have. It isn't much.
You can sell in a lot on eBay, but you'll likely get around a 30-40% deduction on the total price of your collection as singles, minimally. Then eBay fees are 9-11%, PayPal fees are 3%, and if the collection is listed poorly or your account is new.

You can sell the collection to a dealer, but you'll get 30% tops of single price. Dealers that pay 50-75% value for cards have an extremely specific list of buys they know they can profit on, and they utterly scam you buying collections of dispersed value.

You can sell on forums, too. It's probably your best bet, but it might never sell. =\

None of the options are good, frankly, but if you have high value stuff amongst tons of worthless rates you'll have a much better time selling everything off.
 
Thanks dude. I'm not too familiar with the new stuff but am pretty confident in my old stuff. Like right now I have some foils up there and this rare island from the MTG guru program. Listing my 2 Gaea's Cradle shortly. But I wouldn't mind sending the rest of my shit to a gaffer for reasonable.
 
mf.luder said:
Thanks dude. I'm not too familiar with the new stuff but am pretty confident in my old stuff. Like right now I have some foils up there and this rare island from the MTG guru program. Listing my 2 Gaea's Cradle shortly. But I wouldn't mind sending the rest of my shit to a gaffer for reasonable.
Yeah, the guru island and 2x cradle should fetch you a fair amount of coin on eBay listed individually. Also, if you have really rare stuff (like that island), offer to ship overseas. I got $170 for my grim that way; none of the other grims on eBay would ship to spain. Sold mine to a guy who's bought (and paid in full for, I contacted the other sellers) like 5 grand in magic cards in the last year. And he paid $30 shipping so I could track and insure!

Love the internet sometimes.
 
mf.luder said:
I noticed that. The dude who is currently bid on both is from Spain.
Make sure force insurance/tracking. I've seen a lot of eBay sellers flat out refuse to ship to certain parts of Europe, including Spain, due to fraud.
 
hey guys, im trying to rebuild my old chains/anvil deck and im looking for input.

this is what i have so far:

gitaxian probe x4
mishra's bauble x4
urza's bauble x4
Chains of Mephistopheles x4
Anvil of Bogardan x4
Hymn to Tourach x4
Liliana's Caress x4
Death Stroke x4
dark ritual x4
auger of skulls x4
nezumi shortfang x4
swamp x16

the idea im working with is to have the probe and baubles effectively reduce my working decksize to 48 and act as weak tutors to get me my chains/anvil out asap. after that i can abuse extreme low casting cost and discard mechanics to reduce or neutralize his remaining playable cards and eventually win with shortfang and/or liliana's caress.

im thinking 16 land is still probably too much given how low cost i want to keep everything atm. so im wondering if i should cut maybe 4 more for true tutors or possibly another creature control card. either a regenerator like a drudge skellie or removal. removal appeals to me more but black removal tends to have the 'nonblack' requirement and i don't like having useless cards based on what colour my opponent plays.

so my question is, are there any new/old options for tutors i should consider? new cheapie regenerators? maybe a flying regenerator? [but i feel like shortfang + liliana would be hard to out dps by a flyer deck]

dont let the newer cards in the deck mislead you, i don't know anything about the new sets beyond the few cards I've seen in my friends card boxes.

P.S. holy fuck they printed a cheaper megrim in liliana, fapfapfap.

edit: spent some time on gatherer and found these possibles:
beseech the queen
call to the netherworld
devour in shadow
go for the throat
 
So nobody talked about the first Dark Ascension spoiler?
Promo version from the comic book:
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The non-random effect on a drawing red card makes it seem a little out of flavor but still a good card. It'll bring some interesting interactions.
 
The non-random effect on a drawing red card makes it seem a little out of flavor but still a good card. It'll bring some interesting interactions.

That's the best red card draw I've seen in... maybe ever. Not sure I like that it exists from a flavor standpoint, but I love that it exists from a red player perspective.
 
That's the best red card draw I've seen in... maybe ever. Not sure I like that it exists from a flavor standpoint, but I love that it exists from a red player perspective.
I'm pretty sure Wheel of Fortune trumps it easily. Drawing 7 cards for 3 mana is pretty ridiculous.
 
I think it does fit red. Flavor wise, it represents the desperation of coming up with ideas and then abandoning them in favor of new ones. It's chaotic, impulsive, unplanned, something that fits red. I never understood how "looting" effects fit in Blue, anyway, it always felt like more of a design/balance decision than one inspired by flavor.

Anyway it's better than "discarding a card at random".
 
I think it does fit red. Flavor wise, it represents the desperation of coming up with ideas and then abandoning them in favor of new ones. It's chaotic, impulsive, unplanned, something that fits red. I never understood how "looting" effects fit in Blue, anyway, it always felt like more of a design/balance decision than one inspired by flavor.

Anyway it's better than "discarding a card at random".

It fits blue because blue is searching for knowledge or useful information and discarding what is no longer needed. The chaos in red usually comes from the random discard that is attached to most draw red cards. But I won't complain, it'll be a fun combo enabler.
 
It fits blue because blue is searching for knowledge or useful information and discarding what is no longer needed. The chaos in red usually comes from the random discard that is attached to most draw red cards. But I won't complain, it'll be a fun combo enabler.

Change it to blue, subtract the flashback and move it back a decade or so

Edit: Since when its Tinypic banned lol

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We have the likes of Ponder and (earlier) Preordain now.

Surely there would be no reason to use Careful study over those two unless you were playing U/G Madness or some kind of UB reanimation?
 
We have the likes of Ponder and (earlier) Preordain now.

Surely there would be no reason to use Careful study over those two unless you were playing U/G Madness or some kind of UB reanimation?

Of course not, but that still doesn't change the fact that the non-random discard is a very un-red thing to include.
 
We have the likes of Ponder and (earlier) Preordain now.

Surely there would be no reason to use Careful study over those two unless you were playing U/G Madness or some kind of UB reanimation?

Well there is Snapcaster Mage now. It should see quite a bit of Standard play with this block having so much flashback coming.
 
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