Magic: the GAFering |OT2|
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Those are ridiculous.
I wonder what those are going to sell for loose.
Keru_Shiri
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I would love to have at least one of those Chandras. ;_:
Thanks.
$60 for that is actually pretty fair. Shame they won't be available elsewhere.
They're releasing a set amount on Hasbro's Toy website after the event.
No shit. I might try to scoop that up.
Yeah, at least they're making it available at not-SDCC, but not a fan of the "TRGR" promo here.
There is a reason they do this, but I can't remember what it was. They release everything they sell at SDCC after the event online to keep from getting themselves in trouble. Wish I could remember what it was...
Just be thankful this isn't every other card game ever created, where the cards are original, exclusive to the convention, and tournament legal.
narcosis219
Member
I'm guessing the hasbro store after sdcc is done
Thanks very muchly for the help, guys!
I liked going with Simic in the most recent block, and hopefully I can keep that up going into M14. Blue/Green is such a fun pairing.
Just don't force a colour combo. Try to detect which one colour is open and then support it with the next best thing.
divisionbyzorro
Member
That being said, if you can pick up Trained Condors and aggressively costed green creatures, UG looks like it could be a really strong strategy in M14 for sure.
Better yet, grab those Scroll Thiefs with your condors and fly to value town.
I've heard this being said a lot but am not quite sure: how do I tell what colours are "open"?
Does this mean by the third or fourth pick of a booster, which colours people haven't picked yet?
I burnt out on M14 sealed last weekend, playing in 5 over the weekend, but I will say enlarge is a nasty card, won me many games.
In regards to draft I just keep it simple. Whenever I try to get tricky, it always bites me in the ass in the end. I usually draft for either every flier I can get or every single creature in green/white I can get. I never draft black, I just never have any luck with it. Green/white creatures, or blue/white fliers always does very well for me. And although I am in the minority here, I never draft removal. Instead I count on my massive army being its own "removal" and it almost always works. I just make sure that for every creature an opponent doom blades or lightning bolts away, I have another coming down right behind it. It's crude and simple but it works.
I pulled a ton of slivers in one sealed, including a few rares, and thought "well I know slivers suck, but with these many slivers, I definitely have to kick ass". Nope, even with 5 slivers on the board with +2/+3, first strike, and vigilance I still got stomped. Never again. All it takes is one sliver to die and suddenly your insane army crumbles around you one sliver by one.
In regards to draft I just keep it simple. Whenever I try to get tricky, it always bites me in the ass in the end. I usually draft for either every flier I can get or every single creature in green/white I can get. I never draft black, I just never have any luck with it. Green/white creatures, or blue/white fliers always does very well for me. And although I am in the minority here, I never draft removal. Instead I count on my massive army being its own "removal" and it almost always works. I just make sure that for every creature an opponent doom blades or lightning bolts away, I have another coming down right behind it. It's crude and simple but it works.
I pulled a ton of slivers in one sealed, including a few rares, and thought "well I know slivers suck, but with these many slivers, I definitely have to kick ass". Nope, even with 5 slivers on the board with +2/+3, first strike, and vigilance I still got stomped. Never again. All it takes is one sliver to die and suddenly your insane army crumbles around you one sliver by one.
It's never certain, but yeah if you get passed very good cards as fourth pick, you can almost safely tell that the person right to you isn't on that colour. If you pass amazing black cards to your left you can guess that black isn't coming back in the next booster.
Just don't overthink it. Pick good cards and if you clearly see a colour open, jump in it. If you can't play your amazing first pick, it's not the end of the world.
Just came back from the first week of M14 Sealed League. 6 boosters and I netted what I thought was a neat little evasion/aura/removal BW deck. 5-6 auras to go with Auramancer and Blightcaster for value, as well as toughening up my Singir Vampire, Bonescythe Sliver, and Accursed Spirit for raw damage. 5-6 solid removal spells like Doom Blade, Pacifism, and Banisher Priest. T2 Child of Night into T3 Dark Favour just wasn't nice when the other guy has a real slow start. Pretty happy with what I put together, letting me cruise for 3 straight wins.
Auras are my favourite card type despite their recent history of being kind of sucky. The Replenish/Opalesence decks back in the day were my favourite to run.
First M14 Draft tomorrow; thanks once again for the advice guys
Auras are my favourite card type despite their recent history of being kind of sucky. The Replenish/Opalesence decks back in the day were my favourite to run.
First M14 Draft tomorrow; thanks once again for the advice guys
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Whoops! We accidentally already sold every Planeswalker set we made. No more the rest of the Con, and none on the website.
Enjoy paying at least 200$ if you want one now.
Whoops! We accidentally already sold every Planeswalker set we made. No more the rest of the Con, and none on the website.
Enjoy paying at least 200$ if you want one now.
$200? lol They were paying their Con attendees for being able to afford the trip.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Time to proxy those for casual play. Fuck that noise.
RTR. IMO, it's the best magic expansion of all time. The set's "depth chart" at Rare/Mythic is incredible.
Ended up drafting a RG midrange deck that I thought had more removals than I actually did. Only ended having one Shock and one Chandra's Outrage (and passed on two more). Instead I somehow picked up 2 Naturalise, 2 Smelt, and 2 Demolish. Prooooooabably a little overkill on the sideboard cards, heh. Lone Jace as my only splashed blue card actually won me two games! Ended up going 2-1 to take 3rd/6 players.
Lesson learned: no really - pick more removals.
Lesson learned: no really - pick more removals.
Just won an FNM draft (technically 3-0-1, but we played it out for fun and I beat him) with this deck. First time playing in paper.
-1-
1 Wring Flesh
-2-
1 Gnawing Zombie
1 Corpse Hauler
1 Disperse
-3-
2 Trained Condor
1 Scroll Thief
1 Xathrid Necromancer
1 Divination
2 Quag Sickness
1 Time Ebb
-4-
2 Accursed Spirit
3 Nephalia Seakite
1 Domestication
-5-
2 Messenger Drake
1 Nightwing Shade
1 Air Servant
1 Liturgy of Blood
9 Islands, 8 swamps.
As it turns out, having more than a quarter of your deck be evasive creatures and having a fair amount of removal and tempo is pretty good. The guy I played third had a better deck than me - similar, with a better removal suite (4 Claustrophobia! Also some hilarious tech with Blightcaster that got me a few times) and a lot of bombs (Colossal Whale, Sengir Vampire, Shadowborn Demon), but he got mana screwed game two and three. Pretty happy with how this turned out, and got seven packs out of the deal.
Play of the night was Domesticating a Colossal Whale to sac to Gnawing Zombie.
-1-
1 Wring Flesh
-2-
1 Gnawing Zombie
1 Corpse Hauler
1 Disperse
-3-
2 Trained Condor
1 Scroll Thief
1 Xathrid Necromancer
1 Divination
2 Quag Sickness
1 Time Ebb
-4-
2 Accursed Spirit
3 Nephalia Seakite
1 Domestication
-5-
2 Messenger Drake
1 Nightwing Shade
1 Air Servant
1 Liturgy of Blood
9 Islands, 8 swamps.
As it turns out, having more than a quarter of your deck be evasive creatures and having a fair amount of removal and tempo is pretty good. The guy I played third had a better deck than me - similar, with a better removal suite (4 Claustrophobia! Also some hilarious tech with Blightcaster that got me a few times) and a lot of bombs (Colossal Whale, Sengir Vampire, Shadowborn Demon), but he got mana screwed game two and three. Pretty happy with how this turned out, and got seven packs out of the deal.
Play of the night was Domesticating a Colossal Whale to sac to Gnawing Zombie.
trab pu kcip
Member
the ring of three wishes artwork kinda bugs me, but maybe that's just me.
going to pick up some boosters soon too
going to pick up some boosters soon too
acheron_xl
Member
I love drafting cube. Turn 4 Progenitus in limited never gets old.
Jace TMS confirmed for FTV: 20
https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/358663491604856832/photo/1
Also confirmed: Gilded Lotus, Impulse.
https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/358663491604856832/photo/1
Also confirmed: Gilded Lotus, Impulse.
One of the new commanders:
"Innistrad is the closest comparison to how we made Theros says @maro254 Just replace gothic horror with Greek mythology."
"Innistrad was first time Erik Lauer and Mark Rosewater led development and design, Theros is the second."
So hyped.
Heliod in the pantheon of gods of Theros:
Another one, Erebos:
Nylea:
The set is officially confirmed to be an enchantment block.
"Innistrad is the closest comparison to how we made Theros says @maro254 Just replace gothic horror with Greek mythology."
"Innistrad was first time Erik Lauer and Mark Rosewater led development and design, Theros is the second."
So hyped.
Heliod in the pantheon of gods of Theros:
Another one, Erebos:
Nylea:
The set is officially confirmed to be an enchantment block.
New Elspeth confirmed (there will be 2 other PW's in Theros). We already had hints of her returning, so nice to see confirmation.
Theros is a large set, Born of the Gods and Journey into Nyx are small, so will be classic draft format.
Apparently there is a previously-Future Shifted card that does something only done on that card. Interesting. Daybreak Coronet is Kibler's guess.
Theros is a large set, Born of the Gods and Journey into Nyx are small, so will be classic draft format.
Apparently there is a previously-Future Shifted card that does something only done on that card. Interesting. Daybreak Coronet is Kibler's guess.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Huh, am I missing something? Will X ever not be 4? Can you voluntarily overspend on a card?
EDIT: Right! Commander! Okay, so when her cost goes up her utility goes up. Nifty.
They're doing Prerelease packs again. "Special type of card called a Hero card. Acts like a Vanguard."
Challenge cards, can purchase the decks after Game Day:
In EDH, every time your general is rfg'ed, you have to pay 2 more to recast it. So, first time for Jelessa is 4, then 6, then 8, etc.
Challenge cards, can purchase the decks after Game Day:
In EDH, every time your general is rfg'ed, you have to pay 2 more to recast it. So, first time for Jelessa is 4, then 6, then 8, etc.