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Magic: the GAFering |OT2|
- Thread starter The Technomancer
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Just throwing this out there since gamers sometimes have mixed interest.
If anyone has any Warhammer 40k stuff they do not use anymore I have two sealed Mind Seize decks I am looking to trade for 40k stuff I can use.
(Yes I went from one crack to another.)
I picked up a 4 set of the decks with a flash of thinking of getting back in and but then remembered very quickly that this is a bad thing, so kept one for EDH and traded one already sp I have two left sealed.
If anyone has any Warhammer 40k stuff they do not use anymore I have two sealed Mind Seize decks I am looking to trade for 40k stuff I can use.
(Yes I went from one crack to another.)
I picked up a 4 set of the decks with a flash of thinking of getting back in and but then remembered very quickly that this is a bad thing, so kept one for EDH and traded one already sp I have two left sealed.
300-400% growth in the playerbase.
Which while the prices may sting, is a good thing.
Sadly though, Legacy has all but vanished around here.
blindrocket
Member
I can't get Modern play in my town. Sucks. But investing in Jund is still something I am doing.
blindrocket
Member
Today I received the Commander deck that I had won.
Eternal Bargain is in the house! Now I want to pick up Power Hungry or whatever it is called, if I can find it so I can play two player Commander.
I won the deck through a contest put on by David Leavitt, who is a writer for Examiner.com
I also follow him on Facebook and he is great about posting Magic The Gathering news and information. Great guy, and I'm not just saying that because I won his contest.
http://www.examiner.com/article/win-a-commander-2013-edition-deck-our-magic-the-gathering-giveaway
Eternal Bargain is in the house! Now I want to pick up Power Hungry or whatever it is called, if I can find it so I can play two player Commander.
I won the deck through a contest put on by David Leavitt, who is a writer for Examiner.com
I also follow him on Facebook and he is great about posting Magic The Gathering news and information. Great guy, and I'm not just saying that because I won his contest.
http://www.examiner.com/article/win-a-commander-2013-edition-deck-our-magic-the-gathering-giveaway
lol I think he's following me.Today I received the Commander deck that I had won.
Eternal Bargain is in the house! Now I want to pick up Power Hungry or whatever it is called, if I can find it so I can play two player Commander.
I won the deck through a contest put on by David Leavitt, who is a writer for Examiner.com
I also follow him on Facebook and he is great about posting Magic The Gathering news and information. Great guy, and I'm not just saying that because I won his contest.
http://www.examiner.com/article/win-a-commander-2013-edition-deck-our-magic-the-gathering-giveaway
blindrocket
Member
I'd like to follow you too. /not stalking
blindrocket
Member
Wow, so many posts... sorry.
I think that Wizards only does one supplemental set per year, is that correct?
If that's the case, what do you think will show up next year? Another Planechase?
I think that Wizards only does one supplemental set per year, is that correct?
If that's the case, what do you think will show up next year? Another Planechase?
They're up to two now.
Planechase/MM appear to be alternating in the summer, Commander in the fall.
blindrocket
Member
Cool. I guess that lets me purchase Dark Confidant and 'Goyf without worrying about another reprinting too soon.
All of these sets are basically printing money for them, it seems.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Vintage Masters might screw the pattern up this summer though. I know it's online-only, but it does take resources.
Notice that it's in the "Not Modern Masters" year
divisionbyzorro
Member
Notice that it's in the "Not Modern Masters" year
Oh for sure, but it does theoretically take design resources away from other supplemental products.
blindrocket
Member
So maybe no Planechase then.
I ran to Target and picked up a Power Hungry Commander deck.
Then went to pick up some sleeves and didn't realize until I got home that they were smaller than magic card format. I think they are for Yugioh or something...
Also noticed that they had new Elspeth priced at $35. lulz
I ran to Target and picked up a Power Hungry Commander deck.
Then went to pick up some sleeves and didn't realize until I got home that they were smaller than magic card format. I think they are for Yugioh or something...
Also noticed that they had new Elspeth priced at $35. lulz
blindrocket
Member
This card is cool.
divisionbyzorro
Member
This card is cool.
There's a Modern Birthing Pod deck floating around out there that gets value out of the interaction between him and Falkenrath Aristocrat.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
This card is cool.
I'm trying to figure out what about this card is mechanically red. Black and green makes total sense, but its a bit of a stretch to say that the death trigger is also a red effect since it doesn't have any red riders.
Aw, magiccardmarket made a great addition yesterday, and took it away today! Yesterday, it would list the seller's listed shipping cost right next to the item price. Today it just says "+shipping" and takes you to some kind of matrix instead of just showing you an estimate like it did yesterday.
Oh well, at least they're recognizing and working on the first problem I noticed once I started making 1-2 purchases a week; pretty much everyone overcharges for shipping on there. Had a dude charge me 17 when actual shipping was 5 last week...
Oh well, at least they're recognizing and working on the first problem I noticed once I started making 1-2 purchases a week; pretty much everyone overcharges for shipping on there. Had a dude charge me 17 when actual shipping was 5 last week...
He means a downward spiral mechanically as well as in play.
A long time ago R&D decided to generally take away certain ways of playing the game (or tying them to creatures) in favor of creatures, because creatures are always interactive (lol). By backing themselves into this corner, the end result was progressively stupider and stupider creatures, ending at True-Name Nemesis. (I would add to this the fetishization of keywords and a design philosophy that making something a creature is enough of a drawback to allow for poor costing, but these weren't mentioned G's post.) If you make everything about creatures, then evasion becomes more and more essential to constructed play and you have to keep printing more and more evasive creatures because fucking everything flies, doesn't tap to attack, is unaffected by summoning sickness, can't be the target of spells or abilities its opponent controls, and is perpetual or indestructible (maybe even both if it's an Eldrazi!).
I was reading a Dragon's Maze review awhile back (I won't link it because it wasn't very good) that pointed out that Aetherling is better than Morphling, but won't be nearly as key a card in constructed formats as the latter. While I want the game to get better over time (Counter-Post is a lolbad deck, in retrospect), I feel this is illustrative of Magic's creature problem. (Blue is not a bad color in Standard, Modern, or Legacy atm.)
heh, part of the reason I opted for Legacy over Modern was that I realized if I was going to outrageously overpay for out of print cards, I might as well pay too much for cards that might actually be good.
EsotericManiac
Banned
I don't really subscribe to this line of thinking because TNN really isn't anything new. Your inability to interact with this creature has printed on cards already at this point.
Aetherling can never be good as morphling in his time in standard purely based on the rule change.
I do agree with your legacy > modern rationale.
EsotericManiac
Banned
I don't think anything is as awful as losing to a liliana of the veil
i'd much rather lose to a swinging TNN. it doesn't feel like your soul is ripped out of your body as much
i'd much rather lose to a swinging TNN. it doesn't feel like your soul is ripped out of your body as much
EsotericManiac
Banned
yes, but it was good before they changed the rule. after the rules change it was unplayable
No, no, it was printed prior to Sixth Edition. It was a bulk rare until the rules change.
I remember Morphling being amazing when it was new
I remember it being at $2.50-$3 in Scrye's price guide.
EsotericManiac
Banned
yea, you have it backwards i believe
when you were allowed to place damage on the stack, then use his ability he was quite broken. it wasn't until damage changed was he rendered useless
it was printed in Urza's Saga to be exact
Urza's Saga: Fall '98.
Sixth Edition: Spring '99
His printing predated Damage on the Stack.
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED.
blindrocket
Member
LOL
I love your description of losing to her.
Other than her first two abilities which are pretty obvious to me, how is her last ability typically used?
Split up the lands? Lands in one pile, creatures in the other? Completely situational?
Her +1 and -2 abilities win on their own, as long as you have other creatures or some card advantage.
EsotericManiac
Banned
i didn't realize you were referring to that sixth month window. i assumed you were talking about the time when the rescinded their ruling on damage
EsotericManiac
Banned
she controls the game sort of like big jace.
her ultimate can do exactly what you suggest, but it can also be more than that. permanents that black can't deal with when resolved have the option of making the opponent pick if they'd rather keep one pile over another.
i never found it hard to split piles with this card or fact or fiction
Morphling was the best creature in magic for a long time.
The trick with FoF and Jace is that the person splitting can never win. It's why Steam Augury is a non-broken card.
ThLunarian
Member
The 6th edition rules change may have put him over the top, but Morphling would still have been a really strong creature back then anyway. The only reason he doesn't seem that good now is because of power creep. Unkillable, mostly-unblockable 4-turn clocks are nothing to sneeze at.
If it weren't on the Reserved List I'd love to reprint Masticore for the lulz.
Drew Levin. And I disagree completely with him on this one.
ThLunarian
Member
They sort of already did. He's just called Polukranos now
I could see OG Masticore getting played in non-green Nykthos decks. Would be in green ones too if his strict upgrade weren't around.
Well, of course I'd know who he is. I won the team part of Grudge Match '11 with him.
lawlohwhat
Banned
let's see how this minotaur army does...
lawlohwhat
Banned
it's a risky move
divisionbyzorro
Member
Yeah, even my most aggressive decks have 16 lands in Theros. I'd probably cut a Wanderer Portent for a swamp.
platypotamus
Member
I'd ditch the Disciple for a Mountain myself.
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