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Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Ya, it's starting to make me not want to play standard anymore... But I also enjoy standard the most. :/
Keru_Shiri
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This is a bad time to buy singles. New set hype + wide open format + upcoming States means a lot of demand for a wide variety of stuff.
Alcibiades
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Back in my college town, I would draft almost every week so I built up a TON of Innistrad and Dark Ascension cards, but since graduating haven't played much limited. That means my Avacyn Restored, M13, and Return to Ravnica collections are pretty small.
Would you guys recommend buying a commons/uncommon playset for AVR and M13? Or just putting money towards a box (which will get you a crapload of commons/uncommons). I get can an M13 commons/uncommons playset for $36 on Ebay, which I consider pretty fair, but the Return to Ravnica is listing for at least $50, so I wouldn't consider that until the prices went down.
I usually just make/modify standard decks from whatever cards I have lying around. I made a "budget" green/white angel deck this week but it is hampered by missing cards like 2x Farseek and 1x Emancipation Angel. Is the bang for buck better for me just getting one of these bulk collections?
Would you guys recommend buying a commons/uncommon playset for AVR and M13? Or just putting money towards a box (which will get you a crapload of commons/uncommons). I get can an M13 commons/uncommons playset for $36 on Ebay, which I consider pretty fair, but the Return to Ravnica is listing for at least $50, so I wouldn't consider that until the prices went down.
I usually just make/modify standard decks from whatever cards I have lying around. I made a "budget" green/white angel deck this week but it is hampered by missing cards like 2x Farseek and 1x Emancipation Angel. Is the bang for buck better for me just getting one of these bulk collections?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Depends on what you're going for. Do you want a collection of everything or are you more casual and just want to build a deck or two?
I've been trying to keep myself from going apeshit on this set because of that very reason. It's too damn expensive to keep up right at rotation. That said, the boxes are also super inflated right now. I wonder if we'll see them go on sale like M13 did, or if M13 just kind of flopped.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Ya, I only sort of want something for gameday. The top 8 promo is much less interesting though so I think I'm ok if I don't top 8.
Okay, so I really need another Trostani. She is seriously good.
My deck needs more early game, which I sort of anticipated. After some testing last night I have a good idea of what I need to do with it.
Bant populate/aggro is a lot of fun though.
What I'm thinking right now:
-3 Abundant Growth, +3 Cloudshift
-2 Deadeye Navigator, +1 Loxodon Smiter, +1 Cackling Counterpart.
-1 Sigarda, +1 Troatani.
Based on my testing last night. Gonna have to work further to up the early game though as it relies on Avacyn's Pilgrim too heavily I think.
My deck needs more early game, which I sort of anticipated. After some testing last night I have a good idea of what I need to do with it.
Bant populate/aggro is a lot of fun though.
What I'm thinking right now:
-3 Abundant Growth, +3 Cloudshift
-2 Deadeye Navigator, +1 Loxodon Smiter, +1 Cackling Counterpart.
-1 Sigarda, +1 Troatani.
Based on my testing last night. Gonna have to work further to up the early game though as it relies on Avacyn's Pilgrim too heavily I think.
Alcibiades
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I don't really care too much to have a collection of everything, but I do want to play a little seriously. I had a Tier-1 Wolf Run deck about 9 months this year, but putting a Tier 1 deck right now would be too expensive, so I'd rather just build fun but viable decks for now.
It's due to the player influx from RTR- there's a severe supply crunch w/ Innistrad block singles now.
I lucked out and found Olivias for $9 the day of the jump. I had been durdling on that card and should have gotten em for a few dollars less each because I knew she had improved a lot w/ rotation.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Eh, I would buy singles then. Most of them are so cheap and probably vast majority of commons/uncommons you'll never even use.
Same, I have 2 though so I'm hoping I wouldn't really need more... :/
The Technomancer
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Oh wow, nice jump on Olivia. I might try to scalp mine than.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Jund is B/R/G? Damn, no wonder everyone went jund.
Right now I am running through some G/U/W and B/U/G experimentation.
Time will tell.
divisionbyzorro
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The three color combinations are usually referred to as "Shards" and "Wedges."
Shards are made by taking a color and bringing in its two allied colors. The Shards have names that were coined during Shards of Alara block.
Esper - W/U/B
Grixis - U/B/R
Jund - B/R/G
Naya - R/G/W
Bant - G/W/U
Wedges are made by taking a color and bringing in its two enemy colors. There has not been a block based on wedge combinations, so we resort to these awful terrible names like "Bug" or "Rug" or "'Merica" or something stupid like that. Wizards needs to do a wedge-themed block so we can actually have some proper names for these combinations.
A wedge block would be interesting for the next block once Ravnica is over. A full on multicolor standard where any combination is made possible.
I think Bant is going to be powerful, especially when we see what comes out with Simic next set (UG).
We must hold the faith, Bant brother.
I think Bant is going to be powerful, especially when we see what comes out with Simic next set (UG).
We must hold the faith, Bant brother.
divisionbyzorro
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Gold blocks always get spread across multiple years because they're much harder to properly design and develop.
I would imagine that we'll see 3-4 more blocks before the wedge block (assuming it happens at all).
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
I know but I wasn't around for Alara so I usually have to look it up to know the colors. I didn't realize jund had red in it and I finally looked it up is all.
divisionbyzorro
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Magic Online prelease events start tomorrow! Time to overpay for events with crappy prize support just to play with the cards sooner!
Yes, I will be. I can't help myself.
Same here. I thought Naya was just green white for a while lol
Got my pre-order case today. One of the boxes is mine, rest are for my friends. Right now we are wishing we had got more than 1 case. Came up to around $100 with shipping. I honestly think i hit the jackpot with my box...
Crap rares
Azors Elocutors
Mana Bloom
Conjured Currency
Palisade Giant
Deaths Presence
Volatile Rig
Hypersonic Dragon
Collective blessing
Martial Law
Archon of the Triumvirate
Cryptborn horror
Sphinx of chimes
Wayfaring Temple
Mercurial Chemister
Grove of the guardian
Guild feud
Carnival hellsteed
Jarads Orders
Cards Worth money:
Blood Crypt(2)
Dreadbore
Cyclonic Rift
Precinct Captain
Armada Wurm (FOIL)
Desecration Demon
Loxodon Smiter
Rest in Peace
Lotleth Troll(2)
Supreme Verdict
Hallowed Fountain
Detention Sphere
Nivmagus Elemental
Steam Vents
Overgrown tomb
Ash Zealot
Epic experiment
Dryad Militant(Foil)
Thoughtflare(Foil)
Crap rares
Azors Elocutors
Mana Bloom
Conjured Currency
Palisade Giant
Deaths Presence
Volatile Rig
Hypersonic Dragon
Collective blessing
Martial Law
Archon of the Triumvirate
Cryptborn horror
Sphinx of chimes
Wayfaring Temple
Mercurial Chemister
Grove of the guardian
Guild feud
Carnival hellsteed
Jarads Orders
Cards Worth money:
Blood Crypt(2)
Dreadbore
Cyclonic Rift
Precinct Captain
Armada Wurm (FOIL)
Desecration Demon
Loxodon Smiter
Rest in Peace
Lotleth Troll(2)
Supreme Verdict
Hallowed Fountain
Detention Sphere
Nivmagus Elemental
Steam Vents
Overgrown tomb
Ash Zealot
Epic experiment
Dryad Militant(Foil)
Thoughtflare(Foil)
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Haha, same! Maybe it's the way the name sounds? First thing I always thought of was G/W.
Massively jelly at your foil Dryad
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
I'm hoping I can get by with 2 though. We'll have to wait and see. Definitely not spending anywhere close to $20 for her.
Owlowiscious
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Counted $160 with the easy to value/trade cards.
I've been playtesting the RDW deck I posted earlier, and it is absolutely destroying everything I've played against so far.
Only questionable matchup so far is the spectral flight geist deck
Awesome. It would be nice to see RDW make some come backs.
I'm thinking about removing the Loxodon Smiters from my deck and replacing them with Precinct Captains. He doesn't bring as much beef right away, but I think it'll help me put some more pressure on early in the game without relying too heavily on a turn 1 Pilgrim, which is exactly what the deck needs based on my testing so far.
Either him or New Prahv Guildmage, but I'm thinking Precinct Captain.
Ill be testing both out tomorrow.
Owlowiscious
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I'm going with either
or
for states. I think the RB version looks better.
Edit: 2x Torch Fiend are coming out of the sideboard for something else. Maybe Appetite for Brains.
Edit 2: We should really make a MTG GAF IRC channel
So you picked the one on the left? I'm making a deck myself, but I dont' have the hellkites. How does your deck do against the miracles deck? How do you handle it (or sweepers)?I've been playtesting the RDW deck I posted earlier, and it is absolutely destroying everything I've played against so far.
Only questionable matchup so far is the spectral flight geist deck
edit: we talked it out in irc. deck is too fast vs miracles deck.
irc? :O
THERES NOBODY IN THE GAFMTG IRC. Unless you guys have your own.
Someone came and hung out for like 5 minutes, but I can't remember who it was
Let me show you how to properly link an image
killer_clank
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damn son.
Owlowiscious
Member
Never heard of gafmtg. We were in uh. PonyGAF. :x
:OOOOOOOOOOOO
I will trade a Steam Vents for it
I have two steam vents. Going to states?
Thanks for the offers, but I'm going to check with my buddies first to see what they've got to trade for it.
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=9144049#post9144049
Is my mtgsalvation trade list, have much more just have not really listed it out.
Let me know of pretty much any M13, RtR and Innistrad block things you are looking for, have alot of scars block also as well as ww block vampires and whatnot
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