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Magic: the Gathering |OT10| Aether Revolt - That shit that make your Soul Burn slow
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There are so many rarity downshifts in this set. It's glorious. Gaea's Anthem is an uncommon!
Hey eff you guys! I tried to draft correctly and passed a foil Graftdiggers Cage for a Terminate. Got paid off by opening nothing else in value and losing the first round (single elim). 
My buddies in the same pods ended up going 2-0 and splitting the finals for 5 packs each. They both opened a fetch in their drafts. And they were bitching at first for me dragging them there lol. Smh
Damn that new card is ugly with a lot of text. People like full art cards for a reason.
My buddies in the same pods ended up going 2-0 and splitting the finals for 5 packs each. They both opened a fetch in their drafts. And they were bitching at first for me dragging them there lol. Smh
Damn that new card is ugly with a lot of text. People like full art cards for a reason.
Oh, Falkenrath Noble is anything but glorious.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Yeah friends of mine played out the third round despite going 0-2 before that. Single Elim sucks
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
This is some real cool tech with Ayli Eternal Pilgrim in EDH
Still don't know how to build her exactly. Might end up making tap out control.
It does. A bunch of On-demand were shooting off. Plus the payout was nice so we went for it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Yeah but I already have 2 of those. I'm drawing a bit of a blank on how to build her but I bought a japanese foil a while back. Right now I'm thinking token generators and PWs, coupled with smallpox and stax effects.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
because it's predatory on worse players.
I don't really see how that matters. Everyone's worse when you have to pick off colour fetches instead of actually good limited cards.
You can still give everyone a prize pack, and the 7th-8th best rare is probably better than what a lot of people get from drafting anyway
How is the scooch thing not obvious to everyone else?
Ok, now explain to a bad player why they need to pay $30+ even they aren't going to get anything of value
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
The powerlevel takes a hit no doubt but rare redrafting is only possible when everyone involved is on the same page. You need a group of people that are similarly versed in limited and all aboard losing their money cards. If you do it with randoms and if some of them are fairly new to it then it's just preying on them.
Prize packs come from the admission money so not sure what point you're making there.
Rare redraft seems even worse in a set like this where it is dramatically easy to swap out an incredibly valuable card for some trash from your binder between rounds. The incentive for shenanigans is just so high.
Unless there's some draconian "keep your pool on the draft table" rule.
Unless there's some draconian "keep your pool on the draft table" rule.
Rare redrafting only ever makes sense if you're
a) drafting by yourselves outside of a sanctioned store event so you have to make your own prize support. (stores that do redrafts are scumbags)
or
b) explicitly trying to practice for competitive draft events
and b) isn't a good excuse
a) drafting by yourselves outside of a sanctioned store event so you have to make your own prize support. (stores that do redrafts are scumbags)
or
b) explicitly trying to practice for competitive draft events
and b) isn't a good excuse
GregLombardi
Member
This very simple interaction was one way to win a modern masters draft...and was quite a bit of fun to boot.
My local store does rare redrafting for FNM drafts, but if you open a masterpiece, they let you keep it and that pack on the spot and pay $5 to open a new pack for the draft in its place.
Still plenty of room for shananigans though, I guess. My issue with keep drafts is the extra cost; my LGS is doing MM2017 keep drafts for $45 and that's just too rich for my blood.
Still plenty of room for shananigans though, I guess. My issue with keep drafts is the extra cost; my LGS is doing MM2017 keep drafts for $45 and that's just too rich for my blood.
charlequin
Banned
They make you pay $45 and then don't even let you keep what you actually opened? Why not just light that money on fire directly and skip the middleman?
So they are charging more than MSRP of the pack for this? That's scummy as fuck.
Giant Panda
Member
Man I hate that card aesthetically, but I really like the mechanic.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I got passed a Scalding Tarn in pack 2 yesterday. The guy who passed it was an older man there with his kids. I assumed he didn't know what was going on so I asked if he knew what he passed and he said he knew what fetches are and what they are worth but he got a sweet foil mythic.
I later found out it was Entreat the Angels. I thought I got the better of that deal. Until he went Turn 3 Gaea's Anthem into Miracle'd Entreat and thrashed me. He ended up winning the pod and getting that Tarn's value back in prizes.
I later found out it was Entreat the Angels. I thought I got the better of that deal. Until he went Turn 3 Gaea's Anthem into Miracle'd Entreat and thrashed me. He ended up winning the pod and getting that Tarn's value back in prizes.
GregLombardi
Member
It all works out for everyone. I wish I got a tarn
Only value was 2x foil spell pierce
Foil Entreat? Yeah, that's not bad.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Plus, it's a lot easier to win a draft with Entreat the Angels than Scalding Tarn.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";232310164]Plus, it's a lot easier to win a draft with Entreat the Angels than Scalding Tarn.[/QUOTE]
...that's the point
...that's the point
Infinite Stars
Member
Oops All Value in one pack?
Because that just further rewards the best drafters and makes the drafts where the variance, inherent to Magic, kicks you in the balls even worse. If my deck trolls me with Mana screw/flood I'd like to at least be able to walk out of the draft with more than some bulk shit. I'd rather take the ability to choose my value during the draft than leave it partially up to game variance I or the luck of potentially getting something from a fresh pack. Rare redrafting is just for stores that want to subsidize their loyal, enfranchised playerbase and don't care about new or casual players.
Aw man, that sucks. There are definitely still a ton of duds when it comes to the rares. Most of them are worth less than Path to Exile. I looked at current prices and the drop off has been so crazy that even cards like Grizzle aren't worth a ton: http://www.mtgstocks.com/prints/33413
Doing a sealed pptq. This was one of the most ridiculous packs I've ever opened.
Liliana
Misty Rainforest
Arid Mesa
Goblin Guide
Death Shadow
All playable in the same deck. The guy in front of me opened foil Cavern, foil Terminus, and Voice of Resurgence. My buddy opened foil Goyf and Cavern. Ridiculous openings all around.
Liliana
Misty Rainforest
Arid Mesa
Goblin Guide
Death Shadow
All playable in the same deck. The guy in front of me opened foil Cavern, foil Terminus, and Voice of Resurgence. My buddy opened foil Goyf and Cavern. Ridiculous openings all around.
It wasn't. Just a decent magic card. 5 mana to draw two cards isn't breaking anything.
When I drafted the most valuable card that I got was bonfire of the damned. I didn't even get an uncommon worth any money. I drafted a cruel ultimatum deck which was fun but it was depressing to get nothing of value. Most of my matches went close but I only won one match which got me no packs. The only good thing was trading for a damnation.
keeblerdrow
Member
Drafted for $40 today and felt super bad immediately after drafting. This was Grixis What-were-you-thinking-did-you-even-have-a-plan. Took third place on the back of horrible draws by most opponents.
My prize packs (3).
My prize packs (3).
Drafted for $40 today and felt super bad immediately after drafting. This was Grixis What-were-you-thinking-did-you-even-have-a-plan. Took third place on the back of horrible draws by most opponents.
My prize packs (3).
Talk about burying the Lede.
Re:alternative templates for the consequences cards- I kind of wish they had just gone with the split card template and given the graveyard only side some unique background appearance similar to what they've done for miracles or the gods. I can't get over just how straight up ugly the current template is.
Like, they were already fine with this:
Putting a twist on it to show that both can be cast together. Why not do something similar to illustrate than only one can be cast from each zone?
Like, they were already fine with this:
Putting a twist on it to show that both can be cast together. Why not do something similar to illustrate than only one can be cast from each zone?
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