Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
If this set doesn't have Dark Depths then fuck WOTC.
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Magic: the Gathering - Shadows over Innistrad |OT| Blue's Clues
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charlequin
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I'm sad they didn't use the previous online-exclusive alternate art like they have for a lot of these cards.
shrapnelmagnet
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RE: Some new Eternal Format. If it's RL-Free Legacy, what sort of things do you think spike in some absurd way? Do Shock Lands become even more valuable?
EDIT: I see someone already brought up Shocks.
Announcements like this make me nervous since I hate seeing a 30 cent card that I've been humming and hawing about become $5-10 overnight, but I guess that's just how it goes. Magic.
EDIT: I see someone already brought up Shocks.
Announcements like this make me nervous since I hate seeing a 30 cent card that I've been humming and hawing about become $5-10 overnight, but I guess that's just how it goes. Magic.
They have alternate art for them? On magiccards.info it shows all editions as the same art.
Yah, but the art is worse. You win some. You lose some.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
For the most part it would be the same shit.
Like, here's a Sneak and Show deck:
The difference is -3 Volcanic Island, -2 City of Traitors. I mean, I guess someone would buy shocks but they aren't 4-ofs to begin with and RTR had all 10 of them in very large supply.
I feel like the debate on what is good art is heavily based on old how you are and when you started playing the game. I feel like when you're in you late thirties now and grew up with the early days of Magic, you'll like the more classic and wacky art that was prevelant in comic books and tabletop games. But for me personally, most of that art lacks good art direction and comes off as very grainy. Not that all art is better now, as BFZ had some very bad pieces, but most of the art is now more fitting to what the card is actually doing.
charlequin
Banned
I'm a dumbass, it's REB/BEB that has alternate online-only art.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I like the Scourge Onslaught Odyssey style the most. Felt more natural.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You think a wall of fire coming from cracks in the ground looks better and is more fitting than a dragon spitting fire which is amplified by the mage's staff?
Do they? Can't seem to find it. Maybe you are still mistaking them for another color hoser pair?
To be honest, in this case, Pyroblast and Hydroblast don't have bad art, I just find it to look a bit whacky and perhaps a bit childish, but it's still fitting. I was more talking about some other pieces from the very early days of Magic, the overal way art is handled has become a lot better. And it's good different art styles remain, not everything has to be overly fantastical and computer generated.
Kinda, the new ones also mirror the flavour text. I do like the old art better though.
I'm not happy if they make an Eternal format to replace/supplant Legacy. They better have a hell of a reprint strategy in mind for stuff that's going to spike. Shocks were mentioned -- they'll need to be brought back probably into standard to normalize prices. But other random shit is going to spike up hard, and there's no way they could possibly be ready for everything. Selfishly, I probably stand to make a lot of money on stuff going up, but I don't want that.
Also, is that god damned Simon Belmont in the Hyrdroblast art?
Also, is that god damned Simon Belmont in the Hyrdroblast art?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
What would even spike? Why? Isn't it the same cards as Legacy?
What?
Who knows? A new format could cause a run on stuff as technology is discovered.
Dude in the Hydroblast art looks like
I mean, more like the NES sprite to me?
I get core set vibes from that
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The problem with no-reserved list Legacy is that its just Legacy but superior because you might actually find a fucking game.
That isn't a problem per se, but it does make Legacy itself a redundant format.
That isn't a problem per se, but it does make Legacy itself a redundant format.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Fire surfing guy again would've been a nice easter egg.
charlequin
Banned
Nope.
Christopher Moeller art, I believe exclusive to the very first iteration of MTGO Cube.
I expect it EVERY TIME and I get let down.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
"God's Beard!"
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Are RPTQ last chance qualifiers basically PPTQs? I'm trying to figure out if entering one would give me enough planeswalker points to enter the WMCQ.
You'd be opening up a format that has, up until now, largely avoided the increasingly voracious demand that a format like Modern sees for playables to the masses. The Reserved List essentially capped the potential player base of Vintage and Legacy and by creating 'Eternal' you'd be removing that restraint and exposing any card with somewhat limited supply to the Magic general populace, vendors, and speculators. Any card that hasn't been printed much, or at all, in the Modern era would suddenly be on the precipice of Modern-style price spikes. Remember the spikes on random shit when Tiny Leaders speculation was raging for a couple months there? That was for a format that basically no one was playing. They can't even keep up with Modern demand as is. Expanding the pool of cards that desperately need reprints is asking for more issues.
If they were to make an 'Eternal' format, I think the safe route would be to actually announce it after EMA2 so they have the opportunity to push more supply into the market before starting the #MTGFinance frenzy.
All that said, it's probably just Paper Pauper. Canadian Highlander is possible, I suppose. It's a good way to stretch Reserved List supply even further without subverting the list or casting it aside. Still, that article was just Marshall Sutcliffe pitching the format some more, which he's done on LR before.
I will never understand the inexplicable love players have for Prodigal Sorcerer.Other preview:
FreedomFrisbee
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It's in FTV lore. We 'know' because it has a token in it and what other token would it have.
charlequin
Banned
FreedomFrisbee
Member
I'd be down for that. New art one could hope, the old token looked lame.
GregLombardi
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I just pulled the trigger on a box too. Sigh. I really didn't want to but I don't think there is any choice in the matter. It's just a good idea.
That card was the bomb back in the day. Pinging creatures was pretty annoying.
A Serious Man
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I had a friend who had a deck that was 4x Prodigal Sorcerer and then nothing but permission, bounce, card draw and islands. It was like an 80 card deck, he literally put every counterspell he could find in it. I don't talk to him anymore.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Oh, guess I can't play in the WMCQ if I hit the threshhold next week :/
"God's Beard!"
Member
FNM is like 10 points, though. I got over 400 points just from GP Oakland and 2 PPTQs.
Wait a sec. My points aren't showing up from the last PPTQ I entered. How long should it take?
Wait a sec. My points aren't showing up from the last PPTQ I entered. How long should it take?
charlequin
Banned
Huh, that would not have made my guess list for mythic.
"God's Beard!"
Member
I'll always love cockatrice just for being able to draft cube forever at any time.
Just took out 2 opponents in 4 straight games within the first 3 turns:
Seething Song was an absolute all-star.
Made mine
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=195776417&postcount=6
I also went for the long odds with Port at uncommon lol
Just took out 2 opponents in 4 straight games within the first 3 turns:
Seething Song was an absolute all-star.
Made mine
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=195776417&postcount=6
I also went for the long odds with Port at uncommon lol
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