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Magic: the Gathering - Shadows over Innistrad |OT| Blue's Clues
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charlequin
Banned
Out of curiosity, what factors did he examine to determine this? All fakes from the 90s fail some pretty major tests in the suite people put counterfeits up against these days, so it should be possible to get a pretty decisive answer.
I don't think this is quite the right analogy. The value of a bootleg FE is in providing playable content -- it can look funny, be obviously fake, but if it still works to play the game it'll serve the purpose of letting you play the game, and you couldn't play it at all without some kind of copy.
With Magic cards, the value is in enabling you to play in official events. Having an unambiguously fake proxy that duplicates the card's face isn't an issue, because people could just play with proxies anyway (like, this is basically what makes artist proofs acceptable.) The real issue is that you couldn't make these unambiguously fake without marking or otherwise damaging them, and if you didn't do that someone could turn around and sell them to someone else.
Regardless, yes, please don't sell counterfeit merchandise, and think carefully about whether it's a good idea to distribute them to people otherwise.
I'm not sure it's really stopping people from participating, but maybe next time we can sneak an OT number back in and have something like "Magic: the Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - witty wit goes here."
SigmasonicX
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Yeah, shifting things around seems like a good solution. So this thread would be
Magic: the Gathering |OT7| Shadows over Innistrad - Blue's Clues
EDIT: For Eldritch Moon, if we're going to discuss the subtitle now, then last time around, "It's only a paper moon" seemed to be pretty popular.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I want to switch from Tron to Faeries online but it would be spending extra money to play a demonstrably worse deck.
Tron is literally the easiest deck I've ever played. Like if you don't know how to play Modern, this deck is super easy. All you need to do is board in Nature's Claim against everyone.
Tron is literally the easiest deck I've ever played. Like if you don't know how to play Modern, this deck is super easy. All you need to do is board in Nature's Claim against everyone.
charlequin
Banned
i did it
i unfollowed efro over his garbage sports tweeting
i unfollowed efro over his garbage sports tweeting
Infinite Stars
Member
Eldritch Moon OT: Majace's Mask(Or some joke about Majora's Mask)
Yes, it's Emrakul. Please stop asking.
Magic: the Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Moons Over Ga-Vony
Magic: the Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - That's No Moon,,,
Magic: the Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Dawn of the Final Day, 24 hours remain
Magic: the Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Half block: Full Moon Consequences
Magic: the Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Erehsilukarme
Magic: The Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Bend Over
Magic: The Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Want some spaghetti?
Magic: The Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Do you want Eldrazi? Because that's how you get Eldrazi.
Magic: The Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Sorin & The Expendables
Here Comes Emrakul Again
Magic: The Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Do you want Eldrazi? Because that's how you get Eldrazi.
Magic: The Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Sorin & The Expendables
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Magic: The Gathering |OT7| Eldritch Moon - Surprise motherfuckers its Marit Lage
CoconutTank
Member
|OT7| It's Never Sunny On Innistrad
Infinite Stars
Member
My face when I keep a 4 lander with Path, Hierarch, and VoR, and then proceed to draw nothing but lands for a game. Best part is that the previous game was the same, only Arbiter in place of Voice. I strip mined him thrice and he still won because Dorks.
The best part is drawing 14 lands in a 22 land deck, and then finally hitting creatures when he swings in with 3 Smiters and a 8/8 KotR.
Eldritch Moon OT: Horror Fans are over the Moon.
The best part is drawing 14 lands in a 22 land deck, and then finally hitting creatures when he swings in with 3 Smiters and a 8/8 KotR.
Eldritch Moon OT: Horror Fans are over the Moon.
SigmasonicX
Member
Just to be clear, this is OT7. Eldritch Moon would be OT8.
charlequin
Banned
It should really be It's Not Only A Paper Moon since the set will also be released on MTGO.
SigmasonicX
Member
I feel like that obfuscates the song reference a bit too much. Perhaps:
Magic: the Gathering |OT8| Eldritch Moon - It's only a paper (and digital) moon
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I like this one.
Joe Molotov
Member
|OT| Moon Over My Emmy needs to win this time.
He just signed my Delvers and Thragtusks. The snapcaster guy must be making loads, I think I'm going to buy a playmat
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
We aren't anywhere near OT5, so why bother worrying about it lol
A Serious Man
Member
Keep it simple and to the point.
Magic: the Gathering |OT7| It's Emrakul.
Also, Fabrizio Anteri DQ'd from GP Manchester. He's currently tied for 3rd in the PotY standings, will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Magic: the Gathering |OT7| It's Emrakul.
Also, Fabrizio Anteri DQ'd from GP Manchester. He's currently tied for 3rd in the PotY standings, will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Wait what
Can't betray your DNA.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Excuse me while I consult my encyclopedia.
Yep, that's racist.
Yep, that's racist.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Apparently he didn't shuffle enough after mana weaving, I liked the guy not sure how to feel about it.
RIP deck after a couple of tournaments, I certainly would not let my opponent riffle shuffle my deck.
Infinite Stars
Member
Honestly, Mash Shuffling 15ish times works just fine.
I mean, if you want a properly randomized deck you need to shuffle sufficiently. Riffle shuffle is mathematically proven to be a very reliable, quick way to achieve that. It can damage cards, which is a big problem, so you may use other shuffling methods, but then you also need to set aside a lot more time for shuffling alone.
I'm too lazy to dig out old lecture notes about the probabilistic analysis of shuffling methods. Does anyone have a link to an article about it? Specifically about the estimated number of times the procedure has to be performed to achive a sufficient randomization?
7 is all you need.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
The exact same thing every time some1 has been caught cheating by deck manipulation.
Infinite Stars
Member
Rifle shuffling has a higher chance of damaging cards though, so I'm not a fan of doing it that way.
Just do it randomly, different sized cuts put back differently, do some pile shuffling in between, mash shuffle some piles together, then cut, than make some new pile, then mash,... You'll get a lot better results just by doing many different things in a random order. Honestly, just cut or slightly shuffle your opponents deck if you think he is going to cheat, but I think the chances of being succesful at cheating are rather small.
"God's Beard!"
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I riffle the fuck out of my decks.
Top 4'd a small standard PPTQ today with GW Tokens. Beat mono blue brain (lol), gr ramp, and mardu walkers in the swiss. Beat BW control (GP NYC list) in first round then lost the mirror in the top 4. Didn't have the best of draws but he had a pretty big trump card in the matchup that I didn't think about: Gryff's Boon. I'll for sure be putting that in my sideboard for my PPTQ next week then GP Pittsburgh.
Got half a box of Oath and unsurprisingly pulled garbage. Either kozilek's return or foil swamp was my best pull.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";204941214]I riffle the fuck out of my decks.[/QUOTE]
Yep me too unless there's any borrowed cards in it. Haven't noticed any damage on any of my cards either.
Got half a box of Oath and unsurprisingly pulled garbage. Either kozilek's return or foil swamp was my best pull.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";204941214]I riffle the fuck out of my decks.[/QUOTE]
Yep me too unless there's any borrowed cards in it. Haven't noticed any damage on any of my cards either.
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