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What a Judas posted:Old frames > fake frames they jokingly suggested when they "announced" purple as a color > FUT frames > modern frames I can't find these, but are you referring to an issue of Inquest? Do you have an image?
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kids these days don't know what it was like to open a pack of homelands and get Didgeridoo as a rare and a feast of the unicorn with the bad art e: at least I hope they don't
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Feb 20, 2014 04:28
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taladel posted:I can't find these, but are you referring to an issue of Inquest? Do you have an image? 
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Feb 20, 2014 04:43
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King of Hamas posted:kids these days don't know what it was like to open a pack of homelands and get Didgeridoo as a rare and a feast of the unicorn with the bad art Hey, give Didgeridoo its due. It's the most expensive card in Homelands.
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Feb 20, 2014 04:44
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These look kinda cool, if unnecessarily spaced out.
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Feb 20, 2014 04:49
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So what are the odds Journey into Nyx will have a Legendary Minotaur that is both black and red? I need a commander for Bullmen EDH.
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Feb 20, 2014 04:50
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Those cards were less a joke and more of an early test, because newer cards in that same layout surely do exist in the wild.
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Feb 20, 2014 04:55
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I could have sworn Maro said that there would be a triple color Minotaur legend in Theros block but for the life of me I can find no evidence of such a statement.
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Feb 20, 2014 04:56
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JerryLee posted:That guy is just so excited to be chowing down on unicorn head  you're right. The dude looks positively ecstatic. It's clearly his favorite meal.
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Feb 20, 2014 04:58
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Kasonic posted:Those cards were less a joke and more of an early test, because newer cards in that same layout surely do exist in the wild. Graphically the genealogy between them and the actual modern card frame is pretty clear (and I can attest to the fact that that Inquest or whatever picture pre-dated even the hint of the 'real' modern frame). Is that what you mean?
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Feb 20, 2014 05:01
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Is anyone else on MTGO, and did it just poo poo a brick or something: Turn 3, my opponent plays Brimaz. Having played against Brimaz in one other match, my face went slightly paler. I get my nice little 2/2 out there with the hopes of pumping him, probably getting 2 for 1'd in the process, but it's my only hope of stopping him. I disconnect. For about 6 minutes. I finally get back in to find my opponent disconnected right after me. And then he loses.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:16
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Those aren't fake though, some of those cards were printed.   Come on WAJ, you're the misprint and oddities guy around here you should know better!
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Feb 20, 2014 05:18
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I've only done two drafts on MTGO, and both times the client froze and forced me to restart. The first time, I restarted the client to find that I had been kicked from the tournament. The second time the client froze and after restarting I found that opening the client resulted in a fatal error, forcing me to uninstall and reinstall the client. Both times I filed for reimbursement, and both times they approved it. This looks like another time MTGO poo poo itself.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:20
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Count Bleck posted:So what are the odds Journey into Nyx will have a Legendary Minotaur that is both black and red? You don't like Mogis????
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Feb 20, 2014 05:20
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MTGO does currently indeed appear to have poo poo itself.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:21
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tzirean posted:MTGO does currently indeed appear to have poo poo itself. Yeah, 8 people in this 16 queue are crossed off.....
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Feb 20, 2014 05:23
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JerryLee posted:Graphically the genealogy between them and the actual modern card frame is pretty clear (and I can attest to the fact that that Inquest or whatever picture pre-dated even the hint of the 'real' modern frame). Is that what you mean? http://www.magiclibrarities.net/719-rarities-test-prints-press-checks-and-production-anomalies-english-cards-other.html Call of the Herd front and center at the top. They're test prints that got out at some point, who can remember how. I think putting a vertical mana cost on one corner of the card is a great idea, but as you can see it plays havoc with the rest of the card. The lands look nice.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:25
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Stinky Pit posted:Those aren't fake though, some of those cards were printed. Test prints 
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Feb 20, 2014 05:28
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Malgrin posted:Yeah, 8 people in this 16 queue are crossed off..... I just got back in to see the third pack of the draft I had entered, but that hadn't started, when MTGO went down. Guess I'm filing for compensation.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:30
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What a Judas posted:Test prints Hey man test prints are still real! and they certainly weren't a joke the way the color purple was. In an alternate universe they are stuck with that horrific modern frame.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:30
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MiddleEastBeast posted:I've always thought of Visions of Beyond as a great example of really solid recent artwork that is unique, striking, and just really well done. Terese Nielsen is one of the only people still creating for MTG that falls outside of their typical style choices, and that's because she's grandfathered in.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:30
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Mezzanon posted:You don't like Mogis???? Not technically a Minotaur so it doesn't benefit from stuff like Ragemonger. That said that's who I'd pick for a Minotaur EDH deck, and it should totally have similar rules text to what older legendary creatures had, ala "~ counts as a Minotaur". That would actually be kind of busted though with all the nice Minotaur tribal effects in this block. Turn 2 goober Minotaur, Turn 3 Rageblood, Turn 4 Ragemonger, oops I'm casting a 7/5 Indestructible for 2 on turn 5 and oops, Kragma Warcaller with my remaining 3 mana. Deuces.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:31
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Is it against the rules or considered overly rude to help a brand new player at a draft? My fiancee is going to go with me to her first FNM and if she enjoys it I might see if she wants to do draft on sunday but she doesn't know the first thing about drafting, deck building, or card values. The deck she uses now I put together myself. On the offchance she lands some decent packs I'd hate to see good/valuable cards get passed because she didn't know better.
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MiddleEastBeast posted:I've always thought of Visions of Beyond as a great example of really solid recent artwork that is unique, striking, and just really well done. Terese Nielsen is a national treasure. Specifically, I like that she's one of the only artists that gets away with nonliteral interpretations of things anymore:  I mean, okay, mopey card, but the art is pretty neat to look at. (Moreso if you know she used her own family photo albums for reference material. That's her as a child holding that sheep, IIRC.) Or this thing I just saw today:  Again, draft-playable-constructed-useless, but that creature looks fierce, partly because I'm not just looking at a portrait of him - this is a mural or a fresco or something, an illuminated illustration. We need more poo poo like that hanging around. Also, my eyes are getting lovely and non-foil-new-frames are the easiest to read and recognize quickly.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:41
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Mezzanon posted:You don't like Mogis???? It's not that I don't like Mogis, it's more that I want a Minotaur Lord that comes from a set full of Minotaurs.
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Feb 20, 2014 05:52
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Fingers McLongDong posted:Is it against the rules or considered overly rude to help a brand new player at a draft? My fiancee is going to go with me to her first FNM and if she enjoys it I might see if she wants to do draft on sunday but she doesn't know the first thing about drafting, deck building, or card values. The deck she uses now I put together myself. On the offchance she lands some decent packs I'd hate to see good/valuable cards get passed because she didn't know better. I'd talk to the people there - we ran into the same situation on Black Friday, where we needed the one guy's girlfriend for our 8th person but she was still learning. We let her sit next to him and he helped her pick not terrible cards. Funnily enough, he ended up just barely knocking her out in the first round anyway.
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Malgrin posted:Is anyone else on MTGO, and did it just poo poo a brick or something: I'm unable to log in and i had just got into a sealed game.
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Fingers McLongDong posted:Is it against the rules or considered overly rude to help a brand new player at a draft? My fiancee is going to go with me to her first FNM and if she enjoys it I might see if she wants to do draft on sunday but she doesn't know the first thing about drafting, deck building, or card values. The deck she uses now I put together myself. On the offchance she lands some decent packs I'd hate to see good/valuable cards get passed because she didn't know better.
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LordSaturn posted:
Mirage had possibly the best world-building of any block in Magic. Definitely of any older set. There was an large poem written for it.
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The Wonder Weapon posted:Terese Nielsen is one of the only people still creating for MTG that falls outside of their typical style choices, and that's because she's grandfathered in. No she's not. See: Steam Augery. Wizards likes to keep most of the art grounded in the world - which is why, regardless of style (and if you actually look at high-res versions of a lot of the art you'll see a good amount of it has a traditional style) a lot of the art is "samey", but they recognize that there are people that are fans of the more abstract, artistic pieces, which is why they'll send Terese art descriptions like: quote:ART DESCRIPTION: For Enter the Infinite. It's actually stunning how much detail is missing in the 2 inch version of so many of these pieces, I would recommend anybody that feels 90% of the modern magic art is boring garbage to actually take a look through some of the artist's galleries.
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LordSaturn posted:Terese Nielsen is a national treasure. I think this is her best magic art personally. Although I like most of the things she has done. 
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Made some Changes to Mono-B Aggro today. The changes were all last second, but they were super spicy, and I enjoyed the heck out of them. My previous write-up on the list is here: The new brew is as such: Lands: 4x Temple of Malice 4x Blood Crypt 4x Mutavault 11 Swamp // 23 Total Creatures: 4x Tormented Hero 4x Pack Rat 4x Agent of Fates 3x Nighthowler 3x Herald of Torment 4x Grey Merchant // 22 Total Spells: 4x Thoughtseize 3x Eye Gouge 4x Hero's Downfall 3x Gift of Orzhova 1x Whip of erebos // 15 Total Sideboard: 2x Duress 3x Bile Blight 4x Dreadbore 4x Mizzium Mortars 2x Underworld Connections // 15 Total I like the changes so far. I played the deck in its earlier form at FNM last week, and its new form at Wednesday Night Standard this week. FNM Report in decks old iteration (I go 3-1 and get 2nd, should have been first, but oh well): R1 vs Rakdos Midrange(???) Win 2-1 G1: I lose game 1 after opponent goes Dreadbore -> Dreadbore -> Hero's Downfall -> Sire of Insanity. I have no immediate answer and have nothing on board. I sideboard out Thoughtseize and Underworld Connections and side in ALL THE REMOVAL G2: I go T1 Tormented Hero, T2 Temple and Tormented Hero, T3 Agent of Fates, T4 Gift of Orzhova on Agent of fates T5 bestow Nighthowler on Agent of fates. G3: I do it. I live the loving dream. Opponent goes T1 Mutavault Pass. I go Swamp, pass. Opponent T2 goes Swamp, activate mutavault, swing in. I Eye Gouge that Mutavault. Opponent doesn't see second land until T5 gently caress the haters I lived the dream. R2 vs Big Boros Win 2-0 G1: Flying Lifelink Nighthowlered Agent of Fates gets the job done. Side out Thoughtseizes, side in Removal G2: I have the removal, and Herald of Torment on Agent of Fates gets in for 6 all day. Round 3 vs bant RAMP GOD Lose 1-2 (The worst part is, I get paired down for this matchup) I've played against this match a fair amount (my friend loves this deck) and it usually comes down to who wins the die roll. G1: Opponent gets Courser, Karametra, and Ephara going, that leads into card advantage and fatties and I peter out. Side out Underworld Connections, side in Removal G2: Agent goes off and his flying lifeline swings are more than my opponent can gain each turn. Opponent doesn't see Selesnya Charm, so gg me. G3: I literally draw zero creatures. I remove most of his creatures for a while, but draw zero creatures, a disappointing end to a good match. R4 vs Grixis Control/Superfriends Win 2-0 G1: Opponent gets Ral-Zarek, Chandra, and Jace on the board. But I have Pack Rat into Grey Merchant(s), so I win. I side out 2x tormented hero, and 2x agent of fate. I side in 2x Duress, and 2x Hero's Downfall. G2: I know that My opponent is packing Master of Cruelties and Sire of Insanity in his main, so it's good to have a little removal. Opponent Thoughtseizes a Pack Rat on T1, and then on T4 SLAUGHTER GAMES for Grey Merchant, which is a pretty loving spicy play that I respect the hell out of. Luckily I get a Pack rat and 2 Mutavaults. so I start pitching my lands to make more pack rats, throw a Gift of Orzhova on one of the pack rats, and just loving BARELY win the damage race against Ral-Zarek and Jace. And now here's todays report at Wednesday Night Standard with the new deck changes. (I got 2-1 and get 2nd, story of my life) R1 vs WRB burn: win 2-1 G1: I T1 thoughtseize and see a hand full of burn, oh gently caress. I make the opponent discard a Toil//trouble. I lose G1 when my opponent has burn for tormented hero, and both agent of fates. I have two herald of torments in play, opponent end of my turn Magma Jets me to the dome to make a young peezy token. He swings in, and leaves me at 1 life. On my upkeep I lose to double herald of torment trigger. How ignoble. I sideboard out 4x Thoughtseize and 3x Underworld Connections. I side in 2x Duress, 3x Bile Blight, and 2x Hero's Downfall. G2: a good back and forth game. I bestow a Herald of Torment on Tormented Hero, and start taking chunks of five out every turn. I have removal for Satyr Firedancer, and Young Peezy. Young Peezy eats an Eye Gouge, which is nice. Opponent begins to cast a boris charm to deal 4 to me and 4 to my Tormented Hero, so I bile Blight the Satyr in response which kills it before the trigger. I swing with my pants up hero, taking opponent to 1, do the math, and just Bile Blight my own Tormented Hero for lethal. Seems good. G3: I end up with 2 pack rat tokens on board. Each with a Nighhowler bestowed on it at 5. One of the pack rats has a Gift of Orzhova. It is not pretty. R2 vs Boros Heroic: Win 2-0 G1: I Thoughtseize T1 and see Favoured Hoplite, Phalanx Leader, Brave the Elements, Gods Willing. I take the Gods Willing because gently caress that. I cast creatures and they win vs his 1/1's because I took his good heroic enabler. I see a Hero of Iroas and an Eidolon of Countless Battles though. I side out 3x Underworld Connections, and side in 3x Bile Blight. G2: I keep a hand of Temple of Malice, Mutavault, Agent of Fates, Bile Blight, 3x Grey Merchant, gently caress yeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. My temple scry reveals a swamp (thank god!) I get to Bile Blight triple Phalanx Leader which honestly feels pretty amazing. After that it's just a matter of time until I draw lands 4 and 5 and it's time for triple Grey Merchant. One gets killed blocking a Favoured Hoplite that was getting pretty big, the other eats a Chained to the rocks, and the third is enough for lethal so that's all she wrote. R3 vs R/G Monstrous: Lose 1-2 G1: I thoughtseize T1 and see Temple, forest, 2x Voyaging satyr, Sylvan Caryatid, Polukranos, Garruk. I get rid of Garruk. Agent comes down, puts on Gift of Orzhova, and Nighthowler, second agent comes down. I ping a couple eye gouges off my Agents to force sacrifices, and the Opponent just fizzles and dies. Sideboard in: All of the loving removal. G2: I get an Agent with Gift of Orzhova, and a second agent on the ground. Opponent has a Stormbreath out and a Nylea's Disciple. Opponent activates Nykthos, Untaps it with voyaging satyr activates again, drops a second nykthos sacrificing the tapped nykthos, activates nykthos for a third time in his turn, and rips a Clan Defiance for 7 killing my blocker, dealing 7 to me, and letting him swing in for exactsies. What the ffffuuuuuuuuck. G3: Opponent once against kills my flier, my ground dude, and dings me for 5 with a Clan Defiance. Jesus Christ. I top deck removal for a few turns, and then make the mistake of killing a Domri instead of a Courser of Kruphix. Then I brick land instead of drawing removal and a lose. Had I killed the courser I might have lasted the two turns necessary to make it to back to back night howlers. Oh well, live and learn. My opponent is main decking 2x Clan Defiance. It blew me out in two games, gently caress this gay earth. Anyways, that's the deck and the changed I've made to it. I stand by the changes, because now they give me game against a resolved Blood Baron. Splashing red for removal feels so good. Mezzanon fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Feb 20, 2014 |
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I use these lands in my Izzet deck:  Sometimes it backfires and I confuse myself which color of mana I'm tapping but man they look cool together.
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Feb 20, 2014 06:49
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Stinky Pit posted:Those aren't fake though, some of those cards were printed. Font and the layout makes these look like Jyhad / Vampire: The Eternal Struggle cards to me.
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You shouldn't have to see Magic art in high res or full size for it to look good. If the art looks bad at the scale used on a Magic card, then it's not doing its job.
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whydirt posted:You shouldn't have to see Magic art in high res or full size for it to look good. If the art looks bad at the scale used on a Magic card, then it's not doing its job. But it doesn't look BAD at scale. It looks fine at scale, at least not any worse than most old magic art at scale. Phalanx Leader is a good looking piece of art on a card, but if you look at a high res version of it you can see the paint strokes. My point was that if you look closely at the art it's not just some homogenized mediocre art slapped onto cards so that they have cohesiveness, there's still a lot of quality compositions on Magic cards.
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The Wonder Weapon posted:Mirage had possibly the best world-building of any block in Magic. Definitely of any older set. There was an large poem written for it.
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Kasonic posted:I got a Rise of the Eldrazi common/uncommon playset on Ebay last year for $50, which was a total steal. I doubt anyone would put one up for Lorwyn/Shadowmoor, just due to the number of high value cards like Cursecatcher, Kitchen Finks, etc. Sounds like you'd have to put together that manually unless you can find a good "Quitting Magic here's everything" auction. I actually like Shadowmoor a lot more than Lorwyn but that's mostly because I always got to get Silkbind Faeries  . Drafting merfolk in Lorwyn was pretty fun too though.
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I bought out a collection from a coworker and karakas was among one of the cards, why is it worth so much? its banned in any format it could be useful in? (EDH)
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Inverse posted:I bought out a collection from a coworker and karakas was among one of the cards, why is it worth so much? its banned in any format it could be useful in? (EDH) It's a legacy staple.
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