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Myriad Truths posted:I'm confused. How did he discard turn 1 on the play, and how did he play a 2-mana spell on turn 2 if he didn't play a land turn 1? Simian/Elvish Spirit Guide, Dark Ritual, Lotus Petal.
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Myriad Truths posted:I'm confused. How did he discard turn 1 on the play, and how did he play a 2-mana spell on turn 2 if he didn't play a land turn 1? I'm an idiot and meant to say on the DRAW. And he had a Ritual as well.
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Apr 1, 2014 17:36
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BXCX posted:I look forward to paying off my student loans with this Merfolk Deck With the spike in the last year on Legacy staples I was sorely tempted to sell ~half my cards to pay tuition, rent and food for this semester...
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Apr 1, 2014 17:53
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BXCX posted:I for one think the MTG finance movement has it right, prices can only go up uP UP from here with no end in sight. I know this to be a fact in large part due to my prior experiences speculating on mass produced-collectible items. Literally The Worst posted:I paid for college with mint copies of Spawn #1. BXCX posted:I look forward to paying off my student loans with this Merfolk Deck I find it funny how you guys make jokes, but a couple weeks ago someone found some old sealed boxes in his closet at his parents and guess what he got like $17,000. He posted in the buy/sell/trade thread in the SA forums. That poo poo happens man. I'm probably going to sell like 12 cards I bought earlier this year in May or June and use the money for our family vacation.
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Apr 1, 2014 17:54
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I don't normally buy expensive cards ... but this one was toooooo pretty.
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Apr 1, 2014 18:25
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My friend and I are both seriously considering selling the legacy decks we built at the end of last year because we'd easily double up from what we paid. I really don't want to because I love the deck but that's a LOT of money I could have in my pocket.
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Apr 1, 2014 18:27
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En Fuego posted:I don't normally buy expensive cards ... but this one was toooooo pretty. Can't blame you there. I'm jealous, that's been on my list of "I really want this, but do I really NEED this...." cards for a while.
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Apr 1, 2014 18:27
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So I'm going down a list of things to pick up for Modern Fish, I'm basically building from the ground up because the only things for the deck I do have is a playset of Aether Vials, a Master of the Pearl Trident and my Master of Waves from my Mono U deck. What's probably the best thing to grab now and not later? My guess is the Cavern of Souls and Cursecatchers?
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Apr 1, 2014 18:36
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Count Bleck posted:So I'm going down a list of things to pick up for Modern Fish, I'm basically building from the ground up because the only things for the deck I do have is a playset of Aether Vials, a Master of the Pearl Trident and my Master of Waves from my Mono U deck. Holy poo poo Cursecatcher is almost 12 dollars?!
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Apr 1, 2014 18:40
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MrBling posted:It's almost as if the comic book market and the CCG market has a crossover of stupid people with way too much money to spent on useless poo poo. I was being facetious, Spawn #1 is borderline worthless now. There's a handful of modern books worth money (ie Walking Dead) and it's easy to figure out why (for Walking Dead, the first twenty issues had incredibly tiny print runs because it was before the zombie craze really took off), and there's a handful more that only hold value because of a really dumb bubble that's going to pop in five years.
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Apr 1, 2014 18:45
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I had a crazy idea to build a Vorel EDH with as many counter-producing mechanics as possible; Graft, Infect, Proliferate, Persist, Evolve, the works. However I didn't play when any of those mechanics were in print so while I can get lists for magiccards.info with UG cards for the deck, I have no idea what's good. Any cards with those mechanics that you all remember fondly?
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Apr 1, 2014 18:46
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jassi007 posted:I find it funny how you guys make jokes, but a couple weeks ago someone found some old sealed boxes in his closet at his parents and guess what he got like $17,000. He posted in the buy/sell/trade thread in the SA forums. That poo poo happens man. Thoes stories are very much the exception to the rule, though, partly because everyone hears those stories and then tries to sell me their big box of Witchblade expecting it to be worth money.
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Apr 1, 2014 18:48
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C-Euro posted:I had a crazy idea to build a Vorel EDH with as many counter-producing mechanics as possible; Graft, Infect, Proliferate, Persist, Evolve, the works. However I didn't play when any of those mechanics were in print so while I can get lists for magiccards.info with UG cards for the deck, I have no idea what's good. Any cards with those mechanics that you all remember fondly? Graft and Proliferate were generally bad, infect is sort of a super dumb alt victory in that sort of deck, Evolve and undying had like 1 good card each (E1 and Geist), Persist didn't have any notable cards in that color combo.
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Apr 1, 2014 18:51
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Toshimo posted:Persist didn't have any notable cards in that color combo. Woodfall Primus? And Gilder Bairn is the stupidest card in those colors.
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Apr 1, 2014 18:57
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suicidesteve posted:Woodfall Primus? And Gilder Bairn is the stupidest card in those colors. Woodfall Primus is a lot less interesting when you are paying more than 2 mana for it.
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Apr 1, 2014 19:02
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FordCQC posted:Holy poo poo Cursecatcher is almost 12 dollars?! Cursecatcher - A worse Judge's Familiar @ 26x the price.
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Apr 1, 2014 19:03
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C-Euro posted:I had a crazy idea to build a Vorel EDH with as many counter-producing mechanics as possible; Graft, Infect, Proliferate, Persist, Evolve, the works. However I didn't play when any of those mechanics were in print so while I can get lists for magiccards.info with UG cards for the deck, I have no idea what's good. Any cards with those mechanics that you all remember fondly? I want to do something similar, but my goal was to somehow include EVERY distinct type of counter possible in the history of the game: Filibuster, Muster, etc. I would need to buy a sack of as many different d6 as possible to mark them all. Not saying it will be GOOD, but it would be funny.
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Apr 1, 2014 19:04
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AlternateNu posted:Cursecatcher - A worse Judge's Familiar @ 26x the price. Its creature type is very relevant.
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Apr 1, 2014 19:05
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AlternateNu posted:Cursecatcher - A worse Judge's Familiar @ 26x the price. Cursecatcher, a better Judge's Familiar because merfolk are awesome.
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Apr 1, 2014 19:05
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The owl looks cooler though.
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Count Bleck posted:So I'm going down a list of things to pick up for Modern Fish, I'm basically building from the ground up because the only things for the deck I do have is a playset of Aether Vials, a Master of the Pearl Trident and my Master of Waves from my Mono U deck. I don't run Cavern of Souls in Modern Merfolk. Some people run it, some don't. The only lands you absolutely need are the Islands and 4 Mutavaults. If you already have those in Standard, just hold onto them and you're in good shape. If you don't have them yet and can wait until rotation, they'll probably drop in price around that time (and spike back up a few months later). If you really want the Caverns, I agree that you should get them earlier rather than later, they'll probably climb steadily in price for a while. I like running 3-4 Cursecatchers in the deck, but some people are going with zero now and running 4 Phantasmal Image. There's some merit to both approaches. The cards you absolutely need: 4 Lord of Atlantis 4 Master of the Pearl Trident 4 Silvergill Adept 2-4 Merrow Reejerey I don't expect any of these cards to spike unless Merfolk suddenly becomes much more popular than it is now. But they'll probably never go down in price, so if you can get them, go for it. You also need 4 Spreading Seas, but that's a 25-cent card. I suggest getting some number of Phantasmal Image and Kira, Great Glass-Spinner for the deck. Both could spike in price, particularly Image, so don't wait on them. Tidebinder Mage is also good to have. Again, if you have them for Standard, you're set, and even if you don't they're very cheap already. AlternateNu posted:Cursecatcher - A worse Judge's Familiar @ 26x the price. I get what you're saying, but this is as clear a case as any that creature type can be extremely relevant. Cursecatcher is rarely actually a 1/1 in the deck that plays it. It's like saying Wild Nacatl is bad because it's only a 1/1 in mono-green aggro.
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C-Euro posted:I had a crazy idea to build a Vorel EDH with as many counter-producing mechanics as possible; Graft, Infect, Proliferate, Persist, Evolve, the works. However I didn't play when any of those mechanics were in print so while I can get lists for magiccards.info with UG cards for the deck, I have no idea what's good. Any cards with those mechanics that you all remember fondly? Proliferate: Contagion Engine and Viral Drake
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For what I play in my Vorel EDH, evolve had Experiment One, Gyre Sage, and Fathom Mage. Graft has Llanowar Reborn and Vigean Graftmage. Proliferate has Contagion Clasp, Fuel for the Cause, Tezzeret's Gambit, Thrummingbird, Viral Drake, Contagion Engine and Inexorable Tide. Persist has Glen Elendra Archmage and Woodfall Primus.
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AlternateNu posted:Cursecatcher - A worse Judge's Familiar @ 26x the price. If it was worse, it wouldn't be 26x the price.
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Apr 1, 2014 19:09
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Finally got the last of the cards for my Esper Control deck. Going to be heading to my LGS tonight to do some playtesting (read: get my face smashed) to learn this deck.
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AlternateNu posted:Cursecatcher - A worse Judge's Familiar @ 26x the price. Cursecatcher has a relevant tribe. Cursecatcher can block pro-white creatures. Zoness fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Apr 1, 2014 |
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Zoness posted:Cursecatcher can counter creature, enchantment, artifact, and planeswalker spells while Judge's Familiar cannot. You might want to reread Cursecatcher.
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Count Bleck posted:So I'm going down a list of things to pick up for Modern Fish, I'm basically building from the ground up because the only things for the deck I do have is a playset of Aether Vials, a Master of the Pearl Trident and my Master of Waves from my Mono U deck. Cursecatchers and Silvergill Adepts are much more expensive than any of the rares you need to get. Get those first unless you think MMA2 will have them.
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Elyv posted:You might want to reread Cursecatcher. Whatever man, it's still better than Judge's Familiar  .It can't be killed by plummet, there.
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uggy posted:I do actually wonder what everybody's fav/pet card is. Birds of Paradise. 
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uggy posted:I do actually wonder what everybody's fav/pet card is. I loving love Mongrel, but Arc-Slogger is the best card that ever has or will be printed.
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Did I juat have a seizure or are you guys quoting a 182 page old post?
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Toshimo posted:Did I juat have a seizure or are you guys quoting a 182 page old post? Your right, drat thats impressive. Besides we all know that everyone's pet card should be winter orb, right. edit-mine is actually ponder as I mentioned way long ago, Winter Orb is the comedy "suck the fun out of the game" option. edit for truth- I actually love unfun cards like winter orb and stasis, I am a bad person. Madmarker fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Apr 1, 2014 |
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uggy posted:I do actually wonder what everybody's fav/pet card is. Probably Dark Ritual. It was one of the first cards I ever played with, definitely the first singles I ever bought (and was outraged at the time to be paying a DOLLAR for each card!), and I collect as many copies as I can find.
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uggy posted:I do actually wonder what everybody's fav/pet card is. Judge's Familiar Best pet.
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Zoness posted:Cursecatcher has a relevant tribe. Cursecatcher can block pro-white creatures. Can't even begin to tell you how many times I kicked myself for running Judge's Familiar and I am dying to Defender of Chaos all "why didn't I run Curscatcher instead?"
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Toshimo posted:Did I juat have a seizure or are you guys quoting a 182 page old post? There's a certain purity of essence to it. Like, this thread just wheels around the same six or seven topics between spoiler seasons anyway. Why not literally quote a weeks-old post to begin the cycle anew?
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Toshimo posted:Woodfall Primus is a lot less interesting when you are paying more than 2 mana for it. It's commander; if he doesn't have 8 mana by turn 4, he's not playing green. Edit: also to really get into the spirit of things, play Melira and Greater Good with it. Just make sure you have one of the big Eldrazi so you don't deck yourself. Master Biomancer is actually probably better than Melira because it has other uses. There's all kinds of fun things you can do; Glen Elandra Archmage is a permanent U:Negate. Edit 2: vvvvv sorry, I forgot there was a commander that read 8: win the game. I always thought the idea was to play cards that win you the game. suicidesteve fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Apr 1, 2014 |
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rabidsquid posted:Can't even begin to tell you how many times I kicked myself for running Judge's Familiar and I am dying to Defender of Chaos all "why didn't I run Curscatcher instead?" Dude I mean I run into problems where my Cursecatcher can't chump Emrakul on the time! Let's trade opponents!
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suicidesteve posted:It's commander; if he doesn't have 8 mana by turn 4, he's not playing green. If you have 8 mana, win the game. Don't play dumb durdly poo poo. HtH.
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