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Mercury Crusader posted:Maraxus of Keld was huge! Provided you weren't tapped out. Maraxus was the dumbest loving card ever. "IM AN ENORMOUS BURLY FIGHTER MAN. I GET WEAKER WHENEVER I ATTACK." ~Weatherlight~
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I'm strangely attached to Chromium from legends, but I think my favorite rare that I opened was a Gaea's Cradle when I was in high school. I still have it and most of the saproling deck I built around it too.
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Apr 29, 2014 21:11
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Think my first rare was Vizzerdrix. I still have a soft spot for that funky looking bunny.
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Apr 29, 2014 21:20
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Nehru the Damaja posted:I have no idea what my first rare was because who has time for that nerd poo poo when holy poo poo look at this Scaled Wurm, this fucker is 7/goddamn 6. Look how big these numbers are. Okay well I was going to reference my Crash of Rhinos card because that was my "OMG ITS SO BIG" card, but when I Google "mtg crash of rhinos" and click the gatherer link it just sends me to a random other card...each time I click back and reclick the link its another random rear end card... If someone else does that search does it do that hosed up random card poo poo?
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Apr 29, 2014 21:22
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Tonde Mo Nai posted:7/6!? That's got nothing on this loving Force of Nature over here. Man, that just reminded me of a local store that had packs of Renaissance. Italian Hellfire was something special.
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Apr 29, 2014 21:22
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OssiansFolly posted:Okay well I was going to reference my Crash of Rhinos card because that was my "OMG ITS SO BIG" card, but when I Google "mtg crash of rhinos" and click the gatherer link it just sends me to a random other card...each time I click back and reclick the link its another random rear end card... Just sent me to Kithkin Daggerdare, yeah. Magiccards.info is generally better for card searchin'.
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Apr 29, 2014 21:25
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First Rare would probably be the Rhox in the Starter set I got. I had learned from a WotC person a year or 2 previous but only got a v. basic "This is how to play" thing, then got the Starter with the foil Rhox. Favourite rare from my early days, however, was the Dakkon Blackblade I got from buying a back issue copy of the Dakkon Blackblade comic from a local comic shop I knew well. I traded it away years ago, but recently got to trade for another one (They're all chronicles printings, so white border for maximum nostalgia) and it takes a pride of place in my binder, next to the Protean Hulk and Flash, displaying proudly one of, if not the, most broken combo in Magics history.
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Apr 29, 2014 21:27
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:First rares were sengir, shivan dragon and demonic attorney out of a revised starter Sengir was uncommon at the time, I'm pretty sure starter decks just had 2 rares. He was rare for the Torment reprint though. My first rares were Timetwister and Scrubland out of an Unlimited starter. Maybe one day I'll have them again.
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Apr 29, 2014 21:35
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If we're all just noiseposting our first rares, I'll volunteer my first rares out of a birthday starter were Tundra, Gaea's Liege and a lace (Deathlace, I think)
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Apr 29, 2014 21:36
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Toshimo posted:Maraxus was the dumbest loving card ever. "IM AN ENORMOUS BURLY FIGHTER MAN. I GET WEAKER WHENEVER I ATTACK." ~Weatherlight~ Well, yeah. And he was killed by Starke of all people.
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Apr 29, 2014 21:47
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Mercury Crusader posted:Well, yeah. And he was killed by Starke of all people. And that's why you don't do steroids, kids. Honestly almost all of the Weatherlight story legends were terrible. Look at Gerrard for instance - centuries of eugenics to produce what?
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Apr 29, 2014 21:52
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Mercury Crusader posted:Well, yeah. And he was killed by Starke of all people. The Assassination of Maraxus of Keld by the Coward Starke of Rath 
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Tardigrade posted:Honestly almost all of the Weatherlight story legends were terrible. Look at Gerrard for instance - centuries of eugenics to produce what? Expensive blocker tapper so your 3/4 dude can I guess hit your opponent? Oh, and life gain, everybody loves life gain! It's a white trait! Coincidentally, Squee somehow became the best legend of that whole Weatherlight Saga.
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Apr 29, 2014 21:58
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I just wish we could get this piece on a real card
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Apr 29, 2014 22:00
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FYI: Back in the day, tapping a blocker made it deal no combat damage.
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Apr 29, 2014 22:01
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netcat posted:I just wish we could get this piece on a real card That's not my Hanna!
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Apr 29, 2014 22:02
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My first ever Magic product was a Mirage Sealed Deck, with my rares being Tombstone Stairwell, Daring Apprentice and my still favorite card ever: Catacomb Dragon. 11 year old me could not handle how awesome the badass black dragon was. I still have that same Catacomb Dragon in my Korlash EDH deck.Mercury Crusader posted:Expensive blocker tapper so your 3/4 dude can I guess hit your opponent? Oh, and life gain, everybody loves life gain! It's a white trait! Back when Gerrard was made, tapped creatures dealt no combat damage, so his ability made sense.
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Apr 29, 2014 22:02
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Toshimo posted:FYI: Back in the day, tapping a blocker made it deal no combat damage. Ojetor posted:Back when Gerrard was made, tapped creatures dealt no combat damage, so his ability made sense. Oh right. I forgot about that. Those situations happened so infrequently with me that I overlooked that. It was still four mana to do, though. netcat posted:I just wish we could get this piece on a real card What, you don't like laser gun Hanna?
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Apr 29, 2014 22:04
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My first rare was Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran from the Ravinca Boros Theme deck. Then my first rare from a booster pack was firemane angel which was perfect for my deck!!
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Apr 29, 2014 22:05
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netcat posted:I just wish we could get this piece on a real card Also my first rare was a Clickslither. I actually won some games with it. 
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Apr 29, 2014 22:14
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Mercury Crusader posted:What, you don't like laser gun Hanna?
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Apr 29, 2014 22:18
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Ojetor posted:Back when Gerrard was made, tapped creatures dealt no combat damage, so his ability made sense. Actually, no. Gerrard was in Apocalypse, which was long after the 6th edition rules changes which eliminated the "tapped blockers deal no damage" rule.
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Apr 29, 2014 22:32
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Carrasco posted:Actually, no. Gerrard was in Apocalypse, which was long after the 6th edition rules changes which eliminated the "tapped blockers deal no damage" rule. Nah man, Gerrard was totally in weatherlight:  The apocalypse Gerrard can activate his ability before the declare blockers step, so that's actually a properly done template shift to reflect a rules change.
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Apr 29, 2014 22:38
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Carrasco posted:Actually, no. Gerrard was in Apocalypse, which was long after the 6th edition rules changes which eliminated the "tapped blockers deal no damage" rule. Actually, the original Gerrard was in Weatherlight as Master of Arms and the Apocalypse version is a callback to it. And Weatherlight was pre-6th.
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Apr 29, 2014 22:39
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It was Gerrard's look-alike, Master of Arms, that had the rules changed out from under him.
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Applebees posted:It was Gerrard's look-alike, Master of Arms, that had the rules changed out from under him. I love this part of the thread.
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Apr 29, 2014 22:45
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Sleepy Owl posted:Somewhat related, I heard that the Hanna on Fact or Fiction is meant to be a self portrait. It's not just meant to be, she's got the model photos she took of herself and her partner, Dawn: http://teresenielsen.typepad.com/the_world_of_terese_niels/2012/09/hanna-ships-navigator-the-girl-next-door-.html
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Apr 29, 2014 22:49
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Master of Arms is just some Benalish dude that couldn't figure out how Banding worked.
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My first rare was some Zendikar thing. I imagine it must of been some vampire because I've spent all my time in magic making lovely vampire decks. That or Predatory Urge. gently caress Predatory Urge, I've opened that fucker too many times.
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LordSaturn posted:It's not just meant to be, she's got the model photos she took of herself and her partner, Dawn: http://teresenielsen.typepad.com/the_world_of_terese_niels/2012/09/hanna-ships-navigator-the-girl-next-door-.html Nielsen through that link posted:Above was the version of Hanna, depicted in the style guide back then. At best she's, how shall I say, "the girl next door", and don't take me for a chauvinist, because I also thought Gerrard and Ertai were a wee bit, the "boy next door", until I had the opportunity to create my version of them. : )  Hello, Gerrard! netcat posted:I just wish we could get this piece on a real card
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Apr 29, 2014 23:07
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netcat posted:I just wish we could get this piece on a real card If I had that in cardboard I'd be very tempted to reassemble my Hanna EDH deck even if nobody else found it fun to play against. Or I guess I could just play it without Stasis or Mindslaver, but that's much less fun for me.
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Apr 30, 2014 00:31
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First rare was a Revised Serra Angel. Yup I'm old.
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Apr 30, 2014 00:42
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My first rare was a Mudhole. 
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Apr 30, 2014 00:55
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I started with a Portal starter pack my dad bought me at Barnes and Noble. I don't remember what rare it was, sadly. I do remember that the Portal card I wanted the most (and eventually got) was Thing from The Deep. It was huge! A 9/9! All kids are Timmys in some way, even if I'm more of a Johnny these days. My dad still remembers Thing from the Deep, though. I visit home about once a week and whenever I mention anything Magic he asks if I'm using it. Oh Dad 
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Apr 30, 2014 00:55
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Portcullis from a Tempest pre-con with Megrim. 
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I've been thinking about getting into MTGO. However, I've heard from a fair amount of prominent players about the awfulness of the beta client. Is that thing due to be forced upon the community soon? Is it fine to start now and hope they fix that?
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Apr 30, 2014 00:57
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 Still the most best card.
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AgentSythe posted:I've been thinking about getting into MTGO. However, I've heard from a fair amount of prominent players about the awfulness of the beta client. Is that thing due to be forced upon the community soon? Is it fine to start now and hope they fix that? It's not just the Beta client; the problem is that their programming team is composed of crack-addicted chimpanzees with Down's. For example, when you cast Mind's Desire, then cast an Aura from among the exiled cards, the window containing the remaining exiled cards vanishes and can't be brought back, preventing you from casting the remaining cards. I had to concede many games due to that. The bug came out when Mind's Desire was released, TEN YEARS AGO, and AFAIK it still hasn't been fixed. EDIT: I was nosing around the Wizards site to find some confirmation of the above and found their 'community-maintained' wiki. If you're in the mood to gouge your eyes out with a rusty fork, click here to see the worst wiki in the known universe. Gynovore fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Apr 30, 2014 |
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ScarletBrother posted:First rare was a Revised Serra Angel. Yup I'm old. Shaharazad was mine I think, I never did finish a subgame though.
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