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What's the custom for selling prize packs after a prerelease? I won the M15 one I went to and they just sat on my shelves for a few weeks until I gave in, opened them, and got nothing.
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Sep 2, 2014 21:14
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Duskfiend posted:I just realized I could probably also run Ob-Nixilis and break fetchlands :3 Gb Devotion, Chording him out in resp to your opponent cracking a fetch. That's living the dream.
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Sep 2, 2014 21:14
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AlsoD posted:What's the custom for selling prize packs after a prerelease? I won the M15 one I went to and they just sat on my shelves for a few weeks until I gave in, opened them, and got nothing.
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Sep 2, 2014 21:14
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Sickening posted:Isn't selling to other players pretty much what you want to do if you like money? For lots of people, the ease of selling to a dealer is worth a cut off the top. Plus you don't have to pay shipping if it's at an event.
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Sep 2, 2014 21:18
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JerryLee posted:I've been thinking about which delve card(s) from FS they might reprint. Tombstalker is both potentially playable and relatively inoffensive, but I don't recall if non-cat demons are a part of Tarkir. Death Rattle is perfectly reprintable but would be worse than usual in a heavily multicolor environment. This might be a mark either in favor of or against reprinting it, depending on R&D's perspective. And Logic Knot is also pretty inoffensive. Really they're all pretty safe cards to reprint, but all else being equal an effectively UU counterspell is probably going to be among the scariest cards from an environment sculpting perspective. Looks like Necropolis Fiend is already filling the role of big(ish) flying demon with delve
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Sep 2, 2014 21:23
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Thanks for the advice everybody! I'll let y'all know how it goes. I'm mostly going for fun with a few friends but we'll see if any success comes of it.
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Sep 2, 2014 21:27
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mcmagic posted:Gb Devotion, Chording him out in resp to your opponent cracking a fetch. That's living the dream. Or Prophet of Kruphix. And Kruphix. heh
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Sep 2, 2014 21:29
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Duskfiend posted:Or Prophet of Kruphix. And Kruphix. heh No Kruphix is terrible.
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Sep 2, 2014 21:37
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Wurzag posted:Looks like Necropolis Fiend is already filling the role of big(ish) flying demon with delve
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Sep 2, 2014 21:48
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JerryLee posted:Oh durr. I somehow forgot about him already. Yeah we're probably not getting Tombstalker unless they move him to uncommon or something.
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Sep 2, 2014 21:50
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Sickening posted:I thought that all the big events hated individuals trying to sell stuff and have made rules against it? Start city games definitely does. I meant selling to a dealer. Like sell your singles on tcg then take left over bulk to an event and sell to a dealer
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Sep 2, 2014 21:57
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tombstalker is way too powerful for standard.
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Sep 2, 2014 22:24
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A big flaming stink posted:tombstalker is way too powerful for standard. Necropolis Fiend just has 1 less power, 1 more cost, and a very good repeatable activated ability. I'd say Tombstalker is either on curve or slightly below it if the cards we've seen so far are any indication.
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Sep 2, 2014 22:31
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A big flaming stink posted:tombstalker is way too powerful for standard. It totally isn't. They're just not going to use it if they already have a similar creature in the same design space.
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Sep 2, 2014 22:35
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 Don't think I saw this one posted but I'll put this in all of my EDH decks forever because gently caress you relic of progenitus etc etc
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Sep 2, 2014 22:38
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netcat posted:
shouldn't it be spelled Rakshasa?
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Sep 2, 2014 22:41
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GoldenPrice posted:shouldn't it be spelled Rakshasa? It's a mockup so I guess it's a typo.
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Sep 2, 2014 22:42
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netcat posted:
Ooh I do like him
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Sep 2, 2014 22:43
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Sep 2, 2014 22:43
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Looks to be the Anti-Hoser for BUG graveyard shenanigans. I like it a lot.
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Sep 2, 2014 22:44
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I really want this to be playbable. The goblin just has this look I am really digging.
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Sep 2, 2014 22:45
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That is a massive goddamn goblin... Surprised it's not in Speed vs Cunning though... 5 mana 3/3 with firststrike, deathtouch, haste, and it shares that "auto-win combat" with all of your other creatures... On a goblin...
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Sep 2, 2014 22:46
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Ugh so good but 5 mana seems like too much for the decks that want him...
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Sep 2, 2014 22:46
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netcat posted:It's a mockup so I guess it's a typo. Raksha, Rakshasa, and Rakasha are all approximately the same thing anyway, but Rakasha is the spelling used in Lord of Light, so I'm hoping it wins. (But it won't, cos D&D.) mcmagic posted:Ugh so good but 5 mana seems like too much for the decks that want him... This guy is unbearably severe in the right deck. Mardu Midrange? Mardunge?
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Sep 2, 2014 22:47
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Cool name shame about the mana. Guess he'll be good in limited in any case though
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Sep 2, 2014 22:49
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I cannot wait to shank some ankles.
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Sep 2, 2014 22:53
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I won my store's 20-something person modern tournament last night with this. It was the first time I had actually played the deck. Round 1 vs. some BW thing full of discard and Gatekeeper of Malakir and Phyrexian Obliterators. Shackles were the all-star here. If you've never stolen Obliterator and put your Batterskull on it, you're not living. Game 1 took just over 40 minutes. My sideboarding was really, really bad but I was trying to go quick so we could maybe get another game in. Something like -1 Pyroclasm, Thirst, Keranos, +2 Blood Moon (Game 1 I saw 1 Swamp and something like 8 basics) +1 Dispel for all his removal. Sideboarding, shuffling, etc. brought us to about 5. I played really badly trying to give him a fair chance to win instead of just countering everything, but it didn't matter. My Batterskull came down the turn after his Obliterator. Time came up on his next turn, and neither of us got there in time (although I was probably going to win the race by Batterskulling a Clique.) Round 2 vs. Scapeshift. I lost game 1 to slight flood plus no counters except for Mana Leak, which doesn't work against 8 lands. Shackles, Keranos, Pyroclasm, Pillar of Flame, 1 Huntmaster, and 1 Thirst came out. Glen Elandra Archmage, Negate, Dispel, Counterflux, 3 Blood Moon came in. Game 2, I played Snapcaster, Clique, Archmage, and kept a hand full of counters. Game 3, he had me dead for 3 turns but didn't cast Scapeshift into my 4 card had and 6 untapped lands. The turn he decided to go for it, I had drawn Counterflux. I knew his last card was Scapeshift, so I was probably still dead. My next draw: Snapcaster. I wish I could say I made the pro play and cast Snappy on his upkeep, but that play didn't occur to me until Scapeshift was on the stack. Fortunately, the Snapcaster he drew didn't have anything to counter my Snapcaster, and he didn't have enough mana to Snapcaster-Telling Time into something that could counter it. Round 3 vs. Burn. Nothing much to report. His first modern event. Game 1, a turn 3 2/3 Goyf with some counter backup got there. Keranos, 2 Shackles come out. Dispel, Negate, and Glen Elandra Archmage came in. Game 2, Bolt his Goblin Guide, Snap-Bolt, Clique, Archmage gets there easily. Round 4 vs. Melira Pod. Almost as much of a grind as round 1. I don't really know Pod, so I never know what to expect. There were several times in game 1 when I was pretty sure I was dead. He podded a Finks into a Redcap to kill my Huntmaster, leaving me with a Wolf and a stolen Shriekmaw. I had to counter his Qasali Pridemage 3 times before he finally got it back with Reveillark to use it on my Shackles, again leaving me with a Wolf and Batterskull and very little hope. The Shackles pretty much removed his ability to attack profitably, and Explosives on 2 kept him from comboing with Melira. Engineered Explosives, Pyroclasm, 1 Thirst for Knowledge, and 1 Spell Snare came out for 3 Blood Moon and 1 Ancient Grudge. This game started at around 12 minutes. I kept 4 Misty, Forest, Batterskull, Serum Visions. He played a turn 4 Thrun. Naturally, I drew Blood Moon (which I never ended up casting) and he fetched out all basics. Fortunately, I drew nonlands and held Thrun off with Huntmaster, flashy Cliques, etc. Pillar of Flame kept his Finks from recurring once I started turning the game around with Batterskull and Clique. His Thrun pretty quickly became a blocker, putting us at a standstill except for my Clique Bolting him every turn. It ended up dead along with a Snappy thanks to Orzhov Pontiff. Fortunately, he tapped out to do it, and I drew a Cryptic. My Batterskull and Wolf token got in for exactly lethal. I'm not a great player, but I played really well these 2 games in particular. I could have easily lost at least half a dozen times. Round 5 vs. Infect. We split. Top 2 prizes were box/9 packs, so the winner of this round got the extra pack. Game 1 I lost pretty badly. Turn 5 Shackles got Spell pierced, which I paid, because I didn't have anything useful in my hand anyway. He killed me on his turn 5. I don't remember exactly what I sideboarded - Counters, Combusts etc. in and Pyroclasm, Pillar of Flame, Cryptics and Spell Snares out probably. Game 2, Goyf into Blood Moon was all I needed. I put the Snares back in for game 3. I kept 3 lands, Bolt, Ancient Grudge, Blood Moon, Snappy. I had to play some disruption to bait out his Spell Pierces before I could run the Moon out. My Bolt on his Inkmoth got Pierced. The next turn, my Blood Moon turned all his lands but a Tarn into Mountains. Combust on his Blighted Agent got countered as it suddenly gained pro-red, putting him at 5 life vs. my 5-power Goyf. Fortunately, I had 3 Snapcasters in my hand, so the 2nd Combust finished it. I had drawn a Bolt that turn too, just in case his Agent gained pro-red again. I really like this deck. It's the first modern deck I've really enjoyed playing. It's more or less Reid Duke's version of something I had been wanting to make for a while. I never actually drew the Keranos, but it probably should have been the 3rd Shackles. They're just way too good not to have 3. Unfortunately, I sold my 3rd and 4th Shackles, so I'll have to get replacements. There were definitely a few times I would've loved to have Keranos out, though, in particular against Pod, so I'll probably keep one in the sideboard. The Glen Elandra Archmage out of the sideboard was also really good. I'll probably try to make room for a 2nd.
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Wurzag posted:Cool name shame about the mana. Guess he'll be good in limited in any case though Could he have been a 1/1 for 3 mana and not have been broken? Probably not...
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Sep 2, 2014 22:54
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mcmagic posted:Could he have been a 1/1 for 3 mana and not have been broken? Probably not... Um, gently caress yes. I cannot express how utterly potent first strike and deathtouch is. That'd break limited and push well into constructed.
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Sep 2, 2014 22:55
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mcmagic posted:Could he have been a 1/1 for 3 mana and not have been broken? Probably not... True, at least that would have made him even easier to blow up the second he hit the board
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Sep 2, 2014 22:56
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Has anyone had a particularly good/bad experience selling to buylists for SCG or Channel Fireball? I have some cards that I want to sell and I'd rather not deal with the hassle of eBay, if the difference isn't that large for some cards.
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Sep 2, 2014 22:59
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Goblins is going to be a thing in standard. There are too many good goblin pieces for it not to be. I think this is why there were no goblins in Theros. It's like they knew...
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Sep 2, 2014 22:59
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Gensuki posted:Goblins is going to be a thing in standard. There are too many good goblin pieces for it not to be. I think this is why there were no goblins in Theros. It's like they knew... I'm still waiting to see what 1 and 2 drop Goblins there are going to be to slot into Rabble Red when Loyalist and Cackler rotate out.
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Sep 2, 2014 23:01
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Elysiume posted:Has anyone had a particularly good/bad experience selling to buylists for SCG or Channel Fireball? I have some cards that I want to sell and I'd rather not deal with the hassle of eBay, if the difference isn't that large for some cards. I've sold to Channel Fireball for credit and it was pretty simple. It took about a few days after they received them to get my credit though due to them making sure the cards were in the right condition and all that. My coworker did the same thing for cash and had a decent experience.
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Sep 2, 2014 23:02
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Wurzag posted:Cool name shame about the mana. Guess he'll be good in limited in any case though It looks like Khans might be slightly slower in standard, so I could see him as a curve topper in Mardu.
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Sep 2, 2014 23:05
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mcmagic posted:I'm still waiting to see what 1 and 2 drop Goblins there are going to be to slot into Rabble Red when Loyalist and Cackler rotate out. I will be astonished if there is not some Mardu or Temur goblin costing B, R, or maybe even some hybrid including W with a tiny, meaningless effect. (Raid- deal 1 damag to target player?)
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Sep 2, 2014 23:07
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I imagine they tried Ankle Shanker as a 2/2 for 1RWB at some point, but they came to the same conclusion as I did: T3 rabble, T4 this guy on the play would have been absolutely loving filthy if you didn't already have an answer.
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Sep 2, 2014 23:07
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I want to play this in my EDH Goblins deck but then I'd have to change out my commander from Shattergang Brothers, and debate on removing green for white (because I like having Survival of the Fittest and Gaea's Cradle). 
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Sep 2, 2014 23:10
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Mercury Crusader posted:I want to play this in my EDH Goblins deck but then I'd have to change out my commander from Shattergang Brothers, and debate on removing green for white (because I like having Survival of the Fittest and Gaea's Cradle). Surprising that there are no 4 color legendary creatures.
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Elysiume posted:Has anyone had a particularly good/bad experience selling to buylists for SCG or Channel Fireball? I have some cards that I want to sell and I'd rather not deal with the hassle of eBay, if the difference isn't that large for some cards. I've sold to CF before and it was painless, but not super fast. The one thing about them is that they grade very harshly, which is great when buying, but not as nice when selling.
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