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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:More fun is watching someone's terrified reaction when you play Flip and Rip. I thought it was stupid, then I actually played it. Everyone should try it at least once, especially with a new player. I played this for the first time on prerelease, and nobody had seen it before. The whole shop watched me tear a windswept heath in half. Bahahaha so good.
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Destroying valuables for kicks has got to be the most over-indulgent thing I've heard of in a good while. That, and the circle-jerk back-patting that people who do it engage in, as if they've somehow done something noteworthy or requiring of effort or skill.
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Oct 1, 2014 06:47
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Veyrall posted:Destroying valuables for kicks has got to be the most over-indulgent thing I've heard of in a good while. Actually, the EV of a game of Flip and Rip is higher than the EV of opening a box, and it's more fun. I hope being all cool and detached from human emotion is working out for you, though.
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Oct 1, 2014 06:48
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Let's add "Flip and Rip is stupid and a waste of money" to the M:TG Bingo Sheet, shall we?
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Oct 1, 2014 06:53
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So I finally opened a box tonight with one of my pals, and we got a few things of note: Only one fetch, but at least it was Polluted Delta A couple $5-$10 rares, such as Mantis Rider, Bloodsoaked Champion, Siege Rhino, etc A full play-set of Treasure Cruises, one of which is FOIL! 
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Oct 1, 2014 07:03
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FYI, insanely enjoyable trio of Sundial of the Infinite brews with accompanying videos in the 2-mans by Caleb this week: http://www.channelfireball.com/videos/durdling-with-durward-sundial-of-the-infinite-brewfest/
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Oct 1, 2014 07:06
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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:I played 3 Purphoros in a Standard deck tonight, I won all my matches but Purphoros was never responsible. He just doesn't do much on his own, and he may be good with other cards in the deck, but he makes it too easy for an opponent to shut me down by answering my other cards. I run RW Aggro using Purph and Iroas as curve-toppers. Launching the Fleet on my Rabblemaster, its token from last turn, and and Anax and Cyamede with a Purph out is a great feeling.
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Oct 1, 2014 07:10
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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:I hope being all cool and detached from human emotion is working out for you, though. Dungeon Ecology posted:Let's add "Flip and Rip is stupid and a waste of money" to the M:TG Bingo Sheet, shall we?
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Oct 1, 2014 07:33
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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:Actually, the EV of a game of Flip and Rip is higher than the EV of opening a box, and it's more fun. I hope being all cool and detached from human emotion is working out for you, though. / 
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Oct 1, 2014 07:38
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Matt Sperling posted:6) These Khans of Tarkir Card Names "I fail at English and it's Wizard's fault so I'll bitch about it!"  I love this guy, he's like Travis Woo - you keep thinking he'll somehow grow a dignity somewhere in those posts, but he always fails to do so!
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Oct 1, 2014 07:53
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Veyrall posted:So, is the bingo sheet opinions the thread basically disagrees with, or poo poo that just keeps getting retread over and over? Yes.
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Oct 1, 2014 07:54
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MiddleEastBeast posted:FYI, insanely enjoyable trio of Sundial of the Infinite brews with accompanying videos in the 2-mans by Caleb this week: http://www.channelfireball.com/videos/durdling-with-durward-sundial-of-the-infinite-brewfest/ Watched a bunch of this (up to the 2nd version of the deck). Weird brews are probably the best part of magic.
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Oct 1, 2014 08:34
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Jenx posted:"I fail at English and it's Wizard's fault so I'll bitch about it!" I dunno, I think i'm with Sperling on this one. It's a cool name, but it's not really the sort of thing a mental 13-year-old (like Sperling!) would be familiar with. Sometimes you gotta give up the cool to make sure people know what the gently caress the card is.
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Oct 1, 2014 08:34
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If you're 13 and play MTG and aren't familiar with Bivouac re: Jawbreaker then I don't even know, man. Flip or rip your LIFE.
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Oct 1, 2014 09:06
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Niton posted:I dunno, I think i'm with Sperling on this one. It's a cool name, but it's not really the sort of thing a mental 13-year-old (like Sperling!) would be familiar with. Sometimes you gotta give up the cool to make sure people know what the gently caress the card is. On the other hand, they finally printed a card with "Haruspex" in its name and I pretty much exploded with joy when I saw it. I guess that's easier to pronounce though.
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Oct 1, 2014 09:20
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rabidsquid posted:If you're 13 and play MTG and aren't familiar with Bivouac re: Jawbreaker then I don't even know, man. Flip or rip your LIFE. dude, if a kid makes the connection between an uncommon tri-land and a dumb punk band that broke up before he was a sperm, I would concede out of fear
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Oct 1, 2014 09:22
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On the list of sins a Magic card can commit, making people spend thirty seconds on their phone Googling an unfamiliar word is way, way, way down at the bottom.
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Oct 1, 2014 09:25
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what do you guys think the value of prerelease promos of playable cards will settle at?
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Oct 1, 2014 10:42
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No, Wizards! Don't make me learn new words! 
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Oct 1, 2014 12:20
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What makes it doubly better is that earlier in the article he complains about Ć being used in magic cards and why can't we just have cards all in English....and then proceeds to bitch about not knowing what a word in English means. I dunno, maybe we should try replacing the names of magic cards with pictures of puppies and flowers, so they could be more easily understood?
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Oct 1, 2014 12:32
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Does Sperling not remember Phthisis, a word so obscure that Chrome is giving it the squiggly red underline?
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Oct 1, 2014 12:39
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I'm certain I picked up a few good vocabulary words in my earlier days of Magic, so gently caress that fool. You could probably figure out the general meaning of "bivouac" from looking at the card's flavor text and art, not to mention what it does. Contextual clues people!
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Oct 1, 2014 12:40
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InterrupterJones posted:So I finally opened a box tonight with one of my pals, and we got a few things of note: Get rid of all of that ASAP. You will be really sad in a few months when all those 5-10 rares are 1-3 and foil treasure cruise is 6-9.
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Oct 1, 2014 13:12
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My one box of Khans was Russian and I pulled 5 fetches out of it including a foil Flooded Strand. 
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Oct 1, 2014 13:29
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My wife and I ended up buying a box because gambling is fun from time to time. Ended up pulling 7 fetches including a foil Flooded Strand and a Sarkhan which someone wants to trade a bunch of fetches for. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be taking that trade.
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Oct 1, 2014 13:56
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Obsoletely Fabulous posted:My wife and I ended up buying a box because gambling is fun from time to time. Ended up pulling 7 fetches including a foil Flooded Strand and a Sarkhan which someone wants to trade a bunch of fetches for. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be taking that trade. Just FYI, that is an insanely high number of fetches to pull from one box.
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Oct 1, 2014 14:09
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Obsoletely Fabulous posted:My wife and I ended up buying a box because gambling is fun from time to time. Ended up pulling 7 fetches including a foil Flooded Strand and a Sarkhan which someone wants to trade a bunch of fetches for. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be taking that trade. If you get an offer for more than 2 fetches for Sarkhan take it. That trade is going to be crazy in your favor down the road.
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Oct 1, 2014 14:43
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Elyv posted:Does Sperling not remember Phthisis, a word so obscure that Chrome is giving it the squiggly red underline?
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Oct 1, 2014 14:50
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Elyv posted:Does Sperling not remember Phthisis, a word so obscure that Chrome is giving it the squiggly red underline?
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Oct 1, 2014 14:56
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Zero_Grade posted:I remember the CFB crew stumbling over that one during Modern Masters drafts. I swear everyone who does videos for CFB is subject to a style guide that makes them all pronounce Pithing Needle wrong.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:05
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Anyone know a store that sells magic singles in the NYC area? Putting together a deck for FNM and need some cards (mostly uncommons and commons, a few rares). I can't think of any off the top of my head that have singles.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:08
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AlternateNu posted:My one box of Khans was Russian and I pulled 5 fetches out of it including a foil Flooded Strand. How much did you pay? They are still ridiculous on ebay...
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Oct 1, 2014 15:21
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mcmagic posted:How much did you pay? They are still ridiculous on ebay... Shop owners are allowed to order foreign boxes as long as they are in stock from Wizards and whatever distributor they go through so I ended up with a Russian and Korean box for $110 + tax each last week. Gave the Russian to my friend but we did not pull anything nearly as insane as the flooded strand guy.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:26
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All these gambling stories make me want to buy an Italian box from eBay if I can find it, since I have a hard time finding where to buy Italian singles. I know it's wrong but I'm tempted and it'll be my only way to get Italian product as far as I know.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:30
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Jenx posted:"I fail at English and it's Wizard's fault so I'll bitch about it!" I never before realized there might be someone out there who was actually glad that so many cards are named Factionian Nounverber.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:35
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Zero_Grade posted:I remember the CFB crew stumbling over that one during Modern Masters drafts. I'm not ashamed at all to admit that when the card first came out in Time Spiral, I had no idea how to pronounce it or even that it is a real word.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:37
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Jenx posted:I love this guy, he's like Travis Woo - you keep thinking he'll somehow grow a dignity somewhere in those posts, but he always fails to do so! I love that Travis Woo is just becoming a go-to name for any criticism of another player, even if it doesn't fit. "Oh wow that guy murdered his entire playtesting group for their fetchlands? Just like Travis Woo!"
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Oct 1, 2014 15:37
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bhsman posted:
Woo Brews: Mt. Dew Kickstart and cyanide.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:41
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I would be surprised if it wasn't him. I can imagine him saying the brains make you smarter and healthier as he tears into LSV's head.
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This leads me to wonder: which MTG player would be the least surprising murderer? My money's on Conley Woods.
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