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Magic is in a pretty classic bubble right now. It's gonna crash hard someday, but that's probably a few years away still.
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cheetah7071 posted:Magic is in a pretty classic bubble right now. It's gonna crash hard someday, but that's probably a few years away still. The bubble popping is really good for players, right? Buying a house when the prices crashed was really good if you ignored the whole inability to obtain financing part. Presumably once card prices crash, a lot of this nonsense will be comparatively more reasonable to buy? I've just been Pucatrading to complete Pauper decks, and when I look up random Legacy or Modern cards to see if it'd be worth bothering to complete an eternal deck, I just laugh and move on to listing more Prismatic Strands.
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Oct 9, 2015 08:33
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cheetah7071 posted:Magic is in a pretty classic bubble right now. It's gonna crash hard someday, but that's probably a few years away still. Magic's bubble is going to collapse in a very interesting way, because so many of the driving forces behind the bubble are frighteningly irrational and/or Bitcoin true believers. It'll certainly be a fun ride, at any rate.
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Oct 9, 2015 08:53
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Best part is that it'll be happening everywhere too. Pros will be talking about it, people will be talking about in other forums, and even in this thread there are people who unironically invest in cards. It's going to be fireworks!
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Oct 9, 2015 08:56
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I had about $200 in trade value all ready to build a new deck this standard season then  happened and I traded them for a couple of boardgames I'd been wanting to play. This fuckin bubble can't burst quick enough.
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Oct 9, 2015 09:08
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I think I am going to be playing monored with a bunch of random colourless lands.
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Oct 9, 2015 09:32
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AceClown posted:I had about $200 in trade value all ready to build a new deck this standard season then If you have been playing last season or drafting you should already have alot of that value. I mean like 500 dollars of these 4/5c decks is just from Jace and running 4x of 3 fetches. The rest of each deck is pretty cheap. If you were smart last year and got your fetch playsets alot of these decks are cheap. GoutPatrol fucked around with this message at 09:56 on Oct 9, 2015 |
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Oct 9, 2015 09:52
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AceClown posted:I had about $200 in trade value all ready to build a new deck this standard season then It amazes me how quickly these sorts of images get around after getting jpg'd. It's like there's some group of people who dedicate themselves to saving things as jpgs and then unleashing the hideous abomination upon the world. By which I mean, we have the pretty png version in the Thunderdome thread and you should totally sign up still.
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Oct 9, 2015 09:59
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Ramos posted:It amazes me how quickly these sorts of images get around after getting jpg'd. It's like there's some group of people who dedicate themselves to saving things as jpgs and then unleashing the hideous abomination upon the world. I keep meaning to do that but I have no experience with XMage and don't want to piss anyone off GoutPatrol posted:If you have been playing last season or drafting you should already have alot of that value. Played mono red aggro last season and was not smart about fetches. Kill me now.
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Oct 9, 2015 10:21
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AceClown posted:I keep meaning to do that but I have no experience with XMage and don't want to piss anyone off Get in on your O'duals and man-lands now, motherfucker. 179.84 off amazon, getting from as few places as possible. Anil Dikshit fucked around with this message at 10:45 on Oct 9, 2015 |
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Oct 9, 2015 10:38
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kizudarake posted:O'duals I want so badly for this to be what they're called.
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Oct 9, 2015 10:56
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Is BFZ released tonight on MtGO?
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Oct 9, 2015 11:14
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Lancelot posted:Is BFZ released tonight on MtGO? I believe it's in Prerelease mode, yes
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Oct 9, 2015 12:14
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Lancelot posted:Is BFZ released tonight on MtGO? Prerelease sealed and drafts will be up today. The normal release events and the set in store on Monday.
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Oct 9, 2015 12:15
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AceClown posted:I had about $200 in trade value all ready to build a new deck this standard season then lol, yes let me play $500.00+ to play Standard
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Oct 9, 2015 13:02
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I thought a short rotation was supposed to mean lower prices
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Oct 9, 2015 13:18
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Lancelot posted:I thought a short rotation was supposed to mean lower prices One thing I did notice is more standard players (at least in my local/regional meta) buying/preordering way more sealed product than normal to try and get specific deck pieces as quickly as possible. That might be inflating things.
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Oct 9, 2015 13:23
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AceClown posted:I keep meaning to do that but I have no experience with XMage and don't want to piss anyone off I really wouldn't worry too much about that. Xmage is just a matter of downloading it and running it and having a practice against someone else. After that you should be pretty used to things. FreelanceSocialist posted:One thing I did notice is more standard players (at least in my local/regional meta) buying/preordering way more sealed product than normal to try and get specific deck pieces as quickly as possible. That might be inflating things. Yeah, I can almost guarantee after Pro Tour things are going to drop a good bit since the rush will be over at that point.
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Oct 9, 2015 13:50
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Hopping Ghost posted:I want so badly for this to be what they're called. Then call them that whenever you talk about them.
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Oct 9, 2015 13:53
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Ramos posted:Yeah, I can almost guarantee after Pro Tour things are going to drop a good bit since the rush will be over at that point. Prices are going to spike hard during and shortly after the Pro Tour as players scramble to build the lists that were in the top 8. Prices should start cooling off after that though. I plan to cash out on my collection of Standard stuff around then, it's going to be glorious.
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Oct 9, 2015 13:55
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Irony Be My Shield posted:I think I am going to be playing monored with a bunch of random colourless lands. This might be tongue-in-cheek, but I honestly think one (splash two) color decks that utilize the BfZ spell-lands are going to be a thing. It can be a huge tempo swing to just drop a Looming Spire with your 4/4 out, and suddenly, their Rhino can't block it profitably. Blighted Fen + Cataract are great for late game reach.
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Oct 9, 2015 13:55
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kizudarake posted:Then call them that whenever you talk about them. Not-that-great-in-EDH Lands.
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Oct 9, 2015 14:07
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Balogne, if I'm a two color deck I'm for sure going to run all 3 fetchable duals.
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Oct 9, 2015 15:00
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FreelanceSocialist posted:Not-that-great-in-EDH Lands. I mean if I wasn't doing anything on turn 1 anyway fetching into an O'Dual is basically like finding a regular Dual. 
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Oct 9, 2015 15:12
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Count Bleck posted:I mean if I wasn't doing anything on turn 1 anyway fetching into an O'Dual is basically like finding a regular Dual. I'm sorry but if you're not at least playing Sol Ring on turn 1, let alone starting your instant win combo, you're doing something wrong.
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Oct 9, 2015 15:17
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Ramos posted:I'm sorry but if you're not at least playing Sol Ring on turn 1, let alone starting your instant win combo, you're doing something wrong. My experience lately has been that if you're not playing Narset, don't even both drawing an opening hand. Don't even roll for turns. Don't shuffle your deck. You know what? Just leave it in the deckbox. In fact, just stay home and cry yourself to sleep and vow to play Narset the next time.
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Oct 9, 2015 16:18
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FreelanceSocialist posted:My experience lately has been that if you're not playing Narset, don't even both drawing an opening hand. Don't even roll for turns. Don't shuffle your deck. You know what? Just leave it in the deckbox. In fact, just stay home and cry yourself to sleep and vow to play Narset the next time. Eh, I built a Narset deck once because I was starved for an interesting commander in her colors. She's neat until you realize that you win once by attacking with her and then never again because it's dull and people can easily and totally accidentally hate you out anyway. You're better off playing just about any other Jeskai commander for group EDH.
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Oct 9, 2015 16:38
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Bad: Buying a box just to open it. Good: Getting an Expedition Catacombs in the box, being 2 for 2 on getting Catacomb Expeditions in a box. Better: Have another box bought on store credit that will be used to play with friends. Best: Both boxes were bought on store credit, so I'm always playing with house money.
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Oct 9, 2015 17:14
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Ramos posted:I'm sorry but if you're not at least playing Sol Ring on turn 1, let alone starting your instant win combo, you're doing something wrong. I'm playing Animar, I'm not doing anything till turn 2 anyway. And like hell I'm paying colorless mana for more colorless mana.
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Oct 9, 2015 17:27
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GoutPatrol posted:Bad: Buying a box just to open it. But where did the store credit come from?
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Oct 9, 2015 17:35
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So DeMars' deck is kind of insane if you put Hangarback in the main, which he said he wanted to do after the tournament. You suddenly have a creature you can pump and combo out with that can't die to Ultimate Price or Surge or Righteousness. Yeah I'm loving the possibilities of this deck.
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Oct 9, 2015 17:49
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Some stores that aren't poo poo let you get store credit for drafts and whatnot
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Oct 9, 2015 17:52
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So i missed last weeks FNM because I was out of town on travel. I have attempted 3 different standard events during the week and all of them didn't fire. Was anybody's fnm attendance down?
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Oct 9, 2015 18:11
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Yeah last week's was down and usually the first week is when people love it. I think it's cuz of the price of standard - people might as well play modern. (Modern attendance rose.)
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Oct 9, 2015 18:17
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Prices are higher because WOTC thought adding dual lands to the format would help something. What it actually means is you need 10 fetchlands to play a lot of decks.qbert posted:So DeMars' deck is kind of insane if you put Hangarback in the main, which he said he wanted to do after the tournament. You suddenly have a creature you can pump and combo out with that can't die to Ultimate Price or Surge or Righteousness. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Oct 9, 2015 |
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Oct 9, 2015 18:37
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My shop's first standard event is tonight, and I'm bringing Oops all Rhinos. I have no idea what the meta will be because this is week one for us. Does this sideboard look OK? 3 Ultimate Price 2 Utter End 3 Radiant Flames 2 Languish 1 Crux of Fate 1 Dragonlord Ojutai 1 Tragic Arrogance 1 Virulent Plague 1 card left to decide.
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Oct 9, 2015 18:40
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Speaking of Standard, why don't they do something with Magic Day other than make it another Standard event? Restrict the decks to BFZ-only or do another sealed tourney or something. Every store worth its salt is running weekly Standard days as it is.
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Oct 9, 2015 18:41
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unlimited shrimp posted:Speaking of Standard, why don't they do something with Magic Day other than make it another Standard event? Basically nobody likes Block Constructed regardless of what block it is. The problem with running a Sealed deck event is that you have to add another 40 minutes in for deck construction plus there's the issue of people cheating to get the promos (obviously this could occur at any Reg-REL event, but still). There's also the issue that Game Day is explicitly a Standard event. End of Life Guy posted:My shop's first standard event is tonight, and I'm bringing Oops all Rhinos. I have no idea what the meta will be because this is week one for us. Does this sideboard look OK? I still don't think Virulent Plague is terribly playable; its not castable with BTL and its not hosing anything specific. I would probably add in a couple of Duress for the control matchup. FreelanceSocialist posted:But where did the store credit come from? There are like 8 people in the world who are net-positive on MTG and my guess is all of them work for Wizards of the Coast. Or are Richard Garfield. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Oct 9, 2015 |
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Oct 9, 2015 18:42
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Angry Grimace posted:
I was thinking of hosing the tokens from Atarka Red, but 2 duress sounds good. I'll do that. I've go some nice white borders 7th edition ones.
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Oct 9, 2015 19:20
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Angry Grimace posted:There are like 8 people in the world who are net-positive on MTG and my guess is all of them work for Wizards of the Coast. Or are Richard Garfield. Add me to the list, at least since I started playing again around the AVR release. All it takes is patience, self control, and scoring a collection from time-to-time.
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