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kizudarake posted:Got this email from TCGPlayer today: 3 days after me 
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It's great for buying pauper decks.
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May 13, 2016 21:38
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ShaneB posted:3 days after me  
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May 13, 2016 22:09
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Is there a spot for a Life from the Loam or two in that dredge deck? Seems like you could mill your lands away and be stuck on 3 mana with a hand full of Grave-Trolls and Imps without a way to get Bloodghast and Prized Amalgam out of your yard. Though, that's what Dakmor Salvage is hedging against, I guess, so maybe it's fine?
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May 13, 2016 22:11
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kizudarake posted:
I don't understand what this is supposed to be.
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May 13, 2016 22:17
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End of Life Guy posted:Is there a spot for a Life from the Loam or two in that dredge deck? Seems like you could mill your lands away and be stuck on 3 mana with a hand full of Grave-Trolls and Imps without a way to get Bloodghast and Prized Amalgam out of your yard. If you're worried about specifically Grafdigger's Cage, you could side into Loam + Seismic Assault and/or Molten Vortex. Still get owned by Rest in Peace though.
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May 13, 2016 22:17
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little munchkin posted:Lol at Wizards being the only business the world where "overwhelming demand for product" is considered a problem that is impossible to solve. I mean Disney Infinity just got shut down because Disney couldn't figure out how to accurately produce the right amount of figures and has an extra million Hulk dolls in storage somewhere. In any manufactured goods scenario you have to figure out how to produce the right amount of the product, and clearly define that product. WotC doesn't sell Commander decks, they sell sets of 5 Commander decks, and they manufacturer them all evenly. Retailers then sell those individual decks, but they buy them in sets of 5, just like how they buy packs by the box instead of ordering 27 packs, etc. You don't want to over manufacture because then you wind up storing inventory that is dropping in demand (and thus value) and you don't want to underproduce and be left missing sales. So WotC has decided to fill them with $35 worth of cards and keep them evenly balanced, cost-wise, so they can evenly sell and distribute them. They can't accurately predict the secondary market, only react to it, so it is risky to toss an extra $20 card into the Verdant Catacombs deck to balance things out, because they don't know that it will continue to buffer the deck and track demand at the same pace as the Verdant Catacombs. like it's easy to deride them here but larger companies fight the same problems with the same success rate, and WotC has decided to definitely make money on the thing rather than hoping they can make even more at risk of pissing off players and retailers.
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May 13, 2016 22:25
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Angry Grimace posted:I don't understand what this is supposed to be. I posted that I got an email to join the exclusive beta for TCGPlayer direct <25 bucks, Shaneb replied that I was later than him, I tried to quote him, using the SA iOS app, and instead of quoting and replying to his post, it quoted him and replaced my earlier post with a post stating that I didn't think I had spent enough to be considered a Big Customer.
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May 13, 2016 22:26
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kizudarake posted:I posted that I got an email to join the exclusive beta for TCGPlayer direct <25 bucks, Shaneb replied that I was later than him, I tried to quote him, using the SA iOS app, and instead of quoting and replying to his post, it quoted him and replaced my earlier post with a post stating that I didn't think I had spent enough to be considered a Big Customer. I meant I don't understand what the special super club is: I wasn't aware the TCG Direct thing was a special benefit of some kind.
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May 13, 2016 22:32
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Disney Infinite shut down because they decided it would be easier to license their poo poo than maintain a gaming studio, which is absolutely true.
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May 13, 2016 22:32
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Check those two drat emails! JEesus! Jace's Christ!!
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May 13, 2016 22:34
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rabidsquid posted:Disney Infinite shut down because they decided it would be easier to license their poo poo than maintain a gaming studio, which is absolutely true. also because when lego got into that market instead of market growth they just took a chunk of the pie from disney and activision, so disney's bailing before it becomes a bottomless pit of wasted money forever
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May 13, 2016 22:35
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Yeah, they were already competing against Skylanders who showed up first and were surprisingly competent. All of that stuff was a lot better than I figured it would be, since I thought it was just all Amiibo style cash grabs
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May 13, 2016 22:37
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I guess the theme of this and the previous page page is posting about our bad decisions so I figured I'd keep in theme by making the bad decision of posting.
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May 13, 2016 22:41
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Zoness how is the pro league of legends thread treating you
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May 13, 2016 22:56
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rabidsquid posted:Zoness how is the pro league of legends thread treating you i read patch notes so p well i think its like how this thread works p well for me b/c i read cardboard
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May 13, 2016 23:02
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rabidsquid posted:Zoness how is the pro league of legends thread treating you I can't imagine posting in that thread is a good decision
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May 13, 2016 23:03
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Elyv posted:I can't imagine posting in that thread is a good decision Its fun to post in when its GDT time and it's also fun to talk strategy.
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May 13, 2016 23:06
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Sure I mean, it's just funny when people talk about how much they use tcgplayer then talk about how almost every vendor on there stiffs them  .
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May 13, 2016 23:08
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Zoness posted:Sure I mean, it's just funny when people talk about how much they use tcgplayer then talk about how almost every vendor on there stiffs them I've had 98% good luck there but since I've switched to using direct as much as possible it's been flawless. And now I just get to use it all the time!
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May 13, 2016 23:11
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rabidsquid posted:Its fun to post in when its GDT time and it's also fun to talk strategy. I mean, I occasionally post in the pro dota thread (as does zoness) but I don't claim it's a good decision Idk how the League thread compares tho
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May 13, 2016 23:22
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black potus posted:Check those two drat emails! JEesus! Jace's Christ!!
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May 13, 2016 23:27
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Zoness posted:Sure I mean, it's just funny when people talk about how much they use tcgplayer then talk about how almost every vendor on there stiffs them Generally the people who bitch and complain about it the most are shitlords who try to spec on poo poo the minute poo poo shows at the pro tour. Shitlords like me, who got in on the swords unban for the playsets of swords and poo poo while it wall all under 10 bucks total. I at least got all my minute one purchases in without issue for the entire past year.
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May 13, 2016 23:43
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Two straight games in MTGO where the opponent has disconnected. I like free wins, but...
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May 14, 2016 00:47
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Huh. Turns out Izzy is just a pseudonym for Goran Josic.
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May 14, 2016 01:16
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What is the MTGO set up like? Can I earn free cards or boosters by playing or $$$ only? Can you play another person, like if Kraus and I wanted to play, we could hook up and do that, or enter a league, find random only?
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May 14, 2016 01:28
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ButtWolf posted:What is the MTGO set up like? Can I earn free cards or boosters by playing or $$$ only? Can you play another person, like if Kraus and I wanted to play, we could hook up and do that, or enter a league, find random only? Fake MTGO Money(Event Tickets) costs $$$ You can buy cards or booster packs from robots for Event Tickets. Tournaments that have prizes cost Event Tickets or booster packs or Different Fake MTGO Money(Play Points). The prizes you can win are booster packs or Play Points. You can sell the booster packs to robots for Event Tickets You can sell Event Tickets to people (need to make an offline agreement) for $$$. Casual play is free all the time if you have the cards to make the deck you wanna play. Mouth Ze Dong fucked around with this message at 01:58 on May 14, 2016 |
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May 14, 2016 01:53
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ButtWolf posted:What is the MTGO set up like? Can I earn free cards or boosters by playing or $$$ only? Can you play another person, like if Kraus and I wanted to play, we could hook up and do that, or enter a league, find random only? If you are good enough you can earn enough winnings to play for free, yes. You have to be choosy on events, probably sell your raredraft picks, and also be very good but it's certainly doable. Also, if it doesn't involve prizes it is free, including 1:1 matches you set up with your friends, yes. You'd still need to pay to acquire the cards to play them with first though.
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May 14, 2016 01:57
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I just resettled in the Ann Arbor/Detroit area and am looking to get at least slightly back into Magic, so if anyone is interested in arguing over the reserve list or rare redrafting in person hit me up over PMs. Or better yet we can cube or trade so I can update my cube.
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May 14, 2016 03:55
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edit: wrong thread!
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May 14, 2016 04:10
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Well just got back from FNM where I had to hear someone take up the responsibility of doing the monthly salty whine about " netdecking "
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SHADOWS OVER INNISTRAD MAILBAG posted:@samstod Is it me or does green draw cards better in current standard than blue does? Interesting
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Rinkles posted:Interesting The problem seems to be that they don't want countermagic to be good, they don't want to print any good cantrips and they don't have card draw in blue anymore for some reason. You may recognize these things as all blue actually does. What I'm saying is print Accumulated Knowledge, Opt and Force of Will in the moon set. Especially Opt. I'm tired of Serum Visions. Card's awful.
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suicidesteve posted:The problem seems to be that they don't want countermagic to be good, they don't want to print any good cantrips and they don't have card draw in blue anymore for some reason. You may recognize these things as all blue actually does. List buddy, negate is as good as its every going to get and you are going to like it. Is Frank Lepore on suicide watch yet? Still no tweets from him in 3 days.
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suicidesteve posted:The problem seems to be that they don't want countermagic to be good, they don't want to print any good cantrips and they don't have card draw in blue anymore for some reason. You may recognize these things as all blue actually does. Gotta wonder who's upset by these things other than people looking for things to be cynical about. Every color goes through times where they're the "weakest" color and have pieces of the color pie "stolen" from them, this has been true since at least Planar Chaos. As the game grows, they're constantly changing things, and with so many moving parts, there's give and take in some areas. Before we know it there's going to be a Standard with oppressive control decks and people are going to be complaining that, for argument's sake, green is too slow and doesn't have the tools to compete with the control decks.
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May 14, 2016 05:13
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Would Remand minus the cantrip be too powerful in Standard? What about as a sacrifice enchantment?
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May 14, 2016 05:20
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BJPaskoff posted:Gotta wonder who's upset by these things other than people looking for things to be cynical about. Every color goes through times where they're the "weakest" color and have pieces of the color pie "stolen" from them, this has been true since at least Planar Chaos. As the game grows, they're constantly changing things, and with so many moving parts, there's give and take in some areas. Before we know it there's going to be a Standard with oppressive control decks and people are going to be complaining that, for argument's sake, green is too slow and doesn't have the tools to compete with the control decks. He's not talking about standard and I'm not under the impression he cares about standard at all. He's talking about Modern, the format where Preordain and Ponder are considered too good and good countermagic is forbidden because it'll rock the boat in standard.
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PJOmega posted:Would Remand minus the cantrip be too powerful in Standard? What about as a sacrifice enchantment? Remand minus the cantrip would absolutely suck. You're going down a card to blank them for a turn, it's actually probably worse than Disperse and that barely sees play already.
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I mean we had two of the most powerful blue card draw spells ever printed in standard just a few months ago.
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TheKingofSprings posted:He's not talking about standard and I'm not under the impression he cares about standard at all. Also lol at using Planar Chaos as any sort of evidence for anything color pie related.
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