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80s James Hetfield posted:Do they not stream any of the day one events?
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JerryLee posted:insecure nerd 
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Sep 1, 2017 18:58
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Those lands actually look great. It isn't like Jace Mugshot In Front Of A Tree, it's, like he's a tiny figure in a massive landscape, giving a quiet and contemplative edge to these massive cliffs. We get Mountains every set, but we don't get someone silhouetted among them. It's rare we get a scene like this.  The swamp is the only one that has him as anything but a speck, and it's the only one that lacks the grandeur as a result. So just don't play anything black with Jacsics and they're great.
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Sep 1, 2017 19:21
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That Swamp still looks great, and I'm going to run foil playsets of all the Jace lands just to piss grogs off
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Sep 1, 2017 19:52
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Tainen posted:Card Kingdom has pre orders for them at around $2 a piece. We don't expect them to go any higher due to being reprints right? I had a hard time getting into Standard because the Kaladesh lands are so expensive but these I can do. When you place a preorder for a single, are you basically in a queue to get them as the vendor buys them? Or are they opening up sealed product at distributor cost?
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Sep 1, 2017 20:13
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Flip Yr Wig posted:When you place a preorder for a single, are you basically in a queue to get them as the vendor buys them? Or are they opening up sealed product at distributor cost? Most of the big distributors receive the sealed product well before the go live date. They can open them as they please. They just can't hand it over (ship it) until the go live date. You can roughly guess your quantity of each card based on how much sealed product you are getting from WOTC at that level. Even the smaller shops that give the distributor middle men their money get the product well in advance and can guess how much of each card on the same math. The big places... star city, channel fireball, troll & toad, make a lot of their money on singles and such because they spend the least for it. Sickening fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Sep 1, 2017 |
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Sep 1, 2017 20:15
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Flip Yr Wig posted:When you place a preorder for a single, are you basically in a queue to get them as the vendor buys them? Or are they opening up sealed product at distributor cost? the latter: you'll see repacks on ebay where the distributors unload the cards they didn't want for presales
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Sep 1, 2017 20:17
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Flip Yr Wig posted:When you place a preorder for a single, are you basically in a queue to get them as the vendor buys them? Or are they opening up sealed product at distributor cost? Not sure. I assume they open up a million boxes at release and probably cap the preorders at a level that is reasonable. When HOU came out I ordered a set of the gods and a few other random rares and just picked them up during lunch time on release day.
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Sep 1, 2017 20:17
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Flip Yr Wig posted:When you place a preorder for a single, are you basically in a queue to get them as the vendor buys them? Or are they opening up sealed product at distributor cost? opening product
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Sep 1, 2017 20:19
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Also from people trading stuff in at pre-releases, even small LGS's will "pre-order" stuff a week ahead of time as they buy it up after prerelease from players.
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Sep 1, 2017 20:37
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 I'm probably crazy but I feel like if pirate jace is a real card this actually has a shot at making it into standard
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Sep 1, 2017 21:05
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Elyv posted:
Is a 2 for 2/3 unblockable creature playable in any standard? What does your heart tell you? (Much less for one that isn't always 2/3
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Sep 1, 2017 21:28
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Tainen posted:Not sure. I assume they open up a million boxes at release and probably cap the preorders at a level that is reasonable. When HOU came out I ordered a set of the gods and a few other random rares and just picked them up during lunch time on release day. Card Kingdom hires extra temp workers and offers extra hours for pack opening and sorting prior to new set releases so they can have them shipped immediately once the release window opens.
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Sep 1, 2017 21:33
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There are zero good Jaces in the format and there are zero good equipment in the format, so it's very unlikely.
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Sep 1, 2017 21:33
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Gotta agree that the Jasic lands are actually really dope
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Sep 1, 2017 21:38
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Jace has started working out and is pretty hot now so he's all good in my book. Never really got the weird performative internet-hate thing for him anyway.
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Sep 1, 2017 22:22
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ZeroCount posted:Jace has started working out and is pretty hot now so he's all good in my book. Never really got the weird performative internet-hate thing for him anyway. 90% of his flavor text quotes are the definition of 
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Sep 1, 2017 22:44
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ZeroCount posted:Jace has started working out and is pretty hot now so he's all good in my book. Never really got the weird performative internet-hate thing for him anyway. We all just wanted Tibbers and Fblthp to get their time in the spotlight.
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Sep 1, 2017 23:04
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The word "Jace" has been in flavor text 49 times. Only about ten of them are smug quotes, by my count. Jace's main province is actually metaphysical technobabble, with a side helping of explaining plot points. Notable recently is a rise in "Jace gets dunked" flavor text, starting with Unsubstantiate and recently appearing in HOU with Jace's Defeat. It's a new and rare specimen, but worth observing. A lot of the smug flavor text is centered earlier, with Wizards actually trying to dial it down! In fact, he hasn't been classic Ertai-level smug since Magic Origins, with Psychic Rebuttal. But still, Omniscience is so godawful that it will stain him forever, RIP Jace.
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Sep 1, 2017 23:19
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:The word "Jace" has been in flavor text 49 times. Only about ten of them are smug quotes, by my count. Jace's main province is actually metaphysical technobabble, with a side helping of explaining plot points. I just realized Jace is walking across the Planeswalker symbol in Omniscience. Dunno how I missed that.
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Sep 1, 2017 23:21
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Man, there was a smug wizard that I liked. Teferi, too. Why were those two so (reasonably) popular compared to Jace? Was it just that story characters took such a smaller role on cards and that stopped us from being bombarded with them?
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Sep 2, 2017 00:10
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Aranan posted:Man, there was a smug wizard that I liked. Teferi, too. Why were those two so (reasonably) popular compared to Jace? Was it just that story characters took such a smaller role on cards and that stopped us from being bombarded with them? Honestly it's because Smug-rear end Nerd wasn't as overdone a trope 15-20 years ago as it is now.
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Sep 2, 2017 00:34
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Characters actually showing up on the land is an idea I wish they'd come up with years ago. Gimme some snow covered lands with Disa the Restless wandering around, that'd be sweet. I don't know what Disa looks like but I assume a pal on a mammoth going 'holy poo poo, some rocks!' at everything. Aranan posted:Man, there was a smug wizard that I liked. Teferi, too. Why were those two so (reasonably) popular compared to Jace? Was it just that story characters took such a smaller role on cards and that stopped us from being bombarded with them?
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Aranan posted:Man, there was a smug wizard that I liked. Teferi, too. Why were those two so (reasonably) popular compared to Jace? Was it just that story characters took such a smaller role on cards and that stopped us from being bombarded with them? Story characters actually took a much larger role on cards during the Weatherlight Saga. It's just that Ertai wasn't one of the main characters. There are people who hate Gerrard flavor text, though. Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Sep 2, 2017 |
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Sep 2, 2017 02:04
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Aranan posted:Man, there was a smug wizard that I liked. Teferi, too. Why were those two so (reasonably) popular compared to Jace? Was it just that story characters took such a smaller role on cards and that stopped us from being bombarded with them? What Lone Goat said, and also that he was part of an ensemble cast who was portrayed in a more balanced way from the beginning (or at least so it seemed to 18-year-old me). Orange Fluffy Sheep has mentioned that Jace has been getting dunked on a bit more recently, and credit to Creative for that, but as the saying goes, you never get a second chance to make the right first impression. Ertai getting a dose of humility/comeuppance was something that was being shown or alluded to at least as early as the second set he ever appeared in (witness Meditate and Ancient Runes); Jace spent years being for all practical purposes played completely straight.
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Sep 2, 2017 02:50
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Count Bleck posted:I just realized Jace is walking across the Planeswalker symbol in Omniscience. Dunno how I missed that. it implies he realized he was a fictional character, which is a trope i like in fiction so i'm cool with it
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Sep 2, 2017 03:13
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I don't have a problem with the text on Omniscience, it's an appropriate and unpretentious reflection from a character who had greatness thrust upon them. I reserve my derision for writing like that on Counterspell, which is peak anime fanfiction: 
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Sep 2, 2017 04:21
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Got 6th at draft FNM with RG commons/uncommons. Places 1-5 got a Fatal Push. :| My match loss was to the 1st place guy who opened the Scorpion God and had all the removal to go with it. I actually had some answers to the god (Puncturing Blow and Struggle//Survive and took a match off of him), but that's a hard card to beat. At least I have 4 more chances, I guess.
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Had a solid draft tonight. Opened an invocation No Mercy and followed it up with a Cruel Reality. Made a blue black control deck with lots and lots of removal. LGS didn't have any of the fatal push promos, though  I still flooded out one match, though. Carl Killer Miller fucked around with this message at 06:46 on Sep 2, 2017 |
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Sep 2, 2017 06:26
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Eikre posted:I don't have a problem with the text on Omniscience, it's an appropriate and unpretentious reflection from a character who had greatness thrust upon them. hahahahaha "Jace sighed and drew his katana"
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Sep 2, 2017 07:57
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The JVC Counterspell has my favorite Counterspell illustration though
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Sep 2, 2017 08:45
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I quite like that they are using basic land illustrations to show plot points. Just as long as they don't look like jace's holiday snaps.
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Sep 2, 2017 11:10
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Dysgenesis posted:I quite like that they are using basic land illustrations to show plot points. Just as long as they don't look like jace's holiday snaps. I hope that, when they get around to their stories, the Chandra or Nissa ones are though. Just imagine them doing selfies at fabulous locations. Imagine the impotent nerd rage as you play selfie basics.
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Sep 2, 2017 13:55
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Cernunnos posted:the Chandra or Nissa ones Or?????
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Dysgenesis posted:I quite like that they are using basic land illustrations to show plot points. Just as long as they don't look like jace's holiday snaps. The entirety of Magic is basically just showing off your holiday snaps, it's only fitting that be represented on cards.
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Sep 2, 2017 15:27
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Cernunnos posted:I hope that, when they get around to their stories, the Chandra or Nissa ones are though. I'd play Chandra selfie basics only because that would be funny and WotC catching onto a trend way, waaaaay too late.
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Sep 2, 2017 15:40
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Too bad it would be too late for a selfie stick invention.
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Sep 2, 2017 15:43
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Count Bleck posted:I'd play Chandra selfie basics only because that would be funny and WotC catching onto a trend way, waaaaay too late. "wotc catching onto a trend way too late" is going to be a huge chunk of the cards in the new Un-set, so get ready for that.
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Sep 2, 2017 15:45
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Are they really not streaming the SCG Grand Prix in favor the loving Italy one?!
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I would support a set that is entirely art of the gatewatch taking selfies with things solely to annoy this thread.
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