If you're looking to save your stuff from things like Vandalblast... You already have the Darksteel Forge to help you out. Boros Charm, Break of Day, Rootborn Defenses, and Withstand Death offer temporary solutions. Consecrate Land and Terra Eternal keep your lands safe (if you've got any of the ar...

most minor printer errors (similar to those you've shown) are only a couple bucks a piece, and can be difficult to find collectors for. it's when you start getting into repeated, limited run printing errors (blanks, massive fades, and picture to game text mismatches, bad miscuts, etc) that value sta...

Duckay wrote:I would just feel dirty discounting BTE as an amazing 2-drop given the work it did for me last standard.

Don't get me wrong, I am playing mono red devotion/midrange right now and they pull their work, but there's no comparing it to naya blitz pre-rotation...

In mono red Ash Zealot is about the best 2 drop you'll find.
Burning trees only have a home now in R/G monsters and mono-red devotion (possibly something more if xenegos in jund becomes popular).

Kapol wrote:Um... that might be the case where you are, but it wasn't here. All the walmarts and Targets I've been to have them at MSRP. Meijers made it $32, but they literally mark up every product.

The Canadian dollar has been derping the last 3-4 months

WalMart, Target, and several other box stores received a very limited number of the first shipped wave. Target had them at like 35, while WalMart marked them up into crazy land 45-50ish each. That being said, those stores will not be receiving later shipments and waves of this product. The first wav...

It is entirely possible that the lesser gods do not use the devotion mechanic at all.
Until we see one of them spoiled I am hesitant to speculate.

Before you go picking up anything you should probably check to see if there are any additional cards banned at the places you will be playing locally, on top of the official banlist. Since Commander is a more casual format, some places you play might have additional cards banned (Kokusho banned peri...

While The Commander13 decks can be an okay place to start, they might not all fit into your playstyle (or colours). I will say that depending where you play there are varying levels of competitiveness. Some places might not allow infinite combos, or have extended banlists above and beyond the classi...

To be honest, Angel's wording includes MAY and UP TO so that one isn't even really that close...

(Also, out of curiosity, what's your pick in that pack?) Merchant, unless I have no lash the whips in which case I would take the gorgon. Gorgon functions as a 2 for 1 with the monstrous and the deathtouch. The overlord does the least against you (possibly not even seeing play by someone else that ...

top 8d a gpt trial today. not bad. Stormbreath Dragons carried me all day. :3

Kapol wrote:I'm betting they're going to be reprinting more of every set. Or at the very least, of Grixis.

There are two more (smaller) waves planned for later this year. November and December is what distributors have been told. I expect the price on them will be significantly higher than the first wave.

I looked at a few reviews and I'm getting a little wary. I saw something about f2p accounts only being allowed one hour of play a day. Nope, absolutely incorrect. I have played it far too much this week. Also, some of the reviews are saying the menus and skill systems are needlessly complex. Mostly...

Quick comments so far:

*Sooooooo pretty
*It is the game of a bajillion sidequests. Completionists will die.

So I just saw an advertisement for this on TV, which at least means its getting decent funding, but is anyone going to give it a try? I admit that I have some reservations about it, particularly their microtransaction model as it relates to vendor stalls, but w/e, worth a shot. If I don't like the g...

This is their format child. Their format child is stillborn if it's not a reasonable format. Their reasoning behind modern was: i) card availability -- competitive legacy is simply not fiscally viable for 95% of the player base ii) card volatility -- standard is both expensive, and rapidly loses va...

Speaking of I'm convinced we will see a return of fetchlands in the next two years. just saying... If modern is supposed to be an actual, viable format and not just a wotc cash grab reprinting fetches will practically be a requirement. Say hello to "modern masters II" some time down the r...

eaten by any removal -- not worried.

Drecon wrote:I think there is a deck floating around standard with Nightshade Peddler and pingers. Seems to work. Seems like a really fun way to go.

Staticasters bonded to Peddlers. It was more annoying than amazing, but still.

What sort of instants or spells could I use if the opponent's creature has not yet resolved? The stack also matters for using activated abilities, and manipulating the effect of certain triggers like enters play abilities. Super long example: You are at 2 life. You have a prodigal sorceror on the t...

Starting to build a (relatively casual) peasant commander deck up with Imperious Perfect, elves and some elf warrior token goodness. Man I forgot how different a format it is when you only have 10 uncommons...

I'm thinking of restarting to play Magic, and specifically, of buying a box. What expansion would you recommend? I think Innistrad looks cooler than RTR or Gatecrash, but then again Innistrad is already getting old-ish... Have fun getting Innistrad at a reasonable price now anyways. Box prices have...

Tinkering with an Esper Hate/Hatebears deck for modern right now.

Ghost Quarter >> Archive Trap >> Surgical Extraction/Extirpate = Combo castration on turn 1.

In terms of generalities, Stromkirk nobles are relatively cheap and an amazing upgrade.
Volcanic Strengths are cheap and will hit most of the time too.