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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Duckay » 29 Oct 2013, 18:30

I don't know; as I've said before, I build my standard decks out of trades and things I've pulled from drafts/prizes. I think the last time I paid money for a card was over a year ago when I bought a couple of Goblin Guides for $5. Of course, then you have to consider the amount of money I spent on tournaments, on drafting, and so forth.

I have a big enough collection that I almost certainly could sell off a lot of cards and afford to pay that back into tournaments/drafts/etc. I haven't, though, because I'm hanging onto those cards for reasons completely unknown to me.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby korvys » 29 Oct 2013, 18:44

While I don't mean to gloat over those less fortunate, I have been noticing how much more fun this game is, now that I have the financial freedom to play how I want. Last time I played I was a poor student, and now I have a full time job.

While I much prefer to trade for cards, that I can just buy them does make my life easier.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Prospero101 » 29 Oct 2013, 18:52

Well, that's...lovely for you, korvys. Just peachy.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby korvys » 29 Oct 2013, 19:17

Thanks! :P

But really, I do understand. I used to be in the same boat. It's actually part of the reason I started judging. It meant I got to be involved, without it costing me money, and I was usually paid in either product or entry to events.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Dix » 29 Oct 2013, 20:18

Prospero101 wrote:Well, that's...lovely for you, korvys. Just peachy.


I think Christian Bale said it well.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Drecon » 29 Oct 2013, 23:29

Yeah, I´m really holding out for when I finally get a job so that I can finally play as much magic as I want.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby WickedBoy6 » 30 Oct 2013, 17:00

Money's never been my issue. Granted, I like drafts, but I enjoy silly Constructed formats a lot, like Rainbow Stairwell, Kaleidoscope, Vanguard, Chaos, stuff like that. My biggest issue is that there's no real card shop anywhere near here, and all of my Magic playing friends are at least an hour away, if not farther.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby headband » 31 Oct 2013, 16:28

Which is a better plane to spend Halloween on: Grixis or Innastrad?
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Kapol » 31 Oct 2013, 16:35

Neither. I doubt either plane is friendly towards trick-or-treaters.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Prospero101 » 31 Oct 2013, 16:42

Grixis is NOT the shard for trick-or-treating.

I bet Bant is pretty high-class though.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Kapol » 31 Oct 2013, 17:18

Innistrad isn't much better. The candy's likely poisoned, you have a 1 in 1.000000001 chance of running into an actual vampire, and nobody will think you're dressed up due to everyone wearing stupid outfits.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Dix » 31 Oct 2013, 17:46

Bant would have that ridiculous costume themed party where they spend megabucks on their costumes and no matter what you throw together, one of them has done it 'better' and spent way more on it.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby ZePancakes » 31 Oct 2013, 18:31

In Bant the person who wears the most sigils wins the costume contest.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Prospero101 » 31 Oct 2013, 18:54

It's better than Esper. They just kill all the other contestants and gain a bunch of life because they're all ASSHOLES.

Ahem. Sorry.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby headband » 31 Oct 2013, 20:45

Jund and Naya wouldn't even have parties. They'd just have giant creatures that think you're the treat.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Kapol » 31 Oct 2013, 21:50

I actually think Naya would have a party. They actually seem like the most communal of all the shards.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Prospero101 » 31 Oct 2013, 21:52

I always thought that Naya was the closest to being a "nice" shard. A friendly shard. Opposite of this would probably be Grixis.

Passing over the fact that Grixis is my favorite shard and what that might say about me...
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby korvys » 31 Oct 2013, 21:57

What about Ravnica? You know Rakdos knows how to party.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Kapol » 31 Oct 2013, 22:14

I actually mentioned Ravnica in my first post on the matter. But if you're going to a Halloween party, the Orzhov are the way to go. Creepy creatures (thralls) and ghosts acting as guests and labor. Selesnya seems like it'd have a more upper-class party, maybe a masquerade-type event, mostly since they're the 'we're all one' mentality. Rakdos would have the most insane, and deadly, party. Simic seems the most natural party, though the 'costumes' might be surprisingly lifelike. Izzet... might, but it'd end in an explosion or have candy with weird effects. Not sure what other guilds would have parties though... Gruul isn't into organized events. Dimir is too scattered to gather like that. Azorious and Boros would be too high-strung for a party. Maybe Golgari, but they seem like they live Halloween.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Prospero101 » 01 Nov 2013, 05:17

Speaking as an agent of House Dimir-er, speaking as an agent of the Undercity Couriers, we're too...busy...to have a Halloween party.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Dix » 01 Nov 2013, 11:25

So I think I made out like quite a bandit with the 2013 Commander stuff today. My LGS of choice got less than they were hoping to shipment wise and they weren't even going to be able to fill their orders but the owner told me one of the other LGS in town had tons. I hated not giving them the sale on it so I picked up a Commander deck box and some sleeves. I then booked it over to the other LGS and they had a crazy awesome deal with a 5 for $119.99 so I basically got one of the decks for free (it was $29.99 for one).

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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Utilitarian » 01 Nov 2013, 20:45

Psst, Dix. Scale down your image size. It's colossal.

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Beat mono-blue, and then Mono-Black and Dimir controls (woo!).

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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Prospero101 » 01 Nov 2013, 21:59

What's in the Simic Slaw, Utilitarian?

...no, seriously, I'd like to know what's in your deck.
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Utilitarian » 01 Nov 2013, 23:57

... Lots of things. ^_^

In all seriousness, this is what I'm calling the Mk IV version of the deck. It's gone through a lot of iterations, this one has the least blue in it of them so far. It's supposed to have one more Master Biomancer and one less something else but I haven't been able to trade for one yet.

4 Breeding Pool
12 Forest
2 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
4 Temple of Mystery
2 Island

2 Prime Speaker Zegana
4 Nylea, God of the Hunt
4 Elvish Mystic
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
2 Sylvan Caryatid
2 Polukranos, World Eater
3 Boon Satyr
1 Master Biomancer
4 Experiment One
4 Reverent Hunter
3 Karametra's Acolyte

3 Cyclonic Rift

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SB: 2 Pithing Needle
SB: 1 AEtherling
SB: 1 Scavenging Ooze
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Re: The General Magic: The Gathering Thread

Postby Prospero101 » 02 Nov 2013, 05:48

Huh. I must admit, that's not what I think of when I picture a Simic deck, but it certainly looks fun.
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