they are doing some crazy mtg 2010 shit look @ this:
http://www.gatheringmagic.com/images/Cards/GoldenLotus2010.jpg
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
SHROUD??
― ian, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
btw i have four decks ready to play at bell_labs' house--white/green green/redblue/blackgreen/black
obv i like green. (slow burner.gif)
― ian, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
the green/black is sort of an aborted necropotence/enchantress deck that i hustled together quickly, and we almost never use that one cuz it's an unlikely winner. when it works it works well, but that is not often :(
― ian, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
One card-printing error of note appeared on the card Serendib Efreet. This blue creature card was misprinted with a green border and a picture of another card, Ifh-Bíff Efreet. The name, mana cost and rules text were of Serendib Efreet, however. The Revised version is now the most common due to the limited print run of the original, intended versions.
Love this card, pack four of 'em in the blue/black deck.
― ian, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i think shroud means it cant be the target of spells or effects
also, that is just some online series or something, not a real card. my bad
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
too many new terms & mechanics with each expansion = one of the reasons i stopped playing. the other main reason was... high school.
― ian, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i kind of want 2 get into this but it seems deeply complicated in an unfun way?
― THE BATHYPELAGIC ZONE (Lamp), Thursday, 11 June 2009 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it seems it but if you have any affinity/familiarity with games in general i could teach you to play in about an hour.
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Thursday, 11 June 2009 03:23 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it's not a hard game to grasp, especially if yer just fuckin with the basic sets and not making any attempt to "stay current" or anything. i haven't bought magic cards in... a long time. not long enough that i'd be comfortable saying exactly, but a long time. years.
― ian, Thursday, 11 June 2009 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
yah i mean ill fuck w/ catan and zombies and bang and fukken dragonball rpg so i figure i can "get it" but everytime my friends start to explain it the whole thing seems really overly rule-y and limited. sad realness: i kind of just want 2 play because i like the pictures on the cards
― THE BATHYPELAGIC ZONE (Lamp), Thursday, 11 June 2009 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
been readin abt new sets and tournament decks this morning. don't even know where there's a decent game store anymore.
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Thursday, 11 June 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Funny that this got revived because they just announced a set of new rules two days ago to simplify and streamline the game, and make it easier to learn. (Naturally, the hardcore players are up in arms.) Or did you revive because you heard about the new rules, destroyer?
It is a pretty complicated game, but a lot of rules just cover unusual circumstances that rarely come up. The nice thing is most new cards are self-explanatory or intuitive after you've got the basic rules down.
― Vinnie, Thursday, 11 June 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i revived cause i had gotten together with some friends to play, a couple of us had mostly old cards and a couple had mostly new cards (so every game involved a shitload of reading). i read about the rule changes after that. not sure i'm down w/the new combat rules.
picked up 15 alara block boosters on saturday and am opening them now. this set is hilarious, it basically is forcing the issue and making ppl play 3-5 color decks. prob will be fun to put a deck together.
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Monday, 15 June 2009 01:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://rlv.zcache.com/top_hat_bunny_card-p137108767801135068tdtq_400.jpg
^^^ pull that card out of your hat next time cad
― stone phillips i love u because u r my dad (Lamp), Monday, 15 June 2009 02:37 (fourteen years ago) link
As an old school dungeon master, it's impossible for me to see Magic as anything but the game that destroyed the attention span of millions of potential RPGers.
And then they WOTC bought TSR, just to add insult to injury.
Total DUD I say!
― Nate Carson, Monday, 15 June 2009 11:11 (fourteen years ago) link
xp i would definitely throw down w/a hatbunny card.
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Monday, 15 June 2009 13:20 (fourteen years ago) link
this fan-created variant brought me back to the game after 13(!) years.
it's really fun and totally casual. you have a general that must be a legendary creature. all your cards must be one of your generals colors. you start with 40 life. you can use cards from every format. there is a ban list but it's just for the most broken unfun unfair cards.
the format is now officially supported with pre-constructed decks.
― Thee Macallan 18 Year, Friday, 11 November 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
the one we used to do was called 250, basically you built a 250 card deck w/ at least 20 of each color, plus you played for ante (had to be a rare though), and could play Contract from Below which made it really fun - was such a great casual format and bascially all that was played at the store I went to for years - then the rules "committee" massively fucked it up, restricting Contract, then banning it, then not restricting or banning cards that were killing the format (mostly b/c most of them didn't even play anymore), then completely changing the rules, and now nobody plays it - meanwhile Commander got a ton of support officially, kinda makes me wonder how big 250 could have been at it been managed even remotely properly
― frogbs, Saturday, 12 November 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
ok http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Andy/ProjectEBAY/MagicCards.html these prices are so retarded omg― El Tomboto, Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:06 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkpeople should all be blown up― El Tomboto, Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:06 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:06 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkpeople should all be blown up
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:06 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
should see how high they are now! (would guess all of them have doubled in price since)
― frogbs, Saturday, 12 November 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
lol you play magic as well as poker - ?
are people who pay that sort of money for magic cards people who are playing at a high enough level to be making bank off of it, or at least people who are close enough to delude themselves of same? or are they like IT professionals who don't know how to spend money
― thomp, Saturday, 12 November 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
its some from both columns, I guess the one defensible thing about it is that they are almost like stock, and I don't think the prices have ever dropped - as time goes on they only get more rare, the only way they'll take a big fall is if the game dies out, which IMO is really not happening anytime soon. my one big purchase was about 6 years ago, I bought a dude's collection for $1400 with the intention of selling most of it over time, and honestly wish I hadn't dealt any of it, as the entire thing would be worth $6000+ today. here's a card that was worth about $15 at the time, check this out now:
http://sales.starcitygames.com//search.php?substring=underground+sea&Go.x=15&Go.y=9
btw I don't think many people are making much money off of playing the game (maybe like 1% of the players), but if you can predict the market for buying/selling certain cards you can definitely do well
― frogbs, Saturday, 12 November 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
should i play the dark ascension prerelease tournament it means getting up at 8am on a saturday
― roborally.rar (Lamp), Friday, 20 January 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
sealed? does the set look cool?
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
lamp, do it for those of us who want to live vicariously through you and provide a full report
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 January 2012 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
yeah its a sealed, $25 bucks gets you um some # of boosters (i think 9?) and a promo card.
i totaled up what it would cost me to complete my innistrad set on starcitygames and its like $90 + shipping/taxes. i hate myself sometimes
― roborally.rar (Lamp), Friday, 20 January 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
haha don't do #2 you will find a complete set to be a white elephant. #1 sounds like a decent use of $25.
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
only pay for cards that you will almost definitely play with + directly enjoy
― Mordy, Friday, 20 January 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
well i dont have $90 to my name atm so theres no risk i was just curious. amusingly enough ive pulled two of the really expensive innistrad cards (snapcaster and one of the planeswalkers) from boosters so its mostly just cheap cards left
― Lamp, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
although i know for a fact you two are both way underestimating the pleasure i would get from having a complete card set
its mostly lol cuz you can buy a complete set of innistrad on ebay for like $110 bux atm
― Lamp, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I think I have a hard time seeing things from a collector's pov but I'm like aspie on the other side of the spectrum. 'what is this object's functional value for me'
anyway I will play anyone itt cockatrice tonight
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
man i just started buying cards again. haven't played since ice age. shit is great.
i haven't played a physical match against a real opponent yet, just trying stuff out on cockatrice. i've won a couple games using decks assembled from cards i actually own. thinking about going out to the burbs for friday night magic tomorrow but worry about embarrassing myself horribly.
― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
cockatrice is super fun but dudes keep busting out these like $$$ standard decks and annihilating me, would like to play against decks comparable to those found at a south louisiana gaming store.
― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah when i played iatee last he used a constructed deck that just destroyed me like i could not win
― Lamp, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
look i like the forbidden alchemy into unburial rites into sun titan into grave titan via 8 million rare dual lands as much as the next guy but at some point it turns into an unwinnable arms race
― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
aw man I like the beauty of the unwinnable arms races, it becomes all about statistics and tailoring the perfect deck
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
I mean I like the idea of it, I was very much against it when I was a kid and could afford exactly 3 of the cards needed to make said perfect deck
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
totally. coming back to magic after 15 years, with the internet-enabled secondary market and a grownup's disposable income--these serious decks are somewhat attainable at this point but my mindset is still firmly in buying boosters, opening them up and making do with what i get.
of course i am learning, to which my recent ebay sprees can attest.
― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
haha I still don't have a grownup's disposable income I just play online
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
nb by serious i mean stromkirk noble rather than 4x snapcaster
― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
this is why im only playing w/friends or booster draft/sealed
― Lamp, Friday, 20 January 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
i'm gonna play in the dark ascension prerelease. haven't played since invasion but made a new friend with a sick collection and played a couple cube drafts with him; was ill.
is cockatrice the new good online app? what about magic workstation?
i will also play people itt online. suppose i might as well get cockatrice
― chillin in the volvo, listenin' to alva-noto (fennel cartwright), Friday, 20 January 2012 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
cockatrice is way better than workstation!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 January 2012 03:56 (twelve years ago) link
it's way better in that it doesn't crash / is super easy to set up and use
but the deck builder really sucks and there is no sealed generator
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
dark ascension seems pretty neat so far, there's a card that raises all Zombies from the dead and then literally says "Destroy all Humans"
sucks to be like the one dude playing the hypothetical "Human" deck and just get totally hosed. guess you have to accept your fate
― frogbs, Friday, 20 January 2012 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
was thinking about a human deck for dark ascension actually, the human token generators + champ of the parish + all the innistrad human-centric equivalent seems like a good time. until the zombie apocalypse.
― adam, Friday, 20 January 2012 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
I like the 'stuff happens when you have less than 5 life' ability
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
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― NZA, Friday, 20 January 2012 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
2,650 results
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
37 mil is for the alternative spelling 'magic the gathering'
― iatee, Friday, 20 January 2012 04:08 (twelve years ago) link