there was originally some card that involved ripping one of your opponents cards that got "banned" under the sanctioned rules...have no idea what it was called.
I had a mox sapphire! and sold basically everything i had owned at some point in '98 (when i was 19) probably for like 450 on ebay...
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 02:25 (sixteen years ago) link
spent several hours on saturday night playing Magic with ian and was pretty consistently beaten by his blue & black deck.
― elmo argonaut, Monday, 29 October 2007 14:04 (sixteen years ago) link
people used to call blue and black decks "bruise" decks.
― Ronan, Monday, 29 October 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
apparently people play creatures in type 2 nowadays? I am sort of suspicious of this, it's not pokemon. I wish I hadn't lost all my cards.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Monday, 29 October 2007 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i am so mad i couldn't find my old white/green deck when i was home this weekend.
― ian, Monday, 29 October 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
my favorite is the red & white deck.
― bell_labs, Monday, 29 October 2007 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Ronan, Monday, October 29, 2007 9:16 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link
fuck yeah
― deej, Monday, 29 October 2007 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
red & white is a hard deck to play!
― max, Monday, 29 October 2007 16:54 (sixteen years ago) link
there were good all red or all green decks around the time the "mirages" (was that its name) edition of cards came out.
― Ronan, Monday, 29 October 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Lightweights. I suspect Gravel may be hardcore, if he's referring to the fact that Morphling used to be the only playable creature.
Creatures are for Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. Magic is a game of technique.
― s. morris, Monday, 29 October 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I can only say all this after spending way too much time sniping cards on eBay in order to play something like 3 times in the last year.
The fortunate thing is that Magic card prices seem to be way more stable than the dollar, so that's money in the bank folks.
― s. morris, Monday, 29 October 2007 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I did Magic waaay early on. By the time I was too cool for it I gave everything to some neighborhood kid, if only I had sold it for $$$ ;_;
― Jordan, Monday, 29 October 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Was not at all impressed by Wizards Of The Coast's headquarters. It's like a mile from Ikea in Renton and looks like any other corporate headquarters. I at least expected animatronic dragons or constant fireworks displays or something other than reflective glass and a fucking fountain.
― s. morris, Monday, 29 October 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
By the time I was too cool for it I gave everything to some neighborhood kid, if only I had sold it for $$$ ;_;
-- Jordan, Monday, October 29, 2007 2:25 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
i did this too ;_;
― deej, Monday, 29 October 2007 19:35 (sixteen years ago) link
jordan is leading my parallel life i think
type I was all about DUAL LANDS right? my best deck was mostly blue, counterspells, those djinns that only cost 3 that were misprinted green; then red & white & green sprinkled in also...black was fairly worthless. i miss my magic cards!@!!
― johnny crunch, Monday, 29 October 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
black can be great if you play it right, especially with red or blue!
― max, Monday, 29 October 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
i had a black/red deck for a long time but all my best cards were green/white so i tended to stick to that
my best deck was mostly blue, counterspells, those djinns that only cost 3 that were misprinted green
Now we're talking. Your mox sapphire alone would go for like $400 on eBay.
― s. morris, Monday, 29 October 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
i know! damn my 19 yr old self!!
cant remember what else was in it. maybe JUGGERNAUTS? the (actual) green djinn that was 4/5 and only cost 4 to cast? dunno...
― johnny crunch, Monday, 29 October 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
this dude, so bad ass:
http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=1221
― johnny crunch, Monday, 29 October 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
MAGIC CARDS.
so we have three decks now.
blue/black: all counterspell, hymm to tourach, serendib efreet, dark ritual, sengir vampire, demonic tutor etc. brainstorms & frantic search.
green/white: standard ernham djinn/serra angel/armageddon deck with sol ring, dual lands, savannahs, giant growth, savannah lions & llanowar elves.
red/green: needs taigas. blood lust/giant growth/kird ape. plus fireballs & 'bolts, assorted creatures and creature enhancers with an eye towards quick playability. i think the red/green deck has the maze of ith. there are also lots of coin-flipping cards in this one, like bottle of suleiman, mana clash and mijae djinn.
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:35 (sixteen years ago) link
the blue/black deck also has some other kind of efreet that costs only 3 for a 4/4 flier, but the downside is that it lets the opponent draw three cards!!
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Use that to cycle their deck
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:44 (sixteen years ago) link
-- ian, Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:37 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Probably not worth it. If the main strategy of the deck is control through counters and discard it doesn't do a lot of good to give your opponent three cards to regain tempo/replenish their hand. Do you already have force spikes in there?
I need to sell my cards. Dual lands go for mad cash on eBay.
― s. morris, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 06:13 (sixteen years ago) link
maze of ith is one of my favorite cards
― max, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 06:16 (sixteen years ago) link
damn
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 06:19 (sixteen years ago) link
It was a really fun game as far as I remember. And when I was 18, me and my friends figured out that a couple of bottles of whiskey and a marathon Magic tournament was far and away the best way to get through an acid comedown.
― chap, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Picture, at least, is rad. I knew some folks about 15 years ago who did nothing but play Magic and do bong hits all day. I called their house the Maze of Ith.
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:49 (sixteen years ago) link
-- ian, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:37 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Link
i think it's an indentured djinn?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ maze of ith
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
maze of ith vs. mishra's factory
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Are you playing with restrictions and stuff?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
not particularly. there's only one demonic tutor in the black deck, though there could be two i guess. old habits, etc. also, only one sol ring in the green/white deck.
the indentured djinn is unnecessary (what with 4x serendib efreet and 4x sengir vamp) but still fun and low casting cost. i have no force spikes. i played from revised through about weatherlight, then again for mercadian masques. nothing since. i kind of want to pick up some tenth edition boosters, only because i don't want to buy birds of paradise on ebay.
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I could also use some HOWLING MINEs.
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
also ideally, i would like some hypnotic specters so that i can take out the indentured djinns.
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Ian, I played for about the same timeframe as you. Last summer a couple friends and I split a box of 10th and were pretty disappointed. What they do now is keep the current edition cards really simple/boring, and put the more interesting cards/cool mechanics in the expansions.
I had a sweet blue/white counterspell deck. Counterspells, disenchants, icy manipulators, and just a couple creatures to finish the job. I had these sweet 2/2 blue/white flying guys who didn't tap to attack, great two-way creature for a deck like that.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
any one ever play online? not the WOTC approved pay-to-play but the janky lo-fi programs? Doesn't look like there's any for Macs.
Was immensely disappointed when I stumbled upon the Wizards of the Coast headquarters by. Had to pick up some shit at IKEA and it's like right down the road. There were no animitronic dragons flying around and no fireworks displays. Just some shitty modern building with reflective glass windows and a stupid fountain. DUD
― s. morris, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
-- s. morris, Monday, October 29, 2007 7:29 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Link
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
and I was totally going to offer to mail you some force spikes. Not anymore, buster!
― s. morris, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I would stay away from boosters, though. Stupidly expensive and you'll just end up with a bunch of worthless cards.
― s. morris, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Also you'll hate yourself.
I think I'll hate myself just as much if I buy cards on ebay. I'm not particularly competitive about it; the only person I play with regularly is bell_labs. I do all the deck construction, but I've run out of things to do with my backlog of cards. Any deck I make now will undoubtedly be much weaker than the ones we currently play with. As it is, the red/green deck is at a disadvantage.
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Which of you nerds wants to sell me your old copy of the Talisman board game? Been missing that one lately and it's about as involved a game as I could possibly make time for now.
***
Oh yeah, I was at Gen Con/Origins '88 bitches! The gender ration at that con successfully cured me of RPGs for the last 20 years.
:)
NC
― Nate Carson, Friday, 29 February 2008 12:08 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.wizards.com/magic/images/whatcolor_isgreen.jpgTake the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
― bell_labs, Friday, 29 February 2008 16:03 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty accurate actually!
Blue You value knowledge, logic, and deceit. You love to pursue wisdom but also to manipulate and deceive. At your best, you are brilliant and progressive. At your worst, you are treacherous and cold. Your symbol is a water droplet. Your enemies are green and red.
― max, Friday, 29 February 2008 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.wizards.com/magic/images/whatcolor_isred.jpg
― ian, Friday, 29 February 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm making a green/black variation on necropotence using greed & dark heart of the wood combined with drain life/tutors/stream of life/elves that give me forests when they come into play.
― ian, Friday, 29 February 2008 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
also channel & initiates of the ebon hand for drain life.