I just got back from a draft, and I basically picked up
--Quicksilver Gargantuan
--Liege of the Tangle
--Alpha Tyrranax
--Clone Shell
--Sky-Eel School
--Ezuri + Copperhorn Scouts + Ezuri's Archers
and a fun early game combo,
2x Necrogen Censer
2x Thrummingbird.
So I've decided that I'd like to build a Commander deck. I'd like it to be red and blue, with possibly another color thrown in. Naturally, my first step was to select a general. I looked through Gatherer and found these:
Jhoira
Niv-Mizzet
Intet, the Dreamer
Numot, the Devastator
Tibor and Lumia
All of which seem like they would be decent generals. I'm disinclined to use Jhoira because she seems kind of cheap. Tibor and Lumia don't seem terribly great. The other three seem like they'd be fun without seeming too unfair.
Which of them would you recommend? Also, what obvious cards would I be stupid not to include? I'm sort of divided, as on the one hand I want to throw in every fun card I have from those colors, but on the other hand that's never really worked for my regular decks so I doubt it would work here.
EDIT: Whoops, forgot to mention that I'm cheap. Please don't suggest super expensive cards.
So I've decided that I'd like to build a Commander deck. I'd like it to be red and blue, with possibly another color thrown in. Naturally, my first step was to select a general. I looked through Gatherer and found these:
Jhoira
Niv-Mizzet
Intet, the Dreamer
Numot, the Devastator
Tibor and Lumia
All of which seem like they would be decent generals. I'm disinclined to use Jhoira because she seems kind of cheap. Tibor and Lumia don't seem terribly great. The other three seem like they'd be fun without seeming too unfair.
Which of them would you recommend? Also, what obvious cards would I be stupid not to include? I'm sort of divided, as on the one hand I want to throw in every fun card I have from those colors, but on the other hand that's never really worked for my regular decks so I doubt it would work here.
EDIT: Whoops, forgot to mention that I'm cheap. Please don't suggest super expensive cards.
You'll want a few counterspells(To stop people from going infinite and such) and some sweepers like pyroclasm and firesprout along with dubious amounts of card drawing. Mana fixing is awesome and you should look for artifacts that do that for you. Other than that, go wild. Throw in whatever you want and run with it.
Numot is pretty cheap, as in unfair. Niv-Mizzet sort of combined with Curiosity or Ophidian Eye, but it's entirely up to you to include it. He's fine with or without the combo, since he's the target of many removal spells anyway. Mindmoil and Teferi's Puzzle Box are less cheap and activate Niv-Mizzet's pinging abillity all the same.
EDH is all about politics. With a U/R deck, you don't want to antagonize people too much, since you lack the explosiveness other decks have. Be passive and only interfere when it affects you or to gain an advantage by helping people. Opponent sends a fatty your way? Capsize. Opponent has a dominating board? Evacuation. Opponent points a Mind Twist at you? MOTHERFUCKING COUNTERSPELL.
There are lots of cards that let you gain allies, at least for a while. Mana Flare, Helm of Awakening, Prosperity. There are lots of cards that let you gain enemies too. Mindslaver is a prime example. Above all else, don't attract unwanted attention and piss people off when you don't have to. Unless you're winning of course.
You should find room for some all-purpose cards. Card draw (Tidings, Opportunity, Careful Consideration), recursion (Izzet Chronarch, Mnemonic Wall, Nucklavee), steal effects (Volition Reins, Confiscate, Mind Control). Counterspells are up to you. You don't have to play them unless some dick plays Mind Twist. Some people don't and get by fine. Planeswalkers are awesome, but aren't mandatory.
That said, here are some neat EDH interactions, some more fun than others. Thieves' Auction + Brand. Reins of Power + Goblin Bombardment. Fire/Ice + Radiate. Kiki-Jiki + Intruder Alarm. Any pinger + Charisma and possibly Goblin Bombardment. Junktroller/Spin Into Myth + Tunnel Vision.
Jhoira: If you want to be the first person to die every EDH game, then play Jhoira. It's really fun to suspend Insurrection for 3 but the problem is that for three turns everyone at the table will be against you.
Niv-Mizzet: The most cut and dry and the UR generals. There are a bunch of Niv lists out there you can refer to in order to get started. There is probably already a Niv Mizzet deck somewhere in your playgroup though.
Intet the Dream: Probably the most fun out of all your generals. U and R give you plenty of shenanigans and G gives you the Regrowth effects and the mana ramp to abuse them. One of my most favorite EDH games ever was against an Intet the Dreamer storm deck. He set up a whole bunch of mana and politically attacked people all over the board to set up storm cards for free, then killed us all with Minds Desire. It was sweet.
Numot: People don't like land destruction. But this color combination gives you all the tricks of U and R with all the sweepers of White.
Tibor and Lumia: Noooooope.
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Jhoira: If you want to be the first person to die every EDH game, then play Jhoira. It's really fun to suspend Insurrection for 3 but the problem is that for three turns everyone at the table will be against you.
Niv-Mizzet: The most cut and dry and the UR generals. There are a bunch of Niv lists out there you can refer to in order to get started. There is probably already a Niv Mizzet deck somewhere in your playgroup though.
Intet the Dream: Probably the most fun out of all your generals. U and R give you plenty of shenanigans and G gives you the Regrowth effects and the mana ramp to abuse them. One of my most favorite EDH games ever was against an Intet the Dreamer storm deck. He set up a whole bunch of mana and politically attacked people all over the board to set up storm cards for free, then killed us all with Minds Desire. It was sweet.
Numot: People don't like land destruction. But this color combination gives you all the tricks of U and R with all the sweepers of White.
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The moral of this story? There is no good reason to dual-class as both a Wizard and a Rogue.
Some info on Mirrodin Besieged cards is starting to trickle out. cant wait for more spoilers. i think this set will be a lot better than scars was (at least scars was a pretty big let down to me)
FiggyFighter of the night manChampion of the sunRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
So, my brother-in-law got me a Deadspread intro deck and a few booster packs, cause he wants to introduce me to the game and wants to have a few games here and there.
I want to grab a few more booster packs to add to my deck, but I'm not exactly sure which to get and where to get em.
First, is there an online retailer (preferably Canadian) that I can use to get cards at a good price? I found thegameshop.ca that has booster packs for about $3.95, but I'm not sure how much shipping would sting. I'm just going to assume that online retailers are going to have slightly better prices than say, a comic book shop.
Also, what's the best product to buy? Booster packs? Fat packs? Booster boxes?
Lastly, how do I know what kind of booster packs to grab? The deck I have now seems to be focused a lot of -1/-1 counters, proliferate, and artifacts. (Island/Swamp)
1. Online retailers will be okay. I'm not sure about Canada, but in the US booster packs will be cheaper online, but only by about enough for the shipping cost to break even. You can try StarCityGames I guess, but there may be better ones out there. I don't buy my cards online.
2. Booster packs are a low investment but they're a crapshoot on whether you'll get something you want. Fat packs are more expensive but they have some things a beginner might find handy. Booster boxes are usually the best "deal" but they're kind of a big investment.
3. For that deck, you're going to have the most luck buying Scars of Mirrodin packs for now. The Core Set and the other sets available right now aren't going to have much in the way of any of those three things, because Mirrodin, the "setting" for those cards, is way more artifact heavy (it's a plane entirely of metal) than any other place. -1/-1 counters aren't big in most other sets, and proliferate and infect are mechanics new to Scars of Mirrodin.
4. There are lots of places where you can buy single cards online, so if there's something specific you want you can get it without having to buy boosters until you find it. Just make sure to shop around, because there can be quite a bit of discrepancy from online retailer to online retailer.
I would actually recommend buying cards at a local department store, if you have that option. A Fat Pack of Scars of Mirrodin would be a good investment, since it has a booklet of every card in the set. You can cruise around the book and find cards you like and try to get them, either by buying online or buying/trading from folks at your FLGS.
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Some info on Mirrodin Besieged cards is starting to trickle out. cant wait for more spoilers. i think this set will be a lot better than scars was (at least scars was a pretty big let down to me)
Are we allowed to show information for future releases? I mean like pictures, stats, or links to said information?
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Are we allowed to show information for future releases? I mean like pictures, stats, or links to said information?
I don't think we've ever had a problem before. I mean as long as you haven't broken into the FFL pit and stolen a bunch of playtest copies or something....
Are we allowed to show information for future releases? I mean like pictures, stats, or links to said information?
I don't think we've ever had a problem before. I mean as long as you haven't broken into the FFL pit and stolen a bunch of playtest copies or something....
I think I mentioned it before, but one of my local shop guys says Elspeth is going to be huge this set.
As in buy them now.
I'm taking a gamble and I bought 2, we shall see...
That new ornithopter looks pretty boss, at least in limited.
Or with time sieve.
Yeah, I think there will be some new breed of steel.dec in extended. I told myself I am done with standard come next block, just too much money to keep up. I'll keep playing EDH though, since that's more fun lately anyways.
I would actually recommend buying cards at a local department store, if you have that option. A Fat Pack of Scars of Mirrodin would be a good investment, since it has a booklet of every card in the set. You can cruise around the book and find cards you like and try to get them, either by buying online or buying/trading from folks at your FLGS.
I found the scars fat pack at walmart for 40 and a local comic shop sells 5 boosters for 20 taxes in, compared to five and change plus 13% tax everywhere else I've seen. Almost as cheap as getting a box for 125+
Edit: they're also apparently doing a Buy 2 Get 1 on singles for this week. Think I'll put together my "ideal deck," see what im missing, and pick those up.
Two more questions: what's the general consensus on card protectors? Are there some out there that don't make them hard to use? Are card sleeves allowed in tournaments?
Also, what's a good resource for lookin at decks/tips/etc? Just the official site?
TurksonNear the mountains of ColoradoRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
Oh, Battlecry looks like fun for weenie decks.
And yeah, I was talking about Glissa, the Traitor. I didn't even look at her long text ability. I'm more interested in having a 3/3 First Striker/Deathtouch elf.
I would actually recommend buying cards at a local department store, if you have that option. A Fat Pack of Scars of Mirrodin would be a good investment, since it has a booklet of every card in the set. You can cruise around the book and find cards you like and try to get them, either by buying online or buying/trading from folks at your FLGS.
I found the scars fat pack at walmart for 40 and a local comic shop sells 5 boosters for 20 taxes in, compared to five and change plus 13% tax everywhere else I've seen. Almost as cheap as getting a box for 125+
Edit: they're also apparently doing a Buy 2 Get 1 on singles for this week. Think I'll put together my "ideal deck," see what im missing, and pick those up.
Two more questions: what's the general consensus on card protectors? Are there some out there that don't make them hard to use? Are card sleeves allowed in tournaments?
Also, what's a good resource for lookin at decks/tips/etc? Just the official site?
Card sleeves are expected in tournaments.
As for resources for decks, www.channelfireball.com and www.starcitygames.com are two of the bigger article sites around. The mtgsalvation forums also tend to be decent provided you look at info and not posts. So many terrible posters.
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FiggyFighter of the night manChampion of the sunRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
Is there a specific type of sleeve that is widely used, or are they all pretty much the same?
Pretty much the same, although I know some folks have mentioned having problems with the lotus sleeves being cut to different lengths. I grabbed the five mana symbol ones and they look pretty spiffy. The magic the gathering site has a visual spoiler guide for the last few sets that you might want to check out as well. It's still worth getting the fat packs though, for the art on the land cards specific to the sets rather than nabbing a deck building kit.
I'd also suggest looking at starcity or one of the other sites, the prices in your area are a bit high, the wallmart price on fat packs is $5 higher than the one near me., and $10 more than starcity.
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Pretty much the same, although I know some folks have mentioned having problems with the lotus sleeves being cut to different lengths. I grabbed the five mana symbol ones and they look pretty spiffy. The magic the gathering site has a visual spoiler guide for the last few sets that you might want to check out as well. It's still worth getting the fat packs though, for the art on the land cards specific to the sets rather than nabbing a deck building kit.
I'd also suggest looking at starcity or one of the other sites, the prices in your area are a bit high, the wallmart price on fat packs is $5 higher than the one near me., and $10 more than starcity.
Keep in mind I'm in Canada, so when you say you five dollars less, that's more or less the exchange/region different anyway. The 39.99 fat pack price is the same at all local places that I checked into. There is an online retailer in Canada that sells for 34.99, but shipping would more than negate that price difference.
The price to ship to me from Starcity would be even worse. There were a few other US sites I checked out as well that had pretty ridiculous shipping rates. I then have to take into account that I'd likely pay duty on whatever I import, which would be even worse.
Aside from the fat pack price, I don't see why $4 taxes in for a booster (as long as I buy 5 at a time :P) is so bad. I'll look into the the deck sleeves, though.
Just finishing opening the boosters/fatpack I picked up today and got a Mox Opal!
Pretty much the same, although I know some folks have mentioned having problems with the lotus sleeves being cut to different lengths. I grabbed the five mana symbol ones and they look pretty spiffy. The magic the gathering site has a visual spoiler guide for the last few sets that you might want to check out as well. It's still worth getting the fat packs though, for the art on the land cards specific to the sets rather than nabbing a deck building kit.
I'd also suggest looking at starcity or one of the other sites, the prices in your area are a bit high, the wallmart price on fat packs is $5 higher than the one near me., and $10 more than starcity.
Keep in mind I'm in Canada, so when you say you five dollars less, that's more or less the exchange/region different anyway. The 39.99 fat pack price is the same at all local places that I checked into. There is an online retailer in Canada that sells for 34.99, but shipping would more than negate that price difference.
The price to ship to me from Starcity would be even worse. There were a few other US sites I checked out as well that had pretty ridiculous shipping rates. I then have to take into account that I'd likely pay duty on whatever I import, which would be even worse.
Aside from the fat pack price, I don't see why $4 taxes in for a booster (as long as I buy 5 at a time :P) is so bad. I'll look into the the deck sleeves, though.
Just finishing opening the boosters/fatpack I picked up today and got a Mox Opal!
Ahh, ignore me then hehe. Grats on the opal. *grin*
Have you looked into ebay at all? My brother nabbed a playset(4x) of all the common scars cards for $14.
p.s. the first fat pack I ever opened had a garruk, lilliana ves, and a foil baby jace. =P
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FiggyFighter of the night manChampion of the sunRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
I'm I correct in that there is no point in buying a fat pack once you've already purchased one in the set? $40 for 8 boosters and a pack of basic land (comes to around 45 after tax) or I can get 10 boosters for 40 flat.
In personal experience, Fat Packs have yielded better results for me in the past. 2 Jaces, Gideon, Elspeth, Mox Opal, Primeval Titan, 2 Baneslayers (in m10).
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In personal experience, Fat Packs have yielded better results for me in the past. 2 Jaces, Gideon, Elspeth, Mox Opal, Primeval Titan, 2 Baneslayers (in m10).
Well, unless the boosters in Fat Packs aren't completely random...
In related news, found a set of 4 x common and 4 x uncommon of Scars as well as 2011. About $50 plus shipping. Good idea? Bad idea?
Pretty much the same, although I know some folks have mentioned having problems with the lotus sleeves being cut to different lengths. I grabbed the five mana symbol ones and they look pretty spiffy. The magic the gathering site has a visual spoiler guide for the last few sets that you might want to check out as well. It's still worth getting the fat packs though, for the art on the land cards specific to the sets rather than nabbing a deck building kit.
I'd also suggest looking at starcity or one of the other sites, the prices in your area are a bit high, the wallmart price on fat packs is $5 higher than the one near me., and $10 more than starcity.
i've yet to have any issues with any of the "artsy" ultra pro sleeves, but i have had several issues with the normal solid color'd sleeves. i ended up buying 4, 50-count packs and 2 of the packs were cut different lengths from the other 2. later after buying a pack of 100-count sleeves, and BOTH packs in that one being cut differently, i ordered a ton of a single kind of sleeve, the black lotus art ones. so far, even though some of them are cut differently, its such a slight difference that its hard to notice when you're shuffling or playing.
i ordered 6 packs of the 80-count originally, and ive ordered 4 more which hopefully will get here tomorrow, but for the most part i think they take a bit more care in the sleeves with art on them.
i think KMC might have the current best quality control on sleeves. ive heard mostly good things about dragon shield too, but every time i wanted to order them, no one had any on stock. at least the black ones.
FiggyFighter of the night manChampion of the sunRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
Where can I go for deck builds that aren't using cards I'll likely never own? I've got a large number of cards from Scars and some from recent sets, so I'd like to put together a few decent decks for when friends come over and want to play, but don't have their own deck.
I don't have the multiple rares/mythics that most of these decks I'm seeing online call for. I've got a healthy mix though, from a Scars fat pack, about 26 boosters, a deck building kit, and a few assorted boosters.
The essential magic site has a large library of decks and combos, it's linked from the op. You can search specific cards and see what decks people use them in. For casual play the templates the theme decks use are a pretty good place to start. Infect, Proliferate, Mirran Artifacts, Relic Breaker, etc.
p.s. elves is fun if you have the cards for it. ~.~
Pretty much the same, although I know some folks have mentioned having problems with the lotus sleeves being cut to different lengths. I grabbed the five mana symbol ones and they look pretty spiffy. The magic the gathering site has a visual spoiler guide for the last few sets that you might want to check out as well. It's still worth getting the fat packs though, for the art on the land cards specific to the sets rather than nabbing a deck building kit.
I'd also suggest looking at starcity or one of the other sites, the prices in your area are a bit high, the wallmart price on fat packs is $5 higher than the one near me., and $10 more than starcity.
i've yet to have any issues with any of the "artsy" ultra pro sleeves, but i have had several issues with the normal solid color'd sleeves. i ended up buying 4, 50-count packs and 2 of the packs were cut different lengths from the other 2. later after buying a pack of 100-count sleeves, and BOTH packs in that one being cut differently, i ordered a ton of a single kind of sleeve, the black lotus art ones. so far, even though some of them are cut differently, its such a slight difference that its hard to notice when you're shuffling or playing.
i ordered 6 packs of the 80-count originally, and ive ordered 4 more which hopefully will get here tomorrow, but for the most part i think they take a bit more care in the sleeves with art on them.
i think KMC might have the current best quality control on sleeves. ive heard mostly good things about dragon shield too, but every time i wanted to order them, no one had any on stock. at least the black ones.
Think I've said this before, but the disadvantage to "artsy" sleeves is that a judge will make you rearrange your entire deck so they're all facing the same way. With single color sleeves you're a lot less likely to get hassled about potentially stacking your deck at tournaments.
Think I've said this before, but the disadvantage to "artsy" sleeves is that a judge will make you rearrange your entire deck so they're all facing the same way. With single color sleeves you're a lot less likely to get hassled about potentially stacking your deck at tournaments.
Maybe it's the anal retentive in me speaking, but who on earth would put cards into sleeves upside down? Judge or no judge, I'd find it innately suspicious if someone had a bunch of cards sleeved as "top-loaders" and a bunch sleeved as "bottom-loaders".
That's just crazy.
Over the years I've accumulated a pretty massive collection of sleeves, and while I admittedly only play once in a while, when I do the shuffling is thorough and the many, many games go into the wee hours of the morning, and I've only ever had a sleeve break when it was a really shitty type. Material was too thin, jointing of the front and back was shoddy, etc. I see a lot of people shuffle by cramming half of their deck into the other half from the top, and imagine this must cause them untold amounts of grief with damaged sleeves, but I've got some from literally a decade ago that are still holding up pretty well under use and re-sleeving of new/altered decks.
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Mr_Rose83 Blue Ridge Protects the HolyRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
Forar, I think he means arranged so the backs of the sleeves are facing the same way.
But that doesn't really answer the question either; I too am having trouble determining how I would even get tot he point where sleeves were the wrong way up in my deck...
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Mmmmm....toasty.
--Quicksilver Gargantuan
--Liege of the Tangle
--Alpha Tyrranax
--Clone Shell
--Sky-Eel School
--Ezuri + Copperhorn Scouts + Ezuri's Archers
and a fun early game combo,
2x Necrogen Censer
2x Thrummingbird.
that was my first draft, it was pretty fun.
Mmmmm....toasty.
Jhoira
Niv-Mizzet
Intet, the Dreamer
Numot, the Devastator
Tibor and Lumia
All of which seem like they would be decent generals. I'm disinclined to use Jhoira because she seems kind of cheap. Tibor and Lumia don't seem terribly great. The other three seem like they'd be fun without seeming too unfair.
Which of them would you recommend? Also, what obvious cards would I be stupid not to include? I'm sort of divided, as on the one hand I want to throw in every fun card I have from those colors, but on the other hand that's never really worked for my regular decks so I doubt it would work here.
EDIT: Whoops, forgot to mention that I'm cheap. Please don't suggest super expensive cards.
You'll want a few counterspells(To stop people from going infinite and such) and some sweepers like pyroclasm and firesprout along with dubious amounts of card drawing. Mana fixing is awesome and you should look for artifacts that do that for you. Other than that, go wild. Throw in whatever you want and run with it.
EDH is all about politics. With a U/R deck, you don't want to antagonize people too much, since you lack the explosiveness other decks have. Be passive and only interfere when it affects you or to gain an advantage by helping people. Opponent sends a fatty your way? Capsize. Opponent has a dominating board? Evacuation. Opponent points a Mind Twist at you? MOTHERFUCKING COUNTERSPELL.
There are lots of cards that let you gain allies, at least for a while. Mana Flare, Helm of Awakening, Prosperity. There are lots of cards that let you gain enemies too. Mindslaver is a prime example. Above all else, don't attract unwanted attention and piss people off when you don't have to. Unless you're winning of course.
You should find room for some all-purpose cards. Card draw (Tidings, Opportunity, Careful Consideration), recursion (Izzet Chronarch, Mnemonic Wall, Nucklavee), steal effects (Volition Reins, Confiscate, Mind Control). Counterspells are up to you. You don't have to play them unless some dick plays Mind Twist. Some people don't and get by fine. Planeswalkers are awesome, but aren't mandatory.
That said, here are some neat EDH interactions, some more fun than others. Thieves' Auction + Brand. Reins of Power + Goblin Bombardment. Fire/Ice + Radiate. Kiki-Jiki + Intruder Alarm. Any pinger + Charisma and possibly Goblin Bombardment. Junktroller/Spin Into Myth + Tunnel Vision.
Good luck!
Jhoira: If you want to be the first person to die every EDH game, then play Jhoira. It's really fun to suspend Insurrection for 3 but the problem is that for three turns everyone at the table will be against you.
Niv-Mizzet: The most cut and dry and the UR generals. There are a bunch of Niv lists out there you can refer to in order to get started. There is probably already a Niv Mizzet deck somewhere in your playgroup though.
Intet the Dream: Probably the most fun out of all your generals. U and R give you plenty of shenanigans and G gives you the Regrowth effects and the mana ramp to abuse them. One of my most favorite EDH games ever was against an Intet the Dreamer storm deck. He set up a whole bunch of mana and politically attacked people all over the board to set up storm cards for free, then killed us all with Minds Desire. It was sweet.
Numot: People don't like land destruction. But this color combination gives you all the tricks of U and R with all the sweepers of White.
Tibor and Lumia: Noooooope.
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I want to grab a few more booster packs to add to my deck, but I'm not exactly sure which to get and where to get em.
First, is there an online retailer (preferably Canadian) that I can use to get cards at a good price? I found thegameshop.ca that has booster packs for about $3.95, but I'm not sure how much shipping would sting. I'm just going to assume that online retailers are going to have slightly better prices than say, a comic book shop.
Also, what's the best product to buy? Booster packs? Fat packs? Booster boxes?
Lastly, how do I know what kind of booster packs to grab? The deck I have now seems to be focused a lot of -1/-1 counters, proliferate, and artifacts. (Island/Swamp)
1. Online retailers will be okay. I'm not sure about Canada, but in the US booster packs will be cheaper online, but only by about enough for the shipping cost to break even. You can try StarCityGames I guess, but there may be better ones out there. I don't buy my cards online.
2. Booster packs are a low investment but they're a crapshoot on whether you'll get something you want. Fat packs are more expensive but they have some things a beginner might find handy. Booster boxes are usually the best "deal" but they're kind of a big investment.
3. For that deck, you're going to have the most luck buying Scars of Mirrodin packs for now. The Core Set and the other sets available right now aren't going to have much in the way of any of those three things, because Mirrodin, the "setting" for those cards, is way more artifact heavy (it's a plane entirely of metal) than any other place. -1/-1 counters aren't big in most other sets, and proliferate and infect are mechanics new to Scars of Mirrodin.
4. There are lots of places where you can buy single cards online, so if there's something specific you want you can get it without having to buy boosters until you find it. Just make sure to shop around, because there can be quite a bit of discrepancy from online retailer to online retailer.
Are we allowed to show information for future releases? I mean like pictures, stats, or links to said information?
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As in buy them now.
I'm taking a gamble and I bought 2, we shall see...
That new ornithopter looks pretty boss, at least in limited.
Or with time sieve.
Yeah, I think there will be some new breed of steel.dec in extended. I told myself I am done with standard come next block, just too much money to keep up. I'll keep playing EDH though, since that's more fun lately anyways.
Bought one booster of M11, and one of mirrodin. Pulled out Grave Titan and Molten-Tail Masticore
I found the scars fat pack at walmart for 40 and a local comic shop sells 5 boosters for 20 taxes in, compared to five and change plus 13% tax everywhere else I've seen. Almost as cheap as getting a box for 125+
Edit: they're also apparently doing a Buy 2 Get 1 on singles for this week. Think I'll put together my "ideal deck," see what im missing, and pick those up.
Two more questions: what's the general consensus on card protectors? Are there some out there that don't make them hard to use? Are card sleeves allowed in tournaments?
Also, what's a good resource for lookin at decks/tips/etc? Just the official site?
And yeah, I was talking about Glissa, the Traitor. I didn't even look at her long text ability. I'm more interested in having a 3/3 First Striker/Deathtouch elf.
Card sleeves are expected in tournaments.
As for resources for decks, www.channelfireball.com and www.starcitygames.com are two of the bigger article sites around. The mtgsalvation forums also tend to be decent provided you look at info and not posts. So many terrible posters.
I'd also suggest looking at starcity or one of the other sites, the prices in your area are a bit high, the wallmart price on fat packs is $5 higher than the one near me., and $10 more than starcity.
Keep in mind I'm in Canada, so when you say you five dollars less, that's more or less the exchange/region different anyway. The 39.99 fat pack price is the same at all local places that I checked into. There is an online retailer in Canada that sells for 34.99, but shipping would more than negate that price difference.
The price to ship to me from Starcity would be even worse. There were a few other US sites I checked out as well that had pretty ridiculous shipping rates. I then have to take into account that I'd likely pay duty on whatever I import, which would be even worse.
Aside from the fat pack price, I don't see why $4 taxes in for a booster (as long as I buy 5 at a time :P) is so bad. I'll look into the the deck sleeves, though.
Just finishing opening the boosters/fatpack I picked up today and got a Mox Opal!
Highly recommended. Ultra Pro, not so much.
Ahh, ignore me then hehe. Grats on the opal. *grin*
Have you looked into ebay at all? My brother nabbed a playset(4x) of all the common scars cards for $14.
p.s. the first fat pack I ever opened had a garruk, lilliana ves, and a foil baby jace. =P
Mmmmm....toasty.
Well, unless the boosters in Fat Packs aren't completely random...
In related news, found a set of 4 x common and 4 x uncommon of Scars as well as 2011. About $50 plus shipping. Good idea? Bad idea?
Mmmmm....toasty.
i've yet to have any issues with any of the "artsy" ultra pro sleeves, but i have had several issues with the normal solid color'd sleeves. i ended up buying 4, 50-count packs and 2 of the packs were cut different lengths from the other 2. later after buying a pack of 100-count sleeves, and BOTH packs in that one being cut differently, i ordered a ton of a single kind of sleeve, the black lotus art ones. so far, even though some of them are cut differently, its such a slight difference that its hard to notice when you're shuffling or playing.
i ordered 6 packs of the 80-count originally, and ive ordered 4 more which hopefully will get here tomorrow, but for the most part i think they take a bit more care in the sleeves with art on them.
i think KMC might have the current best quality control on sleeves. ive heard mostly good things about dragon shield too, but every time i wanted to order them, no one had any on stock. at least the black ones.
I don't have the multiple rares/mythics that most of these decks I'm seeing online call for. I've got a healthy mix though, from a Scars fat pack, about 26 boosters, a deck building kit, and a few assorted boosters.
p.s. elves is fun if you have the cards for it. ~.~
Think I've said this before, but the disadvantage to "artsy" sleeves is that a judge will make you rearrange your entire deck so they're all facing the same way. With single color sleeves you're a lot less likely to get hassled about potentially stacking your deck at tournaments.
Maybe it's the anal retentive in me speaking, but who on earth would put cards into sleeves upside down? Judge or no judge, I'd find it innately suspicious if someone had a bunch of cards sleeved as "top-loaders" and a bunch sleeved as "bottom-loaders".
That's just crazy.
Over the years I've accumulated a pretty massive collection of sleeves, and while I admittedly only play once in a while, when I do the shuffling is thorough and the many, many games go into the wee hours of the morning, and I've only ever had a sleeve break when it was a really shitty type. Material was too thin, jointing of the front and back was shoddy, etc. I see a lot of people shuffle by cramming half of their deck into the other half from the top, and imagine this must cause them untold amounts of grief with damaged sleeves, but I've got some from literally a decade ago that are still holding up pretty well under use and re-sleeving of new/altered decks.
But that doesn't really answer the question either; I too am having trouble determining how I would even get tot he point where sleeves were the wrong way up in my deck...
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