Bought 3 boxes of Japanese M12 and did decent IMO:
1 of each PW, with 2 Chandra, 2 P. Titans, 1 Sun Titan, 1 Grave Titan, Bloodlord, Hydra, a bunch of other stuff, and of course, my favorite, foil Ponder!
Picked up 2 boxes and a fat pack. In the fat pack I pulled a Sun Titan. First box netted me a Chandra, a Primeval Titan, a Gideon Jura, and a Furyborn Hellkite. The second box gave me a Jace, another furyborn, another Primeval, an inferno Titan, and an angelic Destiny. I also got most of the fares that I wanted, and was able to trade several of the doubles that I got to pick up Garruk and a Grave Titan (the only one I was still missing.)
Went to Core 2012 prerelease. On my way out I decided to impulse purchase a New Phyrexia pack. Noticed it was the last pack in the box. Opened it to find a phyrexian obliterator. Awesome.
At the release on the 15th, during the draft tourney, someone opened holo Chandra..the other rare..Gideon.
While it wasn't at my table, a friend of mine was at the table (he got the Gideon) this happened at, and I played the person that pulled the Chandra, so I can confirm it.
Just..what the hell are the odds on something like that? Two mythics, both planeswalkers, one holo, in the same pack?
..I mean I was happy enough pulling Grave Titan for the draft (doesn't hurt that the card is a fav of mine) and a Primordial Hydra earlier in the day for a casual draft, but damn..that's some insane luck.
It's uncommon, but not unheard of. I've pulled a foil Novablast Wurm and a regular Novablast Wurm in the same pack. I saw someone pull a foil Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas and a Thrun, the Last Troll in the same pack as well. The fact that both cards were planeswalkers is just luck, since the chance for it to be any other mythic is exactly the same.
Well, the odds of getting specifically a Gideon would be 1:120. The odds of getting a planeswalker period would be 1:24.
Everything I've read has foils at approximately 1 in 6 packs, which should put the odds of getting a planeswalker and any foil in the same pack at 1:144, and the odds of getting a Gideon and a foil in the same pack at 1:720.
Edit: Totally botched the numbers at the end, but the odds were very, very low. =)
In a draft a few weeks ago, my friend opened his first pack to find a Karn LiberatedFoil and a Phyrexian Obliterator. Because the draft wasn't sanctioned, he was allowed to buy the pack for the booster retail price, and open a new one to draft with. His new rare? Karn Liberated.
I seem to be unable to get away from Phyrexian Metamorph. I had 3, and bought two boosters today. In the first I pulled a Metamorph and in the second I pulled a Metamorph....and a foil Metamorph!
Not complaining though, I now have a playset for standard along with 2 extra, one for each of my EDH decks. They're also worth a decent amount, especially the foil one:)
Middle:
Day of Judgment
Time Reversal
Jace's Archivist (Foil Zombie Infestation)
Quicksilver Amulet (Foil Coral Merfolk)
Sphinx of Uthuun
Mesa Enchantress
Royal Assassin
Bloodlord of Vasgoth
Aegis Angel
Arachnus Spinner (Foil Quicksilver Amulet)
Vengeful Pharaoh
Aegis Angel (Foil Slaughter Cry)
Right:
Phantasmal Image (Foil Titanic Growth)
Monomania
Worldslayer
Adaptive Automaton
Gideon's Avenger
Elvish Archdruid
Sundial of the Infinite
Visions of Beyond
Rootbound Crag
Doubling Chant (Foil Acidic Slime)
Mind Unbound
Lord of the Unreal
Middle:
Day of Judgment
Time Reversal
Jace's Archivist (Foil Zombie Infestation)
Quicksilver Amulet (Foil Coral Merfolk)
Sphinx of Uthuun
Mesa Enchantress
Royal Assassin
Bloodlord of Vasgoth
Aegis Angel
Arachnus Spinner (Foil Quicksilver Amulet)
Vengeful Pharaoh
Aegis Angel (Foil Slaughter Cry)
Right:
Phantasmal Image (Foil Titanic Growth)
Monomania
Worldslayer
Adaptive Automaton
Gideon's Avenger
Elvish Archdruid
Sundial of the Infinite
Visions of Beyond
Rootbound Crag
Doubling Chant (Foil Acidic Slime)
Mind Unbound
Lord of the Unreal
Ouch, not too bad but not a single 'Walker. Well I look at it for the price I buy a box for I could only buy 20-23 packs at retail so guess the bright side is its like you got free packs?
Middle:
Day of Judgment
Time Reversal
Jace's Archivist (Foil Zombie Infestation)
Quicksilver Amulet (Foil Coral Merfolk)
Sphinx of Uthuun
Mesa Enchantress
Royal Assassin
Bloodlord of Vasgoth
Aegis Angel
Arachnus Spinner (Foil Quicksilver Amulet)
Vengeful Pharaoh
Aegis Angel (Foil Slaughter Cry)
Right:
Phantasmal Image (Foil Titanic Growth)
Monomania
Worldslayer
Adaptive Automaton
Gideon's Avenger
Elvish Archdruid
Sundial of the Infinite
Visions of Beyond
Rootbound Crag
Doubling Chant (Foil Acidic Slime)
Mind Unbound
Lord of the Unreal
This was essentially my box. Except with less money cards if thats believable.
ON that note - do I gamble and buy a second box or do I just suck it up buy a fatpack and spend 60 on singles to build an actual deck from? The first box was supremely disappointing with the only money cards coming from the last few packs I opened (ended up with maybe $60 worth of rares pieced in chunks of 2-5$ cards.)
I'd like to think that the second box couldn't possibly be as unlucky - but then again there's no reason it couldn't be.
Got Phyrexian Obliterator today, how good is it? Could I build a deck around it? Kinda new to Magic myself :3 Also, what are these boxes people are talking about?
Middle:
Day of Judgment
Time Reversal
Jace's Archivist (Foil Zombie Infestation)
Quicksilver Amulet (Foil Coral Merfolk)
Sphinx of Uthuun
Mesa Enchantress
Royal Assassin
Bloodlord of Vasgoth
Aegis Angel
Arachnus Spinner (Foil Quicksilver Amulet)
Vengeful Pharaoh
Aegis Angel (Foil Slaughter Cry)
Right:
Phantasmal Image (Foil Titanic Growth)
Monomania
Worldslayer
Adaptive Automaton
Gideon's Avenger
Elvish Archdruid
Sundial of the Infinite
Visions of Beyond
Rootbound Crag
Doubling Chant (Foil Acidic Slime)
Mind Unbound
Lord of the Unreal
Damn, I have a box coming to me soon and now I'm worried. Sorry to hear your luck wasn't very good.
Got Phyrexian Obliterator today, how good is it? Could I build a deck around it? Kinda new to Magic myself :3 Also, what are these boxes people are talking about?
I also got Aeigs Angel.
They are talking about booster boxes. its 36 packs and the box typically costs $90. Google it if youre interested its a good investment especially if youre a new player or want to draft with some friends.
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Bought 3 boxes of Japanese M12 and did decent IMO:
1 of each PW, with 2 Chandra, 2 P. Titans, 1 Sun Titan, 1 Grave Titan, Bloodlord, Hydra, a bunch of other stuff, and of course, my favorite, foil Ponder!
Also ended up getting all of the empire artifacts in a single pack, with the scepter being a foil. Needless to say I was very happy.
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Record: 22-3-0
All in all I was very happy with my pulls.
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Record: 22-3-0
36 in a box, 9 to the new fatpacks.
Big shout out to Megabug at Realm of the Bug Studios for the sig!
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While it wasn't at my table, a friend of mine was at the table (he got the Gideon) this happened at, and I played the person that pulled the Chandra, so I can confirm it.
Just..what the hell are the odds on something like that? Two mythics, both planeswalkers, one holo, in the same pack?
..I mean I was happy enough pulling Grave Titan for the draft (doesn't hurt that the card is a fav of mine) and a Primordial Hydra earlier in the day for a casual draft, but damn..that's some insane luck.
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Everything I've read has foils at approximately 1 in 6 packs, which should put the odds of getting a planeswalker and any foil in the same pack at 1:144, and the odds of getting a Gideon and a foil in the same pack at 1:720.
Edit: Totally botched the numbers at the end, but the odds were very, very low. =)
Left:
Manabarbs Royal Assassian Phantasmal Image (Foil Vastwood Gorger) Redirect Sorin’s Vengeance Inferno Titan Rune-Scarred Demon (Foil Incinerate) Adaptive Automaton Throne of Empires (Foil Dungrove Elder) Warstorm Surge (Foil Acidic Slime) Reverberate Day of Judgment
Middle:
Cemetery Reaper Sundial of the Infinite Garruk’s Horde Flameblast Dragon Doubling Chant (Foil Ponder) Solemn Simulacrum Jace, Memory Adept Personal Sancturary Djinn of Wishes Arachnus Spider Primeval Titan Manabarbs
Right:
Furyborn Hellkite (Foil Zombie Infestation) Drowned Catacomb Mesa Enchantress Angelic Destiny Quicksilver Amulet Skinshifter (Foil Primeval Titan) Chandra’s Phoenix Birds of Paradise Grand Abolisher (Foil Goblin Tunneler) Dungrove Elder Rootbound Crag Monomania
540 Peasant cube- Gold EditionSomething SpicyNot complaining though, I now have a playset for standard along with 2 extra, one for each of my EDH decks. They're also worth a decent amount, especially the foil one:)
Left:
Reverberate
Scrambleverse
Primordial Hydra
Goblin Chieftain
Garruk's Horde
Dragonskull Summit
Worldslayer
Sutured Ghoul
Furyborn Hellkite (Foil Gravedigger)
Birds of Paradise
Druidic Satchel
Middle:
Day of Judgment
Time Reversal
Jace's Archivist (Foil Zombie Infestation)
Quicksilver Amulet (Foil Coral Merfolk)
Sphinx of Uthuun
Mesa Enchantress
Royal Assassin
Bloodlord of Vasgoth
Aegis Angel
Arachnus Spinner (Foil Quicksilver Amulet)
Vengeful Pharaoh
Aegis Angel (Foil Slaughter Cry)
Right:
Phantasmal Image (Foil Titanic Growth)
Monomania
Worldslayer
Adaptive Automaton
Gideon's Avenger
Elvish Archdruid
Sundial of the Infinite
Visions of Beyond
Rootbound Crag
Doubling Chant (Foil Acidic Slime)
Mind Unbound
Lord of the Unreal
Ouch, not too bad but not a single 'Walker. Well I look at it for the price I buy a box for I could only buy 20-23 packs at retail so guess the bright side is its like you got free packs?
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I got
reverberate
dungrove elder
garruks hoarde
personal sanctuary
and something else I dont remember but isnt worth mentioning. Not the best of pulls
This was essentially my box. Except with less money cards if thats believable.
ON that note - do I gamble and buy a second box or do I just suck it up buy a fatpack and spend 60 on singles to build an actual deck from? The first box was supremely disappointing with the only money cards coming from the last few packs I opened (ended up with maybe $60 worth of rares pieced in chunks of 2-5$ cards.)
I'd like to think that the second box couldn't possibly be as unlucky - but then again there's no reason it couldn't be.
I also got Aeigs Angel.
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Damn, I have a box coming to me soon and now I'm worried. Sorry to hear your luck wasn't very good.
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Big shout out to Megabug at Realm of the Bug Studios for the sig!
Standard - GBWJunk in the TrunkWBG
They are talking about booster boxes. its 36 packs and the box typically costs $90. Google it if youre interested its a good investment especially if youre a new player or want to draft with some friends.