Opened 8 packs, got;
Epic Experiment
Hallowed Fountain
Steam Vents
Cryptborn Horror
Carnival Hellsteed
Precinct Captain
Havoc Festival
Conjured Currency
+Foil Forest
I got equal to, or maybe even higher than my money's worth with just 3 of the cards
Now to buy another 8 packs, sell rares I don't need and repeat process.
My box was pretty decent but I got box envy from the guy who bought a box after me. We both ended up with a double mythic pack, mine was Foil Worldspine Wurm and an Angel of Serenity, his was Foil Vraska, the Unseen and a Worldspine Wurm.
The one and only pack of Legends I ever opened. I opened it about 8 years ago (cost me $50 then, but paid with store credit after a couple weeks of tourney placing.)
Rare: Willow Satyr
Unc: Reset
Unc: Sylvan Paradise
Unc: Karakas
Commons included a forcespike, 2 kobolds, 2 glyphs, and some other random commons - nothing special.
Back then, I was pretty disappointed that I didn't get any bid name cards. I then looked up the print runs and saw that the uncommons determine what kind of box it is, and that mana drain isn't possible in the box. I'm kind of happy that the cards have finally become more valuable than the price paid.
Temple Gardens Epic Experiment
Abrupt Decay
Dreadbore
Lolteth Troll Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots (2nd copy but Foil)
Armada Wurm
Angel of Serenity
Hallowed Fountain
I only bought seven packs today but in the third one i opened i pulled a foil epic experiment and a hallowed fountain. Other day i bought five packs and got rakdos lord of riots so ive been having quite a good time with mythics.
One of my LGSes got its RtR boxes last week. This past Tuesday, a friend and I each bought a pack to do a packwar with. We both opened shock lands: Temple Garden and Overgrown Tomb, respectively. On a whim, I went back to the same shop and bought another pack from the same box. Sure enough, there was a Steam Vents inside.
So, is this merely coincidence? Or should I consider going back and buying all the boosters left in that box?
I think RtR is trying hard to make up for Innistrad and 2012 managing to not give me a single mythic after a fat pack of each plus several additional boosters.
In 10 packs and one fat pack of RTR, I pulled:
Utvara Hellkite (only included because mythic)
Loxodon Smiter
Dreadbore
Abrupt Decay
Hallowed Fountain
Armada Wurm
Angel of Serenity
(Foil) Jace, Achitect of Thought
Commander decks-
Rafiq of the Many - Voltron
Kresh the Bloodbraided - Elemental Tribal
Sen Triplets - 100 Permanent griefer combo
Mikaeus, the Lunarch - Tokens
Mikaeus Unhallowed - Big black and undying
Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer or Gisela, Blade of Goldknight - Metalcraft aggro
Zedruu, the Goat - Your stuff is better than mine. Lets trade
Riku of Two Reflections - Card advantage control
Talrand, Sky Summoner - badstuff.dec
Karador, sweeper recovery
Purphoros, creature combo
One of my LGSes got its RtR boxes last week. This past Tuesday, a friend and I each bought a pack to do a packwar with. We both opened shock lands: Temple Garden and Overgrown Tomb, respectively. On a whim, I went back to the same shop and bought another pack from the same box. Sure enough, there was a Steam Vents inside.
So, is this merely coincidence? Or should I consider going back and buying all the boosters left in that box?
My friend and I only got two shocklands in each of our boxes, so getting three is lucky. If you just want shocklands your odds of pulling another one are pretty low. There are plenty of other good cards in the set though, so if you want other cards then by all means buy more packs.
Salivating over the Fountain's since I didn't acquire any during my first tour through Rav way back when. You think I can flip the Tomb for a third? I hear Slaughter Games and Revelation are working in sideboards, Detention Sphere most definitely. Hopefully, the rest will make some use in trade fodder. I hope this luck works on the box I get tomorrow.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"People underestimate Bob at their peril." - Rayland Givens
I didn't open the pack, but I was at the Return to Ravnica prerelease and a newer player bought an older pack, he opened it and got a foil Vendilion CliqueFoil. I offered him 4 Snapcaster Mage for trade, but someone else out bid me. That's the craziest one I have seen recently.
and others such as Palisade Giant, Slaughter Games, Nivmagus Elemental, bla bla. I guess hoping for a planeswalker was a bit much, but I was hoping to score an Ash Zealot or two. I guess I can't complain with the foil shockland. Also pulled my first foil basic land in 7 years, yay! Good box overall, I think.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"People underestimate Bob at their peril." - Rayland Givens
bought 2 packs yesterday when I passed by a local toy store, got myself a Jace, AoT and Hallowed Fountain. bought another pack today on the way to the office, got a Blood Crypt not bad pulls i may say
This is frankly just being ignorant. People dont complain that expensive things exist, they get annoyed when there are no alternatives to the expensive versions of cards.
Its a card game. People want to play the card game. They arent mad that certain pieces of cardboard are rare and collectable. They get upset when there arent alternative printings that allow them to play the game.
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Chromatic lantern
Foil Armada wurm
Nivmagus elemental
Temple gardens
Hallowed fountain
Lotleth troll
Rakdos's return
Loxodon smiter
Necropolis Regent
Azor's elocutors
Vraksa the unseen
Mizzium mortars
Grave betrayal
Hypersonic Dragon
Palisade giant
Cryptborn horror
Jarad, golgari lich lord
Guild feud
Ash zealot
Growing ranks
Hopefully the other half is just as good for my friend.
Standard:
RUG Midrange :symrg::symgu::symru:
Casual:
EDH:
Jhoira :symu::symr:
Teysa Extort :orzhov::orzhov:
Favourite Guild
Second favourite guild
Epic Experiment
Hallowed Fountain
Steam Vents
Cryptborn Horror
Carnival Hellsteed
Precinct Captain
Havoc Festival
Conjured Currency
+Foil Forest
I got equal to, or maybe even higher than my money's worth with just 3 of the cards
Now to buy another 8 packs, sell rares I don't need and repeat process.
Vraska
Rakdo's Return
Trostani
Necropolis Regent
Worldspine Wurm
Overgrown Tomb
Hallowed Fountain
Blood Crypt
Steam Vents
Steam Vents Foil
2x Detention Sphere
Desecration Demon
Deathrite Shaman
Dreadbore
Loxodon Smiter
Chromatic Lantern
Cyclonic Rift
Mizzium Mortars
Wurm Token
Assasin Token
I should be getting a Japanese Booster Box in the mail tomorrow or wednesday so hopefully I can pull just as good from that box.
Rare: Willow Satyr
Unc: Reset
Unc: Sylvan Paradise
Unc: Karakas
Commons included a forcespike, 2 kobolds, 2 glyphs, and some other random commons - nothing special.
Back then, I was pretty disappointed that I didn't get any bid name cards. I then looked up the print runs and saw that the uncommons determine what kind of box it is, and that mana drain isn't possible in the box. I'm kind of happy that the cards have finally become more valuable than the price paid.
Foil lily
Regular lily (same pack)
Ajani
I'm hooked.
I thought you were still listing foils, I was like: This isn't even possible in a case, haha.
As for me, I opened the most depressing 22 packs ever, but I saved 5 for the next day...
Vraska
Necropolis Regent
Sphinx's Revelation
Nivmagus Elemental (Foil Azor's Elocutors)
Pack Rat (foil Lyev Skynight)
I was much happier after those.
Utvara Hellkite
Vraska the Unseen
Steam Vents
Steam Vents (2nd)
Abrupt Decay
I also bought the five Intro Packs to open up:
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice (2nd)
Sphinx's Revelation
Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
Blood Crypt
In my Box, I ended up getting:
Temple Gardens
Epic Experiment
Abrupt Decay
Dreadbore
Lolteth Troll
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots (2nd copy but Foil)
Armada Wurm
Angel of Serenity
Hallowed Fountain
So, is this merely coincidence? Or should I consider going back and buying all the boosters left in that box?
In 10 packs and one fat pack of RTR, I pulled:
Utvara Hellkite (only included because mythic)
Loxodon Smiter
Dreadbore
Abrupt Decay
Hallowed Fountain
Armada Wurm
Angel of Serenity
(Foil) Jace, Achitect of Thought
Jace with foil mountain.
Rakdos
Detention Sphere
Chromatic Lantern
Loxodon Smiter
Rafiq of the Many - Voltron
Kresh the Bloodbraided - Elemental Tribal
Sen Triplets - 100 Permanent griefer combo
Mikaeus, the Lunarch - Tokens
Mikaeus Unhallowed - Big black and undying
Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer or Gisela, Blade of Goldknight - Metalcraft aggro
Zedruu, the Goat - Your stuff is better than mine. Lets trade
Riku of Two Reflections - Card advantage control
Talrand, Sky Summoner - badstuff.dec
Karador, sweeper recovery
Purphoros, creature combo
My friend and I only got two shocklands in each of our boxes, so getting three is lucky. If you just want shocklands your odds of pulling another one are pretty low. There are plenty of other good cards in the set though, so if you want other cards then by all means buy more packs.
Most notables:
Foil Jace
Vraska
Every Shock Land except for Steam Vents.
I think I did pretty well.
Casual Player, Hobbyist Designer.
Percussionist, Composer, Banjo Player
Current Decks:
BG RockStars (Enchantress Midrange)
Modern:
GWU Enduring Ideal
EDH/Commander -
GW Krond, Enchanter
UB Vela, of Doomsday
RG Angry Barbie
WUG Friendly Hugs on Hippo Wings
WBR Oros, the Experiment
Pulled
Foil jace, aot
Armada wurm
And a few nice c/uc. I have to say I'm pretty glad I spent that money.
Conjured Currency
FOIL Grave Betrayal
Death's Presence
2 Counterflux
Detention Sphere
FOIL Slaughter Games
Sphinx's Revelation
2 Hallowed Fountain
Overgrown Tomb
Salivating over the Fountain's since I didn't acquire any during my first tour through Rav way back when. You think I can flip the Tomb for a third? I hear Slaughter Games and Revelation are working in sideboards, Detention Sphere most definitely. Hopefully, the rest will make some use in trade fodder. I hope this luck works on the box I get tomorrow.
Buying boosters is still awful EV and you shouldn't do it.
peasantcube.blogspot.com
WRGBCombo MillWRGB
???
Modern:
UUWWErayo AffinityWWUU
WWGUEnchantress ControlUGWW
EDH:
GGBBGlissa MultiplayerBBGG
RRRRKazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs Land DestructionRRRR
Angel of Serenity
Cyclonic Rift
Abrupt Decay
Dreadbore
Temple Garden
FOIL Overgrown Tomb
Supreme Verdict
Desecration Demon
Underworld Connections
Mizzium Mortars
Detention Sphere
Pithing Needle
Loxodon Smiter
and others such as Palisade Giant, Slaughter Games, Nivmagus Elemental, bla bla. I guess hoping for a planeswalker was a bit much, but I was hoping to score an Ash Zealot or two. I guess I can't complain with the foil shockland. Also pulled my first foil basic land in 7 years, yay! Good box overall, I think.
umm yea, where do you think you are?
Big thanks to Rivenor for the sig!!
I think that post and the 5 above it were merged from another thread that was started.
Big shout out to Megabug at Realm of the Bug Studios for the sig!
Standard - GBWJunk in the TrunkWBG
armada wurm
lotleth troll
epic experiment
Value was awesome, but more importantly I needed the troll and wurm for standard decks.