I'm working on the newest version of my BW Cleric deck at the moment for EDH. It's been a bit of a struggle to decide to foil it out or "pimp" it out. I recently made the decision to foil it out (bye bye Korean Wrath of God/Strip Mine/Vampiric Tutor :() but I was able to track an affordable Promo Vampiric Tutor and now I'm looking into more promos. FtV: Realms helped this a lot with Maze of Ith, Vesuva, High Market, and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth coming into play at a much cheaper cost considering I was able to pick it up for much less than a foil Maze alone. It definitely sucks to lose certain cards that haven't been foiled but considering it was already about 75% foil anyways it's ok. At least all of my hands will be completely shiny when it's finished instead of most of it.
Being a relatively budget player, I have to say my pride and joy is my Kresh, the Bloodbraided EDH, which can be found below in my sig. If I remember right, I've only payed for about 11 of the cards in the entire deck, the rest I got through trades and a few through packs. I need to check, but I think my deck is worth about $250 right now, and is continuing to increase in price as I improve it. None of my other decks even come close to this one.
I am not a foil fan for constructed decks. My GW(r) or (u) enchantress deck has had some improvements over time. 6 guru forests, 2 guru plains, 2 FBB French Savannahs, 1 FBB Italian Taiga, 1 FBB German Topical Island, 2-4 bets wild growths, 1-2 English Moats, etc.
Plains - John Avon - 230
Island - Jung Park - 235
Island - Vincent Proce - 237
Swamp - John Avon - 238
Mountain - John Avon - 242
Forest - John Avon - 246
I have been trying to find all original printing cards for my black/green Pox build. I don't like foils so I'm going for Beta Swamps, And eventually Beta Bayous.
I pimped out my Legacy Zoo deck before. But at one point, I got tired of it and revert most of the cards back into regular (and as much as possible) original art / print. I find them more valuable, I guess.
I guess it is because cards like Price of Progress, Chain Lightning that were from the Fire & Lightning set were not as good as the 'real' foils. I can't explain exactly what it is but special set foils differ from the foils that you usually get from packs.
I still play with some of the foiled cards especially the textless Lightning Bolt. That one is really special to me.
My 1k card 5 color highlander deck. It isn't pimped out or anything, just massive and incredibly fun. It started out as a mono black EDH deck, and just became something else.
I started to play right after Lorwyn. Back then, I thought Mono White Kithkin was a cool deck. So after it rotated, when the cards were dirt cheap, I bought a foil Kithkin deck. It is still my favorite deck to look at. I absolutely love the Prerelease Promo Figure of Destiny, Buy-A-Box Promo Honor of the Pure, and the Rebecca Guay PtEs.
I have a really terrible picture in the spoiler.
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My Peasant cube. It's a little over half foiled/Beta/full-art.
As for deck, no deck I currently play competitively has foils in it, except my UW Tron which has a foil Mindslaver because I can't find a regular and a Prerelease Emrakul, the Aeons Torn because it was $5 cheaper (although both are going to be replaced as soon as I can find a nonfoil of each). Playing competitively, I prefer to play with the oldest art of the card in nonfoil (so Modern Masters Path to Exiles are acceptable but Modern Masters Aether Vials aren't); I prefer to avoid any "Your foils are warped!" type stupidity when I play at Comp REL. Casually, I love foils.
Without a doubt my Niv-Mizzet the Firemind deck. The only things non-foil (*) aren't available as a foil and the only non-BB (Volcanic Island and Timetwister) are EXPENSIVE!! Here it is broken down like Dorino did their's (all original set foils except where noted):
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Plains - John Avon - 230
Island - Jung Park - 235
Island - Vincent Proce - 237
Swamp - John Avon - 238
Mountain - John Avon - 242
Forest - John Avon - 246
I guess it is because cards like Price of Progress, Chain Lightning that were from the Fire & Lightning set were not as good as the 'real' foils. I can't explain exactly what it is but special set foils differ from the foils that you usually get from packs.
I still play with some of the foiled cards especially the textless Lightning Bolt. That one is really special to me.
RGW
Delver
RUG or UR
Stoneblade
UW
I have a really terrible picture in the spoiler.
Modern
RUBW Affinity
BGR Midrange
UWR Control
RG Titan Shift
RW Burn
GW Bogles
G Tron
1 Akroma's Memorial (foil, signed)
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 Basalt Monolith
1 Coat of Arms
1 Eldrazi Monument (foil, signed)
1 Expedition Map (foil, signed)
1 Extraplanar Lens (Japanese)
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Gauntlet of Might (altered)
1 Gilded Lotus (Japanese)
1 Helm of Possession
1 Illusionist's Bracers (foil)
1 Lightning Greaves (foil)
1 Mana Crypt (Judge foil)
1 Memory Jar
1 Mox Opal
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Rings of Brighthearth
1 Ruby Medallion
1 Scroll Rack (Arsenal foil)
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Skullclamp (FTV foil)
1 Sol Ring
1 Staff of Domination
1 Swiftfoot Boots (foil)
1 Thornbite Staff (foil)
1 Thousand-Year Elixir
1 Umbral Mantle (foil)
1 Aggravated Assault (foil)
1 Blood Moon
1 Boggart Shenanigans (foil)
1 Fervor (foil)
1 Goblin Bombardment (Korean)
1 Mana Echoes (foil)
1 Mass Hysteria (foil)
1 Shared Animosity
1 Splinter Twin
Instant
1 Chaos Warp (Arsenal foil)
Creature
1 Goblin Chieftain (foil)
1 Goblin Chirurgeon
1 Goblin King
1 Goblin Lackey
1 Goblin Matron (altered)
1 Goblin Piledriver
1 Goblin Recruiter
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Goblin Sledder (foil)
1 Goblin Warchief (foil)
1 Goblin Welder
1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
1 Imperial Recruiter (Judge foil)
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (FTV foil)
1 Lightning Crafter (foil)
1 Mogg War Marshal (foil)
1 Moggcatcher (foil)
1 Sensation Gorger (foil)
1 Siege-Gang Commander (Duel Decks foil)
1 Skirk Prospector (foil)
1 Zealous Conscripts (Korean, foil)
1 Gamble
1 Krenko's Command (foil)
1 Reforge the Soul (Korean)
1 Vandalblast (foil)
1 Wheel of Fortune
Lands
1 Ancient Tomb (FTV foil)
1 Arid Mesa
1 Buried Ruin (foil)
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Forgotten Cave (foil)
1 Great Furnace
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord (foil)
23 Mountain (Unglued)
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Strip Mine
1 Thespian's Stage (Japanese, foil)
1 Tower of the Magistrate
1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle (Prerelease foil)
General
1 Krenko, Mob Boss (altered)
Krenko, Mob Boss by PrinceEnder
Gauntlet of Might by Galspanic
Goblin Matron by Galspanic
Foils are pack foils unless otherwise specified.
Legacy:
combo elves
Modern:
White Rock (41-24-4 in matches. Beginning 10/14/14. Last updated 1/2/15)
List:
4 Dark Confidant
3 Siege Rhino
1 Thrun, The Last Troll
Spells - 20
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Thoughtseize
4 abrupt decay
2 maelstrom pulse
1 slaughter pact
1 path to exile
1 Disfigure
1 damnation
3 lingering souls
NCP - 4
3 Liliana of the Veil
1 Bow of Nylea
4 verdant Catacombs
2 marsh flats
2 windswept heath
2 Swamp
1 Forest
1 Plains
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 overgrown tomb
1 godless shrine
1 temple garden
1 Treetop Village
2 stirring wildwood
2 Tectonic Edge
4 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Thrun, the last troll
2 Duress
1 Creeping Corrosion
2 Stony Silence
2 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Back to nature
1 Utter End
1 Golgari Charm
As for deck, no deck I currently play competitively has foils in it, except my UW Tron which has a foil Mindslaver because I can't find a regular and a Prerelease Emrakul, the Aeons Torn because it was $5 cheaper (although both are going to be replaced as soon as I can find a nonfoil of each). Playing competitively, I prefer to play with the oldest art of the card in nonfoil (so Modern Masters Path to Exiles are acceptable but Modern Masters Aether Vials aren't); I prefer to avoid any "Your foils are warped!" type stupidity when I play at Comp REL. Casually, I love foils.
Sig by Ace of Spades studio at http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=451747
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Signature and Avatar by Inkfox Aesthetics
I collect pre-release Stone-Tongue Basilisk