At first, I thought that the Japanese card stock was a guaranteed +1 on the card quality, but as it turns out it is curling all the same. I'm not sure what they did differently between the set and battlebond, but it's definitely not something I'd leave bare skin in the air. In sleeves the cards are holding out way better than Amonkhet and HOU, though. I got piles of Amonkhet block cards down in my basement double sleeved and those along with Aether Revolt are pretty bad.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
So......
Got my two boxes today
I am still in shock....
Box Topper #1 - Lavaclaw Reaches
Box Topper #2 - Lavaclaw Reaches
I feel ive led a decent life, pretty unselfish, loyal, willing to help others at a drop.
Someone tell me what Ive done to deserve this????
Un-F%$&*#@!-believable
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Been a member here for over a dozen years. Playing since '95 just got lost in the twitch shuffle.
I'm sorry man. That sounds rough. Hopefully the boxes made up for it a little bit?
It's one of the main reasons that I haven't bought a box (outside of MM boxes that I sold) since Tempest. That was the last box I opened, other than friends' boxes to practice Limited for GPs. I even have gotten to the point of hating Limited because of realizing that the pack I opened was worth more Sealed. When that happens 95% of the time, it can be mentally draining.
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Legacy - Sneak Show, BR Reanimator, Miracles, UW Stoneblade
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
Plenty of boxes opened in my local LGS by now and if the box topper is bad, its quite the feel bad moment, as that card alone makes such a huge difference.
And with the box topper in mind looking at ChannelFireball opening a ton of them at once gives me a even worse feeling of what scumback business they actually doing:
Of course they have extra's. They didnt send out full boxes as replacements for people who got bent ones, and they sent them out for that whole mythic box set debacle.
What shocked me was the JUNK rares included. The other 8 rares COMBINED for $11 in value.
Why reprint rares that are going to for 12-50 cents in an "ULTIMATE" set you're trying to get $14 a pop for.
I count 22 rares out of 60 that are at/under $1 on TCG currently.
Guess that's why the Median is $6 on rares/mythics and Average is $15. Feast or famine.
One was meh with a mana vault box topper to put it in the green.
Other had 3 foil rares including ggt phyrexian tower and kozilek. 4 other mythics although none top 3.
Temporal manipulation topper.
Both positive easily based on current mtggoldfish prices at what i paid. Also no rral junk mythics and tons of good uncommons helps a bunch. For example got foil finks.
At first, I thought that the Japanese card stock was a guaranteed +1 on the card quality, but as it turns out it is curling all the same. I'm not sure what they did differently between the set and battlebond, but it's definitely not something I'd leave bare skin in the air. In sleeves the cards are holding out way better than Amonkhet and HOU, though. I got piles of Amonkhet block cards down in my basement double sleeved and those along with Aether Revolt are pretty bad.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
That said, I double sleeve anything of value.
Spirits
Got my two boxes today
I am still in shock....
Box Topper #1 - Lavaclaw Reaches
Box Topper #2 - Lavaclaw Reaches
I feel ive led a decent life, pretty unselfish, loyal, willing to help others at a drop.
Someone tell me what Ive done to deserve this????
Un-F%$&*#@!-believable
It's one of the main reasons that I haven't bought a box (outside of MM boxes that I sold) since Tempest. That was the last box I opened, other than friends' boxes to practice Limited for GPs. I even have gotten to the point of hating Limited because of realizing that the pack I opened was worth more Sealed. When that happens 95% of the time, it can be mentally draining.
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)And with the box topper in mind looking at ChannelFireball opening a ton of them at once gives me a even worse feeling of what scumback business they actually doing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoVgzKkRzms
I mean for real, these packs just popped out of nowhere ? WotC send them "extras" ?
What is going on here ...
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Spirits
Cavern of Souls
Demonic Tutor
Celestial Colonnade
Through the Breach FOIL
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
So 5/12 packs had Rare/mythic over the $10.
What shocked me was the JUNK rares included. The other 8 rares COMBINED for $11 in value.
Why reprint rares that are going to for 12-50 cents in an "ULTIMATE" set you're trying to get $14 a pop for.
I count 22 rares out of 60 that are at/under $1 on TCG currently.
Guess that's why the Median is $6 on rares/mythics and Average is $15. Feast or famine.
If you pay 14$+ for a booster its pretty much guaranteed lost money, unless you are super lucky.
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One was meh with a mana vault box topper to put it in the green.
Other had 3 foil rares including ggt phyrexian tower and kozilek. 4 other mythics although none top 3.
Temporal manipulation topper.
Both positive easily based on current mtggoldfish prices at what i paid. Also no rral junk mythics and tons of good uncommons helps a bunch. For example got foil finks.