So I literally got a call from my local store, and they said that they've put the price at 110 bucks. Again, since I only need 3 cards from it, I'm going to have to make a pass and buy those singles unless I somehow find a set for much cheaper.
EDIT: okay, just checked ebay and they seem like they go anywhere from 65 to 100.
So I literally got a call from my local store, and they said that they've put the price at 110 bucks. Again, since I only need 3 cards from it, I'm going to have to make a pass and buy those singles unless I somehow find a set for much cheaper.
EDIT: okay, just checked ebay and they seem like they go anywhere from 65 to 100.
Yeah, $110 is just ridiculous. Although if you only need three cards, you should probably just get singles. Even if it's the top three, pricewise, you'll still end up saving about $20.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Along with many mods, I've moved shop over to MTGNexus. Come check us out!
Don't think it's been on here before, but here's a glimpse at the life counter. Looks to be a shiny/pearlescent white and black numbers. Possibly a dark red/gold though, I think there's a filter on the pic (from instagram)
Color: White creature
Location: Your choice
Action: Show Akroma as an alabaster-skinned, indigo-haired champion of law and righteousness. She is the advocate of justice. Show her in the sky over a battlefield. The camera is directly in front of her as she approaches fearlessly, leading her troops into the fray. In the background, we can see legions of Knights riding behind her, willing to follow her to their deaths.
Focus: Akroma
Mood: An awe-inspiring leader of armies
Notes: In the story, Akroma rallied armies to follow her. She is meant to inspire and empower her followers. She is a stern leader and is driven to protect people, sometimes even from themselves.
The description for her Planar Chaos incarnation fits her better.
Color: Red creature
Location: In the night sky
Action: Show Akroma as a fiery Angel of vengeance. Hovering in the night sky, she holds a flaming sword above her head. Beams of reddish light stream from the sword, illuminating the dark horizon. This is an "alternate universe" version of the white-aligned Akroma. She is like a natural disaster soaring through the skies, sowing destruction and chaos in her wake. Red-aligned Akroma is unpredictable, savage, and callous.
Focus: Akroma
Mood: Ruthless and vengeful
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
Don't think it's been on here before, but here's a glimpse at the life counter. Looks to be a shiny/pearlescent white and black numbers. Possibly a dark red/gold though, I think there's a filter on the pic (from instagram)
Sad. LGS said they would have them but when I came in to get one they only had five and were not selling. Decided to just get one on eBay for $60 instead of calling everyone else. Oh well.
Sad. LGS said they would have them but when I came in to get one they only had five and were not selling. Decided to just get one on eBay for $60 instead of calling everyone else. Oh well.
$60 is a fine price to get one for. Although it is a disappointment after the possibility of MSRP.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Along with many mods, I've moved shop over to MTGNexus. Come check us out!
Sad. LGS said they would have them but when I came in to get one they only had five and were not selling. Decided to just get one on eBay for $60 instead of calling everyone else. Oh well.
$60 is a fine price to get one for. Although it is a disappointment after the possibility of MSRP.
Yeah $60 is actually where I had my crosshairs set. I was actually expecting to come into the store with that price in mind, so really the only difference for me is the wait to receive it. As I said in an earlier post, wanted it mainly for both Akromas, Aurelia, Iona, Avacyn, and Entreat (which white miracle cards look pretty rad with the FTV foiling) for EDH so I'm not that disappointed. Just disappointed that no one within a 100 mile radius is actually selling one.
Picked mine up this morning. This is the first FTV I was able to get my hands on for MSRP, so I consider that a huge victory alone (especially since I love love love Angels).
So, a few things:
1. These cards look a bit... milkier than other FTV sets, so while the foiling process is still the same, they're not quite as blatantly "metallic" as ones from prior FTV sets (I didn't get annihilation, but the FTVs prior to definitely had a more pronounced metallic sheen than this one.
2. The text on the 20-sided die is indeed a dark red.
3. The new arts look amazing in foil. Furykroma, specifically, looks absolutely fantastic imo and the miracle border for Entreat the Angels REALLY pops!
4. Some of the cards have some odd, small foil splotches on them (not sure how to better describe them). Basically, they're spots where it looks like the finish on the card chipped or something, exposing a much brighter spot of foil. In my box, Iridescent Angel has one of these splotches thats rather noticeable (and large) in her text box. It looks fairly terrible. I had a similar issue with my foils from DD: Kiora vs. Elspeth.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Some travel til' the end of worlds seeking glory. Others are just trying to find the way home.
I was able to grab a box for $60 at my LGS and noticed the same thing, a few splotches on Iridescent Angel's text box where the foiling shows through, but it's on none of the other cards. I wonder if all the Iridescent angels have this flaw. (Its not that noticeable since the text in the text box is unaffected)
All the lgs stores around NYC have these for 70 and up. I travel on busisness and found a lgs in the area i have to travel to and bought 3 at 35 plus tax each. I have never seen it I have only heard of msrp ftv's This was great for me. I am keeping one and trading the other as singles and 1 for my friend.
I was able to get 3 for MSRP from three different stores, as they didn't allow multiple copies for customers. Not hoarding though, the other two are for friends.
The Akromas, Entreat the Angels, Exalted Angel, and Serra Angel all look exceptional with the foil imo.
Pretty pleased that I was able to get this at MSRP for the second year in a row, and also only my second FTV purchase ever. Angels are tied as my favorite creature type (With Elves) and a bunch of these cards are in my EDH decks. Very very pleased. Love my LGS.
So an update with my situation as it's pretty frustrating. One lgs was selling them for $60 and would of had one in hand if I wasn't so impatient. Oh well. Another told me they wouldn't even bother getting them but they did and are selling them for $75, so I feel like my trust with that store owner was kind of damaged in the process. Overall, get the premium of not paying tax in place of waiting a few days for the mail.
Iridescent Angel looks really nice. I was worried that it would be washed out by the foil the way Child of Alara was in FTV:Annihlation, but it looks quite good on the card.
I was happy to get this for $35 when just the akroma's were spoiled. Very satisfied with the product. Also is it just me or does it feel like they changed the foiling process?
Very disappointed today, more so then my wife and she is the one who collects angels. My LGS where I normally buy FTV's for MSRP only recieved 3 FTV:Angels and of course my wife and I were 4 and 5 on the list. I was told I may be able to buy one of the others if they don't come get theirs by sunday as only one person had picked theirs up.
It just was really disappointing because we got a babysitter, headed there right when my wife got off work, about 30 min before the FNM draft we were going to play in at another local store was going to start. I had gotten her favorite angel deck box, avacyn sleeves, dice, angel binder, the works all ready, and then just denied those shiny angels and to be told maybe you can buy one tomorrow or sunday, he couldn't remember how long the store had to hold the others for only making it more frustrating because I now have to call tomorrow to be disappointed again.
Edit: Forgot to mention this store used to receive minimum 5 FTV's and during its prime 15. The tournaments have not been firing as often and the store has parasitically been declining over the past year, so i assume that is the cause. I'm curious thought is 3 even a realistic number that a store can receive? I thought 5 was the lowest number?
So after that we head to do the draft and we are hopeful because the store was suppose to be doing a raffle to give people the chance to buy the FTV at MSRP. The raffle was never announced until the drawing was over so we missed out on that as well.
At least the origins draft went well. We split in the finals, she got there with U/R artifacts(spy network p1) and I succeeded with U/G fatties/tempo. So we both got a serum visions and then 5 packs between us which we took as 15 store credit. So at least that worked out.
I'm just not sure what I should do now. I should probably just find one on tcgplayer and buy it so that we have one for sure and she can have her gorgeous angels but at the same time I want to hold out hope that maybe neither of the other 2 pre orders will pick theirs up.... haha wishful thinking.
I think it's WOTC's handling on how these are distributed morseso then the LSG. 3 is an odd number. Didn't even think you could go that low. It's disappointing from my POV that the LGS where they were selling for $60 managed to get 30 but they can't get people for FNM anymore. I saw the amount of PoE's he had leftover and I was flabbergasted. The owner decided to do a 4 man edh pod tourny to get rid of 10. From what I was told, the amount you can order is based on tourny participation and the such, which I honestly find a little dumb especially if it's a smaller LGS that generally don't get many people to begin with.
I was happy to get this for $35 when just the akroma's were spoiled. Very satisfied with the product. Also is it just me or does it feel like they changed the foiling process?
I also feel like the foiling has changed a bit. This set isn't as shiny and the colors aren't as vibrant as say FTV exiled, relics, legends, or realms. Put one of these cards side by side with any of those, and the difference is really noticeable.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Some travel til' the end of worlds seeking glory. Others are just trying to find the way home.
EDIT: okay, just checked ebay and they seem like they go anywhere from 65 to 100.
Yeah, $110 is just ridiculous. Although if you only need three cards, you should probably just get singles. Even if it's the top three, pricewise, you'll still end up saving about $20.
Color: White creature
Location: Your choice
Action: Show Akroma as an alabaster-skinned, indigo-haired champion of law and righteousness. She is the advocate of justice. Show her in the sky over a battlefield. The camera is directly in front of her as she approaches fearlessly, leading her troops into the fray. In the background, we can see legions of Knights riding behind her, willing to follow her to their deaths.
Focus: Akroma
Mood: An awe-inspiring leader of armies
Notes: In the story, Akroma rallied armies to follow her. She is meant to inspire and empower her followers. She is a stern leader and is driven to protect people, sometimes even from themselves.
The description for her Planar Chaos incarnation fits her better.
Color: Red creature
Location: In the night sky
Action: Show Akroma as a fiery Angel of vengeance. Hovering in the night sky, she holds a flaming sword above her head. Beams of reddish light stream from the sword, illuminating the dark horizon. This is an "alternate universe" version of the white-aligned Akroma. She is like a natural disaster soaring through the skies, sowing destruction and chaos in her wake. Red-aligned Akroma is unpredictable, savage, and callous.
Focus: Akroma
Mood: Ruthless and vengeful
On phasing:
most likely it is dark red to match the logo
Lymphoma Cancer Survivor!
$60 is a fine price to get one for. Although it is a disappointment after the possibility of MSRP.
Yeah $60 is actually where I had my crosshairs set. I was actually expecting to come into the store with that price in mind, so really the only difference for me is the wait to receive it. As I said in an earlier post, wanted it mainly for both Akromas, Aurelia, Iona, Avacyn, and Entreat (which white miracle cards look pretty rad with the FTV foiling) for EDH so I'm not that disappointed. Just disappointed that no one within a 100 mile radius is actually selling one.
Lymphoma Cancer Survivor!
So, a few things:
1. These cards look a bit... milkier than other FTV sets, so while the foiling process is still the same, they're not quite as blatantly "metallic" as ones from prior FTV sets (I didn't get annihilation, but the FTVs prior to definitely had a more pronounced metallic sheen than this one.
2. The text on the 20-sided die is indeed a dark red.
3. The new arts look amazing in foil. Furykroma, specifically, looks absolutely fantastic imo and the miracle border for Entreat the Angels REALLY pops!
4. Some of the cards have some odd, small foil splotches on them (not sure how to better describe them). Basically, they're spots where it looks like the finish on the card chipped or something, exposing a much brighter spot of foil. In my box, Iridescent Angel has one of these splotches thats rather noticeable (and large) in her text box. It looks fairly terrible. I had a similar issue with my foils from DD: Kiora vs. Elspeth.
Some travel til' the end of worlds seeking glory. Others are just trying to find the way home.
i bought one but they were hesitant to sell me more than one because i buy them out of things frequently
The Akromas, Entreat the Angels, Exalted Angel, and Serra Angel all look exceptional with the foil imo.
Legacy - GW Enchantress
Modern - U Urzatron (In construction)
Multiplayer - B ZOMBIES
Casual - B Suicide Black
Casual - WURx Krark-Clan Ironworks
Pauper - URBx Affinity
Pauper - B Pestilence
Pauper - W Steel Soldiers
EDH - W Isamaru, Hound of Konda 1V1
EDH - GRB Kresh the Bloodbraided
EDH - GW Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
EDH - UR Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
EDH - RB Lyzolda, The Blood Witch
EDH - UW Bruna, Light of Alabaster (Reworking)
EDH - UB Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
EDH - UG Vorel of the Hull Clade
EDH - WUG Phelddagrif
EDH - BGR Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
Pauper EDH - G Garruk's Packleader
Pauper EDH - RG Bloodbraid Elf
CUBE:
500 Peasant Cube (52% Foil) Cube Tutor Page
Lymphoma Cancer Survivor!
The cards are gorgeous. Angels rule!
It just was really disappointing because we got a babysitter, headed there right when my wife got off work, about 30 min before the FNM draft we were going to play in at another local store was going to start. I had gotten her favorite angel deck box, avacyn sleeves, dice, angel binder, the works all ready, and then just denied those shiny angels and to be told maybe you can buy one tomorrow or sunday, he couldn't remember how long the store had to hold the others for only making it more frustrating because I now have to call tomorrow to be disappointed again.
Edit: Forgot to mention this store used to receive minimum 5 FTV's and during its prime 15. The tournaments have not been firing as often and the store has parasitically been declining over the past year, so i assume that is the cause. I'm curious thought is 3 even a realistic number that a store can receive? I thought 5 was the lowest number?
So after that we head to do the draft and we are hopeful because the store was suppose to be doing a raffle to give people the chance to buy the FTV at MSRP. The raffle was never announced until the drawing was over so we missed out on that as well.
At least the origins draft went well. We split in the finals, she got there with U/R artifacts(spy network p1) and I succeeded with U/G fatties/tempo. So we both got a serum visions and then 5 packs between us which we took as 15 store credit. So at least that worked out.
I'm just not sure what I should do now. I should probably just find one on tcgplayer and buy it so that we have one for sure and she can have her gorgeous angels but at the same time I want to hold out hope that maybe neither of the other 2 pre orders will pick theirs up.... haha wishful thinking.
Lymphoma Cancer Survivor!
EDH
Roon of the Hidden Realms UGW
Modern
UW TronUW
Blocks Constructed
KamigawaU|Return to RavnicaUW|TherosUWG
I also feel like the foiling has changed a bit. This set isn't as shiny and the colors aren't as vibrant as say FTV exiled, relics, legends, or realms. Put one of these cards side by side with any of those, and the difference is really noticeable.
Some travel til' the end of worlds seeking glory. Others are just trying to find the way home.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||