Greetings! It's been over ten years since I've last played. Recently I've been feeling a bit nostalgic, and was thinking about taking up MTG again. The only problem is I only kept a small collection of (by now) OLD cards. I don't want to spend a lot to update (just dipping my toes back in), so I was hoping some friendly people might be kind enough to offer their thoughts on what kind of deck potential I have in my MTG "time capsule."
Begging your patient indulgence, here are my cards:
WHITE
SUMMON
Avenging Angel
Kjeldoran Warrior
Sworn Defender
Warrior Angel
White Knight x3
ENCHANTMENT
Arenson's Aura
Conversion x2
Justice
Karma
Light of Day x2
Orim's Prayer
Pursuit of Knowledge
Rolling Stones
INSTANT
Death Ward
Eye for an Eye
Guardian Angel
Reverse Damage
Reverse Polarity
Swords to Plowshares x2
Scapeboat
Temper
BLACK
SUMMON
Banshee
Commander Greven il-Vec
Crovax the Cursed
Dakmor Sorceress
Dauthi Warlord
Foul Imp x2
Ghosts of the Damned
Irini Sengir
Minion of Tevesh Szat
Minion of Leshrac
Murk Dwellers
Nightmare
Rag Man
Servant of Volrath
Skeleton Warriors x2
Wall of Souls
SORCERY
Brush with Death x2
Death Stroke x2
Inquisition
Kaervek's hex
Sinkhole (it's Beta!)
Stench of Evil
INSTANT
Marsh Gas
Simulacrum
MANA SOURCE
Culling the Weak
GREEN
SUMMON
Argothian Pixies
Citanul Druid
Durkwood Boars
Gargantuan Gorilla
Killer Bees
Naf's Asp
People of the Woods
Whirling Dervish
Yavimaya Ants x2
ARTIFACTS
Amulet of Kroog
Amulet of Quoz
Arcum's Whistle
Armageddon Clock
Ashnod's Cylix
Ashnod's Transmogrant
Astrolabe x2
Barl's Cage
Black Vise
Bone Mask
Book of Rass
Bullwhip
Celestian Prism
Conservator
Echo Chamber
Elkin Bottle
Emerald Medallion
Emmessi Tome
Ensnaring Bridge
Essence Bottle
Feldon's Cane (wasn't this banned?)
Heartstone
Helm of Possession
The Hive
Horn of Greed
Jabari's Banner
Jinxed Ring x2
Juju Bubble
Library of Leng
Mox Diamond
Phyrexian Portal
Phyrexian Splicer
Portcullis
The Rack
Sisay's Ring
Sol Ring x2
Sword of the Chosen
Throne of Bone
Touchstone
Urza's Chalice
Volrath's Laboratory x2
Voltaic Key
Wand of Denial (all the way from Egypt!)
Bad River
Balduvian Trading Post
Castle Sengir
Glacial Chasm
Grasslands
Scrubland
Unholy Citadel
Urza's Mine
Urza's Power Plant
Urza's Tower
Volrath's Stronghold
Thanks so much if you made it to the end! It was fun for me to take a little walk down memory lane. I'd appreciate any thoughts about what cards you think could be useful, or what latest versions from the past 10 years I should look into to (my "newest" cards are from Stronghold... from 1998... um, some of you might not have been born then... )
I also got back into the game about 18 months ago and had stopped playing in 99. My goal was to build a deck from old cards that would blow away today's cards. I failed immensely. My advice to you is to either get ready to buy a bunch of new cards from the past few years or get ready to be pissed that your cards that were good are no longer.
Hello and welcome to the forums! It must feel like you've entered hibernation and woke up to find everything has vastly changed. Planeswalkers, mythic rarity, eldrazi, equipments, and enemy-colored playable cards to name a few are what's different today.
Taking a quick look at your list, some notable cards you have are swords to plowshares (still good today), natural order, Volrath's Stronghold, mox diamond and scrubland.
There's a lot of great cards printed in the last decade, so you'll have to do a lot of homework on your own. If you're looking for budget decks, I found this to be very helpful .
The author also used to publish a variety of budget friendly/competitive decks that can be found here.
I would also advise you check out the casual or legacy subforums and maybe even repost your list there. There's certainly more viewership in those areas. Best of luck!
Welcome back to the game. I got back into it about two years ago. My collection went from about 3k cards (and much like your list, all the cards I thought were awesome turned out to have aged not so well) to about 30k! Best of luck in staving off the addiction!
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Begging your patient indulgence, here are my cards:
WHITE
SUMMON
Avenging Angel
Kjeldoran Warrior
Sworn Defender
Warrior Angel
White Knight x3
ENCHANTMENT
Arenson's Aura
Conversion x2
Justice
Karma
Light of Day x2
Orim's Prayer
Pursuit of Knowledge
Rolling Stones
ENCHANT CREATURE
Brainwash
Divine Transformation x2
Empyrial Armor
Hero's Resolve x2
Spirit Link
INSTANT
Death Ward
Eye for an Eye
Guardian Angel
Reverse Damage
Reverse Polarity
Swords to Plowshares x2
Scapeboat
Temper
BLACK
SUMMON
Banshee
Commander Greven il-Vec
Crovax the Cursed
Dakmor Sorceress
Dauthi Warlord
Foul Imp x2
Ghosts of the Damned
Irini Sengir
Minion of Tevesh Szat
Minion of Leshrac
Murk Dwellers
Nightmare
Rag Man
Servant of Volrath
Skeleton Warriors x2
Wall of Souls
ENCHANTMENT
Bottomles Pit x2
Grave Pact
Recurring Nightmare
ENCHANT CREATURE
Torment
SORCERY
Brush with Death x2
Death Stroke x2
Inquisition
Kaervek's hex
Sinkhole (it's Beta!)
Stench of Evil
INSTANT
Marsh Gas
Simulacrum
MANA SOURCE
Culling the Weak
GREEN
SUMMON
Argothian Pixies
Citanul Druid
Durkwood Boars
Gargantuan Gorilla
Killer Bees
Naf's Asp
People of the Woods
Whirling Dervish
Yavimaya Ants x2
ENCHANTMENT
Elven Fortress
Splintering Wind
Volrath's Gardens
ENCHANT CREATURE
Instill Energy x2
SORCERY
Channel
Hurricane
Natural Order
Regrowth
Untamed Wilds
Verdant Touch
INSTANT
Crossbow Ambush
Harrow
BLUE
SUMMON (wow, a real dearth of blue creatures)
Drowned
Phantasmal Mount
Reveka, Wizard Savant
ENCHANTMENT
Aether Storm
Flood
Hesitation
Intruder Alarm
Legacy's Allure x2
Lifetap
ENCHANT CREATURE
Abduction
Contempt
Control Magic
Mana Chains
Volrath's Curse
ENCHANT ARTIFACT
Animate Artifact x2
Steal Artifact x2
ENCHANT LAND
Phantasmal Terrain
Psychic Venom
SORCERY
Diminishing Returns
INSTANT
Mind Games
Reins of Power
Riptide x3
INTERRUPT
Interdict
RED
SUMMON
Atog
Bird Maiden
Burning Shield Askari
Chandler
Dwarven Warriors (ooh, it's signed... fancy!)
Eron the Relentless
Fire Drake
Flowstone Hellion
Kobolds of Kher Keep
Mogg Maniac x2
Opportunist
Raging Bull
Tempest Efreet
Varchild's War-Riders
Warmonger
ENCHANTMENT
Invasion Plans
Mana Flare
Power Surge
ENCHANT CREATURE
The Brute
Consuming Ferocity
Eternal Warrior
SORCERY
Apocalypse
Detonate
Fanning the Flames x2
Mogg Infestation
Ruination
INSTANT
Active Volcano x2
False Orders x2
Instant
INTERRUPT
Fork
GOLD
SUMMON
Acidic Sliver
Emberwilde Caliph
Firestorm Hellkite
Jedit Ojanen
Marhault Elsdragon
Mundungu
ENCHANT WORLD
Winter's Night
SORCERY
Lobotomy
ARTIFACTS
Amulet of Kroog
Amulet of Quoz
Arcum's Whistle
Armageddon Clock
Ashnod's Cylix
Ashnod's Transmogrant
Astrolabe x2
Barl's Cage
Black Vise
Bone Mask
Book of Rass
Bullwhip
Celestian Prism
Conservator
Echo Chamber
Elkin Bottle
Emerald Medallion
Emmessi Tome
Ensnaring Bridge
Essence Bottle
Feldon's Cane (wasn't this banned?)
Heartstone
Helm of Possession
The Hive
Horn of Greed
Jabari's Banner
Jinxed Ring x2
Juju Bubble
Library of Leng
Mox Diamond
Phyrexian Portal
Phyrexian Splicer
Portcullis
The Rack
Sisay's Ring
Sol Ring x2
Sword of the Chosen
Throne of Bone
Touchstone
Urza's Chalice
Volrath's Laboratory x2
Voltaic Key
Wand of Denial (all the way from Egypt!)
ARTIFACT CREATURE
Battering Ram
Booby Trap
Dancing Scimitar
Obsianus Golem
Ornithopter
Su0Chi
Watchdog
And lastly, some non-basic LAND!
Bad River
Balduvian Trading Post
Castle Sengir
Glacial Chasm
Grasslands
Scrubland
Unholy Citadel
Urza's Mine
Urza's Power Plant
Urza's Tower
Volrath's Stronghold
Thanks so much if you made it to the end! It was fun for me to take a little walk down memory lane. I'd appreciate any thoughts about what cards you think could be useful, or what latest versions from the past 10 years I should look into to (my "newest" cards are from Stronghold... from 1998... um, some of you might not have been born then... )
Taking a quick look at your list, some notable cards you have are swords to plowshares (still good today), natural order, Volrath's Stronghold, mox diamond and scrubland.
There's a lot of great cards printed in the last decade, so you'll have to do a lot of homework on your own. If you're looking for budget decks, I found this to be very helpful .
The author also used to publish a variety of budget friendly/competitive decks that can be found here.
I would also advise you check out the casual or legacy subforums and maybe even repost your list there. There's certainly more viewership in those areas. Best of luck!
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