Drafting at a friend's house in New York and the guy sitting next to me rips Bazaar of Baghdad and a Mindbreak Trap in the same pack. Not bad...
Wow.
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I bought a box, my brother bought a box. I somehow got 6 fetch lands, one of them foiled, sorin and a sinkhole. Now, when I saw that white border (in with uncommons) my heart stopped, I thought I hit the big bucks on my first box! Was very happy with the box, also got a Day of Judgement and a Sky Ruin. No Angel though.
The only store in town (Fort McMurray, AB, Canada) has put the Zendikar boxes to 200 dollars a box. I bought it at first for 150. I hate having no choices, they are just stupid and I'm now forced onto Ebay!
Wow it's still going? I thought the priceless treasures were only in the first run. I might buy a few packs just for the fun of it. Not really expecting one though, Zendikar is powered enough anyways......:D
Wow it's still going? I thought the priceless treasures were only in the first run. I might buy a few packs just for the fun of it. Not really expecting one though, Zendikar is powered enough anyways......:D
Are you assuming that "Toys N Things" didn't receive any of the first shipment? A lot toy stores in the mall have highly inflated pack prices, so once regular gaming stores run out (or people are doing Christmas shopping), the stores where you normally wouldn't buy cards from still have first shipment available. I bought a box at the release tournament and have barely gotten into it. I'm hoping to draft a treasure before I'm done.
My buddy opened a Force of Will at the PTQ in san jose. it was pretty cool. i was hoping that some one would open one at the sacramento ptq, but it was a different print run:( i tried to trade it from him but he sold it for 17 instead!
Today I bought 3 leftover boosters in a store here in Quito, they were supposed to be sold somewhere around december but there was a problem with a credit card and they ended up refloating today.
I opened the boosters, sort of hoping for a fetchland. Instead got a Halo Hunter, a scute mob (not so bad) and a grappling hook (bleh). After finding the last rare (Halo Hunter) I found the token (a snake token FWIW) and behind it, there was a very odd looking land......
So yeah, the priceless treasure thing was for real, and you might wanna snap those odd zendikar packs that can be left behind from the first print run as a result of revoked credit cards, leftover stock or whatever.
This baby is headed straight for my EDH ^^
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Well, I can personally vouch for the fact that these cards are still being opened at stores that have gone through a ton of product and all of their initial shipments. At the end of this past week's FNM, a friend picked up three boosters from the counter, one each of M10, ARB, and ZEN. It was on a whim in that he was running late to pick up his girlfriend (who got him into the game just 6 months ago), and he knows that she likes just cracking packs. So this was meant as a "please don't be angry at me, honey" sort of gesture.
He picked her up and met me at Denny's (our usual post-FNM late-night EDH spot). After they sat down and pulled out their EDH decks, he laid out the three packs. She took the M10 booster and he took the ARB. She got a foil Hive Mind and a Birds of Paradise. He got a Sovereigns of Lost Alara. I tapped the ZEN booster and said, "Well, let's hope it's a fetchland or something good, then." He picked it up, opened it, and started taking cards out from the back. As he unwrapped the non-seamed side, he remarked on his disappointment that there was no foil, as he could see ad on the back of the tips and tricks card. When he removed it, though, he said, "That's odd, my land is upside-down." He turned it over and his eyes went wide. It was an unlimited Time Vault!
I had to explain what it was and its approximate value. I don't think he really believed me until he looked it up on his phone, though.
To give some background, the store was Great Escape Games in Sacramento, CA. We had approximately 50 for the ZEN sealed prerelease (where a Phyrexian Dreadnought was also opened), plus drafts afterward. The store also went through at least three cases for singles since the release (most opened by yours truly) and has run its FNMs as ZEN-ZEN-ZEN drafts almost exclusively since then (Standard will also fire some Fridays, yes we can run both as FNM on the same night, PM me for details on how if you need).
So, short story, the store has run through a ton of product, and its retail packs have been cycled through many many times. These packs were pretty fresh. I can ask about distributor details if you need, but my guess is that it was either through the Wizards Premier Store Program or Alliance. Maybe Magazine Exchange, but I think they're a "last resort" supplier for the store.
Just figured y'all would appreciate knowing that it's still possible somehow.
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Just had one of my coolest moments in Magic tonight. I was doing a Winston Draft of Zendikar with an old friend who I hadn't seen in like 8 months. We opened the packs, removing the token & basic land. He opens the final pack, drops the token, then flips up a Revised Plateau! He hadn't played Magic since Reborn, so I had to explain the priceless treasures thing. Definitely a cool moment and I was really fortunate.
This is the start of my second box (first run) of Zendikar, and I used packs from that box. At my local card shop, you put your packs into a pool, then they're re-distributed before the draft starts. It was the last pack that we opened tonight. In my 8-man last night, I *barely* lost (by one turn) in the semi-finals, meaning I got 1 pack instead of 3. The thing I do is that I go through my prize packs before I go through my personal packs. If I had won that match and received three packs, then I would have put my priceless treasure in the draft pool next week & I would have only had a 1:8 chance of getting my pack back. It's crazy how things work out.
Next week when I see my opponent who defeated me, I'll have to thank him
A mate of mine was opening his Zendikar box and I was needling him about how crap it was and next thing I know, he opened a dual land! And not just any dual land, but an Underground Sea! I'm keeping my mouth shut in future.
Sadly, if you compare $3.99 retail price for first-run Zendikar packs, and ~$2.50 / pack non-treasure box price, you'll be spending roughly $1,072.80 per treasure. Yeah, I think that just cemented my avoidance of any more retail-price magic packs.
So, not that I'm expecting people who didn't witness me open the pack believe me, but I did however Open a zendikar pack and much to my surprise I pulled a Black Lotus. Now, at first I thought this was a junk promo card with a picture of the lotus front or something because I had no idea they were putting the hidden treasures in zendikar. Also the old print from unlimited in comparison to the newer cards make it look "fake" at first.
The owner of Richies comic cobana in Waterbury, CT can confirm that I pulled the card.
As well as the entire staff at Fables comic in Southington, CT That I did indeed have this on my person the day I pulled it to buy a card case for it because Richie's did not have a suitable case.
As an added twist that might piss a few of you older players off is that I've only been playing since I learned on xbox duels of the planes-walkers.
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Black lotus is my Zendikar booster was a very lucky day.
So this seems to be in 2nd print run boosters. Can people confirm that?
I could have just gotten this out of a first run. the comic book store i got it from doesn't NOTHING in magic really. they just keep a few boxes of the T2 cards. no singles or anything.
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Black lotus is my Zendikar booster was a very lucky day.
How do you tell if a box from Zendikar is from the first print run? There's a few floating around on eBay claiming to be from the first print run but they only have stock images.
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The only store in town (Fort McMurray, AB, Canada) has put the Zendikar boxes to 200 dollars a box. I bought it at first for 150. I hate having no choices, they are just stupid and I'm now forced onto Ebay!
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Spiderboy4DarkNightCavalier and XenoNinja at Heroes of the Plane Studios for the AMAZING sig pic and avvy.Are you assuming that "Toys N Things" didn't receive any of the first shipment? A lot toy stores in the mall have highly inflated pack prices, so once regular gaming stores run out (or people are doing Christmas shopping), the stores where you normally wouldn't buy cards from still have first shipment available. I bought a box at the release tournament and have barely gotten into it. I'm hoping to draft a treasure before I'm done.
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I opened the boosters, sort of hoping for a fetchland. Instead got a Halo Hunter, a scute mob (not so bad) and a grappling hook (bleh). After finding the last rare (Halo Hunter) I found the token (a snake token FWIW) and behind it, there was a very odd looking land......
It took me a while to realize it was a BAYOU!!
So yeah, the priceless treasure thing was for real, and you might wanna snap those odd zendikar packs that can be left behind from the first print run as a result of revoked credit cards, leftover stock or whatever.
This baby is headed straight for my EDH ^^
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He picked her up and met me at Denny's (our usual post-FNM late-night EDH spot). After they sat down and pulled out their EDH decks, he laid out the three packs. She took the M10 booster and he took the ARB. She got a foil Hive Mind and a Birds of Paradise. He got a Sovereigns of Lost Alara. I tapped the ZEN booster and said, "Well, let's hope it's a fetchland or something good, then." He picked it up, opened it, and started taking cards out from the back. As he unwrapped the non-seamed side, he remarked on his disappointment that there was no foil, as he could see ad on the back of the tips and tricks card. When he removed it, though, he said, "That's odd, my land is upside-down." He turned it over and his eyes went wide. It was an unlimited Time Vault!
I had to explain what it was and its approximate value. I don't think he really believed me until he looked it up on his phone, though.
To give some background, the store was Great Escape Games in Sacramento, CA. We had approximately 50 for the ZEN sealed prerelease (where a Phyrexian Dreadnought was also opened), plus drafts afterward. The store also went through at least three cases for singles since the release (most opened by yours truly) and has run its FNMs as ZEN-ZEN-ZEN drafts almost exclusively since then (Standard will also fire some Fridays, yes we can run both as FNM on the same night, PM me for details on how if you need).
So, short story, the store has run through a ton of product, and its retail packs have been cycled through many many times. These packs were pretty fresh. I can ask about distributor details if you need, but my guess is that it was either through the Wizards Premier Store Program or Alliance. Maybe Magazine Exchange, but I think they're a "last resort" supplier for the store.
Just figured y'all would appreciate knowing that it's still possible somehow.
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This is the start of my second box (first run) of Zendikar, and I used packs from that box. At my local card shop, you put your packs into a pool, then they're re-distributed before the draft starts. It was the last pack that we opened tonight. In my 8-man last night, I *barely* lost (by one turn) in the semi-finals, meaning I got 1 pack instead of 3. The thing I do is that I go through my prize packs before I go through my personal packs. If I had won that match and received three packs, then I would have put my priceless treasure in the draft pool next week & I would have only had a 1:8 chance of getting my pack back. It's crazy how things work out.
Next week when I see my opponent who defeated me, I'll have to thank him
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The owner of Richies comic cobana in Waterbury, CT can confirm that I pulled the card.
As well as the entire staff at Fables comic in Southington, CT That I did indeed have this on my person the day I pulled it to buy a card case for it because Richie's did not have a suitable case.
As an added twist that might piss a few of you older players off is that I've only been playing since I learned on xbox duels of the planes-walkers.
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If your store still has boxes from the A print run.
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I could have just gotten this out of a first run. the comic book store i got it from doesn't NOTHING in magic really. they just keep a few boxes of the T2 cards. no singles or anything.