MTG Salvation

It is. Haven't sent or received anything in the past week because I am out of town currently, but I should be heading back on Wednesday, which means I need to think about what sort of cards I want to consider trading for. Most likely, I want to get a playset of Cursecatachers as they are the last four cards I need to play Modern Merfolk, unless I decide that I want to play the Master of Waves version, which is probably better, but means I would have to shell out for more Masters right when they are really overpriced due to a certain 3/3 for UUU...

No, you cannot. Delve is a static ability that allows for an alternate method of paying for the spell when you cast it, and isn't an intrinsic part of the mana cost, so the mana cost is 5B and doesn't come with alternate payments attached.

On the other hand, if you have a Vault Skirge manifested (and similarly for hybrid and two-brid cards), you can pay 1 and 2 life to turn it face up, because the phyrexian mana symbol is part of the actual mana cost and therefore is built into the cost to un-manifest.

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So, to you veteran PucaTraders, how serious is to have a trader's account on hold?

I finally get the nerve to send cards over $10 and the receiver's account is now on hold! I haven't sent them yet, thankfully. Can I relist these cards in my Haves and just open a case to cancel this trade? I'm not too confident even to complete the trade if the hold gets lifted...thoughts?

What exactly does it say? I've never had a receiver's account "on hold". My guess would be that the person in question is being investigated for fraud or system abuse and that you shouldn't send in the meantime, but again, it's not a scenario I've ever seen before.

Remember as well that while a fair number of people are only looking for NM to Gem Mint cards, there are a fair number of people who also are willing to negotiate for played cards - I am one such individual, and there are others like me in that regard.

If you go that route, you will need a silver (i.e. paid) account and you should always get approval from the other party before sending less than NM - I am fine with SP and MP at a discount, yes, but I will get angry if I get less than NM and I'm not notified ahead of time.

For duals and power, I can see accepting the full price for SP to SP+ cards and I know that for duals / Karakas and similar, MP cards tend to go at a 10-15% discount over NM (at least, that's about what I'm able to negotiate in general), but I can't think of a single card where I'd pay more than 10% above the posted price, except when the posted price is obviously wrong (7th Foil Ensnaring Bridges were listed at 2,000 points for a good while when they're really worth 15,000+, for instance).


On the bright side, I have managed to pick up 9 dual lands on PucaTrade in the past month, leaving me five short of a playset.

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My friend got a message today from a user and we both had a chuckle. He has a card (sneak attack judge foil) on his want list. The guy messages him and says that he has one for trade but he wanted an extra 1500 points. No reason, no explanation.

Guy messages me with a MP Bayou that he wants 15,500 points for. By comparison, the NM price is currently 15,150. Told him I'm interested at around 13,500, and the guy doesn't even bother to tell me that 13,500 isn't enough, and just disappears.

I don't hold it against the individual since I'm always interested in getting the most points for my cards, but I could get a NM one on TCGPlayer shipped for $145, so... I'll pass.

Interesting storm variant, of sorts. Reminds me of Wargate, except that sometimes, you cheat out Emrakul for 3 mana. I wonder if this sort of card would make a viable Storm deck - the deck has Manamorphose to filter colors, and we could always see some sort of Ascendancy variant. I could see this being URG as well without much of a problem.

Same card as above - I received no feedback last time.

Interesting card. A 2/1 First Strike for 2 isn't anything to write home about, but being able to get it on demand and get some quasi-recursion with it and shuffle effects isn't the worst thing in the world. I have no idea why this is or needs to be legendary, though.


EDIT:
Suppression Link: Did you mean to say "counter that ability" instead? Because it doesn't seem right to have it counter abilities, except when it counters spells randomly. Other than that, it's a lot weaker than Stifle, and I think this can safely be costed at 1U. U is probably too strong for Standard in its current incarnation.


Steadfast Defenders 2WW

Creature - Spirit Soldier (R)
First Strike, Vigilance
Reincarnate 1WW (Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, you may pay 1WW. If you do, return this card to the battlefield. Otherwise, exile it.)

3/1

The soldiers of Elainor Kingdom are so loyal to their lands that even death cannot sway their duty.

In the graveyard, cards only have their printed characteristics (barring a Yixlid Jailer or similar shenanigans). It won't have the lifelink ability in the graveyard.

If you exile a dead Butcher to Soulflayer, you'll get Flying, but nothing else.

So, I want second opinions on this: I am interested in stockpiling a couple of playsets of Khans fetchlands, since they are easy trade fodder if there is stuff I want to trade for down the road, and I want to try to hit the bottom. If, as we expect, the Zendikar fetchlands are reprinted in October, how does that bode for Khans fetchlands? I know that the two fetchland sets are roughly substitutes of each other - although certainly not perfect substitutes, so a decrease in price of one should lower the demand for the other...

Just musing if I should hold off for now.

They'll fall to the 10-15 range. That's where the Khans fetchlands are. I'm just about ready to pull the trigger and pick up a couple dozen Khans fetches to have as trade fodder.

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On a Magic related note, I really just want to know when I am gonna be able to pick up Arid Mesa and Scalding Tarn for a more reasonable price Wizards. Let's just stop playing games, all I want is to finish Miracles with an optimal mana base. Is that so much to ask?

I would be shocked if they didn't appear in Battle for Zendikar.

It's difficult to evaluate. Drawing a card is always good, and while gaining three life isn't worth that much, incidental life gain over time is very nice for a control deck to have against aggressive strategies. The problem is that it's not exactly clear if this fits into any deck strategy - aggressive decks don't want to give their opponents three free life every turn, and a control deck doesn't want to give the other deck more cards - control decks win by grinding out to the late game with answers and card draw - more card draw than the opponent. This certainly has interesting political applications for multiplayer, but does that make up for a lackluster 1v1 experience? That, I cannot say.

Songs of Remembrance 2WW

Enchantment (R)
Whenever a creature becomes tapped, put a stillness counter on it.
Creatures with stillness counters on them have: "If this creature would become untapped, instead remove a stillness counter from it."

Karn Liberated, Tarmogoyf confirmed for Modern Masters 2 per PAX Panel. (Both at Mythic)

(6000 post extravaganza!!)

EDIT:
Fall 2015 Set confirmed: Battle for Zendikar.

Chance of Zen Fetches reprinted in this set: very high. I would strongly consider getting rid of any extras you have.

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Isn't winter basically over at this point? I mean, there's like three weeks until the start of summer.

Is it, but stuff has been put off for way too long and for the price its a good deal. Less magic sucks though...

True. Best time to buy seasonal stuff is right after that season has passed. Christmas stuff tends to be 60-70% off around the first of the year, and I wouldn't be surprised if it is similar for other things as well.