Since this is a season for communities to band together and to give gifts, I was thinking about what I could to do add some holiday fun to the MTGSalvation community. This idea came to me, and it seemed like a fun idea that both let people exchange gifts and brought our community to a little more personal level.
I present to you....
The MTGSalvation Holiday Magic Card Exchange
How it will work:
Everybody will send me one or more personally altered Magic cards. I will then randomly redistribute them and send each participant back someone else's card.
By personally altered, I mean that it has a personal artistic modification. Signing your name (forum and/or real, or at least your initials) is necessary. Beyond that, try and alter the card somehow. You don't necessarily have to go to the extremes that the people in the altered art card thread in artwork do (although I certainly think it would be awesome if some people sent in cards that had a very high level of awesome in their alterations!), but make it something that the person who receives it will enjoy. An example of what you could do would be something like this:
If you're not artistically inclined, don't worry. It doesn't need to be extreme, but it should be more than just a signature. In general, if you wouldn't be happy with receiving it from somebody else, it's probably not good enough.
The Sending Rules
You may submit any number of cards. However, you will receive the contents of what one other member sent. If you send four cards and the person who is randomly chosen to give you what he sent sent just one card, the cards of other people won't be piled on to make it an equal number.
You will not know who will be receiving the items you send ahead of time.
You may send a letter or photograph with your card if you would like the person who receives your card to also have a letter or photograph. This is definitely not mandatory, and is just an additional kind gesture. If you wish to send any other kind of item, please clear it with me first via PM.
Please be courteous with your modifications. Don't make any overly offensive modifications.
How to Participate:
To participate, you must have at least 250 posts. This is to ensure that people who nobody knows don't sign up just to participate and that the person who receives their card can connect it to MTGSalvation. However, I AM willing to allow exceptions to this rule. Some people might only post in a certain area but are still well known, or might have a lot of posts in areas where posts don't count. Give me a good enough reason and I'll let you be a part of this. I'm going to be pretty lenient on what reasons I'll allow, so don't be afraid of rejection. If you want to talk about being eligible to play, send me a PM.
To send me a card, despite the lies that the Jetsons taught me about the 21st century in my youth, you will need my address. Send me a PM and let me know that you want it for this purpose and I will give it to you. In addition, please give me your address in that PM.
There is no signing up, and there is no limit to the number of entrants. I must simply have what you send by the 19th of December, 2007. The key here is that I need to have it. Make sure to budget enough time for the card to come via mail. For reference, I live in Washington State in the United States. If you are from outside North America I certainly do not have any problem with you wanting to be a part of this, but please keep in mind that the same deadline applies. If your card comes late I will try and pair you with another straggler, but I make no guarantees that you won't just end up with your card back.
Tips & Suggestions
Please, please, please make the card you modify at least somewhat playable. Taking a Lairwatch Giant off your desk and modifying it a little will cause the person who receives it to be unhappy. Unless you like making people unhappy of course. In that case, it will undoubtedly be the one person who has a Lairwatch Giant theme deck. It's just bad all around. It doesn't have to be a rare, and I'm not asking you to part with anything expensive. Even an easy to find common like Tarfire or Mulldrifter works. (Although if you could spare a playable rare it would definitely brighten someones day and see play in public settings where people could marvel it!) You don't know what formats the person who receives it plays, but if you make it something playable it'll at least fine the way into that persons 5 color deck, highlander deck, cube, a future standard deck, or something.
Try and make your card show off your personality or forum persona! Maybe you're a well known control strategist. Send a altered and signed Counterspell. Maybe you've had your avatar as Incinerate that flashes to a Keldon Marauders and everybody knows you by it. Send out altered, signed versions of both. Maybe you're Kraj or Memnarch6. Use an Experiment Kraj/Memnarch. If you popularized Pyromancers Swath combo, send out a altered signed Pyromancers Swath. Being able to connect a member with the card is a way to make your signed, altered card cool without having to be great at modifications.
Try and keep the modifications tournament playable. They don't have to be of course, but being able to play what you receive through this at a event and then tell the story behind it would be really awesome. In general, to keep a card tournament playable its artwork needs to be recognizable and the thickness can't have changed, so anything like stickers could be a problem. As always, before playing with an altered card at an event, always check with the head judge to make sure that it's okay.
Please don't be upset over what you receive. If you spent hours slaving over your card only to receive a playset of basic lands with stick figures fighting on them and a signature, you don't get to petition to receive "something better" than that. This is all for fun. Although, as always, it would be great if people put in a little effort so that people are excited over what they receive.
Finally, if you have stamps to spare, please send some along in your envelope. It is not required by any means that you do, but it would be of great help if you could send at least the amount of stamps it will take to mail you back.
Post if you have any questions, concerns, or comments. I think this is going to be a lot of fun, and I am sure it will end up with a lot of interesting results. I will be participating as well, and I guarantee that I will have at least one rare in my batch of signed and modified cards, if that's any incentive for you to join the fun.
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How many are we allowed to send to you at max? And can we make requests to limit to a group of people*aka More vintage/legacy side or Standard* I wan't to try to nail something for all formats and already have vintage/250 color alts made.
Haha.. Great idea. I'd better get to sending though, as i live in finland so it'll take some time to arrive there.
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I am definitely in for this. It would be great to post a list of participants once the deadline has passed so we can track who is in and where our altered cards may be going. I certainly hope there will be a 'show us what you got' too after they have all gone out. Anyhow, PM is coming out shortly.
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What I'd most like to know is would someone be happy with a pair of Condemn? I've only played casual for the last few months so I'm out of the loop. Hugely.
Saph: I wouldn't send more than 5 cards. most people are only going to send 1 or 2, and remember, you won't get any more cards back if you send more than the other person.
I'm in, now I need to decide what to send out...
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Saph: I wouldn't send more than 5 cards. most people are only going to send 1 or 2, and remember, you won't get any more cards back if you send more than the other person.
I'm in, now I need to decide what to send out...
I wouldn't care. I play like once or twice every three months.
Just the fact if someone liked hte ones I altered It be cool. Also They could split my lots up to cover more people if needed and I wouldn't care if I got anything. the only thing I wonder if I should even bother cause considering my track record I pissed off a WHOLE lot people the past 3-4 months...lol
I wouldn't care. I play like once or twice every three months.
Just the fact if someone liked hte ones I altered It be cool. Also They could split my lots up to cover more people if needed and I wouldn't care if I got anything. the only thing I wonder if I should even bother cause considering my track record I pissed off a WHOLE lot people the past 3-4 months...lol
I'd be happy to get something from you! So there please join in!
Hm, so I've got 11 days to get you a Memnarch, altered a la me. Damn. I totally am in, but I will need to A) practice on a printout so I don't screw it up and B) split my focus on it with finals. >_>
I would like to be in. I can't help but wonder, what type of pens do you guys recomend be used in altering the cards? I've never done something like this before so I don't want to mess them up.
I would like to be in. I can't help but wonder, what type of pens do you guys recomend be used in altering the cards? I've never done something like this before so I don't want to mess them up.
In all honesty, I'm gonna whip out a black sharpie and doodle as I will.
I would like to be in. I can't help but wonder, what type of pens do you guys recomend be used in altering the cards? I've never done something like this before so I don't want to mess them up.
I use Sharpies for details and not much coloring, Gels for foil effects*takes long time to dry*, and Flat tipped Blacks to do the black out effects.
The Bolts I posted are Black outs and one is gel and black out incomplete.
Paints give ya better art BUT can alter it too much of the thickness.
I have replied to all of the address requests sent so far. I am glad this has received so much interest, it looks to be very exciting and widespread!
There are a lot more international senders than I expected. There are international senders who I didn't even know were international senders! While I'm not going to extend the date, if you have worries about your card not coming in time, it is very likely that there will be "international stragglers" you can match up with.
How many are we allowed to send to you at max? And can we make requests to limit to a group of people*aka More vintage/legacy side or Standard* I wan't to try to nail something for all formats and already have vintage/250 color alts made.
There is no maximum. As for sending to specific kinds of people, it will all be completely random. I originally considered skewing cards I received towards certain people or taking requests, but if I do anything but completely randomize who receives particular cards, I start down a slippery slope that will end with people accusing me of rigging things. To avoid any problems, it will just all be randomized.
I am definitely in for this. It would be great to post a list of participants once the deadline has passed so we can track who is in and where our altered cards may be going. I certainly hope there will be a 'show us what you got' too after they have all gone out. Anyhow, PM is coming out shortly.
I will definitely post all of the participants, as well as the name of the person whose items they are receiving. And yes, everyone should definitely post pictures! I'll be taking some of my own just in case
Saph: I wouldn't send more than 5 cards. most people are only going to send 1 or 2, and remember, you won't get any more cards back if you send more than the other person.
To counteract this, my package will contain at least 8 cards! I don't know about the majority of participants, but I'd want people to have at a playset of any recent common or uncommon I send. The rare I send, of course, will be much more singular...
Hm, so I've got 11 days to get you a Memnarch, altered a la me. Damn. I totally am in, but I will need to A) practice on a printout so I don't screw it up and B) split my focus on it with finals. >_>
That aside, I'm totally game.
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Should be fun. Have to find an Ace card now
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I present to you....
Everybody will send me one or more personally altered Magic cards. I will then randomly redistribute them and send each participant back someone else's card.
By personally altered, I mean that it has a personal artistic modification. Signing your name (forum and/or real, or at least your initials) is necessary. Beyond that, try and alter the card somehow. You don't necessarily have to go to the extremes that the people in the altered art card thread in artwork do (although I certainly think it would be awesome if some people sent in cards that had a very high level of awesome in their alterations!), but make it something that the person who receives it will enjoy. An example of what you could do would be something like this:
If you're not artistically inclined, don't worry. It doesn't need to be extreme, but it should be more than just a signature. In general, if you wouldn't be happy with receiving it from somebody else, it's probably not good enough.
To participate, you must have at least 250 posts. This is to ensure that people who nobody knows don't sign up just to participate and that the person who receives their card can connect it to MTGSalvation. However, I AM willing to allow exceptions to this rule. Some people might only post in a certain area but are still well known, or might have a lot of posts in areas where posts don't count. Give me a good enough reason and I'll let you be a part of this. I'm going to be pretty lenient on what reasons I'll allow, so don't be afraid of rejection. If you want to talk about being eligible to play, send me a PM.
To send me a card, despite the lies that the Jetsons taught me about the 21st century in my youth, you will need my address. Send me a PM and let me know that you want it for this purpose and I will give it to you. In addition, please give me your address in that PM.
There is no signing up, and there is no limit to the number of entrants. I must simply have what you send by the 19th of December, 2007. The key here is that I need to have it. Make sure to budget enough time for the card to come via mail. For reference, I live in Washington State in the United States. If you are from outside North America I certainly do not have any problem with you wanting to be a part of this, but please keep in mind that the same deadline applies. If your card comes late I will try and pair you with another straggler, but I make no guarantees that you won't just end up with your card back.
Please, please, please make the card you modify at least somewhat playable. Taking a Lairwatch Giant off your desk and modifying it a little will cause the person who receives it to be unhappy. Unless you like making people unhappy of course. In that case, it will undoubtedly be the one person who has a Lairwatch Giant theme deck. It's just bad all around. It doesn't have to be a rare, and I'm not asking you to part with anything expensive. Even an easy to find common like Tarfire or Mulldrifter works. (Although if you could spare a playable rare it would definitely brighten someones day and see play in public settings where people could marvel it!) You don't know what formats the person who receives it plays, but if you make it something playable it'll at least fine the way into that persons 5 color deck, highlander deck, cube, a future standard deck, or something.
Try and make your card show off your personality or forum persona! Maybe you're a well known control strategist. Send a altered and signed Counterspell. Maybe you've had your avatar as Incinerate that flashes to a Keldon Marauders and everybody knows you by it. Send out altered, signed versions of both. Maybe you're Kraj or Memnarch6. Use an Experiment Kraj/Memnarch. If you popularized Pyromancers Swath combo, send out a altered signed Pyromancers Swath. Being able to connect a member with the card is a way to make your signed, altered card cool without having to be great at modifications.
Try and keep the modifications tournament playable. They don't have to be of course, but being able to play what you receive through this at a event and then tell the story behind it would be really awesome. In general, to keep a card tournament playable its artwork needs to be recognizable and the thickness can't have changed, so anything like stickers could be a problem. As always, before playing with an altered card at an event, always check with the head judge to make sure that it's okay.
Please don't be upset over what you receive. If you spent hours slaving over your card only to receive a playset of basic lands with stick figures fighting on them and a signature, you don't get to petition to receive "something better" than that. This is all for fun. Although, as always, it would be great if people put in a little effort so that people are excited over what they receive.
Finally, if you have stamps to spare, please send some along in your envelope. It is not required by any means that you do, but it would be of great help if you could send at least the amount of stamps it will take to mail you back.
Post if you have any questions, concerns, or comments. I think this is going to be a lot of fun, and I am sure it will end up with a lot of interesting results. I will be participating as well, and I guarantee that I will have at least one rare in my batch of signed and modified cards, if that's any incentive for you to join the fun.
Plus, 11 days isn't very much time.
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But man, this idea is great!
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It shouldn't be "is put into the graveyard from the battlefield"
It should be "is put into the graveyard from play"
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A card game about Presidents. Stabbing each other. With knives.
I'm in, now I need to decide what to send out...
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I wouldn't care. I play like once or twice every three months.
Just the fact if someone liked hte ones I altered It be cool. Also They could split my lots up to cover more people if needed and I wouldn't care if I got anything. the only thing I wonder if I should even bother cause considering my track record I pissed off a WHOLE lot people the past 3-4 months...lol
I'd be happy to get something from you! So there please join in!
One is semi done as you could tell and the others are in mists of it.
That aside, I'm totally game.
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In all honesty, I'm gonna whip out a black sharpie and doodle as I will.
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I use Sharpies for details and not much coloring, Gels for foil effects*takes long time to dry*, and Flat tipped Blacks to do the black out effects.
The Bolts I posted are Black outs and one is gel and black out incomplete.
Paints give ya better art BUT can alter it too much of the thickness.
Thats the kind of brilliant idea that only comes to you after you totally screw up a Sengir Vampire.
Damn, Magic cards were not meant to be written on.
There are a lot more international senders than I expected. There are international senders who I didn't even know were international senders!
There is no maximum. As for sending to specific kinds of people, it will all be completely random. I originally considered skewing cards I received towards certain people or taking requests, but if I do anything but completely randomize who receives particular cards, I start down a slippery slope that will end with people accusing me of rigging things. To avoid any problems, it will just all be randomized.
I will definitely post all of the participants, as well as the name of the person whose items they are receiving. And yes, everyone should definitely post pictures! I'll be taking some of my own just in case
To counteract this, my package will contain at least 8 cards! I don't know about the majority of participants, but I'd want people to have at a playset of any recent common or uncommon I send. The rare I send, of course, will be much more singular...
guess whay card i'm a sendin?
-Niv
PS i dont normally sing my posts ;-)
Millionaires, I hear it's good Music (Disclaimer: lyrics not PG-13) Thanks, CC
*Suggests having the text box only with : "4UUU: Target Base Are Belong To Us."*
Should be fun. Have to find an Ace card now