Quick Blip: **** got better because I talked with a certain someone and seeing her made me feel better. So there is that.
Gonna have to call someone on here out, but in the best way possible. User on here named Xanth is the owner of my LGS (Curio Cavern). Found out today that he is selling the Commander decks at MSRP, which is cool, but the interesting part is that if you want the Grixis one, you have to buy the other 4.
I honestly feel this is a really good idea as it keeps them selling and stops people from trying to flip the grixis for pure value leaving the others to stay on the shelves. I really enjoy how he is doing this. So yea, thanks for being an awesome LGS owner man.
Yeah, that is a good plan. My LGS just went: buy any of them $30 each, limit one of each specific type.
So you could buy one of each but never two of one. Keeps people from flipping Mind Seize but still lets people grab a copy for themselves for cheap. Thankful to my LGS so much. The other LGS by where I worked just said $65 for Mind Seize, $50 for the rest.
They also did buy $300 in merchandise, get a FTV for $50, or $400 each otherwise. My LGS that did the buy one each Commander for $30 did a FTV standard tournament, with the winner getting a FTV, the top 8 able to buy one for MSRP, and a FTV being opened and each card distributed randomly to everyone else.
Point is, one LGS is my all-time fave. The other one has more singles and a better FNM turnout..
@Macius: glad things are better mate! And yeah that's exactly what my store did! Couple people *****ed but those of us who actually care about the store support it fully. He had so many randoms come in and try to buy it just to sell the money cards back. One guy got so heated that he wouldn't sell just one grixis deck (aside from preorders) by itself and the owner straight up called him out on trying to rip the store off. The guy was lost for words completely.
We just had a casual session of playing the new decks and stuff. Grabbed a few cases and just had fun. I didn't get any of them but 2 of my friends got all of them and 6 others got at least one. I ended up getting the Grixis one off my friend sans TNN for $15 and a Wurmcoil. So in true cheapskate fashion, anyone need a Baleful Strix?
@Macius Welcome back, glad it didn't take too long for you to get back on the up and up.
@DnD That FTV tourney sounds awesome, some store owners really get it.
@Commander shenanigans, My LGS just sold them all at MSRP, but offered no discounts.(they do a stamp card, $10 or more is a stamp, 10 stamps is 25% off an item) The Grixis and Esper both sold out by 7pm today.
@Aja Already have a playset of the Strix, but thanks, lol. No idea on Jeleva, except the name is grossly reminiscent of Final Fantasy's Jeneva.
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I love giving people gifts! The lady's birthday is in a few weeks so I've been trying to come up with ideas. My main concern was that it wasn't MTG based, I don't want our relationship to be centered around that. So being the sneaky person I am, I created a Pinterest profile under my slightly-effeminate friends name and e-mail and followed her on there. That place is a GOLD MINE for gift ideas!!!! I'm 100% serious, if your significant other uses Pinterest, follow him/her on there.
EDIT: You guys have read some of my writings I'm assuming, can I get some critiques on my writing style? I'm starting to write a book by request of one of my professors and could really use some advice on what I can do to improve.
Writing advice: Try emulating other author's writing style.
I had to write the style of Dr. Seuss for an essay. It was funny, but it also allowed me to free up my mind and my writing became a lot more descriptive.
Now im not saying to write your book like green eggs and ham, but at least look at why an author writes that way and how it allows you abetter understanding of the story.
Although, the curtains could just be blue because the author likes blue ( Yes this means something)
Then, as someone pointed out before, expect heavily dog eared used porno mags:)
I was just in there and noticed a few people haven't done much. It's no big deal, but it would Lilly help your gifter.
I don't know how to take things when someone addresses a group that I'm a part of, but doesn't have to do with me. The other day my supervisor had a less than pleasant impromptu meeting with a line the me and 3 others from my usual line were helping. Someone that was doing inspection for the line made blatantly false accusations on the people of that line to cover her own ass. When another guy from my line where going to chime in to set stuff straight, we were told it didn't apply to us. The rest of those guys kept quiet and we all got the ensuing ear full. I don't know, I just feel awkward when that stuff happens, which is no less than weekly. Also, 'awkward' is an awkward word.
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Nate you should adopt the phrase "awk-sauce" it makes awkward things (including the word itself) much more childish and stupid.
That's funny, I like it.
@ME Good luck Sunday! Is it anywhere near Toledo, OH or Detroit, MI? I need a place to try out my Junk deck.
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I've worked with my LGS to get people in, but they aren't showing up for FNMs. Prerelease is usually 30 - 40 people each time. Friday, twice Saturday, and Sunday. There are 3 GS's in Toledo, One in Dearborn, and one in Wayne, but I'm trying to keep the one here going. They've been really good to me and They're literally a 3 minute drive from my house. Any ideas?
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So, played the new Commander decks. Oloro has stupid good card advantage. The deck is built around the life gain. 1v1 against Jund, end result: Board - Oloro, Sharuum, Myr Battlesphere, Disciple of Griselbrand, Vizkopa Guildmage, Greed, Curse of Inertia, Cradle of Vitality, Well of Lost Dreams, Sun Droplet, 15 mana on 14 lands. Thanks to Sharuum and Tempt with Immortality, I was able to drop Myr Battlesphere 3 times and basically killed with the direct shots. Ending life total - 65. At one point, I had realized that I was down to 4 cards, refilled my hand because I could, and never had my hand below 7 at the end of my turn again. This deck could use a Spellbook and/or Venser's Journal, and/or Reliquary Tower. Much fun. Foil oversized Sharuum is worth drool.
Bought Bant, Naya, and Grixis; $30 each. Only card I want in Esper deck is Tidal Force and I didn't like the looks of the Jund deck so no sale.
Bant one is hilarious if I don't get wiped. Commander for 'free' instant speed. Played a game with Kazandu Tuskcaller and at 1 point I had 16 3/3 threathening more. But then a board wipe happened and I wizened up. Deck needs some card draw, recursion, and/or staying power.
Played against the Grixis one and it was cute. Milling everyone is interesting and the deck has plenty of answers. Haven't opened mine yet.
I got the Naya one cuz I don't play RG at all (unless it's Riku only cuz he has U in him. ^_^). So I'm using Naya as a shell and adding some beef to it. Both games I've played I"ve won with General damage. The ability to make dudes, shoot something, or redistribute +1/+1 counters is no joke. And the incremental build up of cost, combined with other counter manipulation stuff (BFF) and the deck is a hoot to play with! Needs a bit more recursion and suriviability.
Friend got Esper deck and it's typcial Esper BS. Play cheap crazy artifact dude. Recur with Sharum, the Dumbs! Play Tidal Force (gimme!!!). Herp derp, playing the game! =p It's cute, but just not up my alley. MAybe it's too linear. Gain life,....pay 1, draw cards. Control game, rinse and repeat. :shurg: idk. =p Though killing him with General damage was fun!
From what I looked at Jund, it was: playing Prossh. Eat your babies, swing for lethal general damage. Didn't see a whole lot of him. =p
Honestly, I like the grixis deck the best. I have all of them, but have yet to play with or against the Maya or bant ones. I don't even think I opened the bant one yet.
I got all of mine for msrp plus my 10% file discount. He dent give me my employee discount though. I think it's because we only got five sets at first.
Haven't seen Grixis or Naya yet, my friend picked up the Bant though. It's got some ridiculous card draw if you get the tap q wizard draw a card dude, then Mirror Entity. After that draw down to Wanderer discard him, Mirror Entity for 10+ swing for lolz. Yeah, that happened to me.
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I now have a go-to gif for this.... sweetness. Also friend is playing mono-black devotion.... and I need to find the cards for him. Luckily I have the 'sieze and they have uses outside type:duo
Just finished my crappy version of Jeleva EDH. Still need a ton of cards that'll be going up on my trade thread (may have to shell out cash for big daddy Jace) soon. Initial testing looks like a lot of fun. Lots of ETB stuff, card draw/searching, and big splashy things to get for free off the top of my library with Jeleva.
EDIT: Updated my wants list in my trade thread. Hit me up if we can make anything work.
Anyone have any awesome FNM stories?(*nudgenudge*asheroth *nudgenudge*teraparsec) I put in the overtime this week again, so didn't even think about going. However, went to my LVGS and grabbed a Wii(not U) for my kids as the big Christmas gift. Bought the console, 3 controls with nunchucks, and two games, got the fourth control and nunchuck, the Control charger w/two battery packs, and two more games for free. Came out to like $260. Guy is awesome.
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Speaking of old, the Blockbuster's Clan Contest's judging round has been on for about a week. I have two judging results so far. Nate's and my own.
So get those in to me if you're not those two awesome cats, asap.*
*Doing so will make you an awesome cat. Except Jivan. He is always the grumpy cat:)
Speaking of old, the Blockbuster's Clan Contest's judging round has been on for about a week. I have two judging results so far. Nate's and my own.
So get those in to me if you're not those two awesome cats, asap.*
*Doing so will make you an awesome cat. Except Jivan. He is always the grumpy cat:)
He might be a grumpy cat, but he's Our grumpy cat.
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Yeah, that is a good plan. My LGS just went: buy any of them $30 each, limit one of each specific type.
So you could buy one of each but never two of one. Keeps people from flipping Mind Seize but still lets people grab a copy for themselves for cheap. Thankful to my LGS so much. The other LGS by where I worked just said $65 for Mind Seize, $50 for the rest.
They also did buy $300 in merchandise, get a FTV for $50, or $400 each otherwise. My LGS that did the buy one each Commander for $30 did a FTV standard tournament, with the winner getting a FTV, the top 8 able to buy one for MSRP, and a FTV being opened and each card distributed randomly to everyone else.
Point is, one LGS is my all-time fave. The other one has more singles and a better FNM turnout..
UBOona, Queen of the FaeBU
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UWGScapedraziGWU
WUBEsper StonebladeBUW
We just had a casual session of playing the new decks and stuff. Grabbed a few cases and just had fun. I didn't get any of them but 2 of my friends got all of them and 6 others got at least one. I ended up getting the Grixis one off my friend sans TNN for $15 and a Wurmcoil. So in true cheapskate fashion, anyone need a Baleful Strix?
Also, anyone have clever ideas for Jeleva?
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@DnD That FTV tourney sounds awesome, some store owners really get it.
@Commander shenanigans, My LGS just sold them all at MSRP, but offered no discounts.(they do a stamp card, $10 or more is a stamp, 10 stamps is 25% off an item) The Grixis and Esper both sold out by 7pm today.
@Aja Already have a playset of the Strix, but thanks, lol. No idea on Jeleva, except the name is grossly reminiscent of Final Fantasy's Jeneva.
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EDIT: You guys have read some of my writings I'm assuming, can I get some critiques on my writing style? I'm starting to write a book by request of one of my professors and could really use some advice on what I can do to improve.
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I had to write the style of Dr. Seuss for an essay. It was funny, but it also allowed me to free up my mind and my writing became a lot more descriptive.
Now im not saying to write your book like green eggs and ham, but at least look at why an author writes that way and how it allows you abetter understanding of the story.
Although, the curtains could just be blue because the author likes blue ( Yes this means something)
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I was just in there and noticed a few people haven't done much. It's no big deal, but it would Lilly help your gifter.
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That's funny, I like it.
@ME Good luck Sunday! Is it anywhere near Toledo, OH or Detroit, MI? I need a place to try out my Junk deck.
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Oh... Yeah, that's too far, lol.
I've worked with my LGS to get people in, but they aren't showing up for FNMs. Prerelease is usually 30 - 40 people each time. Friday, twice Saturday, and Sunday. There are 3 GS's in Toledo, One in Dearborn, and one in Wayne, but I'm trying to keep the one here going. They've been really good to me and They're literally a 3 minute drive from my house. Any ideas?
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You will not remember my face, your name, or your journey, but in the end...
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Bought Bant, Naya, and Grixis; $30 each. Only card I want in Esper deck is Tidal Force and I didn't like the looks of the Jund deck so no sale.
Bant one is hilarious if I don't get wiped. Commander for 'free' instant speed. Played a game with Kazandu Tuskcaller and at 1 point I had 16 3/3 threathening more. But then a board wipe happened and I wizened up. Deck needs some card draw, recursion, and/or staying power.
Played against the Grixis one and it was cute. Milling everyone is interesting and the deck has plenty of answers. Haven't opened mine yet.
I got the Naya one cuz I don't play RG at all (unless it's Riku only cuz he has U in him. ^_^). So I'm using Naya as a shell and adding some beef to it. Both games I've played I"ve won with General damage. The ability to make dudes, shoot something, or redistribute +1/+1 counters is no joke. And the incremental build up of cost, combined with other counter manipulation stuff (BFF) and the deck is a hoot to play with! Needs a bit more recursion and suriviability.
Friend got Esper deck and it's typcial Esper BS. Play cheap crazy artifact dude. Recur with Sharum, the Dumbs! Play Tidal Force (gimme!!!). Herp derp, playing the game! =p It's cute, but just not up my alley. MAybe it's too linear. Gain life,....pay 1, draw cards. Control game, rinse and repeat. :shurg: idk. =p Though killing him with General damage was fun!
From what I looked at Jund, it was: playing Prossh. Eat your babies, swing for lethal general damage. Didn't see a whole lot of him. =p
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I got all of mine for msrp plus my 10% file discount. He dent give me my employee discount though. I think it's because we only got five sets at first.
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http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=545563
Please use the rubric for judging and get the results to me asap.
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You will not remember my face, your name, or your journey, but in the end...
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I now have a go-to gif for this.... sweetness. Also friend is playing mono-black devotion.... and I need to find the cards for him. Luckily I have the 'sieze and they have uses outside type:duo
540 Peasant cube- Gold EditionSomething SpicyI'm going to play mono black devotion this week if I get the chance.
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EDIT: Updated my wants list in my trade thread. Hit me up if we can make anything work.
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You will not remember my face, your name, or your journey, but in the end...
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Speaking of old, the Blockbuster's Clan Contest's judging round has been on for about a week. I have two judging results so far.
Nate's and my own.
So get those in to me if you're not those two awesome cats, asap.*
*Doing so will make you an awesome cat. Except Jivan. He is always the grumpy cat:)
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No.
Actually...maybe yes.
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Here is the link.
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=545563
In case anyone missed it:)
EDZ: ajacobik is also one cool cat.
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Also, I bought all five of the new Commander decks last night. Will give some thoughts on them as soon as I get the chance to look them over.