when a new set comes out i usually by one box, then if i need/want anything else i just trade or buy it outright. I very, very rarely buy packs. that said, i didn't have any cryptic commands at all. no one would trade and no store here had any. i could have bought them online but never did as i wasn't playing blue at the time and didn't need them.
one day last week at wal-mart, on a whim for some reason, i decided to buy four packs (i know they are overpriced there, like i said, a whim). open the first one, cryptic, open the second one, cryptic, open the third one, doran (that gave me a set), fourth pack, liliana and a foil cryptic command! i went to fnm that week and traded my foil cryptic for 2 regular ones thus giving me my playset!
best pack buy ever.
So, four packs turned into playset of Cryptic Commands, a Liliana Vess and a Doran. I would be inclined to call that the best four packs ever:p.
Ah, bad luck that. You might have been better off just buying some singles. I bought some boosters from Stronghold set a while back, and got nothing but chaff. Usually not worth to buy old boosters from my experience.
There is a thread specifically for bragging/*****ing about packs and boxes - it's called The Official "Rate My Box/Pack/Pull" Thread. That is where this sort of thing belongs.
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Ok opened 3 packs of morningtide. First pack, double strike knight guy, disappointed (i hate that card). Second pack, much better, a murmuring bosk. VERY happy, needed for doran deck. Finally, a chameleon colossus, i was amazed!
So....at the cardshop I play at, I noticed that they had a few packs of Russian Dissention. I was low on cash, but grabbed three packs. There was a bit of tension between the shopgoers, for the foil rare hadn't been pulled. Nor had two of the Dual lands. A Hallowed fountain was pulled, but not a Crypt or Pool.
I open the first pack, and after figuring out the print run (common, rare, uncommons) I shift to where the rare would be. I see something shiny. And a land. White and blue...at first I thought that it was a Chancery. A closer look ended with my jaw on the floor. Foil Russian Hallowed Fountain. Many a high-five was had.
how do you open your packs?? as russian packs are backwards(at least the guildpack here) so when you open from the seam on the back its facing you. so yah.... also on topic i ussually dont buy packs unless its a new set but will buy ocational packs from time to time(pay day) and i pulled a doran, primal command outa a couple lor packs, also was drafting r/g/d and opened sacred foundry, foily godless(looks bad ass) and a unliving phycopath. needless to say i was happy.
"Crovax Connections" does sound like a friendly corner store run by your local Ascendant Lord
I bet we have a case of Jon Finkel sleeping with the girl, then never calling her again and she going bat #%^% crazy and writing this article case closed.
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Third PTQ top 8 2/12/11 (2nd)
Second at Alberta 2011's
Fourth PTQ top 8 3/17/12(8th)
GP Vancouver 2012 (18th)
A few weeks ago I finished 5th in a FNM and the top 4 won prizes.... After complaining to the store owner how I always finish 5-6th he gave me an individual consolation/pitty lorwyn pack b/c he likes me and I buy lots of stuff from him! (Actually he likes me b/c I buy lots of stuff)
Open the pack and in it were a Foil Garruk and a Scion of Oona. He was shocked, I was laughing my ass off. I still play that Foil Garruk in my Big Mana deck to this day... good times!
The other day one of my friends started doing singles at her store she works at and the first booster pack out of the first box they opened was a tarmogoyf...
I thought that was a sign of good luck for that shop... lol.
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The funniest pull I ever had was a Breeding Pool at the Dissension release. All but one person pulled one and that person pulled a foil Hallowed Fountain instead. I've never heard of such a thing happening before.
Ok, so I'm at C&R the local shop, and a guy who I barely know cracks a couple packs...
In one he goes nuts over a foil Mutavault for a couple minutes before a guy behind the counter says, "Dude, you haven't even looked at your other rare." And when he does.... Mutavault.
Double Mutavault pack ftw... definitely the best pack I've ever seen opened.
My personal best was at a TPF sealed event at the same store. It was the first FS booster I ever opened, and it was... goyf. I remember thinking at the time "man this is only 2 mana, I think he's good enough to play," and ran it in my deck. The shop owner said he was selling them for 5$ but that they would probably go up and I should keep a-hold of him. Natch, I now have a playset and this shop owner is a friend of mine!
The funniest pull I ever had was a Breeding Pool at the Dissension release. All but one person pulled one and that person pulled a foil Hallowed Fountain instead. I've never heard of such a thing happening before.
At the Lorwyn Release at my shop, five people at a table of eight pulled a Thoughtseize. And one that didn't pulled a Garruk. Many insane things were done.
I hold the seam towards me, split it, and peel away the rapper. I had uncommons facing me, commons in back.
which means the rare is facing you...and that you couldent have flipped for it... anyways on topic i bought 5 packs of tenth,5 morning tide on pay day(bought lots of singles) and opens a collosi, a revilark, a wrath, birds a coat of arms and some other oka stuffs no bad i must say
"Crovax Connections" does sound like a friendly corner store run by your local Ascendant Lord
I bet we have a case of Jon Finkel sleeping with the girl, then never calling her again and she going bat #%^% crazy and writing this article case closed.
First PTQ top 8 6/13/09(1st) Second PTQ top 8 10/7/09(5th) Second at national Qualifier 5/15/10
Third PTQ top 8 2/12/11 (2nd)
Second at Alberta 2011's
Fourth PTQ top 8 3/17/12(8th)
GP Vancouver 2012 (18th)
Kept the foil Din of the FireHerd, traded the Mystic Gate worth four times as much or more... hrmm. I hope you got a good trade out of it. From what I could find, Din is going for .99c right now, while Gate is about $7.50. Good job on the Demigod and the Godhead.
p1: Twilight Angel
p2: Oversoul of Dusk
p3: Ghastlord of Fugue
p4: Knollspine Invocation, Murderous Redcap Foil
p5: Worldpurge
p6: Rosheen, Kulrath Knight Foil
p7: Knollspine Dragon
p8: Oversoul of Dusk
p9: Din of the Fireherd
p10: Demigod of Revenge
p11: Sygg
p12: Godhead of Awe
p13: Worldpurge
p14: Rosheen, Curse of Chains Foil
p15: Mystic Gate
p16: Polluted Bonds
p17: Primsmatic Omen
p18: Vexing Shusher
p19: Woodfall Primus
p20: Dramatic Entrance
p21: Mass Calcify
p22: Oversoul of Dusk
p23: Grim Poppet
p24: Reaper King
p25: Graven Cairns
p26: Rhys
p27: Tyrannize, Burn Trail Foil
p28: Worldpurge
p29: no rare. I got an extra common instead...
p30: no normal rare, Oversoul of Dusk foil
p31: Plague of Vermin
p32: Mana Reflection
p33: World Purge, Ashenmoor Liege Foil
p34: Wilt-Leaf Liege, Swamp Foil
p35: no rare, Island Foil, extra uncommon
p36: no normal rare, Lurebound Scarecrow Foil, extra common
so there's my box. 4 Oversouls and 4 Worldpurges...then got some packs with no rares. Last time something like this happened to me was back in Planar Chaos when packs contained double of a rare. Anyone have had this happen to them? It could just be my bad luck...
So I'm new to the game (and these forums) and I'm not sure where this topic should go but I was wondering if anyone has had a run like I've had opening rares lately. I won a Triple EVE draft a few weeks back (on the back of 16 one drops) at the only store around and my prize was a pack of Shadowmoor, Eventide and Morningtide:
I realize that Hallowed isn't the best one to draw but I'm not going to complain. And so I was back there at this store again tonight playing in a Standard tournament with a borrowed deck that just got steamrolled. I was 0-3 before dropping. I bought myself a pack of Morningtide for the hell of it and pulled a second Mutavault. That was two packs of Morningtide and two Mutavaults. I then bought a pack of Futuresight, pulled a Veilstone Amulet (eh) but bought a second pack...Tarmogoyf. Just to see if I could keep it going and get a Damnation out of this night I bought a Planar Chaos pack and got Extirpate instead.
I was just curious if anyone else has had a similar run opening packs.
So, four packs turned into playset of Cryptic Commands, a Liliana Vess and a Doran. I would be inclined to call that the best four packs ever:p.
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how do you open your packs?? as russian packs are backwards(at least the guildpack here) so when you open from the seam on the back its facing you. so yah.... also on topic i ussually dont buy packs unless its a new set but will buy ocational packs from time to time(pay day) and i pulled a doran, primal command outa a couple lor packs, also was drafting r/g/d and opened sacred foundry, foily godless(looks bad ass) and a unliving phycopath. needless to say i was happy.
First PTQ top 8 6/13/09(1st)
Second PTQ top 8 10/7/09(5th)
Second at national Qualifier 5/15/10
Third PTQ top 8 2/12/11 (2nd)
Second at Alberta 2011's
Fourth PTQ top 8 3/17/12(8th)
GP Vancouver 2012 (18th)
Open the pack and in it were a Foil Garruk and a Scion of Oona. He was shocked, I was laughing my ass off. I still play that Foil Garruk in my Big Mana deck to this day... good times!
I thought that was a sign of good luck for that shop... lol.
In one he goes nuts over a foil Mutavault for a couple minutes before a guy behind the counter says, "Dude, you haven't even looked at your other rare." And when he does.... Mutavault.
Double Mutavault pack ftw... definitely the best pack I've ever seen opened.
My personal best was at a TPF sealed event at the same store. It was the first FS booster I ever opened, and it was... goyf. I remember thinking at the time "man this is only 2 mana, I think he's good enough to play," and ran it in my deck. The shop owner said he was selling them for 5$ but that they would probably go up and I should keep a-hold of him. Natch, I now have a playset and this shop owner is a friend of mine!
At the Lorwyn Release at my shop, five people at a table of eight pulled a Thoughtseize. And one that didn't pulled a Garruk. Many insane things were done.
I hold the seam towards me, split it, and peel away the rapper. I had uncommons facing me, commons in back.
which means the rare is facing you...and that you couldent have flipped for it... anyways on topic i bought 5 packs of tenth,5 morning tide on pay day(bought lots of singles) and opens a collosi, a revilark, a wrath, birds a coat of arms and some other oka stuffs no bad i must say
First PTQ top 8 6/13/09(1st)
Second PTQ top 8 10/7/09(5th)
Second at national Qualifier 5/15/10
Third PTQ top 8 2/12/11 (2nd)
Second at Alberta 2011's
Fourth PTQ top 8 3/17/12(8th)
GP Vancouver 2012 (18th)
I cracked a Demi-god of revenge
AND a Godhead of Awe
AND a foil Din of fire herd
as well as 1 trash rare, and one mid rare
not bad for just 5 packs
also, as a bonus card, I cracked a rare land, (something to do with island and plains) but I traded it
Also, this thread is in the wrong forum.
Actually, right forum, wrong thread.
Merged with the Official "Rate my Box/Pack/Pull" Thread.
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I don't care if I was framed for murder if I only got a warning I would let it go.
I got:
1 Demigod of Revenge
0 Dusk Urchins
0 Fire-Lit Thicket
0 Fulminator Mage
0 Mystic Gate
0 Oona, Queen of the Fae
0 Oversoul of Dusk
2 Prismatic Omen
0 Reflecting Pool
0 Runed Halo
1 Sunken Ruins
0 Swans of Bryn Argoll
0 Vexing Shusher
0 Wilt-Leaf Liege
1 Wooded Bastion
And no foil rare!
I don't think I could have possibly gotten a worse box. It's just...wow.
EDIT: Sorry, I missed the other thread for this kind of thing. Could a mod merge it please?
Indeed a mod can.
Merged with the Official "Rate My Box/Pack/Pull" Thread.
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p1: Twilight Angel
p2: Oversoul of Dusk
p3: Ghastlord of Fugue
p4: Knollspine Invocation, Murderous Redcap Foil
p5: Worldpurge
p6: Rosheen, Kulrath Knight Foil
p7: Knollspine Dragon
p8: Oversoul of Dusk
p9: Din of the Fireherd
p10: Demigod of Revenge
p11: Sygg
p12: Godhead of Awe
p13: Worldpurge
p14: Rosheen, Curse of Chains Foil
p15: Mystic Gate
p16: Polluted Bonds
p17: Primsmatic Omen
p18: Vexing Shusher
p19: Woodfall Primus
p20: Dramatic Entrance
p21: Mass Calcify
p22: Oversoul of Dusk
p23: Grim Poppet
p24: Reaper King
p25: Graven Cairns
p26: Rhys
p27: Tyrannize, Burn Trail Foil
p28: Worldpurge
p29: no rare. I got an extra common instead...
p30: no normal rare, Oversoul of Dusk foil
p31: Plague of Vermin
p32: Mana Reflection
p33: World Purge, Ashenmoor Liege Foil
p34: Wilt-Leaf Liege, Swamp Foil
p35: no rare, Island Foil, extra uncommon
p36: no normal rare, Lurebound Scarecrow Foil, extra common
so there's my box. 4 Oversouls and 4 Worldpurges...then got some packs with no rares. Last time something like this happened to me was back in Planar Chaos when packs contained double of a rare. Anyone have had this happen to them? It could just be my bad luck...
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I realize that Hallowed isn't the best one to draw but I'm not going to complain. And so I was back there at this store again tonight playing in a Standard tournament with a borrowed deck that just got steamrolled. I was 0-3 before dropping. I bought myself a pack of Morningtide for the hell of it and pulled a second Mutavault. That was two packs of Morningtide and two Mutavaults. I then bought a pack of Futuresight, pulled a Veilstone Amulet (eh) but bought a second pack...Tarmogoyf. Just to see if I could keep it going and get a Damnation out of this night I bought a Planar Chaos pack and got Extirpate instead.
I was just curious if anyone else has had a similar run opening packs.
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