Pulled my very first walker - Lillana Vess when I re-opened up my old eBay account and then re-established my PayPal account. It was glorious! It made me come back from a 10+ year hiatus from MTG.
And then another time, I casually opened my eBay App on my old Samsung S2 and pulled me a sweet set of LotV after rotation.
2 for 2. Got exactly what I wanted... it was sweet.
I quit during Mirrodin and came back for Worldwake's pre-release and I pulled Jace, the Mind Sculptor. It was so funny because just before opening my packs I was bashing PW's and how stupid they were.
Bought a pack on a whim from some credit I got from a tournament, and pulled a foil Tezeret, agent of Bolas. The previous block I pulled a foil Gideon Jura from the one prize pack I got for placing in the top 16 at a rise prerelease.
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My first planewalker pull was Tamiyo. Been playing for years and never opened a planeswalker. This happened at an FNM and I jumped out of my seat, screaming "I GOT TOMATO! I GOT TOMATO!"
My first planeswalker was from the first pack I ever opened, a zendikar sorin markov. The first foil planeswalker I opened was a rise of the eldrazi Gideon Jura, when I helped a friend open his box. Recently I opened a foil and nonfoil elspeth from my theros box.
I got a foil Sarkhan Vol during the Alara release. He was a pretty valuable planeswalker when he first came out (people didn't realize he was bad yet), so it was cool to open a $50 card.
In the same way you can tell someone is from the XVIII century because he is arroused by ankles, you can tell someone is from USA because he feels nipples disturbing.
I've never Pulled a Single PW or Rare/Mythic Playable.
Yet my friends pull Something like Elspeth, Sun's Champion from a fat pack. Caller of Beasts from a booster bought at Walmart, Pyromaster from a draft, etc.
My 1st walker was Garruk Wildspeaker. I got it in and draft and passed it because I didn't fully understand planeswalkers and it was pack 3(I was not in green). The guy passed it back to be and told me to take it. My first foil walker was Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas from a fat pack that had also netted me a normal one. I traded those for Primetimes and Baneslayers. I went onto to open two more Tezzret, AoB and traded them all to the same guy for a ton of great stuff. So far I have Elspeth and Satyr guy from Theros.
My son got me one pack of Rise of the Eldrazi for Father's Day 2010, and in that pack was Mr. Gideon Jura. I was thrilled to get such a great pull from one pack, and he was thrilled to have lucked into getting me such a cool present! That same Gideon is still owning aggro decks in my/our Cube to this day.
That's a sweet story.
The 1st Planeswalker that I ever pulled was Jace, the Mind Sculptor. I did Limited fairly often before that, including Lorwyn. I never pulled a PW. I thought it was some sort of bad luck especially when in M11 Limited, I couldn't pull a PW or a Titan for quite a while (finally pulled a Primeval). Then in WW, I pulled JTMS. The sad part is that I didn't even win the event and played him only once, going 4-1. I mean, 4-1 is decent, but Jace is busted in any environment.
The 2nd PW that I ever opened was Gideon Jura, which was nearly $40-50 at the time (some dealers were buying as high as $50 at the PTQ).
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Legacy - Sneak Show, BR Reanimator, Miracles, UW Stoneblade
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
The first planeswalker I ever pulled was in a booster pack I was opening for a friend right after I got back into magic after having not played since Homelands. It was a deckbuilders toolkit and by chance I happened to open the Worldwake pack. I pulled a Jace the Mind Sculptor for my friend.
At the time it made me think planeswalkers were really common, I didn't get another planeswalker out of a booster until I eventually opened a Tamiyo a bit over a year later.
At the time it made me think planeswalkers were really common, I didn't get another planeswalker out of a booster until I eventually opened a Tamiyo a bit over a year later.
It's all perspective. During M11, I would look in envy of opponents who would pull Planeswalkers or Titans. I thought about how rare it was.
But at the Grand Prix Oakland, I was the lucky one. I got passed a FOIL Chandra Pyromaster and a Jace, Memory Adept. I almost crapped my pants after seeing the Chandra, having just passed a Bomb UW Pool and another Bomb UW Pool (with Archangel of Thune). So, I ended up seeing 3 crazy pools that day, including my UR one that helped me go 7-2 on Day 1.
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Legacy - Sneak Show, BR Reanimator, Miracles, UW Stoneblade
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
At a Rise of the Eldrazi Prerelease, from the same pack I got Sarkhan the Mad and foil Gideon Jura, back when that meant something. Sold the Jura to a guy there for $80. I was so happy I didn't even mind getting completely stomped
Quit playing in 2004. In 2010, start working at a bookstore, and buy an intro pack for "the lulz." It comes with a free pack, which has a 2010 Jace Beleren. I was like "man, this summon creature card looks weird."
New player at the LGS likes collecting planeswalkers, and some kid asked if he had an M14 Garruk, and he said he didn't. Two minutes later, his one free pack for tournament participation had a Garruk. He traded it to the kid for real cheap.
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Standard: [leftovers from booster drafts]
Modern: U M'Olk; B Goodstuff
I got a Garruk Relentless after a twelve or so year hiatus. I had kind of researched Magic a bit online, so I knew a bit about Planeswalkers. Amazingly, I got a foil Olivia Voldaren in the same pack.
The most amazing Planeswalker opened in a pack I've ever seen was when my wife opened a $0.99 6-card Avacyn Restored booster from Target and got Tamiyo the Moon Sage. Immediately before that, we were just talking about whether there were any Mythics in the 6-card boosters.
I was doing a release draft for M10, it was only my second ever draft, my first being a prerelease draft for M10. Anyways, I'm drafting Black/Red and getting decent stuff and in my 3rd pack, I cracked a foil Liliana Vess.
Jace, the Mind Sculptor, I believe was my first one. I had started playing again during Zendikar, but bought very few packs of it. I was super excited when Worldwake was coming out, and I was buying my first box ever.
Jace was pulled about halfway through the box. I've traded away so many Jaces, but I like to think my original one is the one I still own.
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"I've always been a fan of reality by popular vote" - Stephen Colbert (in response to Don McLeroy)
My first planeswalker I ever opened was a Jace Beleren in the lorwyn prerelease. I don't remember how it felt at the time and I know I did poorly in that prerelease but it's nice to remember that I got that, though
My most memorable opening of a planeswalker was Jace, The Mind sculptor, where my friend and I split half a box and I got all the mythics including that bad boy.
I don't remember mine, but I remember my friend/roommate's first pull.
He bought a couple packs of Lorwyn because our LGS had the packs on sale. When we got home, he pulled Liliana Vess. He was so stoked he called the shop and told them about it.
Im at Origins in Columbus one year, Im looking to buy some decently priced cards in the vendors hall, and see a 6$ each Shards of Alara tournament packs. Im standing there talking to my friend about the Elspeth I got from the prerelease, and Im like I bet I can do it again. Hes like no way, you do it and Ill buy you another one of those. I stand there a minute, deciding which one to pick out, buy one and find a less crowded area to open it. Flip through all the commons, uncommons, and slow down at the rares. 1st, junk, 2nd was something a little better, 3rd was Elspeth. Was freaking sweet, friend flipped out, next one I opened had Tezz and Sarkhan.
And then another time, I casually opened my eBay App on my old Samsung S2 and pulled me a sweet set of LotV after rotation.
2 for 2. Got exactly what I wanted... it was sweet.
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Bought a pack on a whim from some credit I got from a tournament, and pulled a foil Tezeret, agent of Bolas. The previous block I pulled a foil Gideon Jura from the one prize pack I got for placing in the top 16 at a rise prerelease.
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I don't remember what I traded/sold them for. But I bet it was dumb.
This just made my day.
My proudest planeswalker moment was pull an M14 Jace in draft... and then getting one PASSED to me right after.
Wow, even people that never buy packs still open some via the process of a limited tournament.
The only way to never open a pack is if you only play constructed, and also don't play at a store or go to events that gives out prizes in packs.
Feel free to bid on my cards here!
Yet my friends pull Something like Elspeth, Sun's Champion from a fat pack. Caller of Beasts from a booster bought at Walmart, Pyromaster from a draft, etc.
Standard
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Modern
Merfolk
Burn
Avacyn did nothing wrong!
Purify Innistrad!
#Purge
That's a sweet story.
The 1st Planeswalker that I ever pulled was Jace, the Mind Sculptor. I did Limited fairly often before that, including Lorwyn. I never pulled a PW. I thought it was some sort of bad luck especially when in M11 Limited, I couldn't pull a PW or a Titan for quite a while (finally pulled a Primeval). Then in WW, I pulled JTMS. The sad part is that I didn't even win the event and played him only once, going 4-1. I mean, 4-1 is decent, but Jace is busted in any environment.
The 2nd PW that I ever opened was Gideon Jura, which was nearly $40-50 at the time (some dealers were buying as high as $50 at the PTQ).
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)At the time it made me think planeswalkers were really common, I didn't get another planeswalker out of a booster until I eventually opened a Tamiyo a bit over a year later.
It's all perspective. During M11, I would look in envy of opponents who would pull Planeswalkers or Titans. I thought about how rare it was.
But at the Grand Prix Oakland, I was the lucky one. I got passed a FOIL Chandra Pyromaster and a Jace, Memory Adept. I almost crapped my pants after seeing the Chandra, having just passed a Bomb UW Pool and another Bomb UW Pool (with Archangel of Thune). So, I ended up seeing 3 crazy pools that day, including my UR one that helped me go 7-2 on Day 1.
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)New player at the LGS likes collecting planeswalkers, and some kid asked if he had an M14 Garruk, and he said he didn't. Two minutes later, his one free pack for tournament participation had a Garruk. He traded it to the kid for real cheap.
Modern: U M'Olk; B Goodstuff
The most amazing Planeswalker opened in a pack I've ever seen was when my wife opened a $0.99 6-card Avacyn Restored booster from Target and got Tamiyo the Moon Sage. Immediately before that, we were just talking about whether there were any Mythics in the 6-card boosters.
Jace was pulled about halfway through the box. I've traded away so many Jaces, but I like to think my original one is the one I still own.
"I've always been a fan of reality by popular vote" - Stephen Colbert (in response to Don McLeroy)
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My most memorable opening of a planeswalker was Jace, The Mind sculptor, where my friend and I split half a box and I got all the mythics including that bad boy.
He bought a couple packs of Lorwyn because our LGS had the packs on sale. When we got home, he pulled Liliana Vess. He was so stoked he called the shop and told them about it.
He's weird like that...