Hi guys,
I'm trying to finish my non-foil japanese Riku deck (will maybe post it soon) but I'm just wondering...what is the most pimp basic land I can get? Zendikar Full art? MPS non foil? Tempest/Mirage/4th etc..? Portal Three? I have 2 Forest, 1 Island and 1 Mountain in the deck.
Nice deck you guys have brought here... very impressive.
Someday I will definitly post my Teneb... it is at 80% atm... still looking for judge demonic tutor, foil karmic guide, judge survival, foil urborg etc.
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Probably the hardest to get non-summer, non-garfield, non-test card out there!
Good going!
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Hi guys,
I'm trying to finish my non-foil japanese Riku deck (will maybe post it soon) but I'm just wondering...what is the most pimp basic land I can get? Zendikar Full art? MPS non foil? Tempest/Mirage/4th etc..? Portal Three? I have 2 Forest, 1 Island and 1 Mountain in the deck.
Summer, if you don't mind paying several hundred dollars for each. EDIT: Suppose that isn't Japanese though. In that case, I'm not sure. APAC? The text isn't Japanese, but the artwork is.
Hi guys,
I'm trying to finish my non-foil japanese Riku deck (will maybe post it soon) but I'm just wondering...what is the most pimp basic land I can get? Zendikar Full art? MPS non foil? Tempest/Mirage/4th etc..? Portal Three? I have 2 Forest, 1 Island and 1 Mountain in the deck.
Rarity Pimp or Looks Pimp?
I'm partial to Unhinged for looks.
But Summer is the rarest.
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Probably the hardest to get non-summer, non-garfield, non-test card out there!
Good going!
For some odd reason, there have tended to be more out there in the last few months since the price quadrupled. That being said, I got that one last week. I have other stuff for the deck but that stuff is considerably more boring.
For some odd reason, there have tended to be more out there in the last few months since the price quadrupled. That being said, I got that one last week. I have other stuff for the deck but that stuff is considerably more boring.
I think it's because people who had them suddenly realised they had spiked in price, and rushed to sell them. I have one myself, and I'd like to sell at some point, but I can't bring myself to yet (what if they go up more??)
I think it's because people who had them suddenly realised they had spiked in price, and rushed to sell them. I have one myself, and I'd like to sell at some point, but I can't bring myself to yet (what if they go up more??)
That was kind of my worry, and I wanted one for the new deck, so I picked one up.
I'm currently working on foiling out my Karador deck and its around sixty four percent done. What percentage of the deck must be foiled before it's worthy of being posted here? I'm sure there's no number written in stone but I'd thought I'd test the water before jumping in.
I'm currently working on foiling out my Karador deck and its around sixty four percent done. What percentage of the deck must be foiled before it's worthy of being posted here? I'm sure there's no number written in stone but I'd thought I'd test the water before jumping in.
That's up to you, but I'd take the money and get fetch lands, ABUR Duals, and Tutors before I worried about foiling.
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I exclude those cards by choice not because I can't afford them.
I can see this theory if you weren't trying to foil the deck.
Foil shocklands are going to cost about the same as a scrubland.
I get that you might not want to do the duals, but no tutors? You can pick up vampiric, demonic, worldly, and enlightened for under $50. Take off the vampiric and you are under 20.
I love the pimp decks, but myself, can't justify pimping before making optimal card choices.
My sliver deck is a mess of white border, black borders, and foils. lol
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I can see this theory if you weren't trying to foil the deck.
Foil shocklands are going to cost about the same as a scrubland.
I get that you might not want to do the duals, but no tutors? You can pick up vampiric, demonic, worldly, and enlightened for under $50. Take off the vampiric and you are under 20.
I love the pimp decks, but myself, can't justify pimping before making optimal card choices.
My sliver deck is a mess of white border, black borders, and foils. lol
Also of note: Survival and Tooth and Nail are in the deck but you won't use other Tutors? This seems irregular.
IMO I would rather have a 100% foiled deck than worry about tutors, fetches, or ABUR duals. To suggest that a deck isn't worth pimping unless it has the most optimal card choices is kinda farfetched. Not using those cards for personal reasons is not uncommon. Actually I see it occur quite often. Also original duals can't be foiled, so if I was pimping my deck I wouldn't run them for that very reason.
IMO I would rather have a 100% foiled deck than worry about tutors, fetches, or ABUR duals. To suggest that a deck isn't worth pimping unless it has the most optimal card choices is kinda farfetched. Not using those cards for personal reasons is not uncommon. Actually I see it occur quite often. Also original duals can't be foiled, so if I was pimping my deck I wouldn't run them for that very reason.
It's just strange to see someone spend ten extra dollars to make something SHINIER instead of BETTER. There's nothing wrong with it (I guess), but it's definitely unexpected.
Man that $600+ Mutavault looks quite nice. I wish I could afford one of those or even one of the Power 9s at that price. And I thought getting all my foil shocklands under $25 was a great find!
IMO I would rather have a 100% foiled deck than worry about tutors, fetches, or ABUR duals. To suggest that a deck isn't worth pimping unless it has the most optimal card choices is kinda farfetched. Not using those cards for personal reasons is not uncommon. Actually I see it occur quite often. Also original duals can't be foiled, so if I was pimping my deck I wouldn't run them for that very reason.
As BlazingSeaDuck said, it's opinions, but most of us just won't get that.
I love pimp, but I'd rather the deck work the best it could. I don't pimp for money reasons. To me that is more expensive than optimizing. Obviously outside of cards like Imperial Seal and such.
Cards like that are optimized and pimp at the same time!
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Also: foil isn't the only type of "pimp." Yes, there are no foil dual lands, but that doesn't mean there are no "pimp" dual lands. You can get Beta, FBB German, altered by an amazing artist such as Poxy, and so on. Same for less expensive cards--you can get a foil Vampiric Tutor, or a Japanese one or perhaps an altered one.
There's a foil Demonic Tutor, but I don't like the art, so I went with FBB German for my decks instead. I am disappointed with the art on the new Mana Crypt foil as well, so I intend to stick to the old ones and get them signed\altered eventually. I have a foil Regrowth in Ghave, and an FBB German one in Damia. I have the judge foil Sol Ring in Ghave, FBB German in Kaalia, and FTV in Damia. I have, literally, thousands of foil basics, but went with normal Unhinged for Damia. There's a lot out there. Many forms of "pimp."
IMO, 100% foil diminishes the wow factor a bit. Having a certain percentage of FBB, Beta, or other non-foil pimp really makes the deck "pop." Of course, that's just my opinion.
Saying you don't run a card because there's no foil for it just starts to sound like excuses to me.
Also: foil isn't the only type of "pimp." Yes, there are no foil dual lands, but that doesn't mean there are no "pimp" dual lands. You can get Beta, FBB German, altered by an amazing artist such as Poxy, and so on. Same for less expensive cards--you can get a foil Vampiric Tutor, or a Japanese one or perhaps an altered one.
There's a foil Demonic Tutor, but I don't like the art, so I went with FBB German for my decks instead. I am disappointed with the art on the new Mana Crypt foil as well, so I intend to stick to the old ones and get them signed\altered eventually. I have a foil Regrowth in Ghave, and an FBB German one in Damia. I have the judge foil Sol Ring in Ghave, FBB German in Kaalia, and FTV in Damia. I have, literally, thousands of foil basics, but went with normal Unhinged for Damia. There's a lot out there. Many forms of "pimp."
IMO, 100% foil diminishes the wow factor a bit. Having a certain percentage of FBB, Beta, or other non-foil pimp really makes the deck "pop." Of course, that's just my opinion.
Saying you don't run a card because there's no foil for it just starts to sound like excuses to me.
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It's just strange to see someone spend ten extra dollars to make something SHINIER instead of BETTER. There's nothing wrong with it (I guess), but it's definitely unexpected.
We sometimes forget that not every EDH deck has to be optimal. My Rosheen Meanderer deck is that way. I can afford to put whatever I want in there, but I choose to not load it with tutors and cards like primeval titan and genesis. Will I add those cards later? Maybe... that said, I proxy alot for EDH - why? Because foils are expensive, and I am not going to by genesis for 15 dollars, to just want to "upgrade" to the foil one, lose 8 dollars, and buy the foil one.
Here is that deck, 97 or 100 cards are foiled, and the others are on the way... Still need to get a foil anger, genesis, mana reflection, and gauntlet of might (beta).
I'm trying to finish my non-foil japanese Riku deck (will maybe post it soon) but I'm just wondering...what is the most pimp basic land I can get? Zendikar Full art? MPS non foil? Tempest/Mirage/4th etc..? Portal Three? I have 2 Forest, 1 Island and 1 Mountain in the deck.
Someday I will definitly post my Teneb... it is at 80% atm... still looking for judge demonic tutor, foil karmic guide, judge survival, foil urborg etc.
EDH: Xenagos, God of Revels.
I would happily put any of those cards in a deck.
Very nice!
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Legacy:
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BReanimatorB
EDH:
BUGRWSliver OverlordWRGUB
BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
Couldn't get a decent pic of the O-Stone, but it looks amazing. I laughed fairly hard at the Phyrexian Cookie Monster.
EDH Decks:
RBG Kresh, the Bloodbraided RBG
GW Rhys, the Redeemed GW
Legacy:
RGW Enchantress RGW
Mutavualt you have there is quite nice!
Probably the hardest to get non-summer, non-garfield, non-test card out there!
Good going!
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RBurn (Made on the Cheap!)R
RGBelcherRG
WSoldier StompyW
BReanimatorB
EDH:
BUGRWSliver OverlordWRGUB
BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
Summer, if you don't mind paying several hundred dollars for each. EDIT: Suppose that isn't Japanese though. In that case, I'm not sure. APAC? The text isn't Japanese, but the artwork is.
Rarity Pimp or Looks Pimp?
I'm partial to Unhinged for looks.
But Summer is the rarest.
Currently Playing:
Standard:
Nothing, the format Bores me!
Legacy:
RBurn (Made on the Cheap!)R
RGBelcherRG
WSoldier StompyW
BReanimatorB
EDH:
BUGRWSliver OverlordWRGUB
BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
For some odd reason, there have tended to be more out there in the last few months since the price quadrupled. That being said, I got that one last week. I have other stuff for the deck but that stuff is considerably more boring.
EDH Decks:
RBG Kresh, the Bloodbraided RBG
GW Rhys, the Redeemed GW
Legacy:
RGW Enchantress RGW
I think it's because people who had them suddenly realised they had spiked in price, and rushed to sell them. I have one myself, and I'd like to sell at some point, but I can't bring myself to yet (what if they go up more??)
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That was kind of my worry, and I wanted one for the new deck, so I picked one up.
EDH Decks:
RBG Kresh, the Bloodbraided RBG
GW Rhys, the Redeemed GW
Legacy:
RGW Enchantress RGW
Experimental Kraj
That's up to you, but I'd take the money and get fetch lands, ABUR Duals, and Tutors before I worried about foiling.
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WSoldier StompyW
BReanimatorB
EDH:
BUGRWSliver OverlordWRGUB
BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
I exclude those cards by choice not because I can't afford them.
Experimental Kraj
I can see this theory if you weren't trying to foil the deck.
Foil shocklands are going to cost about the same as a scrubland.
I get that you might not want to do the duals, but no tutors? You can pick up vampiric, demonic, worldly, and enlightened for under $50. Take off the vampiric and you are under 20.
I love the pimp decks, but myself, can't justify pimping before making optimal card choices.
My sliver deck is a mess of white border, black borders, and foils. lol
Currently Playing:
Standard:
Nothing, the format Bores me!
Legacy:
RBurn (Made on the Cheap!)R
RGBelcherRG
WSoldier StompyW
BReanimatorB
EDH:
BUGRWSliver OverlordWRGUB
BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
Also of note: Survival and Tooth and Nail are in the deck but you won't use other Tutors? This seems irregular.
That being said, I agree: optimize, then pimp.
EDH Decks:
RBG Kresh, the Bloodbraided RBG
GW Rhys, the Redeemed GW
Legacy:
RGW Enchantress RGW
Experimental Kraj
It's just strange to see someone spend ten extra dollars to make something SHINIER instead of BETTER. There's nothing wrong with it (I guess), but it's definitely unexpected.
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Man that $600+ Mutavault looks quite nice. I wish I could afford one of those or even one of the Power 9s at that price. And I thought getting all my foil shocklands under $25 was a great find!
As BlazingSeaDuck said, it's opinions, but most of us just won't get that.
I love pimp, but I'd rather the deck work the best it could. I don't pimp for money reasons. To me that is more expensive than optimizing. Obviously outside of cards like Imperial Seal and such.
Cards like that are optimized and pimp at the same time!
Currently Playing:
Standard:
Nothing, the format Bores me!
Legacy:
RBurn (Made on the Cheap!)R
RGBelcherRG
WSoldier StompyW
BReanimatorB
EDH:
BUGRWSliver OverlordWRGUB
BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
There's a foil Demonic Tutor, but I don't like the art, so I went with FBB German for my decks instead. I am disappointed with the art on the new Mana Crypt foil as well, so I intend to stick to the old ones and get them signed\altered eventually. I have a foil Regrowth in Ghave, and an FBB German one in Damia. I have the judge foil Sol Ring in Ghave, FBB German in Kaalia, and FTV in Damia. I have, literally, thousands of foil basics, but went with normal Unhinged for Damia. There's a lot out there. Many forms of "pimp."
IMO, 100% foil diminishes the wow factor a bit. Having a certain percentage of FBB, Beta, or other non-foil pimp really makes the deck "pop." Of course, that's just my opinion.
Saying you don't run a card because there's no foil for it just starts to sound like excuses to me.
I approve of this post.
I love a good alter now and again.
Currently Playing:
Standard:
Nothing, the format Bores me!
Legacy:
RBurn (Made on the Cheap!)R
RGBelcherRG
WSoldier StompyW
BReanimatorB
EDH:
BUGRWSliver OverlordWRGUB
BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
We sometimes forget that not every EDH deck has to be optimal. My Rosheen Meanderer deck is that way. I can afford to put whatever I want in there, but I choose to not load it with tutors and cards like primeval titan and genesis. Will I add those cards later? Maybe... that said, I proxy alot for EDH - why? Because foils are expensive, and I am not going to by genesis for 15 dollars, to just want to "upgrade" to the foil one, lose 8 dollars, and buy the foil one.
Here is that deck, 97 or 100 cards are foiled, and the others are on the way... Still need to get a foil anger, genesis, mana reflection, and gauntlet of might (beta).
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