I am having a hard time choosing between JSS City of Brass and 7th Edition City of Brass. I like the older foils with the shooting star.. Which one do you guys prefer?
I am having a hard time choosing between JSS City of Brass and 7th Edition City of Brass. I like the older foils with the shooting star.. Which one do you guys prefer?
7th foil. 7th foil is always the pimpest possible version. In my opinion, of course. If it's in Simplified or Traditional Chinese, it's just unbeatable.
Arabian Nights is the best looking and most desirable version. If I had to choose between those two it would be the JSS version. That's the only art that belongs on City of Brass. For pure "pimpness" considerations, it'd have to be a 7th Edition foil in a rare language, but that's a "more money than sense" thing.
I have a Hermit Druid combo deck right now that just barely peaks it's head over 10k when fully foiled with 21 expeditions, all OG duals and tons of Judge promos. What are you rocking?
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My Lazav deck, easily. It's my baby, my pride and joy and I have put a lot of time, effort and money into it. My original EDH deck was a zombie tribal Grimgrin deck and over the years it gradually changed and evolved into Lazav voltron deck, and I..honestly don't know that there's any cards left in it that were actually in the original deck (as even the ones that were originally in Grimgrin have been upgraded to foreign, signed, altered or foiled versions).
That's the list in its most current state (may end up swapping out Spell Crumple for Startled Awake after Shadows comes out, and I am play testing with the new Jace. Already got my Elusive Tormentor/Insidious Mist promo so it's already in the list). Almost finished pimping it out. Certain cards I'm considering already pimp, such as an English Mana Drain (since the majority that you see run are Italian due to it being cheaper) though I plan to get it altered, Unlimited Demonic Tutor is semi-pimp status (I'm hoping Eternal Masters has it so I can get a foil). There's a few cards that can't be foiled that I'd like to get altered or signed. And the rest are things I just haven't picked up yet and aren't too expensive (like Havengul Lich).
Original pack foils > promo foils with cool art > regular cards > reprint foils
I like this, but think there should be an asterisk at the end of your statement to consider personal opinions There are some exceptions regarding artwork or template structure of cards really stand out from their earlier versions.
For example living death has some pretty iconic and classic artwork, but IMO, the new pic from Mark Winters in the FtV set blows the original artwork away.
And while I love the character Xantcha and all cards that reference her, the new victimize artwork really is sweet. Even if there was an old judge promo foil version of the original artwork I'd still lean on the new one.
Original pack foils > promo foils with cool art > regular cards > reprint foils
I like this, but think there should be an asterisk at the end of your statement to consider personal opinions There are some exceptions regarding artwork or template structure of cards really stand out from their earlier versions.
For example living death has some pretty iconic and classic artwork, but IMO, the new pic from Mark Winters in the FtV set blows the original artwork away.
And while I love the character Xantcha and all cards that reference her, the new victimize artwork really is sweet. Even if there was an old judge promo foil version of the original artwork I'd still lean on the new one.
Agreed. I'd take a Modern Masters Bob over a Ravnica or Judge Bob any day, for example. Respects to Meyer, but I just hate the art on the original Dark Confidant. That stupid onion dude on it is horrible...
I also much prefer the Modern Masters swords to the Darksteel ones. And there are several promo foils I'd take over original pack foils (Bribery, for example, has much better art as a Judge promo).
My Lazav deck, easily. It's my baby, my pride and joy and I have put a lot of time, effort and money into it. My original EDH deck was a zombie tribal Grimgrin deck and over the years it gradually changed and evolved into Lazav voltron deck, and I..honestly don't know that there's any cards left in it that were actually in the original deck (as even the ones that were originally in Grimgrin have been upgraded to foreign, signed, altered or foiled versions).
That's the list in its most current state (may end up swapping out Spell Crumple for Startled Awake after Shadows comes out, and I am play testing with the new Jace. Already got my Elusive Tormentor/Insidious Mist promo so it's already in the list). Almost finished pimping it out. Certain cards I'm considering already pimp, such as an English Mana Drain (since the majority that you see run are Italian due to it being cheaper) though I plan to get it altered, Unlimited Demonic Tutor is semi-pimp status (I'm hoping Eternal Masters has it so I can get a foil). There's a few cards that can't be foiled that I'd like to get altered or signed. And the rest are things I just haven't picked up yet and aren't too expensive (like Havengul Lich).
No Underground Sea? Seems better than most of the lands in the deck.
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Since the range of value in his deck has some cards on both ends of the spectrum (an unlimited demonic tutor and ice age necropotence vs a judge vampiric tutor and polluted delta expedition) I would wager that he is taking his time for the more excessively expensive cards.
Since the range of value in his deck has some cards on both ends of the spectrum (an unlimited demonic tutor and ice age necropotence vs a judge vampiric tutor and polluted delta expedition) I would wager that he is taking his time for the more excessively expensive cards.
Pretty much this. I did have a Sea at one point, but unfortunately I was in need of some quick cash and I had to part with it, this was right before the duals had a pretty major price spike (if I remember right when I picked mine up originally it was around the time they were still just over $100-120 or so) and due to the spike and the more recent spike it's more or less been a lower priority pickup for me, likely after I finish pimping out the last couple cards and before I move on to rebuilding my Saffi deck, which was parted out to pay for expenses for GP Vegas last year.
Thought I'd jump into this thread with my fully-foreign Nath of the Gilt-Leaf deck. One card is English, because I wanted to have each language Magic sets have been printed in. Now I'm trying to get it to be fully foreign and "best version." For me, best version does not always mean foil. I prefer the oldest printings, and promos if they exist, so that takes precedence over foil. (i.e. I consider the Korean Urza's Sage Priest of Titania to be the "best version.")
Or, as my playgroup calls him, "Hat."
Not the best picture, but the Sol Ring is French BB, and the signet is Italian foil.
French foil Death Cloud, Japanese promo Sheoldred, Japanese foil Call to the Grave
Since the top row is all Spanish, I think I want to find a Spanish Torpor Orb and Smokestacks to match.
Japanese Promo Reclamation Sage, foil Russian Putrefy, foil Korean Barter in Blood (I'd like to get the original Mirrodin printing, but currently this is my only Korean foil), German BB Nevinyrral's Disk
Foil German Words of Waste and Sadistic Hypnotist (one of my favorites in the deck), foil Japanese Necrogen Mists
French BB Sylvan Library, foil German Skullclamp
Freyalise does a lot of things, wasn't sure how to classify her. Foil French Creakwood Liege.
There are a lot of targets for Dimir Machination transmuted. I should probably replace it with something like Vampiric Tutor, but it was one of my first foreign foils, so it holds a special place in my heart. German BB Demonic Tutor, and Liliana altered by a friend.
Foil Japanese Exsanguinate and foil German Lightning Greaves. Staff of Domination is mostly to combo with big mana dorks for infinite mana.
For making my elves hit hard. No foils here, unfortunately.
Foil Chinese Bojuka Bog and Korean Gaea's Cradle
Command Tower signed by the artist and French Bayou (white border).
Foil German Thespian's Stage. That Evolving Wilds makes me sad, and will be replaced by another fetch land soon.
One each of the Golgari Swarm MPS promos, and then foil Japanese Kamigawa. As one of the few lovers of Kamigawa, I was very excited to find those.
Decided to get some pics of Lazav now that he is almost completely pimped out. Only missing:
Dark Confidant (just been putting this one off, not really sure why)
Demonic Tutor (does Unlimited at least count as semi-pimp?)
Startled Awake (just haven't picked one up yet really)
Toxic Deluge (oh Eternal Masters, you spoil me <3)
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas (why oh why did you have to spike, I almost bought him not long before that too, and Briclot missing GP Vegas last year really bummed me out)
Other than those 5 cards, everything else is either foil, signed, altered or foreign (or some combination thereof).
Poor SDCC Vryn's Prodigy does not photograph well (he's right next to Lazav).
Wish I had an EDH deck to post alongside this question, but my recent funds were invested in my Modern deck (Eldrazi Taxes, almost complete — so pretty!), but now that that has cleared up I finally have the motivation to work on foiling an EDH deck!
I have a question before starting on my endeavor, and perhaps it is not one that can be answered — is there a deck that would theoretically be the prettiest foiled? Perhaps the most color-oriented, or maybe just has the highest density of cards with good foilings. Perhaps you all in the pimp deck thread could help me out!
I have a question before starting on my endeavor, and perhaps it is not one that can be answered — is there a deck that would theoretically be the prettiest foiled? Perhaps the most color-oriented, or maybe just has the highest density of cards with good foilings. Perhaps you all in the pimp deck thread could help me out!
I think for me, and I have a feeling a lot of other people here would agree, there isn't really a way to objectively rate some theoretical "prettiest" deck. A lot of pimping a deck comes from picking out your personal favorite printings/styles/etc. So I'd say pick a favorite deck and figure out what kind of cards are the prettiest to you.
I think for me, and I have a feeling a lot of other people here would agree, there isn't really a way to objectively rate some theoretical "prettiest" deck. A lot of pimping a deck comes from picking out your personal favorite printings/styles/etc. So I'd say pick a favorite deck and figure out what kind of cards are the prettiest to you.
I agree. What you think looks good is probably not the same as what I think looks good. There might be some overlap but varying tastes are going to make it impossible to get any kind of objective answer on that question.
If you're just after opinion, I would look at something in Naya colors. Light tends to look good in foil. White has a lot of that and red has fire and lightning, both of which make for some striking foils. I would go Naya just to be able to run Greater Good, which is my favorite foil card. The downside to that plan is that you can't run Time Stop, which is a close second and an awesome foil (no reminder text on 9th and 10th foils).
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Yeah, opinion was the main thing I was looking for here — the light thing is definitely something to consider!
I've been leaning towards a Temur deck thus far, potentially Intet the Dreamer. The foils I've seen for him are absolutely gorgeous, but I digress. Perhaps there's a specific commander people point towards as the "shiniest."
I think for me, and I have a feeling a lot of other people here would agree, there isn't really a way to objectively rate some theoretical "prettiest" deck. A lot of pimping a deck comes from picking out your personal favorite printings/styles/etc. So I'd say pick a favorite deck and figure out what kind of cards are the prettiest to you.
Even things like rarity as a pimp factor is subjective. A pack foil Grave Titan is rarer than the X-Box promo, but there are three printings with the pack art, including a precon that a ton of people have, where as the X-box promo has unique art. I would imagine nobody would look twice at a foil of a Grave Titan with the art that everyone and their brother has, but my X-Box promo one does get comments. So which is pimper?
By the same token people here generally don't like the date-stamped pre-release foils, and they're considered less pimp than pack foils. Today. Flash forward ten years from now or whatever. At that point we might have five printings of Siege Rhino, but only one will have the Khans date stamp. Does that change what's considered the pimp version?
I don't know what your definition of pretty is, but I'm foiling out my Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed deck at the moment and the old border B foils look amazing, especially my Deckmasters Necropotence. I definitely think B is something to consider.
I can't agree with this sentiment more. My personal foil deck is Chainer, Dementia Master, and I love the look of black foils, especially old border.
I'm going to post mine soon - I have a small order coming next week (hopefully) which will mostly finish it all off. As soon as I get that, I'll participate.
UBR Jeleva Grixis Storm
WBG Karador Boonweaver Combo
WUBRG Food Chain Tazri
7th foil. 7th foil is always the pimpest possible version. In my opinion, of course. If it's in Simplified or Traditional Chinese, it's just unbeatable.
Legacy: UBRG Czech Pile, WWW Death & Taxes, many other things
Modern: UBR Grixis, RWG Burn, UR UR Storm, BBB 8 Rack, whatever other control deck I can force
Multiplayer EDH: RR Norin the Wary, UU Barrin, Master Wizard, UB Wrexial, the Risen Deep, GR Borborygmos, Enraged
BRWC Mardu Shops - Tymna and Akiri Artifacts BRWC
I have a Hermit Druid combo deck right now that just barely peaks it's head over 10k when fully foiled with 21 expeditions, all OG duals and tons of Judge promos. What are you rocking?
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind - Gatecrash Foil
Academy Ruins - Time Spiral
Ancient Tomb - FTV Foil
Bojuka Bog - Worldwake Foil
Cabal Coffers - Torment Foil
Cephalid Coliseum - FTV Foil
Creeping Tar Pit - Worldwake Foil
Drowned Catacomb - M13 Foil
Inkmoth Nexus - Mirrodin Besieged Signed
Island - 2 Shards of Alara #235 Foil, 2 Shards of Alara #236 Foil, 1 Shards of Alara #235+#236 Full Art Foil
Maze of Ith - FTV Foil
Nephalia Drownyard - Innistrad Foil
Polluted Delta - Zendikar Expedition
Reliquary Tower - FNM Foil
Seat of the Synod - Mirrodin Foil
Strip Mine - FTV Foil
Sunken Hollow - Zendikar Expedtion
Sunken Ruins - Shadowmoor Foil
Swamp - 5 Shards of Alara #238 Foil
Tainted Isle - Torment Foil
Thespian's Stage - Gatecrash Foil
Tolaria West - Future Sight Foil
Underground River - Tenth Edition Foil
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth - FTV Foil
Vault of Whispers - Mirrodin Foil, Signed
Watery Grave - Zendikar Expedition
Clever Impersonator - Khans of Tarkir Foil
Consecrated Sphinx - Mirrodin Besieged Japanese
Dark Confidant - Modern Masters
Disiciple of Deceit - Journey Into Nyx Foil
Elusive Tormentor - Shadows Over Innistrad Buy a Box Foil
Havengul Lich - Dark Ascension
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni - Betrayers of Kamigawa Prerelease Foil
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy - SDCC Black on Black Foil
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed - Journey Into Nyx Foil
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker - Dragon's Maze Foil
Phyrexian Metamorph - New Phyrexia Prerelease Foil
Rune-Scarred Demon - M12 Foil
Shadowmage Infiltrator - Timeshifted Foil
Silumgar, the Drifting Death Fate Reforged Prerelease Foil
Sire of Stagnation - Battle for Zendikar Foil
Snapcaster Mage - Innistrad Signed
Trinket Mage - Scars of Mirrodin Foil
True-Name Nemesis - Commander Signed and Altered
Wrexial, the Risen Deep - Worldwake Foil, Signed and Altered
Counterspell - FNM Foil
Cryptic Command - MPR Full Art Foil
Cyclonic Rift - Return to Ravnica Signed
Fact or Fiction - FNM Foil
Force of Will - Alliances Signed x2 and Altered
Go for the Throat - FNM Foil
Hero's Downfall - Clash Pack Foil
Mana Drain - Legends English
Muddle the Mixture - Ravnica Foil
Mystic Confluence - Commander
Mystical Tutor - FTV Foil
Pongify - Planar Chaos Foil
Rapid Hybridization - Gatecrash Foil
Spell Crumple - Commander Signed
Vampiric Tutor - Judge Foil
Black Sun's Zenith - Game Day Full Art Foil
Bribery - Judge Foil
Damnation - MPR Full Art Foil
Demonic Tutor - Unlimited
Mind Grind - Gatecrash Foil
Reanimate - Graveborn Foil
Toxic Deluge - Commander
Traumatize - Odyssey Foil
Yawgmoth's Will - Judge Foil, Signed
Necromancy - Visions Signed
Necropotence - Ice Age
Phyrexian Arena - Eighth Edition Foil
Sphinx's Tutelage - Magic Origins Foil
Chromatic Lantern - Return to Ravnica Foil
Darksteel Ingot - Darksteel Foil
Dimir Signet - Ravnica Foil
Expedition Map - Zendikar Foil
Lightning Greaves - FNM Foil
Mindcrank - New Phyrexia Foil
Sensei's Divining Top - Champions of Kamigawa Foil
Sol Ring - FTV Foil
Sword of Body and Mind - FTV Foil, Signed
Sword of Feast and Famine - Mirrodin Besieged Signed
Sword of Fire and Ice - Modern Masters Signed
Sword of Light and Shadow - Modern Masters Signed
Talisman of Dominance- Mirrodin Foil
Umezawa's Jitte - Grand Prix Foil
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver - Theros Signed
Jace, Memory Adept M14 Foil
Ob Nixilis Reignited - Battle for Zendikar Foil
Tezzeret the Seeker - Duel Deck Foil
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas - Mirrodin Besieged
That's the list in its most current state (may end up swapping out Spell Crumple for Startled Awake after Shadows comes out, and I am play testing with the new Jace. Already got my Elusive Tormentor/Insidious Mist promo so it's already in the list). Almost finished pimping it out. Certain cards I'm considering already pimp, such as an English Mana Drain (since the majority that you see run are Italian due to it being cheaper) though I plan to get it altered, Unlimited Demonic Tutor is semi-pimp status (I'm hoping Eternal Masters has it so I can get a foil). There's a few cards that can't be foiled that I'd like to get altered or signed. And the rest are things I just haven't picked up yet and aren't too expensive (like Havengul Lich).
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UBLazav, Dimir Mastermind (Competitive, UB Voltron/Control)UB
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I like this, but think there should be an asterisk at the end of your statement to consider personal opinions There are some exceptions regarding artwork or template structure of cards really stand out from their earlier versions.
For example living death has some pretty iconic and classic artwork, but IMO, the new pic from Mark Winters in the FtV set blows the original artwork away.
And while I love the character Xantcha and all cards that reference her, the new victimize artwork really is sweet. Even if there was an old judge promo foil version of the original artwork I'd still lean on the new one.
Links to my most current deck lists;
Primary EDH; Rakka Mar Token Perfection, Crosis Mnemonic Betrayal, Cromat Villainous, Judith Gravestorm, Rakdos Empty Storm, Exava Artifacts, Bant Trash, & Fumiko Voltron!
EDH kept at home; Ruzzian Isset & Rakdos LoR!
EDH (nostalgic/pimp/retired) in storage;
Latulla Burns, Akroma Smash, Jeska Voltron, Rakdos Storm, Bladewing Darghans, Lyzolda Worldgorger, Xantcha Steals your Heart, Jori Storm, Wydwen Permission, Gwendlyn Paradox, Jeleva Warps, & Sigarda Brick!
Legacy Showanimator and High Tide!
Agreed. I'd take a Modern Masters Bob over a Ravnica or Judge Bob any day, for example. Respects to Meyer, but I just hate the art on the original Dark Confidant. That stupid onion dude on it is horrible...
I also much prefer the Modern Masters swords to the Darksteel ones. And there are several promo foils I'd take over original pack foils (Bribery, for example, has much better art as a Judge promo).
UBBreya's Toybox (Competitive, Combo)WR
RGodzilla, King of the MonstersG
-Retired Decks-
UBLazav, Dimir Mastermind (Competitive, UB Voltron/Control)UB
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—Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
No Underground Sea? Seems better than most of the lands in the deck.
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BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
Links to my most current deck lists;
Primary EDH; Rakka Mar Token Perfection, Crosis Mnemonic Betrayal, Cromat Villainous, Judith Gravestorm, Rakdos Empty Storm, Exava Artifacts, Bant Trash, & Fumiko Voltron!
EDH kept at home; Ruzzian Isset & Rakdos LoR!
EDH (nostalgic/pimp/retired) in storage;
Latulla Burns, Akroma Smash, Jeska Voltron, Rakdos Storm, Bladewing Darghans, Lyzolda Worldgorger, Xantcha Steals your Heart, Jori Storm, Wydwen Permission, Gwendlyn Paradox, Jeleva Warps, & Sigarda Brick!
Legacy Showanimator and High Tide!
Pretty much this. I did have a Sea at one point, but unfortunately I was in need of some quick cash and I had to part with it, this was right before the duals had a pretty major price spike (if I remember right when I picked mine up originally it was around the time they were still just over $100-120 or so) and due to the spike and the more recent spike it's more or less been a lower priority pickup for me, likely after I finish pimping out the last couple cards and before I move on to rebuilding my Saffi deck, which was parted out to pay for expenses for GP Vegas last year.
UBBreya's Toybox (Competitive, Combo)WR
RGodzilla, King of the MonstersG
-Retired Decks-
UBLazav, Dimir Mastermind (Competitive, UB Voltron/Control)UB
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—Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
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And here's the islands I used to use:
My G Yisan, the Bard of Death G deck.
My BUGWR Hermit druid BUGWR deck.
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Not the best picture, but the Sol Ring is French BB, and the signet is Italian foil.
French foil Death Cloud, Japanese promo Sheoldred, Japanese foil Call to the Grave
Since the top row is all Spanish, I think I want to find a Spanish Torpor Orb and Smokestacks to match.
Japanese Promo Reclamation Sage, foil Russian Putrefy, foil Korean Barter in Blood (I'd like to get the original Mirrodin printing, but currently this is my only Korean foil), German BB Nevinyrral's Disk
Foil German Words of Waste and Sadistic Hypnotist (one of my favorites in the deck), foil Japanese Necrogen Mists
French BB Sylvan Library, foil German Skullclamp
Freyalise does a lot of things, wasn't sure how to classify her. Foil French Creakwood Liege.
There are a lot of targets for Dimir Machination transmuted. I should probably replace it with something like Vampiric Tutor, but it was one of my first foreign foils, so it holds a special place in my heart. German BB Demonic Tutor, and Liliana altered by a friend.
Foil Japanese Exsanguinate and foil German Lightning Greaves. Staff of Domination is mostly to combo with big mana dorks for infinite mana.
For making my elves hit hard. No foils here, unfortunately.
Foil Chinese Bojuka Bog and Korean Gaea's Cradle
Command Tower signed by the artist and French Bayou (white border).
Foil German Thespian's Stage. That Evolving Wilds makes me sad, and will be replaced by another fetch land soon.
One each of the Golgari Swarm MPS promos, and then foil Japanese Kamigawa. As one of the few lovers of Kamigawa, I was very excited to find those.
[Primer] Dralnu Control/Reanimator BU
[Primer] Jolrael, Empress of Beasts GG
Nath Stax BG | Borborygmos Enraged RG | Ladies of Magic UGW | Aminatou Control UWB | Enduring Ideal Zedruu UWR | Momir Vig Combo UG
Modern
Restore Balance RWUG
Kiki Chord RWG
Dark Confidant (just been putting this one off, not really sure why)
Demonic Tutor (does Unlimited at least count as semi-pimp?)
Startled Awake (just haven't picked one up yet really)
Toxic Deluge (oh Eternal Masters, you spoil me <3)
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas (why oh why did you have to spike, I almost bought him not long before that too, and Briclot missing GP Vegas last year really bummed me out)
Other than those 5 cards, everything else is either foil, signed, altered or foreign (or some combination thereof).
Poor SDCC Vryn's Prodigy does not photograph well (he's right next to Lazav).
UBBreya's Toybox (Competitive, Combo)WR
RGodzilla, King of the MonstersG
-Retired Decks-
UBLazav, Dimir Mastermind (Competitive, UB Voltron/Control)UB
"Knowledge is such a burden. Release it. Release all your fears to me."
—Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
Wish I had an EDH deck to post alongside this question, but my recent funds were invested in my Modern deck (Eldrazi Taxes, almost complete — so pretty!), but now that that has cleared up I finally have the motivation to work on foiling an EDH deck!
I have a question before starting on my endeavor, and perhaps it is not one that can be answered — is there a deck that would theoretically be the prettiest foiled? Perhaps the most color-oriented, or maybe just has the highest density of cards with good foilings. Perhaps you all in the pimp deck thread could help me out!
I think for me, and I have a feeling a lot of other people here would agree, there isn't really a way to objectively rate some theoretical "prettiest" deck. A lot of pimping a deck comes from picking out your personal favorite printings/styles/etc. So I'd say pick a favorite deck and figure out what kind of cards are the prettiest to you.
[Primer] Dralnu Control/Reanimator BU
[Primer] Jolrael, Empress of Beasts GG
Nath Stax BG | Borborygmos Enraged RG | Ladies of Magic UGW | Aminatou Control UWB | Enduring Ideal Zedruu UWR | Momir Vig Combo UG
Modern
Restore Balance RWUG
Kiki Chord RWG
If you're just after opinion, I would look at something in Naya colors. Light tends to look good in foil. White has a lot of that and red has fire and lightning, both of which make for some striking foils. I would go Naya just to be able to run Greater Good, which is my favorite foil card. The downside to that plan is that you can't run Time Stop, which is a close second and an awesome foil (no reminder text on 9th and 10th foils).
I've been leaning towards a Temur deck thus far, potentially Intet the Dreamer. The foils I've seen for him are absolutely gorgeous, but I digress. Perhaps there's a specific commander people point towards as the "shiniest."
Even things like rarity as a pimp factor is subjective. A pack foil Grave Titan is rarer than the X-Box promo, but there are three printings with the pack art, including a precon that a ton of people have, where as the X-box promo has unique art. I would imagine nobody would look twice at a foil of a Grave Titan with the art that everyone and their brother has, but my X-Box promo one does get comments. So which is pimper?
By the same token people here generally don't like the date-stamped pre-release foils, and they're considered less pimp than pack foils. Today. Flash forward ten years from now or whatever. At that point we might have five printings of Siege Rhino, but only one will have the Khans date stamp. Does that change what's considered the pimp version?
GReki, the History of Kamigawa Legendfall
UGEdric, Spymaster of Trest Drawmaster of Trest | GBGlissa the Traitor A Touch of Death | WBTeysa, Orzhov Scion Spinning in Graves
UWIsperia, Supreme Judge A Riddles of Sphinxes | RG Mena and Denn, Wildborn Beware Falling Rocks | GWSigarda, Host of Hurons The Enchantress
WRGRith the Awakener Superfriendly Tokens
I can't agree with this sentiment more. My personal foil deck is Chainer, Dementia Master, and I love the look of black foils, especially old border.
I'm going to post mine soon - I have a small order coming next week (hopefully) which will mostly finish it all off. As soon as I get that, I'll participate.
Also, excited to finally foil Worn Powerstone and Ashnod's Altar (thanks, EMA!)
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