I'm in the process of switching out some arts for my cube, and I figured that I'd do a giveaway for a few of the cards I'm removing! They are Gideon of the Trials (SDCC 2018), Eternal Witness (FNM), and Fact or Fiction (FNM).
How to enter:
1) Post here!
2) Note which cards you're interested in entering the raffle for (you can enter for all, but each drawing will be separate).
3) Post an old-bordered card that you don't run that you wish you could still run! This can be a pet card that you don't run because it's not powerful enough any more/has been crowded out, or something you wish was available in new border because you have a Modern cube, or maybe it's a rare and you have a peasant cube. Cards that have only been printed in old border as a promo are fine (like judge Noble Hierarch).
4) Post before April 12th at noon EDT. That's when I'll close this giveaway and figure out who wins each card.
Rules/fine print:
1) This giveaway is not sponsored by MTGSalvation.
2) You have to be running the card(s) you're entering the raffle for in your cube, or plan to run them if you win. I want these cards to be going to homes that will appreciate them, instead of to other people who'll want to try to flip them for value.
3) You have to be fine with providing me with a physical mailing address so that I can send you a card that you win.
4) I will ship anywhere in the world, but you have to be comfortable with me shipping the card to you in a plain white envelope with a stamp.
5) Each card will be given to a separate user. If you want to enter multiple raffles but care more about one card than another, please rank your entries.
6) Don't make additional accounts to try to enter multiple times. I'll be able to tell, and you'll be disqualified.
7) You have to be fine with me announcing you as a winner in this thread once the contest is over.
8) Once the drawing is closed, I'll send each winner a Private Message to ask for their address, and I plan to have the cards shipped out by Monday, April 15th (barring a delay in receiving a response to my PM with an address to ship to).
I miss Savanah Lions, it was the card that taught me 2/1s to be respected but it has been replaced by a string of random humans with upside: lions>humans. Mastcore is right on the bubble for me, it stays because it occasionally has fun synergies, but it really should have left by now.
Edit:
Out of curiosity what art beat out SDCC Gideon?
I'd like to enter for the Gideon. An old-bordered card that hasn't been in my cube for ages but I wish still were is Pox. I'm about the only cuber running Smallpox these days as a pet card, but Pox is even better. The cost is so prohibitive, though, so out it went. I have an unnatural love for symmetrical effects, and this is one where the breaking of it is in both deckbuilding and timing.
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This is cool. Giving away valuable cards is not something most people do.
I don't have a copy of Eternal Witness, and I've really been wanting one. I'll enter for that.
An old card I cut that I wish were playable is Jester's Cap (and Rootwater Thief to a lesser extent). In a singleton format, taking away the best card in their deck is huge, but the cards are just weak. I'm testing Hide // Seek, but it's just a one-off.
I'd like to enter for E.Wit and FoF. No preference on one over the other.
Nantuko Shade holds a special place in my heart. It was in my 1st Legacy deck, and I was sad when I cut it in cube. Though, that has been printed in a newer border. If counting cards with only old borders, I think I'd go with Soul Exchange. It was in my original list, and is a neat one-shot Recurring Nightmare effect, but that's not really good enough..
Im entering for the Fact or fiction. I would enter for the E-wit but I just got done hand altering my copy.
I wish I could play many card. Being locked into just Commons and Uncommons is hard. It keeps the power-level quite variable. I wish that Call of the Herd was legal in my cube as that is a card I have loved for years. The other card that I ended up cutting similar to how you are cutting is Willbender as i found i wanted about 3-4 more morphs to makr it worth it in my cube but alas most of the morphers are just subpar.
I'd love to enter for the Gideon of the Trials! Probably sounds weird, but I never got around to picking up a copy to add to my cube, and I've heard a ton of positive feedback about the card. Not to mention the SDCC promo is gorgeous.
I'd probably have to go Desolation Angel. It gets special mention for being my very first magic card (a friend gave a copy to me), but its a very powerful effect strapped to a highly relevant body. It's too bad that she's been crowded out over time from the BW guild, but I love where we are with the state of cube today, and the plethora of playable options. I may need to create a cubeboard to start siding in old favourites over time!
Thanks again for running this. You've inspired me to do something similar for my next foil update
What a fun and generous idea!
I'd like to enter for the Gideon.
I wish Hammer of Bogarden still carried the power it packed back when it was in standard and extended. Now it's just too slow.
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Very nice of you! I would like to enter for the Gideon to upgrade my current version .
There are many old cards that I wish I could run, but can't either because of not enough archetype or because they just aren't good enough. An example of this is Goblin Lackey, which has a very powerful effect, but not enough support for it unless you go all in on the Goblin archetype.
First I would like to say this is very nice of you.
I am interested in the Gideon and Eternal Witness.
That card I miss the most that’s been cut is Frenetic Efreet. The coin flipping and randomness made for great games and even greater stories. I’ve tried to integrate him back into the cube but he just gets tossed aside due to creature power creep. Even when I try to force him it’s a feels bad. Hopefully one day they will bring that mechanic back on a bigger body.
I would be interested in the Gideon of the Trials and the Eternal Witness.
My favorite artwork in all of magic is Bird Maiden. I love the energy and I really enjoy Kaja's artwork in general... But unfortunately it's just not a good card. I mean I would probably frame a signed copy and put it on the wall, but there is really not much else you can do with it.
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Hey Cythare! I'll throw my hat in the ring for E-wit (1st) and Gideon (2nd) as well! (I already have an FNM promo FoF that I'm running).
My favorite old bordered card that I used to run in cube back in the day has to be Moment's Peace. I used to run it pretty much just because I love the art, although it did stall out long enough for me to stabilize and win a couple games back in the day. I'm actually in the processes of finding an HD print of this art so I can frame it and put it in my daughter's nursery
I'm interested in the Gideon! I'm a huge fan of that Gideon art. I have run Gideon of the Trials for many moons and love it a lot. Currently rocking that EWitt and FoF art already (in the process of foiling the cube - it's a rough process).
Old border card I'd like to run again but can't is probably Volcanic Hammer. I love the card, and used to run it, but it got pushed out by better versions of the effect :(. The art is great and plays really well with the old border.
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I'm interested in the Eternal Witness. Had one a long time ago for EDH but traded out of it as I was getting into cube and never found another to pick up since.
Off the top of my head, I really miss Seal of Cleansing. The interaction with Sun Titan is not at all a necessary effect for cube these days, but it's still really sweet.
I'm in the process of switching out some arts for my cube, and I figured that I'd do a giveaway for a few of the cards I'm removing! They are Gideon of the Trials (SDCC 2018), Eternal Witness (FNM), and Fact or Fiction (FNM).
How to enter:
1) Post here!
2) Note which cards you're interested in entering the raffle for (you can enter for all, but each drawing will be separate).
3) Post an old-bordered card that you don't run that you wish you could still run! This can be a pet card that you don't run because it's not powerful enough any more/has been crowded out, or something you wish was available in new border because you have a Modern cube, or maybe it's a rare and you have a peasant cube. Cards that have only been printed in old border as a promo are fine (like judge Noble Hierarch).
4) Post before April 12th at noon EDT. That's when I'll close this giveaway and figure out who wins each card.
Rules/fine print:
1) This giveaway is not sponsored by MTGSalvation.
2) You have to be running the card(s) you're entering the raffle for in your cube, or plan to run them if you win. I want these cards to be going to homes that will appreciate them, instead of to other people who'll want to try to flip them for value.
3) You have to be fine with providing me with a physical mailing address so that I can send you a card that you win.
4) I will ship anywhere in the world, but you have to be comfortable with me shipping the card to you in a plain white envelope with a stamp.
5) Each card will be given to a separate user. If you want to enter multiple raffles but care more about one card than another, please rank your entries.
6) Don't make additional accounts to try to enter multiple times. I'll be able to tell, and you'll be disqualified.
7) You have to be fine with me announcing you as a winner in this thread once the contest is over.
8) Once the drawing is closed, I'll send each winner a Private Message to ask for their address, and I plan to have the cards shipped out by Monday, April 15th (barring a delay in receiving a response to my PM with an address to ship to).
1) MikePemulis
2) winterlude
3) JstarfireT
4) Tactuz
5) k0olmini
6) Yandere Sliver
7) noshadowkick
8) Tjornan
Eternal Witness:
1) TheGroglord
2) Mergatroid_Jones
3) jamis
4) BlackWaltz3
5) k0olmini
6) Yandere Sliver
7) noshadowkick
8) BZ Gunshot
Fact or Fiction:
1) jamis
2) Ulka
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I miss Savanah Lions, it was the card that taught me 2/1s to be respected but it has been replaced by a string of random humans with upside: lions>humans. Mastcore is right on the bubble for me, it stays because it occasionally has fun synergies, but it really should have left by now.
Edit:
Out of curiosity what art beat out SDCC Gideon?
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Fair enough, wouldn't be my choice but I haven't seen either in person.
I'd like to enter for the Gideon. An old-bordered card that hasn't been in my cube for ages but I wish still were is Pox. I'm about the only cuber running Smallpox these days as a pet card, but Pox is even better. The cost is so prohibitive, though, so out it went. I have an unnatural love for symmetrical effects, and this is one where the breaking of it is in both deckbuilding and timing.
EDH: UGEdric
Pauper: UR Delver
Modern: UGR Delver
Draft my cube: Eric's 390 Unpowered
I don't have a copy of Eternal Witness, and I've really been wanting one. I'll enter for that.
An old card I cut that I wish were playable is Jester's Cap (and Rootwater Thief to a lesser extent). In a singleton format, taking away the best card in their deck is huge, but the cards are just weak. I'm testing Hide // Seek, but it's just a one-off.
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Nantuko Shade holds a special place in my heart. It was in my 1st Legacy deck, and I was sad when I cut it in cube. Though, that has been printed in a newer border. If counting cards with only old borders, I think I'd go with Soul Exchange. It was in my original list, and is a neat one-shot Recurring Nightmare effect, but that's not really good enough..
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I wish I could play many card. Being locked into just Commons and Uncommons is hard. It keeps the power-level quite variable. I wish that Call of the Herd was legal in my cube as that is a card I have loved for years. The other card that I ended up cutting similar to how you are cutting is Willbender as i found i wanted about 3-4 more morphs to makr it worth it in my cube but alas most of the morphers are just subpar.
I'd probably have to go Desolation Angel. It gets special mention for being my very first magic card (a friend gave a copy to me), but its a very powerful effect strapped to a highly relevant body. It's too bad that she's been crowded out over time from the BW guild, but I love where we are with the state of cube today, and the plethora of playable options. I may need to create a cubeboard to start siding in old favourites over time!
Thanks again for running this. You've inspired me to do something similar for my next foil update
I'd like to enter for the Gideon.
I wish Hammer of Bogarden still carried the power it packed back when it was in standard and extended. Now it's just too slow.
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There are many old cards that I wish I could run, but can't either because of not enough archetype or because they just aren't good enough. An example of this is Goblin Lackey, which has a very powerful effect, but not enough support for it unless you go all in on the Goblin archetype.
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I am interested in the Gideon and Eternal Witness.
That card I miss the most that’s been cut is Frenetic Efreet. The coin flipping and randomness made for great games and even greater stories. I’ve tried to integrate him back into the cube but he just gets tossed aside due to creature power creep. Even when I try to force him it’s a feels bad. Hopefully one day they will bring that mechanic back on a bigger body.
My favorite artwork in all of magic is Bird Maiden. I love the energy and I really enjoy Kaja's artwork in general... But unfortunately it's just not a good card. I mean I would probably frame a signed copy and put it on the wall, but there is really not much else you can do with it.
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My favorite old bordered card that I used to run in cube back in the day has to be Moment's Peace. I used to run it pretty much just because I love the art, although it did stall out long enough for me to stabilize and win a couple games back in the day. I'm actually in the processes of finding an HD print of this art so I can frame it and put it in my daughter's nursery
Old border card I'd like to run again but can't is probably Volcanic Hammer. I love the card, and used to run it, but it got pushed out by better versions of the effect :(. The art is great and plays really well with the old border.
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Off the top of my head, I really miss Seal of Cleansing. The interaction with Sun Titan is not at all a necessary effect for cube these days, but it's still really sweet.
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Gideon of the Trials: noshadowkick
Eternal Witness: Jamis
Fact or Fiction: Ulka
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