Not quite unrelated, at the prerelease I went to, every all but one decks I played had some sort of u/w humans/spirits thing going. I was one of those people (but when your sealed packs include Moorland Haunt and Intangible Virtue, what choice do you really have).
I think that standard has shifted really into U/W, and the new artifact has solidified that. Just one more reason I don't play standard.
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I would too. Maybe one day....
As far as I know, Phantom Drafts aren't offered very frequently, and when they are, it's when they have the MTGO Cube up. (I also believe that they will be doing Phantom Modern Masters Swiss, but that is another story.)
They do offer Phantom Sealeds. Those cost four tickets each ($1 per ticket so $4 total) and if you go 2-1 (three out of the eight people will go 2-1) you get one booster which can be traded to a bot for around tickets (I recommend using the same bot every time because they store fractions of tickets - the booster will be worth 3.1 tickets or something like that and the bot will store .1 as credit). So, going 2-1 means that in order to do your next sealed, it will cost you $1.
Going 3-0 will give you three boosters and a QP (which are used for qualifiers in a monthly tournament). The three boosters will net you about 9-10 tickets, making your next sealed essentially free.
Basically, being in the top 50% of your pod makes doing another event much cheaper. I highly recommend doing phantom events, even though you don't get to keep the cards, because, for me, it's usually one ticket for three hours of entertainment, and I usually go 2-1, making my next event cheap.
And even if you don't place in the top 50%, you didn't miss out on much. It's only four tickets for the next one.
On a related note, Swiss drafts are similar (but more expensive). While Swiss doesn't give out as many prizes as the 8-4s, you are almost guaranteed to get one pack, making it $10 for the next Swiss draft instead of $16. Going 2-1 makes it $6 for the next draft instead, and going 3-0 makes it $2 for the next draft. This doesn't include the value of the cards that you get to keep. I also recommend doing Swiss drafts because you do get to play all three rounds and there is a good chance to go 2-1, and a $6 draft is much better than a $16 one.
I absolutely MUST have a playset in foil.
If they did it AvB in foil, I would be soooo happy. (But it'd probably be worth so much because it'd be super rare.)
Lightning Helix was spoiled as being reprinted in Modern Masters. I couldn't find a picture of the spoiled card, and I wanted to know if it is getting new artwork, original Ravnica artwork, or the Duel Deck art (in my opinion, the best version).
Could someone help me find this out?
I hope this set flops (and Kamigawa dragons at mythic? Don't even get me started...). I want this to be such a failure so that something like this never happens again (with the limited print run/high costs).
Guess I'll stick to actual Modern...
This store is an excellent place to make your purchases.
Also, integrated planeswalker points would be cool.
That's what I'm hoping for.
Heh. Me looking for something in particular caused me to miss the obvious.
I certainly hope so. I want to see some ancient Greek and Roman writing in a set based off of the Greek and Romans. I will admit to being disappointed at no Edgar Allan Poe quotes in the Innistrad block (at least none that I can remember).
And, considering the next block, will we see quotes from the Iliad, Odyssey, etc?