MTG Salvation

http://io9.com/magic-the-gatherings-summer-set-preview-megantic-s-505918785

Quote from jakalova

Wrath of God, that is all.

yep, this

well, Birds of Paradise would be nice, too

Quote from LMTRK

Dont you have any local players you can trade with? Im sure they would love you forever if you took all the junk out of their binders and gave them some cash or a reasonable rare for it.

~ Tim

I'm sure there are, but Magic qualifies as like my 4th hobby or something. I went to the DGM pre-release, and that was the first time I'd set foot in a store since Onslaught block.

Basically, while I know a few people who used to play, I know no one who actually plays and has cards to trade.
In fact, in my life, I would say I've only ever known two people who would fall into that category, and I only knew them because I taught them tennis.

Nice tip. Luckily, these are all supposed to be M13 cards, so cross-set duplication shouldn't be an issue. They also informed me that all 10 cards should be different.

Here's hoping for the best!

Quote from Pseudofate

My Rakdos pack today had 2 Gore-House Chainwalkers in it instead of a Rakdos.

Like this?

fwiw, i finally found a store selling m13 rares at $4/10 with $3 shipping

http://gamingetc.com/Item/MTG_Grab_Bags/Magic_2013_Core_Set_10_Assorted_Rare_Cards_D69969.html

I'm gonna give them a call tomorrow to find out about their duplication policy. I don't mind junk, but I don't want to order 30 and only get 6 different rares.

Quote from Goldnight"s Blade

The only problem I have with the card art is she looks VERY young, like 10-14 young.

hard to *** to?

seriously, though... the heat is probably like a constant skin peel for her
keeps her youthful appearance intact

Quote from Ytre

And actually repacking and redrafting those cards. Can you share a little bit information about that? It seem interesting as an idea and I would try it out. But I dunno - do the players keep their cards? And do you charge them for this thing?

This is so not scientific, so just take it for what it is - a casual thing for casual players

First and foremost, they don't keep the cards. They're mine and the people playing are the "I used to play and don't have cards now" type. So this is all just for fun.

As far as repacking goes, I just took all of my M13 cards and separated them by rarity. Next, I separated the commons into piles by color. The uncommons and rares stayed in their own piles, which makes for 7 piles in total: all rares, all commons, and 6 color types at common (M13 artifacts are all uncommon or rare, fwiw). I shuffled the hell out of each pile and started making packs like this:

1. 11 commons, 3 of one color and 2 of the other colors
2. 3 uncommons
3. 1 rare
Lather, rinse, repeat until you run out of something (like rares, in my case).
Let people grab a "pack" randomly.

That's the plan. Like I said, it's not particularly scientific. No concern was given to color strength. I just made sure there were even numbers of each color available across the population of packed cards. If we were more serious, that would probably matter, but this should work for our needs. If I can get more rares, I will have enough "packs" for a 4-man sealed or an 8-man draft for M13. Later, we might add in "packs" from other sets, if this goes over well. We're doing our first one in June.

I would just put a thread up saying buying all bulk rares at a set price. People generally flock to these if you set it at the right price plus it would satisfy your casual cravings by having a bunch of cool random cards

Great tip! If I did that, I'd need to do this in the Market Street forums, right?

I guess that meshes with what I've seen so far. Correct me if I'm wrong, but places that sell bulk rares don't promise sets normally, right?

Weird. I played against 2 shocks in 5 matches at the PR this weekend.

First and foremost, I play so casually it's ridiculous. Given that, I'm repacking some M13 cards for redrafts and noticed that I have...

A) Way less rares than I need due to having 2x DBT in my pool, and
B) A heavy slant toward black rares in M13 out of dumb luck

I'd like to balance things out by purchasing some M13 junk rares on the cheap, and I'm hoping someone can give me tips about the most cost-effective way to do it. Am I best off simply purchasing individual rares online, or is there a better way to buy in bulk and save a few bucks?

Quote from Wustin

I thought I read somewhere that it was impossible to get foil shocks.

Really? Why?

Quote from busdude

The maze was really stupid, basically it rewarded the most popular guild.

Rewarded them with...???

Quote from MrPhysics

Everyone who did poorly: My pool was jank/no synergy
Everyone who did well: Seemed fun? The people that won at my Pre-release went with guilds that didnt do well at yours! (Ok no one had dimir dominating...)

Meh... I did well in one event and poorly in another despite a bomby pool, and I had a total blast.