What is the ratio of male to female MTG artists out there? Alive of course.
It could be something simple like the females have something going on that is more valuable use of their time. Or something more complex like a protest of sorts. Or who ever put it together had a brain fart and was just focused on getting 35 of anybody. Or as disturbing as a misogynistic jerk.
The problem I found with a lot of binders (not every binder not having seen them all) is they stink... literally.
The outer cover often uses plastics that use.. well... plasticizers. This is what gives vinyl that lovely vinyl smell and is the bane of archives the world over. The problem is sometimes compunded if the binder is exposed to air since the gases have some place to go and it's not immediately obvious. Sometimes you really gotta stick your nose in there. Or just be smart and buy "archive safe".
Leatherette is just molded vinyl. Don't be fooled. Real leather is fine but won't last long without treatment contrary to preservation. Wood has oil and without careful sealing will suck.
To get an idea of what I'm talking about look at http://www.gaylord.com
Pay attention to how the binders are fabricated. Gaylord cators to customers preserving all manner of materials dating back hundreds or thousands of years.
The restriction on the mana of your first design is pointless because you gave the land basic land types so it can tap for the appropriate colors regardless of extra abilities.
I see... I though this as being not much different than Snowfall which limits the mana to cumulative upkeep. Perhaps somthing like....
Snow Covered Steppe
Snow-Land -- Plains Island : Add to your mana pool. : Add or to your mana pool. or generated from ~ can only be used to pay for Snow permanents or spells.
Or you mean just flat out not using the basic type like:
Snow Covered Steppe
Snow-Land -- Steppe : Add to your mana pool. : Add or to your mana pool. This can only be used to pay for Snow permanents or spells.
But this is kind of getting away from my initial question.
These would be printable for sure. I enjoyed the snow theme especially with coldsnap limited.
You could also have it come into play tapped unless you have a snow perm and just be a snow dual
I've never been overly fond of the "comes into play tapped [unless]..." mechanic. I learned to play under the thumb of Winter Orb and Stasis so I tend to favor multi-mana lands or pain-lands over tap-lands. But I see your point. That might actually be more viable.
Something like
Snow Covered Steppe
Snow-Land -- Plains Island
Comes into play unless you control another Snow permanent. : Add or to your mana pool.
I imagine that would single handedly cause basic Snow covered lands prices to sky rocket though.
Wasn't quite sure to post here or General...? Rules... hmm.. not a real card though... if a mod would like to help, I'm OK with moving it.
Snow Covered Steppe
Snow-Land -- Plains Island : Add to your mana pool. : Add or to your mana pool. This can only be used to pay for Snow permanents or spells.
<add the nine other lands here to complete the cycle>
Would this work under the current rules and the RL?
Second, Gather shows a measly 34 Snow type cards. At what point would something like this, assuming the above question, become viable and not overly parasitic? I imagine the helps prevent this from being an outright useless card, but beyond that?
I can see if an entire block was released, yeah I imagine it would work, like Energy. But after that?
There was a post somewhere that showed a pack with the ends folded over and, essentially, shoehorned onto a PSA slab. It goes without saying that I had to wonder if slabbing the pack did more damage than just using a numismatic sleeve and calling it a day.
What I miss about playing against Control: Playing their cards for them. Control is kind of a one-dimensional strategy so once you understand how they want to interact with your deck, it's fairly easy to just play solitaire with both decks.
What I don't miss about playing against Control: (a) the smug attitudes across the table; (b) the excuses when you out play them but they blame it on everything other than being outplayed.
This. I learned how to play Magic against a control deck (and when control dominated the meta). But he was a fantastic guy, always encouraging new strategies to try and teaching the finer points. The culture was dramatically different for me then. It was a lot more friendly to inexperienced players and new deck ideas. Everybody looked out for everybody else and we kept everything kosher. The most annoying player was this dude that kept gluing cutouts from dirty magazines on his cards. We just made sure he didn't play against the younger kids. Friends came first followed by the game and trading.
After moving to a new city, the culture was far more hostile. The control players were part of a clique comprised of some of the nastiest players possible centered around a ring leader. If they started to lose, the player would bend the rules and get the rest of the clique to agree. Winning was virtually impossible. The infection was pretty broad and nearly every MtG group in the area had the same nasty people.
I miss control because I miss the people from those early years.
Pokemon has this weird juxtaposition on prices. For instance I have boxes of Gym Heroes that Amazon lists for over $1K U.S. Even if I figure I can sell mine for 1/2 that, that's still far more than what the entire set or any one single sells for. Prices on say Mtg Legends boxes can be traced to the top teir cards in that set.
I never really understood why pokemon prices were so weird compared to Mtg until reading some of the discussion here. Now it makes a lot more sense.
It's also Amazon (if they fulfilled it) and not a third party through Amazon. Wait... I see that it is a third party?
Amazon employees have almost no time to do any shenanigans like that, those poor souls are intimately timed every step they take and every minute of their day. Someone figured how exactly how many seconds it takes to travel from any point in the warehouse to any specific stall in the bathroom. It'vs grueling.
That's assuming a human even touched it at all. The robotics at Amazon is really impressive. My Uncle worked at a warehouse in the bay area and he lasted all of two weeks. Basically drove him into the ground timing everything he did. Let him go because he didn't walk anywhere fast enough.
There's ZERO point in doing any review for something of this nature at all. Amazon combines reviews for multiple sellers (including in-house fulfillment) for similar or identical products. This means that if someone is opening packages and you leave a bad review for a specific seller Amazon bots will just merge it with other reviews, good or bad. You can try and name the seller, but Amazon editors might catch it and remove the name.
edit: OK I see what the deal is. I found the listing and it looks like TBG is the only seller so the reviews stick to the seller. My information is only relevant if the same, or similar, item is sold by multiple sellers.
Check out reviews for say... standard USB cables or PS3 controllers and you'll see a huge range of reviews. These aren't shills, it is literally reviews being merged regardless of who fulfilled it.
It could be something simple like the females have something going on that is more valuable use of their time. Or something more complex like a protest of sorts. Or who ever put it together had a brain fart and was just focused on getting 35 of anybody. Or as disturbing as a misogynistic jerk.
Might be worth emailing them and simply asking.
The outer cover often uses plastics that use.. well... plasticizers. This is what gives vinyl that lovely vinyl smell and is the bane of archives the world over. The problem is sometimes compunded if the binder is exposed to air since the gases have some place to go and it's not immediately obvious. Sometimes you really gotta stick your nose in there. Or just be smart and buy "archive safe".
Leatherette is just molded vinyl. Don't be fooled. Real leather is fine but won't last long without treatment contrary to preservation. Wood has oil and without careful sealing will suck.
To get an idea of what I'm talking about look at http://www.gaylord.com
Pay attention to how the binders are fabricated. Gaylord cators to customers preserving all manner of materials dating back hundreds or thousands of years.
I see... I though this as being not much different than Snowfall which limits the mana to cumulative upkeep. Perhaps somthing like....
Snow Covered Steppe
Snow-Land -- Plains Island
Or you mean just flat out not using the basic type like:
Snow Covered Steppe
Snow-Land -- Steppe
But this is kind of getting away from my initial question.
I've never been overly fond of the "comes into play tapped [unless]..." mechanic. I learned to play under the thumb of Winter Orb and Stasis so I tend to favor multi-mana lands or pain-lands over tap-lands. But I see your point. That might actually be more viable.
Something like
Snow Covered Steppe
Snow-Land -- Plains Island
Comes into play unless you control another Snow permanent.
I imagine that would single handedly cause basic Snow covered lands prices to sky rocket though.
Snow Covered Steppe
Snow-Land -- Plains Island
<add the nine other lands here to complete the cycle>
Would this work under the current rules and the RL?
Second, Gather shows a measly 34 Snow type cards. At what point would something like this, assuming the above question, become viable and not overly parasitic? I imagine the
I can see if an entire block was released, yeah I imagine it would work, like Energy. But after that?
I love MM but not at $200+ a box.
Decked Builder at http://www.deckedbuilder.com
As explained in this video
https://youtu.be/roGdg3WrzdQ?t=30611
Edit: Added correct link
There was a post somewhere that showed a pack with the ends folded over and, essentially, shoehorned onto a PSA slab. It goes without saying that I had to wonder if slabbing the pack did more damage than just using a numismatic sleeve and calling it a day.
How are they going to slab a starter box?
I was getting a little tired of playing against people that never saw the Chronicles version.
This. I learned how to play Magic against a control deck (and when control dominated the meta). But he was a fantastic guy, always encouraging new strategies to try and teaching the finer points. The culture was dramatically different for me then. It was a lot more friendly to inexperienced players and new deck ideas. Everybody looked out for everybody else and we kept everything kosher. The most annoying player was this dude that kept gluing cutouts from dirty magazines on his cards. We just made sure he didn't play against the younger kids. Friends came first followed by the game and trading.
After moving to a new city, the culture was far more hostile. The control players were part of a clique comprised of some of the nastiest players possible centered around a ring leader. If they started to lose, the player would bend the rules and get the rest of the clique to agree. Winning was virtually impossible. The infection was pretty broad and nearly every MtG group in the area had the same nasty people.
I miss control because I miss the people from those early years.
I never really understood why pokemon prices were so weird compared to Mtg until reading some of the discussion here. Now it makes a lot more sense.
Amazon employees have almost no time to do any shenanigans like that, those poor souls are intimately timed every step they take and every minute of their day. Someone figured how exactly how many seconds it takes to travel from any point in the warehouse to any specific stall in the bathroom. It'vs grueling.
That's assuming a human even touched it at all. The robotics at Amazon is really impressive. My Uncle worked at a warehouse in the bay area and he lasted all of two weeks. Basically drove him into the ground timing everything he did. Let him go because he didn't walk anywhere fast enough.
There's ZERO point in doing any review for something of this nature at all. Amazon combines reviews for multiple sellers (including in-house fulfillment) for similar or identical products. This means that if someone is opening packages and you leave a bad review for a specific seller Amazon bots will just merge it with other reviews, good or bad. You can try and name the seller, but Amazon editors might catch it and remove the name.
edit: OK I see what the deal is. I found the listing and it looks like TBG is the only seller so the reviews stick to the seller. My information is only relevant if the same, or similar, item is sold by multiple sellers.
Check out reviews for say... standard USB cables or PS3 controllers and you'll see a huge range of reviews. These aren't shills, it is literally reviews being merged regardless of who fulfilled it.
I feel like I'm missing the strategy on this one....