MTG Salvation

Quote from Hey Napkin »

This was my end of the year pimp update. I've posted this on mtgthesource and reddit a few months ago but I seem to have forgotten to post it here. Between January and now I have a few more pieces but i'll save those for the next big update.

It's my elves deck. It's by far my favorite deck to play and I put my heart and soul into finishing it. I started playing Legacy around a decade ago and from the start, I knew I wanted to play Elves. It was fun and I was a high school student with little to no income. It was no where near tier 1 back then. Back then, it was an all-in combo deck with Summoner's Pact, Emrakul, and Grapeshot as the finishers.

Over the years, I slowly upgraded my deck. I took a break for a few years during college. When I came back, Elves became a whole new deck. With the new legend rule change which made Gaea's Cradle insane and the printing of Craterhoof Behemoth, Elves was finally good. I have a little more income now since graduating college and I upgraded from English nonfoil to English foil, and then now it's almost complete as Chinese foil.

So, here's the deck:

I plan to get almost every card altered eventually, so if anyone has any alter ideas, let me know!

When this deck is completely 100% chinese foil and altered, i'll probably work on simplify chinese foiling a vintage deck, career and/or future wife permitting

HQ album: http://imgur.com/a/gGbNe

Quote from Nevelo »

Grim is fine without fetches, just not quite as good. So is Blaze, but Blood is good too.

I'd add a 4th Price, 19th Land, and 1st Grim. Cut 3rd Vortex, and both Flame Rifts.

Quote from TheMartianGeek »

Anything that lowers the prices of cards I'm pretty much okay with. If people are honestly complaining that their $2000 card that probably cost a fraction of a cent to print is no longer worth $2000, or even that a $30 card has dropped to $7.50, about all I can think to them is "cry me a freaking river and go get a real job".

Though I guess I'm not sure what cards I'd like to see in the set aside from what I mentioned here.

Quote from Sirius_B »

Anyway, this realization keeps my personal hopes and wants down, stuff like Sinkhole, Lotus Petal, Chain Lightning, Demonic Tutor, Black Vise, Sylvan Library, Three Visits, Maze of Ith, Sensei's Divining Top, Pendelhaven, Land Tax, Oubliette, Counterbalance, Heritage Druid, Gemstone Mine, Reanimate, Ancient Tomb, Cabal Therapy, Goblin Settler and the Mirage Tutors are a bunch of commons and uncommons that are only expensive because they're mostly very old or were underprinted, wouldn't bankrupt any LGS for going to single-digit prices and would be very sought after by the Commander and Cube crowds.

If even these low expectations aren't met, WotC is in for hardcore backlash.

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Quote from Aquila Noctis »

Why collectors are arising against Wizards if they would reprint cards from Reserved list?

I have a decent value of cards among that list, but I wouldn't be pissed...
Indeed, I would be pleased to be able to open again packs with these cards with my friends. Some of them were just babies at that time and they didn't have the chance to do it. Try to imagine it! Opening an underground sea after so many years!!! Or finding a foil common like dark ritual!!!

In the end, do you think that Reserved list has a meaning anymore? World changes and so do the rules...

You sir are in the minority, many collectors would be pissed... Once they go back on the Reserve List, there is nothing to guarantee they wont reprint a card 10 times and have it be worthless. I am a player first, but if I thought the cards wouldn't have much secondary market value I wouldn't but boxes, especially $10 a pack MSRP sets

So you would not buy boxes of Modern Masters and Tarmogoyf is worthless?
I believe you are the one in the minority.

The secondary market has proven to be safe enough regardless of reserved list...

Actually that is completely different. Tarmogoyf and all modern cards cannot and never will be on the reserve list. Equating tarmogoyf to 20+ year old duals and power i'm guessing you don't have much of that so it wouldnt affect your collection any.