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May 16, 2018KnickM posted a message on Magic Market Index for May 10th, 2018I definitely prefer the Market price numbers. Thanks Feyd!Posted in: Articles
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Feb 9, 2018KnickM posted a message on All Sets Are Good: Prophecy"Two mechanics carried forward from the earlier sets in Masques block"Posted in: Articles
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May 22, 2015KnickM posted a message on The Running Tally of Current Sets for May 22, 2015JIN shows Eidolon of the Great Revel as going up 4 cents, but the listed "biggest winner" is Mana Confluence at +0. Why the disparity?Posted in: Articles
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Feb 4, 2014KnickM posted a message on Launch Giveaway!I know that it's an absurdly bad card, but I think that my favorite card is still Gabriel Angelfire. I remember when I first got one for my GW deck, before it was reprinted in Chronicles. I had a choice - for $17 I could get either Gabriel or the Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale. I was advised by the store owner to get the Tabernacle, and I kind of wish I'd followed that advice now, but I bought Gabriel and shuffled him into my 65 (60 card deck? What's that?). I don't know that I drew him in more than a handful of games, but I really liked playing with a Legend.Posted in: Announcements
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Nov 22, 2011KnickM posted a message on Kitchen Table Pricewatch: Rise of the Eldrazi Post-RotationWasn't Ulamog the one that was reprinted in FTV?Posted in: CadaverousBl00m Blog
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Unsigned ones are in the $400-$500 range. Chris Rush has passed away, but he wasn't terribly reclusive and Lightning Bolt was probably his most-signed card. That said, how many people would part with theirs? I'd probably ask closer to $750, but I can see a grand, especially if you're willing to wait a bit.
Hi there Spurn, and welcome to MTGS. I'm sure that you read all the forum rules and realize that solicitation is forbidden here in the Café, so you must be looking for us to recommend vendors who may have these.
I can't think off-hand of any who've got their bulk sorted by block - once it's sorted that much, you may as well finish sorting it and add it to general inventory. Try eBay maybe?
Hi there ... Cldmldsjd? How do you pronounce that? Are you from the Aberstwyth Cldmldsjds?
Sadly, the concept of a printed price guide is fairly obsolete. If you're just looking for Standard prices, you can, as Lion suggests, print the list from someplace like Goldfish. If your friend is trading at a store, however, he's more than likely going to be able to ask the store staff or an event judge "Is this fair?" He could also ask his trading partner to look up prices and show him - I do this all the time at GPs. We'll agree on a source, then look up prices on the fly. Showing the other person your phone is not that difficult.
I'd also love to see "Master Warcraft on a stick" or "Legendary Boros Battleshaper". Stuff that's more about manipulating combat than "Okay, I turn all my creatures sideways and depending on which general I chose, they're now better somehow". I want to be able to make interesting choices when I sit down for a game of EDH, and being able to say "Oh, well, actually, I tap my general and THIS creature is now blocking THAT one" seems like a fun mess to make of things.
With those caveats, it's definitely a good place to check out and you can score some real deals. Just don't go crazy thinking that the prices are way lower across the board than they are on other marketplaces.
Hi Russinating, and welcome to MTGS! I'm going to jump right in and suggest that the recently released Guild Kits are a great way to get a fun, reasonable deck. Pick your favorite color pair and get a preconstructed deck for £16 or so. They aren't overpowered, but they aren't trash either. They've got a bunch of useful cards that you can repurpose once you're done with the deck. They're also fairly balanced against each other, so if you want to grab a few and bring them to work, you can put them on the table and tell your colleague "Pick one" and you can have it out without either of you being at a severe disadvantage.
If you're looking to figure out if any of your old stuff is worth anything, join me over at Market Street or DM me a list and I can help you out on that end of things as well.
If you're looking for a collection tracker, Deckbox and TCGPlayer are popular options. The rough part is entering in all your cards - there isn't a great easy way to do it. You also have to keep it updated.
BTW, welcome to MTGS!
I drafted the first box, and opened up Teferi. I thought that I would go Bant, but the color-fixing just wasn't there and I never had both Teferi and Islands in a game. Dack's +1 is okay - target player loots 2 - but I don't think I'd consider it a bomb in the format. His -2 is almost completely irrelevant (although it's better than Tezz from the first set), and while you can build around his ult, it's also not a gamebreaker. What are you doing with Gruul and Simic? You're playing out your creatures and putting counters on them. That's great - but Dack doesn't really add to that game plan except by giving you the ability to loot away lands once you've got enough. If there's nothing amazing in the pack then sure, I'll take him, but the odds of having some other quality card that doesn't commit you to playing Temur are pretty deece.
Ajani is probably a better fit in a Bant deck, most likely Simic splashing some white. You can pick up Azorius fixing, and he puts counters on your creatures which is exactly what Simic wants to be doing. He also helps you draw into creatures. But the color requirements aren't going to be easy. As I mentioned in the Limited thread on this topic, my last draft was won by a Boros player who drafted Daretti and then just left him on the sidelines. I'm very wary of trying to warp my colors around a planeswalker that might not be a bomb.
I'm hosting a draft in about ten days. I'm hoping that it'll be a better experience than the last time. And this time I know that Ajani and Dack are just pure traps and I'll warn the table accordingly. Seriously, who decided to put the Azorius walker in the set with Selesnya and the Selesnya walker in the set with Azorius?
Since we have more mono-color walkers this go-round, I'm anticipating that people won't be as siloed as they were last time. Might lead to a more organic-feeling draft, if only two people are opening on-guild bombs. I don't think that it'll be amazing, but I certainly expect it to be better than the trainwreck that the last one was.
At a guess, I'd say that Rakdos, the Showstopper, aka Mr Demon Tribal, is responsible.
Karn and Ajani should've been swapped with Teferi and Daretti. That would've evened out the value a bit, and made draft a little better.
I was surprised how unexcited I was about this product - obviously for a completionist like myself it's a necessary pickup, but none of the walkers make me excited to jam them in decks. The last one, Elspeth, Lili and Teferi went right into decks, and that was pretty cool. So yeah, they exist, but they aren't really lighting a fire under me. But honestly, this feels right to me. Most people who wanted them are getting them, and while they still exist, quantities are clearly limited. I'd still like to see a little more from this set - a couple packs of Ravnica sleeves and some spindowns, maybe a basic land pack, just enough so that it truly is a draft in a box - but they're pretty close.
I'd love to see a photo, if you have one handy.
Hi Rose, welcome to MTGS.
First, a minor nitpick - that doesn't look NM. I can see white on all four corners (although I'll allow that it may be glare on the sleeve).
Second, THANK YOU for including a picture! It's really crucial for evaluating misprints.
I'd say that yours is a good miscut - I can see a hint of the card to the left, making it more than just 100-0. I'd put the price somewhere in the $5-$10 range - it's cool, but it's on an almost unplayable card, so you're only getting coolness factor. And while there is a small bit of another card on it, you've really got to look hard. The ideal is the entire right border of the next card over so that it's glaringly obvious.