MTG Salvation

Quote from Qatol

It would be useful to include information beyond just the set, to also show which precon a card is contained in.

So instead of just showing also COMM 2013 also show "Evasive Maneuvers"

I'd have to /agree with that sentiment.

Took a couple weeks, but I got all 5 at a local card shop (which doesn't do tournies, it's mostly a sports memorabilia store) at MSRP.

Quote from Georg51

There are places selling this for MSRP.

You just have to be close or be able to find them

OK, you have to be of the 1%.

Quote from Brian

How do I get this at MSRP? All the stores I know pump even mediocre vault sets to $75. With JTMS, I'm sure it will be even higher.

Easy, you don't!

Best. Draft. Ever.

As long as it doesn't turn into "Most. Expensive. Draft. Ever." heh.

Quote from Dragonmaster Outcast

So you're actually complaining that the extra Mythic that you can get in addition to the normal rare in your booster isn't good enough?

Nah, he's just stating that this would indeed be a wasted mythic (with text as is), over say any Shockland. There has to be something else to make this more playable than just on kitchen tables.

Another one of these fine anacronisms of a set. They say one thing and mean another, maybe, until they say something different the next day.

Personally I don't think the tokens will have much to do with any card printed in MM, just a "one of everything never printed until now" situation.

This will be Chronicles 2.0 (even with CoB!), whether or not people like it.

There is a slightly larger pool of cards than I thought would be avaiable to be drawn from. Thse numbers arn't exact as some will show up more than once due to being reprinted at different rarities (ie rares became mythics).

Sets to draw from:
Sets that are not available but are modern:

That left with slightly more than a 4650 card pool.
~1700 commons
~1500 uncommons
~1400 rares
36 mythics

I counted what I think would be 67 available rare lands, I'd think there'd be 5 rare lands in MM (so 4 more out 66?).

Hopefully at double-price packs, that CoB is the least "valuable" (if value is any indication of power) card in a rare slot. Otherwise they are going to have just another CMDArse fiasco IMO.

I wouldn't say that 'goyf is the only reason to buy packs en masse, but CoB isn't giving me any incentive to buy (that warm tingly feeling), that's for sure.

I'd like to see them come up with something new, but the checklands are just too elegant a solution. WotC figured they'd be fine in a core set before a block with Shocklands, so there's no reason to not print it in a core set afterwards.

Big and splashy land that is all sorts of fun...but no good for tournament play thusly keeping the price waaaay down

Vinzito, I'll do box B without the shifting, I get confused easily
Ahh yes I see I mucked up 10 right in box B...The spreadsheet is there now in case anyone wants to do the whole number crunch!

-edit- I changed #64 to #61, fat fingers

Box B:

Left:
(2) Firemane Avenger
(4) Thespian's Stage
(5) Fathom Mage
(3) High Priest of Penance (whoops, I put down Hydroform instead!)
(1) Luminate Primordial (Knight Watch)
(4) Breeding Pool
(3) Stomping Ground
(2) Ooze Flux
(5) Deathpact Angel
(1) Rubblehulk (Hold the Gates)
(4) Borborygmos Enraged
(2) Blind Obediance

Middle:
(1) Illusionist's Bracers
(3) Giant Adephage
(4) Realmwright
(2) Glaring Spotlight
(5) Nightveil Spectre
(3) Gruul Ragebeast
(2) Five-Alarm Fire
(1) Consuming Aberration
(4) Sylvan Primordial (Drakewing Krasis)
(5) Hellkite Tyrant (Luminate Primordial)
(3) Simic Manipulator
(1) Illusionist's Bracers

Right:
(5) Immortal Servitude
(2) Boros Reckoner
(3) Master Biomancer (Naturalize)
(1) Diluvian Primordial (Vizkopa Guildmage)
(4) Ogre Slumlord
(2) Obzedat, Ghost Council
(1) Signal the Clans
(5) Spark Trooper
(3) Unexpected Results
(4) Crypt Ghast (<- correct now!)
(2) Biovisionary (Forest #273)
(5) Rubblebelt Raiders

Edit - my Box A was K9GY7LC and Box B was 2NQ47LC

I shifted the second box (B), so let me know if my logic is flawed (I don't have the box ID numbers on me, I'll add them later today, took pictures).

I also wrote down every card number I got in an excel file, for those who want to map it like that as well. I can't add it at work, I'll post it later as well.

Box A was meh, but Box B made up for it (as for set collecting). I think I did ok overall.

Box A:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 5 3 4 2 5 2 3 1 4.. 5.. 3
2 1 4 5 3 1 3 4 2 5.. 1.. 4
3 2 5 1 4 2 4 5 3 1.. 2.. 5
(moved row 7 three to the right, and row 1 two to the right...just did it for funsies)

2 3 1 4 5 6 8 9 10 7 11 12
5 3 1 4 2 5 3 1 4.. 2 5.. 3
1 4 2 5 3 1 4 2 5.. 3 1.. 4
2 5 3 1 4 2 5 3 1.. 4 2.. 5

Not shifted:
Box A:

Left
(3) Ooze Flux
(2) Blind Obedience
(5) Stomping Ground
(1) Legion Loyalist
(4) Fathom Mage (Psychic Strike)
(2) Rubberbelt Raiders
(4) Soul Ransom
(5) Crypt Ghast
(3) Ogre Slumord
(1) Gruul Ragebeast
(2) Biovisionary
(5) Immortal Servitude

Middle
(2) Whispering Madness
(1) Stolen Identity (Sunhome Guildmage)
(4) Alms Beast (Whispering Madness)
(5) Frontline Medic
(3) Realmwright
(1) Enter the Infinite
(3) Simic Manipulator
(4) Sacred Foundry
(2) Thespian's Stage (Dimir Guildgate)
(5) Consuming Aberration
(1) Watery Grave
(4) Godless Shrine

Right
(1) Boros Reckoner (Grisly Spectacle)
(5) Clan Defiance
(3) Lord of the Void
(4) Rubblehulk
(2) Mind Grind
(5) Firemane Avenger
(2) Wrecking Ogre
(3) Merciless Eviction
(1) Domri Rade (Gridlock)
(4) Assemble the Legion
(5) Treasury Thrull (Act of Treason)
(3) Molten Primordial

Box B:
edit - redacted, posted again below (man this is hard work!)

Could it be worded slightly differently so that you can search you deck for cards with a total CMC of 9 (infinite Ornithopters?), that would be too zany i suppose.

Quote from possessed »

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I'm leaning towards black symbols but it requires squinting of the eye when looking at the different new symbols.

This whole concept borders on the insane/stupid. What happens if they try to make a U/G/R card? DO they get W or B?

This is a slippery slope they are sliding down, almost as nutty as that "all textless" 9th version thing I read while back.

Zur's Brewery 3U
Enchantment
Players play with their hands face up (or maybe face in their hands?).
Whenever any player draws a card, any other player may take 2 drinks to force the drawing player to discard that card.

No hobos allowed in this fine establishment? I'll drink to that!

Open Bar UU
Sorcery
Until end of turn, any time a player takes a drink, they may draw a card and then discard a card from their hand.

The father of the bride knowshh how to throw a bashhh!