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Originally posted by ryan2754:
is there a way to find what cards from Urza's Saga were eventually FOILED?

I know Serra Avatar, Elvish Lyrist, Lightning Dragon, Rewind, Stroke of Genius, and Gaea's Cradle off the top of my head.

I know the Lands were too...what are these going for now? [Each]

Also, what is the history behing Euro, Arena and Guru Lands? AKA what was the purpose, how were they given out, etc.? Which are worth more (relative to the Saga FOILS).

How would you be able to determine the difference between a Mercadian Masques ARENA foil and regular booster FOIL land?

Looking at pictures, now I know why the Euro lands are so expensive...they're beautiful.

Looked them all up:
http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Promotional_cards

DAMNIT. Now this makes me want to seriously get one of each APAC, GURU, EURO land as well as all the old bordered FOIL Arena Lands. UGH. Damn you, Magic and your Promo cards.
Not to mention, totally wanna get the old school language Prerelease Cards like Raging Kavu, Glory, Fungal Shambler, etc. that were printed in stuff like Latin..SO COOL.

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Also Skittering Skirge and Albino Troll.

APAC lands packs were given for promotion, kind of like the "buy a box" promotion today. Not sure about Euros, but I guess they are the same purpose.

Guru lands were given to store for something like "Guru program" which were rewards for stores getting new players.

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Originally posted by Phyrexian Angel:
Also Skittering Skirge and Albino Troll.

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Originally posted by Phyrexian Angel:
Guru lands were given to store for something like "Guru program" which were rewards for stores getting new players.

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not quite correct. Stores weren't involved in the guru program. People signed up to be gurus then obtained points by recruiting other gurus or teaching players how to play. Once you got enough points you were mailed guru lands and some boosters from wotc directly.

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Originally posted by caquaa:
not quite correct. Stores weren't involved in the guru program. People signed up to be gurus then obtained points by recruiting other gurus or teaching players how to play. some boosters from wotc directly.
Once you got enough points you were mailed guru lands and
there is a link for each type here:
http://www.magiclibrarities.net/rarities.html

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Originally posted by Phyrexian Angel:
I see. I thought the stores were the one who participate since most of the Guru lands I got were from store owners (who got tons of Guru lands back then).

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Originally posted by stu55:
Newest Acquisition

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e16/stu55/scan0003.jpg

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-MTG-1-1-NEW-PHYREXIA-FOIL-KARN-LIBERATED-1-PSA-GEM-MINT-10-/110830153844?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19cdfdf074

Seems people still like PSA

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Originally posted by Lord Crovax:
Hmm...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-MT G-1-1-NEW-PHYREXIA-FOIL-KARN-LIBERATED-1-PSA-GEM-MINT-10-/110830153844?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19cdfdf074

Seems people still like PSA

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Originally posted by GenghisTom:
what ever happened to gunslinga's sale list?
Its been a couple years since ive been on...

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It'll be back eventually, I just haven't had time to deal with it.

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Originally posted by Tha Gunslinga:
It'll be back eventually, I just haven't had time to deal with it.

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I've let every single non-sending MOTL'er off the hook before. When I posted that I did that, a moderator mentioned that I should absolutely BTA every time so the community knows which MOTL'ers do it.

If dbawlz doesn't get placed on the Confirmed Bad Traders list, what is the point of posting this kind of stuff on BTA?

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Originally posted by choco man:
If dbawlz doesn't get placed on the Confirmed Bad Traders list, what is the point of posting this kind of stuff on BTA?

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Originally posted by choco man:
Bad Trader: Derek Lucente (Dbawlz); dereklucente@yahoo.com

I've let every single non-sending MOTL'er off the hook before. When I posted that I did that, a moderator mentioned that I should absolutely BTA every time so the community knows which MOTL'ers do it.

If dbawlz doesn't get placed on the Confirmed Bad Traders list, what is the point of posting this kind of stuff on BTA?

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He was smacked. What else do you want the mods to do?

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Originally posted by junichi:
He was smacked. What else do you want the mods to do?

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What else do I want the mods to do? I want the mods to ban the guy.

BTA was on for 3 weeks, no response.

Jaz mentions that dude doesn't want to trade anymore (if that's the case, banning him seems okay) because of a shady deal? Well, when we finalized our deal he had 0 refs. Now has 2 refs. Just didn't sent to me, huh? Checking the emails, he mentioned that he already sent out on the emails.....so, how does that work?

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Originally posted by choco man:
What else do I want the mods to do? I want the mods to ban the guy.

BTA was on for 3 weeks, no response.

Jaz mentions that dude doesn't want to trade anymore (if that's the case, banning him seems okay) because of a shady deal? Well, when we finalized our deal he had 0 refs. Now has 2 refs. Just didn't sent to me, huh? Checking the emails, he mentioned that he already sent out on the emails.....so, how does that work?

What does a smack really do? He has practically no refs and would have sent first on all trades with or without that BTA on forum.

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Ban him because he backed out of a deal? He got what he deserved, a karma smack. If this trend continues, then he will be banned from having too many karma smacks.

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Originally posted by junichi:
Ban him because he backed out of a deal? He got what he deserved, a karma smack. If this trend continues, then he will be banned from having too many karma smacks.

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Well, in my mind he did more than just back out a deal. He also completely lied about sending out. And this was after he asked for a simul-send.

I'm over the fact that he's not going to get banned. But you did ask me what else I wanted the mods to do?

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Originally posted by choco man:
Well, in my mind he did more than just back out a deal. He also completely lied about sending out. And this was after he asked for a simul-send.

I'm over the fact that he's not going to get banned. But you did ask me what else I wanted the mods to do?

He was completely unresponsive to my emails (for 5 weeks) and the MOTL BTA (for 3 weeks). Banning seems fitting to me. Not just breaking the rules, but completely ignoring them all together. If someone is just going to completely ignore MOTL rules, why should they have another opportunity to receive another smack?

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If you want people banned for every little issue go to Salvation where you can be banned for being a "spam user" without providing proof.

The BTA process takes time because people are volunteers. Its not like anyone is making money off this site

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Originally posted by choco man:
Well, in my mind he did more than just back out a deal. He also completely lied about sending out. And this was after he asked for a simul-send.

I'm over the fact that he's not going to get banned. But you did ask me what else I wanted the mods to do?

He was completely unresponsive to my emails (for 5 weeks) and the MOTL BTA (for 3 weeks). Banning seems fitting to me. Not just breaking the rules, but completely ignoring them all together. If someone is just going to completely ignore MOTL rules, why should they have another opportunity to receive another smack?

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Aside from ripping, people deserve to have a 2nd chance to learn from their mistakes. If MOTL had a first strike and you are out policy, a lot of us won't be here chatting.

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Originally posted by junichi:
Aside from ripping, people deserve to have a 2nd chance to learn from their mistakes. If MOTL had a first strike and you are out policy, a lot of us won't be here chatting.

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Originally posted by hilikuS:
Any of you guys use cardshark.com? Is there any way to dispute a feedback/should I bother? I'm trying to slowly work my way up on their site as far as the sort of ranking system they have. Dude gives me less than a perfect score for not putting the cards in sleeves, despite making sure they're secured in a toploader which was taped tightly shut. In a bubble mailer, and with DC which he didn't even pay for.

Definitely first world problems, but I was just wondering if anyone knew what was up.

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Originally posted by dfitzg88:
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/03232012a

Does anyone know why this was posted? It seems a little out of the blue, and these posts are usually following up on a specific situation. Just curious if anyone has any knowledge on the topic.

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Apparently, at GP Indy, a player - Gerald Freas (aka dr8sides on Twitter) - managed to harass several players via Twitter.

He'd take pictures and post rude comments about players. He was suspended for 18 months.