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Topic: Post For Magic Stuff #88 - Collapsing Borders
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chaos021
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posted January 15, 2015 02:26 PM
        
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Originally posted by dfitzg88:
Does anyone know what inappropriate comments were made by the coverage team at Omaha? I am dying to find out!
He spoke the truth. Shocking, I know.
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AEther Storm
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posted January 15, 2015 03:07 PM
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Originally posted by stu55:
He implied that some Portuguese and French players are cheaters (which they are to be fair, Dezani has a pretty bad rep), and one of the mics were turned on. Not THAT big of a deal but people still like to get upset
People also could get upset if someone claimed that all players from a certain country are cheaters, because one or a couple of them may or may appear to have cheated. That's like calling all magic players nerds, because they are, I know I guy who plays magic and is a nerd. Ergo. It's a good thing that this isn't a Portuguese/French website. 
On the subject, I don't know any of those guys or reporters, but being a reporter, you should know that if you have an opinion and want to share it, be aware of the timing. And mind the power switch on the microphone.
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Pail42
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posted January 15, 2015 03:30 PM
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Originally posted by dfitzg88:
Does anyone know what inappropriate comments were made by the coverage team at Omaha? I am dying to find out!
The closest I could find was this paraphrase - I have not heard it first-hand:
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/2s3pln/did_anyone_get_a_recording_of_ben_starks_weird/ quote:
Originally posted by stu55:
He implied that some Portuguese and French players are cheaters (which they are to be fair, Dezani has a pretty bad rep), and one of the mics were turned on. Not THAT big of a deal but people still like to get upset
People are mad that he implied other Portuguese and French players are cheaters by national association to cheaters who had been caught recently.
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revenger
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posted January 16, 2015 04:43 PM
Oh my freaking god! I cannot seem to trade for an Elspeth, Sun's Champion for the life of me. I guess I will have to save up the pucapoints and hope I can get enough for one eventually. __________________
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Pail42
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posted January 16, 2015 04:52 PM
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Originally posted by revenger:
Oh my freaking god! I cannot seem to trade for an Elspeth, Sun's Champion for the life of me. I guess I will have to save up the pucapoints and hope I can get enough for one eventually.
You'll probably spend more in postage getting one that way than just buying one off TCG/ebay. I get limiting yourself to trading for cards instead of buying, but you have to account for online trading expenses too.
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helpmehelpyou
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posted January 16, 2015 06:52 PM
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Originally posted by revenger:
Oh my freaking god! I cannot seem to trade for an Elspeth, Sun's Champion for the life of me. I guess I will have to save up the pucapoints and hope I can get enough for one eventually.
My experience with motl. Most ppl here will not down trade. Even if the card is only worth $15 they still want something of similar value.
I would def. Down trade mine to you, you just dont happen to have anything i want. Its funny. Ppl with $15 cards like elspeth usually want like shocks or fetches. But the ppl with shocks and fetches always try to up trade those to bigger things. Online trading is weird.
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iccarus
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posted January 17, 2015 05:59 AM
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Originally posted by AEther Storm:
On the subject, I don't know any of those guys or reporters, but being a reporter, you should know that if you have an opinion and want to share it, be aware of the timing. And mind the power switch on the microphone.
I don't know how their booths are set up for streaming, but I'm guessing they may not actually have control over their mics. They probably have someone doing sound off to the side who actually turns them on/off. __________________
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coasterdude84
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posted January 17, 2015 08:15 AM
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Originally posted by revenger:
Oh my freaking god! I cannot seem to trade for an Elspeth, Sun's Champion for the life of me. I guess I will have to save up the pucapoints and hope I can get enough for one eventually.
Taking a cursory glance at your list, but you appear to have mostly $1 and $2 cards listed. There just isn't enough desirable stuff there. If you have additional $5-$10 cards, I'm sure you could get some more interest.
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Pail42
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posted January 19, 2015 08:33 AM
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/banned-and-restricted-announcement-2015-01-19big shakeup Effective Date: January 23, 2015
Magic Online Effective Date: January 28, 2015 Modern:
Dig Through Time, Treasure Cruise, and Birthing Pod are banned. Golgari Grave-Troll is no longer banned. Legacy:
Treasure Cruise is banned. Worldgorger Dragon is no longer banned. Vintage:
Treasure Cruise is restricted. Gifts Ungiven is no longer restricted.
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nylarotep
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posted January 19, 2015 08:42 AM
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Originally posted by coasterdude84:
Taking a cursory glance at your list, but you appear to have mostly $1 and $2 cards listed. There just isn't enough desirable stuff there. If you have additional $5-$10 cards, I'm sure you could get some more interest.
Just wait til the duel deck comes out, she'll drop in price.
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chaos021
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posted January 19, 2015 05:58 PM
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Originally posted by nylarotep:
Just wait til the duel deck comes out, she'll drop in price.
Or get closer to rotation. I'm thinking she's going to start dropping this May.
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chaos021
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posted January 22, 2015 11:03 AM
Why do people feel being more emotional in an argument makes you "more right"?
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Guie
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posted January 22, 2015 11:40 AM
Apologies for the long explanation.Need some advice on whether it is worth it to purchase some cards from a friend, and this forum seems to be reasonable and give good advice. A few months ago my friend talked to me about money problems. He is the type that while completely honest and forthcoming, does not mention private issues unless it is a major burden. The last several years his wife has been in charge of the bills. You can probably guess where this goes. Not making full mortgage payments, late on bills, minimum payment on credit cards, etc. So shift to a month ago, he wanted to sell me some cards. He has very little patience when it comes to ebay, craigslist, etc. A few days later he offers me all his Zendikar lands, 600+ in a box completely in unsorted since release. I buy them. Now he wants to sell his playsets of Trops (Revised) and Goyfs (FS). I have two concerns. The first is that it is a large purchase and I don't want to put myself into debt to get him out, though I'm sure i can swing it as I pair down my video game collection. The second concern is condition. The edges are SP/MP, but all have significant shuffle creases. He played often and shuffled like he was at the Pro Tour. He wants $1,000. Not sure whether that is too good to pass up, or if I should just hold back.
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Pail42
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posted January 22, 2015 11:41 AM
Probably because when people get emotional they tend to get what they want - whether they are right are not - because they other party just wants them to calm down and go away.
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AEther Storm
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posted January 22, 2015 11:51 AM
Or they become emotional because they know they're wrong.
on topic: Treasure cruise got banned. LMAO. A cmc 8 card.. don't know if that's a first.
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thror
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posted January 22, 2015 01:06 PM
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Originally posted by AEther Storm:
on topic: Treasure cruise got banned. LMAO. A cmc 8 card.. don't know if that's a first.
eveeryone knows that card NEVER costs 8. Minds Desire always costs 6 and it got banned. __________________
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Lord Crovax
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posted January 22, 2015 09:44 PM
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Originally posted by Guie:
Apologies for the long explanation.Need some advice on whether it is worth it to purchase some cards from a friend, and this forum seems to be reasonable and give good advice. A few months ago my friend talked to me about money problems. He is the type that while completely honest and forthcoming, does not mention private issues unless it is a major burden. The last several years his wife has been in charge of the bills. You can probably guess where this goes. Not making full mortgage payments, late on bills, minimum payment on credit cards, etc. So shift to a month ago, he wanted to sell me some cards. He has very little patience when it comes to ebay, craigslist, etc. A few days later he offers me all his Zendikar lands, 600+ in a box completely in unsorted since release. I buy them. Now he wants to sell his playsets of Trops (Revised) and Goyfs (FS). I have two concerns. The first is that it is a large purchase and I don't want to put myself into debt to get him out, though I'm sure i can swing it as I pair down my video game collection. The second concern is condition. The edges are SP/MP, but all have significant shuffle creases. He played often and shuffled like he was at the Pro Tour. He wants $1,000. Not sure whether that is too good to pass up, or if I should just hold back.
So 1,000 for 4 HP trops and 4 HP goyf? Seems way high... __________________
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superpup
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posted January 23, 2015 07:33 AM
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Originally posted by Guie:
Apologies for the long explanation.Need some advice on whether it is worth it to purchase some cards from a friend, and this forum seems to be reasonable and give good advice. A few months ago my friend talked to me about money problems. He is the type that while completely honest and forthcoming, does not mention private issues unless it is a major burden. The last several years his wife has been in charge of the bills. You can probably guess where this goes. Not making full mortgage payments, late on bills, minimum payment on credit cards, etc. So shift to a month ago, he wanted to sell me some cards. He has very little patience when it comes to ebay, craigslist, etc. A few days later he offers me all his Zendikar lands, 600+ in a box completely in unsorted since release. I buy them. Now he wants to sell his playsets of Trops (Revised) and Goyfs (FS). I have two concerns. The first is that it is a large purchase and I don't want to put myself into debt to get him out, though I'm sure i can swing it as I pair down my video game collection. The second concern is condition. The edges are SP/MP, but all have significant shuffle creases. He played often and shuffled like he was at the Pro Tour. He wants $1,000. Not sure whether that is too good to pass up, or if I should just hold back.
Nothing wrong with making a counter offer to him and/or offering to buy just one of the playsets. Let him know that you'd like to help but can only afford so much yourself. Depending on how good of a friend this is, offer to help sell them on ebay for some small compensation to offset the fees and your time, or else negotiate a price to buy them straight and flip them. If you got a good price on the Zendikar lands then just resell those, too...
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JoshSherman
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posted January 26, 2015 02:38 PM
My cube so far:http://www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/22867 Spellshapers, Morph, and Flashback are being added, but the amounts are in question. Check it out if you're interested. I've talked about it on here before. Spellshapers are intended to be featured. __________________
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AEther Storm
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posted January 28, 2015 11:20 AM
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Originally posted by thror:
eveeryone knows that card NEVER costs 8. Minds Desire always costs 6 and it got banned.
I know. I also know I don't give the card enough credit. I've seen it go for U2 or U3 too often. Meh.
Of course it's great getting 3 cards for U and exiling 7, which you can build around on.
Still, having 2 in your opening hand sucks. Though they fixed that problem  .
I'm glad I'm out of Vintage, though I wonder if I'd play it if I still were. Not that there are any Vintage tournaments around here anyway
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Lieutenant George: Why do you have no underwear, Lord Flash?
Lord Flasheart: Because the pants haven't been built yet that'll take the job on!
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thror
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posted January 28, 2015 11:47 AM
pretty much any blue deck in vintage is going to be playing 1. it's a lot closer to recall #2 now than when you could play 4, because sometimes you didn't get to delve it down to U before. now it'll almost always just be recall #2.__________________
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iccarus
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posted January 29, 2015 07:48 AM
Any good articles out there on Fate-Khans-Khans drafting? I might actually be able to play an FNM on Friday and I have not touched the format since the week Khans was released.__________________
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Volcanon
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posted January 29, 2015 02:57 PM
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Originally posted by JoshSherman:
My cube so far:http://www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/22867 Spellshapers, Morph, and Flashback are being added, but the amounts are in question. Check it out if you're interested. I've talked about it on here before. Spellshapers are intended to be featured.
You should cut the bad guildmages. Armorer guildmage wasn't even good in Mirage limited. Cube is a lot higher powered. If you're doing peasant cube you need the following: Death By Dragons
The 4/4 uncommon dragons from Fate Unforged
Pardic Dragon
Volcanic Dragon
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jellyfishfanatic
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posted January 30, 2015 12:11 PM
Just pulled Ugin in an impulse buy pack from work. Only mentioning it because he's the first planeswalker I've ever opened myself..Only took three years of being back in the game and innumerable boosters to finally open a 'walker on my own!
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Troll
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posted February 01, 2015 05:13 AM
I posted a question on the value forums about thinking about getting rid of my Chains of Mephistopheles. They have gone up a lot, I rarely play mine and am thinking about trying to trade up to something big. I only play multi-player EDH and occasionally Legacy. I think I want a Library of Alexandria. Does anyone think there's a chance it will be unbanned in EDH. I don't understand why it's banned. Control decks usually don't fare well in 4 person games and it's only 1 card out of 99. Chances are slim it will be drawn and be active in a game. Is it the price barrier that keeps it out of EDH?
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