Grim Lavamancers (Seriously have 77. Anyone have any artist proofs?

Birds of paradise

and then other stuff I just sort of hoard (100 dual lands, almost as many shocks and fetch lands, a decent amount of DRS, Abrupt decay, neat lightning bolts and other cards I just like - I'm not speculating on them, I just like having them.

I'm working on a playset of revised (4 of each card). I have over 2 complete sets, more than 4 of each dual, just filling in gaps and am working on a list of wants.

Working on a set of unlimited on my way to a 'functional playset'. I've got at least 1 of all the expensive cads I think down to Illusionary Mask I don't have. A functional playset to me is 4 of each cards that you can play 4 of in a sanctioned format plus 1 of each card you can't. I'm pretty close to my single set though and I have at least 4 of each dual.

I'm actively working on a foil common/uncommon set of MMA 2015 and might move to get the rares and the mythics

I might start working on a foil common/uncommon set of MMA 2013 and Khans of T.

I'm trying to get a black border version of each power. I currently am only missing a beta lotus (so have 2 unlimited). Currently at 19 pieces of alpha/beta/unlimited power + 1 IE time walk haha.

And then some other random things.

I tried to find the art for Obstinate Familiar but was unsuccessful :-P

I collect Wee Dragonauts, Carnival of Souls, and kind of fell into collecting signed Frogmites too. I like just getting these when I get them though, instead of just buying them up, so I don't have a ton of each.

I'm trying to get my entire Affinity deck signed.

After I get a few more deck wants, I'm going to start trading into a set of Visions.

Each deck has 2x of its corresponding dual, and as there are 10 unique walls in Unlimited, each deck has at least 1 copy of an assigned Wall, because, Walls. And most importantly, we don't play with sleeves, because we didn't back then. Shuffle up those Seas, boy!

I have 8 of the 10 decks complete, just short a Tundra, Trop, and Braingeyser. Since quitting Standard again, I take them to FNM, and get a group of 4-8 together to play these. They're hugely popular and everyone has an awesome time with them. One guy double Dark-Ritted Turn 1 into a Sengir Vampire, only to have to it Control Magic'd away a few turns later. In another game, everyone yelled at a guy for not using his Icy Manipulator to turn off his Howling Mine. Apparently, he forgot how artifacts use to work. At least he used the Royal Assassin to good effect. Good times...

A few guys at the shop are trying to get me back into Vintage, so I suppose if one can casually look for A/B Power, I'm doing that.

Long term, trying to collect every old-frame foil. Have most of the pretty expensive ones: Gaea's Cradle, Grim Monolith, Onslaught fetches, Brainstorm, etc, though missing one rather scary one: Port.

I find it surprisingly challenging to find foreign versions of cards and foils. It doesn't have to be a billion dollar card to mean a lot to me. Many of the foreign versions of dragons are not hugely expensive, just tough to find.

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/implode311/library/Dragon%20Album?sort=3&page=1

Foil Nykthosi

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Implode, I've been able to find a few places that might help you:

Chinese:
MTGMintCard. One of the largest sellers of Simplified Chinese cards (last I knew they didn't deal with Traditional Chinese). Dealt with once and worked fine. They have a comprehensive online buylist.

Japanese:
Saito's card shop. Used them once with no problems.
TokyoMTG. I have dealt with them twice with good experiences.

European:
Magic Bazaar (France). Dealt with once with no problems. Not sure if they have an English translation for their website, but Google Chrome should be able to translate most of it. Decent online buylist.
Miracle Games (Germany). Haven't dealt with them, but did speak with them a few times and seemed decent.

Of course there is always (MCM) Magic Card Market, If you know of anyone across the pond they could probably help you there.

That's all that I've dealt with personally, but I'm sure there are more if you look hard enough. For example, I found a small shop in Taiwan for the Traditional Chinese card I needed, but I ended up going through one of my contacts on this here trading site that helped me, so I didn't actually utilize them.

Other than Shadowmoor/Eventide foil filter lands I own pretty much every land cycle as 4 ofs in foil including all fetch lands, all shock lands, and their reprints. I recently completed a foil Conspiracy set and I just completed a foil set of MMA 2 and I've had MMA 1 foil set completed during GP vegas in 2013. In addition to going foil crazy I try to foil out my favorite Modern, Legacy, or EDH decks as much as I possibly can.

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Originally posted by coasterdude84:
Building/have built 10x (1 of each 2-color combo) decks of Unlimited-only cards. The idea of the decks is:
1. Imagine what starter decks would have looked like back then.
2. Showcase as many "back in the day" cards as possible (Mahamoti, Vesuvan, Sengir, Serra, Force of Nature, etc.).
3. Provide nostalgia for the older players and show newer players what Magic used to be like.
4. Have the decks be as balanced as possible relative to each other. They need to each be good and have fun and powerful cards, but nothing over the top.

Each deck has 2x of its corresponding dual, and as there are 10 unique walls in Unlimited, each deck has at least 1 copy of an assigned Wall, because, Walls. And most importantly, we don't play with sleeves, because we didn't back then. Shuffle up those Seas, boy!

I have 8 of the 10 decks complete, just short a Tundra, Trop, and Braingeyser. Since quitting Standard again, I take them to FNM, and get a group of 4-8 together to play these. They're hugely popular and everyone has an awesome time with them. One guy double Dark-Ritted Turn 1 into a Sengir Vampire, only to have to it Control Magic'd away a few turns later. In another game, everyone yelled at a guy for not using his Icy Manipulator to turn off his Howling Mine. Apparently, he forgot how artifacts use to work. At least he used the Royal Assassin to good effect. Good times...

A few guys at the shop are trying to get me back into Vintage, so I suppose if one can casually look for A/B Power, I'm doing that.

Long term, trying to collect every old-frame foil. Have most of the pretty expensive ones: Gaea's Cradle, Grim Monolith, Onslaught fetches, Brainstorm, etc, though missing one rather scary one: Port.

Having 2 kids in daycare though kinda puts a damper on Magic spending money though.

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Originally posted by LandDestroyer:
This is amazing. Next time I'm in Chicago for an event you've gotta meet up with me and bring some unlimited constructed decks to jam :-D

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Originally posted by coasterdude84:
Building/have built 10x (1 of each 2-color combo) decks of Unlimited-only cards. The idea of the decks is:
1. Imagine what starter decks would have looked like back then.
2. Showcase as many "back in the day" cards as possible (Mahamoti, Vesuvan, Sengir, Serra, Force of Nature, etc.).
3. Provide nostalgia for the older players and show newer players what Magic used to be like.
4. Have the decks be as balanced as possible relative to each other. They need to each be good and have fun and powerful cards, but nothing over the top.

Each deck has 2x of its corresponding dual, and as there are 10 unique walls in Unlimited, each deck has at least 1 copy of an assigned Wall, because, Walls. And most importantly, we don't play with sleeves, because we didn't back then. Shuffle up those Seas, boy!

I have 8 of the 10 decks complete, just short a Tundra, Trop, and Braingeyser. Since quitting Standard again, I take them to FNM, and get a group of 4-8 together to play these. They're hugely popular and everyone has an awesome time with them. One guy double Dark-Ritted Turn 1 into a Sengir Vampire, only to have to it Control Magic'd away a few turns later. In another game, everyone yelled at a guy for not using his Icy Manipulator to turn off his Howling Mine. Apparently, he forgot how artifacts use to work. At least he used the Royal Assassin to good effect. Good times...

A few guys at the shop are trying to get me back into Vintage, so I suppose if one can casually look for A/B Power, I'm doing that.

Long term, trying to collect every old-frame foil. Have most of the pretty expensive ones: Gaea's Cradle, Grim Monolith, Onslaught fetches, Brainstorm, etc, though missing one rather scary one: Port.

Having 2 kids in daycare though kinda puts a damper on Magic spending money though.

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Originally posted by coasterdude84:

I have 8 of the 10 decks complete, just short a Tundra, Trop, and Braingeyser.

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Just noticed...so THIS is why you want that Unlimited Trop off me.

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Originally posted by coasterdude84:
And most importantly, we don't play with sleeves, because we didn't back then. Shuffle up those Seas, boy!

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3 Arid Mesa (for a Modern deck)

After that, I'll decide if I want to splurge on FBB duals. I would need 4 Bayou, 1 Tropical Island, and 2 Savannah.

My other long, long, long term project is to eventually upgrade all my P9/Time Vault/40 A/B duals to have all subs of at least 8.5. Would require me to upgrade 13 cards, but one of them is a Lotus.

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Originally posted by LandDestroyer:
I'm currently collecting:

Grim Lavamancers (Seriously have 77. Anyone have any artist proofs?

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Originally posted by TheMike314:
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Originally posted by TheMike314:
I have 4 of the Lavamancer Judge APs.

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btw, anyone know exactly what this says?
http://mtg.decktutor.com/insertions/EU1AGCH67752804G/grim-lavamancer.html

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Originally posted by LandDestroyer:
Just noticed...so THIS is why you want that Unlimited Trop off me.

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Bingo!

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Originally posted by LandDestroyer:
I'm not sure I'm going to let you have it now

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:sadface: But that's why I'm after non-minty but not shot-to-**** versions. When was the last time you shuffled naked duals? It's glorious.

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Originally posted by coasterdude84:
:sadface: But that's why I'm after non-minty but not shot-to-**** versions. When was the last time you shuffled naked duals? It's glorious.

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I also go after Stone Rains for this site's best trader, Bernieb.

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Originally posted by AGO:
I collect misprinted human wizards. I also have an insanley pimped Nekusar EDH deck. Still looking for a few more foils for it. I can't find a FOIL Japanese Geth's Grimoire.

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