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Magic: the Gathering |OT| Theros: Beyond Death - Zombie Land Saga
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Those collector packs/boxes were the worst. I got one for the buy-a-box promo and never bought another. My friend and also my nephew, who have no business spending that amount of money on a pack, got suckered by those big time. Wizards are grifting hard there.
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Year of the Rat looks fantastic.
BTW, Marrow-Gnawer and Ink-Eyes are both rather expensive, so $40 isn't as odd as it seems.
BTW, Marrow-Gnawer and Ink-Eyes are both rather expensive, so $40 isn't as odd as it seems.
It's the Zodiac year of the Rat, every single gacha game i've been playing has some sort of new Ratgirl for the new year, there are enough people who celebrate the lunar new year that it's a fine idea for a product. I have zero issue with this
I guess, but it just feels like Wizards' typical strategy of hitting on new marketing idea and then immediately just milking the hell out of it with diminishing returns until everyone hates it. People like Masterpieces, so every set has Masterpieces. People like Planeswalkers, so now every pack has a Planeswalker. People liked Collector Boxes so now every set has Collector Boxes. Secret Lair was popular so now there's a new one every month.
This was always going to be in January, even if Secret Lair was a bomb of epic porportions that no one bought. They aren't using slush art for these, so they have to commission the art months ahead of release, probably longer than normal because I believe all 4 of these artists are new to Magic. Lunar New Year is the end of January, so while you technically could release this in June or something, it's kind of missing the point if you don't hit January
No thank you, LGSs got to gouge people on FTV. Secret Lair's distribution method still positions the game stores to have the best ability to capitalize on the sets while also allowing the hardcore player not to be screwed in any way. The first set of lairs have done incredibly well value-wise: if you bought 10 sets as any game store should've, you made a nice profit already, and it's only been a few months. The fact that stores are likely the only places besides the uber rich that bought more than 1 set actually really favors them. Any store claiming they're going out of business because Wizards sold a product to consumers, while ALSO selling it to them, that has appreciated 50% in 2 months is flat out in denial.
Secret Lair's distribution method for one thing is extremely wasteful. Compare the FTV packaging that housed 15 cards usually to the secret lair packaging that has as little as 3 cards inside.
The issue with leaving LGS by the wayside is that outside of Kitchentable magic based around friend groups that's where people go to play EDH, to find other magic players and wotc over the last years has just been abandoning them. And these stores already operate on tiny margins.
If the smaller LGS in my city closed down I'd play a 10th of the paper magic I play and not buy 1-2 packs from the store every time I go there.
Some LGS were prize gouging but that was also kind of the intent for these products, a cash subsidy from wotc to stores. The MSRP on FTVs was extremely below the value of the cards included most of the time.
Jenn Ravenna has done some art before, notably The Eldest Reborn.
I mean, it also got adopted because it is legitimately a really fun format.
Limited Set Review: Red
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Red has a few universally good commons, but then others only really fit into particular strategies.
The packaging on the secret lairs is WAY less wasteful than FTV. FTV is just throwaway plastic and cardboard trash, the secret lair boxes are actually nice deck boxes. Nobody is chucking those things. Again, the stores are the ones MOST poised to take advantage of the highly limited nature of these products. Look at the prices online for the last secret lair set, they've appreciated VERY well for being a fucking month old. Stores are maxing out the purchases, not individuals.
EDIT: I should note, FTV cardboard boxes are ALSO nice, but they're not functional in any way, which is a major difference, and the plastic and dice are just fucking wasted plastic. They have more cards, but they're also much larger. It's a little silly to act like this large hardcover book sized box I have sitting next to me with a magnet inside is somehow ecologically friendly compared to the small stack of functional deckboxes from the secret lairs.
If we're worried about ecological waste from mtg, we should be staring down the entire notion of commons and booster boxes in general, but that doesn't seem to really be your issue.
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The Theros deck I'll be refining throughout the set:
This cut out a lot of my cards, just noticing. I think every enchantment creature. I'll have to wait until I'm home to post the proper list.
This cut out a lot of my cards, just noticing. I think every enchantment creature. I'll have to wait until I'm home to post the proper list.
The one game I drew it, it was really good and I almost won. Almost.
2020 Players Tour Qualifier Promos
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Limited Set Review: Green
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LSV at least got through the colors before most prereleases.
Limited Set Review: Gold and Artifacts
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He did it! Limited Set Review complete before most prereleases.
I think that'll be 4, but perhaps more importantly, I think this means we have another shot at a new Colossal Dreadmaw!
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Doesn't seem to be as much posting as prior sets around pre-release time here, that's interesting. Pre-release in store today seemed pretty popular. I went 2-1; drew the rare Archon which did absolute work in limited. Otherwise between my 6 packs and 4 prize packs I didn't get any mythics, nor any gods/bombs. Thought for sure I was going to go 0-3 with my packs, but managed to scrounge together a BGW deck that had enough cheap enchantments, creatures and removal to go wide and remove any bombs opponents might play.
Shadowspear is so good in my mono R aggro deck. Great on Fervent Champion, great on Gingerbrute, great on Tectonic Giant. Just so good.
My favourite pre-release was canceled this time so I bought a sealed on Arena. Three losses within 20 minutes and I'm out. I feel just plain abused by this perversion of Magic.
Also I'm even more certain that whales are rerolling their sealed decks because there's no way a constructed level enchantment synergy deck is at 0-2.
Also I'm even more certain that whales are rerolling their sealed decks because there's no way a constructed level enchantment synergy deck is at 0-2.
As a 25 year veteran, I try to stay quiet in person because I have super strong feelings about Arena and they aren't the majority in the community right now (though they are slowly becoming that way I think). But my belief is that Arena is awful, and I am tired of hearing about it, and I am tired of its effect on magic (except for learners). So I basically dont talk about or encourage it and am hoping its just becoming a distant testing ground for paper despite WOTCs best efforts. Paper magic is just more fun than digital magic - and its not even close. And the digital structure of play and the different game that Arena is, and the economy are all fucked and it isnt even close to fun for me.
I mean look at your experience - in 20 minutes you were done with your sealed and it was a dumbpocalypse of digital hegemony. Yesterday I spent 8 hours at 2 prereleases and had a strictly better experience despite the massive relative time commitment. In the first, I had so many amazing matches that culminated in a finals match at table 1 where my opponents deck and play was actually able to beat me after I resolved Kiora Bests the Sea God during one game, only for me to use a ground level strategy to beat him during the other 2 games in the match and rank 1st of 66 players because of it. In the second I played a 5 color monstrosity that had a winning record but not THE winning record. Both experiences are social things Id never trade for digital, and would never be recreated there, and I dont give a shit that I spent extra time.
It is just night and day - and for all the extra time I spend on paper I wouldnt change a thing.
JustinBailey I keep getting suckered by Arena but you're100% right. Every time I go play paper Magic I have a great time. On Arena I'm rarely happy after playing, even if I win a lot. The only unreservedly good thing about Arena is figuring out a new deck. The vagaries of chance are just too much on an anonymous game client, with no social element to assure you everyone has their ups and downs.
I need to find a pioneer paper tournament.
I need to find a pioneer paper tournament.
Haha, I am always amazed when someone can say what I am trying to say but much more concisely. Thats what it boils down to - feelings after the event in question.
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