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by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: To buy, or not to Buy; that is the question
Replies: 6
Views: 4040

Re: To buy, or not to Buy; that is the question

Growing Rites of Itlimoc is a poor substitute, because green has so many ways to tutor nonbasic lands ( Crop Rotation , Sylvan Scrying , Pir's Whim , Reap and Sow , Ulvenwald Hydra , etc) but no ways to tutor enchantments. The card has recently spiked, but it is not likely to lose a ton of value, ev...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Kodama/Brinelin - Cheating Mana Costs for Fun and Profit
Replies: 4
Views: 699

Re: Kodama/Brinelin - Cheating Mana Costs for Fun and Profit

Oh I do actually have a Crypt in here, I'm not sure how that got left off. I've effectively maxed out on 2-drop ramp effects, unless I start running Signet-type cards which I'm loathe to do in a green deck, or mana dorks, which also aren't great given the deck is a bit wrath-weak already. I have no ...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Kodama/Brinelin - Cheating Mana Costs for Fun and Profit
Replies: 4
Views: 699

Re: Kodama/Brinelin - Cheating Mana Costs for Fun and Profit

This maybe isn't a super helpful criticism, but that decklist is pretty unreadable. You should separate it out into sections - some people prefer by card type (those people are wrong though, organizing by function is clearly superior, don't @ me). No matter how you do it, though, it'll become way m...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Kodama/Brinelin - Cheating Mana Costs for Fun and Profit
Replies: 4
Views: 699

Kodama/Brinelin - Cheating Mana Costs for Fun and Profit

Commander (2) 1 Kodama of the East Tree 1 Brinelin, the Moon Kraken Creatures (33) 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Fierce Empath 1 Krosan Drover 1 Thunderous Snapper 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty 1 Keruga, the Macrosage 1 Thryx, the Sudden Storm 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait 1 Ethereal Forager 1 Greenwarden ...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Proven
Topic: [Placeholder] Primer - Death & Taxes
Replies: 6
Views: 7540

Re: [Placeholder] Primer - Death & Taxes

Skyclave is absurd, definitely one of the strongest new options out there for D&T. As Oko showed, turning something relevant into a stack of vanilla stats is hugely powerful. Yes, there is still room for Palace Jailer vs Marit Lage, Emrakul, etc, but Skyclave is so much better in "fair"...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kaldheim has an Unusual Number of Lands
Replies: 3
Views: 1379

Kaldheim has an Unusual Number of Lands

Kaldheim's spoiler season is in full swing, and looking at the cards and the number crunch has led me to an interesting observation: Excluding the MDFCs in Zendikar Rising with a spell on the front and a land on the back, Kaldheim has more non-basic lands in it than any other set. (If we include ZNR...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: How do you brew decks?
Replies: 19
Views: 1822

Re: How do you brew decks?

How I want to make decks: Meticulously select the best cards using an online deckbuilder, then sort through my collection and pull just those cards, directly into a perfectly-crafted deck. How I actually make decks: Flip through my collection for the core cards I know I want, grabbing a bunch of oth...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: The Current State of Finance in MTG
Replies: 20
Views: 6471

Re: The Current State of Finance in MTG

Yeah, being a collector this year was exhausting. I tried multiple strategies and none of them were great. I mostly want one of everything so that I can build a Commander deck with whatever niche card strikes my fancy. So buying booster boxes gives me a bunch of chaff commons and uncommons to dispos...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: The Current State of Finance in MTG
Replies: 20
Views: 6471

Re: The Current State of Finance in MTG

I guess we'll see. Their current strategy seems to be: A) Print a ton of products to make people buy more things - but this runs into a ceiling eventually, we're basically at oversaturation already. B) Reprint everything that's a chase card that you can - but these are fast running out unless they c...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: The Current State of Finance in MTG
Replies: 20
Views: 6471

Re: The Current State of Finance in MTG

I'm not certain how much the pandemic is really affecting prices. Commander players are still finding ways to play Commander, many of them by webcam, so a lot of the demand is still there. Competitive paper formats may be dropping off a bit, but a lot of that has other explanations. Nobody is playin...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: The Current State of Finance in MTG
Replies: 20
Views: 6471

Re: The Current State of Finance in MTG

@wildfire393 sorry, was not able to elaborate. What I mean is despite everything that happened.. less people playing the game, because pandemic. A lot of modern cards going down in price. Tarn still manage to keep itself above 50 dollars. The card that destroyed my wallet is tarmogoyf.. by "de...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: The Current State of Finance in MTG
Replies: 20
Views: 6471

Re: The Current State of Finance in MTG

I'm actually surprised Tarn and Rainforest are *only* $55ish. They were still around $100 last year, and the reprints have all been sparse since then.
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: The Current State of Finance in MTG
Replies: 20
Views: 6471

The Current State of Finance in MTG

I was doing some interesting queries the other day, and figured it would be worth discussing: Using just the price of the cheapest available copy, the following statements hold true: In Standard, there is only a single card over $25: The Great Henge In Pioneer, there are zero cards over $50. There a...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Previews
Topic: Announcement: Unofficial Spoilers are now Opt-In
Replies: 0
Views: 7476

Announcement: Unofficial Spoilers are now Opt-In

We have made the decision to hide all Unofficial Spoilers (aka "Leaks") from users who do not opt into seeing them. This will allow the userbase to freely browse the forums without risking stumbling onto unofficial spoilers if they do not want to see them. What does this entail? Two things...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: The Break Room
Topic: Pokemon TCG
Replies: 18
Views: 3256

Re: Pokemon TCG

@wildfire393 thanks for the link and overview, super helpful info. are there any "must read" type articles for strategy and are there similar archetypes like control or aggro? The Pokemon community is definitely much less organized than the Magic one is. There's some articles and deck gui...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: 2XM: Toppers evaluation
Replies: 8
Views: 3599

Re: 2XM: Toppers evaluation

Well, we've had a week for prices to shift a little, so here's where we're at now: Most expensive to least expensive Force of Will Mana Crypt Avacyn, Angel of Hope Jace, the Mind Sculptor Sword of Feast and Famine Blightsteel Colossus Doubling Season Kaalia of the Vast Atraxa, Praetors' Voice Sword ...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Rulings
Topic: infinite reflection question
Replies: 2
Views: 757

Re: infinite reflection question

When figuring out what replacement effects to apply as a permanent enters the battlefield, we first take into account any static abilities that would apply to that permanent when it's on the battlefield. The classic example of this is Blood Moon , which prevents lands from entering the battlefield w...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: The Break Room
Topic: Pokemon TCG
Replies: 18
Views: 3256

Re: Pokemon TCG

I got into it a bit last year. I mostly played on the online client, and mostly stopped playing because the online client kind of sucks hard. It's a cool game. There's some interesting approaches to resource management that set it apart from something like M:tG. Card draw in particular is much more...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: The Break Room
Topic: Wombats and Potato Chips
Replies: 127
Views: 22119

Re: Wombats and Potato Chips

Sometimes I just feel like it yes
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: 2XM: Toppers evaluation
Replies: 8
Views: 3599

Re: 2XM: Toppers evaluation

That's fair. It might help to list the current prices in your opening post. What's interesting is that it appears at the moment that some non-foil versions of the box toppers are going for more than the foil versions. This makes some sense as the nonfoils are 2 per $300+ box, while the foils are 2 p...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: The Break Room
Topic: Pokemon TCG
Replies: 18
Views: 3256

Re: Pokemon TCG

I got into it a bit last year. I mostly played on the online client, and mostly stopped playing because the online client kind of sucks hard. It's a cool game. There's some interesting approaches to resource management that set it apart from something like M:tG. Card draw in particular is much more ...
by wildfire393
3 years ago
Forum: Finance
Topic: 2XM: Toppers evaluation
Replies: 8
Views: 3599

Re: 2XM: Toppers evaluation

Personally I'm much higher on the tron lands and Expedition Map than you are. Eldrazi tron is the most played Modern deck and green tron is like #4 or 5. The Tron lands only have a couple of foil printings, and those go for nearly $100 a pop. Map is also played a bit in Legacy in 12post decks and is...
by wildfire393
4 years ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: March 2020 AMA
Replies: 136
Views: 18041

Re: March 2020 AMA

I've heard in the past that you have over fifty decks, and that you foil out basically every deck to the fullest extent possible, which indicates a great degree of permanence. So I have some questions related to that: 1) How often do you update your decks, on average? With new cards coming out seemi...
by wildfire393
4 years ago
Forum: Legacy
Topic: State of Legacy Thread
Replies: 96
Views: 23369

Re: State of Legacy Thread

The arguments I've heard against Astrolabe are this: it makes it too trivial to splash colors, without adding an appreciable weakness to cards that prey on decks that frivolously splash colors, like Wasteland and Blood Moon . You can play a Back to Basics Miracles list with Oko and still run Pyrobla...
by wildfire393
4 years ago
Forum: Legacy
Topic: Legacy New Card Discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 4457

Re: Legacy New Card Discussion

Theros Beyond Death is on the horizon, and it has a few spicy cards in it. Most notably is Underworld Breach . This card is absolutely insane in Storm and will probably lead to something getting banned. Notably, you can go Lion's Eye Diamond , Brain Freeze yourself, get 9+ cards into your graveyard ...

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