Topic: MTG (Read 153455 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #860 on:** December 13, 2010, 07:03:07 AM »

Only if I get to find that in a dollar bin as a result too.

Büge · « **Reply #861 on:** December 13, 2010, 08:43:06 AM »

Every time I think about your card, I picture this kid:

Mongrel · « **Reply #862 on:** December 14, 2010, 09:18:27 AM »

EDH Rules update

- Emrakul is BANNED

- Generals (err... "commanders") may now take into account ALL mana symbols on the card. So you can now build EDH decks with, say, Thelon of Havenwood (allows a black/green deck) or Memnarch (allows a mono-blue deck) as the general.

McDohl · « **Reply #863 on:** December 14, 2010, 11:16:03 AM »

I want to get my hands on some more Abyssal Persecutors. My Red/Black FYI I AM A DICK deck can do well with them. Fling fling fling. <3

Büge · « **Reply #864 on:** December 14, 2010, 03:17:13 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on December 14, 2010, 09:18:27 AM

EDH Rules update

- Emrakul is BANNED

- Generals (err... "commanders") may now take into account ALL mana symbols on the card. So you can now build EDH decks with, say, Thelon of Havenwood (allows a black/green deck) or Memnarch (allows a mono-blue deck) as the general.

Crap. This means my friend Jim is going to build a Bosh-fling deck.

McDohl · « **Reply #865 on:** December 14, 2010, 04:08:42 PM »

Man, Abyssals are going for 20 bucks these days? Wow. :(

Mongrel · « **Reply #866 on:** December 14, 2010, 04:13:47 PM »

Wow, really? Huh!

McDohl · « **Reply #867 on:** December 14, 2010, 04:16:05 PM »

Well, I guess it makes sense. There's a lot of Black removal these days that can kill him, such as Gatekeeper of Malakir, Viscera Seer, Bloodthrone Vampire...and Red has Fling. <3

Mongrel · « **Reply #868 on:** December 14, 2010, 04:26:33 PM »

BTW, I don't know where you're checking prices. I just looked up ebay averages for Persecutor and they're close to $15, with $13 each not difficult to get.

McDohl · « **Reply #869 on:** December 14, 2010, 04:38:51 PM »

magiccards.info

EDIT: DERP. Dohl needs to read more better.

Still, 15 is a little more than I'm willing to pay at the moment.

Büge · « **Reply #870 on:** December 14, 2010, 07:04:33 PM »

Funny. That was exactly the amount I was willing to pay for Baneslayer Angel.

Mongrel · « **Reply #871 on:** December 14, 2010, 07:27:53 PM »

Poor Baneslayer. It's now worth only about $13.

By the by, WotC has just dumped a huge amount of art for the next set.

First picture is almost certainly the Fat Pack, last one is the art for a new Tezzeret (almost certainly a new U/B version, that art is the only one that was previously known.)

Büge · « **Reply #872 on:** December 15, 2010, 06:12:29 AM »

I think I see Karn. And Glissa. And that "last troll" who's quoted on Asceticism. And... yet even more mirrored artwork.

I really like that Terese Nielsen piece.

Mongrel · « **Reply #873 on:** December 15, 2010, 07:41:37 AM »

Everybody likes that Terese Nielsen piece.

Which of course means it'll be a on a shitty, useless card.

Büge · « **Reply #874 on:** December 15, 2010, 08:36:47 AM »

M-maybe it'll be the blue Eternal Witness! O-or some variation of Tinker, or uh... uh... It's gonna suck isn't it.

jsnlxndrlv · « **Reply #875 on:** December 15, 2010, 11:05:47 AM »

It kind of reminds me of the old Regneration art. I could swear we've seen that schematic design before, but I don't recall what card that was.

Mongrel · « **Reply #876 on:** December 15, 2010, 01:36:28 PM »

I think similar designs have been on a couple of cards, actually.

TA · « **Reply #877 on:** December 15, 2010, 03:22:34 PM »

Man, looking at that old Regeneration ... remember when the art for Magic could be all stylized and sparse and whatnot? And wasn't all this hyperrealistic super-busy space fantasy nonsense?

Büge · « **Reply #878 on:** December 15, 2010, 04:56:40 PM »

Funny. I was just bemoaning that to Mongrel the other day in regards to the Serendib Efreet from FTV: Exiled. He looks lame and forgettable in comparison to Doubleface Stingerhanded Serendib Efreet, or even Misprinted Wine Connoisseur Serendib Efreet.

Mongrel · « **Reply #879 on:** December 15, 2010, 06:14:31 PM »

I think it's been a tradeoff. They completely abandoned stylied art, but the quality of the draughtsmanship is WAY higher than it used to be.

In any case, I'm more than happy that the art is vastly better than it was from say Onslaught to Future Sight, when it was just as bland and uninspired, but also of very poor quality (I'm generalizing, obviously... there were a few worthwhile pieces in every set).

One thing's for sure. I think they've finally given up their last hope of ever attracting women or other age groups, because the average T&A quotient has really ramped up in the past year or two.

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