[Official] Bragging Secret Santa '14

[Einherjer]

When I was sitting down for the players meeting a judge came over and handed me a package from Michael who contacted me via Email earlier. Inside the package was exactly what I was wishing for and I obv. didnt wait but opened it and put the card straight into my deck. I think it was even on camera during my Top8 matches!

http://i61.tinypic.com/2qkmf7a.jpg


Thank you very much Michael, I really liked your present. Merry christmas and may your secret santa also surprise you with the right package the way you did!

Greetings

[amalek0]

Phillip, you're short an image. specifically, the fun alter.

[Einherjer]

Thats right. Couldnt find it yesterday evening. Here it is (http://de.tinypic.com/r/2cwtuzl/8)!

Greetings

[afb0032]

And so the bragging begins! That is a fantastic looking Arid Mesa. Who did the alter?

[amalek0]

And so the bragging begins! That is a fantastic looking Arid Mesa. Who did the alter?

Duncan Hall

https://www.facebook.com/nacnudllah?fref=ts&ref=br_tf

He did an amazing job on short-notice.

[amalek0]

Thats right. Couldnt find it yesterday evening. Here it is (http://de.tinypic.com/r/2cwtuzl/8)!

Greetings

Personally, my experiments with colored pencil aren't going as well as hoped. some turn out awesomely, some turn out like utter crap (the way this one did) but that's the spirit of secret santa--pass someone something sweet and something for them to show around for the collective laughter of all ;)

[GnuHouse]

Shocked to see something delivered on a Sunday, even more shocked when I opened the package

http://i.imgur.com/HCnueAFl.jpg?1

GP Richmond playmat
Foil Supply//Demand
Unglued Swamp
8 Coal Golems

Coal Golems due to the ambitious wish list? Regardless, thanks nameless SSS!

[Lord_Mcdonalds]

http://imgur.com/AJYi9Mb

I'll edit the image in when I boot up my computer tomorrow but thanks man, the letter is actually hysterical

Did feel bad opening it up this early but i didn't realize what this was until I opened (making it better it was in the same deck box my edh deck is in, so I was genuinely confused at first)

[Lemnear]

http://imgur.com/AJYi9Mb

I'll edit the image in when I boot up my computer tomorrow but thanks man, the letter is actually hysterical

Did feel bad opening it up this early but i didn't realize what this was until I opened (making it better it was in the same deck box my edh deck is in, so I was genuinely confused at first)

Are those regular un-foil lands, 2 DTT and a Doom Blade or did I miss anything?

[Sloshthedark]

so THIS year everyone gets Coal Golems =D ... carpet cutter included?

[EpicLevelCommoner]

http://imgur.com/AJYi9Mb

I'll edit the image in when I boot up my computer tomorrow but thanks man, the letter is actually hysterical

Did feel bad opening it up this early but i didn't realize what this was until I opened (making it better it was in the same deck box my edh deck is in, so I was genuinely confused at first)

No problem dude. Glad ya enjoyed the letter.

Was actually contemplating writing my tag on the packaging, but wasnt sure if that would interfere with delivery. Also, sent it early so it wouldnt get caught up in the hell that is shipping industry peak season.

Merry Christmas!

[Lord_Mcdonalds]

Are those regular un-foil lands, 2 DTT and a Doom Blade or did I miss anything?

What I asked for

[UseLess]

It is great to see some people have already received some nice packages! I'm unsure I will be able to wait until Christmas with opening my package if I receive it earlier, so no blames to those who couldn't resist ;).

@ Lemnear,

How about you don't post here anymore? Your bitching is not adding anything for the people who actually participate in this and brag about packages their happy with and asked for. Your obsession with the value of packages is just sad and doesn't belong here. It makes you look like you only care about gaining value during the SS, which you blamed others for and therefore didn't participate. If you're upset with anything just handle it via PM. I'm posting this here so others don't follow your attitude in this topic.

The mod staff endorses this message. -zilla

[zulander]

@ Lemnear,

How about you don't post here anymore?.

+1

Congrats guys :) Sending out my package this week.

[The_Dingo]

I received a package yesterday, and while trying to figure out what it could be, I became convinced that it was my SSS package. Boy was I excited. I tore into the package with gusto, only to discover to my dismay that it was my new phone, some bullshit iphone 6, and not my SSS. It was the single greatest disappointment of my life.

[guillemnicolau]

I received a package yesterday, and while trying to figure out what it could be, I became convinced that it was my SSS package. Boy was I excited. I tore into the package with gusto, only to discover to my dismay that it was my new phone, some bullshit iphone 6, and not my SSS. It was the single greatest disappointment of my life.

I'll sent you about 40$ in cards, altered with some santa's and rudolphs, and you send me the phone, ok? :tongue:

[Samantha]

I received a package yesterday, and while trying to figure out what it could be, I became convinced that it was my SSS package. Boy was I excited. I tore into the package with gusto, only to discover to my dismay that it was my new phone, some bullshit iphone 6, and not my SSS. It was the single greatest disappointment of my life.


I would be disappointed too if I had to use an apple product.

My secret santa recipient should take note that the bottom left of the envelope is marked secret santa, keep an eye out for a christmas card envelope

[afb0032]

I received a package yesterday, and while trying to figure out what it could be, I became convinced that it was my SSS package. Boy was I excited. I tore into the package with gusto, only to discover to my dismay that it was my new phone, some bullshit iphone 6, and not my SSS. It was the single greatest disappointment of my life.

Understandable, 'tis the season for eagerly checking the mailbox each day!

[Klazam]

I havent checked the mail yet because i know i cant resist busting open whatever i get.

[Dice_Box]

Because it always take at lest 3 weeks for things to get here and it is about to hit that season, I would not be surprised if mine arrived either just before or after the 25th.

[mini1337s]

Shocked to see something delivered on a Sunday, even more shocked when I opened the package

http://i.imgur.com/HCnueAFl.jpg?1

GP Richmond playmat
Foil Supply//Demand
Unglued Swamp
8 Coal Golems

Coal Golems due to the ambitious wish list? Regardless, thanks nameless SSS!
Merry Christmas, again :P

I didn't have anything on your list and I like your taste in playmats, so I went with a FacetoFace order. Coal Golem is just from last year, nothing about your wishlist :P
Hope you enjoy. Mike

[H]

I would be disappointed too if I had to use an apple product.

My secret santa recipient should take note that the bottom left of the envelope is marked secret santa, keep an eye out for a christmas card envelope

Thanks, I am not sure if you or Dan that actually shipped to me, but I did recieve my package.

I'm on the fence about opening it now or wait for Christmas. I'll leave it up to you if you'd like me open it early or wait. Thanks again though!

[Samantha]

You can open when you want to. He picked out cards but I shipped it.

[GnuHouse]

Merry Christmas, again :P

I didn't have anything on your list and I like your taste in playmats, so I went with a FacetoFace order. Coal Golem is just from last year, nothing about your wishlist :P
Hope you enjoy. Mike

I thought it might be you...we seem to have this habit of getting each other each year :). Thanks for the gift, I used both the playmat and the swamp on Wednesday

[H]

You can open when you want to. He picked out cards but I shipped it.

Thanks! Super excited!

http://i.imgur.com/9rbAgOa.jpg

In case it's hard to see in the image, the Dynamo and the Downfall are foil. That's great, those will definitely go in toe EDH decks!

I was actually just thinking the other day, "man, I wish I had a couple extra Marsh Flats" and the Diabolic Edict alter is super cool (better believe I am going to find a way to play that at some point).

Dark Ritual is actually top 5 favorite cards ever, I just never play it because I am bad at math. :cry: I think all I am missing to have at least one of every one is an Alpha and a Judge Foil!

Thanks again, really appreciate it. Merry super-early Christmas!

[iamajellydonut]

Being a fan of beat up cards, that Windswept Heath makes me all kinds of excited.

[Bed Decks Palyer]

Being a fan of beat up cards, that Windswept Heath makes me all kinds of excited.
I was the same. You should have seen my Windswept Heaths. But once the double-sleeves and online trades became available, I slowly upgraded most of my stuff into NM quality. I still miss the GW fetches, though. I played quite some games with them... :frown:

[iamajellydonut]

I was the same. You should have seen my Windswept Heaths. But once the double-sleeves and online trades became available, I slowly upgraded most of my stuff into NM quality. I still miss the GW fetches, though. I played quite some games with them... :frown:

There's just something so endearing about beat up cards. Like, each one of them feels more personal, even if you weren't the one to beat them up.

[Samantha]

My husband has a timetwister that is so beat it looks like it was washed and then left in the yard under sprinklers then mowed over. He still plays it in his commander decks even though he has NM power.


But we received a secret santa package from Shpishay.

Thanks I bet he will find some homes for these.

http://i58.tinypic.com/96cdbs.jpg

[Pastorofmuppets]

Got my package today, couldn't wait to open it so I didn't and... Wow. Just wow. Had I gotten this package in person, there's no way I would've kept it. It's perfect. I'll get pics up later once I get a set that does it justice.

EDIT: Here it is, poem and all. (http://imgur.com/jiPjWfV&z31ow99&wlKjcsl&s6g0CDY&0vuRfpj&i4eahhZ&HnPsSF7&XFQCXeI&OsrZBpc&PXRUwli&IwIU6yE&Vm9cSUa&VgkUmzn&byqmE75&l9E02Mh#0)

[cab0747]

Got my package today, couldn't wait to open it so I didn't and... Wow. Just wow. Had I gotten this package in person, there's no way I would've kept it. It's perfect. I'll get pics up later once I get a set that does it justice.

EDIT: Here it is, poem and all. (http://imgur.com/jiPjWfV&z31ow99&wlKjcsl&s6g0CDY&0vuRfpj&i4eahhZ&HnPsSF7&XFQCXeI&OsrZBpc&PXRUwli&IwIU6yE&Vm9cSUa&VgkUmzn&byqmE75&l9E02Mh#0)

YOU GOT A LIZARD?!?!? :tongue:

[iamajellydonut]

The package envy is real.

[Pastorofmuppets]

YOU GOT A LIZARD?!?!? :tongue:

Nah, he's an old, old grandpa. The picture is shit because, as every dragon owner knows, they'll sit perfectly still all day until you feed them or try to take a picture.

[Allcoin]

Got my package today, couldn't wait to open it so I didn't and... Wow. Just wow. Had I gotten this package in person, there's no way I would've kept it. It's perfect. I'll get pics up later once I get a set that does it justice.

EDIT: Here it is, poem and all. (http://imgur.com/jiPjWfV&z31ow99&wlKjcsl&s6g0CDY&0vuRfpj&i4eahhZ&HnPsSF7&XFQCXeI&OsrZBpc&PXRUwli&IwIU6yE&Vm9cSUa&VgkUmzn&byqmE75&l9E02Mh#0)

Your Santa is a wonderful person, all of that looks amazing.

[afb0032]

Got my package today, couldn't wait to open it so I didn't and... Wow. Just wow. Had I gotten this package in person, there's no way I would've kept it. It's perfect. I'll get pics up later once I get a set that does it justice.

EDIT: Here it is, poem and all. (http://imgur.com/jiPjWfV&z31ow99&wlKjcsl&s6g0CDY&0vuRfpj&i4eahhZ&HnPsSF7&XFQCXeI&OsrZBpc&PXRUwli&IwIU6yE&Vm9cSUa&VgkUmzn&byqmE75&l9E02Mh#0)

I'm glad you liked it! The mat was from my trip to eternal weekend. The signatures are from Richard Kane Ferguson, Dan Frazier, Bryon Wackwitz, Jeff Menges, and Rob Alexander.

[shpishay]

My husband has a timetwister that is so beat it looks like it was washed and then left in the yard under sprinklers then mowed over. He still plays it in his commander decks even though he has NM power.

But we received a secret santa package from Shpishay.

Thanks I bet he will find some homes for these.

http://i58.tinypic.com/96cdbs.jpg

You're welcome, and merry xmas!

Hard to buy for someone who has everything (card wise!), but I hope they'll see some play!

[Jeanval]

Hi guyz, guess who got the bestest package from zombiesquisher ? That's right !

Thanks man, i hope your santa will be as generous as you !

It's time to go back to the batcave and brew with some goblins now.

http://i58.tinypic.com/2wgsn5z.jpg

[Kayradis]

Coal Golems > Goblin Tokens.

[apple713]

So it don't know if it looks like much to everyone else but this is exactly what i wanted. So happy to finish playlets of surgical, and grafdiggers, deluge. My life will be happy i got an extra set of stages to build her dark depths too! Probably the one most unsuspecting thing that made me happiest is the green deck box. I have 3 other ones but not green, and its the old version that you can't find anymore with the texturalized leather, not that matte stuff they sell in its place. It's like you read my mind because I m needing more sleeves for a new deck I'm working on. Thanks Architect!

http://i.imgur.com/7jPEyGTl.jpg (http://imgur.com/7jPEyGT)

[sephorusFR]

Einherjer, you're package arrived today. I'll keep it up to christmas. Looks like more than just cards though :p
I'm excited :D

[EpicLevelCommoner]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/826rd8gsdi5ul27/20141209_190657.jpg

Thank you very much, goblinsplayer ^_^ definitely made my Christmas special this year, especially with the Christmas Tree Islands (by the way, very funny with the Blue Christmas easter egg). Actually tempted to get a mini-binder and put the four of them in it for decoration this season.

And don't sweat it bout the Hawks: it was really more of a superstition/spiritual thing anyhow ^_^.

Merry Christmas!

[goblinsplayer]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/826rd8gsdi5ul27/20141209_190657.jpg

Thank you very much, goblinsplayer ^_^ definitely made my Christmas special this year, especially with the Christmas Tree Islands (by the way, very funny with the Blue Christmas easter egg). Actually tempted to get a mini-binder and put the four of them in it for decoration this season.

And don't sweat it bout the Hawks: it was really more of a superstition/spiritual thing anyhow ^_^.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I'm really glad to know you liked the present.

[Allcoin]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/13/dc11ec1e8fe446b94ebe6b3c401b028c.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/13/69f6ab5615da74836f5f13187eb03c0a.jpg

Couldn't wait till Christmas, thanks so much :)

[PirateKing]

Santa was very good to me this year, and all the way from Australia! Awesome.

http://i.imgur.com/JsYKQmb.jpg

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

EDIT for size and mystery!

[Whippoorwill]

That is a huge mouse.

[LOLWut]

That is a huge mouse.

That's not the most intimidating piece of hardware in the photo.

[PirateKing]

I spent some time trying to find BB code to resize images, any insight would be appreciated.

[Asthereal]

I spent some time trying to find BB code to resize images, any insight would be appreciated.
Paste in Word, resize to what you think is proper, use Snipping Tool to take a "picture" and save the new size.
That's what I usually do anyways. Probably not the most efficient way, but it works.

[Dice_Box]

I am glad you liked your cards man, it was nice to send over. I was wondering how long it would take to arrive.

Can I ask though, can you remove the suburb and the postcode from that image? Having people know I live in this state is fine, but that's just a touch too much info for my liking.

[iamajellydonut]

Oooh my God. ohmygodohmygodohmygod.

It's here. And it's from Denmark. Operation "See How Long I Can Wait Before Ripping It Open" is a go.

[LIKEABOSS]

I'm starting to think I didn't send enough...

[Kayradis]

I'm starting to think I didn't send enough...

It's not about sending huge stuff,
It's about sharing. It's about the best thing ever in the year.
It's about opening stuff people sent you.

Have happy holidays buddy!

[Asthereal]

I'm starting to regret not joining.

[phonics]

Santa was very good to me this year, and all the way from Australia! Awesome.

h

Thanks and Merry Christmas!
There you go.

[afb0032]

Lots of sweet packages, props to the Santas so far.

[PirateKing]

I am glad you liked your cards man, it was nice to send over. I was wondering how long it would take to arrive.

Can I ask though, can you remove the suburb and the postcode from that image? Having people know I live in this state is fine, but that's just a touch too much info for my liking.

Thanks again!

Profound apologies for the release of sensitive information.

[spartan117]

Guess who's an happy guy??? :tongue:

Package arrived this very morning, couldn't wait till the 25th.
I'll let my santa reveal himself, but first I'd like to say a big "Thank you!!!".
Present was just crazy, above all of my expectations!

http://s8.postimg.org/hzqiuva81/Foto_17_12_14_12_43_50.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/hzqiuva81/)

http://s8.postimg.org/k0lntfvr5/Foto_17_12_14_12_43_57.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/k0lntfvr5/)

http://s8.postimg.org/st2mh4gw1/Foto_17_12_14_12_44_30.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/st2mh4gw1/)

http://s8.postimg.org/5g4kym0sh/Foto_17_12_14_12_46_28.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/5g4kym0sh/)

http://s8.postimg.org/3qvhqjl35/Foto_17_12_14_12_46_37.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/3qvhqjl35/)

http://s8.postimg.org/e61nzgi9t/Foto_17_12_14_12_52_18.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/e61nzgi9t/)

[Higgs]

That's a thought out present. Kudos to whoever has sent it.

[Ace/Homebrew]

Profound apologies for the release of sensitive information.

The internet still has all his sensitives!
phonics quoted your picture before you edited it.



And I just noticed you can see yourself in your mouse's reflection. :laugh:

[meffeo]

There you go.

Guns + therapies. What a great combination


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

[Dice_Box]

Just to say, I only sent the cards...

[PirateKing]

Just to say, I only sent the cards...

Yup, range day plus cards in the mail? Good day.
Not pictured: about one billion dirty cotton patches all over my desk.

[Undomian]

My secret santa was awesome to me! Thanks a ton!

http://i.imgur.com/EnIQHAal.jpg

[iamajellydonut]

My secret santa was awesome to me! Thanks a ton!

http://i.imgur.com/EnIQHAal.jpg

Ignoring those sexy Ingot Chewers, where the hell did you get that playmat?

[Lord_Mcdonalds]

Glad they got there in one piece, didn't have any top loaders and didn't have time to get any (Thus the cardboard)

Also lost my trackin number so you actually could've scumbag'd me :P

[Undomian]

Ignoring those sexy Ingot Chewers, where the hell did you get that playmat?

I extended the art with photoshop and had it printed. If you're interested I could send you the file for it (if I still have it anyway).


Glad they got there in one piece, didn't have any top loaders and didn't have time to get any (Thus the cardboard)

Also lost my trackin number so you actually could've scumbag'd me :P

Thanks a ton, these cards are sweet!

[danyul]

This thread fills me with jealousy. I'll have to participate next year for sure.

[iamajellydonut]

I extended the art with photoshop and had it printed. If you're interested I could send you the file for it (if I still have it anyway).

I mean, if you can find it without hassle, I won't say no. That playmat is so sick.

[Lemnear]

This thread fills me with jealousy. I'll have to participate next year for sure.

Shall I send something to you, Dan? My stuff did not arrive before I left Berlin.

[danyul]

Haha nah don't worry about it. I have too much stuff and too little room as it is. However, if you could send me a pic of Julian wearing a dirndl, for blackmailing purposes, that would be great. I might even make 2/2 Wolf tokens out of it.

[Lemnear]

Haha nah don't worry about it. I have too much stuff and too little room as it is. However, if you could send me a pic of Julian wearing a dirndl, for blackmailing purposes, that would be great. I might even make 2/2 Wolf tokens out of it.

I hope no picture of that exists. But for your fetish:

http://www.shz.de/img/incoming/crop8053636/7896391792-cv16_9-w596/Mueller-Dirndl.jpg

XP

[Sloshthedark]

OMG OMG HOLY SHIT! just recieved HUGE SSS package, while I'd say my santas last 3 years were were great, this guy is just INSANE ... I was just leaving the house, so don't have time to take pics now, will post in the evening, I just wanted to shout out my excitement somewhere! THANK YOU!

[Phelix]

I got my package, and im very satisfied, it included a very santa marit lage token :laugh:

[Julian23]

I hope no picture of that exists. But for your fetish:

http://www.shz.de/img/incoming/crop8053636/7896391792-cv16_9-w596/Mueller-Dirndl.jpg

XP

He's wearing the ribbon of his apron on the front thus indicating that he is a virgin. Seriously? #DirndlNoobs

[Lord_Mcdonalds]

OMG OMG HOLY SHIT! just recieved HUGE SSS package, while I'd say my santas last 3 years were were great, this guy is just INSANE ... I was just leaving the house, so don't have time to take pics now, will post in the evening, I just wanted to shout out my excitement somewhere! THANK YOU!
The hype for these pics is real

[Asthereal]

The hype for these pics is real
Or basically any post that'll get us to the next page, so we don't have to look at a skinny dude in a traditional German dress anymore... :eyebrow:

[Klazam]

http://i.imgur.com/8C1zDe1.jpg

Thanks! Much appreicated.

The dredge's gonna go in my $2 Grimgrin edh deck


Dear god how do i resize images

[Lord_Mcdonalds]

Or basically any post that'll get us to the next page, so we don't have to look at a skinny dude in a traditional German dress anymore... :eyebrow:

We must have different tastes, because I've spent the past few hours fapping furiously to that picture

[Redkid43]

Just got mine today.....

Wut.

Will post later.

Highlights include: Dack Fayden, Toxic Delgue, Trained Orge angel token, Cabal Therapy, and a Treasure Cruise that says "Dead format". Not sure if satisfied or not, the the thought counts and I appreciate it.


Enjoy your chocolate Klazam's :)

[Kayradis]

I just want my victim to receive it before Xmas :(

[xterminans]

I just got my gift today and I have to say it is unbelievably awesome!
Sweet sweet stuff for my EDH-decks right of my wants list, 2 (!) sets of un-lands, a gorilla shaman, sweet coldsnap lifecounter and a handdrawn zombietoken just as i wished for (and it looks awesome btw, my secret santa is an artist!).

Big big thanks to my secret santa and a merry christmas to you all!

http://i.imgur.com/ywmBOtH.jpg

Sidenote:
Also, I checked the tracking for my package and it seems as it hasn't arrived yet which makes me very very sad :(
I hope it will somehow arrive before christmas so that my secret santa can enjoy his gifts just as much as I do.
I sent it out on december 10th ... didn't realize it took over two weeks to send from germany to finland...

[barcode]

Well, Kiblast went crazy as far as I'm concerned. I collect Earthbinds so laying out the wonderful parcel sent to me was a treat.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22284908/mtg/tsss14/overview.jpg

Here's a quick look around:

First, the good stuff: German Earthbinds. There's a joke here about German kinkyness and the bondage fairy but I'm at a loss...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22284908/mtg/tsss14/8germanbinds.jpg

Three Italian "tentacles of the earth" and a French Earthbind.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22284908/mtg/tsss14/french-italian-earthbinds.jpg

The rest of the cards... well I guess for completeness. A sweet foil Necropotence and matching swamps plus a Borrowing 100,000 Arrows for a Commander deck (Keranos + card draw. Winning is optional but inevitable)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22284908/mtg/tsss14/borrowing100000necros.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22284908/mtg/tsss14/swamps.jpg

And to wrap it up: The final three Crop Rotations before I can work on Twelvepost and a Doubling Season which begs for the Bant Jace, Archiect of Thought + Wheel of Sun and Moon combo Commander deck. Tombstalker will sit safely with Sultai cards awaiting the return of its Legacy viability.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22284908/mtg/tsss14/rotates.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22284908/mtg/tsss14/izzetgrimdoublingstalker.jpg

Again, many thanks and happy holidays to Kiblast! They did make it before the end of the year. ;-)

[haganbmj]

Well, Kiblast went crazy as far as I'm concerned. I collect Earthbinds so laying out the wonderful parcel sent to me was a treat.


First, the good stuff: German Earthbinds. There's a joke here about German kinkyness and the bondage fairy but I'm at a loss...

Three Italian "tentacles of the earth" and a French Earthbind.

So many Tentacles. What an awesome translation for the card and an awesome package.

[Bed Decks Palyer]

Those are quite some Earthbinds... :laugh:

[Pellefant]

I just got my gift today and I have to say it is unbelievably awesome!
Sweet sweet stuff for my EDH-decks right of my wants list, 2 (!) sets of un-lands, a gorilla shaman, sweet coldsnap lifecounter and a handdrawn zombietoken just as i wished for (and it looks awesome btw, my secret santa is an artist!).

Big big thanks to my secret santa and a merry christmas to you all!


Happy to see my letter made it in time, and I'm really glad you liked it :) Merry christmas!

[SupREME-10]

I'm not that smart so I posted this is the Secret Santa thread first; thank you for the kind redirection, I will now re-post

**** 1 -- I received my Secret Santa gift and have contacted the sender to inform them.
Thanks a lot as I honestly did not expect anything nearly as super nice as I got.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10845938_10152521344414290_2938285720483140779_n.jpg?oh=f7bacf92d04adaf64558dd8b34a5a7f9&oe=55442094&__gda__=1426172353_5617daf90f9faa73637b56e41ea96621

This was a very sweet gift, as it killed a lot of my wants list to complete several decks... Cheers and Merry Christmas back to my Secret Santa and to all of you.

Cheers

[LIKEABOSS]

I have to say, I am really impressed. My SS sender sent me an absolutely wonderful package with just about everything I could ever want. MAJOR thanks to whoever sent me this, as this package was AWESOME.

What I got:
9x FOIL Mountains (2 Russian)
6x Altered Mogis's Marauder
4x Skullcrack
4x Glistener Elf
4x Llanowar Elves (2 from M10 and 2 from I think revised?)
3x Grim Lavamancer
2x Figure of Destiny
2x Fyndhorn Elves
1x Stomping Ground
1x Blood Crypt
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Savage Knuckleblade
1x FOIL price of progress
1x FOIL SIGNED Chosen of Markov // Markov's Servant
1x GOLD BORDERED Hammer of Bogardan
1x War of the Ancients Deckbox

The elves (And the Knuckleblade) were in a small package made out of paper that said "Santa and his elves".

Again, a huge thank-you to my secret Santa, and I hope you got just as good of a gift as you sent me!

Sorry, I cant post pics for some reason.

[barcode]

I have to say, I am really impressed. My SS sender sent me an absolutely wonderful package with just about everything I could ever want. MAJOR thanks to whoever sent me this, as this package was AWESOME.

What I got:
9x FOIL Mountains (2 Russian)
6x Altered Mogis's Marauder
4x Skullcrack
4x Glistener Elf
4x Llanowar Elves (2 from M10 and 2 from I think revised?)
3x Grim Lavamancer
2x Figure of Destiny
2x Fyndhorn Elves
1x Stomping Ground
1x Blood Crypt
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Savage Knuckleblade
1x FOIL price of progress
1x FOIL SIGNED Chosen of Markov // Markov's Servant
1x GOLD BORDERED Hammer of Bogardan
1x War of the Ancients Deckbox

The elves (And the Knuckleblade) were in a small package made out of paper that said "Santa and his elves".

Again, a huge thank-you to my secret Santa, and I hope you got just as good of a gift as you sent me!

Sorry, I cant post pics for some reason.

Try uploading the pictures to http://imgur.com and then you can link to them with the img tag or button.

Sounds like a sweet parcel!

[joretapo]

Monkey island you are awesome, I will edit later with pics and a little story of how i opened my gift in two steps and how it went from awesome to even more awesome I opened my gift this morning with the kids, the cards where in top loaders, and i already knew from the letter that it was the base to build turbo eldrazi which is awesome as i do not have this deck (gg monkey good forum tracking) here is what i saw : http://s22.postimg.org/k0cf8i2up/image.jpg http://s22.postimg.org/6xgsp8cmp/image.jpg This is mega awesome as i do not have any of the expensive cards so i started thinking about what i ll need to complete the deck while helping the kids / parents for the rest of the morning (i read all the primers on turbo eldrazi since the letter from monkey island was not wrapped with the cards) i tried to get one card out of a toploader but failed and thought to myself "that is one tight toploader, i ll come back to it later". I only went back to the gift later today to see that the toploader weren t that tight, yhey were loaded up to the throat with goodie !!! There it is http://s22.postimg.org/5rcsqfoc1/image.jpg I m very happy, this is one of the best gifts i ve had for years, if we ever get together irl m8, which might happen as we live pretty close, i ll buy you a beer :) Now i have to get the eldrazi which is cool as they might get a reprint soon i will be missing candelabras (too expensive anyways) and show and tell

[zulander]

woot, thanks Santa Locke!
http://i.imgur.com/6eCDoRfl.jpg?1

[sephorusFR]

aaaaaaaaaaaand a super awesome SS for me !

Got a nice pouch of dice AND a cute white bordered german plateau XD

Thanks you Secret Santa \o/

[JamieW89]

Thanks so much Matteo :)!

Sorry for the potato quality, but here's a picture.. The highlights being a German Flusterstorm and some awesomely altered cards, especially the Legacy Weapon with the Tendrils picture and edited textbox <3.

http://i.imgur.com/dWgp0q9.jpg

Sadly it seems my gift hasn't arrived yet :rolleyes:, I hope it's just late (or on time without mention) and not lost/destroyed/something.

[amalek0]

PIRATE KING IS A BOSS. I think he copypasta'd my want list into a shopping cart somewhere.

I'll have Pics up at some point after I get some batteries as the camera died, but I got the following:
2x Foil Past in Flames
2x Foil Pyromancer Ascension
4x Foil Desperate Ritual
1x Foil Pyretic Ritual
1x FNM promo Gitaxian Probe
1x Foil Zendikar Island (Best foil art--Jung Park)
1x SWEET Elspeth, Sun's Champion santa alter,
1x White Sun's Zenith Christmas tree alter


And the traditional Coal Golem.

I'll be having to grab a few more things, but I'm now most of the way to having foiled out modern storm, sans the fetches. And waiting patiently for them to unban either my foily seething songs or my foily rite of flames. And playing esper while I wait for that day.

[Whippoorwill]

Here's my awesome present from H!

http://i.imgur.com/3Icq8CTl.jpg

The shirt is awesome and I love the alters! Thanks again H!


Edit: Resized pic.

[PirateKing]

PIRATE KING IS A BOSS. I think he copypasta'd my want list into a shopping cart somewhere.

I'll have Pics up at some point after I get some batteries as the camera died, but I got the following:
2x Foil Past in Flames
2x Foil Pyromancer Ascension
4x Foil Desperate Ritual
1x Foil Pyretic Ritual
1x FNM promo Gitaxian Probe
1x Foil Zendikar Island (Best foil art--Jung Park)
1x SWEET Elspeth, Sun's Champion santa alter,
1x White Sun's Zenith Christmas tree alter


And the traditional Coal Golem.

I'll be having to grab a few more things, but I'm now most of the way to having foiled out modern storm, sans the fetches. And waiting patiently for them to unban either my foily seething songs or my foily rite of flames. And playing esper while I wait for that day.

Glad to hear you liked it. I'm looking forward to see how the alters made it through shipping. Merry Christmas!

[Monkey_Island]

Monkey island you are awesome, I will edit later with pics and a little story of how i opened my gift in two steps and how it went from awesome to even more awesome I opened my gift this morning with the kids, the cards where in top loaders, and i already knew from the letter that it was the base to build turbo eldrazi which is awesome as i do not have this deck (gg monkey good forum tracking) here is what i saw : http://s22.postimg.org/k0cf8i2up/image.jpg http://s22.postimg.org/6xgsp8cmp/image.jpg This is mega awesome as i do not have any of the expensive cards so i started thinking about what i ll need to complete the deck while helping the kids / parents for the rest of the morning (i read all the primers on turbo eldrazi since the letter from monkey island was not wrapped with the cards) i tried to get one card out of a toploader but failed and thought to myself "that is one tight toploader, i ll come back to it later". I only went back to the gift later today to see that the toploader weren t that tight, yhey were loaded up to the throat with goodie !!! There it is http://s22.postimg.org/5rcsqfoc1/image.jpg I m very happy, this is one of the best gifts i ve had for years, if we ever get together irl m8, which might happen as we live pretty close, i ll buy you a beer :) Now i have to get the eldrazi which is cool as they might get a reprint soon i will be missing candelabras (too expensive anyways) and show and tell

Glad you liked it! I will remember for the beer if I go to your town one of these days ;)
Merry Christmas to you and to everybody!

[iamajellydonut]

Oooh my God. ohmygodohmygodohmygod.

It's here. And it's from Denmark. Operation "See How Long I Can Wait Before Ripping It Open" is a go.

Oh, I totally forgot to mention that I achieved my goal! The present was opened on Christmas, it was from Quasim0ff, and it was rad. I'll post pictures as soon as I'm done with work and the holidays.

[H]

The shirt is awesome and I love the alters! Thanks again H!


Edit: Resized pic.

I'm really glad you liked it, hopefully the proxies come in handy.

[Dice_Box]

So this is the first day after Chirstmas that the post delivers here, I head on down to the box to see what has arrived and well, this was not the first thing I expected to pull from the envelope:
http://i.imgur.com/nqt4bB4.jpg
I have had a quick look through it and skip the cards, this thing is great. I can not help but laugh.


Ok, ok maybe not skip the cards:
http://i.imgur.com/qnLMqH2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TuB21qU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EbM8IKG.jpg

So if anyone wants to help my newfound project of building Grixis Painter in German let me know. I am quite happy with this because I play Painter a fair amount and it is one of the decks I like to put effort into making look good. But to this point I have only ever played the Red version. This gives me a chance to play it in Grixis and that's exciting to me. Also EDH toys, yay. Now I just have to turn off that competitive drive long enough not to make something that kills everyone in the store.... Not sure what my chances are.

Thanks Schembo.

[L0cke]

I received my package a while ago, but waited until christmas to open it! I got a ton of amazing things, thank you so much!

[Bed Decks Palyer]

Wow, that Painter's base is amazing. Zose Welderz...

[Monkey_Island]

My Santa was awesome to me and sent me this:

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y473/toinou747/WP_000144_zpsfd873702.jpg?t=1419763886


The Emrakul is so sexy I wanna cry (my almost all-Chinese Turbo Eldrazi deck says thank you)! Those Notion Thiefs will find a home in a Vintage deck and I think I can find a home for the Ponders ;)

THANK YOU SO MUCH Sloshthedark, YOU ARE INCREDIBLE !!!
Veselé Vánoce!

[afb0032]

Thank you to Arianrhod! I was given the heads up it might be a bit late, but got it this morning after returning back home from Xmas travel. The note/personal touches were amazing, now just have to find a deck for that squire....

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx245/andrewblack2/SSSnoteupdate_zpsdbc39629.jpg

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx245/andrewblack2/SSSpresent_zps7375fb4d.jpeg

[Schembo]

So this is the first day after Chirstmas that the post delivers here, I head on down to the box to see what has arrived and well, this was not the first thing I expected to pull from the envelope:

I have had a quick look through it and skip the cards, this thing is great. I can not help but laugh.

So if anyone wants to help my newfound project of building Grixis Painter in German let me know. I am quite happy with this because I play Painter a fair amount and it is one of the decks I like to put effort into making look good. But to this point I have only ever played the Red version. This gives me a chance to play it in Grixis and that's exciting to me. Also EDH toys, yay. Now I just have to turn off that competitive drive long enough not to make something that kills everyone in the store.... Not sure what my chances are.

Thanks Schembo.

Glad you liked. There was supposed to be 1 german grindstone too but spanish mkm seller let me down....

[Arianrhod]

Glad you liked it! Sorry about my handwriting, it's pretty atrocious =(

I also just realized I forgot to put the checkmarks after the 'recall' and the 'twister' lines like there were supposed to be. Dammit.

[Schembo]

Thanks to my SS. Finally got my package :D

http://i11.aijaa.com/t/00102/13644179.t.jpg (http://aijaa.com/GOH0ZM)
http://i7.aijaa.com/t/00445/13644180.t.jpg (http://aijaa.com/jpG10E)
http://i8.aijaa.com/t/00710/13644181.t.jpg (http://aijaa.com/c5sby1)

Now i dont have to play unfoiled slivers anymore. And got some nice foils to my highlander too.

http://i2.aijaa.com/t/00332/13644182.t.jpg (http://aijaa.com/f43KWW)
http://i7.aijaa.com/t/00030/13644183.t.jpg (http://aijaa.com/KxC8nS)

[Gobo17]

After the christmas time and some "end of the year Tournament" I now have time to post the nice package I got from my Secret Santa. Suoer happy as it replaces the last unfoil cards in my UR Delver and some christmas Spheres. And on top of it there is a small japanes helper from santa.

http://i.imgur.com/UT8BZIv.jpg



Hi Spartan117 I'm happy you liked your package and maybe you let me know if you liked the sweets ;-)



Guess who's an happy guy??? :tongue:

Package arrived this very morning, couldn't wait till the 25th.
I'll let my santa reveal himself, but first I'd like to say a big "Thank you!!!".
Present was just crazy, above all of my expectations!

http://s8.postimg.org/hzqiuva81/Foto_17_12_14_12_43_50.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/hzqiuva81/)

http://s8.postimg.org/k0lntfvr5/Foto_17_12_14_12_43_57.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/k0lntfvr5/)

http://s8.postimg.org/st2mh4gw1/Foto_17_12_14_12_44_30.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/st2mh4gw1/)

http://s8.postimg.org/5g4kym0sh/Foto_17_12_14_12_46_28.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/5g4kym0sh/)

http://s8.postimg.org/3qvhqjl35/Foto_17_12_14_12_46_37.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/3qvhqjl35/)

http://s8.postimg.org/e61nzgi9t/Foto_17_12_14_12_52_18.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/e61nzgi9t/)

[bruizar]

My Santa was awesome to me and sent me this:

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y473/toinou747/WP_000144_zpsfd873702.jpg?t=1419763886


The Emrakul is so sexy I wanna cry (my almost all-Chinese Turbo Eldrazi deck says thank you)! Those Notion Thiefs will find a home in a Vintage deck and I think I can find a home for the Ponders ;)

THANK YOU SO MUCH Sloshthedark, YOU ARE INCREDIBLE !!!
Veselé Vánoce!

That falling star is super nice

[Bed Decks Palyer]

That falling star is super nice

That's Slosh's SSS signature card.

[mini1337s]

Received an amazing package from my Secret Santa! I'm a huge fan of Unlimited cards and was hoping for one or two at most, but Jean went above and beyond and sent me 5 amazing ones! A beautiful Fork, Stasis, Crusade, Bad Moon, and the #1 card on my wishlist, Vesuvan Doppleganger!
http://i.imgur.com/kD9bDiX.jpg?1

Also included is/was (mostly gone now!) some delicious Quebec chocolate:
http://i.imgur.com/BrLQrU0.jpg?1

Thank you so much Jean; you absolutely made my Christmas!
http://i.imgur.com/bG96wVw.jpg?1
Me and my dog Olive (http://i.imgur.com/IiYJMIn.jpg). My girlfriend also thanks you for the chocolates!

[Dice_Box]

Glad you liked. There was supposed to be 1 german grindstone too but spanish mkm seller let me down....

Oh well, just something else for me to get later on. Thanks again.

[xterminans]

Thanks to my SS. Finally got my package :D

I'm glad you finally got your package and hope you have fun with it!

[survival]

Thank you so much Jean; you absolutely made my Christmas!

Glad you liked it!

[kiblast]

Again, many thanks and happy holidays to Kiblast! They did make it before the end of the year. ;-)

Glad that you liked and I'm happy to know that they made it within 2014. I really wanted to add something more but you would have got your package in 2015 probably :/. Happy holydays to you and your family!

I received yesterday my SS from Useless! I'll update with pics as soon as my phone is charged. What an amazing gift, thanks a lot and happy holydays.

[Quasim0ff]

Oh, I totally forgot to mention that I achieved my goal! The present was opened on Christmas, it was from Quasim0ff, and it was rad. I'll post pictures as soon as I'm done with work and the holidays.
Glad you liked it! :-)

Also hope you enjoy the choke's! :)

[tsabo_tavoc]

I received my package just before Christmas, but just got the chance to brag the picture!

Thank you Santa Fry, the gift is super awesome, almost completing my shockland cycle :laugh: I love the flavour from R&D's Secret Lair and glad you dug it out :cool: For a while I was tinkering ideas to break this in Legacy (supposing it's legal).

A big thank you and sorry for the late bragging.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cpi8ww76q25lwe9/SSS%202014.jpg?dl=0

[guillemnicolau]

I received my package just before Christmas, but just got the chance to brag the picture!

Thank you Santa Fry, the gift is super awesome, almost completing my shockland cycle :laugh: I love the flavour from R&D's Secret Lair and glad you dug it out :cool: For a while I was tinkering ideas to break this in Legacy (supposing it's legal).

A big thank you and sorry for the late bragging.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cpi8ww76q25lwe9/SSS%202014.jpg?dl=0

I think that the picture is linked from dropbox and the forum doesn't support it (I cannot see it, I got it when I tried to reply with a quote).

This is the picture tsabo_tavoc tried to share:
http://i.imgur.com/PWmca78.jpg?1

[Kayradis]

Opened my SSS this week!
Thanks a lot!
It's all I ever wanted for Xmas (feat. Mariah Carey!)

[entity]

Hello everyone!

I'm sorry to write only now but I had a horrible December and did not have much time to visit The Source, let alone post here. I've sent out my package only after the New Year (and I'm really ashamed about that - first time late in several years), but I hope my victim will received it this week and the package will be satisfactory :)

I myself have received the present a long time ago - thank you! The 4th grindstone and Welders No. 2-4 mean that now I can finally build Imperial Painter :) Also, Unglued Island was the one I lacked for my Modern deck. Thanks for foil oversized Daretti as well :)

[Sloshthedark]

My Santa was awesome to me and sent me this:

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y473/toinou747/WP_000144_zpsfd873702.jpg?t=1419763886


The Emrakul is so sexy I wanna cry (my almost all-Chinese Turbo Eldrazi deck says thank you)! Those Notion Thiefs will find a home in a Vintage deck and I think I can find a home for the Ponders ;)

THANK YOU SO MUCH Sloshthedark, YOU ARE INCREDIBLE !!!
Veselé Vánoce!

I'm glad you like it, I originaly had a sweet Three-headed monkey collage alter in mind which postponed me posting into oblivion and got cut anyway due to all the christmass mess... so I apologize again posting late

Díky moc


That falling star is super nice

That's Slosh's SSS signature card.
It's turned around in the sleeve which has "Make a wish..." written on it, the first one (2011?) had also "pass it on next year" on it, I hoped to release a traveling gift, idea most likely did not catch up =/




OMG OMG HOLY SHIT! just recieved HUGE SSS package, while I'd say my santas last 3 years were were great, this guy is just INSANE ... I was just leaving the house, so don't have time to take pics now, will post in the evening, I just wanted to shout out my excitement somewhere! THANK YOU!

well I was traveling/without time/internet/camera ever since, it's time to finaly post, some might not consider the package worth such hype, but for me knowing what I send/recieved in previous years this one was an overkill, I'm lucky to get paired with such awesome santa... some complained about crappy cards last year, postage alone was beyond previous limit on this one, but it's not about $$$ (my santa like 5 timed it thou), i don't like wishlists and really did not think I recieve much or any of it, so I was very excited opening this:

http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j378/Sloshthedark/IMG_6032.jpg (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/Sloshthedark/media/IMG_6032.jpg.html)


http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j378/Sloshthedark/IMG_6033.jpg (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/Sloshthedark/media/IMG_6033.jpg.html)

technique used there is very interesting, obviously printed, super thin, very precise around the manacost and even text it looks like, a bit transparent... got me wondering why I do not have oldbordered everything this way - does anyone know how is the technique called and who alters this way?

THANK YOU SANTA!

[tsabo_tavoc]

I think that the picture is linked from dropbox and the forum doesn't support it (I cannot see it, I got it when I tried to reply with a quote).

This is the picture tsabo_tavoc tried to share:

Thank you!

[TheArchitect]

I had a pretty disappointing package last year. I got an envelope with nothing in it but 4 cards worth exactly 20$ total. Not even any fun Christmasy stuff. Real bare minimum effort. But I did not complain about it all (until now). So when christmas came around and I still did not have my package I was pretty bummed.

But luckily Goin Aggro made it worth the wait! Last minute (a week before christmas) I decided to make maverick and updated my wishlist, so waiting actually worked out for the better!

Thank you very much Goin Aggro! I really appreciate the generosity :smile:





http://s17.postimg.org/529mua24u/IMG_0657_1.jpg

[thecrav]

technique used there is very interesting, obviously printed, super thin, very precise around the manacost and even text it looks like, a bit transparent... got me wondering why I do not have oldbordered everything this way - does anyone know how is the technique called and who alters this way?

THANK YOU SANTA!

My guess is print the whole thing onto the card then scrape off the parts you don't want, like the portion covering the mana cost.

[Goin Aggro]

I had a pretty disappointing package last year. I got an envelope with nothing in it but 4 cards worth exactly 20$ total. Not even any fun Christmasy stuff. Real bare minimum effort. But I did not complain about it all (until now). So when christmas came around and I still did not have my package I was pretty bummed.

But luckily Goin Aggro made it worth the wait! Last minute (a week before christmas) I decided to make maverick and updated my wishlist, so waiting actually worked out for the better!

Thank you very much Goin Aggro! I really appreciate the generosity :smile:


http://s17.postimg.org/529mua24u/IMG_0657_1.jpg

I just realized that writing "Generosity" on the spirit token makes me look like a huge douche. Haha. Should've chosen some more generic nice words. (Friendship, Love, anything to make nedleeds choke.)

I'm glad you enjoyed it though!

[Pellefant]

So due to a big hassle with the post office I finally got my secret santa gift today and I'm really happy with it! Lot's of great stuff from my wishlist, including some awesome foreign pimp for my zoo and maverick arsenals, and a bunch of sweet old school cards for flavor. Huge thanks to my secret santa, this was a great gift and well worth the wait :D

Also, the cards came packaged with some storytelling, as you (barely) can see in this somewhat lackluster picture.

http://s16.postimg.org/iosl1s52d/20150203_142745.jpg

[joretapo]

I m really glad you like the gift. I m sorry you got it so late ;)

[barcode]

So due to a big hassle with the post office I finally got my secret santa gift today and I'm really happy with it! Lot's of great stuff from my wishlist, including some awesome foreign pimp for my zoo and maverick arsenals, and a bunch of sweet old school cards for flavor. Huge thanks to my secret santa, this was a great gift and well worth the wait :D

Also, the cards came packaged with some storytelling, as you (barely) can see in this somewhat lackluster picture.

http://s16.postimg.org/iosl1s52d/20150203_142745.jpg

Sweet haul! Love the French FBB Basics!

[iamajellydonut]

Still waiting on sss :(

:(

Sad to hear. On the plus side, this reminds me that I eventually need to get around to bragging about the awesome gift I got from an awesome guy whose name may or may not be Quasim0ff.

It's mainly been me too lazy to upload and rescale images. However, I am currently inspired to upload a bit of it while I'm bored at work right now...

http://i.imgur.com/7XnW4uJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8xh0x3N.jpg

The final list is:
4xDeathrite Shaman (German and have already served to enable turn 3 Panglacial Wurms)
2xChoke (German and altered and vicious)
One of each Odyssey basic land in German
Odyssey precons (which were deemed, after extensive trials, to be not competitive in the current Legacy environment)
Some weird circus peanuts from Santa hell that were vaguely strawberry but nonetheless immediately consumed by my coworkers and myself.