Innistrad has already been released, and you can spot some singles on eBay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloshthedark
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Innistrad has already been released, and you can spot some singles on eBay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloshthedark
I'm upset that the Karns are not misprint foil. Other than that, it's very impressive. VERY impressive.
Nice job, Occam!
-Matt
You picked them up? I think someone got them for you....lolQuote:
Originally Posted by jamied1981
Unfortunately, the deck isn't mine, was posting it on behalf of someone. In any case, it's a pretty impressive deck. He was trying to get textless Karns, but it's hard to get multiples of those. I need those for sets too, so I couldn't spare any either.Quote:
Originally Posted by sdematt
Awesome vintage deck! He should probably look to swap the sculpting steels for phyrexian metamorphs.
I'm just greasing you, Occam. The deck is disgusting, and that's the only thing I could complain about :P
-Matt
Is textless Karn tournament legal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Occam
Why doesn't he get w/bordered crypt?
Nice vault.
WB Crypts would be Chronicles, not Summer.
-Matt
Try again.Quote:
Originally Posted by sdematt
White bordered Tormod's crypt would be chronicles, I think he was asking about the mana crypt though which a lot of people prefer in misprint WB Portuguese.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesh
Sweet decks hukstor and Occam!
Spent an hour looking through all the posts. Have to say my favorite item is probably Ben's miscut Force of Wills.
I was referring to Tormod's Crypts.
-Matt
The misprint WB Crypts are Spanish. Portuguese Ones are BB. :really:Quote:
Originally Posted by John Cox
This is a brain freeze / past in flames abomination I have kicking around that I thought I would share. The sideboard is always in flux, but I have a Grapeshot, Tendrils, Infernal Tutor, and 3x Empty the Warrens that are fairly stationary. The island should really be a crystal vein which I am working on getting in a decent language.
I should have the fetches in Japanese foil by the end of the month and some misc other stuff (sideboard stuff and a crystal vein).
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...x/duress-1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...titled-6-1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...hngcox/4-1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...titled-8-1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...titled-7-2.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...hngcox/1-1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...hngcox/5-1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...titled-9-1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...hngcox/2-1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...hngcox/3-1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...hngcox/6-1.jpg
I have a single Korean foil ponder I got for vintage but I thought it would just look weird in there with other different card face ponders. That said I hate the textless and I'm actually considering buying a play set of Korean non foil ponders just because of how much I dislike the ponders I have a play set of.
Let me know what you think.
Surely Jap. foil ponder to match everything else.
I like lorwyn but most people seem to prefer M12, also gemstone mine has to change.
I like your duress choice with this deck because it is quite a contemporary build.
@Occam: That vintage deck is sick as hell. How did your friend come across the foil City of Traitors? I don't even want to think of how much they cost.
I'm not sure if they would even be legal for play in a sanctioned event. I believe those foil test prints (including Oath of Ghouls [?] and Survival of the Fittest) are considered stolen from Wizards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amon Amarth
Regardless though...that is a sick as hell deck.
Buzzer noise!Quote:
Originally Posted by Solaran_X
Another man's trash is another man's treasure. Also, pretty sure a bunch of stuff like this is left to employee's who leave the company etc etc.
Little bit of a different scenario then something like the Foil Crystalline Slivers.
I've heard the exact opposite. That the test prints were never supposed to be in circulation, and those that are in circulation were stolen by someone, either an employee of Wizards or an employee of whatever company ran the presses for the test prints.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ertai's Familiar
I don't suppose someone more knowledgeable could come in and answer this?
I'm interested to know as well - preferably with sources cited :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Solaran_X
I believe they were probably thrown out and probably taken by an employee. I guess trash is stolen property but at that point it's looking to be disposed, so is it really stealing? I was comparing it to the Slivers because iirc those were actually intended to be released and stolen or printed without permission.Quote:
Originally Posted by Solaran_X
I know where he got them from. They're legit, and I have to leave it at that. I have a number of CoTs and SotFs too (coincidentally, I own his CoT designs as well), and those were obtained legitimately too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amon Amarth
Test prints aren't obtained through dumpster diving. Cards like the double backed mana flare I posted above, yeah, that's essentially stuff that was meant to be disposed of. Stuff like the CoTs and the later test prints were given out legitimately to employees and made their way out from there. Stuff like the textless saga stuff was in product. Some is illegitimately leaked out, obviously, but that's occured only for the earlier test prints up to Destiny and a bit of Judgment. You're thinking of summer when you speak of dumpster diving. Stolen stuff like the Slivers are a markedly different case whereby the only way they could have make it into the public is by theft. The rest of the stuff has typically made it out the same way Garfield celebration cards have made it into the possession of collectors like me -- through purchases from people who were originally given them. Legitimately.
The CoTs are 100% legal for play, as are textless Karns.
Does textless Karn have a name? - I thought it was completely without text.Quote:
Originally Posted by Occam
Are dark print cards worth anything except their normal values? I have a dark print Tolarian Academy and I just think it looks ugly :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jamied1981
This sort of thing is always up to the head judge of a given tournament, so "100%" is a little misleading.Quote:
Originally Posted by Occam
Yeah, everyone calls it Karn. Or Karn, Silver Golem.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesh
So... that's it's name.
It doesn't have any text, just like the Bolt iirc.
-Matt
No I dont think so......Its just the ink at the time of the print runQuote:
Originally Posted by bilb_o
My Christmas present to myself came today: it was a Beta Savannah! Hooray!
-Matt
The silver-bordered foil test prints are not tournament-legal due to their borders, but the BB ones are. The foil test prints that I once owned were given out to playtesters to test a new foiling process to see how it wore. They played them unsleeved and the edges wore down a bit but the fronts stayed nice and shiny.
i mean written on the card itself - at the topQuote:
Originally Posted by snappingbowls | ಠ_ಠ
cards have to have names otherwise they're aren't legal
Some info on test prints here
http://www.magiclibrarities.net/719-...rds-index.html
and here are pics
karns + others
http://www.magiclibrarities.net/719-...rds-other.html
cities
http://www.magiclibrarities.net/718-...k--border.html
karns don't have names.
There's some cool stuff in there. Thanks for posting!Quote:
Originally Posted by John Cox
yeah, i was pretty sure no nameQuote:
Originally Posted by John Cox
no name = no game
The "Island" Dark Ritual is... whoah!Quote:
Originally Posted by John Cox
The Island ritual is one of the Holy Grails in that list, for sure. Afaik, even a few people on here haven't even seen one, and I'm pretty sure the only picture of one is THAT particular one.
Occam, do you even have one of the Ritual/Islands?
-Matt
My foil loot for the day (I paid less than stickers say):
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...16187711_n.jpg
Nice, Guilded Lotus and Pattern are tricky to pick up without paying a ton as a foil.
Shrug, I can't imagine it would be that serious an issue considering the pic is there. I mean, I can't read the names on non-English cards that my opponents play, but they're still legal. It really depends on your judge and your opponents. I have never had issues in Vintage, and I've played some pretty crazy stuff. EDH, though, I play stuff in there that's not fair at all. I play split cards in EDH that don't exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesh