sde, why do you collect more than 4 of a given beta dual? do you sell/trade them or something?
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sde, why do you collect more than 4 of a given beta dual? do you sell/trade them or something?
Because an 80 set is > 40 set
All kidding aside, I had promised a guy I know to buy his Alpha one to complete my set, but I hate Alpha. When I came across a Beta on Ebay I bought it, but I sort of left my contact hanging. I couldn't really tell him I didn't want it anymore, since he'd probably get upset, so I kept my word and bought the 5th.
The 6th I bought last night since a ton of people have been bugging me for A/B duals and where to get them, so I'm trading them away.
-Matt
http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...he%20Redeemed/
Some of it is pretty sweet. 4 of the cards can't be foiled and the other nine of them I'm still looking for.
Nice pimp, Iron! Also, Happy Birthday :)
-MAtt
It's hard to tell with these distant pics (especially the manabase pic), but I finally got the last card to foil out my Sharuum deck last night (foil Tezzeret the Seeker):
http://i.imgur.com/4WWMRl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gRQeil.jpg
(I'm skipping the Maze and Demonic foils because I don't like the judge foil art)
I'm not 100% done pimping the deck but it's a big milestone. The remaining steps are:
-change the Path to STP
-work a judge foil Land Tax in somewhere
-get that last f'ing Plains to match
-maybe Korean-ize the cards I can't foil: Erratic Portal, Serra's Liturgy, Scroll Rack
For what reason, exactly? Does it enlargen one's penis? If so, I'm definitely getting that.Quote:
Originally Posted by sdematt
You could always give it to me. =DQuote:
Originally Posted by sdematt
Despite the ugly corners, I still think owning the original printing of a card is all kinds of awesome. Now, if I could choose and had the money, I would definitely prefer 36 Alpha duals and just 4 Beta ones over pure Beta. Hey, it's the original, innit?
Ugly corners???
Alpha>Beta
Really Alpha is the best to have. I got 4 Alpha Dark Rituals some months ago. I could chose between Alpha, Beta and Japanese foil MM, but Alpha > Everything Else
:cool:
If you'll notice, I was kidding about the 80 set, as in the next paragraph, I said, "All kidding aside..."
Personally, I'm not an Alpha fan, original printing or not. I wouldn't be upset if I had 10/40 Alphas for the 40 set, since it would represent the correct A:B ratios, but I'm just not a fan.
-Matt
Plus it's hard to make the 40 in Alpha at all. : (
I actually like Alphas, but I think I would rather have nice betas just to keep things consistent.
Certainly would be hard given you can only get 36 of them. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by dahcmai
Hi, dunno if it's pimp or whatever, but are ink smear cards like this really worth that kind of price? (http://cgi.ebay.com/Scaled-Wurm-Blue...#ht_1526wt_903)
I have a half blue/violet Pyroblast like this
Depends on the card. That Scaled Wurm has been sitting on eBay for a very, very long timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Sloshthedark
That's why I like beta, it keeps things consistent. You have to have Beta Volcanics either way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Di
And those Ice Age misprints really are kind of common. Homelands had a lot of them also. I have several cards from that set with a heavy green tint to them.
I was only looking for 4 of each at the beginning (alpha only and beta volcanic) but somehow ended up with some extras, i finally grew up and decided it was time for other activities, so i no longer have this many but i still have some nice ones :tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by sdematt
http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/7d1a2924.jpg
http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/29b18d7b.jpg
http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/a...als/12-1-1.jpg
http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/a06e3b40.jpg
Edit: it's funny how the same card travelled a lot in a single year ^^ this demonic was a friend's one who sold it along with a mana vault, a balance and a sol ring to another guy i know, then Andrew got it in Paris along with the vault (ring?) and there you are. Great catch, i hope it stays a bit longer in your collection though ;)
That's some hot hot stuff. Ty for sharing.
There was a thread on the Magic Libraries website that had a photo of an Alpha cut Volcanic Island that supposedly was not a fake, it was a Beta one run through the Alpha cutter or something. I tried to find the thread but couldn't dig it up over there. So apparently there technically is an Alpha Volcanic Island. If someone could post that thread it would be great.
The alpha cut volcanic belongs to Pickle.69
http://www.magiclibrarities.net/foru...pic.php?t=5557
some new german foil pick-ups that fitted on one scan ;-)
but i´ve already posted the 5 confidants, the rest is new, the tarmogoyfs where already there but didnt scan them until now^^
http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img....jpg&size=thumb
Thanks 98Viper, that's the thread I was looking for!