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Congratulations, truly an amazing accomplishment, considering the average condition of your set. May I ask you if you started this project before the price spike of duals (so before 1.5 year ago more or less) or after?Quote:
Originally Posted by thegrinningdemon
What's really remakable from the Beta Dual Land set is the fact that none of the cards have been signed.
That's the way to go! Keep your cards clean! :D
Pfft...signatures, alters, and a bit of damage add character to the cards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Necropotenza
Hey so I know this is unrelated but I was wondering how everyone sleeves their decks? As the value of my deck goes up, I want to keep my duals etc in good condition. I recently bought a pack of KMC Perfect Fits but found they DON'T fit into KMC Mats (pretty bad considering same brand). I'm assuming most of you pimp players double-sleeve and use the best sleeves out there so wondering what you all use.
Cheers
For me they fit perfectly in this configuration you mentioned. KMC perfect fit + KMC MAT.
I mainly play EDH so I purchased single copies of each dual land before the spike. However, the rest were purchased after the spike. To complete the set I sold a NM-M playset of revised duals and an unlimted Power 9 set. I sold Modern staples and extra Legacy ones and still had to add more. I did not think it would ever get done.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiblast
I had a signed Underground Sea and replaced it this week with an unsigned one this week. From what I have found, single signed copies are worth less than unsigned ones. I am sure signed playset would not follow the same trend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Necropotenza
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Some Alpha goodness, most of it in very nice shape. Probably going to trade it for foils. Going to miss it :(
The stuff in this thread is quite amazing. When i saw the full beta dual set my jaw dropped out of socket (which is actually not quite that unique, my jaw is fucked up). However! It's so sick, i started collecting legacy cards around worlds last year and i now have 33 revised dual lands and i'm really stoked at finishing my set ;D. But a beta set? Shiiiiiiet that's amazing :D!
So firstly, the GP was fucking amazing. Raymond Swanland is a fucking boss, RK post is pretty great, and Dan Scott is a super nice guy.
The Beta Draft went down Friday night with 6 people, and it was the most fun I've had playing Magic in a long time. We played Mana Burn, with ante cards, Chaos Orb having to flip, and cards played as written.
We had 7, but couldn't find an 8th. We went and asked Kibler if he wanted to Beta Draft, but I don't think he thought we were serious since he said he had to Avacyn Restored Draft. That's not even...anything.
I drafted R/G Beats with Scryb Sprite, Juggernaut, Two headed Giant, Fastbond, Winter Orb, Howling Mine, Regeration, Craw Wurm, etc. It was amazingly fun.
I played the R/G/x Mirror round one against my friend, were I narrowly squeaked out victory against my friend. Word to the wise: Rock Hydra is the tits, as is The Hive. Seriously.
Round 2, I played against Esper Control with Pestilence, Castle, Veteran bodyguard, Recall, Phantasmal Monster, Fat Moti, etc. I barely pulled out the victory. Fungusaur is the bomb against Pestilence. Chaos Orb mucked 5 of my permanents one time, though. Freaking Chaos Orb.
All in all, amazingly fun. I'm considering making another Cube with Beta to Antiquities just so there's a bit more variety/removal/options, since removal in Beta is SO limited and creatures are almost too good, plus there's a ton of chaff, like all the laces.
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Then, a bunch of other people asked me to get cards signed. Markus, i've got all your cards.
The lineup for Raymond Swanland was an hour at all times, or more. I waited and when I got to the front to get my artist proofs for someone, he ran out of gold marker. So, I came back today and eventually ended up getting like almost 100 proofs. Some with sketches, some not.
The pic here is of some of the ones I got from Raymond. However, through much negotiating and begging, I was able to get three AP #1's, which Ray usually keeps for himself (exclusion being Vengevine, which he got offered too much money to pass up on, apparently).
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...f/scan0006.jpg
Even though the two others are crap, #1's are decently hard to come by. I managed to get some #2's, but some I couldn't be picky about. There is a sketch on the back of the Silverheart, but the client has requested that it's just for him, so no scans for you.
Next, apparently they JUST got Planechase AP's in, and they just started doing the planes. I was one of the first to actually get the planes, and I was THE first person to ever have the Planes altered by Dan or RK.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...f/scan0007.jpg
Back:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...f/scan0008.jpg
Pretty cool. They're literally the firsts ever, and RK even tweeted them, or will when he can. RK asked what I wanted on the back, and I said whatever he wanted, as long as it wasn't penises or something, which made him remark about an overly phallic binder cover he drew:
http://twitter.com/postrk/status/217...402688/photo/1
Then, I finally did it. It was all over. Eight years, done. I completed it.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...f/scan0009.jpg
I overpaid a bit based on condition, but the dealer and I couldn't agree on the price, so we rolled for it. I lost. I didn't care, I finished the fucking Beta set.
I'll take better pics when I've got natural light, but it's amazing. I've got about 100 Beta basic lands to get for it yet, but that's the easy part.
Played in the Legacy event, did some minor trading, etc. Overall, an awesome, but tiring, event.
@ People
If you were at GP Vancouver, and you noticed some random on Friday wearing an aqua dress shirt, or on Saturday wearing a Black shirt with purple/pink tie, yes, that was me.
nice job on the Beta dual playset completion. I'll be glad when I finally finish mine. I'm hoping the last 10 don't take too long :P
-Matt
Great post sdematt! Do you have any pictures of the Beta draft ?
congrats on the beta set, well done =)
and the beta birds actually dont look that bad!
and yeah, i bet drafting beta was one of a kind, i miss the good olī times
Man, you need to hit Gencon. We should play with interrupts as well to confuse all the n00bs with 2 simultaneous stacks. Oh and damage prevention step to further fucking muddle the mixture. Healing Salve first pick mother fucker!
That would mean Alpha REB is strictly worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by nedleeds
I do have one picture, but it was taken from my awful phone. Everyone else was playing, and we had a bit of a crowd going, so no one had the time to take pictures. My phone, however, is the oldest piece of garbage I know, so I'll have to find the cord that goes to my computer to get the picture off :P
But I'll definitely get some pics of the thing. It really felt like playing in 1993 :P
Here's a pic. Sorry for the blur, it's an awful cell pic.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...f/photo2-2.jpg
The lands aren't Beta, but again, I didn't have enough for 6 people.
-Matt
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I recently stumbled upon this when I bought some bulk, I had no clue it was an artist proof until taken out of its sleeve! Anyone have an idea what this might be worth?
Wow. That Wall of Brambles is straight dog shit against you.Quote:
Originally Posted by sdematt
I love how Juggernaut's "cannot be blocked by Walls" suddenly became relevant.
-Matt
thread is over. everyone go home.Quote:
Originally Posted by thegrinningdemon
GG. :eek::eek::eek:
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Originally Posted by sdematt