[DO NOT TRY TO SELL IN HERE] Pimp Legacy Decks

[Julian23]

I just feel like posting something from my RecSurvival Deck which has served me so well this year. I know it doesn't keep up with stuff like Bryant's TES but who cares. Maybe someone likes looking at it like I'm always glad to see new shiny/special stuff in here, no matter how "pimp" it is.

nuff said, let's get into business!






Besides that I got some random card I collected for my 400-card Highlander deck. Compared to the whole deck it's not much but I only try to acquire cards for it every now and then. Let's roll:






This Sombra de la escaracha is the most precious gem in my collection! :-)

[Phoenix Ignition]

Nice!! Is that a Survival deck with Yosei lock?

Looks pretty awesome to me, it doesn't look like a "PILE OF JAPANESE FOILS" but more of a working project.

[Ectoplasm]

Pretty neat, for some reason the foil signets look great.
Then again I'd say the same about a set of foil circles of protection, just because it's a full cycle :D But it still looks cool.

[Julian23]

Yes, it's called Wuascht Survival. I'm working on making it all japanese (if possible foil). The main problem is doing something with the two Veteran Explorer. Maybe I will get them slightly altered.

However I'm about to move in with my girlfriend by next month so I won't have a lot of money going into Magic for some time. That's good, I hear .

[rockout]

Nice survival list, I absolutely love english foil cabal therapies and your squee makes me a little jealous.

[yawg07]

Veteran Explorer comes in Japanese, you'll just have to track them down.

[Julian23]

Yeah, I've spent quite some time trying to pick up two of them. Has anyone noticed, that one Survival actually is Korean?

[andrew77]

Yeah, I've spent quite some time trying to pick up two of them. Has anyone noticed, that one Survival actually is Korean?

Yes, it is very nice. I would be jealous, but I just got one a few weeks ago. Atm I need to track down korean exploration and necropotence.

[GGoober]

Not much stuff but some foils for my Arcum Dagsson EDH deck and other valuable cards (Capsize is greenish-blue miscolored)

[Julian23]

Just wondering, how many people actually prefer the new foil layout? I can't stress how much more I like the old border style but especially when it comes to foils the old ones look sooo much better to my eye. Not only are the colors on the frame much stronger, that shoting star at the bottom looks really cool.

[Gibsonmac]

I like the foil art of the new foils, but some cards I like the old style... stifle for instance.

[Ectoplasm]

I like how the artwork is foiled in most of the newer ones. Just look at an M10 jace foil and tell me that's not sexy :D
However, some cards are barely noticable to be foil, like Marsh Flats, at least you saw something was foil with the old cards, foil art or not.

[Julian23]

The Sakura-Tribe Elders of my Survival are also foil but I didn't post them because it's really hard to distinguish them from normal ones, just saying.

[from Cairo]

Just wondering, how many people actually prefer the new foil layout? I can't stress how much more I like the old border style but especially when it comes to foils the old ones look sooo much better to my eye. Not only are the colors on the frame much stronger, that shoting star at the bottom looks really cool.

I like the old frames much better, foil or non-foil.

[Pulp_Fiction]

guys, its about cards :D

but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI0EO1kFBgk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJqxuduC_ns

Hmmm .... you just proved my point. But I learned a long time ago talking cars with fanboys is never a good thing. Everyone has their own niche that they find and research and when you look hard enough to find something you eventually do. Clearly that Supra has had shit tons of money dumped into it to make it that fast, the stock Supra TTs will pull on a completely stock Camaro SS but barely .. who really cares though. A fast car is a fast car.

[Occam]

So, as promised earlier in the thread, here is a scan of a test print that (to my knowledge) has never been posted publicly before. To boot, I've asked around, and this print (as well as the rest of its brethen that I have access to) seems to be the only one of its kind. To put things into perspective, there are probably a couple hundred of Exodus test prints (each) running around and a BB foil Sotf/CoT from there is worth more than a grand. Foil 8e proofs have 2-3 copies of each running around, and the cheapest of those (for a crappy common) is going for 800 now.




The test foil EE above (regardless of whether it is actually turns out to be the only test print EE kicking around) was created to test certain aesthetics, as can be seen from the scan. I'll upload another (larger, better) scan with a normal foil EE beside it for contrast later. From an objective point of view, the most expensive other test prints are the 8e foil painlands and the textless Bargain, and the EE is easily at least in that ballpark. Same playing area as Splendid Genesis (higher than Fraternal) and certain blue summer duals. Some members (Yawg07?) here know about fifth dawn prints as well, and probably can vouch that they are 100% legit and exist.

In any case, the EE may be English (read non-jap) and not legal, but it is still a great collector's item, has a hefty price tag to go with it, and part of the game's history attached to it as well. I enjoy owning it, and I hope everyone enjoys seeing a new test print as well. This is the only place I'll be posting this at for at least a couple months :)

On a side note, I picked up another foil test print with the EE, but no other test print deserves to share the latter's spotlight. I'm going for a playset of the former, and will post the playset then. They are BB, legal for play, and no stax/chalice stompy deck can be fully maxed out without them. Till next time.

Edit: Clearer scan.

[Skeggi]

On a side note, I picked up another foil test print with the EE, but no other test print deserves to share the latter's spotlight. I'm going for a playset of the former, and will post the playset then. They are BB, legal for play, and no stax/chalice stompy deck can be fully maxed out without them.

If it's legal, it's not the CoT prints, right? Are there testprints of Chalices that I don't know about? In any case, I thought testprints were never play legal?

[Occam]

If it's legal, it's not the CoT prints, right?

:)

Are there testprints of Chalices that I don't know about? In any case, I thought testprints were never play legal?

There aren't test print chalices. I'm hoping against hope that a test print Crucible will emerge, but the chances of that are almost zero.

The majority of EX prints have probably skewed the perception of them. As far as I know (and someone, please correct me if I am wrong), cards need to have normal backs (which rules out certain test prints with white backs) and black / white borders to be legal. Most EX prints, like the ones Slinga posted, are silver-bordered, making them illegal by default. The BB ones I have and have seen are exactly like normal foil cards, and even have the shooting star to boot. There really isn't any reason for them to be illegal, although I guess it's up to the judges' discretion. Textless test prints with round corners are legal as far as I know too.

[Nightmare]

So, is the "F84" actually on the card? It looks like it, but I can't tell. Otherwise, what would the distinction between "test foil" and "actual foil" be?

Edit - Now I see that it's foiled like the JSS promo foils (Sakura tribe Elder, etc.).

Still, F84?

[Occam]

So, is the "F84" actually on the card? It looks like it, but I can't tell. Otherwise, what would the distinction between "test foil" and "actual foil" be?

Edit - Now I see that it's foiled like the JSS promo foils (Sakura tribe Elder, etc.).

Still, F84?

That's just a watermark. It isn't on the card. I placed it there as some of my previous images were being used elsewhere and I wanted to make sure no one was offering to sell a card with my scan.

Yeah basically the prints were created to test the sunburst foiling. It's difficult to view it from the scan, but it's obvious next to a normal foil EE or when you view it in person.