Using a Sharpie to black border a card never worked too well for me. I mean, I've done okay on some cards with a Sharpie (Revised Fastbond, REBs, and BEBs). But the ink typically seems to dry as more of a purple than a black. The guy doing my Power and duals uses an acrylic paint for the borders. It dries a nice deep black, but it's shiny.
Oh well...looks hot in a sleeve.
Don't Hate the Herd
I have a Revised Demonic Tutor that I Sharpied in the boarder on. In a sleeve, it does look almost as if it was really black bordered to begin with. Of course, a close inspection reveals that, one, I did a shitty job coloring it in (I did it on a whim with no tape lines or anything, just free hand), two, it is rather shiny, and three, the reason I colored it, which is that it was near ripped in half (I may have ran over it with a chair, once upon a time).
Coloring in the boarders is never going to be perfect, it's near a crime for somethings, in my opinion, but I've never had the Sharpie come out looking purple, per se.
Also, since I have seen that Lotus in person, it looks odd, because the wear is only across the frame but not the boarder...
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
God that's awful..
If your going to black border something for the love of god use acrylics....
Here's a mash of the scans my artist sent me as he completed each card. On April 1st, when I get all my cards back from him, I'll post scans of the full P9, the Time Vault, and the six Unlimited duals.
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Don't Hate the Herd
Even though I can't really get behind the whole pony theme I do really like the mox emerald alteration with the coboy hat pony.
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Here are some pick ups from gp kl. I thought jap foil prices were insane, but I coughed up the money for this:
Also, another pick up for edh:
The things we do for edh, haha its fun pimping the format though.
Eh, not into the pony thing, but to each his own, I guess. Good on you for having the balls to play with that.
I didn't see the cowboy hat, but that freaking made it.
There is a large following of My Little Pony, even though it's a bit girly, because it IS so girly. It's almost because it is so one way, its juxtaposition as an interest of men makes it that much more interesting.
@ Kingsey
Pretty much, but it just means chicken/fish but no steak. /tears everywhere
-Matt
For some reason, I had the idea stuck in my head that most of that power that Solaran had altered was pretty beat in the first place. (Maybe he posted it back a few pages, could be lying though.)
I think if you're going to get really beat power altered to look unique and attempt to salvage the art, props to you. But I also think that the NM/Clean copies should be left alone.
There aren't that many to alter, donchaknow?
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In response to "What's the best replacement for Force of Will?"
Originally Posted by Finn
That is Alpha. And it is pretty.
-Matt
I got it in a trade with the dealer. It was valued at $500 USD which I thought was a pretty good deal for such a good nick Alpha Twister. If it was Beta, I'd think the deal was so-so market price, but its extremely difficult to find a decent condition Alpha twister. Minty goodness is gonna be in my EDH deck.
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