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1  Eternal Formats / Eternal Article Discussion / Re: [Legacy Article] Peaceful Dreadstill, Report and Discussion on: September 26, 2010, 10:31:10 pm
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Running Jace means not running more than two Dazes, since those cards don't synergize very well.

Can someone explain the details of this statement?

Thanks
2  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / Re: Milwaukee Wisconsin 10 Proxy MOX EMERALD 9/18 on: September 13, 2005, 11:29:36 am
It's about time I win a a prize, all of Milwaukee will be pwned by me! I've been playtesting for 2 hours a day.
3  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / Re: ADVENTURERS GUILD Friday Sept 9th 10 Proxy Type 1 MOX JET on: August 18, 2005, 12:31:20 pm
How far is this from Milwaukee in hours?
4  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Cardshark for sports cards and comics? on: August 14, 2005, 11:52:28 am
I have an extensive (and probably worthless) collection of sports cards and comics that I was looking to sell (both things I collected before MTG) and I was wondering if there is any website similar to cardshark.com where anyone can buy and sell stuff in a very organized and effective manor.

Thanks
John
5  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: What were you're favorite oldschool decks on: August 13, 2005, 07:13:50 am
I used to play a Blue White control deck with 3 mana crypt to power early Jester's Caps and Jayemdae Tome and finish someone off with Millstone, Factories or Mirror Universe.

This was back in the day that if you used the Mana Crypt mana before the end of your upkeep you did not have to play the flip game.

I won many a beta bolt with that deck.
6  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: T1 scene in Milwaukee/Madison Area on: August 12, 2005, 08:24:11 am
For those who know me - I am moving back to Milwaukee

I had problems finding a good job in New York city so I'm moving back and going to try to start my own business.

see you guys in a few weeks!
7  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: Why I Won't be Playing Mono Blue This Year at Gencon on: August 12, 2005, 08:20:41 am
all signs point to Cron Stacks with a few Welders.
8  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: repack ripoff on: August 10, 2005, 07:08:58 pm
oops I'm stupid
9  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / repack ripoff on: August 10, 2005, 05:32:29 pm
check out this auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mox-Sapphire-Time-Walk-Umezawa-Jitte-Pithing-Needle-MTG_W0QQitemZ5229249027QQcategoryZ19113QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

so if you buy all 120 repacks for $600 will you get:

Mox Sapphire (Alpha, good condition considering how long I've had the card)

Time Walk (Beta, again, about the same condition as the Mox Sapphire)

Ancestral Recall (Unlimited, but very good condition)

Badlands (Alpha, played, but three)

Savannah (Unlimited, played, and five)

Underground Sea (Beta, played, and two)

sound too good to be true.

if anyone is out there with $600 to blow is would be a really good deal
10  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Why do newbs get so excited about Morphling? on: August 09, 2005, 07:42:48 pm
Will this phenomenon ever end about Morphling?

It is played in no format (well T4 it's good), you have to have six mana to play it and keep it alive for one turn, and I think it inspires more creamed shorts by newbs than 6 pages full of foil Llanowar Elves.  Also they always speak with blissfull glee rolling down the sides of their mouth about how it will probably be reprinted in the next set (Morphling is on the reserve list correct?).

Is there an answer?

What other cards irritate you in this manner?
11  Vintage Community Discussion / Non-Vintage / Weekly Legacy Tournament - Neutral Ground NYC. on: August 09, 2005, 07:30:44 pm
Neutral Ground in New York City has a weekly Legacy tournament on Tuesdays @ 4PM

There is no fee for entry but unfortunatley no prize as well, but it's good practice.

It's not worth coming from far away but if you live in NYC and you are interested in Legacy (I think there's probably 3 of us so far) come check it out.  Just figured I would get the word out.

FYI - www.neutralground.com, 122 West 26th Street. 4th fl. NY, NY 10001 just in case you live in NYC and have never been there.
12  Vintage Community Discussion / Rules Q&A / Re: 6th edition rules and triggered abilities on: August 09, 2005, 07:04:16 pm
I understand that Ophidian is not a artifact so therefore it shouldn't matter.

But it does - Ophidian's ability at time of release was a activated ability and now while I'm not going to look through all erreta (not yet at least) on all cards prior to Weatherlight and possibly more depending on templating, that Null Rod is functionally weaker than it's supposed to be.

My theory is that Null Rod should now actually read:

Players can’t play artifacts’ activated and optional triggered abilities.

Perhaps Null Rod was intended to stop all triggered abilities. This would take some research but perhaps someone here knows about the transition and change in rules about optional triggered abilities (the category I would place Ophidian's original wording in) and required triggered abilities.
13  Vintage Community Discussion / Rules Q&A / 6th edition rules and triggered abilities - Null Rod too weak? on: August 08, 2005, 07:50:53 pm
I was thinking about Null Rod today and at the time it was released it I think it used to be able to stop more abilities.

Take Ophidian for example (it was first card I could think of like this):

Original Text: 0: Draw a card.
Ophidian deals no combat damage this turn.
Use this ability only if Ophidian is attacking and unblocked and only once each turn.

Oracle Text: Whenever Ophidian attacks and isn’t blocked, you may draw a card. If you do, Ophidian deals no combat damage this turn.

My point is that some triggered abilities at Null Rod's release were done as activated abilities which Null Rod could stop, after 6th edition rules rolled out (I presume) the awkward wordings were changed however Null Rod's power was reduced.

This is probably an old debate but Wizard's has gone on the record of saying they errata cards to their original intention but here is not the case, I think they originally wanted Null Rod stronger by not allowing triggered abilities.

Does anyone know about this or has any one ever thought about this?

Edit: title added to
14  Vintage Community Discussion / Rules Q&A / Yet Another Aether Vortex question on: August 08, 2005, 05:20:51 pm
Do come into play ablilities work when Yet Another Aether Vortex is already in play?

If so when do they happen, at the end of the draw step?

TY
15  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / Re: Type 1 Tournement in Summerville, NJ on: July 27, 2005, 11:13:59 am
Is it a long walk to the store from the train? Or perhaps someone is driving from NYC, can I come along?
16  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / Re: TMD OPEN 7: 10/15/05->10/16/05, Waterbury,CT on: July 27, 2005, 07:48:09 am
Have you asked for a cut from the vendors at the event? 
17  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / Re: JERSEY - Sun July 24th - Mox on: July 18, 2005, 10:40:48 pm
Is there anyway to get there by mass transit from NYC?

If not then perhaps theres a convoy I could hop onto from NYC for a small fee?

TY
18  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Possible Tourny at Togit in Summville NJ on: July 12, 2005, 07:35:59 pm
Can you get there by train from New Yrok city? If so then I'll be there!
19  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: On the State of Control Slaver on: June 15, 2005, 05:15:29 pm
I think Gifts loses something when you play without Strip/Synod/Crucible. I have a feeling that's what Ugo played it for. I don't have a recomendation for the slot however I agree it's a weak card in your build.

I think Greaves will get better as more people experiement with WTF as a counter to Jitte.

20  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: Worse Than Fish 3.0 on: June 12, 2005, 07:32:46 pm
I can see the problem with Standstill comparing WTF to Gay/R Fish. With Gay/R you can draw into a daze/force and work your board position w/ Kai and Spiketail to counter a key spell. However as Jacob said earlier, Force is there so you don't lose on first turn, and standstill just draws into more cards you may or may not need.

If you play Spiketail or Kai then you can support Standstill, if you don't try Brainstorm and perhaps Tinker/DSC.

I think its a great deck BTW, nice job everyone!
21  Vintage Community Discussion / Rules Q&A / Oath Problems on: June 05, 2005, 09:54:16 pm
I need to have this cleared up

There is Oath of Druids in play (only 1) and my opponent controls more creatures than me. I have 1 creature in my graveyard and no others in the deck.

I Oath at the beginning of my upkeep and reveal Gaea's Blessing. Since I reveal no creatures I reshuffle my deck (now empty) and graveyard. Now here's where the dispute comes in.

I say that's it and I draw a card for my draw phase however a surrounding player as well as my opponent says I'm still supposed to Oath until I find a creature (a more favorable situation for me anyway).

Who is right?

TY
22  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: Arcane Laboratory vs. Sphere of Resistance (sideboard discussion) on: June 03, 2005, 12:24:00 pm
I don't see Oath as having a problem playing sphere; the most expensive spell you would play is Intuition or Thirst so I don't see it as a huge problem.

How has Sphere VS Gifts been for people? I've never had the chance to play it but I would assume it slows them down a few turns.
23  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Arcane Laboratory vs. Sphere of Resistance (sideboard discussion) on: June 02, 2005, 07:05:15 pm
Having taken Oath to 2 Waterbury tournaments and having played several local tournaments I started to ponder the usefullness of Arcane Laboratory in the sideboard. In all the games I've played I've never faced TPS, 2 Land Belcher, Meandeck Tendrills or some random storm combo deck.  Now perhaps I'm fortunate but I think Oath has a favorable match up with these decks out of the box so why do you need Arcane Laboratory?

Rick Shay wrote an article about Intuition Slaver a few months ago and his sideboard featured Sphere of Resistance.  I found it to be a interesting alternative to Arcane Laboratory. I believe in the current meta Sphere is possibly a better hoser with Gifts and Storm combo. Lets way the pros and cons.

Sphere:
Pros-
2 CC can be easily played on turn 1.
All Spells vs Gifts cost one more => Gift is slowed because if its mana intensive nature.
The card usefull in multiples generally speaking.
Stops Land Grant and slows Dark Ritual.

Cons-
Vs. Gifts with Welder can weld it out if you play poorly.
Bad vs Rack and Ruin (however it will cost them 4 mana)
Not a blue card to ditch to Force.
A fine target for Rebuild when TPS is ready to go off.

Arcane Lab:
Pros-
Almost seals the game vs. Storm combo
A blue card to ditch to Force => multiples are not completely useless.
There's barely any enchantment hate in the meta (none if it wasn't for Oath)
Game vs. Witness/Dragon

Cons-
3 CC is very questionable.
Gifts -> Tinker -> DSC = GG, cannot stop this combo.
In most instances the card stinks in multiples.
Many combo decks can win casting 1 spell a turn.
Not game vs. Dragon/Other win.

I think the answer is not black and white on this one. I think it depends on the meta in a given day. I'm sure I missed a few pro's and cons and that why I brought this up; hope this generates at least some discussion.
John

Edit: This can apply to any deck that runs Arcane Laboratory, not just Oath
24  Vintage Community Discussion / Rules Q&A / Sphere of Resistance vs. Force of Will on: June 02, 2005, 05:48:20 am
With Sphere of Resistance in play does the alternate casting cost on Force cost 1 as well?
TY
25  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: [Report] 4/30/5 WU TANG Fish Wins Waterbury VI on: May 01, 2005, 10:43:32 pm
I think your missing 3 Swords to Plowshares from your deck list, right?
26  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Fake Cards? on: March 24, 2005, 10:23:41 am
I compared the card to some other cards from unlimited and the same amount of light shines through however, the pattern in the paper is different. Its much clearer than the other unlimiteds I compared it to. The real ones have more of a cloudy appearance, and the jet looks like a piece of paper, however after inspecting the card with a magnifying glass the print texture appears the same.

I'm still not too sure since to me the light test was a big time fail and the bend and print test were passes. I want to send it to PSA for grading however will I be able to remove the card from the holder to play with?

Thanks for the input.
John
27  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / If you were going to sell your cards? on: March 13, 2005, 10:34:15 am
cardshark.com is a great place to sell random junk, although they get 15% commission compared to Ebay's 5%.

If you have something good do Ebay, if its random junk, cardshark.com. Also when do you need the money? Ebay is probably the fastest aside from finding people at your local stores. PTQs are good places to sell also.
28  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Fake Cards? on: March 13, 2005, 10:30:05 am
I recently purchased a Unlimited Mox Jet from Ebay, I'm going to keep the auction link a secret to protect the buyer, and I suspect it could be a fake.

First the seller has a feedback of about 1500 with only 2 negatives in his 5 year span of selling on Ebay. The seller was eligible for free buyer protection as well. And so far the seller has been very cooperative with the sale and me accusing the card of potentially being counterfeit, plus he has already offered a refund as well.

So more about the card. I first suspected it was a fake because it was lighter (weight not color) than the other cards shipped with it to protect the mox. I then compared the card in weight and thickness to other Unlimited power I own and although I don't own a scale the card feels lighter to both my roommate and myself. I eventually did a bend test on the card and fortunately it passed! The only suspect thing in the coloring of the card would be that the letters in the text box are not as bold as the letters on my other unlimited power.

So to simplify here's really what I want to know, are there unlimited cards out there that vary in weight and color. Also are there fakes that pass the bend test as well? Should I try to have PSA authenticate it? If I get it graded how hard is it to take out of the PSA holder?

Thanks in advance for the input. Also I'll be happy to provide some scans if people need to see them, I just have to hook up my scanner.
John
29  Archives / Tournament Announcement Forum / PSA invitational qualifier @Kings Games Brooklyn 3-06 on: March 04, 2005, 06:10:11 am
Why did I have to look on the calender to find this? Well this makes my weekend I didn't even know there was a T1 tournament anytime soon in NYC. I play FNM here and I'll find out what the prizes are going to be. Hope to see a good turnout!


http://www.themanadrain.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21303
30  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / New B&R List on: March 01, 2005, 12:29:16 am
That's ok I'm sure most of these websites will cancel our orders since they can't find the card or whatever reason they'll give to jack it up to $200.

Weren't Zodiac Dragons worth about $200 before the oracle update?
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