A Magical Gathering

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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Mongrel » Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:47 pm

A lot of the time really big super-rare items are listed on eBay as a way of getting free advertising and are then taken down once a sale is arranged privately.
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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Grath » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:12 am

Cait wrote:It was ended by seller, and it said in the listing that "If I sell one of the other two other rare cards (alpha black lotus, summer serendib) I'm selling now, I will stop this sell." I imagine that one of those sold instead.

That, or someone said "I want to see it in person but then I'll hand you cash for it."

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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Cait » Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:39 am

Yeah, I went and looked and the Alpha Lotus and Summer Serendib are both still listed. So it seems more likely that someone made a credible offer. Watch this end up in Shkreli's collection or something.

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Re: A Magical Gathering

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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Mongrel » Mon Apr 17, 2017 11:37 pm

Someone left a message for WOTC this morning

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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Friday » Tue Apr 18, 2017 1:08 am

"I cast lightning bolt."

"In response I activate top."

(10 minutes pass)

"Does bolt resolve?"

"I'm gonna brainstorm."

(10 minutes pass)

"Does bolt resolve?"

"I activate my other top."

(10 minutes pass)

"Does bolt resolve?"

(10 minutes pass)

"... yes."
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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Grath » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:21 pm

Friday wrote:Slow-rolling a bolt

You need to crack a fetch or two in there, or you're just going through the same cards.

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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Friday » Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:29 pm

The joke was that would be the sane way to make every fucking game go to time.
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Re: A Magical Gathering

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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Büge » Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:49 pm

Leovold is banned and Protean Hulk is unbanned in Commander.
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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Mongrel » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:17 pm

Hilariously, Leovold shot up to $60 earlier today on the news of Top's banning, so who knows where he'll end up.
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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Grath » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:34 pm

I'm sad because I have a Leovold deck with a foil commander. But I'll just revamp it to Thrasios/Tymna and make it every scarier.

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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Büge » Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:09 pm

And now they emergency-banned Felidar Guardian.
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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Mongrel » Thu Apr 27, 2017 12:03 am

Yeah, that's nuts. Emergency bans are basically unprecedented, having only happened once before. But the fact that this was only two days after the regular B&R announcement smacks of INCREDIBLE incompetence and supreme unreliability. This is exactly the sort of thing that really damages trust.
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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Büge » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:47 am

Apparently it was because they needed post-Amonkhet results from MTGO... but it's not like they couldn't have delayed the B&R announcement a week.
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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Mongrel » Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:45 pm

Or, two days even. People depend on those announcements to make financial decisions and a LOT of purchases are made in the immediate wake of B&R announcements now. A lot of people just lost a lot of money.

On that note, apparently SCG is letting people return Saheeli Rais they bought in the intervening two days.
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Re: A Magical Gathering

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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Büge » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:07 pm

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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Büge » Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:21 pm

There were some big announcements today. I like the idea of large sets that aren't tied to a specific world. Hopefully that will let the story and gameplay mechanics breathe. I especially like that they're going to tone down the focus on the Gatewatch. It was getting really obnoxious.
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Re: A Magical Gathering

Postby Mongrel » Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:52 pm

Also, there's a whole week of major announcements.
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