Magic: The Gathering

[zoobernut]

Saw this on TCG website today.

http://store.tcgplayer.com/help/buyoutresponse

Not sure if this is going to make that big of a difference. Interesting response though.

[Moridam]

psychologically, the idea is probably that seeing a huge delta between the market and list prices might make people less prone to pulling the trigger. could put a dent in the resillience of price hikes after a buyout, making the tactic less effective. if that holds true though, merchants could just engage in high-volume sham buys to inflate the market price. potentially helpful, probably not harmful, but maybe still prone to gaming.

the main question i guess is whether or not the listing/transaction fees on TCG are sufficiently high to suppress that kind of behavior.

[zoobernut]

Yeah the only effect I could see this having on these huge buyouts is it will slow their ability to jack up the prices. It won't stop the behavior or effect though.

I wish all the websites would list their buylist price next to the purchase price though would be so helpful during trades and private party purchases. That feature is pretty sweet.

[Krandor]

How did I miss this card? This thing is fucking hilarious.

[Weltall]

Anyone going to Comic con this week that I could give money to pick up a promo set?

[Krandor]

I have a coworker going, I can ask him.

[Weltall]

That would be great. Let me know, thanks!!

[zoobernut]

Damn I was going to ask the same thing. I am interested as well if it is possible.

Edit: By the way anyone play in the prereleases this past weekend? I missed them but I am going to try to go to the release day sealed at my LGS. The set looks pretty fun overall.

[Krandor]

That would be great. Let me know, thanks!!

I think those work off a raffle system alot of the more high demand stuff does these days, so no guarantees.

And those things are generally limited to one per person.

Edit : nvm not a raffle, just super limited supply each day. He says he'll try tonight for preview night.

[Weltall]

Yeah, just let him know I would like one if he can scoop it up. I'll toss him extra $ and pay shipping, of course.

[Tomiko]

Edit: By the way anyone play in the prereleases this past weekend? I missed them but I am going to try to go to the release day sealed at my LGS. The set looks pretty fun overall.

I did and went 2-1. Identity Thief for my PR foil and opened another in my first EMN pack. I made up for it in the other packs though pulling a Bedlam Reveler, Spell Queller, Emrakul and Docent of Perfection. Pulled an Eldritch Evolution in one of my prize packs, so I made out pretty well, especially since I needed some of those for Cube and EDH.

Edit: My loss was to a guy that had the common set of Meld cards. both games I got my ass handed to me by that thing. I thought one of them was Uncommon, but nope.

[Slott]

Went 3-0 in the midnight release (4 color with tamiyo and ulrich)
3-1 the next day, one loss to a mull to 4 due to no land/thenall land, all land, then nothing playable. rest were wins, thalia's lancers did work
3-0 on sunday (Best win was copying a 3/4 lifelink with altered ego making it an 8/9 lifelink and he couldnt remove it, went from 5 hp to 42 by the end of the game) all my win packs were trash, aside from the tamiyo/ulrich pack in the initial pre-release.

[Xerlic]

A bit late, but I pretty much never play paper magic anymore and had to wait for ENM to come out on MODO. I went 4-1 in a prerelease sealed league. Having a pool with 5 rares in 2 colors and 6 pieces of removal is never a bad thing. Red seems really strong in the new limited format.

[GoggleHead]

What're the odds that the new Liliana's price tanks after it rotates out of standard? I want to try it out for my janky Mardu deck in Modern, but not at $40 each.

[Moridam]

i'd say the odds are roughly 100%. in not-standard formats, she's competing with LotV and that doesn't seem like much of a contest.

[Ghost_Wheel22]

For GP Portland I'm in a three way tie for deck choice. Safe and easy Bant Company, risk it for a biscuit Abzan Control, or whacky wavy Tentacle Romance.

[Weltall]

Bant comp is the best deck by miles.

[Slott]

bant co is going to give you a ton of mirror matches and people having side/mainboard cards dedicated to beating your deck though

[Weltall]

So you just need to win 1/2 sideboarded games against non-mirrors. Just look at the day 2 results from this weekend:

Day 2:

Bant Co - 53
Next deck - 9

CoCo needs to be banned just to make the format interesting. Those numbers are worse than Eldrazi modern.

[Terrestrialrage]

So you just need to win 1/2 sideboarded games against non-mirrors. Just look at the day 2 results from this weekend:

Day 2:

Bant Co - 53
Next deck - 9

CoCo needs to be banned just to make the format interesting. Those numbers are worse than Eldrazi modern.

Somewhat misleading, cuz while yes, it represented a large section of the day 2 meta, it was "only" 42%. Go back to RTR/Theros standard where top 16s were 10 Mono-black, 5 Mono-blue, and 1 U/W Control, the deck is not ridiculously oppressive and can be beaten. Company rotates in 3 months when the next degenerate deck will pop up and be a large % of the day 2 meta, its nothing but a vicious cycle.