Magic: The Gathering

[TheObieOne3226]

Does anybody on here play Magic? I used to, as did like half of SWAT. A few people have told me they used to play also. Just curious.

[lleberg]

I played it when i was 10 or 11, and i played a red-blue deck without creatures. ;)

[TheObieOne3226]

Originally posted by lleberg
I played it when i was 10 or 11, and i played a red-blue deck without creatures. ;)


So did I, and everyone else at some point. ;)

[Catboy]

I played magic since I was 6. I stopped about a year ago, and have been gettin' rid of my cards to finance a muni. But $400 is alot better than a ton of boxes/binders full of cardboard pieces sitting in my closet.

Man good times though...

[evil-nick]

I was tempted to last year when the rest of the CS gang at my university were playing... but I neber had money for decks, and then they all sold their decks 'cause they were spending too much time playing Magic as opposed to important stuff, like schoolwork (And CounterStrike ;))

[Borges]

I still have a box of old cards somewhere. I haven't played a game in close to 10 years. When I realized how much I was spending on it I stopped.

[Juggling_Arcs]

I have a box some where, man when I played (with my bros) my white deck killed.

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by TheObieOne3226
and everyone else at some point. ;) I have no idea what you all are talking about. :)

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

[TheObieOne3226]

I haven't played in sooooo long, and I don't intend to. So what's the best way to sell 5000 cards and 600 rares?

[James_Potter]

Originally posted by TheObieOne3226
I haven't played in sooooo long, and I don't intend to. So what's the best way to sell 5000 cards and 600 rares?
ebay.

I started playing Magic the Nerdening once, but then realized what I was becoming, and stopped before it was too late.

[Fuego]

i played magic...

the new stuff is all crap, though, so I am done, and if I ever want to play, i will just use what i have..

(trust me, it's enough)

[Matt_V]

I just started playing, and I have a red-black deck. I don't intend to spend any money on it other then the initial deck that I buy.

And yes, I do know that this thread is 3 years old:D

[UniGoth]

i also play, iv been playing for like 4 years or more, i cant remember, i have a judgment style green deck thats been tricked out with cards that giver 6/6 worm tokens, and alot of um, and a few red including a 7/7 dragon, tho sadly, its no longer legal

[Catboy]

My brother and I have picked up our playing since I last posted in this thread. We pitch in on a booster box of cards every time a set comes out, as well as a few of the preconstructed decks(whichever ones suit our fancy). We have something like 40 custom-built constantly-changing decks already built by either myself, my brother, his roomate or a combination of the three of us and we play at least a couple times a week if not more. My brother has considered working for Wizards of the Coast s a deckbuilder/card designer guy, he just hasn't pursued it, even though he should, I don't know of anyone who knows the game better. We plan on sweeping the west coast and taking ourselves to the World tourney sometime in the near future, I don't doubt our chances at glory and fame.

Our current card count is over 750,000 cards from all editions and growing every couple months.

[siafirede]

I played when I was in Elementary School... a lot. My dad is a fantasy nerd so he got me to play with him. Then I played it a lot with my friends because it really is a fun card game...we played at sleepovers and what not. Or at school during lunch. Once middle school hit, I stopped playing...not because I wanted to, but because my friends stopped playing.

Flash forward to now...I started playing again this summer when my friend and I thought it would be fun to buy a new Theme Deck and play for fun. I have since bought one more theme deck, and started making more decks out of my old cards. It is a fun game, and as long as I don't spend anymore money...it will be a fun game. Once you start buying specific cards or booster packs you get hooked on spending money on the game, but if you play for fun with preconstructed decks, or with decks out of your old cards and proxy cards then it is a really fun game.

My current deck is a Black/Blue discard deck with hypnotic specters, megrims, and racks.

[UniGoth]

My ultra combo, i can have up to 24 worm 6/6 tokens on the plane with these 2 card alone, 48 all together with my others
http://www.cardkingdom.com/images/Judgment/CrushofWurms.jpghttp://www.cardkingdom.com/images/Torment/ParallelEvolution.jpg

[TheObieOne3226]

Then I play Evacuation EOT.

[Catboy]

My ultra combo, i can have up to 24 worm 6/6 tokens on the plane with these 2 card alone, 48 all together with my others
http://www.cardkingdom.com/images/Judgment/CrushofWurms.jpghttp://www.cardkingdom.com/images/Torment/ParallelEvolution.jpg


That sucks... who wants to pay nearly 35 mana for such a little advantage? especially when you could throw down a Damnation or WoG for less than five and all of your creatures are GONE! WHo needs more than one creature when you have infinite turns and big flyers to attack with... IE: Imprint Isochron Scepter with Final Fortune, a red instant originally from the MIrage Block. Then, with the PLatinum Angel in play, you can keep dishing out the final fortune which translates into lots of extra turns for you. Now, Final Fortune says you lose the game at the end of the that extra turn. Here's the fun part. YOU CAN'T LOSE THE GAME... if you have the Angel in play. Just make sure the Angel is out of harm's reach from your opponent. NOt even half the amount of mana spent and an inifinite turn combo.

[TheObieOne3226]

Evacuation owns your combo too Catboy. Even if you have Darksteel Forge in play.

[steveyo]

I used buy cases of them at a time and I made some killer decks. Then I sold them all.

Lately, my nephews have picked up the game, so we play (with their decks) whenever we get together.

Obie, when I sold them, I sold groups of rares on eBay, e.g. a lot of 4 Serra Angels, a lot of 11 Dual Lands, etc. Then I got tired of that and sold a couple shoe boxes full, and in the eBay auction I just listed every good card in the lot.

I got an awful lot of money from ebaying those cards, though maybe not more than the cards cost originally.

To all you guys who have a box of older cards just lying in storage, you'd be AMAZED at how much those little piecces of cardboard are worth now. Which is better, a box full of cards that you never use, or a sparkling new uni?

[CKCrowe]

I was unicycling, and some little kids I was babysitting made me play a game called magic on the playground, but I dont think its the same thing you guys are talkig about, I forget what I call it.

[maestro8]

Evacuation owns your combo too Catboy. Even if you have Darksteel Forge in play.
http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/misc/pictures/nerds.jpg

[Matt_V]

I just finished building my green/black deck. and me, my bro, and my cousin are going to split on a lot of about 7000 cards on ebay.

[sockmonster]

I got into it when I went to art school, and had a group of 10 or so people to play with.

Here's why Magic is/was/can be worth learing/playing/investing. At least, at Chester College...

I won $12 in a poker tournament. With that, I bought Magic cards. A month later, with that deck, I won $25 in a Magic tournament. I took that money and bought a poker set. Then I sold the deck for $20.

Two weeks ago, I was pretty hard up for money, so I sold nine cards to the local card shop. That money fed me for more than a week.

If anyone is just looking to get rid of some cards, I might be willing to buy. (See note above as reference to how poor I am, but I could give you a little money for 'em)

[TheObieOne3226]

http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/misc/pictures/nerds.jpg

Thank you for taking time out of your day to come into this thread which you clearly know and care little about just to make fun of us. The fact that you google image searched "nerds" seems to be an instance of the pot calling the kettle black here. I would consider getting together with bunches of friends to hang out and play some cards a lot less nerdy than sitting at home alone on the computer trolling random threads.

Steve, I never got around to selling any cards. I came close. I took an inventory of everything I had of value and was pretty close to doing what you described (selling playsets of the good stuff then selling the rest in a lot) but my financial situation improved and I never actually needed money bad enough to sell them. Kind of glad now that I didn't, since when I came back from school I started playing again, and recently I have been going to 2 tourneys a week at the local shop (1 constructed standard, 1 draft per week) and have been having bunches of fun without spending too much dough.

Anybody play type 2 seriously? If so what are you playing? Right now I am running Red Deck Wins (http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=880091) (cheap creatures and lots of burn to finish the game off) and Rule of One (http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=881284) (Blue White Control with Rule of Law, Teferi and lots of counterspells) and have been doing pretty well.

[maestro8]

Thank you for taking time out of your day to come into this thread
It's called a sense of humor. What happened to yours, Obie? You used to have some wit...

Obviously you lost the last pair I gave you, so have these:
http://www.orbitals.com/self/survey/chain/big/pliers.jpg
...they'll help you pull that stick out of your a$$.

[dudewithasock]

It's called a sense of humor. What happened to yours, Obie? You used to have some wit...

There's a difference between 'wit' and putting up some random intentionally insulting picture. Usually your off-topic responses are pretty funny, but that was just lame.

On-topic: I used to play the game online fairly casually, just cause I didn't know anyone else who played. It was kinda fun.

[TheObieOne3226]

Maestro8 is an image search fiend. :rolleyes:

I guess I've been giving you too little slack since you called me out on the Libby thing.

Pliers!? I'll use stump remover thank you very much.


http://yardgeek.com/resources/product_pics/40001.jpg

[monkeyman]

There's a difference between 'wit' and putting up some random intentionally insulting picture. Usually your off-topic responses are pretty funny, but that was just lame.

On-topic: I used to play the game online fairly casually, just cause I didn't know anyone else who played. It was kinda fun.

I've played on and off for a few years. I've got a few decks, but that's it.

[Catboy]

Evacuation owns your combo too Catboy. Even if you have Darksteel Forge in play.

OH YEAH!?!?!? Well my Phage already attacked you and dealt you combat damage BEEEEEEEEOTCH!! 5 mana for a RACTOH sux, even if it is in 10th.

But seeweeously,
If any of you want to play online or at a uni meet, let me know and I'll bring a deck or two, a lot of our decks have been constantly remodeled for years by a group of solid pre-IA players, and as such they never lose against other decks and even against our own they put up solid fights shy of a mana screw or a bad player. We usually just leave certain decks to the side for big matches, or play team-up games against them. Generally, you have to win by turn 4/5 against them or you've already lost. All of the 40+ decks we have are solid-playing and tough to beat, and ready for various styles of tournament play be it t1, t1.5, t2, unlimited or whatever. Unfortunately, the group of nerds that meet regularly around here are super annoying and suck at the game. They brag about shiddy netdecks and then never know how to play their deck properly, a large portion of them only seem concerned with trading the cards as well(while I understand magic was the first TCG ever, sacrificing trading cards for learning the game is ridiculous). Luckily, we have enough players and play enough that we qualify for the Friday night magic benefits(IE:free cards/notics about events), even though we generally meet around tuesday or wednesday.

SO if any of you want to be skooled right quick at the game lemme know.:D :D

[siafirede]

Where can one play online?

[sockmonster]

Magic players tend to be a little sensitive to insults about it. The game itself is not nerdy. Just like there's a million uber-nerd Halo-addicts, it is not an inherently nerdy game. What's the difference between a fantasy about killing space aliens with a plasma sword and a fantasy about planeswalkers killing each other?

Whatever little token combo was posted a little while ago, that's a helluva lot of mana for not an extraordinary yield.

Here's a fun one...
http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/worldslayer.jpghttp://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/Whispersilk_Cloak.jpg
Particularly nice if you have a creature that is indestructable.



http://www.superdickery.com/images/other/post-4-1106180528.jpg

[siafirede]

Does that combo even work? If your creature can't be the target of spells or abilities are you still able to equip it? I don't know how "equip" works since I am still catching up with all the "new" rules since I stopped playing, but I was assuming it would be like giving a creature an "enchant creature" and if that is the case then it wouldn't work b/c it can't be the target of spells or abilities.

[sockmonster]

Does that combo even work? If your creature can't be the target of spells or abilities are you still able to equip it? I don't know how "equip" works since I am still catching up with all the "new" rules since I stopped playing, but I was assuming it would be like giving a creature an "enchant creature" and if that is the case then it wouldn't work b/c it can't be the target of spells or abilities.

The difference between equipment and enchant creatures (nowadays called "auras" and the card text specifies what type of card it can enchant) is equipment stays in play after a creature is destroyed. You can also move it from creature ot creature. If you equip worldslayer before equipping the whispersilk cloak, there's no problem.

If you have an indestructable creature (Konda from Kamigawa, and there are a couple from Darksteel) that you do this with, after every permenant is destroyed, worldslayer and the creature are still in play, and still equipped.