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Agreed, my area has two stores (Technically three, but we don't talk about that one), and both do Draft on Fridays with Standard on Saturday.

Of course, I only play Modern and Commander :/

Thought some here might be interested in this KS for these cool acrylic deck stands.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1823824020/abode-thematic-gaming-accessories









not exactly cheap,.... but pretty cool

they have some other themes coming for AGOT, and perhaps others.

No discussion of Shuffle-Gate?

What's there to discuss? He got caught cheating, and was banned for it.

What is shuffle-gate?

http://thisisinfamous.com/shufflegate-plagues-magic-the-gathering/

High-level player was caught cheating, didn't get his money, got banned for four years, and threw a hissy fit on Facebook.

He should have been banned for life, who knows how many he's defrauded of prize money. If you did this in a casino you'd be up on criminal charges. He whines about being 'sentenced to four years', yes four years just not playing a card game. Life time ban would be better, greater deterrent.

Four years is basically life.

Also, I'm super excited about the new Commanders and the Duel Deck Anthology. Now to find a place to preorder them that isn't gouging...

If he wanted to play at an LGS he could always just register a new DCI number. As long as nobody rats him out he can still play FNM with any buddies he has.

Do people think it's be better to make a standard esper control or buy a new commander deck?

Depends of you want something more casual(commander) that won't rotate out of legality, or something more competitive for FNM(standard).

That's what I was thinking but to be honest, the group i play with (2 other guys) doesn't tend to do much and I've been debating whether to start attending FMM as I take magic a lot more serious than my friends who just buy the occasional pack after the initial intro pack.

I'd go with the standard deck then. If you have a store within driving distance you'll always get a game on Friday nights at least. Whatever extra cards you have you can use to throw together a commander deck out of anyway.

Ok, I think I do agree actually thinking about it

So I'm definitely buying the Red and Black Commander Decks, what about you guys?


Also gonna try to trade for the other three Planeswalkers.

I don't play much commander, but which ones have good Modern playables rares?

 Sinful Hero wrote:
I don't play much commander, but which ones have good Modern playables rares?

So far, the one with the Wormcoil Engine.

^^^the red one

This is for casual players. I found a cool article on keeping costs down if you don't care about competitive or valuable cards.

I'll summarize it:
1) Don't buy boosters
2) Buy sets or playsets (x4) of commons and uncommons during the height of the draft season for a set
3) Buy bulk rares from a singles seller you trust (say rares under $1, 50 or 25 cents)
4) Every time standard rotates, the rares of the set that rotates out plunges, so the bulks go from about half the rares to a solid majority. Rotation is bulk rare buying season.

I did this with Theros, Born and Journey and got a set of each common and uncommon and made a cube out of them. It really feels like drafting actual packs of JBT but the archetypes change a bit because of the singleton nature. I host a draft night once a month at pretty much no additional cost (just snack food)

I'm also really surprising people in Commander playing cards they never heard of as I play some dumb 25 cent rare instead of a $10 card they think should be in all decks as a staple. I rarely win because the people I play with are the type who spend $300+ on a mana base for each of their Commander decks (rare lands add up fast).

I'm in Canada, so I usually get my singles from Face2Face games or Wizards Tower and my common and uncommon sets off of eBay sellers in Canada. If you're in the US, I've heard good things about Card Kingdom. I've been going back in time and working may way forward buying bulk rares from sets from the past. The end plan is a cube of all bulk rares (and loads of dumb cards to try in fun Commander decks).

EDIT: Oh right, the article link:
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/casual-related-formats/535291-are-you-a-casual-player-stuck-on-the-booster-pack

EDIT 2:

Well, using TCGPlayer's mid price, the top 30 rares of Theros go for $90.45 if you bought them as singles while the bottom 30 would cost you $7.46 and the most expensive single card in the bottom 30 would be around $1.

It's actually kind of amazing just how much the secondary market pushes all of the collector capital onto chase rares, effectively subsidizing those who don't care about them.

EDIT3 : I just checked on the latest set and sure enough, 31 rares at less than a dollar a piece with the top 5 highest price ones all being land.

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Who else is excited for the Elspeth vs Kiora duel decks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????? They are said to be released on Feb. 27th, 2015!

 orkkiller21 wrote:
Who else is excited for the Elspeth vs Kiora duel decks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????? They are said to be released on Feb. 27th, 2015!

A friend of mine always buys the pre-cons and we just play with them. They're usually pretty good just to be played as is. Were you interested in them as a source of cards or to play as a duel?

Well, mostly to see what kind of edh material might be in them, as well, as some possible modern material, or just use them as duel decks for fun, since I already have way too many in my collection, lol

I've been trying to convince my friend to use his previous duel decks as fodder for his commander decks, but I think he hates deckbuilding. I'm just bad at it outside of limited.

Aaaaaand, here's the token hydra.

That hydra needs to learn Pacifism. Though green does have decent enchantment removal. It'd still be funny if a green big mana turn was sunk into this and then the next person cast a pacifism effect on it.

...Which is why Archetype of Endurance and/or Asceticism is big in Green EDH decks with emphasis on creatures. My Jund gargantuan deck benefits greatly from Archetype of Endurance.

Good call. I love the whole archetype cycle, but the green one just fits so well into what green can do well in commander. It's all about getting enough hex proof sources though. If you end up tutoring for archetype of endurance and the new hydra, you can probably tutor for something more game ending. It depends on the local power level though. I play with people who go for c13 tuned. Where a new person who has a c13 deck can play and not be totally out classed but the actual constructed decks are likely a bit better.

There's another group in town where if you don't spend $500+ on a manabase and goodstuff staples you likely have no chance of really doing anything. Lots of lock outs and early game combos and crap like that.

Well here's my Jund deck again.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/the-pulverizer-jund-behemoth-apocalypse/

The only cards I don't actually have are Vorinclex, Phyrexian Obliterator, Kalitas, Mage Slayer, and Rune-Scarred Demon. But there's a good bit of synergy among the deck here although it is slightly tailored to deal with a Simic player that's been beating a lot of face. Spellbreaker Behemoth prevents my stuff from being countered, Archetype of Endurance gives hexproof, Spearbreaker Behemoth makes my stuff indestructible, and Tooth and Nail/Garruk/Lurking Predators gets those things out without paying for their mana cost.

 Wilytank wrote:
Well here's my Jund deck again.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/the-pulverizer-jund-behemoth-apocalypse/

The only cards I don't actually have are Vorinclex, Phyrexian Obliterator, Kalitas, Mage Slayer, and Rune-Scarred Demon. But there's a good bit of synergy among the deck here although it is slightly tailored to deal with a Simic player that's been beating a lot of face. Spellbreaker Behemoth prevents my stuff from being countered, Archetype of Endurance gives hexproof, Spearbreaker Behemoth makes my stuff indestructible, and Tooth and Nail/Garruk/Lurking Predators gets those things out without paying for their mana cost.

Summoning Pact is a good creature tutor you could add. Helps to ensure you get what you need when you need it.

Yeah, I can see myself squeezing that in. Probably ditch Jund Charm because it doesn't really help much.