http://static.starcitygames.com/sales/cardscans/MAGREV/nevinyrrals_disk.jpg
such a rad card
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.coolstuffinc.com/images/Products/mtg%20art/Antiquities/Mishra
cool card iirc
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:02 (twelve years ago) link
do you know about the title of that card lamp?
antiquties is basically an artifact set and its really really early ~~ i think any of the subsequent sets built around the urza/mishra mythos are artifact based?? idk tho
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
nah I meant one of the mid-period sets, let me look it up
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:04 (twelve years ago) link
which card? i have imgs off and the link for yours wont work. the other one is larry nevin spelt backwards - i guess the idea for the card came from one of his books
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:05 (twelve years ago) link
haha yeah that's what I meant
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:05 (twelve years ago) link
mine was mishra's factory
what's w/ these sites and the squirrels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrodin_(Magic:_The_Gathering)
this is the one I was thinking of
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:07 (twelve years ago) link
overall I think w/ the early sets there are a handful of great artifacts but they don't add up to anything killer on their own
later in the game you get stuff like this and suddenly artifacts can fuck people up
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8883http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=194980http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=206332
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
haha academy and tinker are banned in every format pretty much
the urza block really fucked up the game, there were like 20 different cards that led to turn 1-2 kill combos
― smh, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
man i just got sucked into looking through the cards in the urza's saga set there are some p amazing cards geez
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
the thing abt early artifacts is that shit like the mox gems and sol ring and obv black lotus are sorta rad w/o needing to combo w/other shit, theyre just inherently rad
i mean i guess this is really obv but as the game progresses cards are so much more impt in context of other cards whereas early on cards are just facevalue powerful
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:30 (twelve years ago) link
basically every time they make an artifact themed block the game breaks and they have to ban stuff, its kind of funny at this point
― smh, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:35 (twelve years ago) link
iirc w/ early sets artifact creatures are all a tad overpriced mana-wise, just a bit too expensive to be competitive w/ colored creatures
except juggernaut...that dude made it into a lot of my decks
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 06:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/253
artifact porn
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 07:09 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason at one point I was really obsessed with maze of ith for one of my decks and I went and bought a pack from that expansion which was at that point like 3 years old and it cost me $8 which was obviously a lot of money to me and anyway it actually had a maze of ith in it even though maze of ith was pretty rare
― max max max max, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
that's my artifact story
huh looking it up maze of ith was pretty common. I was still psyched on it tho
― max max max max, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 12:21 (twelve years ago) link
my most expensive card was a revised shivan dragon
― max max max max, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
maze of ith was actually a land not an artifact for some reason. because of this it still gets played sometimes thanks to Knight of the Reliquary
― smh, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
the funny thing about these cards is that the designers knew they were overpowered but that there wouldn't be enough of these cards to go around because they were rare
― I'm in the mood to party (J0n Arbuckle), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
in the long-term that proved to be true
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
still trying to figure out why i wanted maze of ith so bad
― max max max max, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
it's a dope card, you don't need any excuses
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
no but i had like a COMBO going on. this is going to kill me.
― max max max max, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
it's good...but it's not COMBO good
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
im not sure what this combo would be
― cad, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
the combo of finding maze of ith and putting it in your deck
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
if i had been into magic as a kid i wouldve spent so much money on worthless decks cuz i still only really like cards cuz of how they look
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
in some ways that's more justifiable, if you're spending $10 on a small piece of paper, it should at least be aesthetically appealing
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.mtgmintcard.com/images/products/150/MAGIC-THE-GATHERING-MERCADIAN-MASQUES-RISHADAN-PORT-MDMR082.jpg
nonbasic lands are like catnip to me
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
heh its very possible i just liked maze of ith for its art:
http://magiccards.info/scans/en/dk/114.jpg
― max max max max, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
xp innistrad has some fun ones
http://magiccards.info/scans/en/isd/239.jpg
― smh, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
god, every time i click a link on this thread i lose about two hours
― thompp, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
and i never even played this beyond, like, starter deck level
― thompp, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
i've always loved the land art in this game, both pre- and post- style-guide
― smh, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://magiccards.info/scans/en/shm/288.jpg
i gotta say drafting this new set is the most fun i've had drafting in a while
i feel like it handles the whole 'graveyard' thing much better than Odyssey did, instead of saying "as soon as you get 7 cards in the graveyard, this stuff happens", it's much more creative with a bunch of cards that have death effects or can be more valuable when they're dead
― I'm in the mood to party (J0n Arbuckle), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
lol: http://mtg.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Nonbasic_Lands
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
an all land deck would be interesting
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
― є(٥_ ٥)э
go to hell
― thompp, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
there's a legacy deck called Lands that runs upwards of 40 lands, i've never played with or against it though so i don't know much about it
― smh, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
and yeah innistrad is very good in limited. it's def the best example yet of their new design strategy to make simple cards that interact in complex ways rather than just make the cards themselves complex
― smh, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's hilarious that they printed the card Mental Misstep pretty much just for Legacy and Vintage and it wound up getting banned in everything
― I'm in the mood to party (J0n Arbuckle), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
lol that card is ridiculous
― cad, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
'Counter target spell with converted mana cost 1.'
wait I'm confused, what does 'converted mana cost 1' mean
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
converted mana cost (cmc) is just the number of mana the card costs, disregarding color etc
serra angel has cmc 5 for example, shivan dragon is 6, etc
― smh, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
that's what I figured but I don't see why it's amazing in that case
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
because the card costs either one blue or 2 life to play. so any deck can play it, regardless of color, and don't even need to have a land out to cast it.
in legacy/vintage, like a good 30-40% of the cards played cost 1 mana. I thought the card was printed to bring some balance to the format, but it just wound up making combo more powerful
― I'm in the mood to party (J0n Arbuckle), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link