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Speaking of, the UWR Dig-Twin deck from LSV's recent videos looks super nice.One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.-
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You joke, but having a combo piece that doesn't die to Lightning Bolt seems to be of reasonable value in Modern.One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.-
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In post 0, Thestatusquo wrote:I'm wondering who here plays? Is there interest/enough players from MS to get a MS clan going?
My name is Sheastrausman.
I probably am going to buy into modern at GP also. I probably will be going for either affinity or pod.-
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In post 5480, Shanba wrote:Aye but pestermite does not, and the bell ringer is playing pestermite's position, iirc.
I still like the UR version better. Village Bell Ringer might be a little better if the deck is trying to go off, but perstermite is WAY better in all the games you win without going off, which I can tell you from a lot of experience piloting the deck is at least 50% of the time.tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner-
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In post 5481, kdowns wrote:In post 0, Thestatusquo wrote:I'm wondering who here plays? Is there interest/enough players from MS to get a MS clan going?
My name is Sheastrausman.
I probably am going to buy into modern at GP also. I probably will be going for either affinity or pod.
You going to the SA GP?I will haveLimited Accesson weekends.-
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In post 5482, Thestatusquo wrote:In post 5480, Shanba wrote:Aye but pestermite does not, and the bell ringer is playing pestermite's position, iirc.
I still like the UR version better. Village Bell Ringer might be a little better if the deck is trying to go off, but perstermite is WAY better in all the games you win without going off, which I can tell you from a lot of experience piloting the deck is at least 50% of the time.
Yeah that's fair. It looked like the way LSV was playing it that the backup plan was Control Deck rather than Tempo Deck, as it were, so maybe the Bell Ringer makes more sense there. But I have no experience with the archetype (and my only experience with the format is cheesing people out with prime times) so I'm not gonna press the point further.(10:50:24 PM) xcaykex: GODDAMNIT I DONT WANNA GET RID OF MY TENTACLE RAPE PORN
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I played the UWR control version of the deck at GP Minneapolis. Similar to this list:
2xMountain
4xArid Mesa
4xCelestial Colonnade
1xHallowed Fountain
1xPlains
2xIsland
2xSacred Foundry
4xScalding Tarn
2xSulfur Falls
2xSteam Vents
2xSnapcaster Mage
4xWall of Omens
4xDeceiver Exarch
4xRestoration Angel
3xKiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
4xPath to Exile
4xRemand
4xSplinter Twin
4xLightning Bolt
3xLightning Helix
0x-----Sideboard-----
3xAnger of the Gods
2xSowing Salt
3xDispel
2xStony Silence
1xEngineered Explosives
2xSpellskite
1xWear Tear
1xLightning Helix
Wasn't a huge fan. You just have so much fluff in your deck g1 in terms of the combo that you can't play the control roll as well as you need to imo.
Certainly not ideal in a format full of UR delver.tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner-
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In post 5483, PeregrineV wrote:In post 5481, kdowns wrote:In post 0, Thestatusquo wrote:I'm wondering who here plays? Is there interest/enough players from MS to get a MS clan going?
My name is Sheastrausman.
I probably am going to buy into modern at GP also. I probably will be going for either affinity or pod.
You going to the SA GP?
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My budget is the above plus 200$ and maybe a sarkhan and 2 stormbreath dragons
I decided I wanted to build this deck
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1221894
(I don't even have the swift spears for it yet)
I chose delver over pod as it is a cheaper deck and I enjoy it more then pod
here are the vendors at GP Ottawa
http://www.gamekeeper.ca/gpottawa/#.VG5qw4vF91A
which ones would give me the most credit or ones I should just avoid all together on average.
I am still pretty new to magic (playing since born of the gods) and I am not sure how I should go about buying an entire deck :/-
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http://brainstormbrewery.com/conjured-c ... ew-jersey/
Worth a read. In general dealing with vendors at large events is an art not a science. Keep in mind you are not going to get retail for your cards you are going to get buylist. It might behoove you to try to trade with some of the less high value cards into some of the other less high value cards of the deck. I would definitely try to do some serious trading before you get down to the rest of this post. That way you're not hemorrhaging value.
Check out a this site to see what your cards are likely to get on the buylist:
http://www.quietspeculation.com/tt3/ (plug: run by Kelly Reid, a solid guy. QS insider is totally worth it!)
After you've got a good idea of what your cards are going to net you before you get to the GP you're ready to go. Once you get there you are going to be looking for two things: Vendors that offer a bonus on store credit as opposed to cash and vendors that have physical copies of their buylists that you can take and compare to see who is going to give you the best value. There are some vendors (most notably channelfireball) that always give 30% on top of their buylist price if you're willing to take credit and not cash. Since you're trying to buy cards with this money, vendors like this are probably your best option. Keep in mind the following: 1) You still need to shop around. Just because it has a credit bonus doesn't mean its the best value. If CFB is buying the card for 3 and scg is buying the card for 5 even with the 30% bonus SCGs price is still better. 2) Sometimes your time will be worth more than finding an extra quarter. If the booth you're selling 200 worth of stuff to is off by a dollar on something its probably not worth your time to go find the one place thats going to give you that 1$. 3) This is the most important part here and its why doing your homework before hand is most important. Those prices are not set in stone. Especially if you're selling a whole bunch to them. Don't haggle on every card, especially if its small stuff, but hey, if you're being offered 10 dollars on a card and you saw online the buylist was 14 high and a bunch of other vendors are offering 12, don't be afraid to say "hey, can you go 12 on that. The other booths are paying 12." This shows that you're paying attention and most of the time if your price is reasonable the dealer will accept it.
I hope that was helpful. A dealer I have had particular success dealing with before is ivory tower games, I don't know if they'll be there, but I sold off like a whole deck at richmond and they were great to work with. Also shout out MTG Card Market and my buddy Jameson Reeves. Again, don't know if hes gunna be there (if he is he'll be the dude behind the booth with the blue mohawk) but he's a great guy and runs a great shop.
Good luck dude.
Source: I buy and sell magic collections for a non-trivial amount of my income.Last edited by Thestatusquo on Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner-
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Did you make sure your sell prices are realistic? For instance, your coursers are worth (all prices in USD) 12-13 retail but no one is going to give you more than 6-7. Stormbreath is like fifteen but you'll probably be offered 8. Xenagos is 10 but buylists for around 4. These prices obviously get a lot better if you add a 30% bonus for trading.
A whole bunch of those rares you posted appear to be what dealers will consider bulk (i.e. cards that retail from 50-75 cents) and you will probably be offered .10-.25 cents on them.
I just want to make sure you're not completely shocked by the prices you're offered, as many first time sellers often are.tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner-
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I really appreciate it!
I also want to make sure I am not trading something in for less then I can get at my LGS as there buylist is pretty good in many situations
http://www.401games.ca/tradelists/FullWantedList.htm
I might not even find many people who want to trade me thoughtseize for 25$ xD
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