I got into the lore aspect abit during Mirage block but lost interest after Urza's Saga came out. So I am in a third group. Those who have some lore knowledge but enjoy the way you piece together the scraps and make them whole. Nice work scribe!
You must take time to play Kings & Things* in the near future if you really enjoy board games. Also maybe a short version of Advanced Civ if you can find enough players.
I enjoy your articles DR. Cat.That said, i have a minor comment i would like to address for everyone that uses the Raredraft viewer.
Please don't title your draft,as it gives away guessing future picks.I enjoy going through the whole draft and then comparing picks.Under your title i pretty much knew you were going to pick infantry veterans, and no more than4.Again a minor complaint, but i hope it is something everybody considers when using the raredraft viewer.
Well, I guess it depends on how people view it. On the flip side you could argue that some people play FNMs primarily because of the promos, since they are a contributing factor to selling tournament attendance. If we consider that FNMs are held at retailers and retailers are the largest purchasers of product, then we can see a direct connection between attending FNMs and supporting Wizard's products. Although I don't necessarily care one way or the other, I think I could understand someone not being so happy with the quality of the promos if that was one of their motivations for playing in the first place.
I totally agree with this however, the average consume expects coupons and discounts and rebates and when such a deal is offered they expect it to be genuinely good for them and not bogus. If it becomes bogus (in their eyes) they tend to get into a consumer's rage. The culture of the self wins here and no one else does.
Getting upset because you don't like a FNM (or MTGO) promo is like getting upset because someone gave you a quarter for reading this post instead of a dollar; it's a bonus for doing something you were probably going to do anyway. I think some players have become so accustomed to them they've forgotten that WotC isn't required to do anything.
Ungrateful, I think, is the correct word.
YOUR goal may be to always win the draft, but everyone has slightly different goals. He's judging his picks based on the experience as a whole - for the most part, that means "how likely is this card to help me build a deck to win this thing", but when he has no picks that will help him in that way, he has to judge things differently. You obviously put more value on hatedrafting because it might help you win that event - he, on the other hand, puts more value on raredrafting because it might help him get a card he wants later on. You have different priorities, and neither one is really right or wrong.
But if you want to *make* one way right, look at it this way: There aren't rare redrafts online, so why would you play like there are?
Well I'm assuming you won a fair number of rounds to make it worth it. 25 drafts would run you 300-350 tix, depending on stuff like nix tix drafts, etc. If you were able to win half the boosters, then you break even if you pull about 150 tix worth of cards, and you get the cards from MOCS as profit. Worth it I guess if you're a solid limited player with time to burn.
This article was more about defending the Cruise than about Magic. I thoroughly enjoy the "Podcast" you so avoid mentioning, "The Eh Team" podcast on MTGOpodcast. Those guys are the best bang for your buck and they were in the right to say what they did. It's not fiscal consequences, it's financial in relation to Liability Suits, unless you meant a month to month set of consequences, lol. Until you come up with a podcast that is close as entertaining as "The Eh Team's" then I'd suggest you peel back a bit on the commentary without first standing shoulder to shoulder with these giants! There is no is equal to those guys, they do a fantastic job of 'telling it like it is'.
I drooled over Intuitions and Oaths as well, but without Force of Will, I stayed away from blue.
You got lucky with some of those rares in draft. Do you feel it was worth it or in hindsight would you rather have just bought the cards outright? I mean, personally, I love limited play, but on MTGO, it's not as much fun as paper, and costs much more because of the basement value of common/avg rares. I kind of psychologically weighed up the fun of drafting vs. the fun I would get from acquiring some tier 1 staples and I settled on the latter. =( I'm always quite envious of people's testicular fortitude to draft 12-15 times. That's like 180 tickets! =o Oh the staples you could buy! ;)
I share resolution number 2 with you. I would love to write an article that helps someone become a better player. Coming up with a topic to facilitate that learning is quite challenging. I know my next article is not going to be it, even if it is still good.
As a nerd, and father of five, I will give a bit of advice: be patient with the nerdification of your children. Over the years I have tried to get my kids interested in things that I like only to be slightly disappointed when they didn't just love it.
The only Star Wars movie my kids have seen is A New Hope. I tried showing them the movies a couple of years ago and they were not interested. My son asked me if we could watch it this summer and all three of my sons enjoyed it immensely. I tried to get my kids to read the Harry Potter books, but they were not interested. My daughter is in fourth grade and is now reading the Harry Potter books after seeing the last movie with her friends. I tried showing my two oldest how to play magic last summer, but they were not interested. As of now my daughters only interest lies in cards she thinks are pretty. My son, however, wants me to show him how to play again. I think I am going to let him play in the trial mode of MODO with me sitting next to him.
If you just go about your nerdy ways, your kids will eventually latch on to them. Some may not. I don't think my daughter is going to go the way of the nerd,but my oldest son is going down that path.
I think this has been true in the past, but with the aligning of EDH and commander, many are anticipating an increase in interest in commander, which will translate to increased demand for out of print cards. If this assumption turns out to be correct, classic cards which appear in commander decks will have new demand pressures that previously did not exist. Therefore, I expect prices to rise on these types of cards.
I completely agree with this, to the point I sold 3 of my Lotus Cobras earlier in the week to fund buying a bunch of them. I've been watching their prices for many months and they've stopped dropping for the most part. Some have gone up recently by a small amount.
The duals being in MED4 will help generate more demand for these as well, especially the fetches. Why would I not want the fetch now that I can reasonably afford a dual (I hope)?
I got into the lore aspect abit during Mirage block but lost interest after Urza's Saga came out. So I am in a third group. Those who have some lore knowledge but enjoy the way you piece together the scraps and make them whole. Nice work scribe!
You must take time to play Kings & Things* in the near future if you really enjoy board games. Also maybe a short version of Advanced Civ if you can find enough players.
I enjoy your articles DR. Cat.That said, i have a minor comment i would like to address for everyone that uses the Raredraft viewer.
Please don't title your draft,as it gives away guessing future picks.I enjoy going through the whole draft and then comparing picks.Under your title i pretty much knew you were going to pick infantry veterans, and no more than4.Again a minor complaint, but i hope it is something everybody considers when using the raredraft viewer.
I was thinking in terms of multiples of 10 which is usually what a magnitude is.
Note #1, I almost never troll anyone.
quote:
"I'd recommend investing in token artifacts that almost every deck types could use."
Really?
(Using a logaritmic scale, base 1,000,000) A trillion is one order of magnitude larger than a billion, not several ;-)
Well, I guess it depends on how people view it. On the flip side you could argue that some people play FNMs primarily because of the promos, since they are a contributing factor to selling tournament attendance. If we consider that FNMs are held at retailers and retailers are the largest purchasers of product, then we can see a direct connection between attending FNMs and supporting Wizard's products. Although I don't necessarily care one way or the other, I think I could understand someone not being so happy with the quality of the promos if that was one of their motivations for playing in the first place.
I totally agree with this however, the average consume expects coupons and discounts and rebates and when such a deal is offered they expect it to be genuinely good for them and not bogus. If it becomes bogus (in their eyes) they tend to get into a consumer's rage. The culture of the self wins here and no one else does.
Getting upset because you don't like a FNM (or MTGO) promo is like getting upset because someone gave you a quarter for reading this post instead of a dollar; it's a bonus for doing something you were probably going to do anyway. I think some players have become so accustomed to them they've forgotten that WotC isn't required to do anything.
Ungrateful, I think, is the correct word.
YOUR goal may be to always win the draft, but everyone has slightly different goals. He's judging his picks based on the experience as a whole - for the most part, that means "how likely is this card to help me build a deck to win this thing", but when he has no picks that will help him in that way, he has to judge things differently. You obviously put more value on hatedrafting because it might help you win that event - he, on the other hand, puts more value on raredrafting because it might help him get a card he wants later on. You have different priorities, and neither one is really right or wrong.
But if you want to *make* one way right, look at it this way: There aren't rare redrafts online, so why would you play like there are?
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Well I'm assuming you won a fair number of rounds to make it worth it. 25 drafts would run you 300-350 tix, depending on stuff like nix tix drafts, etc. If you were able to win half the boosters, then you break even if you pull about 150 tix worth of cards, and you get the cards from MOCS as profit. Worth it I guess if you're a solid limited player with time to burn.
i did about 25 drafts of tse. pulled about 150-200 tix in cards, and got roughly 15 qp off them.
yes. its worth it.
I was under the impression commander followed the regular singleton banned list heh, bad assumption I guess.
Had taken it out of all my decks to get used to playing that way xD
Ah well at least my Trinket Mage will be less bored.
spoken almost like someone who is involved with this supposed eh team....
This article was more about defending the Cruise than about Magic. I thoroughly enjoy the "Podcast" you so avoid mentioning, "The Eh Team" podcast on MTGOpodcast. Those guys are the best bang for your buck and they were in the right to say what they did. It's not fiscal consequences, it's financial in relation to Liability Suits, unless you meant a month to month set of consequences, lol. Until you come up with a podcast that is close as entertaining as "The Eh Team's" then I'd suggest you peel back a bit on the commentary without first standing shoulder to shoulder with these giants! There is no is equal to those guys, they do a fantastic job of 'telling it like it is'.
I drooled over Intuitions and Oaths as well, but without Force of Will, I stayed away from blue.
You got lucky with some of those rares in draft. Do you feel it was worth it or in hindsight would you rather have just bought the cards outright? I mean, personally, I love limited play, but on MTGO, it's not as much fun as paper, and costs much more because of the basement value of common/avg rares. I kind of psychologically weighed up the fun of drafting vs. the fun I would get from acquiring some tier 1 staples and I settled on the latter. =( I'm always quite envious of people's testicular fortitude to draft 12-15 times. That's like 180 tickets! =o Oh the staples you could buy! ;)
Oh I'll never push it on her/them, but there'll be no escape from it either :p. It's going to be an interesting ride, and one I look forward to.
Cool article!
I share resolution number 2 with you. I would love to write an article that helps someone become a better player. Coming up with a topic to facilitate that learning is quite challenging. I know my next article is not going to be it, even if it is still good.
As a nerd, and father of five, I will give a bit of advice: be patient with the nerdification of your children. Over the years I have tried to get my kids interested in things that I like only to be slightly disappointed when they didn't just love it.
The only Star Wars movie my kids have seen is A New Hope. I tried showing them the movies a couple of years ago and they were not interested. My son asked me if we could watch it this summer and all three of my sons enjoyed it immensely. I tried to get my kids to read the Harry Potter books, but they were not interested. My daughter is in fourth grade and is now reading the Harry Potter books after seeing the last movie with her friends. I tried showing my two oldest how to play magic last summer, but they were not interested. As of now my daughters only interest lies in cards she thinks are pretty. My son, however, wants me to show him how to play again. I think I am going to let him play in the trial mode of MODO with me sitting next to him.
If you just go about your nerdy ways, your kids will eventually latch on to them. Some may not. I don't think my daughter is going to go the way of the nerd,but my oldest son is going down that path.
Enjoy your new parenthood as it is a crazy ride!
I agree overall.
However, I would actually not recommend buying up fetch lands for a commander deck.
Why?
Because, some people think fetch lands are on the expensive side and people do target you for playing a leaner meaner deck.
I'd recommend investing in token artifacts that almost every deck types could use.
I think this has been true in the past, but with the aligning of EDH and commander, many are anticipating an increase in interest in commander, which will translate to increased demand for out of print cards. If this assumption turns out to be correct, classic cards which appear in commander decks will have new demand pressures that previously did not exist. Therefore, I expect prices to rise on these types of cards.
We are a magic community as a whole. Paper or not. It is a Magic related article.
I completely agree with this, to the point I sold 3 of my Lotus Cobras earlier in the week to fund buying a bunch of them. I've been watching their prices for many months and they've stopped dropping for the most part. Some have gone up recently by a small amount.
The duals being in MED4 will help generate more demand for these as well, especially the fetches. Why would I not want the fetch now that I can reasonably afford a dual (I hope)?
classic cards are not driven by their popularity in commander at all. Classic cards are quite stable unless a reprint or a ban is coming.
Assuming one in eight rares is a Mythic, one playset per 480 packs.