I had been wanting to pick up a Bitterblossom for a while now but the store was out of stock. And today, just checking out on the price....100$. For BB. Let that sink in. 100$ for BB. That's just gross.
So the last few years have seen a major increase in price for lots of legacy staples (and some not so staply but yet, increased anyways).
Barely three years ago a City of Traitors was 20$. It is now at 70$ (don't even know why).
Wasteland, a basic land card for the entry into competitive Legacy, is averaging 75$.
What exactly has caused the format's staples to jump up in prices to such heights (fetch lands are another)?
A friend of mine, who has worked for a card store for many years stated that Legacy is on the verge of collapsing on itself (no major tournament support, no GPs, or at least almost none) due to it's bloated price structure (think the housing bubble here).
How long does it have? What can be done to save it? Does major players like Star City and Hasbro care if Legacy were to go the way of Vintage (maybe one or two major Legacy events for a giant picture of some card - ha, who cares?)?
In your opinion, where do you see Legacy in the next 5 years? Why do you see it where you think it will be? In addition, how do you feel about SCG meddling with cards values? Do you think that their market manipulations is affecting the game negatively or positively in the long run?
Again, you go on spouting crap like it's fact. Just because YOU didn't like it doesn't make it a bad movie. IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic all have good scores for it, but no those don't make any difference at all because YOU didn't like it. You can't be so ignorant about the quality of a movie because YOU didn't enjoy it. Christ.
Naw man you're missing the point. Just because you LIKE a movie does NOT make it a good one.
A lot of people enjoy bad movies, that'll make them rate it higher. That's just how things are.
It's like bad music. Lots of people love bad music, doesn't mean it's good.
Yeah, that's why many people enjoyed it and it got great reviews from critics, because it was a huge turd? I LOVE when people state opinions like it's fact.
Lots of people enjoy eating poo.
Just because IMDB (seemingly your reference) says it has a "good" rating doesn't mean jack about it being a good movie. It was not. So much of it was....anyways.
People like terrible things. That's just what it is. Iron Man 3 was by far and away the worst of all three of them (and boy was it bad) but people still like it.
So I guess we're justified with liking crap then, everyone likes it!
It's exactly that kind of acceptance that gets us crappy movies as opposed to the good stuff. People have come to accept mediocrity.
Take for example Inception. By no means a particularly good movie but better than most. People raved about it like it was the most amazing thing they've ever seen. That can only happen because they are so used to seeing nothing but crap.
People said the same thing about the Harry Potter franchise, and the Avenger's Franchise, and the Spiderman reboot, and the X-men Franchise... Yeah.
I for one, have faith, particularly considering that the worst movie that the producer was involved in (X3: The Last Stand) was a huge success even after it was butchered by the replacement director, the unreasonable demands by some of its stars (*cough*Halle Berry*Cough*), and a quick rewrite because another star quit halfway through to be in a bad Superman movie (*cough*James Marsden*cough*). And considering the success of Hasbro's other large movie franchise (Transformers), I wouldn't worry. It may not be perfect, but it will be relatable to the average fantasy fan, and there are a lot. Fantasy is Mainstream now due to the success of the Harry Potter and LotR franchises.
You realize that WB wanted to cast an American in the role of Harry Potter, right? If it hadn't been for JK Rowling being involved throughout the entire process (ie not WB exec), it probably would have been a disaster.
The X-men...oh boy...the first two were brilliant. The third one, was the worst piece of turd ever. Do you know why? Because there was heavy interference from the execs (and the main writer went off to do super man returns, but wtv). The Spider man reboot was a huge turd, wtf are you talking about LOL!
Ideally, it starts off with a voice over of Chandra....
"We were happy once. Life on Dominaria was easy...the people were happy...then....they came."
I can just picture it, a ripple in the time space continuum, the mass invasion of the Phyrexian, massive slaughter, every thing is burned to a crisp...
"They called themselves The Phyrexians. All they wanted was for us to be like them...to become them. We couldn't fight them off, there were too strong. Gideon and Ral Zarek were lost in the fight, no one has seen them since. Karn succumbed. All hope was almost lost. Almost. Myself, Jace and Ajani managed to make it off the plane via a portal that Urza came across. This is our story...."
Ya I'm mixing up all kinds of crap in there, but really, I think taking magic's best elements (the Phyrexian invasion and Urza) and putting it together could do some ****ing awesome movie.
Just gotta get a really creative writer and some freedom and something could be made of this.
Oh boy. Nothing like a bunch of CEOs trying to cash in on their franchise.
This has every chance at being absolutely terrible and embarrassing.
Whenever you let execs make decisions for a film, nothing but disaster ensues.
Magic's storyline is kind of cheesy to start with...so they would have to take some liberties and step outside some of the realm to not make it terrible.
Ok sorry one more, let's say I'm attacking with chandra 's phoenix. My opponent casts brave and then blocks. Before damage is dealt, I cast skullcrack. My phoenix would then deal damage as normal?
I apologize in advance if this question was already asked but I am unable to use the search tool.
My question pertains, as the subject indicates, between brave the elements and skull crack.
More, precisely, layers.
Let us say that my opponent casts brave, and I let it resolve. Then, I play skull crack. I assume that the damage can no longer be prevented as the last stamp indicates that no damage can be prevented (an override). I assume the reverse is true (so if I cast skull crack, it resolves and then my opponent casts brave, the damage would be prevented).
Am I correct in my evaluation?
Would casting SC in response to brave be a terrible mistake?
So this is important because it would be a way to have something like anger of the gods do damage despite the resolved brave.
Barely three years ago a City of Traitors was 20$. It is now at 70$ (don't even know why).
Wasteland, a basic land card for the entry into competitive Legacy, is averaging 75$.
What exactly has caused the format's staples to jump up in prices to such heights (fetch lands are another)?
A friend of mine, who has worked for a card store for many years stated that Legacy is on the verge of collapsing on itself (no major tournament support, no GPs, or at least almost none) due to it's bloated price structure (think the housing bubble here).
How long does it have? What can be done to save it? Does major players like Star City and Hasbro care if Legacy were to go the way of Vintage (maybe one or two major Legacy events for a giant picture of some card - ha, who cares?)?
In your opinion, where do you see Legacy in the next 5 years? Why do you see it where you think it will be? In addition, how do you feel about SCG meddling with cards values? Do you think that their market manipulations is affecting the game negatively or positively in the long run?
Well technically back then it was kind of considered awful.
Mana burn still existed...why play that when you could just play a regular counterspell?
I believe you're right. C'ant always wins out.
It doesn't stop the dredging once a turn. But ya, it would kill the second attempt that turn. Not that it really needs it that badly.
Naw man you're missing the point. Just because you LIKE a movie does NOT make it a good one.
A lot of people enjoy bad movies, that'll make them rate it higher. That's just how things are.
It's like bad music. Lots of people love bad music, doesn't mean it's good.
Lots of people enjoy eating poo.
Just because IMDB (seemingly your reference) says it has a "good" rating doesn't mean jack about it being a good movie. It was not. So much of it was....anyways.
People like terrible things. That's just what it is. Iron Man 3 was by far and away the worst of all three of them (and boy was it bad) but people still like it.
So I guess we're justified with liking crap then, everyone likes it!
It's exactly that kind of acceptance that gets us crappy movies as opposed to the good stuff. People have come to accept mediocrity.
Take for example Inception. By no means a particularly good movie but better than most. People raved about it like it was the most amazing thing they've ever seen. That can only happen because they are so used to seeing nothing but crap.
Just for ****s and giggles, just check this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BfMivMDOBI&list=SP86F4D497FD3CACCE&index=32
And after seeing Spidey reboot i saw this and...bang on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2KSPiTOMR8&list=SP86F4D497FD3CACCE&index=37
Just a bit of perspective (with humor).
You realize that WB wanted to cast an American in the role of Harry Potter, right? If it hadn't been for JK Rowling being involved throughout the entire process (ie not WB exec), it probably would have been a disaster.
The X-men...oh boy...the first two were brilliant. The third one, was the worst piece of turd ever. Do you know why? Because there was heavy interference from the execs (and the main writer went off to do super man returns, but wtv). The Spider man reboot was a huge turd, wtf are you talking about LOL!
Ideally, it starts off with a voice over of Chandra....
"We were happy once. Life on Dominaria was easy...the people were happy...then....they came."
I can just picture it, a ripple in the time space continuum, the mass invasion of the Phyrexian, massive slaughter, every thing is burned to a crisp...
"They called themselves The Phyrexians. All they wanted was for us to be like them...to become them. We couldn't fight them off, there were too strong. Gideon and Ral Zarek were lost in the fight, no one has seen them since. Karn succumbed. All hope was almost lost. Almost. Myself, Jace and Ajani managed to make it off the plane via a portal that Urza came across. This is our story...."
Ya I'm mixing up all kinds of crap in there, but really, I think taking magic's best elements (the Phyrexian invasion and Urza) and putting it together could do some ****ing awesome movie.
Just gotta get a really creative writer and some freedom and something could be made of this.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldu for Jace is perfect imo.
This has every chance at being absolutely terrible and embarrassing.
Whenever you let execs make decisions for a film, nothing but disaster ensues.
Magic's storyline is kind of cheesy to start with...so they would have to take some liberties and step outside some of the realm to not make it terrible.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Finger painting, obviously.
It's the "Paint me a face" event.
Hopefully they stick to that one and never change it.
Skip your draw step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, scrye 1. You may reveal the card. If you do, lose life equal to its casting cost and put it in your hand.
I'm not going to venture casting cost of power toughness though.
My question pertains, as the subject indicates, between brave the elements and skull crack.
More, precisely, layers.
Let us say that my opponent casts brave, and I let it resolve. Then, I play skull crack. I assume that the damage can no longer be prevented as the last stamp indicates that no damage can be prevented (an override). I assume the reverse is true (so if I cast skull crack, it resolves and then my opponent casts brave, the damage would be prevented).
Am I correct in my evaluation?
Would casting SC in response to brave be a terrible mistake?
So this is important because it would be a way to have something like anger of the gods do damage despite the resolved brave.
Like Jacques Le Vert or Ayesha Tanaka.
Also, no mulligans allowed.