Hi, so my local store is now creating a new format where reserved list cards are banned.
I was wondering if there is a list of relevant cards on the reserved that generally see play in legacy (outside of the duals) and generally what deck it plays in.
Have you taken into consideration the costs of Sleeves, Deckboxes, tournament fees (have you looked at recent Grand Prix entry fees? ), gas, hotel, etc.?
I probably spent around $1,000 on gas, hotel, and food fees during tournaments last year. That's pretty rough. I entered 9 PPTQs 2 seasons ago. That's $25 entry X 9, not to mention the gas there.
Sure, Standard is fairly cheap right now, even if many of the cards will be worth $1 or less upon rotation. Modern cards do stay around the same, as reprints hurt some prices, while raising others. Legacy, yep, prices do go up. That's true. But if you never sell, then what is the point of going up? I constantly ask myself this every day, as I have probably done 90% of my Magic business BUYING and only 10% SELLING. (in around 4,000 transactions) Regarding store credit, I noticed the value has gone down, while the competition has gone up. So at least for me, I barely get more than my entry fee, gas, and supplies, there.
*But yes, compared with many other hobbies, it's cheap. I wasted probably 3 houses worth of money just on cars in my lifetime. That feels pretty meh...
I guess if you don't fly to lots of tournaments. If you play at your local shops, there shouldn't be crazy costs outside your usual local travel gas budget. Just a thought as i hear many players complain about the price of playing a competitive Magic deck.
I play mostly standard, the standard decks generally range from $150-$500.00. However, it usually plays for 1 year. So on average it's about $5-10 per month. Plus I usually win store credits at my local gaming store, on average net $5-15 per week after entry fees. I usually save those credits to get the cards for the next set. All in all, I find that the hobby breaks even or I come out ahead (assuming no other opportunity costs, hobby are suppose to be time sinks).
Yeah, most standard cards lose value after rotation, but you already played 2 years out of them and got your value back.
If I go to modern or legacy, then at least your cards don't devalue minus reprints after the initial $500-$1000 investment. Heck, my legacy deck's value increased like 500% since I bought it back in 2009.
So overall, I find Magic to be quite cheap as a hobby. Even a movie once per month on average costs me more. What are your thoughts?
Isn't magic suppose to be best of 3? It seems stupid to determine ranked based on best of one matches especially there are so many flopped matchups game 1.
So I am looking at the formats for Magicfest and it appears that at least half is modern. I was under the impression that Standard is suppose to be the premier constructed format and easiest for beginners to get into. Why is there so little standard at Magicfest level?
So, I had the luxury of winning a PPTQ for RPTQ London. Now I am looking at a possible date of Feb. 3, 2018 in Texas for the RPTQ. Question is should I pick a different city and delay the RPTQ to say Feb. 17, 2018 so I don't have to rush to get Ravnica Allegiance cards and to figure out the new meta or just go blindly in?
I have an Azorius brew (non-meta deck) that I won my 40+ player PPTQ with, so getting my azorius lands would be helpful for my deck. As I already have the advantage of an off meta deck, should I wait to do more testing after Ravnica Allegiance is spoiled against the new meta deck or go blindly into the RPTQ where I no longer have an advantage of a non-meta deck given I am likely going to play against new brews that I have no knowledge about?
So how does everyone like Standard this season. It seemed that Selesyna tokens won that last SCG classic. Rest of field was izzet drake/phoenix, golgari, RDW, jeskai control
In general, I like it. You got a lot closer to building Sneak and Show, and hopefully you were able to take advantage of lower prices on the recently-reprinted Omniscience and Emrakul. Not really a trade for massive value, but those are becoming fewer and further between. What did you value the Back to Basics at?
I valued Back to Basics at $50.00CAN with the recent reprinting.
Our hero is a young boy (lets use male for now) and is saved by a planeswalker (who uses white mana) after some horrifying event killing his family. Planeswalker notices potential in young boy and then explains the 5 colors/planeswalker etc as he trains the boy.
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I was wondering if there is a list of relevant cards on the reserved that generally see play in legacy (outside of the duals) and generally what deck it plays in.
I guess if you don't fly to lots of tournaments. If you play at your local shops, there shouldn't be crazy costs outside your usual local travel gas budget. Just a thought as i hear many players complain about the price of playing a competitive Magic deck.
Yeah, most standard cards lose value after rotation, but you already played 2 years out of them and got your value back.
If I go to modern or legacy, then at least your cards don't devalue minus reprints after the initial $500-$1000 investment. Heck, my legacy deck's value increased like 500% since I bought it back in 2009.
So overall, I find Magic to be quite cheap as a hobby. Even a movie once per month on average costs me more. What are your thoughts?
I have an Azorius brew (non-meta deck) that I won my 40+ player PPTQ with, so getting my azorius lands would be helpful for my deck. As I already have the advantage of an off meta deck, should I wait to do more testing after Ravnica Allegiance is spoiled against the new meta deck or go blindly into the RPTQ where I no longer have an advantage of a non-meta deck given I am likely going to play against new brews that I have no knowledge about?
I valued Back to Basics at $50.00CAN with the recent reprinting.