MTG Salvation

A new batch of alters from Ondal the Fool, Demonium71, Marta Molina, and Bigup!

A new batch of alters from Ondal the Fool, Demonium71, Marta Molina, and Bigup!

@ wtwlf123: Beautiful redo man! I sent you a PM about a possible trade for the previous one

@ itsover9000: Those are all excellent! Those took quite a while huh? I remember seeing a lot of those throughout the year on his deviantart page.

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Another by Poxy14 ...one of my favorite comic moments of all time:

I just had a nerdgasm... thats gotta be one of the coolest alters you have bro, great concept!

Gotta love those Marta alters, nice pickup Wtwlf!

The final two PW alters from Poxy:

Ya juju, that alters look flawless, very nice job

A treat for those that play with Errata:

Ive said it before and Ill say it again, Marta Molina is so dang talented with land alters, its unbelievable. Her and Poxy are easily my two favorites when it comes to landscapes.

You always take the time to comment on mine, so I figured I'd do you the same courtesy

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Subtle Undoing U
Instant
Counter target nonblue spell unless its controller pays 2

I think this one is my favorite. Its the most simple, while still being a very effective (see Spell Pierce level) counterspell.

Subtle Undoing U
Instant
Counter target nonblue, noncreature spell.

From what you described, this doesn't really fit the theme as well as the previous card (the double restriction is what I'm talking about). Its also a much less flexible card in general.

Subtle Undoing 1U
Instant
Counter target nonblue spell (unless its controller pays 5?)

Ehhh, at 5 mana its acts like a hard counter for most of the game, which goes against the spirit of taxing IMO.

Subtle Undoing UU
Instant
Counter target nonblue spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Sometimes, it takes only the smallest tug on the tiniest thread to unravel an entire tapestry

This is my second favorite. I really like the idea of a 1 mana cycle that replaces the usual restrictions for the color restrictions though, so that wins out for me. And I know you didnt say anything about them all being 1 mana, but I think that'd be a cool way to take it Like a 1 mana instant prey upon that only hits nongreen creatures for example. Or a Lightning bolt that only hits nonred creatures etc.

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Your cube is awe-inspiring too, friend.

Seriously guys, if you haven't checked out its0v3r9000's cube scans, you're doing yourself a disservice. It's beautiful.

And while you're at it, check out Altaurus321's OP for an insane alter collection. So many of those beautiful alters I'd love to have in my own collection.

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=)

thank you

I need to update my photos as well. Just waiting on a huge batch of sessic/demonium alters (so pumped)

And i will second Altaurus, great cube!

Thanks guys! I'm not gonna lie, I look through both your cube pictures quite a bit haha.

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Ever since I saw that Memory Lapse I've been waiting for seesic to start accepting commissions again. Curious though, I can't make out the signature on the Eternal Dragon. Who did that one? Considering any other GoT alters?

That would be Poxy.

It's so beautiful!

Spectacular collection man. Just wonderful.

Your cube is gorgeous, man. It's definitely something to be proud of! I'm guessing the backwards card proxies are cards that you just haven't acquired in a pimped status yet?

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I've FINALLY gotten around to updating my cube pictures (its been since 2011 I think?).

I ended up taking the scanner route, as it was the most consistent and I can easily replace parts of the scans as new cards come out.

I just checked the pictures. I am so incredibly jealous. Your cube is beautiful. Bravo!

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As we're comin up on the new year, I thought I'd share with everyone here my pride and joy, made possible by many of the people in this community. I can't express how much I appreciate everyone I've contacted and how helpful they've been. It's been a crazy few years, but I'm finally happy with the percentage of alters in my cube. Hope you all enjoy and thank you all again!

I normally don't care for it when people try to showcase so many cards/an entire deck of alters at once like this but: there is some great quality work here, especially the Bigup and Seesic cards, and the image sizes and quality are really good.

Nice stuff, thanks for sharing.

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That seesic Sylvan Library is still one of my favorite altered pieces of all time. Simply amazing collection, Altaurus321.

Wow, those Pox14 alters are breathtaking! I especially love the Chandra and Lili, but those lands are phenomenal too. I can't imagine the money spent on this cube, not only to get money cards like duals, but to also have them altered so professionally. Putting this together is something to be proud of, and something that should be padlocked to your wrist whenever it is not being used- personally I think I would be too anxious to let any but my most trusted friends and family even touch the cube.

Looking at your original artist alters I can't help but notice not all of them are brag worthy. You should try and get a Steve Argyle or two. I follow his tumblr and he does very high quality alters that are quite imaginative.

"Did you see a sign out in front of my house that said 'dead Nissa storage'?"

Achievement unlocked: there are now 100 alters in our cube

I probably need to man up and take pictures of the latest batch.

Alright, so we did our first draft with this deck last night. Here are the changes I made to the cube beforehand.


I first picked Mana Crypt, then took Opposition, then Ogre Battledriver. I ended up with this deck.



As I finished building the deck, I commented that I felt like I had a lot of cards that had good interactions together, but it hadn't come together as an actual good deck. I played out the matches, and I still believe that was a correct statement. I went 2-2.

I went 0-2 against a Junk "Kill everything" deck. I had a land heavy draw that had every spell in my hand mind twisted, then drew nothing but land for the rest of the first game, then I got 5 for 1'd by a Pernicious deed that hit Mana Crypt, Everflowing Chalice, Sacred Mesa, Crystal Ball, and Goblin Bombardment. It wasn't a pretty match.

I went 2-0 against a R/B aggro deck. She drew poorly, and I drew really well. I played a Purphoros, and then cast Rise of the Hobgoblins where X=5, then the next turn cast Goblin Trenches and sacrificed two lands to do 8 more to finish the game. I don't remember the second game of the match because the first one was so awesome.

I went 2-1 against a U/W tempo deck in a match that featured the following plays.

T1 Mountain
T2 Mountain, Mana Crypt, Ogre Battledriver
T3 Island - Option to run Siege Gang Commander into open counterspell mana.

I elected not to go for the blowout, and it's a good thing because he did have two counterspells. I baited them out with Goblin trenches and a removal spell and waited til I had 2 or 3 more mana to pay for the taxing ones, then played the Siege-Gang for maximum badassery.

I lost my last round to a RUG ramp deck. Both games I was getting things going. I had purphoros out and cast rise of the hobgoblins for 4 in one of them. Everything was looking great, and then he played his 6th land and cast inferno titan, and I lost. News flash: Inferno Titan is really good against Tokens: the Deckening. We played an additional game in which he didn't draw Inferno Titan, and I rolled him.

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Thoughts on individual cards

I never drew opposition, so we never discovered if my blue splash was worth it. I can only assume it would've been, because Opposition is awesome.

Purphoros and Ogre Battledriver are both insane. Every time I drew one I felt like I was guaranteed to win. I didn't always win with them, but I usually did (when Inferno Titan wasn't around), and they're ridiculously good.

Sacred Mesa was underwhelming all night. Of course that means I drew it almost every game. I never had the mana to do what I wanted with it, and I never managed to get it online with battledriver or Purphoros, but ultimately it was just too clunky. I don't think it's powerful enough anymore, whenever I was messing around with it, my opponents were doing way better things.

Goblin Trenches and Rise of the Hobgoblins were both insane. I'm a little disappointed by this because I don't want to cut Lightning Helix for good, I just put it to the side long enough to try both cards, but they were both really good. I'm seriously considering moving Hybrid cards to monocolored sections soon, though, so that may solve my problem.

Goblin Bombardment was amazing, even when I didn't have something like Bitterblossom or Goblin Assault making tokens for me every turn. The only time i had it in play was against the R/B aggro deck, but it gave me so much flexibility in combat that it was incredibly frustrating for her to try to make good decisions.

In my deck, Young Pyromancer and Armageddon were both pretty bad. I only had like 5 instants or sorceries, and only triggered pyromancer once all night, and I wasn't able to create a board state where armageddon would be good most of the time. My draft only ended up with me having around 25-26 playables, which is why there are some super questionable choices in the decklist.


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Overall, I drafted a bad deck last night, with some insanely powerful new cards, and those new cards were incredibly fun. I'd like to try drafting the deck again to see if I can do a better job with it, but my first impression is that this is a difficult deck to put together, but no harder than pox. I had some 2-2 pox drafts with decks about this quality level, and I also had some 4-0 drafts and some 0-4 drafts. I think the same possibility exists here, and it's worth giving the deck a shot.