I bet you anything that Thalia came from the Rally and Rout Gatecrash event deck!! I had this exact same thing happen, except mine was with a Champion of the Parish. I got my 4th Champion out of that event deck and it was a lot brighter than the other ones I had.
I was over $21,000 in ebay sales last year and claimed it all on my taxes.. but you have to remember..it is not all profit. Once you deduct the fees, shipping, and original cost of the items I ended up paying an additional $1500 in taxes.
I pulled the cards listed in the title from some boxes I got yesterday. Could someone please estimate the current value of each and whether I should hold or sell? Also, I don't buy a lot of foreign.. so do I just hold on to the $5-$7 rares or unload them now (I have Korean, Japanese, and Russian)
I went to a local store and they were having a sale on foreign booster boxes ($120 each) I bought 2 Korean, 1 Japanese, and 1 Russian. Needless to say I am super happy! These are the mythics and noteables. I also got plenty of great rares.. I think 6 Butcher and 5 Rhino
I am going to the SCG Open this weekend for Legacy and wanted to play burn. I see lists with no lavamancer, and lists with 3.. very interesting is the fact that someone top 8'ed with no fetches and no lavamancer.. I kinda like the no lavamancer build (not sure if I like playing with no fetches though).
I kind of like keeping 4 fetches to help with Searing Blaze
I went 4-1 (3rd place) out of 24 players. Chose Red as my color and got the red Soul in the seeded pack (win)! Went red/black and the packs pretty much built themselves. Such a sick sealed pool it was ridiculous! Deck is:
First round I got paired against a black white lifegain/token strategy with an enchantment that makes a token if the opponent lost life during each turn. I flooded out and sign in blood into 2 more lands.Next game he had Avacyn out with Divine Favor on it and I couldn't find the removal. I lost 0-2
Next rounds I got paired against U/W, G/W, R/B, and G/R and 2-0'ed each of those matches. Nothing to note except Accursed spirit was the stone cold nuts and especially with inferno fist attached. I did have a turn 5 Generator Servant sac into hasted Siege Dragon which cleared opponents board which was awesome as well. Cone of flame was a one-sided wrath every single time I played it.
Won 5 packs and mostly jank except one pack which had the white Soul and Foil Ob Nixilis!! Had a blast
1) I am not sure I should be splitting Crusader and Avenger.. I usually see one or the other.. Also, this deck list above is cutting Mangara..which I am also uneasy about..
2) why have I been seeing Sword of Fire and Ice mainboard?
3) I thought about playing a 1/2 Holy Light in the sideboard for TNN and Elves, Goblins, and Affinity matchups. Good?
he probably just did this so that he could impress Alex Bertoncheaty to not get caught. Bertoncini just got off of a 2 year ban for a similar style of play.
Although, truth be told.. I really think Matt Costa is a nice person and an honest player..so it was probably an accident.
is it worth anything? it is certainly awesome looking I wonder if the card above it was a Sorin...
Moved to foreign oddities. - Sparki
I kind of like keeping 4 fetches to help with Searing Blaze
like this:
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Chain Lightning
2 Sulfuric Vortex
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Price of Progress
3 Searing Blaze
3 Flame Rift
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
4 Arid Mesa
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Vexing Shusher
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Shattering Spree
1 Sulfuric Vortex
I also like this:
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Chain Lightning
3 Sulfuric Vortex
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Price of Progress
3 Searing Blaze
2 Flame Rift
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
4 Arid Mesa
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Vexing Shusher
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Red Elemental Blast
3 Shattering Spree
and this is the build I usually run:
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
3 Grim Lavamancer
4 Chain Lightning
2 Sulfuric Vortex
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Price of Progress
3 Searing Blaze
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
4 Arid Mesa
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Wooded Foothills
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Vexing Shusher
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Shattering Spree
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Zof Shade
1 Sign in Blood
1 Ulcerate
1 Paragon of Open Graves
1 Child of Night
1 Carrion Crow
2 Accursed Spirit (MVP)
2 Flesh to Dust
1 Forge Devil
1 Crowd's Favor
1 Cone of Flame
1 Inferno Fist
1 Miner's Bane
2 Goblin Roughrider
2 Lightning Strike
1 Generator Servant
1 Soul of Shandalar
1 Siege Dragon
9 Mountain
7 Swamp
1 Evolving Wilds
First round I got paired against a black white lifegain/token strategy with an enchantment that makes a token if the opponent lost life during each turn. I flooded out and sign in blood into 2 more lands.Next game he had Avacyn out with Divine Favor on it and I couldn't find the removal. I lost 0-2
Next rounds I got paired against U/W, G/W, R/B, and G/R and 2-0'ed each of those matches. Nothing to note except Accursed spirit was the stone cold nuts and especially with inferno fist attached. I did have a turn 5 Generator Servant sac into hasted Siege Dragon which cleared opponents board which was awesome as well. Cone of flame was a one-sided wrath every single time I played it.
Won 5 packs and mostly jank except one pack which had the white Soul and Foil Ob Nixilis!! Had a blast
lands vs. rug delver
rooting for the lands player!
4 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Aven Mindcensor
1 Fiend Hunter
3 Flickerwisp
2 Mirran Crusader
4 Mother of Runes
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Serra Avenger
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
8 Plains
1 Cavern of Souls
2 Horizon Canopy
4 Rishadan Port
4 Wasteland
1 Eiganjo Castle
3 Karakas
4 Aether Vial
1 Batterskull
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1) I am not sure I should be splitting Crusader and Avenger.. I usually see one or the other.. Also, this deck list above is cutting Mangara..which I am also uneasy about..
2) why have I been seeing Sword of Fire and Ice mainboard?
3) I thought about playing a 1/2 Holy Light in the sideboard for TNN and Elves, Goblins, and Affinity matchups. Good?
Although, truth be told.. I really think Matt Costa is a nice person and an honest player..so it was probably an accident.