I'm planning on buying cards for my EDH deck from Card Kingdom. Is there someone who has bought EX graded cards from them?
The price difference between NM and EX does add up after a while, but I don't want to regret things afterwards.
Is there a better quality image showing their EX graded cards (the one on their site is pretty lowres)?
I've ordered an EX Survival of the Fittest and EX Gaea's Cradle from them and they both looked pretty good. The cradle had like one small nick at the top of the card but was basically NM otherwise. The Survival similarly had a small but noticeable nick and at the top but i was happy with it otherwise. It looks like their EX cards have something that keeps it from being NM but in my experience, they've still been great.
I chose Wisdom and ended up pulling Stormbreath Dragon and Heliod, along with Prognostic Sphinx. For blue i got some great stuff like a pair of Dissolve and a pair of Thassa's emissary. Voyagers end and a griptide were great. In red i got a pair akroan crusader,dragon mantle, and rage of purphoros along with some other great singletons. White wasn't spectacular but i did have some removal and some good heroic creatures so i tried to make UWR. I barely won the first round and decided despite how nuts Heliod is, the white just wasn't strong enough and the deck was inconsistent. Took the white out of the deck and 2-0ed the next 3 opponents. Prognostic Sphinx was nuts, probably as good as aetherling in limited if not better. Wavecrash titan was another all star. Got 7 packs for prizing and cracked an Elspeth, Polukranos, hero's downfall and some other ok rares. All in all this was the best i've ever done at a pre release, both pull wise and record wise.
This is the list i piloted to a 4-2-1 top 32 finish at the brooklyn 5k. I faced 3 bant control decks, 1 esper control, 1 jund midrange, 1 frites, and 1 uwr midrange. I didnt take notes but i remember a little bit. I always won game 1 vs bant. i lost to the uwr midrange deck and 1 of the bant decks and went to time against frites. Searing spear was spectacular, being able to kill thragtusks, huntmasters, and planeswalkers so i could clean up on my turn. Ask me any questions and ill try and remember what went down.
Been considering witchbane orb for the side. Stops rakdos return, bonfire, liliana, slaughter games, and burn spells. A little slow though and no real impact on the board but stops a lot of stuff. Thoughts?
It really just depends on how the manabase can handle it. I run 2 Desolate Lighthouses already, so throwing more colorless land into a three color deck feels a bit iffy.
If mana doesn't end up being a problem, then I think it's a great way to speed up your finishers by a full turn and prevent them from denying you any advantage without instant-speed removal. Turns finishers into 9-10 mana, but you get card draw or put them below half life the turn you play them.
I think with 20 duals available in these colors, we can definately tech in one of these. Its gonna be much better than innistrad block where people were desperate for some color fixing. A triumvirate or gisela with haste is backbreaking. And its also good to pump up snaps to deal with stuff like undead messengers.
I could send you 2 non-foil cavern of souls for the low low price of absolutely free! I am pretty sure I still have them.
I love casual and cavern just doesn't see play. I pulled them from packs and slid them in the binder. They have been in there since.
I seriously would not have an issue with getting them to you if they are in my binder. PM me an address and i will send them the next day. No kidding.
Noone else need apply for these. This is a one time offer for the OP.
This is one the reasons ill never quit magic. Because I know there are more people like you in this community. This kind of offer would never happen in another game. Good job bro!
I don't necessarily think that Epic Experiment is good enough to see Standard play, but that doesn't mean you should build your deck incorrectly.
In all fairness Gerry t gets paid to do this. If he makes it look good enough, starcity makes a few bucks from people who were on the fence about picking up experiments.
1 Cryptic Command MM2015
Pile B:
2 Tasigur
2 Siege Rhino
1 Iona MM2015
Pile A:
1 Elesh Norn MM2015
1 GP Batter Skull
Pile B:
1 Foil Elesh Norn MM2015
I've ordered an EX Survival of the Fittest and EX Gaea's Cradle from them and they both looked pretty good. The cradle had like one small nick at the top of the card but was basically NM otherwise. The Survival similarly had a small but noticeable nick and at the top but i was happy with it otherwise. It looks like their EX cards have something that keeps it from being NM but in my experience, they've still been great.
Courser of Kruphix
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Pile B:
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Banishing Light
thoughts post rotation?
2 Snapcaster Mage
4 Jace, Architect of Thought
2 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
3 Azorius Charm
3 Detention Sphere
2 Entreat the Angels
4 Searing Spear
1 Sphinx's Revelation
3 Supreme Verdict
4 Syncopate
3 Terminus
2 Think Twice
1 Desolate Lighthouse
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Hallowed Fountain
1 Island
1 Mountain
2 Plains
4 Steam Vents
3 Sulfur Falls
2 Counterflux
2 Jace, Memory Adept
2 Negate
1 Oblivion Ring
3 Pillar of Flame
2 Purify the Grave
1 Supreme Verdict
2 Witchbane Orb
This is the list i piloted to a 4-2-1 top 32 finish at the brooklyn 5k. I faced 3 bant control decks, 1 esper control, 1 jund midrange, 1 frites, and 1 uwr midrange. I didnt take notes but i remember a little bit. I always won game 1 vs bant. i lost to the uwr midrange deck and 1 of the bant decks and went to time against frites. Searing spear was spectacular, being able to kill thragtusks, huntmasters, and planeswalkers so i could clean up on my turn. Ask me any questions and ill try and remember what went down.
I think with 20 duals available in these colors, we can definately tech in one of these. Its gonna be much better than innistrad block where people were desperate for some color fixing. A triumvirate or gisela with haste is backbreaking. And its also good to pump up snaps to deal with stuff like undead messengers.
Honestly you could probably just buy the best cards in innistrad for less than the cost of the box. I would not get the box of innistrad at all.
This is one the reasons ill never quit magic. Because I know there are more people like you in this community. This kind of offer would never happen in another game. Good job bro!
In all fairness Gerry t gets paid to do this. If he makes it look good enough, starcity makes a few bucks from people who were on the fence about picking up experiments.