San Diego Comic Con MTG Panel so far: From The Vault: Annihilation coming August 2, mostly EDH cards including Portal 3 Kingdoms reprints which are way too expensive right now because of EDH.
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Also a new card in a "speed vs cunning" duel decks. as well as new commanders/new Commander set announced for Nov 7th. Mono coloured commander decks this time around.
edit edit: Khans will be 5 clans worshipping an aspect of dragons and they will be in enemy wedge colours (so a colour plus it's 2 enemy colours, green + black & blue etc.)
edit edit edit: Morph will be a mechanic in Khans. cue a sarcastic "yaaaay" from me. Not a mechanic I enjoyed at all.
Edited, Jul 26th 2014 9:48pm by Aethien
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SDCC this year was almost entirely about tv and movies.
This is a lame bump.
This is a lame bump.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Are there still another 1700 comic book hero movies in the making?
Marvel has three announced and seven unannounced movies between 2015 and 2017, and DC has ... two. Marvel Fox has two, X-Men and Fantastic Four, Marvel Sony mentioned the next Spider-Man. There was also the next Hobbit movie, a King Kong movie, a sequel to the last Godzilla, and Galaxy Quest. DC had a panel for their tv shows, Arrow, Flash, Gotham, and Constantine and Marvel had Agent Carter and Agents of SHIELD. Some mention of the Marvel Netflix shows featuring Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Jessica Jones.
That's about a rough summary I noticed. I'm sure there was much, much more.
That's about a rough summary I noticed. I'm sure there was much, much more.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Are people really not bored of all the super hero movies yet? We've had a few dozen over the past 5 years or so now?
Also, to keep this sort of Mtg related: WotC announced a change in PTQ's, GP's and Pro Tours for next season due to the increased participation in events (Grand Prix Las Vegas 2014 had 4,500 players, GP Richmond 4,300).
tl;dr of the 3 articles:
1) Your local store will be able to hold one Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier which sends the winner to the new Regional Pro Tour Qualifier (~100 players) of which the top 4 get paid airfare to the next Pro Tour. #5-8 are qualified for the next Regional PTQ. Players can play in only 1 RPTQ per season but in any region they wish regardless fo where they qualified.
2) Grand Prix will be increased from 46 per year to 54 per year, top 8 (top 4 for Team GP) invited to the next Pro Tour with paid airfare, anyone with 39 or more (36+ for team) match points gets a Pro Tour invitation but no airfare. Price money increased for larger events.
3) Pro Points awarded to anyone outside of the top 8 will change to a number based on their match record during the tournament rather than the placings, the same goes for invitations and airfare to the next Pro Tour which will be awarded to anyone with 33 points or more (a.k.a. 11 wins over 2 days). Player Of The Year race will also count 1 more Grand Prix but that's irrelevant to anyone here anyway.
Also, to keep this sort of Mtg related: WotC announced a change in PTQ's, GP's and Pro Tours for next season due to the increased participation in events (Grand Prix Las Vegas 2014 had 4,500 players, GP Richmond 4,300).
tl;dr of the 3 articles:
1) Your local store will be able to hold one Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier which sends the winner to the new Regional Pro Tour Qualifier (~100 players) of which the top 4 get paid airfare to the next Pro Tour. #5-8 are qualified for the next Regional PTQ. Players can play in only 1 RPTQ per season but in any region they wish regardless fo where they qualified.
2) Grand Prix will be increased from 46 per year to 54 per year, top 8 (top 4 for Team GP) invited to the next Pro Tour with paid airfare, anyone with 39 or more (36+ for team) match points gets a Pro Tour invitation but no airfare. Price money increased for larger events.
3) Pro Points awarded to anyone outside of the top 8 will change to a number based on their match record during the tournament rather than the placings, the same goes for invitations and airfare to the next Pro Tour which will be awarded to anyone with 33 points or more (a.k.a. 11 wins over 2 days). Player Of The Year race will also count 1 more Grand Prix but that's irrelevant to anyone here anyway.
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Are people really not bored of all the super hero movies yet?
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Are people really not bored of all the super hero movies yet?
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
Pretty much, I'd guess that the number of people willing to pay $10 to go see one of them decreases with every new one released.
They're in a hard place. I don't really want to see a 10th Batman movie, but on the other hand I haven't heard of half of these super heroes they're making movies about these days.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
Hey Joph, are you aching to get your hands on the new full art foil judge promo basic lands yet?
There's a few up on Ebay already, only $510 bid for the 5 lands.
Edit: for those not familiar with Magic who may read this, these lands are sent out in packs of 5 (1 of each) to every Mtg judge which means that only roughly 5000 of each will ever exist. On the flipside, the lands are functionally no different from, say, these guys worth $0.05 each
Edited, Jul 31st 2014 7:27pm by Aethien
There's a few up on Ebay already, only $510 bid for the 5 lands.
Edit: for those not familiar with Magic who may read this, these lands are sent out in packs of 5 (1 of each) to every Mtg judge which means that only roughly 5000 of each will ever exist. On the flipside, the lands are functionally no different from, say, these guys worth $0.05 each
Edited, Jul 31st 2014 7:27pm by Aethien
Looks nifty but I think I'll stick with the penny lands. TCGPlayer aside, I wouldn't even say they're worth a nickel each considering most people in the game for a while just have heaps they'd happily give you.
My son has one of the full art Zendicar (sp? too lazy to look) lands he's all proud of.
Your eBay link also led me to a sealed Revised booster in case you want to pay $45+ and get an ante card for your rare.
My son has one of the full art Zendicar (sp? too lazy to look) lands he's all proud of.
Your eBay link also led me to a sealed Revised booster in case you want to pay $45+ and get an ante card for your rare.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
They're worth the nickel to make sure that all your lands are the same set and art which in turn has value because if someone thoughtseizes you and you draw a plains with 1 in hand playing the new one won't tell your opponent that you just drew a plains. And it doesn't really make sense selling them for any less.
And there are a grand total of 10 cards worth more than $45 in Revised which probably gives you better odds of making money on the revised booster than your average lottery. Of course, the biggest possible payout you could get is $300-350 or so for an Underground Sea.
And there are a grand total of 10 cards worth more than $45 in Revised which probably gives you better odds of making money on the revised booster than your average lottery. Of course, the biggest possible payout you could get is $300-350 or so for an Underground Sea.
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
And it doesn't really make sense selling them for any less.
Well, I assume that's the real point of their price.
Quote:
And there are a grand total of 10 cards worth more than $45 in Revised which probably gives you better odds of making money on the revised booster than your average lottery. Of course, the biggest possible payout you could get is $300-350 or so for an Underground Sea.
I wouldn't trust a Revised booster on eBay to not be scanned through the wrapper. You're not getting an Underground Sea in that.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I dunno, if you didn't want/need all the same lands for your competitive decks there'd be next to no reason to even buy any lands to begin with.
There is next to no reason to buy lands 
Well, aside from wanting nifty art I guess or having all white bordered lands or completing an edition set or something else non-game related. Hell, I could probably match a deck's worth of lands just out of the pile I've got.
Well, aside from wanting nifty art I guess or having all white bordered lands or completing an edition set or something else non-game related. Hell, I could probably match a deck's worth of lands just out of the pile I've got.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
You have to find a reason to get the art you like, even if it's something like "I only have 22 of art A so I might as well buy the 23 art X lands I like more".
Also any excuse to buy out these guys is good in my book.
Also any excuse to buy out these guys is good in my book.
That's nifty. Looking through all the land art, my favs are:
Plains, Plains
Swamp, Swamp
Island, Island
Mountain, Mountain
Forest, Forest
Some of the art probably makes more sense in the context of its expansion but, stand alone, is pretty terrible for depicting its type. Not so much the city art ones (which I mainly like) but the ones that look like completely different land types.
Plains, Plains
Swamp, Swamp
Island, Island
Mountain, Mountain
Forest, Forest
Some of the art probably makes more sense in the context of its expansion but, stand alone, is pretty terrible for depicting its type. Not so much the city art ones (which I mainly like) but the ones that look like completely different land types.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I'm sometimes tempted to buy magic cards just because I like the art. Even though I don't play anymore.
An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
~ Matsuo Basho
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
~ Matsuo Basho
I actually think the art has declined a lot, there's no more failures in there but it's also gotten very homogenized and all hyper realism everywhere.
And I love the Urza's Saga islands by Donato Giancola, the island going from calm waters to storm. All Urza's Saga lands (other than forests anyway) are beautiful although I guess that's partially because that's when I started playing Magic, so nostalgia and all that. The sunflower plains is rather nice as well.
edit: I'm curious if this works on here:
M15 Pro Tour Portland stream on youtube. Well, countdown for the next 20 hours.
Edited, Jul 31st 2014 10:18pm by Aethien
And I love the Urza's Saga islands by Donato Giancola, the island going from calm waters to storm. All Urza's Saga lands (other than forests anyway) are beautiful although I guess that's partially because that's when I started playing Magic, so nostalgia and all that. The sunflower plains is rather nice as well.
edit: I'm curious if this works on here:
M15 Pro Tour Portland stream on youtube. Well, countdown for the next 20 hours.
Edited, Jul 31st 2014 10:18pm by Aethien
Haha, I remember the old Usenet days and how insane people would get over (either pro or con) Drew Tucker's artwork. Which I always thought was nicely evocative but certainly stood apart against the Quinton Hoover and Anson Maddocks traditional stuff.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I love his work, but even if that's a little extreme there's no Rebecca Guay anymore, Paolo Parente's more recent work is a thinned out version of the kind of art he made for Masques era magic (like Misdirection), no more Robert Bliss and the list goes on and on.
You can love or hate all those artists but at least people had an opinion about them.
You can love or hate all those artists but at least people had an opinion about them.
I was at Target earlier today and they had toys for Buy One, Get One 40% Off. Started scanning M:tG stuff at the price checker out of curiosity. Nyx boosters worked, Theros, BotG and 2015 ones did not. Nyx & BotG intro decks worked but 2015 ones didn't (no 2015 stuff did). Wasn't a huge savings -- Nyx boosters were $3.12, a little under Amazon fat pack pricing -- but was a nice surprise anyway and I bought four.
Oh, and no debate on the art front. Auramancer was one of my favorite card arts in 2014 simply for how distinctive it was although I see it was a reprint from an earlier expansion. Hell, even Hoover's line art pencil & marker stuff would be "far out" these days compared to most of it. Not that the art is "bad" and it's often very good but I agree that very little of it is distinctive in style any more.
Edited, Jul 31st 2014 5:34pm by Jophiel
Oh, and no debate on the art front. Auramancer was one of my favorite card arts in 2014 simply for how distinctive it was although I see it was a reprint from an earlier expansion. Hell, even Hoover's line art pencil & marker stuff would be "far out" these days compared to most of it. Not that the art is "bad" and it's often very good but I agree that very little of it is distinctive in style any more.
Edited, Jul 31st 2014 5:34pm by Jophiel
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Yup, Rebecca Guay hasn't been asked to make art for MtG in a couple years now which is strange because she has tons and tons of fans amongst players. She's one of those artists whose work always stood out. Carpet Of Flowers used to be one of my favourite cards back when I just started playing purely because of the art.
She's got a lot of beautiful art on her site. -NSFW- though because there's lots of nudes mixed in.
Edited, Aug 1st 2014 12:35am by Aethien
She's got a lot of beautiful art on her site. -NSFW- though because there's lots of nudes mixed in.
Edited, Aug 1st 2014 12:35am by Aethien
Auramancers Gone Wild!
Edited, Jul 31st 2014 7:47pm by Jophiel
Edited, Jul 31st 2014 7:47pm by Jophiel
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Her paintings are also a hell of a lot bigger than I thought they'd be.
I want that painting now... and a house large enough for that to fit.
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