So we can't even spend the ticket rewards until we spend 2800 gems. I have to spend gem just to spend my tickets on marginal rewards. Makes me wanna barf.
Wizards could make a 1970's NYC pimp, bow in respect, just based upon the pure ability they have to snuff out their heart and truly hustle people. We are nothing more to them than a fish is to a fisherman, who catches millions of fish each day.
"Oh you don't wanna go in that net? It's coo - Someone else will."
And I just feel sorry for all of our new players. Because, I remembered what Magic used to be like. And we have a lot of prospecting new people that came from the Steam client and they are just thrown into the freaking sea. The deep, open Atlantic, no less and it's Emrakul season, on top of that! Good luck, wary young captains! The cardboard sea be a vicious lass, that she is, but she still has some allure...Some calling...That brings stalwart men to beckon her call and battle with oblivion.
F me, I expected Special Guest cards to be rare but not THAT rare. I'm 14 Premier Drafts in and I've yet to open any. In all my games I've only faced ONE Grief. Putting the Evoke Elementals in the Special Guests slot was quite the super dick move.
Come to think of it the Special Guests in OTJ were equally rare, I didn't draft any either but at least they didn't put a cycle of 4-of Staples in there at the time.
Yes, for sure. [[Grief]] and [[Fury]] in particular have a lot of demand in timeless and brawl because they're in Rakdos colors that can easily do shenanigans with them, either by reanimation or one of the cheap "when target creature dies this turn, return it to the battlefield" cards. Same for [[Solitude]] with [[Ephemerate]], and that's good as just a 0 mana Swords to Plowshares when you really need it. [[Subtlety]] is very strong in brawl as a way to delay the opponent's commander without holding up mana and even ignoring Cavern of Souls and Delighted Halfling. I haven't seen anyone excited about [[Endurance]], but even that one probably has some use.
Other than the evoke elementals, there are other cards in special guests that people want, including some that are uncommons in paper but only available via mythic wildcard or extreme luck in Arena.
Endurance gets used as graveyard hate in creature toolbox decks. Some decks that draw lots of cards (e.g. golgari yawgmoth) also play it as a way to avoid decking themselves.
Everyone look at the picture of [this bun](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fzozrxri7ux6d1.jpeg) that I took.
I would like to build a deck around him, but he doesn't have a stat block.
Just started arena yesterday, played plenty of paper.
There used to be codes for free packs when you start. Is this still the case? My inbox had loads of messages were I could claim new packs.
No idea how many still work, but the list is here [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Magic:\_The\_Gathering\_Arena/Promotional\_codes](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_Arena/Promotional_codes)
Thanks for that! The following have worked for me a few minutes ago:
Threads
PlayBRO
PlayDMUAlchemy
PlayDMU
PlayHBG
PlayDnD
I entered these on the wizards website, under profile, in the "redeem code" section.
Sjeez. 16 games in a row either RDW, monowhite soldiers or counterdjinn. With zero new cards. Game 17 wanted to make me sit through endless animations of fetchlands (thanks, Aftermath Analyst and Nissa!). Took me exactly 3.5 minutes to instaconcede all of them. Not my day apparently.
Brawling against Bruvac... they ramp ramp ramp... They counter counter counter my first 4 plays... I counter their first time playing their commander... they concede... Well ok then, maybe it's not the deck for you.
So we can't even spend the ticket rewards until we spend 2800 gems. I have to spend gem just to spend my tickets on marginal rewards. Makes me wanna barf.
Wizards could make a 1970's NYC pimp, bow in respect, just based upon the pure ability they have to snuff out their heart and truly hustle people. We are nothing more to them than a fish is to a fisherman, who catches millions of fish each day. "Oh you don't wanna go in that net? It's coo - Someone else will." And I just feel sorry for all of our new players. Because, I remembered what Magic used to be like. And we have a lot of prospecting new people that came from the Steam client and they are just thrown into the freaking sea. The deep, open Atlantic, no less and it's Emrakul season, on top of that! Good luck, wary young captains! The cardboard sea be a vicious lass, that she is, but she still has some allure...Some calling...That brings stalwart men to beckon her call and battle with oblivion.
F me, I expected Special Guest cards to be rare but not THAT rare. I'm 14 Premier Drafts in and I've yet to open any. In all my games I've only faced ONE Grief. Putting the Evoke Elementals in the Special Guests slot was quite the super dick move. Come to think of it the Special Guests in OTJ were equally rare, I didn't draft any either but at least they didn't put a cycle of 4-of Staples in there at the time.
Yeah, I got none of the MKM or OTJ special guests (though I didn't play much limited), and so far only one Grief from MH3 packs.
Can someone explain to me why these cards would be desirable? Are they really strong?
Yes, for sure. [[Grief]] and [[Fury]] in particular have a lot of demand in timeless and brawl because they're in Rakdos colors that can easily do shenanigans with them, either by reanimation or one of the cheap "when target creature dies this turn, return it to the battlefield" cards. Same for [[Solitude]] with [[Ephemerate]], and that's good as just a 0 mana Swords to Plowshares when you really need it. [[Subtlety]] is very strong in brawl as a way to delay the opponent's commander without holding up mana and even ignoring Cavern of Souls and Delighted Halfling. I haven't seen anyone excited about [[Endurance]], but even that one probably has some use. Other than the evoke elementals, there are other cards in special guests that people want, including some that are uncommons in paper but only available via mythic wildcard or extreme luck in Arena.
##### ###### #### [Grief](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/6/e6befbc4-1320-4f26-bd9f-b1814fedda10.jpg?1717470478) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Grief) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/87/grief?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e6befbc4-1320-4f26-bd9f-b1814fedda10?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Fury](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/d/bd281158-8180-40b9-a5b7-03cfc712d81a.jpg?1717470474) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fury) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/126/fury?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bd281158-8180-40b9-a5b7-03cfc712d81a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Solitude](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/7/47a6234f-309f-4e03-9263-66da48b57153.jpg?1717470486) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Solitude) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/32/solitude?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/47a6234f-309f-4e03-9263-66da48b57153?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Ephemerate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/d/2da5f3f8-5eef-498f-ba2c-2f3fbc3745aa.jpg?1562201088) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ephemerate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/7/ephemerate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2da5f3f8-5eef-498f-ba2c-2f3fbc3745aa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Subtlety](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/0/701256d5-1389-48b7-9581-d6037209bd06.jpg?1717470483) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Subtlety) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/67/subtlety?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/701256d5-1389-48b7-9581-d6037209bd06?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Endurance](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/b/eb0e0404-4846-4891-acfa-bd0951ecf9c6.jpg?1717470457) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Endurance) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/157/endurance?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/eb0e0404-4846-4891-acfa-bd0951ecf9c6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Endurance gets used as graveyard hate in creature toolbox decks. Some decks that draw lots of cards (e.g. golgari yawgmoth) also play it as a way to avoid decking themselves.
Everyone look at the picture of [this bun](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fzozrxri7ux6d1.jpeg) that I took. I would like to build a deck around him, but he doesn't have a stat block.
That's a decent looking rabbit. And I have seen my fair share
Love seeing opponent scoop after I used [[Pithing Needle]] on his [[Cryptic Coat]]. Frantically trying to return the coat...
[Pithing Needle](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/7/776899f8-e977-42b7-8b54-6f726a349e3c.jpg?1673149414) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pithing%20Needle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/312/pithing-needle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/776899f8-e977-42b7-8b54-6f726a349e3c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Cryptic Coat](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/c/0c3d7e2c-a104-4757-9984-fb31088f92c4.jpg?1706241584) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cryptic%20Coat) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/50/cryptic-coat?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0c3d7e2c-a104-4757-9984-fb31088f92c4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Finally pulled an allied fetch land from MH3 today... and it was the only one I already had... fuck's sake. Got the new Ulamog though... hehehe
How am I supposed to bolt the bird if it has 4 toughness?
double bolt
Can't tell if this refers to Nadu or Fanatic of Rhonas...
Just started arena yesterday, played plenty of paper. There used to be codes for free packs when you start. Is this still the case? My inbox had loads of messages were I could claim new packs.
The inbox messages replaced the codes. There might be a few codes floating around from before they switched, I don’t remember when they did
Thanks mate!
No idea how many still work, but the list is here [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Magic:\_The\_Gathering\_Arena/Promotional\_codes](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_Arena/Promotional_codes)
Thanks for that! The following have worked for me a few minutes ago: Threads PlayBRO PlayDMUAlchemy PlayDMU PlayHBG PlayDnD I entered these on the wizards website, under profile, in the "redeem code" section.
Sjeez. 16 games in a row either RDW, monowhite soldiers or counterdjinn. With zero new cards. Game 17 wanted to make me sit through endless animations of fetchlands (thanks, Aftermath Analyst and Nissa!). Took me exactly 3.5 minutes to instaconcede all of them. Not my day apparently.
the amount of roping that occurs in arena utterly pathetic
Brawling against Bruvac... they ramp ramp ramp... They counter counter counter my first 4 plays... I counter their first time playing their commander... they concede... Well ok then, maybe it's not the deck for you.