The sad thing is that the reason it is so expensive is the reason they are called the power 9. And it's the same reason they are banned from any legal tournament. Therefore no reason to even own them. I'd sell them too if I had them.
Sealed tournaments is about the only thing that interests me, reason why is because of the internet. Now everybody knows what people are playing and deck strategies, you see alot of copies and cards sky rocket in price. When I played at my local comic book store, back in the late 90's people all had different ways to design decks and it was fun.
My current deck has only one creature!
I played from 4th edition to Mercadian Masques. Had the power 9, 4 sets of the dual lands, JD's, Library of Alexandria (favorite card), etc. I ended up selling everything on ebay for a hefty price, though I wasn't even close to making back what I spent.
Sometimes I miss it...
$20 gets you a box with 4 boosters, 100 lands, and 125 random cards. Getting back into MTG is cheap and easy. Not hard to find people that at the very least used to play. Should be easy to get a community going if you don't already have one in your city.
No I'm not really into Pokemon stuff.
Aye, there are a whole slew of decks one can build and do fine with at a tournament that don't cost a whole lot. Just avoid blue and you are more or less fine on a budget. Even some of the promo ready made decks being released are no slouches.
The only expensive blue card is Jace, and nobody really needs him. I don't use him and I certainly won't spend $100 to get just one. I did aquire a $35 planeswalker through trades for my deck though.
The funny thing is, you can spend $100 on a box of booster packs, which has 36 packs, and easily get $100 worth of cards in only a handful of the packs. Jace was so popular the entire set he was in was sold out before the block was over.
The only expensive blue card is Jace, and nobody really needs him. I don't use him and I certainly won't spend $100 to get just one. I did aquire a $35 planeswalker through trades for my deck though.
The funny thing is, you can spend $100 on a box of booster packs, which has 36 packs, and easily get $100 worth of cards in only a handful of the packs. Jace was so popular the entire set he was in was sold out before the block was over.
Wow, I can't even figure out how those abilities work, let alone understand the power/toughness as just one number. I'm assuming 3 = 3/3, which for 2U and 1 colorless isn't so bad but obviously blue isn't about the creatures, unless that has changed too heh.
Wow, I can't even figure out how those abilities work, let alone understand the power/toughness as just one number. I'm assuming 3 = 3/3, which for 2U and 1 colorless isn't so bad but obviously blue isn't about the creatures, unless that has changed too heh.
Heh, indeed.
Just that anything that has any intentions of winning a lot and contains blue will use 4 wallet sculptors and be better off for it. Costing as much as an entire aggressive red deck is simply silliness.
I'd just rather play something else than gimp a deck for whatever reason.
WTF?? up arrow? +1, -10? WTF happened to tap and the mana icons?
Honestly Jace does nothing to support my deck, don't need him. I don't even know why he's so popular. Sure you can brainstorm every turn, so long as he is alive. Doesn't do you any good when I silence you
He just drips control. Simply the most powerful card for that archetype they have printed since cryptic command. Hand distilling, board control, and opponent draw disruption all in one card is just kinda crazy.
Certainly blue that doesn't aim to control doesn't find him useful, but it has been a long time since any blue deck has been highly successful without a control plan of action.
Control is just generally powerful (and popular) anyway and when they release a card that makes every single control deck better (well, most of them) it is bound to see the price soar up and up.
That being said.. I don't usually enjoy control. Draw go is boring.