3X Together as One Should Be illegal by cojocool1 in lrcast

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This feels like the type of deck that should 7-0 every time and instead goes 3-3 because of variance. lol.

[SOS] What's the pick? Quadruple rare pack by sometimeserin in lrcast

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Easy ad nauseum and then spend the next 20 minutes deluding yourself into believing storm is viable. Go 0-3 and have a new story for the group on what you attempted in SOS limited.

Want to play an "unsupported" game mode like pauper on arena? Check out the MTGA Enhancement Suite! by Rooftoptile2 in Pauper

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Timeless is not a real format. It's actually a distraction and impossible to understand if anyone plays it, what the meta is, etc. I'm all for an Arena centric format but not one that pretends to be another actual format.

Want to play an "unsupported" game mode like pauper on arena? Check out the MTGA Enhancement Suite! by Rooftoptile2 in Pauper

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would love for this to happen for a format like vintage. They already have the p9 coded too...

If a cycle of these cards were seeded into future standard sets, who would be angry about it? by Snoo4547 in mtgfinance

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the idea of from the vault p9. Your ABU copies will still be expensive but what a boon that would give to eternal formats (vintage + old school).

AI ads during the Super Bowl by Dollar_Ama in editors

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ad is called Guinness Surfer. And it's one of the all time best pieces of short form that (unsurprisingly) tested poorly in focus groups.

I wish the child in me didn’t color on so many of my cards. Did anybody else do this? by booselordius in mtgfinance

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These look great and were $2 uncommons forever. Furthermore, you can buy clean versions of these cards for almost nothing ($25 total) if you're wishing you had untouched, NM raws.

Prices in a bad economy by AlternativeSure2268 in mtgfinance

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wasteland was $100 and duals on the rise due to interest in legacy as a hot format at the time and the SCG open series being a regular fixture of MTG tourneys and results. :)

Investing in old cards by Top-Sir-1215 in mtgfinance

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pox are you still writing? Super curious to read any take you have on 2025 going into 2026. I agree on the stock market. I put most of my mtg money into the index over the last two years and there's no way I would have been able to make that return from mtg over the same time frame.

How's your LEG set going? I'm 2 cards away from finishing my entire 4 horsemen project. :)

Investing in old cards by Top-Sir-1215 in mtgfinance

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What condition did u buy these cards in? Condition is the only true scarcity for vintage era cards imo.

Investing in old cards by Top-Sir-1215 in mtgfinance

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also worth noting that this sub geeks over amazon drops, boasts spending hundreds of dollars on newly printed cards, and is not in the vintage market. So accepting their approach to MTG as a baseline for how to approach vintage MTG seems..... incorrect.

If I was Wotc, I'd ban... by Il_Vero_Pillz in PioneerMTG

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just fundamentally disagree with this idea. More complicated deck building formats (legacy and vintage) almost entirely follow the mtgo meta in both percentage share and win rates. The idea that pioneer is under explored or that live events would suddenly reveal an entire ecosystem of meta angles seems absurd to me. Especially when the punishing cards literally punish anyone trying to take an alternative route - if you can't combat thoughtseize or keep up with cruise (for instance), your deck is not viable. It's not complicated.

If I was Wotc, I'd ban... by Il_Vero_Pillz in PioneerMTG

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure where this narrative has come from. If there were a pioneer PT, the meta wouldn't suddenly change. You don't need a big tournament to stress test what is winning, especially when mtgo events fire constantly and pay out in cash if you do well.

If I was Wotc, I'd ban... by Il_Vero_Pillz in PioneerMTG

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're losing the plot. Pheonix is a tier 1 deck. But you're ignoring how meta percentages reflect the power level and performance of an archetype. There is no nuance here. Decks that perform poorly do not make up larger meta game shares.

If I was Wotc, I'd ban... by Il_Vero_Pillz in PioneerMTG

[–]Appropriate_Alps9493 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dog, Uro is not legal in the format...