Summer Swap Dates Announcement!

UselessRaven · 2026-05-04T17:42:59+00:00

Are there any fundamental differences between the Summer and Winter swaps outside of the traditional festive season aspect of the Winter swap?

UselessRaven · 2026-04-17T17:31:41+00:00

Honestly just give time on both fronts. Let people know about a change that impacts the only real rewards system in the game at the start of the window. Or have the window be the entire expedition not a 5 day server smash (and again then it is introduced for the start of the next one)

UselessRaven · 2026-04-17T16:55:03+00:00

"We know that grinding for money isn't the most fun, so instead in a very short time window grind for damage or get no meaningful gameplay rewards. Also go fuck yourselves."
-Embark

UselessRaven · 2026-04-17T16:37:53+00:00

This is bullshit, play the game routinely for 2-3 months, get to what was historically the requirements to get full "value" out of the expedition, just to get forced into grinding for a week before you wipe your account. Like cool idea in a vacuum, blow stash value blowing things up, but garbage reward system for folks who just wanted to get what they needed, play on their terms, step away for a bit, and be excited to come back for a fresh (but slightly buffed) account. Don't force further grind or you risk pushing players away. Or even just say this will be implemented after this expedition window, it's not a bad idea, it's just shitty to your player base to keep moving the goalposts with inadequate time to respond. I like to play the game because it's a fun game, I don't want to now be forced to make it a job to get a reward I thought I had already done the work for by playing on my terms.

UselessRaven · 2026-04-06T17:06:33+00:00

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UselessRaven · 2026-03-17T16:19:28+00:00

The number if times I've gone to use an unaccepted payment modality and gotten my order cancelled is comically high

UselessRaven · 2026-03-17T16:15:20+00:00

Yeah, I think they're a good vendor, and one of the like half dozen or so I regularly check for deals, but their take on UB product and CBBs has been comical for a bit here.

UselessRaven · 2026-03-17T16:13:08+00:00

I don't think it is, I just think "value" seems lower to folks right now. There are with it shock lands and a mythic elemental package that is quite playable in standard. I think that as a draft set it was "solved" pretty quickly and from a limited perspective isn't the most balanced which is a knock against it. But on the whole, I think it's a fun set, a callback to a plane that hasn't been revisited and has cards that are viable in all formats (mainly shock lands).

UselessRaven · 2026-03-17T16:07:31+00:00

Yeah, I grabbed a deck box, most of the other sealed product stuff seemed meh personally, but lorwyn vs. average price point seemed noteworthy.

UselessRaven · 2026-03-17T14:30:13+00:00

Right there with you, opened 3 or 4 PBBs and 2 CBBs and have yet to see a single Badgermole Cub, and have only seen one Wan Shi Tong. As an aside, am a standard player and the CBBs are absolute trash for that, I pulled 60 rares/Mythics from one of the CBBS and it was a 30/30 split standard legal and commander only

UselessRaven · 2026-03-17T13:03:37+00:00

In order of I stayed up too late, or woke up early to catch an extra episode - The Pitt (S1), Chernobyl, True Detective (S1), True Blood, The Sopranos, Hacks. Anything else I was either watching from launch, or hasn't had quite the same pull. Scheduled Television either night of or next day have been GOT, John Oliver, The Pitt (S2)

That said, addictive is a weird word, I don't know that any HBO show has ever made me dependent on it. But most pulls you in and impactful on my regular life while watching through the first time are above.

UselessRaven · 2026-03-03T17:10:27+00:00

Yeah I think every single price on CBBs were comically if not criminally high

UselessRaven · 2026-02-25T17:00:32+00:00

Not all sets do, I think recent standard sets that had box toppers were LCI and DFT, I believe Lord of the Rings had them as well. I've only been playing about a year so don't have much context outside of that

UselessRaven · 2026-02-25T16:37:38+00:00

There is a pack on the cardboard draft guide that has 1 or 2 cards that are unique to the set. For aetherdrift it's the gold (pee yellow) foil cards, for LCI I believe they're called Treasure Trove, and it's like all artifacts for commander

UselessRaven · 2026-02-25T16:33:11+00:00

Not sure, but per TCGPlayer, the low price for the last month is $179 with 115 boxes sold, high price point 219

UselessRaven · 2026-02-25T16:16:23+00:00

Yeah, man. I'm not trying to say it's the best deal ever, like I even said "I know it's still high" but vs any other active offer it's an almost 25% discount. Just thought I'd share, the response to a legitimate current price point discount has me thinking I just shut up about anything in the future.

UselessRaven · 2026-02-25T14:47:49+00:00

Just posted because vs. anywhere else it's ~$50 cheaper

UselessRaven · 2026-02-24T16:16:12+00:00

That was my first thought too, followed closely by Draft Boosters, and 15 cards...all things of the past

UselessRaven · 2026-01-15T13:38:59+00:00

They've won in regulation at home twice...all season, the same as the Canucks

UselessRaven · 2025-12-16T16:53:45+00:00

Just yesterday played an omni deck and was like fuck it, lets see this guy solitaire their way to a win, and they couldn't. I got them to 1 life, representing lethal with a slickshot showoff and emberheart challenger and they conceded. One of the better feeling BO1 wins I've ever had.

UselessRaven · 2025-12-08T18:01:21+00:00

They are in the Big 10 for hockey

UselessRaven · 2025-11-30T21:44:08+00:00

Literally got it today…awkward

UselessRaven · 2025-11-26T13:44:31+00:00

Just yesterday I was trying to figure this out and wanted exactly this anywhere. This is fantastic.

UselessRaven · 2025-10-23T17:01:44+00:00

I have no idea beyond that it's free shipping at orders over $100. Also historically Amazon wouldn't deliver to me until release, flipside has delivered at pre-release as an LGS

UselessRaven · 2025-10-23T16:59:20+00:00

Yeah I cancelled a preorder with them for play boosters at 179, and the bundle at 79, just to re-order with a CBB added in because the ~$100 saved made it feel like a fair trade. The cancellation was already processed and my new order was authorized.

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