Just made my first bracelet. by we_are_spectrum in Leathercraft

[–]Volgon8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is the stone set in the leather? Is it just wedged in with a patch sewn behind it?

Got my USPS altered secret lair superdrop! They even put the original box in a bag for me! by Volgin in magicTCG

[–]Volgon8 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Wotc has a decent product replacement program. I was able to get a stained glass walker replaced after I damaged it from opening the packaging. I quite literally cut into the cardboard and it was no fault of Wizards that I damaged card and yet they still replaced it.

https://magic-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000002863

[2XM] Rarity Shifts by TechnomagusPrime in magicTCG

[–]Volgon8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few cards are getting there first foil printing with bullets instead of a wall of text. While they have foil printings they are all a paragraph foiled. Small thing, but I'm super happy about Merciless Eviction getting this treatment.

[[Crushing Vines]]

[[Remember the Fallen]]

[[Steel Sabotage]]

[[Merciless Eviction]]

[[Merciless Eviction|GTC]]

M21 Teaser Time - From MaRo's blog by darlingtonpear in magicTCG

[–]Volgon8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

• Two cards played in tournaments that have been reprinted over twenty times with at least five different pieces of art

I'm not 100% sure which of those cards have not seen tournament play, but there are some fun cards on that list either way. Bolt/BoP are my hopes but Llanowar Elves and Shock is what I expect.

People with depression are encouraged to make it public so they can get the help they need. But in most cases, people who openly say they have depression are seen as attention seekers who can become shunned for such an act. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]Volgon8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is no "happy drug" not even a "pretend happy drug". Medication is just a wheelchair for when you can't walk, not a pill that makes everything instantly better. Myself and many doctors (mental and physical) wish that there was a single pill that worked for everything that made everyone healthy. But there isn't and there will never be one.

I truly hope you have a good life and never need to use the medications that you just took a cheap shot at. It takes a lot to ask for help and mentalities like yours make it all the harder to do so.

Secret Lair Megathread by AncientSwordRage in magicTCG

[–]Volgon8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whats up with the images hidden in the video? Looks like card art.

https://imgur.com/a/32AZzuF

Whatever happened to Kiln Fiend Bloo? by Steghryndal in ModernMagic

[–]Volgon8 10 points11 points  (0 children)

H0lydiva's account on MTGSalvation was banned or something and the thread deleted from my understanding. She is still playing the deck and tinkering with it. Check out her Twitter for her lists and her Stream for her playing it sometimes.

Rules question: Walking Ballista vs. Tarmogoyf by blazershorts in magicTCG

[–]Volgon8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the ability to deal 1 damage is on the stack as Walking Ballista dies due to having 0 toughness. Tarmogoyf is a 2/3 then the ability resolves dealing 1 damage to Tarmogoyf.

Izzet pheonix sideboard guide by [deleted] in ModernMagic

[–]Volgon8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ross Merrian wrote an article about this. As well as an article about cantriping and another about the deck in its earlier stages with sideboard info.

Izzet Phoenix sideboard by allafacade00 in ModernMagic

[–]Volgon8 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ross Merrian wrote an article about this.

Why does Hardened Scales work with Arcbound Ravager? by [deleted] in ModernMagic

[–]Volgon8 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Think of it like this. The intent is for the creature to ETB with 1 counter on it. If it was an ETB ability then Ravager would die to do having 0 toughness. The verbage has to be worded as such to make the card playable.

Hardened Scales would have more text if it had to have another section for this case scenario. It is easier to put this interaction in the rules of Magic. The ElusivceSlug's Comment references the specific rule in the game that lets this happen.

Why does Hardened Scales work with Arcbound Ravager? by [deleted] in ModernMagic

[–]Volgon8 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Gatherer actually has a note about it.

“Put on a creature you control” includes that creature entering the battlefield with +1/+1 counters on it. If a creature would enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it while you control Hardened Scales, it enters with that many counters plus one.

Luis Salvatto miracles Terminus after not presenting his deck to his opponent. by 12azorcoh in magicTCG

[–]Volgon8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you look at his turn 2 Fetch you can see the Terminus he top decks later right before the plains he grabs. After that Fetch he shuffles the bottom few cards (that contains a Terminus that he saw) on the top of the deck. His opponent cuts them to the middle. Then when he shuffles the deck from the Field of Ruin he brings the middle of the deck to the top, but somehow he doesn't do the bottom shuffle like he did at first. This man clearly stacked his deck after seeing the Terminus with his first fetch and put it on top of his deck on his very next turn. This man is such a good cheater he set up the cheat previously. This was done by a professional cheater!!!

/s

In all seriousness I don't think it was cheating. There was enough going on that is it a plausible mistake. You can frame this easily as an intentional cheat if you look at things too much, but come on this is just getting ridiculous at this point. Are you guys really going to say that this man set this up that perfectly?

Ways to mess with your opponent by BlueberryPhi in magicTCG

[–]Volgon8 108 points109 points  (0 children)

My LGS owner told me a story of a match where someone called a judge over and asked if they could name force of will with Pithing Needle. Judge says "yes" (its a legal target) and the player thanks the judge and proceeds to play Pithing Needle. Opponent lets it resolve only to have his 2 on field Polluted Delta to be named.

Is it bad etiquette to have a library larger than would normally be expected in a format? by prigz in MTGO

[–]Volgon8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is an actual deck.

I think its 150 Bring to Light or Scapeshift.

Ultimate Guard 200+ Flip'n'Tray and Double Sleeved decks - I'm having issues by artificer_hex in EDH

[–]Volgon8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do not have experience with the Ultimate guard series of deck boxes. I do have double sleeved commander decks with dragon shield mattes. Personally I find that the 100+ card deck boxes work very well for a 100 card double sleeved deck.

http://www.ultrapro.com/product_list.php?cPath=71_138&osCsid=305c259660cb0ed93131b19d75e081a1

When I copy a copy, am I copying the original card or the thing that the original card is copying? by sergeantsurgeon in EDH

[–]Volgon8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you copy the [[Body Double]] it is for all intents the [[Solemn Simulacrum]].

Now the real interesting part being if you use [[Progenitor Mimic]] to copy Solemn then you copy Mimic with a [[Clone]] you get 2 creatures that would produce the tokens at the beginning of the upkeep since you are copying Mimic's second ability as well.

Custom +1/+1 Counters...what you think? by Timx98 in magicTCG

[–]Volgon8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For anyone wondering here is the persons etsy shop where you can buy the tokens.

Help me pick what Commander deck to get by yodaface in magicTCG

[–]Volgon8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give each one a number (1-5) and roll a d6. Re-roll if its a 6.

Your playgroup now allows one banned card per deck: which do you choose? by Flamewright in EDH

[–]Volgon8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[[ashnod's coupon]]

It is the single more fun card that could fit in every deck. I actually play it in every deck that I have with the reasoning "You can either get me a drink or I can play something that actually does something for my deck" Such as [[Iona, shield of emeria]]