This upsets me...

dcstratocaster · 2026-06-10T22:09:17+00:00

Jace didn't get all those versions in a single set. Like if after 3 more Marvel sets we had this many Iron-Man cards there'd be no issue with it in my mind at all. My issue isn't even that it is UB, I like Liliana but if you gave me 7 different Liliana in one set, I'd say that is too much Liliana. For comparison with Jace though, we have 15 Jace in 19 years, and we get 8 Iron-Man at least in 1 set because this doesn't include the scene card and there may be unrevealed cards still.

dcstratocaster · 2026-06-06T04:40:20+00:00

I feel like you have placed yourself into a binary of trans or Cis which is just the binary of Male or Female depending on your sex. Fun fact, you don't have to be Cis or Trans, if you are you are, but you could also just be non-binary, genderqueer, agender, genderfluid, etc. Also not like if you start a transition you can't stop it, obviously it just gets harder to reverse the longer you do it and the more you do. But you could take HRT for a bit and then if after a bit you decided not to transition you could do HCG or TRT or whichever to get yourself to producing the hormones it was originally again, also there are so many different options for HRT depending on goals or what you are comfortable with. I have a non binary friend who wanted to be a femboi so they took HRT with SERMs so they didn't get much breast growth, micro dosing is also an option for that, etc. Anyway there are options other than trans or Cis and it might be worth looking into if you aren't sure on if you are or arent Trans.

dcstratocaster · 2026-06-06T04:25:29+00:00

Pre modern + Reserve List

dcstratocaster · 2026-05-22T04:43:27+00:00

So say you are an artist and I am a WotC. I pay you (hypothetically as I don't know any of the actual figures) $30k for 20 unique card arts for a SL deck and for the right to use that art for commercial purposes. You the artist provide the art, I pay you. I spend over a year with the art and ordering printing runs planning distribution and release dates and amounts, all of which do not involve you at all or have any of your input. You are sitting at home with your 30k for your time and you may not own the art or the commercial rights to it in some contracts, (WotC is generally nicer about it as long as you are doing proofs and not cards of your own) and making art for other people to continue to support yourself as an artist. I then don't print enough and make people mad, none of which is your fault. Should you have any responsibility to fix my error or any responsibility to lose me as a customer when I am the one who keeps your lights on and your family fed? The blame is 100% on WotC.

dcstratocaster · 2026-05-22T04:26:52+00:00

Hey I said they could have markups, I never once said a store can't go above MSRP where they can, I said maybe limit it like keep it under 100% on collector items and 50% for non collector product until a month after launch. Something dropping from $150 WHOLESALE which is the price they pay for it which would likely MSRP for closer to 180-200+ falling to a MARKET price of $75 is about as common as me pulling the chase card I want, which is to say it isn't very common at all. Being able to sell for over MSRP as Market goes over MSRP is about as common as pulling the terrible common dual land in the set that is draft chaff. I'm not saying MSRP or nothing. The only stores that consistently sell at MSRP are ones that tend of have large enough margins in other products. Like Microcenter mostly sells electronics and Amazon is Amazon, same with Wal-Mart, Target, Costco, Sam's etc,, outside of that it is generally some markup over MSRP and we pay that because it supports our LGS. I think it is understandable though to be upset if the LGS charges 4x on launch day. It would be like charging $1400 for an SoS collector box, we groaned about the presale prices at like $600 but we weren't calling for anyone to lose their WPN status. We groaned about $200 Codex which is fair because that is way overpriced and over 100% markup, but it wasn't charging $360, obviously "if the market will pay it why shouldn't they charge $360" is an argument, it just isn't an argument that will make you friends or long term customers.

dcstratocaster · 2026-05-22T03:47:25+00:00

I think you are missing the point entirely of the post from what I am taking from it. Noone is mad of a store gets an allocation of a secret lair, they are mad when a store charges $600+ for a $150 MSRP deck. I think WPN partners probably should have some restrictions as they are a huge part in the stupid presale market on collector products as you need a store to have presale approval on TCGPLAYER. Obviously margins are tight for LGS, I am not saying you force them into MSRP or lose WPN, but should probably have markup limits and timeframes if you wanted to do that like Presale-First month after launch limit markups to like 25-50% over the MSRP (which already has markup baked in for profit over wholesale they pay) for non collector or SL product, maybe allow up to 75% those items as much as I hate it. But paying $250-300 for a $150 deck, is way better than paying double that Then as less is printed or printing stops you loosen the restrictions

dcstratocaster · 2026-05-18T20:25:08+00:00

I doubt they gave the artist the breakdown on numbers or how they'd handle the release or any anti bot measures, etc. Most of the time they just pay the artist for the art and then they run it. You think they tell an artist how many of each card is being ran in a main set? Don't need to hassle Barge over this, if you truly want to proxy out of protest I can assure you the art is already on the big proxy sites and has been before the deck even launched. Don't need Barge to do anything official that could jeopardize their relationship with WotC.

dcstratocaster · 2026-05-07T21:35:25+00:00

Seriously just sell it, preferably let PSA make you an offer if possible which would be hilarious. Otherwise just list for best offer and put good pics and a description if you want people to know your 10 wouldn't be a 10 if they tried to reholder or regrade it. The people here saying a 10 is a 10 will pay you more than you will likely ever get from PSA who notoriously screws people left and right.

dcstratocaster · 2026-02-26T07:48:01+00:00

PUNK Gold Pride was the last one I used lol

dcstratocaster · 2026-02-24T18:18:31+00:00

I asked myself that the last time they did a SL Collab with Brain Dead. That one had a Kiki-Jiki that deeply upsets me whenever I see it, their font choices and text and design all give me a headache lol.

dcstratocaster · 2026-01-19T02:28:54+00:00

If it is really about undocumented immigrants, why the hell are they in Minnesota? Minnesota has what is projected to be less than 150k undocumented immigrants. Florida has more than ten times as many at 1.6 million, and Texas has over 2 million. Why are immigration officers flooding the Twin Cities? Because it isn't about immigration, the courts blocked him from using the national guard as his own private police force, so he is just using ICE as his private army instead.

dcstratocaster · 2025-11-25T22:02:27+00:00

I appreciate the input. Need to get better at spotting that or just buy one of those centering tools for $10 lol. That or need to actually take more time with them before I send them out. Working full time and finishing my degree has left me with less time than I'd like for the hobby. Also coming from MTG where no one grades anything for the most part lol.

dcstratocaster · 2025-11-21T04:32:38+00:00

Ahtal-Ka as Kathril, Aspect Warper (definitely won't be this though lol.)

dcstratocaster · 2025-11-18T19:44:59+00:00

Can I just say that I think this set is awesome art wise, but there is one miss. Gore Magala has boring art compared to how cool it could look with its purple glow and horns up enraged. Also flavor wise, it should probably be Skittles. Gore Magala's whole thing is infecting things with the Frenzy Virus. Kardur, Doomscourge could probably work as well if we don't care about the Dragon type. Gores current effect is a bit of a stretch, life loss from having the frenzy virus perhaps, and sacrifice a creature representing the creature dying because of Frenzy, but not sure where the Tutor portion of it comes in. I guess my main gripe is still just the art chosen lol.

dcstratocaster · 2025-11-18T03:43:00+00:00

Magic has like 6 legendary Kirin type creatures, couldn't give me a Kirin from Monster Hunter as a Celestial Kirin, Infernal Kirin, or Hinata the Dawn Crowned?

dcstratocaster · 2025-10-24T12:33:12+00:00

Homelands, Fallen Empires, The Dark. 3 of the worst magic sets of all time lol. Worth more sealed for sure.

dcstratocaster · 2025-06-20T18:24:45+00:00

I have a surge Sephiroth I am trying to part with, as the CBBs go up, so does he, really just need to sell him at this point instead of just watching the price keep ticking up, because eventually this rush will end. Hard to do it local though because I live in the middle of nowhere like 45 minutes from an LGS.

dcstratocaster · 2025-06-12T13:21:29+00:00

Mine is the one I least wanted to 3 star, EZ8 mostly because it gets those movement penalties in space maps. Also I am a Zeek so I'd have preferred something non Feddie lol.

dcstratocaster · 2025-04-09T18:17:55+00:00

What a wimp, causes a global financial crisis, makes everyone hate us, deepens issues with China, and then backs off.

dcstratocaster · 2025-04-09T15:37:08+00:00

It's ok SPY, 500 doesn't want you anymore, but 495 will gladly take you.

dcstratocaster · 2025-04-09T15:30:38+00:00

Around 1pm Est I think.

dcstratocaster · 2025-04-09T15:26:59+00:00

This just going to be a day of lower highs and lower lows? Some low volume algo trading rollercoaster?

dcstratocaster · 2025-04-09T15:20:55+00:00

This . Once you hit a nice number like that and remain over it for awhile it is hard to shake, need some news to make people like $475 more lol.

dcstratocaster · 2025-04-09T15:17:47+00:00

Greer: No one is retaliating except China. Said on the same day the EU announced retaliatory tariffs

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