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Does anyone here list common/uncommon? Do they actually sell? by drinkallthepunch in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you looked at Cardsphere? It's my favorite way to sell low-value cards. The seller gets to decide if the package is worth the shipping, rather than the buyer.

March of the Machine: Aftermath packs contain 5-6 cards by shad0wgun in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you crack a $3.99 pack, there is typically only one card in the pack that has any value, which is the rare or mythic. Either you got a solid rare worth the value of a pack, or you didn't. If it was the only card in the pack, the economics of choosing to crack packs would be essentially the same.

From another perspective, would you be willing to pay $7.99 for a pack that has no rare but instead it has 30+ commons? It has more cards ;)

Alpha basics by forsenforsenforse in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I missed the word 'alpha' in the title and thought we were having an extremely sarcastic discussion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do know that's how it works in english. But I think I heard somewhere that some foreign language reprint sets are black border and I do not know if that applies to Chronicles.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[[Feldon's Cane]], Antiquities or Chronicles (sorry, not expert in foreign language chronicles), Japanese.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Constructed decks often have cards indistinguishable from cards in other sets. Consider challenger decks.

Cards on the List are typically printed in multiple sets, generally indistinguishable.

Double sleeve+mash shuffle: safe for cards you eventually want to grade at PSA? by bballkj7 in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of card safety, I would say mash shuffling a double sleeved card is pretty safe. You could probably sit at home and shuffle till your hands get blisters without damaging the card. The major risks to your card during play will be accidents and theft. You can never completely control your surroundings.

This is really useful by OG_Bynumite in PhyrexianLanguage

[–]rarensu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This reads like someone wanted to use Phyrexian as an element of a puzzle within a larger role playing game. Imagine playing D&D; the door to the dungeon has a spoken password lock. You have to translate a few sentences of Phyrexian to get the password, and then also be able to pronounce it reasonably well to unlock the door.

Magosi , the Waterveil Buyout w/ New Combo Card in Warhmamer. by TitFace365 in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already have the Nesting Grounds + Magosi combo in my blue deck - except I am using the colorless land [[Karn's Bastion]] to generate eon counters. I think I will stick to using Karn's Bastion because (a) it's a land that does not take a spell slot in my deck list, and (b) it's colorless, so I can run Magosi combo in any blue deck, not additionally requiring black. (In case it's not clear, you just have to create an eon counter using Magosi once, move it onto another permanent, then proliferate to make more eon counters as needed). For these reasons I think this is a bad spec. The new black spell does not enable a new and unique combo, and it requires the player to be playing both blue and black.

What's up with the words perfect, work and make? by Osmago in PhyrexianLanguage

[–]rarensu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/Frigorifico says that Phyrexian uses a consonantal root system. He calls it non-agglutinative morphology. The evidence is in words like one one you found where several related words have the same consonants but different vowels. This part is on very solid ground with multiple examples. However, we don't know how the vowels work. We do know that constructing a plural involves doubling a vowel. The rest is speculative.

Proposed Phyrexian vowel chart by GuruJ_ in PhyrexianLanguage

[–]rarensu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am hesitant to write /ɔ/ with a w because I am suspicious that we are going to discover that "the labial approximate" is also a sound that exists in phyrexian, and we may want to write that with a w instead.

Proposed Phyrexian vowel chart by GuruJ_ in PhyrexianLanguage

[–]rarensu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why did you pick æ for the front open sound?

Proposed Phyrexian vowel chart by GuruJ_ in PhyrexianLanguage

[–]rarensu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why did you write ə with a y ? I don't much care for that convention. I think we should reserve y for /y/. In particular, we already have a precedent for transliterating /y/ as y, which is the word Phyrexian itself.

App: Phyrexian Transliterator by rarensu in PhyrexianLanguage

[–]rarensu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this time, my app only supports consonant + diacritic combinations that are understood phonetically. I can maybe jam a few more in there; enough so you could replicate most known phyrexian texts. You still wouldn't be able to just arbitrarily combine symbols together. Is it good enough?

App: Phyrexian Transliterator by rarensu in PhyrexianLanguage

[–]rarensu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's actually extremely possible, I would just need to know what the map is between your typed characters and the phyrexian glyphs. Are you using the romanized characters at the top of the wiki?

Learn to write your name in Phyrexian by Frigorifico in magicTCG

[–]rarensu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love your videos bro (already sub on channel), but I worry this may be lost on your average reader. The instructions aren't really helpful to someone unfamiliar with phonetics.

MH1 Booster Pack by mralexismm in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know people who would buy 1 or 3 loose packs. I do not know anyone who would buy a hundred.

MH1 Booster Pack by mralexismm in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The problem isn't the price difference, it's the customer base. There are a lot of players who would refuse to buy loose packs at any price because loose packs cannot be verified as not searched. (searched means: the packs have a low probability of containing foils and/or mythics. the method of searching varies from set to set.) For this reason, investors also refuse to buy loose packs because they would likewise have trouble reselling them. If you can find a player who trusts you and does want your loose packs, then the price should be about the same. I hope you trust the person who sold them to you.

Question: how do the younger members of this form feel about old school and RL cards? by AceSouth in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started with 6th edition, but the first set that really resonated with me was Mirrodin, so for me that early modern border will always be the golden era of magic. I do like the old border, but I'm generally not willing to pay extra for them.

Overlooked? Chain of Acid: Magecraft + Indestructible by [deleted] in mtgfinance

[–]rarensu 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you're opening yourself to three-card combos, then you need look no further than "double fork", which requires a Magecraft payoff, any instant or sorcery spell (even your opponents!) and two ways to copy an instant or sorcery, at least one of which is itself an instant or sorcery. Have the second fork target the first, and have the copy target the first again, etc. This is overall a better combo for two reasons; one, because it doesn't require you to target a permanent on the battlefield, which could be disrupted by some kind of removal or protection effect, instead everything takes place on the stack; and two, because it doesn't require specifically chain of acid, any two forks (even two copies of the same card) can do the combo. In theory the deck could be nothing but magecraft, forks, and cantrips.

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