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It's an interesting thought--one that I've had, too.  While I've had good pulls from boxes, loose packs at stores, and in blister packs, my impression is that I've gotten consistently better pulls from the blister packs, too.

It sounds like filing a Bad Trade Report (BTR) may be in order.  Please review the information in this post, and then submit a BTR if it seems appropriate.

Anyone experiencing a potential bad trade should consider filing a BTR.

If you believe you have been scammed, reporting possible mail fraud may also be an option.  If numerous folks file, the post office (in the US, at least) has more information to go on (i.e., they can see a pattern).

Also, do remember that sometimes domestic mail in the US can take three weeks or more, even if it normally only takes a few days (or took only days going the other direction). I recently had a package destined for California that ended up in Boston before they turned around and shipped it to the right place.

In my opinion, the deck is a little scattered (too many one-offs) to be a serious competitor, but you do have a good start with your Stromkirk Noble, Stromkirk Captain, and Vampire Nighthawk.  I'd seriously consider Markov Blademaster, especially since it will get one +1/+1 counter for each hit on an opponent--that's one after the first strike damage step, and then one after the regular damage step.

Have you considered Blood Artist? Get a couple of those on the field and every dying creature means you go up two and your opponent goes down two.  Add a little burn and that can tip the scales in your favor very quickly.

You are already running Blood Crypts and Dragonskull Summits, even if only x3, so I would drop the gates.  Once you have that first mountain or swamp on the field, Dragonskull Summit comes into play untapped, and with the Blood Crypt you have the option of paying two life to have it untapped.  With the gates, you are simply stuck waiting until the next turn.

I don't know how the meta game plays out in your area, but around here it is too fast to rely on anything bigger than a four-drop, and even those can be tough to get into play.  Personally, I play vampire aggro and top my curve out at three. If you do that, you won't need to replace those gates, as 21 should be plenty land.  Of course, if you can pick up two or three Cavern of Souls, they will guarantee that your vampires hit the battlefield.

I'd try to narrow down the other spells you are using as well.  Work in sets of three or four of the cards you like, and go from there.  Have some instant-speed burn/removal

I noticed you don't have a sideboard set up yet.  Some I've included have been Mizzium Mortars (useful against those white weenies and other token generators), Volcanic Strength (give a creature +2/+2 and mountainwalk), and Traitorous Blood.  Contaminated Ground is another I've used a lot lately, especially when my opponent is playing anything non-black. Once you know what you typically see at your LGS, you'll be able to make some changes to reflect what's happening there.

Good luck, and let us know how you tweak things!

There is a fourth way: play events and win packs; use those packs to trade for what you want.

If you do decide to buy some, ebay is perhaps your best bet--if you are patient and buy only on the cheap.  In the last two days, I got a Warren Instigator (NM) for $4 (including shipping).  I also recently picked up quantities of each Goblin Lackey and Goblin Sharpshooter via ebay.  My cost per card (shipped) was at or below half the TCGPlayer average for them.  I could turn around and sell/trade them as singles for twice what I paid for them (if I wanted to part with them).  This is especially true of the $4-5 cards.  You can often pick up playsets of four for $2-3.  Turn around and trade those, and then keep trading up. A few months back, I traded up from about $12 of cards (purchase price) I got on ebay to around $85 of chase cards and shocklands.  It took me a few weeks to do it, so that was an additional cost, but I was in no hurry, so it didn't hurt.

Of course, to do that, you need to make sure you are buying multiples (x3, x4, or larger lots) at the last minute.  I try to focus on some trusted sellers (e.g., Kid Icarus) who combine shipping.  When I have the cash to do so, I search ebay for "MTG" and a card name, and always sort by "Ending soonest". You don't always win (others are trying to snipe, too), but it has been a strategy that works well for me.

Best of luck to you!

Any of the Intro Packs is a great place to start.  You'll have something playable right from the start.  If you can afford to do so, pick up a couple different ones, so you can get a feel for how the different decks play.  Consider getting two that share one color, so you'll have more options for swapping cards between them.  For example, if you want to try Black/White, if you also pick up either Black/Blue or Red/White, you'll have the ability to pick from either to support the other.

Think about how you'd like your games to progress. Do you want to come on strong and fast (aggro)? Do you want to bide your time a bit and get powerful things out after turn three? Also, your title mentions B/W tokens--what kind of token creatures would you prefer? Humans? Spirits? Rats? Something else? You have a lot of directions you can go.  White has a lot of human token generation, with buffs to pump them up (e.g., Intangible Virtue).  There are also white spirits.  In black, you have Ogre Slumlord and his affinity for rats, and Pack Rat itself.

In reality, I just recommend that you start pulling some things together, get some friends together, and start playing.  You'll get a feel for what works, and what doesn't.  That will go a long way toward helping you refine what you'd like to do.

Welcome to the world of Magic: the Gathering!

Sebi and crew are aware that the oracle text has changed.  They were not aware that the oracle text could/would change periodically.  They've added it to the list of issues that need to be addressed as updates are released.

Agreed.  I sort other peoples' collections for pay, and that would be a great boon.

No apology necessary.  With so many new folks joining on a daily basis, it only makes sense that some questions will be asked more than once.  I apologize if I came across poorly.  I just wanted to provide some answers for you.

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