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I noticed that there are many elephants, viashino, birds...

Was it two or three? If only two, it was (imo) no deal.  Even three ends up being more than retail (depending on the tax rate where you live).

I don't mean to be a downer, but am just questioning how much of a bargain it really is.

Pre-release was a blast.  My wife and I had a great time, as did one of our sons and his friend.  My lucky pulls (2x Gideon, Champion of Justice and 2x Obzedat, Ghost Council) worked out well for me, with at least one of them seeing play in just about every hand.

I came in 11th out of 31 players, with a record of 3-2.  When I got home, I realized that an error on my part (not knowing Gideon well enough) cost me one of my matches.  I didn't realize he was indestructible, so I allowed him to be destroyed by Grisly Spectacle--twice over two hands! I would have won both hands had Gideon remained on the field.

Oh, well! The other great pull was Blind Obedience. With only one, I did not get it out often, but when it was in play, it definitely tipped the scales in my favor.  My last match when 2-1 to my opponent, but the final hand was close (had him at one life point while I was at six).  I drew land six turns straight, and was eventually left with nothing to stop his attackers.

Here's the deck I played, if any of you are interested.

It was a lot of fun.  My wife and I have really come to enjoy going to the pre-relase events.  We're already looking forward to the next one.

After seeing that Caracal idea, I built a deck around it.  One thing I added you might want to consider is Sphere of Safety. It requires your opponent to pay (1) for each enchantment you control.  If you have Rancor, Ethereal Armor, and Sphere of Safety in play, that means your opponent must pay (3) for each attacker.  Get  another Sphere out and that jumps to (8).

In play testing, I had a lot of fun with it.  My one son played Goblin Aggro with Krenko, Mob Boss. He got more than 160 goblin tokens on the field, but could only attack with one per turn.  He got me, but it took over 20 turns (all of his goblins had First Strike thanks to Bloodmark Mentor, so that's why I modified the deck to add Serra Avenger).

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Ah! So we see how it is now. We need to be related to you in order to be more than a moderator for the site.

That means someone who wants to help with the development will need to marry your sister before they can help.

I, for one, am out of the running, as my wife doesn't like to share. 

Welcome aboard!

I won't try to strong-arm you into playing Magic the Gathering.  I can just tell you that my wife (not a gamer-geek in any way) tried it and really enjoyed it.  She's been playing ever since (10 years now).  We're going to a pre-release event tomorrow.  It's something that you can enjoy playing casually, and it allows you to express yourself in the way you (eventually) build your decks.

Even if you don't try it, I'm glad to see extra hands on deck to help Sebi and Laura! Again, welcome!

Looking at your mana curve and the cards in the deck, are you content with giving your opponents T1 and T2 to act? All your one-drops are non-creature spells, and you only have four two drop creatures (I'm not counting Boneyard Wurm, because you can't play it until you have creatures in your graveyard).

What about some one-drop mana producers, like Avacyn's Pilgrim, or a mana recycler like Arbor Elf. Use them for mana early, and then use them as chump blockers to fill your graveyard.

That said, you're only playing one Boneyard Wurm.  I prefer to see more multiples in decks because it increases the odds I'll get the cards I want/need for a win condition.

Serra Avatar looks good on the surface, but I normally recommend against it unless you are running a lot of lifelink.  With a couple of Thragtuskand some Nearheath Pilgrim, you'll have some lifelink, but not the amount I'd want to see if running Serra Avatar.  You're not going to want to block with your Pilgrims if you're going to rely on their Soulbond ability to make Boneyard Wurm bigger.  Why not add some one-drop lifelink creatures, like Trained Caracal.  That way, you can get an early start on Lifelink (especially with a Rancored Caracal), and will also have cheap chump blockers to start filling that graveyard.

So, I believe there is potential here, but I believe you need to refine what you have to make the deck a consistant performer.

At this time, there is no separate pricing for foils (or promos, for that matter) in the system.  I know Sebi has heard many voices ask about adding that feature, but I believe the challenge is finding a resource that will play nice with third-party sites.

For now, I typically go to another site to find the pricing I want for a foil, and either list it in the trade chat, or have the other party suggest a value (depending on the card).

What could it be? Token templates featuring Sebi and Laura (e.g., human token, soldier token)?

Are they already sorted and in some logical order? I'd definitely do that prior to entering, as it's easier to keep track of where you are when you must put them away and resume later.

If lucky, you have someone close who is willing to help.  My wife read me card names and quantities on occasion, and that helped.  She plays, too, so she enjoyed seeing some new (to her) cards as well.  I already had them sorted by set, so she didn't need to know what all the symbols were. Heck, I still use a list for many of them.

My initial entry was a few thousand cards, and I did it late evenings and on some weekend days over a few weeks.  I was already pretty anal, though, and had most of the cards sorted and boxed before I started entering them.

Last summer, I more than doubled my collection (picking up bulk commons and uncommons, and also getting into collecting the current sets).  More evening and weekend time.

Since then, I've been pretty religious about entering my cards right away--usually within 48 hours.  I have one page in my trade binder for inbound cards, and I either write a list (large trades) or snap a photo (small trades) so I can adjust my inventory.  I picked up so many over the holidays that I got a bit behind, but I'm back on top of it now.  I have about a dozen cards to add (including three Goblin Sharpshooter--Yippie!) from the last two days.

I have over 11k cards in the system, and anticipate adding many more in the future.  Welcome to the community!