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Sorry for not being that responsive to suggestions, its been a fairly busy weekend for me.

His reputation was 9/9 out trades completed in the last 2 months prior to ours and he had posted a topic on this group that I responded to. Seeing as he was somewhat new, is why I asked to use DC and tracking in the first place. Ive also been in contact with a previous trader that Ive done business who had a similiar issue with cards not being delivered effectively so this could be a some kinda of scam. Although faking tracking would be a very clever trick. 

Honestly, getting cash for the cards would be the final option I would go with below, getting the cards back or getting trade value in return. If I wanted cash for them, I would have just sold them on ebay. Alot faster and safer. Its more the principle. No one ever said that trading via mail was 100% fault proof and I understand that but I have always understood that if I want to keep a good reputation as a safe and friendly trader, I would take my losses where I have to and make sure the other person is satisfied with the deal when completed. Again Im not blaming him for the loss of the cards because he did provide proof they were sent, but that still shouldnt change the fact that Ive never recieved them and he recieved mine 4 days after I sent and its been 2 months since he sent. IF they ever do show, I have no problem either giving back the cash credited to me or the value in compensation.

I appreciate the reponses.

I haven't physically been to the post office but I've called and spoken to both post offices in my area as well as the USPS customer service and it hasn't turned up. The tracking only shows that it left CA and they have no idea where went from there.

To be clear i wasnt asking for the current value of the fetches (which would be around 45) just the original 30. I was just under the assumption that even if the mail was lost I would still send value equal the original trade espically if I recieved theirs and they didn't receive mine. I just didn't think it was fair that I would be taking that big a loss when I never recieved anything at all and would be basically taking half of what I traded for. I understand taking some loss but I don't see why I should take more of the loss.

This is really the first time I've had this kind of problem which is why I asked for suggestions. Im not trying to be a pain in the ass with what I think I deserve in compensation. I just want a better understanding as to why 15 would be fair. If people agree that 15 is fair than the majority wins and ill gladly accept that. I am great full he's willing to send anything but just appreciate some clarification

First off, B-E-A-UTIFUL work with getting this up and running! Ive enjoyed using it thus far. I can't wait for the next wave of updates because they sound like they will make this app even more awesome than it already is

Also great work on your Life Counter App. Ive been using that one for a while and its my go to App for all Magic related Fun!

I took am interested in the foil thragtusk. Let me know if we can work something out

Ingenious idea. Im not sure why I didnt think of this in the first place. Sign me up

I was rather surprised that I had offers literally 30 seconds after I posted this. Im waiting to see what gets accepted but right now the Gaea's Cradle, 2 Wastelands, Phyrexian Tower are being negotiated as is the Izzet Dice.

I still have the Golgari Dice as well as the boxes/checklist/letter for both. Ill update this when I know more.

@Fluke - is that Duel Deck Daze you have English?

Man if I would have known there was interest for the just the boxes and such I would picked through the trash for the ones people were throwing away.

That in mind, I have a Golgari and Izzet box with life counters, checklist and letters (no packs) if anybody else is interested. The Golgari one has rip on the 1 corner but the Izzet 1 is just like I got it from the pre release just as an FYI.

Offer sent

Honestly if I were you, I would start with Krenko for a couple reasons.

1. Goblins are fun to play!
2. Building a mono-color deck will really be easier to learn about the amount and types of mana you should be running in EDH. Since your only running 1 color you dont have to worry about making sure you have enough of the other color and how much you should be using.
3. Goblins are really easy to come by and most of them are cheap. There are very few of them that you shouldnt consider using at some point.
4. It will be faster to put together and run. Mono colored decks kinda run on Auto-pilot when playing them and for someone just starting to learn how the deck and the format works this isnt really a bad thing.

I also agree with Phrank about running just EDH staples. Should you run all of them? No. Should you run some? Probably. Do you have to run any? Nope. The one thing about this format that I love is that whenever Im building a deck, I always come across cards I have never heard of and Ive actually taken EDH "Staples" out of decks for random jank because it makes the deck more fun and unpredictable to play. I will never get tired of hearing " Wait that card does what?". This is a "One formats garbage is an EDH format treasure" format. Granted there are cards that are obviously better than others and others that just don't do anything in EDH all together (ie Surgical Extraction).

My advice to you with building Mono-red is to go crazy.Leave no stone unturned . A friend of mine has a Niv-Mizzet deck that is completely random. Everything from Coin-flipping to randomly destroying things even his own. He only runs blue for card draw.

I realize you didnt ask me but I just happened to see the question so I thought Id answer...

For me planeswalker have done more than paint a target on my head no matter if I play tibalt or jace. They are my favorite card to play with but they just get hated on so ended up takin them out all my decks bc they just couldn't stay alive long enough to do anything meaningful. Unless your playing with doubling season so they basically enter the battlefield with double their counters to go ultimate they really are just wasted mana. 1v1 is a whole other story however. Bc it's easier to go against 1 person attacking them than 3.

I'd also like to apologize for the length of my posts lol. I didn't intend to make it look like a novel I just extra off time at work haha.

Ahh a post I can contribute too

1. Most if not all of the first 3-4 turns are spent getting your manabase to what you need to reliably cast spells and creatures espically if your running more than a 2 color general. There are very few decks that start faster even with a nut draw and with Primeval banned (if you play with the Ban List) its not as easy to get those non-basics that really can turn the game in your favour (Cabal Coffers and Urborg Tomb of Yawgmouth)

2. This is part totally based on what general you choose and then what that general does. If you choose Animar for example your going to run more creatures than instants and sorceries to take advantage of Animar making creatures cheaper (really fun casting an Ulamog for 0). Where as if you choose Talrand, your going to want more instants and sorceries to get drakes on the field. You might think that since you only need 1 of a given card it shouldnt be too hard to fill out a deck with stuff, but ask any EDH player with the having almost every single magic card in existance to choose from, your bound to find some youve never heard of and want to include them in the deck. that 99 runs out pretty quick. something else to consider although its kind of stupid is that some people just choose a general for their colors and don't even use them. To me thats kinda of stupid and defeats the purpose of this unique format but to each his own I guess.

2a. Your Land count should fall any where from from 30-40 (unless your playing Azusa, Lost but Seeking where 45 is average) depend on your mana curve, number of colors being used and if you choose to run artifact ramp (ie Signets, Prismatic tailsmen). I personally never have less than 32 lands in any deck with fetches and some sort of ramp and I dont usually have an issue.

3. You can have as many legends in your deck as you want. See Captain Sisay. Of course only 1 can be the general but there is no limit to the amount included.
4. Like its already stated, it varies alot and on the types of decks being played. Most games see 25-30 turns if people are casual but if its more competitive decks being played, games can end very fast with the amount of infinite combos that can be achieved.

4. There really isnt a way to be consistant. You just need to do the best you can with what you have to work with. A few tips I would suggest that I follow when I build decks
         A. recursion is important. Bc you only have a single copy of a spell in a deck its important to have a back plan incase it gets countered or removed before you use it. Obv some colors have an easier time recurring things than others (Green has Eternal Witness compared to Red that has...)

         B. Include some kind of graveyard hate (Tormod's Crypt, Relic of Progentius) just in case. Alot of Generals can do crazy things with the gravy yard so it never hurts to have a way to make sure you have a way to deal with it without relying on your opponents to help.

         C. Make sure you have ways to draw extra cards reliably besides your 1 a turn. In a game that revolves around dealing with multiple people that have multiple threats you need to make sure you have more than 1 answer waiting in your hand when the time comes or it gets back your turn. This part is prolly the hardest to establish since people dont like you drawing more cards than them but just something to consider.

         D. This is the Format of Ramp. Primevals banning should drop it alot but its still important to get mana up so you can cast your fatties.

         E. Tutors are the best way to get what your looking for. Some are better than others as well as cheaper, but no tutor is really that bad that you cant make it work. Granted there are some that hold no purpose in a singlton format but being able to look for answers or combo pieces or even lands when you need it is alway important.

I hope this helps atleast alittle

Im just wishing you good luck in getting them all Foil. I actually just completed (for now) this exact same collection; ie Foil planeswalkers from their orginal printed sets. It only took 2 years to get people to part with them.