Search options (Page 4 of 6)

I honestly don't see anything worth a whole hell of a lot in there.  A few old cards, but nothing really stand-out.  I could be wrong here, but as a bulk lot I don't see much more than $200 without knowing what exactly is there...and even that's a stretch.  What I would suggest is to fill out an inventory list right here on Deckbox, and say that the whole lot is for sale.  People can then take a look at what's there and look for specifics, as opposed to "trust me, it's a good deal."  I don't doubt that there is $550-worth there, but I doubt that it's worth that much in bulk.  Plus, the video isn't all that clear...list it up, let the buyer know what is all there, and go from there.

Bonds of Faith may be a better option than Pacifism.  Pacifism will run the risk of being a dead card against decks that either don't have creatures or the creatures are protected from it, while Bonds can be used to boost your own creatures in that situation.  I'd also consider sideboarding a couple more Defy Deaths in case of removal/counterspell-heavy decks.  Other than that, I don't really have many suggestions...I just don't know what's all in the last block to say for sure what it would need.  Looks like it would at least be a competitive deck though.

When you choose the edition, it shows the edition symbol in your inventory and wishlist.  If you have multiple editions, it shows all those symbols.  I don't know about you, but I have several cards with 5 or 6 different editions represented in my inventory.  I would rather see one image when hovering over the card name than 5 or 6 of them.  Another thing to consider is the difference in the text...typically the more recent versions of a card have the most concise (not to mention Oracle-accurate) wording on the cards.  Take a look at Darkness for example.  You hover over it and it shows the Time Spiral reprint.  Now, go look at the Legends version.  It's an extreme example, but I'd rather see the easiest-to-read version pop up as opposed to the most accurate listing compared to what I own.

I'll be honest, I never thought about Whipflare.  However, when all it takes is paying into Kamahl once to save my board, I'm not terribly worried.  I'm also not worried about using my creatures to create mana...that's why Vernal Bloom is there.  The Llanowar Elves are there for early-game mana, before I can get the Thawing Glaciers to go off two or three times per turn (or more if things go my way).  And with Omnath, Locus of Mana keeping unspent mana in my mana pool, once he's in play I'll simply build up an insane mana pool to the point that I can pay into Kamahl a few times without even having to tap anything for it.  I'm kind of glad TyWoo suggested Omnath, because even though it doesn't suit the Druid theme, it works well with the ones I have in there.  At this point, I think the strategy is sound...already have it in my head how everything will ideally play out, it's just a question of what needs to be done to streamline it to keep everything flowing in order for everything to work the way I envision.

EDIT: Now, Wrath of God worries me a bit, but I'm not sure what can help with that...short of a Feldon's Cane or two to get everything back as needed. Too tired to think right now, maybe later I'll come up with something

If you're willing to trade with a Canadian, I have a 5th Edition Lord of Atlantis and three Darksteel Aether Vials that I'd be willing to part with.  I took a quick peek at your trade list, and although the only thing you have that I'm currently looking for is a playset of Reverberates, there were a few cards I'd be interested in acquiring to bring it up to fair value, but since your profile says you won't trade outside your country, I figured I should ask first before working out a trade.

Yeah, it's a much better strategy than I had first assumed.  Good call!

Actually, you can't do that.  The ability triggers as soon as it's in the graveyard.  Since neither player will get priority before the effect resolves, the Eldrazi are not valid targets for removal at any time.  That would be a situation that would require an alternate win condition.

I just realized something...if you have Lich and Ali from Cairo in play, and someone decides to, say, Disenchant the Lich, you could save yourself from dying if you play Boomerang followed by Shock (or cards with the same effect).  Since the Shock would resolve first, you would take two damage, triggering Ali's ability and putting your life total at 1 (although this would still cost you a couple permanents).  Then Boomerang resolves, sending Lich back to your hand.  Finally, the Disenchant resolves, but there's no valid target anymore.  What this does is both prevent you from dying as a state based effect when Lich leaves play (since you have a life total above zero) AND prevents Lich from killing you by going to the graveyard (because it went to your hand instead).  This would serve no real viable purpose in an actual match (it wouldn't be feasible to run Lich in a multicolor deck because of the colored mana requirement, unless you have a workaround), but if this scenario actually went off it would definitely be amusing!  Oh, and the spells would need to be played in that sequence...if you play Boomerang after Shock, it resolves before Shock, which would kill you as soon as Lich left play.  Just an amusing, albeit pointless, thought

The key to Legacy is deck speed.  The longer it takes to get the deck rolling, the harder it will be to win.  You don't really need expensive cards to have a successful deck though, you just need the cards to work well together.  Your best bet is to look at the money cards that you already own and see how well they'd work in a Legacy build.  If you can make them work, then keep them (any card you don't have to chase down is a plus), but if they're not really good outside of Standard, I'd say trade them for cards that are.  Also, don't discount modern dual lands.  Badlands is awesome if you're running a deck that cares about the number of Swamps or Mountains in your deck, because it counts as both, but if you only need it for the choice of mana, then Dragonskull Summit is a far cheaper way to do the exact same thing.

According to Gatherer, Ali from Cairo doesn't prevent the damage from occurring, it just reduces the life loss.  So you would still have to sacrifice the cards.  Also, Lich only alters your life total when it comes into play, and Ali's ability is a replacement effect, so correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't your life total become 1 if you took damage?  It would have no functional bearing on, well, anything, but if a Platinum Angel was in play and Lich were to be Disenchanted or something, you wouldn't have to worry about the Angel getting bounced afterward and having 0 life.

What you would need to combine with Lich to get the effect you desire would be something that prevents you from taking damage.  Something like, say, imprinting Safe Passage on a Panoptic Mirror would prevent damage dealt on your turn.  Cards like Empty City Ruse would prevent them from attacking you, and a simple Circle of Protection: Red would prevent most direct damage effects, and you could sideboard any other pertinent Circles in case of other decks if you need.

Honestly, I think Lich would work much better with white in general.  Something lie Healing Salve would become Ancestral Recall, and white has enough damage prevention in it to keep you from having to sacrifice anything.  Plus since you'd be running black as well, I'm sure you could come across some interesting ways to keep permanents in play so you can sacrifice them in case you can't prevent damage for one reason or another.

By the way, thanks for posting this...it kind of generated a deck idea...probably wouldn't be a good deck, but it would be fun to play in casual games...now to see if I can refine the idea...

*edit* Sorry, changed "damage dealt" to "life lost" because, well, the damage is still dealt.

TyWoo's advice won't mark them all as being M13 either, he'll have to manually edit them on his inventory page...assuming he cares about the edition of course.

I would assume that it's ability can trigger at instant-speed, so he could technically play a creature for free during his opponent's turn, likely right after attackers are declared.  Now, if he drops, say, a Sower of Temptation with it, he can effectively steal an attacker and turn it into a blocker.  Plus, it won't have summoning sickness on his turn.  And even if he uses it on his own turn to get a creature out, he's keeping mana free for other purposes instead of just dropping a creature.

Anyway, I would switch Mana Leak out in favor of Rune Snag, as it's pretty much the same thing but gets better the more often it gets used.  Also, I think the deck would be better served with more counters than splashing white for a single card.  If you're that concerned about creature removal, look into spells like Boomerang or Unsummon.  I would go with Boomerang myself, since it is the more versatile card, but either suits your needs.  Don't like the creature, just return it to the player's hand and then counter it the next time they play it.  I also like Cryptic Command, but it may not suit this deck.  I just personally love cards that let you choose their effect.

There may be better suggestions, but I'll leave it here for now.  Gives you something to mull over