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If you are hellbent on buying a box, why not wait a few weeks and pick up one of the new set that is coming out?

Otherwise, honestly, I don't think you should buy a box at all.  If you are looking to spend money on a bunch of cards at once to fill out decks then sites like StarCityGames and ChannelFireball are usually your best bet.  They should have most of what you need and will only ding you once for shipping. 

If you are looking to acquire most of your cards through trading it's still very possible but might take some extra effort.  A common tactic is to trade several low-end cards for a single mid-range card that you don't necessarily want but that has good trade value.  Do this a couple of times and you can turn $15 worth of $0.50 cards into three $5 cards.  Then look for trades that contain the more expensive card you are really after and you'll eventually get it.  It will take significantly longer but will cost a LOT less money and it's kind of fun!

I would not buy a box of anything from the Scars of Mirrodin block simply for trade bait since it's about to rotate in 6 months and you will likely lose money on that deal.  I agree with Vyr1s that I normally stay away from core sets but M12 is somewhat of an exception with Phantasmal Images and the Titans.  I probably still wouldn't do it, though.  You're not all that likely to even get a titan in a box and then it would have to be one of the pricier ones to even matter.  Most of the other M12 rares are junk that most people don't want making it a risky investment.

EDIT: Grammar

Don't forget that the trade area uses TCG mid prices and you can't change that.  I switched to low for a while and then switched back due to that small detail.  If you don't trade then don't worry.

I see.  I did not realize you were looking for a filter to get you every possible multi-colored card that optionally matched your other search criteria.  I was under the impression your desired result set was more refined than that but you've explained the problem very well in this response.

If it's any consolation, the Deckbox admins strike me as the kind of people who are handy with SQL Unions

I'd like to see this too!

I think the color filter set to "Exclusively All Of" will get you just multi-colored cards.

That's a good point.  We don't need to spark further debate and my intention is to give it visibility.  I will take your advice, thanks!

You are correct, sir.  I was actually commenting on what happens after I've gone through that entire list.  What do I do then?  My options are to beg for a site enhancement (purdy pwease?) or to comb through that list again and again trying to keep track of who is new.

Haha, I LOVE Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Rooftop Storm!  I have an EDH deck built with that and it is so much fun to play.

There are two things that stand out to me as an issue with this build. 

1.  The artifact ramp (e.g. Silver Myr, Palladium Myr and Warden of the Wall) and the cards to protect the combo (e.g. swiftfoot boots and undying evil) would be better replaced by more control cards like Go for the Throat, Black Sun's Zenith and Mana Leak.

2. You should probably run more copies of the combo pieces (i.e. Devouring Swarm, Gravecrawler, Rooftop Storm).  I think you would also benefit from 2 Grimgrin, Corpse-Borns in the deck as they are really, really good in this setup.

You can probably see that the deck that is shaping up is more of an aggro/control list with a combo backup in case the aggro needs a little push.  The reason for this is that Rooftop Storm is funny and all but it is slow and fragile.

To that end, you may want to look at Diregraf Captain to double-up the damage dealt by sacrificing Gravecrawler to Devouring Swarm or Grimgrin, Corpse-Born.

To answer your question, "will a deck like this get there", the answer is yes but you need to keep pressure on your opponent or they will just kill you before you get to combo out.  That pressure is kept with either absurd amounts of control (available in standard but expensive, monetarily) or with an aggro setup that rides along with the combo.  The latter of these two approaches detracts from the original combo goal but will ultimately end up with more wins and more consistent games.

I hope that helps and isn't too far removed from what you had in mind.  If it is and you really want to work on a pure combo strategy regardless of how often it wins (hey, it's fun and we've all done it) I would be happy to provide different advice.

I have a few of these. let me put a trade together.

Also, it would be somewhat helpful if you used the mtg card link codes so we can see these cards without looking them up.  I am not going to die but it would save me the time of looking them up myself (and everyone else for that matter).

The politics of casual play... 

For what it's worth I am somewhat against a bad trade forum.  It has little potential to help the users get their cards, a mild amount of potential to warn future traders and a large amount of potential to turn in to a witch hunt.  That isn't good for anybody and, in the end, defeats the very purpose of its creation because it wouldn't be reliable.

I personally just finished a trade today that I may have blasted all over the proposed forum had one existed.  As it turns out, the other trader was simply very slow and a poor communicator.  Had I posted his name the damage to his reputation would have been done and yet he didn't do anything that couldn't have been resolved through the trade feedback system.

That's small comfort for those who have truly lost their cards, I am sure.  But, you always have the recourse of leaving negative feedback and getting the Deckbox admins involved who may eventually suspend trading privileges for the user in question.  This method does a better job of pushing for a resolution and warning other users to trade cautiously (often because they won't be able to trade with them).

Competitive eBay prices unless you live in the area and can hand over cash.

I know someone who has several he is looking to sell but he no longer plays Magic and isn't looking for trades.  If you're interested I can try and set something up.