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A1phaMale
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posted October 31, 2012 08:43 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for A1phaMale Click Here to Email A1phaMale Send a private message to A1phaMale Click to send A1phaMale an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View A1phaMale's Have/Want ListView A1phaMale's Have/Want List
I'd like to have some fun drafting older sets. Besides Ebay, are there other avenues to explore to find sealed booster boxes. I would be looking for boxes that would cost less than ~200/each, and no sets more recent than Darksteel. Is MOTL a good place to put up a buy thread for older booster boxes such as Mirage, Visions, Mirrodin, Apoc, etc.
 
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From what I've found, ebay is still th e way to go. Stores have them marked up WAY too high. You could put up a buylist on MOTL, but I feel u won't get many bites.

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Some stuff left over here, not a whole lot:

http://www.potomacdist.com/list.asp?code=1320

 
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Originally posted by A1phaMale:
Is MOTL a good place to put up a buy thread for older booster boxes such as Mirage, Visions, Mirrodin, Apoc, etc.

If you are willing to pay strong, you should be able to find some on here. Being under 200 is going to be an issue as most older boxes are above that. Mirage and Visions are well above 200 and Apoc and Mirrodin are getting close.

 
A1phaMale
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Thanks for the responses... one more question, from your experience, what are some of the funnest sets to draft?
 
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Rav block was fun with all 3 sets.
3x CHK was fun too.
My favorite though was NPH, Besieged, Scars
 
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Originally posted by A1phaMale:
Thanks for the responses... one more question, from your experience, what are some of the funnest sets to draft?

Ironically, it's some of the cheaper sets that are the most fun to draft. Mostly because draft considerations weren't a part of R&D until later sets. RAV block is great, as is triple ROE and LOR-LOR-MOR drafts. My personal favorite was ALA block drafts, simply because the options were endless for drafting.

 
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Ebay is the way to go, seriously. You might find the odd box at some random site but there is nowhere you are going to be able to consistantly pick up OOP boxes cheaper/easier than Ebay for the most part.
 
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3 packs of homelands and 3 packs of fallen empire were pretty darn fun!

 
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Originally posted by D'Shay:
3 packs of homelands and 3 packs of fallen empire were pretty darn fun!


Oh God. That was honestly the worst thing ever.

 
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quote:
Originally posted by hilikuS:
Rav block was fun with all 3 sets.
3x CHK was fun too.
My favorite though was NPH, Besieged, Scars

Ugh, how is it humanly possible to like Scars block? That block was awful. We should gather up all of the poison cards and burn them.

 
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Originally posted by Volcanon:
Ugh, how is it humanly possible to like Scars block? That block was awful. We should gather up all of the poison cards and burn them.

There just seemed to me like there were so many neat cards with cool abilities. Like you could go infect in a number of different ways, and in different colors, or you could go non-infect in a bunch of ways too.

People hated infect, but the block for me was a load of fun to draft.

 
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Originally posted by Zeckk:
Ironically, it's some of the cheaper sets that are the most fun to draft. Mostly because draft considerations weren't a part of R&D until later sets. RAV block is great, as is triple ROE and LOR-LOR-MOR drafts. My personal favorite was ALA block drafts, simply because the options were endless for drafting.

I agree that Alara was the most fun set to draft. All of the Shards were pretty good and you could easily do a 5 color deck as well.

 
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posted November 06, 2012 12:43 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for noquarter Click Here to Email noquarter Send a private message to noquarter Click to send noquarter an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Did anybody try drafting the Alara block foil packs? If so, is it as good as true block draft? I might try that sometime.
 
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Originally posted by noquarter:
Did anybody try drafting the Alara block foil packs? If so, is it as good as true block draft? I might try that sometime.

I haven't drafted the packs but my friends and I will pick up the foil packs for pack wars every now and again.

1. Pack wars are amazingly fun
2. Pack wars with all foils is exciting
3. Pack wars/drafting with the potential of cards from 3 sets makes the games very interesting and a lot of fun synergy.

Conclusion: Yes, if you've got the money to spare then it is totally worth drafting/playing with those packs. I actually only buy those packs for packs wars so I can get maximum use out of them.

 
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Originally posted by noquarter:
Did anybody try drafting the Alara block foil packs? If so, is it as good as true block draft? I might try that sometime.

MODO had Alara Block packs / drafts, it really changes what decks you can / cannot draft.

Drafting it was quite fun, but completely differant format from Shards / Conflux / Alara Reborn.

 
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Hello, maybe you can try to buy from this website: mtgmintcard.com. Quickly shipping, nice pricing , good service.


quote:
Originally posted by A1phaMale:
I'd like to have some fun drafting older sets. Besides Ebay, are there other avenues to explore to find sealed booster boxes. I would be looking for boxes that would cost less than ~200/each, and no sets more recent than Darksteel. Is MOTL a good place to put up a buy thread for older booster boxes such as Mirage, Visions, Mirrodin, Apoc, etc.

 
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Here, at least for newer stuff....why not support this site

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Thank you!

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Originally posted by Lord Crovax:
Here, at least for newer stuff....why not support this site


 
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Originally posted by bellaxiemtg:
Thank you!


He wasn't talking about you, he was talking about HERE, as in MOTL.

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quote:
Originally posted by Jazaray:
He wasn't talking about you, he was talking about HERE, as in MOTL.

Thanks,
Jazaray


So true......felt a little bad correcting him thou, he seemed so happy...

 
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quote:
Originally posted by Jazaray:
He wasn't talking about you, he was talking about HERE, as in MOTL.

Thanks,
Jazaray


total of 3 posts with email address being from said promoted site. Ban hammer?!

 

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