12 Days of MTG Christmas

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

It being the 12th day of December, this had reminded us of an apropos post a few years back on December 4th, 2014 where we had laid out our Magic: the Gathering take on the jolly Christmas Carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas.  To this end, we now regurgitate that post to you, along with the estimated card value from that time.
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A Magic: the Gathering Christmas !
THE TWELVE DAYS OF MTG CHRISTMAS - sing along -

• 12 Deepwood Drummers Drumming

• 11 Elvish Pipers Piping

• 10 Lords pumping

• 9 Power Nine…ing

• 8 Goblins Lurking

• 7 Mystics forging

• 6 Sphinxs Revving

• 5 Soo-ool Riiiings!

• 4 Squadron Hawks

• 3 Mutavaults

• 2 Tarmogoyfs

• And a Storm Crow in a Treefolk!

Our playgroup was chatting the other evening about this very song when someone wondered as to the price for all of these very lovely cards.  That is what we hope to estimate right now.  Prices below are a rough aggregate from CCG House, MTG Mint Card, other online retailers and our own local WPN store OMG! Games here in Barrie.  

• Foil 7th Edition Storm Crow ($1 foil)in a Doran, the Siege Tower Lorwyn ($10 Foil).  We used Doran, our fav card to rep the treefolk here.

• 2x Tarmogoyfs ($700 Future Sight Foil)

• 3x Mutavaults ($35 M14 foil) 

• 4x Squadron Hawk ($3 FNM promo)

• 5x Sol Rings ($25 From the Vault: Relics)

• 6x Sphinx's Revelation ($28 Return to Ravnica foil)

• 7x Stoneforge Mystics ($160 Worldwake foil)

• 8x Goblin Bushwacker ($3 Zendikar foil) We used the bushwacker here as we thought it looked very 'lurky'.

• Black Lotus ($6,750 Unlimited), Ancestral Recall ($1,700 Unlimited) Time Walk ($1,200 Unlimited), Mox Pearl ($1,200 Unlimited), Mox Sapphire ($1,600 Unlimited), Mox Jet ($1,300 Unlimited), Mox Ruby ($1,000 Unlimited), Mox Emerald ($1,100 Unlimited), and Timetwister ($650 Unlimited).

• 10x Lord of Atlantis ($75 7th Edition foil)

• 11x Elvish Pipers Piping ($12 M10 foil)

• 12x Deepwood Drummer ($1 Mecadian Masques foil)

Summed up, we are looking at just under $21,000 or so. 

Wow.

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Merry Christmas Ugin

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Happy Thursday and Merry Christmas MTG peeps,

We sincerely wish all the readers today a very Happy Holiday - whether its Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa or simply the spirit of the season.  As most Magic: the Gathering fans  had suspected, Wizards of the Coast had posted some rather special articles today over on the mothersite - previews from the upcoming MTG set - Fate Reforged.

We want to get to the 'big' present first as we are very excited to share this on - Ugin, the Spirit Dragon !

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, 8

Planeswalker - Ugin, Mythic Rare

+2: Ugin, the Spirit Dragon deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

-X: Exile each permanent with converted mana cost X or less that's one or more colors.

-10: You gain 7 life, draw 7 cards, then put up to seven permanent cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

illus. Raymon Swanland # 1/185

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Wow!  This is certainly a powerful planeswalker and will definitely be a fan favourite across a few different formats and will be on the radar for quite a few players which can easily get this colourless card in any build.  We like that we can use the second exile card right off the hop when this comes down to board wipe.  The ultimate is just plain crazy, and when this happens, games will simply be won.  Game fans will already be working on maximizing the benefits of each of Ugin's abilities and we'll be watching just how far pushed this card can go in the new year.

Next up - the return of tap lands - the very same common cycle of lands which saw print in the last set Khans of Tarkir - but with updated art to illustrate that the story line has now moved far back chronologically.  Simply gorgeous art on each of them -

Tranquil Cove, Dismal Backwater, Bloodfell Caves, Rugged Highlands, Blossoming Sands, Scoured Barrens, Swiftwater Cliffs, Jungle Hollow, Wind-Scarred Crag, and Thornwood Falls.

Within the article by WotC staffer Blake, he had promised the return of Fetch Lands !!  These were rather expensive (Onslaught fetches) to purchase as a single and with the reprinting of this cycle, we can expect the value of this very critical card to now be closer within reach of players with a budget.  We are definitely getting more when we preorder from MTG Mint Card to finish off our deck sets of each.

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A Magical Christmas

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Tis the season so they say, and Magic: the Gathering fans are going all out this year it seems.  There have been more Christmas themed decorations, ornaments, Christmas trees and other festive indulgences than we can keep track of.  Here at MTG Realm, we've posted / reposted some of the offerings on our Tumblr Page but really cannot keep up.

One particular post to the Reddit Magic TCG page did catch our attention.  Redditor 'Schechefter' had fabricated a wonderful Nativity Scene prominently featuring rather appropriate Magic: the Gathering cards to substitute for Joseph, Mary, Baby J, the wise men and the stable critters - let's have a looky-loo -

Anax and Cymede (Theros Legendary) along with Child of Alara (Conflux Mythic Rare) are centre stage with the very appropriate Angel of Glory's Rise (Avacyn Restored promo).

The 'wise' men or Kings are all standard format legal and include King Macar, the Gold-Cursed, Briamaz, King of Oreskos, and Tymaret, the Murder King (perhaps not the safest guests to invite to a birthing).

Rounding out the cast of characters are the critters - namely Nyx-Fleece Ram, Camel, and Dwarven Pony.

Brilliant!  Great job by Schechefter.  If you are looking to get down to creating something similar for next year or even a closer holiday (Groundhog Day?), be sure to pop by MTG Mint Card to pick up some MTG singles to manifest your creativity.
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Twelve Days of MTG Christmas

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

We are rapidly approaching the Holiday Season culminating in Christmas at month's end.  Many gamers have already secured a variety of Magic: the Gathering presents to place in stockings or under the Christmas tree already after the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales events.  Several very clever players have already fabricated and installed MTG-themed Advent calendars to mark down the days to Christmas.  

For today's post, we are digging back to a much earlier post some years ago in which we've yattered about the popular cumulative song, 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' adapted to this our favourite game.  There are, of course, everal minor variations, amendments or other improvements on this but we'll stick with this list for now.  Let's have a looky-loo - 
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A Magic: the Gathering Christmas !
THE TWELVE DAYS OF MTG CHRISTMAS - sing along -

• 12 Deepwood Drummers Drumming

• 11 Elvish Pipers Piping

• 10 Lords pumping

• 9 Power Nine…ing

• 8 Goblins Lurking

• 7 Mystics forging

• 6 Sphinxs Revving

• 5 Soo-ool Riiiings!

• 4 Squadron Hawks

• 3 Mutavaults

• 2 Tarmogoyfs

• And a Storm Crow in a Treefolk!

Our playgroup was chatting the other evening about this very song when someone wondered as to the price for all of these very lovely cards.  That is what we hope to estimate right now.  Prices below are a rough aggregate from CCG House, MTG Mint Card, other online retailers and our own local WPN store OMG! Games here in Barrie.  

• Foil 7th Edition Storm Crow ($1 foil)in a Doran, the Siege Tower Lorwyn ($10 Foil).  We used Doran, our fav card to rep the treefolk here.

• 2x Tarmogoyfs ($700 Future Sight Foil)

• 3x Mutavaults ($35 M14 foil) 

• 4x Squadron Hawk ($3 FNM promo)

• 5x Sol Rings ($25 From the Vault: Relics)

• 6x Sphinx's Revelation ($28 Return to Ravnica foil)

• 7x Stoneforge Mystics ($160 Worldwake foil)

• 8x Goblin Bushwacker ($3 Zendikar foil) We used the bushwacker here as we thought it looked very 'lurky'.

• Black Lotus ($6,750 Unlimited), Ancestral Recall ($1,700 Unlimited) Time Walk ($1,200 Unlimited), Mox Pearl ($1,200 Unlimited), Mox Sapphire ($1,600 Unlimited), Mox Jet ($1,300 Unlimited), Mox Ruby ($1,000 Unlimited), Mox Emerald ($1,100 Unlimited), and Timetwister ($650 Unlimited).

• 10x Lord of Atlantis ($75 7th Edition foil)

• 11x Elvish Pipers Piping ($12 M10 foil)

• 12x Deepwood Drummer ($1 Mecadian Masques foil)

Summed up, we are looking at just under $21,000 or so. 

Wow.
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KTK Holiday Gift Box

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Happy Saturday MTG peeps,

We were able to get out to Friday Night Magic last evening to our local gaming store, OMG! Games despite the nasty arctic-like meteorological conditions.  There was however only about half the number of players unfortunately.  We brought along a Mardu midrange decklist and failed quite miserably - which is OK as we love deck-brewing just as much as playing.

 

Anywhoos, the Khans of Tarkir Holiday Gift Box also released just yesterday and we did pick one up for ourselves.  Our very fluffy American Eskimo also approved of this purchase.  This really is quite a kick-butt deal considering that the price for the box is equivalent to just the four KTK booster packs in there with the rest of it simply all gravy.  Here's a quick video of the unboxing -

Here's what you get -
CONTENTS
• 4 Khans of Tarkir Booster Packs
• Rather handsome card storage box (2,000+ card capacity)
• 20 Khans of Tarkir basic lands
• Six illustrated plastic dividers
• Sticker sheet for the dividers / your school textbook
• An alternative-art foil Sultai Charm from the Khans of Tarkir set

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Divider Arts
Plains, illustrated by Noah Bradley
Island, illustrated by Florian de Gesincourt
Swamp, illustrated by Noah Bradley
Mountain, illustrated by Florian de Gesincourt
Forest, illustrated by Adam Paquette
Tomb of the Spirit Dragon 'Colorless Land', illustrated by Sam Burley

Sultai Charm, Khans of Tarkir Uncommon Arts
Regular Printing, illustrated by Mathias Kollros
Holiday Gift Box Alternate Art, illustrated by Ryan Lee  

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An MTG Christmas

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Happy hump-day MTG peeps,

Here at MTG Realm, we are beginning to get in to the Christmas spirit and have subsequently been busily engaged with all manner of Holiday customs - decorations, greeting cards, and what-not.  Let's have a look at what we've been up to.

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Posted to our MTG Realm Tumblr page last evening - we got crazy with our glue gun and made an Magic: the Gathering Christmas tree . .

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It may be a bit late but we're thinking of still doing up an Advent Calendar like the one Win-Mill did here.

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Perhaps not for everyone, but here is an idea for a holiday photo to send along with your Season's Greetings newsletter to friends and family.  This one from Reddit user 'ILikeToPinch' posing with some MTG cards and what I'm sure is a not a real Smith & Wesson SD40.  Ensure you add a witty line about in-game missed triggers.

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An easy MTG Christmas decoration you can do - grab a bunch of your most expensive foils, punch holes in 'em and make a garland for your Christmas tree . . .

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Finally, don't forget to get your Christmas cards out in the mail before its too late - 

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Tumblr Thursday

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

A special Thanksgiving greeting to our American cousins south of the border as well - a Happy Turkey to you and yours.  The mothersite today / tomorrow is revisiting previously published content as staff are off feasting 'n' feting with friends 'n' family.  

As it is Thursday, we thought it an opportune time to catch up with our sister site, MTG Realm on Tumblr, which has been very busy delivering a miscellany of Magic: the Gathering items of interest.  Our Tumblr site has over 3,100 followers and post on average a few times daily.  Anywhoos - onto the latest from them . . .

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November 28, 2013

 

 

Magic: the Gathering - Wooden Deck Boxes
Beautiful Magic the Gathering deck boxes carved by ‘Ales the Woodcarver ’ (aka Ales Janosik, fellow Canadian).  Ales is essentially self-taught and started carving in 2010.  You can check out his other works here -
http://alesthewoodcarver.deviantart.com/
http://alesthewoodcarver.blogspot.ca/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/alesthewoodcarver

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Photoset

November 28, 2013

Magic: the Gathering - EDH Storage
Franky Richard (@livewithfrank) recently upgraded his card storage solution (the bane of many MTG players).  From a variety of boxes, he has now consolidated all his 24 Commander (EDH) decks into the two MTG Holiday Gift Boxes.

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Photoset

November 27, 2013

Magic: the Gathering - Alt Mox
Alternate Moxen with artist proofs from Volken Baga.
The Moxen or Moxes are a collection of powerful gems infused with one of the colors of mana — Mox Pearl for white, Mox Sapphire for blue, Mox Jet for black, Mox Ruby for red, and Mox Emerald for green.

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Photoset

November 27, 2013

Magic: the Gathering - Christmas Decorating
Totally approved by Martha Stewart (maybe).  You know those oversized Commander Cards you have kicking around - yep, those ones - they’re pretty, they’re foily (real word maybe) - get that shizzle up on your festive Christmas tree.
EDIT - I finally found out who this is from - credit goes to http://plnsfrstmtn.tumblr.com/

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Photoset

November 26, 2013

Magic: the Gathering - Born of the Gods

We now have the image and name of the special challenge deck that will be part of the sixth quest on the Hero’s Path will take place at the Magic: The Gathering, Born of the Gods Game Day, March 1–2, 2014.

The first challenge deck, ‘Face the Hydra’, required individual or a team of players to overcome the Hydra by eliminating all of its (ever regrowing) heads before it nom’d you. 

We think a similar game of knocking down an ever growing horde of angry Minotaurs will be employed here at the Born of the Gods game day event

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