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General Discussion / Re: Release date?
« on: November 11, 2013, 03:05:55 PM »
Quote from: Tesmara on November 11, 2013, 10:02:56 AM
But then again I'm an international customer. So I will have to wait a lot longer to get mine (I really do not hope they use USPS. They have 6-8 weeks international shipping)

I don't understand this.  Many years ago USPS used to ship by boat for their non-priority shipments but this isn't the case anymore.  I ship stuff internationally almost daily by USPS using first class (for shipments under 4lbs) and it takes one week to almost anywhere, two weeks at most (rarely it sometimes does get delayed in customs).

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General Discussion / Re: Large Card Art
« on: November 02, 2013, 09:34:39 PM »
Related question that I wondered about was how they acquired all the artwork for Mage Wars.  Are all these commissioned pieces or did they bulk buy a bunch of unused artwork through a third party aggregator? I don't even know if these exist for this specific purpose but the business sense in me tells me they do, or should.

One reason I thought the latter was because there is one artist (I won't name names) that I thought did pretty poor artwork for WOTC in early MTG days, still does artwork, but has shown improvement.  Their Mage Wars art looks pretty bad imo and reminded me of their early work from 15+ years ago.

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General Discussion / Re: Mage Wars Card Sleeves
« on: November 01, 2013, 12:39:26 AM »
Mayday has a (new) line of different colored matte premium gaming sleeves. They come in packs of 80.  I have yet to notice any sleeves having different length cuts and I have been happy with the quality.   They are cut to match height exactly so there is no overlap at the top at all (on the opposite end of dragon shields which have the largest extra height I know of).  This can be a good or bad thing depending on your preference.

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General Discussion / Re: List of all promos?
« on: October 08, 2013, 12:59:49 AM »
Quote from: Moonglow on October 08, 2013, 12:12:05 AM
Is it still a promo if its been released in an expansion?

i.e. dispell and minor heal?

Sure, why wouldn't it be?  Gold stamp, different card number, different artwork (although the promo minor heal artwork has been used as a regular card I believe and the same artwork was used for Galador). The rarity of a card may mean something completely apart from the fact that the exact same card is readily available (see Summer Magic for MTG).

As an aside I greatly prefer the FFG method of Promos. They release either alternate artwork (full bleed) of already existing cards or counters/tokens.  All stuff that is highly sought after, can be used, but gives no competitive edge.   

It's worth noting that in the secondary market, the Mage Wars alternate art promos sell for more than just about any other Mage Wars promo released and a Mage Wars playmat just sold for $100 on eBay.     
   

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General Discussion / Re: List of all promos?
« on: October 07, 2013, 08:11:10 PM »
So here's what I have compiled.  f=foil version and  nf=non-foil version

Anyone know what the 4 missing Promos are (if they exist) and if any of my foil/non-foil data needs updated.



MWPRO1    Dispel (f)
MWPRO2    Minor Heal (f)
MWPRO3    Galador (f)
MWPROMO1  Akiro's Favor (f and nf)
MWPROMO2  Altar of Peace (f)
MWPROMO3  Asyran Defender (f)
MWPROMO4  Ballista (f and nf)
MWPROMO5  Bloodcrag Minotaur (f and nf)
MWPROMO6  Clear Mind (f)
MWPROMO7  Elfric's Life Ring (f and nf)
MWPROMO8  Gravikor (f and nf)
MWPROMO9  Hurl Meteorite (f and nf)
MWPROMO10 Hurl Rock (f and nf)
MWPROMO11 ??
MWPROMO12 Lion Savagery (f and nf)
MWPROMO13 ??
MWPROMO14 Meditation AMulet (f and nf)
MWPROMO15 Morning Star (f and nf)
MWPROMO16 Oscuda (f)
MWPROMO17 Critical Strike (f and nf)
MWPROMO18 Sersiryx (f)
MWPROMO19 Summoning Circle (f and nf)
MWPROMO20 Temple High Guard (f and nf)
MWPRoMO21 Vorpal Blade (f and nf)
MWPROMO22 Wand of Healing (f)
MWPROMO23 Stumble (f)
MWPROMO24 ??
MWPROMO25 Sandstorm (f and nf)
MWPROMO26 Spiked Buckler (f and nf)
MWPROMO27 Mordok's Tome (f)
MWPROMO28 ??
MWPROMO29 Debilitate (nf)
MWPROMO30 Plagued (nf)
MWPROMO31 Altar of the Iron Guard (nf)
MWPROMO32 Holy Strike (nf)
MWPROMO33 Storm Drake Hide (nf)
MWPROMO34 Selesius (nf)

Edit, almost forgot :  6 alternate art mage cards

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General Discussion / 2nd printings of spell tomes?
« on: September 09, 2013, 05:57:16 PM »
2nd printings of the core set have 10 changed cards  from 1st printing (2 additional cards have errata but were not updated, Helm of Fear and Chain Lighting).

Are all core spell tomes 1st printing or are there 2nd printing with these 10 cards updated as well?

If there are 2nd printing core spell tomes, how does one tell the difference?




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General Discussion / Re: Missing Card from Core Set
« on: August 17, 2013, 04:42:26 PM »
I have a copy I can send you (no charge if you are in the US).  If customer service doesn't have an extra laying around (which I imagine they would) just let me know. 


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General Discussion / Re: 4 player kit on Ebay
« on: August 17, 2013, 04:33:24 PM »
Ha...these are my listings. I've sold quite a few of these (and extra token sets).

My advice would be to buy an extra core. Shrug. 

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