In the last few weeks a single seller from Malaysia has dumped a large number of NrMt vintage cards on eBay. The cards in question include as many as 60 each of Dual lands (Unlimited versions of Plateau, Tundra and Underground Sea; Revised versions of Bayou, Plateau, Savannah, Taiga, Tropical Island, and Volcanic Island) and as many as 20 each of Arabian Nights cards Ali from Cairo, Serendib Efreet, Diamond Valley, and Jihad. The seller is actively adding more eBay auctions of the same cards.

I have heard back from three different purchasers that the cards are high quality fakes. They easily pass the bend and water tests, and at first glance look real. Upon close inspection (especially when compared with real cards) the colors are a little off, and under magnification the print method differs from the one used by Carta Mundi. For those of you familiar with them, think alternate 4th versus regular 4th.

I don't know how long the seller will remain active, but most sales have been to the US and you can be sure many of these cards will end up being resold. If you have an opportunity to purchase any of these cards at a price too good to be true, make sure to check them carefully.

ok guys i just received some very important news from a friend:
if anyone in KL or any part of malaysia has info on this please inform me or even better, report to wizards of the coast. this guy is really bringing down malaysian rep in the magic community and contaminating the vintage market. if you see someone selling old duals that are in perfect condition beware. here's an example of one of his  ebay auctions

EDIT: i'm waiting for time spiral before i do any Extended format deck testing. but i expect the next extended season to be like last time; tog, boros deck wins, CAL and friggorid being tier 1. tier 1.5 will be rock, ravager.

Doesn't Apoc rotate out the moment Time Spiral hits? If so a lot of decks will suffer. Most notably 'Rock' Pernicious Deed was a vital part of the deck. Affinity will always be a strong contender though ..Tier 1.5 ? maybe. but I've tested Friggorid. It has its slow points but can be amazingly fast if you get a good hand.

the rotation for Extended is next year, oct 20 2007. the 3 major blocks that are rotating are Invasion, Odyssey, Onslaught and sevent ed.

i like friggorid, has a lot of speed even with an average hand.
zio, dun play that heartbeat build...recollect is for safe/beginner players and boomerang/compulsive research is useless. better play 1 extra weird harvest, 1 savage twister and 1 gigadrowse.

Lol i am a beginner. but ill take into account your cards.

4  Sakura-Tribe Elder
4  Drift of Phantasms
1  Maga, Traitor to Mortals
4  Sensei's Divining Top
4  Remand
4  Muddle the Mixture
1  Boomerang
4  Heartbeat of Spring
4  Early Harvest
4  Kodama's Reach
1  Compulsive Research
1  Recollect
1  Weird Harvest
1  Invoke the Firemind

Or

2 x weird harvest
1 x savage twister
1 x gigadrowse

So ermm..anyone with these cards, jst PM me

the rotation for Extended is next year, oct 20 2007. the 3 major blocks that are rotating are Invasion, Odyssey, Onslaught and sevent ed.

Ahh the deck is jst for me to get back into the groove of things as cheap and competitive as i can.

I probably wont surface much in Constructed tourneys. Mostly Sealed..

EDIT:double post

btw, is anyone going to be at cc sj this friday? i might be going there.

Yo Magic2k ... i will be going there if u r going there. Its my off-day. Can practise my deck wif u. What do u say??. PM me or perhaps u could call me if u r going. Let me know early yea 

Heartbeat deck is the cheapest to build cause no shock/dual lands. Kamigawa block will phase out when Time Spiral become legal, its up to u Zio. The only decks which I know do not use much Kamigawa cards are Zoo, Gruul beats and Ohzhov aggro ... but I could be wrong.

And that would practically involve some form of dual lands? Haha, im fine with cards going out of legality.

1. I am building it just to get back into things basically on game play, card interaction and rulings

2. Its a combo deck and it involves some level of difficulty meaning I will be able to grasp the more difficult workings of MTG in the future (hopefully)

3. Even if I become active in MTG, I'll join mostly Sealed tournies, pretty much what I do for VS System

So yeah, Heartbeat works fine for me. Help me source some of the cards will ya?