Got.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgco.../prereleases-as

Mark, you have any info on what format is the GP?

Huh? Morningtide? Or Shadowmoor?

The answer to the first question is correct.

As for the second question, the answer is no, you do not get to choose the mode. The copied spell is not played, but a copy of orginal spell. Whatever mode that was chosen will be copied. You can find similar ruling on starcitygames' ask the judge:

Q: I have Haakon, Stromgald Scourge in play; my opponent casts Cryptic Command to bounce Haakon and draw a card. In response, I play Twincast targeting Cryptic Command and choose to counter the first Cryptic Command and draw a card. I think that when the copy is played, you get to choose the modality of the copy, just like a normal Cryptic Command. Is this correct?

A: Actually no, the copy created by Twincast is put on the stack without being played. It is an exact copy and you do not get to choose different modes. This copy of Cryptic Command will have to target a permanent.

Wait, if we PM you, how you gonna update us on what the highest bid is??

Black has moved out from targeted LD, it's mostly red and sometimes green now. Discard is still around, but not much random discard anymore, it's either you choose, or your opponent choose.

Not true. Let's don't put foil/premium cards into consideration:

1 box will have averagely 4.5 mythic rare (1 in 8 boxes), and since there are 15 mythic rares, to get the whole set you will need about 90 packs.
Land is 1 per pack, which means you will get a whole set in 20 packs (assuming 4 different art for each basic land type).

So:
All mythic rares : 90 packs
All lands : 20 packes

So land is 4.5 times easier to get than mythic rare.

If we take into account getting a playset, meaning 4 of each mythic rare, and 24 of each of the 5 basic lands, means you need 60 mythic rares, and 120 lands.

So:

Playset of mythic rares : 480 packs
Playset of Lands : 120 packs

Still land is 4 times easier to get.

As for foils, you might not even hit 1 mythic rare foil in 1 box, but you'll hit 2 or 3 basic land foil.







Yes, I'm bored at work, therefore this post

Mark my word, sometime in the future they will make timewalker.

Ok, as for rare lands. There are 53 rares in this block, and 15 mythic rares.

If mythic rare is 1 in 8, then in 1 box of 36 packs, you'll get about 4.5 mythic rare, and 31.5 normal rare.

Assuming there are 5 rare lands, then the probability of rare land to normal rare is 5 in 53, or 1 in 10.6, so come out to be around 3 per box.

So you get 3 lands per box, and 4.5 mythic rare per box. In this sense, the land is somewhat "rarer" than mythic rare.

But then this purely depends on how many rare lands there are in the set. If there are 8 rare lands in the set, then you'll get 4.75 land per box.

If you are referring to a specific rare land, then the chances of hitting it is 1 in 53, while hitting a specific mythic rare is 1 in 15. Multiply this to the rarity, the rarity of a specific rare is 1 in 60.57 packs, while the rarity of a mythic rare is 1 in 120 packs.

Lol Mark. Well 4 booster normally worth more, unless it's WoG DCI foil

Spain won

Well, the MTG showdown in Decards is over. Congratulations to the winner.

I went there for the draft only as I didn't have a standard deck and I was out of practice for the format.

Was hoping the draft could fire off more often, though I manage to get in 3 drafts.

Not too shabby for a 1 day trip to KL.

Nope, he doesn't loose the game. You will only check life total as state base effect, which is checked whenever a player gets priority. You don't check it in the middle of a spell resolving. So by the time the ultimatum fully resolve, he would have 3 life left.


Errr, something is wrong with my explanation up there. Below is a more accurate way on how this work out:

Your opponent casts Cruel Ultimatum. Cruel Ultimatum resolves, while it is resolving, you will have to sac 1 creature, discards 3 cards, and lose 5 life, then he will get to return 1 creature from his graveyard to his hand, draw 3 cards, and causes the underworld dream to trigger 3 times, and gain 5 life.

Once the spell fully resolves, your opponent will be at 6 life, and the 3 underworld dreams trigger will go on to the stack, and state base effect is checked. At this stage, your opponent have 6 life, so he won't loose the game. Once the 3 triggeres from underworld dreams resolve, your opponent will be at 3 life. There is no point during the resolution of this that your opponent went below 1 life.

On side note, even if your opponent do go down to less than 1 life during the resolution of a spell, he will not loose if he has more than 0 life after the resolution of the spell. You can refer to this as a reference:

http://mtgsalvation.com/451-cranial-insert...get-a-life.html

This post has been edited by camlok: Apr 2 2009, 04:56 PM

Well, you can always drive to somewhere nearby (like the McD), then call Vincent and ask him to give directions

Hehehe, sorry for the late reply. Vincent is one of the shop owners. His number is 0126325005. I think the contacts is on their webpage as well, www.cardmaster.com.my

There are a few places that is having pre-release.

You can get more info in this forum:
http://mtg-malaysia.com/smf2/index.php?PHP...6d5145b28dc5bf&

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Added on April 15, 2010, 11:39 amNope, magic online you'll have to pay, unless you use only the initial cards given to you, if any. You can try magi workstation, but it's very manual.


Most online magic community gathers here:

http://mtg-malaysia.com/smf2/index.php?PHP...6d5145b28dc5bf&

This post has been edited by camlok: Apr 15 2010, 11:39 AM

There are a few places within the klang valley. You can find more info here:

http://mtg-malaysia.com/smf2/index.php?PHP...6d5145b28dc5bf&


Most local magic online community gathers there. This forum here is almost dead.

But in short, these are the shop location:

Eternal Magic/Card Master: Millenium square.
CCE: Old Klang Road
Decards: Summit USJ
Comics Corner: Subang + Damansara Jaya (less crowd here I think, not sure though)

There's also shops in Penang, Ipoh and Melaka.

As for how often, you will have to check with individual shop. Go to the link above, each shop more or less have thier own thread.