Comments on: Event Decks: Painted into a Corner? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Sun, 21 Aug 2016 11:33:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: bbq wedding shower invitations https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-1769528 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 11:33:14 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-1769528 Yes that’s true but those were all individual different This is how Star Wars tells it’s story, that’s what you are missing and why the fans love the new one so

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By: eeeka https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-27023 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:53:12 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-27023 Have you bought any of the Event Decks? Why or why not?
no i haven't bought any event deck, altough i started playing MTG since 8th edition. i always bought either precons that or only booster one time every new release from MTG. if there is an interisting precons i would buy precons.

If not, what would it take (if anything) to get you to invest in one?
event deck cost more than booster or precons. that's why i prefer to buy booster so i can get more rare cards…
building on budget… 🙂

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By: Adrian https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-19121 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:38:36 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-19121 Have you bought any of the Event Decks? Why or why not?

No but I am planning to, I have been off magic for a couple years and I recently got pulled back in.

If so, what are your thoughts?

If not, what would it take (if anything) to get you to invest in one?

They seem fun to play and a good place to start playing catch up.

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By: Lars Ullberg https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18828 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:31:57 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18828 I haven’t bought an event deck because my friend bought one, the “infect and defile” one, and it didn’t look to exciting. However, after reading the reviews on ertais lament, I have considered buying the “war of attrition” since it looks pretty solid.

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By: @RelentlessRats https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18802 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:55:54 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18802 I have bought the War of Attrition deck, mostly for the Stoneforges. When Worldwake came out, I saw the Stoneforge Mystics and wanted four copies for my casual equipment deck, but I waited a while before getting it. Unfortunately, the Boss Naya deck soon came about and Stoneforges rose to $8 apiece. Thinking that it couldn't possibly rise higher, I decided as per my standard operating procedure to wait for them to rotate out of standard and pick them up afterward.

To my chagrin, as time went on they started seeing more and more play, to the point of being one of the best creatures in Extended and Legacy. When the event deck came out, I decided to just bite the bullet and buy one because it seems unlikely Stoneforges will ever fall below $8-10 again, even when they rotate.

Don't really have much thoughts on the deck itself since I just picked it apart for singles and don't really play standard. On looks alone though, it seems fairly underpowered for a supposedly competitive standard deck. It really doesn't have many good targets for Stoneforge (+1 Batterskull, +2 Swords would greatly improve the deck), and it has virtually no reach for when the opponent inevitably stabilizes. While the idea behind these event decks is nice, it just doesn't seem feasible for precon decks with no mythics and only a few rares to actually be competitive against real standard decks.

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By: Koga305 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18742 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:31:03 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18742 I have not bought any of the Event Decks, mainly because I don't have much money to spare for Magic cards. However, if I ever plan to enter into serious tournament play, these decks will be my first thought, as they seem to offer some good rares and coherent decks/plans (Kuldoltha Red/Mono White Equipment/Mono Green Infect).
I would consider these decks if they started adding a lot more good rares, mythics (Batterskull?), or dropped the price to about $20.

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By: dwarfknight https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18728 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:05:08 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18728 I have not bought any of the event decks, because I find the normal Precons to be quite fun, and less expensive to purchase. Plus, I am strictly a casual player, and thus don’t need to have “tournament competitive” deck. If I ever DO want to enter a tournament, I want it to be with a deck that I’ve modified and created myself, not one that Wizards gave me all put together already.

Honestly I can’t think of much that would get me to buy one, other than them lowering the price to be competitive with the regular theme decks, but since that would go against their trying to portray these decks as “elite”, it’s almost certain that will never happen.

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By: Rob https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18692 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:06:28 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18692 I have yet to buy an event deck, mostly because my budget is limited and I get more fun out of buying intro packs which contain a deck, and a booster. More value, in my opinion.

Honestly, if I could find the mono green infect deck at a discount, I'd take the plunge. It's the deck out of the two that will be priced lower, (below msrp in some cases) but yet is not as inept as infect and defile was. I'm monitoring prices, and may take the plunge depending on how the deck finishes it's review.

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By: Olataro https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18688 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:00:53 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18688 No i havent bought an event deck. The main reason would be either I already have the cards that i wanted or the decks simply are not worth my money. The reason being not worth my money is simple. When event decks are announced, the price of which the rares are featured in will drop. An example of this would be Stoneforge mystic and also green sun zenith. At my place their price dropped by a steady 40% right after wizards announced those cards being printed in the new event decks. Thus, it would have been cheaper if i had taken upon myself to simply buy singles and construct a better deck myself.

Another would be it includes cards that are soon to be rotated. I am a new player and i do not own a stoneforge mystic. Though the card is great and i could have fun with it, i feel it not being worth the bang for my buck as i am a new player and the only format i am currently comfortable with is Standard.

The easiest way, and simple way out for WIzards would be able to attract buyers would to include some good mythics in it. For example, infect and defile would have sold well had they thrown in a Skithryx.

Another suggestion, which i feel is pretty bold and risky move, is to include rares that are pretty good that will be featured from future sets ( Preferably, the next set). Yes, i know, this will bring a bit of unrest but please do listen. Event decks are usually announced after players had gotten the cards that they had wanted from the sets, thus rendering the decks welcoming only to new players. If wizards could try to do so, they will no doubt attract a lot of attention as this had never been done before and would of course win a whole new set of sales.

Anyhow, this is my few bits of opinion, and may or may not be too much worth listening to( I only stated playing since the scars)

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By: Big Red https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18687 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:57:47 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18687 I bought War of Attrition; because lets face it 2 Mystics are too good to pass up. Future purchases will depend on content/value.

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By: Commenter https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18646 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:11:12 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18646 I didn't buy either event deck, for this set or the last. Unfortunately, I was just finishing up my Kuldotha-Red deck when the lists for the MBS ones were revealed, so had I waited a couple weeks on getting Goblin Guides I could've saved some money 😛 My brother did the same thing with the white equipment one this time. BLARRRGH.

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By: MiniLuv https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18620 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:07:30 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18620 I have bought 2 Into the Breach and 2 War of Attrition online for the rares (goblin gude and stoneforge mystic respectively) since both cards were overpriced on online and at my LGS. I knew both decklists well in advance and knew for sure that both decks were far from FNM ready (WOTC's blurb is clearly overstated), but figured that they were more than capable of standing their ground against the casual play group that I am in. I have not been disappointed so far though as I was able to break out of the gate several times with Into the Breach and have fun tutoring out living weapons in War of Attrition.

Looking forward to the next few event decks.

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By: Esteban https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18595 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:58:12 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18595 Have you bought any of the Event Decks? Why or why not?
The first set was too underpowered and the one from NPH is too expnsive here and ordering online i’ll be paying the same with shipping. I really love magic but being just a student is hard to justify expenses like that.

If not, what would it take (if anything) to get you to invest in one?
I would buy one if I get a better job and maybe I would make the effort to buy a goblin themed deck.

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By: Fedger https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18588 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:46:31 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18588 I'm fairly new to magic and haven't bought an Event deck yet. The bloke in the card shop marketed them as hi powered decks and I didn't want an unfair advantage over my magic buddy; he was buying Reign of Vamps.

I'll quite happily buy one if the theme looks like it is really fun to play.

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By: Jason https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18569 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:55:42 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18569 I haven't bought any of the event decks due to the high price for a premade deck ($20 and up). In order for me to think about investing in a event deck, it would have to be more competitive to justify its price or a crazy fun theme along w/ value. I do though think that this is a step in the right direction. These decks would help someone who is just getting into the game learn some of the strategies and basics involved.

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By: Mike https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18554 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:24:10 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18554 Never bought one. They always seemed underpowered and the cost to get "a couple good cards plus a bunch of crap that I don't need" never made sense for me. I play a lot of limited, so I tend to get the staples I need opening packs or trading.

To buy one, there would need to be a great card/cards that I didn't have that totally offset the cost of the deck or it would just have to be such great value to be stupid.

…but given that if that happens they get sold at higher than MSRP or the cards themselves totally plummet in price, that seems highly unlikely all around.

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By: Kelldroth https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18545 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:20:53 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18545 Have you bought any of the Event Decks? Why or why not?

No. I play competitive standard, and already owned all the cards, should I want to play them.

If so, what are your thoughts?

My thoughts from playing against the Kuldotha style event deck was that it was a blast. It could nutdraw me out, or fizzle completely. Either way, I got to have short rounds and a nice play break.

If not, what would it take (if anything) to get you to invest in one?

More money rares that aren't in jeopardy of being banned. :p

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By: Lia https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18540 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:13:21 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18540 To be honest, I bought both of the NPH ones for the rares; I did not buy the MBS ones. I don't get out to draft or otherwise play much (like you, I have a child under one year, and you know how that is), so the opportunity to get a few rares that I was interested in in one shot was nice. I'm not just talking about the SFMs, I'm talking about the Zenith, the Baloths, Melira, and Kemba, too; I have uses for all of them.

Having bought them, I have them sleeved up, and have tried them against my current Legacy decks. As embarrassing as it may be, sometimes, the event decks do win pre-board. I haven't tried games post-board, as I wanted to get a feel for the decks before I attempted to sideboard properly.

I'm on deck with everyone who says the sideboarding information is insufficient; it really is. Even though I wouldn't be likely to use it, it'd be nice to see if they'd thought of something I didn't.

Since future event decks do seem to be on the agenda, I'm not sure about my continued interest in them. To me, it's obvious that NPH wasn't really underway when these were sent to the printers; note how there's only a combined total of 3 NPH cards in Rot from Within, and 4 in War of Attrition (as opposed to the high numbers from Zendikar and Worldwake). I understand that the cards from Zen block are powerful, but for "event decks" released as NPH decks, it would make more sense to me to have a greater quantity of cards from NPH.
If the EvDs continue to behave this way, I might wait past several EvDs for one that strikes my fancy rather than snatch a copy of each up. If they don't, and begin to feature more cards from the set they claim to hail from, while still retaining pseudo-competitive playability, I'll probably buy a few more.

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By: @ilkar89 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18538 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:30:43 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18538 I have not yet bought any of the event decks, although they are tempting. The main thing that puts me off is the price tag- as others have said, I could probably put together a better deck from singles for the same price, and I already have playable decks for FNM.
The newer decks are much better value for money, with the two stoneforge mystic on their own making the purchase more justifiable. This brings me to my next point- I generally enjoy legacy more than standard these days, so I'd like to see some legacy competitive cards in the box too. Again, with the addition of stoneforge mystics in a WW deck, this seems to solve this issue I had. In a similar vein, a mtg veteran has done well taking infect to legacy with another event deck. If my local supplier keeps them in stock for long, I might just grab one…

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By: tonyroomz https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/event-decks-painted-into-a-corner/#comment-18529 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:29:22 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16682#comment-18529 I have bought all the event decks to date. I bought them for simple value, and to be able to hand one to a friend to play. Since I buy them pre-released/upon announcement the prices pretty much is set and doesn't fluctuate for me.

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