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Post by JediCheese on Oct 10, 2012 23:39:58 GMT -5
So, i'm going to be standardizing on one picture/set for each basic land and buying a bunch of it. Thus far, I've been collecting Forest #248 Extended art from Zendikar and Island #237 from M10. I haven't set a Mountain, Swamp or Plains yet. I know everyone hoards one or another type of land, so what's your favorites? |
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Post by Travis Lannoye on Oct 11, 2012 8:30:14 GMT -5
ZEN full-art lands are a popular and relatively cheap choice. For those, I usually go with Plains #230, Island #234, Swamp #239, Mountain #245, Forest #246 or #249. For EDH: - Sharuum uses Shards of Alara Plains #233, Island #236, and Swamp #238. - Wort uses Odyssey Forest #349 and Invasion Mountain #346 (I originally wanted the John Avon Invasion Forest, but they were much too expensive and harder to find, and I needed about 20 of them). - Akroma uses Ice Age Snow-Covered Plains (the purple sky matches my sleeves and Akroma's hair/sash). - Thada uses Tempest Island #315 (reprinted as a foil in PDS: Slivers). - Geth/Chainer uses Ice Age Snow-Covered Swamps. Chris, if you'd like to swap some lands 1-for-1, I have a bunch of Zendikar lands of different designs. |
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Post by JediCheese on Oct 11, 2012 16:45:37 GMT -5
I would be up for a land swap. I'll post what lands I have available when I get home. As to Plains, I sorta like Odyssey Plains #333 and the Tempest Plains (all of them). For swamps, I'm sorta interested in Zendikar Swamp #240. I also like Avacyn Restored Swamp #238 and Portal Swamp D. For a mountain, I'm not sold on any. The Urza Mountains are pretty cool, but they just don't strike me as being something I want to use forever. I also like the Zendikar Mountain #244 and Mirage Mountain B. If I was to go with one, I would most likely go with the Zendikar mountain. |
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Post by Travis Lannoye on Oct 11, 2012 22:45:32 GMT -5
Everyone always tells me that they like Zendikar Mountain #244, and I never understand why...it's just too much red in it.
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Post by John Galli on Oct 11, 2012 23:09:39 GMT -5
I love that mountain. I think its because it always reminds me of the giant eye in lord of the rings and I just expect a fireball to come through it. As a red mage, I like casting fireballs  |
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Post by JediCheese on Oct 14, 2012 14:44:58 GMT -5
Travis, I was cleaning up and found a ton of full art lands. See below. I just purchased a Land Station, and need to fill it up with pimptacular lands. When I get everything set up, I'll be updating my Storage and Sorting thread with pics. Full Zendikar land list (updated 10/22 @4 PM - as I sort I keep finding more!): 5x Plains #230 7x Plains #231 8x Plains #232 5x Plains #233 6x Island #234 5x Island #235 7x Island #236 6x Island 237 11x Swamp #238 7x Swamp #239 5x Swamp #240 6x Swamp #241 5x Mountain #242 12x Mountain #243 7x Mountain #244 6x Mountain #245 1x Forest #246 7x Forest #247 9x Forest #249 |
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Post by JediCheese on Oct 26, 2012 15:05:28 GMT -5
So, I've standardized on several basic lands:
Odyssey Plains #333
M10 Island #237
Avacyn Restored Swamp #238
Mirage Mountain D (maybe - see below)
Zendikar Forest #248
I have found that it's a pain trying to find copies of these for a reasonable price. I'm not going to pay $1 apiece for a basic mountain or plains. In many cases, it's almost cheaper and easier to buy the Zendikar full art lands in quantity.
One store is actually refusing to sell me the Mountains in quantity (for $.50 apiece). The owner needs to think it over because he "caters to his playerbase" and he thinks they may be underpriced. I understand the need to satisfy your in store playerbase, but these are basic lands and other than the artwork have a near zero play value. As to underpriced, if you didn't have 50 of them so I could combine shipping, I wouldn't even be talking to you. Another store canceled my order saying they don't sell basic lands (outside of Zendikar full art) yet they were up in the online store (as a 'mistake').
At least thus far I've been able to acquire enough Plains, Islands, and Forests to build a 60 card deck if necessary. I have 100+ Island and enough Forests to equip an EDH deck and a standard deck if both are multicolored. The Swamps are being ordered today (200 for about $10 from several sources).
If I can't get Mountains for ~$0.50, I'll switch to Zendikar #244 and I've found a source for them at $0.50 apiece.
Sorry for the rant. It's just frustrating to find what you want to buy and the other party won't sell at a reasonable price.
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Post by JediCheese on Nov 2, 2012 20:01:17 GMT -5
Ended up getting 50x Zendikar #244 because I could only get 4x Mirage Mountains at a reasonable price! Oh well, they'll increase in value as time goes on.
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Post by Tony on May 19, 2013 22:29:55 GMT -5
just order zendikar #239 swamps and #233 plains.....awesome lands
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