AnanomalyMoose
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And the most expensive card in MTG history...the black lotus
shittingpisspissingshit
#1 fetish porn
KingoftheWest
Anyone happen to know which card belongs to #7
DrewCW
#1 has been my phone background for a few months. Elesh is bae (Vorinclex for life tho)
AquilusPrime
ZyriaTheGreat
TFW no Gift of Orzhova
luvas
#9 - Ah yes, Avacyn. Gorgeous goth angel; until the recent MTG sets, she was bae.
LeafH0use
Sorry, boss. I can't come into work on Friday. I have another meeting. Well, it's more of a gathering. A Magic the Gathering.
Applepotamus
no mtg memes posted? okay here's my favorite
c0smicmuffin
For all the art dumps that sneak in a pic of Progenitus, I'm surprised not to see him in here
Lazyboy001
Me naming them: elesh norn, damnation, white damnation
Magnivore
I can relate to this post.
rbrduckie
#1 Elesh Norn is my Waifu.
GigavoltFox
Now let's see any card illustrated by Phil Foglio
VenderTrashImgur
One of my favorite picture/flavor text cards is the severed legion
tappthatandswingforamiss
Tap worthy
ItsHedley
Is it just me, or does Rhonas look like a chill guy
Arkvoodle
He does, but that's not Rhonas http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Vizier+of+the+Menagerie
ItsHedley
Well shit
ozymandais13127001
7/10 dump for not containing squee
AnanomalyMoose
Senpai I am sorry for I have dishonaroo my famiry
luvas
Gobs never get enough respect. They're a hella fun Commander deck, with cards from over 20 years ago still into sets today. Krenko is boss,
ozymandais13127001
Ah yes Krenko just another wonderful Slavic gentlemen from planet Prague
AMacGyver
MTG seems rather hit or miss on this site, but I'm glad to see it here. Elesh Norn is boss.
serban1703
Personal opinion: The only reason I would ever buy Magic decks is for the art. It's fantastic. The game is mediocre at best. Again, just me
solarshado
The game *can* be pretty fun, if you can find the right group, i.e., not one with someone who drops 2-3x as much $$$ on cards as you...
serban1703
I mostly get bored with it, but I see your point :)
AdamantlyDislikingAllDogs
Quick question: which is better: the black orb or the white orb?
BardicLasher
They're the same orb from parallel dimensions. Exact same results.
likeClockwork7
The black orb is Damnation, and the white orb is Wrath of God. Both cards have the exact same text ("Destroy all creatures") and total 1/?
likeClockwork7
mana cost, but Damnation is playable in black decks whereas Wrath of God is playable in white decks. They're pretty much the same power 2/3
likeClockwork7
level, though Damnation is higher priced simply because it hasn't been printed as often. 3/3
Elonth
#7 not only do i not recognize this art but that can't possible be MTG art with that art style. Someone please prove me wrong.
doubleormuffin
Yeah, I thought the same thing. The art is awesome and if it is actually from a Magic card I totally want it, but I kind of doubt it
VenserArtifice
Heroes of might & magic 7. Source: google.
Elonth
reverse google image search just got me a bunch of religious sites.
TheActualMalloryArcher
Its from Might & Magic.
Tegsworth1685
#1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, #2 Vizier of the Menagerie, #3 Damnation, #4 Wrath of God, #5 Empyrial Archangel, #6 Angel of Serenity, #7 ?
Tegsworth1685
#8 Deathpact Angel, #9 Avacyn, Angel of Hope, #10 Slave of Bolad, #11 Platinum Angel (invention art), #12 Iona, Shield of Emeria
KalitasMarkov
Ah yes, Slave of Bolad, one of my favorite card from Shard of Oloro block.
Tegsworth1685
Sorry, #10 Slave of Bolas (typo)
onemanagainstheodds
Fairly certain I tapped about half of these things
tangowolf
The Black Lotus used to be a highly sought-after reagent in World of Warcraft during the vanilla days. Also a nice easter egg.
Tinkrr
#1 Elesh Norn is waifu material.
VincentVolaju
in a strange Cronenbergy kind of way yea i suppose you're right.
Tinkrr
Eh, she's not really Cronenbergian, as she's very elegant and beautiful but horrifying instead of a twisted monstrosity.
doubleormuffin
She'll never date you unless you let her remove all your skin, though, and even then she'll never put out. Religious chicks, y'know?
Tinkrr
Yea, I'm fine with the skin thing but religious zealotry is a deal breaker :(
tangowolf
Teehee!
Tinkrr
Love it.
ZakAmetyst
edgarbird
Ah, an angels player. I'm more of an Eldrazi & Dragons type myself
WhiteNateDogg
Eldrazi Tron for the win.
iamkyleh
I run a mono green eldrazi ramp. No dragons other than ugin
CleverNamesAreForChumps
Let's see your eldragons stand against my army of squirrels.
Cormac531
Man the eye creatures are clear the best man
TheManInTheWall
Whats wrong with humans and mass dictates of heliod?
randomdrifter54
Zombie player reporting in.
erischilde
I love my slivers goddammit!
Carnwenhau
Burn deck all day every day.
edgarbird
Found the Standard player
Carnwenhau
Haha. Guilty as charged.
FrozenScarecrow
Treefolk my dude. Doran is my home boy.
edgarbird
I wanna play treefolk, but I joined during Scars of Mirrodin :(
FrozenScarecrow
That's why commander is your friend. Play any tribe you want with little to no troubles. I play on Table Top Simulator, always people online
edgarbird
I play commander, but my group is in PAPER and frowns upon proxies. The thing is, I would use TTS, but Imgur is sorta blocked on my laptop
ArtOzz
MTG any better than Hearthstone or Elder Scrolls Legends? Getting sick of always losing ESL due to OP bullshit.
AquilusPrime
Wait until Arena is released then give it a shot. MTGO is terrible and Duels is dead.
DanFendi
MTG has been in the game for 25 years. HS and ESL have been at it less than 3. Who would you trust?
ArtOzz
Heh, League of Legends was partly made by the conceiver of the entire MOBA genre and I have cause to hate Riot.
MadeThisAccountToCorrectSomeone
Well ESL is a garbage game and hearthstone is nothing more than a money grab. The environment is much better for MTG, especially being irl
ArtOzz
Id like to argue this but its so hard when its this accurate.
Elonth
you can build a "Budget standard" deck for 20-60 dollars that will do alright at most local game stores. IF your into more exotic stuff(1/2)
Elonth
you can try to play EDH once you have a basic understanding of the game. Preconstructed decks are AMAZING for only $35USD.
ArtOzz
My budget for games is £15ish weekly so no worries.
MadeThisAccountToCorrectSomeone
Seriously though man, the community is usually great, the decks are fairly cheap unless you're looking at tier 1, and there's a good 1/2
MadeThisAccountToCorrectSomeone
Skill curve, and always room for improvement on gameplay.
Elonth
from a competitive standpoint compared to hearthstone? yes RNJesus has no say other then what you draw with far more deck manipulation. (1/2
Elonth
From a financial standpoint it can be way more expensive depending on what "format" you play. just look up Magic: Arena game coming out (2/?
Elonth
it will be 100% free to play with you being able to buy digital packs from ingame or real world currency. a great place to start.
ArtOzz
Thats how ESL works yeah. Did consider going back to HS but after reading "HS is too expensive to keep up with", yeah, no thx.
Elonth
The closed beta starts this November. if you can't wait until then install a game called Magic Duels on Steam(free but discontinued support)
LlamaLingo
Why is the Black Lotus so expensive?
Xalaqia
Every deck or strategy can use it. Typically you may get additional 1 mana (power) per turn, but BL gives you 1-time boost of 3.
magoslich
Small supply, its banned in most formats for the combos it enables, very rare to find intact, and a piece of MTG history.
TMStage
Imagine what you could do with three free mana on turn 1.
StarkeRealm
Yeah, but after turn two, I could get some usage out of my username. :p
gamlingcs
Along with all the other answers it's apart of what's called the "Reserve List" which is a list of cards never to be reprinted again.
Durendal5150
Mostly just the rarity. That and it's super broken, and semi-allowed in at least vintage format tournaments.
darksamus8
It's really, REALLY old, it's really, REALLY good (banned in most formats of the game), and really, REALLY rare.
blainetog
Eating it causes you to have perfect mana for every game over the next year, so high-level players consume it frequently to gain its power.
ph0xhole
ennuii
It's very powerful, and there were only a limited amount made. Many decks still use it, and it'll never be reprinted again legally.
ZeroHedge
They also retain /appreciate value really well.
BreakerSwitch
Rest are correct, but the rumor goes there were a decent supply until a guy who collected tons of them had his basement flood. Hence crazy $
Baeloro
Rarity + effect on the game.
straikychan
Broken op and I think it was an estimated 200 black border orange backed lotuses out there, making a ps10 ranked 6k easily
straikychan
A ps8 easily nets you 3-4k still tho
VincentVolaju
it's a very old, powerful, and iconic card and also a member of the 'Power 9' which are also respectably powerful and costly.
KyrosXIII
What's the power 9?
StarkeRealm
To be clear, they're hilariously broken by accident, it wasn't intentional.
CptnHindsight
All the Moxen of the color pie, then you have timewalk, ancestral reacall, black lotus and timetwister.
IRMETUL
9 of the most powerful cards ever printed. Only printed at the very beginning of the game (1993/94), and never again.
HowlingSoul
A few of them (Lotus and maybe Timetwister?) Got reprints in Vintage Masters, but never reprinted in the traditional sense.
IRMETUL
All the P9 eventually got onto Magic Online, you're right. Paper printings though? No, never again, that was my point.
Felextheminimal
Can't forget about this beauty as well...
MericanNightmare
No one cared who I was till I put on the dragon mask.
AnanomalyMoose
Oh....oh my
Applepotamus
Shickydakubofick
Goes nicely with
Ravengm
I counter with
Felextheminimal
Shickydakubofick
Weaksauce, behold this beauty.
Felextheminimal
"I'm like so baked right now, got anymore chips..." - Abomination probably
Shickydakubofick
And as a bonus:
RainingTacos
You dissing Foglio?
Shickydakubofick
Not dissing per se, let's just say his art is....different.
lHaveAConfession
Whata useless fuckin' card
Kaluru
Combine it with one of the many creatures that have effects upon entering the battlefield and it becomes very strong.
Sansdurlannite
I have a blink deck so I can tell you how useless it is : non-instant, needs you to pay 3 mana + the cost of the creature for each blink.
doubleormuffin
It's a decently powerful effect, yeah, but it's just so mana intensive. Just play pump spells and blink spells instead if you want ETBs
WhiteNateDogg
Maybe in Commander, 3 plus 3 to active is pretty slow in legacy/vintage.
Kaluru
True, mana cost is a bit high. But the effect could be pretty strong. I can't remember it's name but the card that becomes controlled 1/2
Kaluru
By the opponent after attacking would be impressive. 2/2