Originally Posted by badlander86 (Post 159225)

I was a Medic. We had free time. Oh. And when your serving mandatory Military service you'll do anything to pass the time. Magic was one outlet. Monster Hunter was another.

That said, I remember why I got into Magic at the time. I believe it was the Planeswalker concept. I saw a promo art of Chandra Nalaar and I totally fell in love. Never mind that she never has had a decent set of abilities. I loved the card art. I own almost every version of Chandra there is, including "anime" Chandra. Hopefully I score the new one when M14 comes out.

My only "money" Planeswalker that I ever pulled was Elspeth, Knight-Errant. My buddy in the army on the other hand has this insane gift of pulling Planeswalkers with ease. I've witnessed firsthand him pulling a Nissa Revane, Sorin Markov, Jace the Mind Sculptor, Elspeth Tirel and Koth of the Hammer. Mind Sculptor goes for big money these days. New Black Lotus? Dunno. I'm not THAT deep into MTG lore.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 159226)

How many versions of Chandra are there exactly?

Originally Posted by badlander86 (Post 159228)

Lets see....Not counting Core Set reprints....:

- Chandra Nalaar (Lorwyn)
- Chandra Ablaze (Zendikar)
- Chandra The Firebrand (M12)

I have three versions of Nalaar. The M10 reprint and two Duel Deck Foils, one is from the US Jace vs Chandra set, and the other was from the Japanese "Anime" Jace vs Chandra set. Split both set with my fellow Magic playing Medic.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 159231)

Huh, i didn't think they had Magic in Japan.

Originally Posted by badlander86 (Post 159235)

Some of the best Pro Magic players are Japanese. And here's another fun fact. Rare cards? Expensive. Same rare cards but in Japanese text? Ridiculously expensive.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 159231)

Huh, i didn't think they had Magic in Japan.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 159240)

Now i'm curious on how expensive the first Charizard card is in japanese.

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 159251)

Japan is ga-ga over card games. What made you think MTG wouldn't be over there?



Card rarity is different for US and Japan. I don't think the original Charizard is worth much unless it's a grade 9 or 10.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 159274)

But Charizard is worth like 1000 bucks.

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 159087)

Inzektors were so boringly broken I couldn't bring myself to use them.

My cousin convinced me to build a Dueling Network account, and even then, I pick intentionally weak archetypes because I like potential, challenge, and variety, rather than getting the confirmed win.