OotG Pulls
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Jan. 24, 2016, 1:34 a.m. by Aztraeuz
Did you buy a box? Maybe a few packs? At least a prerelease pack? Did you get anything for a new EDH deck? Perhaps something to upgrade a current EDH deck?
I feel like I had a decent box, no Expeditions so that sucks but my hopes weren't high for that.
I opened 6 Mythic. General Tazri, Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, both of which I wanted to possibly build an entirely new deck around. Both seem like a lot of fun.
I also pulled Linvala, the Preserver which I don't think will be very useful. My first thoughts are always Kaalia of the Vast when seeing Angels and I don't believe she is good enough for a spot in my deck.
I pulled Mirrorpool which looks like I could do a lot with in a deck that easily recurs Land from the GY. I pulled two World Breaker as well. These could possibly be used with some bounce effects, I will have to test.
Other notable rares, I pulled two Tyrant of Valakut, one of which is Foil but I'm not sure I'll have much use for them. Other Foil rares are Zendikar Resurgent and Goblin Dark-Dwellers. I can see use for both in EDH, testing will be required.
I pulled all of the Oaths. Oath of Gideon, Oath of Jace, Oath of Nissa, and two Oath of Chandra. I will be testing each in my Super Friends deck. They all look good enough to be included but without play testing I can't be sure.
My man lands, Needle Spires, Hissing Quagmire, and Wandering Fumarole. Probably useless in EDH, all come in tapped which is slow and generally not very good.
I also pulled Stoneforge Masterwork which I feel could be included in any of my numerous Tribal decks. Great for boosting a Commander to lethal damage. I am actually really excited about this.
I managed to pull 8 Wastes. It's not enough but will do for now. I really wish these were also included in the Land spot as well as the Common spot but no such luck.
I pulled multiple other Rares, some Colorless that might go in my future planned 
EDH. I have a good number of Rare Ally from the block. I have really listed what I found most significant to name. Mythic and Foils were obvious.
What did you pull? What are you excited about? Were you let down?
My prerelease pulls I neglected to mention. My prerelease pack was the worst sealed I have EVER opened. Other people at the event pulled Planeswalkers and one guy even pulled an Expedition. I ended up placing 10th at the event. Literally the worst sealed pulls in my Magic history. I understand your pain perfectly.
I did notice that I didn't pull any Planeswalkers which is disappointing. In BFZ I only pulled the new Kiora. I have terrible luck with Planeswalkers.
I also managed a Foil Island and a Foil Mountain from my box though. I pulled two Legendary I wanted for EDH, and other cool cards. I also got to enjoy opening the packs which is always fun for me.
January 24, 2016 1:56 a.m.
Bought a booster box and scored 5 mythics: Crush of Tentacles, Chandra, Flamecaller, Nissa, Voice of Zendikar (for once I got lucky with the walkers), Kozilek, the Great Distortion & a foil Inverter of Truth. No expeditions - 1 friend got a Strip Mine and another scored an Ancient Tomb. I pretended to be happy for them but was a ball of jealous rage on the inside, heh.
As for deck additions, I ended up trading a few rares for Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet which I promptly threw in my tribal vamps Olivia Voldaren deck. I also scored an Eldrazi Displacer + Reflector Mage which went straight to my Roon deck, obv. Chucked Zendikar Resurgent in my mono green stompy deck (I want to snag World Breaker for this deck too) & lastly, I'm giving Crush of Tentacles & Fall of the Titans a whirl in my freshly brewed Mizzix deck.
All in all, a decent haul and I'm looking forward to seeing how these Oath cards and others fare in EDH over the next while. Good times.
January 24, 2016 2:34 a.m.
Most boxes have an average of 4-6 Mythic so I feel like I got lucky with those. I also got a surprising number of Foils. Overall value though is relatively low with no Planeswalkers or Kozilek. I believe as prices sit, my Foil basic lands are the highest value lol.
I pulled an Eldrazi Displacer like you but I don't think I have a deck currently built that it would fit in.
January 24, 2016 3:07 a.m.
Best prerelease ever. Promo Eldrazi Displacer, which I traded to a judge for Memory Jar for my cube. BFZ was okay I got Lumbering Falls. Then first pack of OGW: Ancient Tomb
I could not believe it. Guy at a table next to me got a Misty Rainforest. My partner even played and got out the expedition!
January 24, 2016 8:50 a.m.
fadelightningmm says... #7
My prerelease pack I got a Hissing Quagmire as my promo. The last pack had a Nissa, Voice of Zendikar and a Mystic Gate. I couldn't actually play in the event though due to timing conflict.
Then I bought a fat pack and got a Kozilek, the Great Distortion and another Nissa. That night I did a draft pack one Reality Smasher got passed a ru manland so I did colorless ru stuff. I went 3-0 at the draft which is the best I have ever done in a draft and took first.
January 24, 2016 10:37 a.m.
Prerelease was awful for me. My promo was Corrupted Crossroads, so that was bad. Best card I pulled, and the only one worth mentioning, was Mina and Denn, Wildborn. Needless to say I wasn't thrilled. My friend got promo Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet which he traded to me because I was dying to use him in my zombie edh. Some guy in the even pulled both Nissa and an expedition.
I just bought a pack and got foil Deceiver of Form.
So overall, not great :/
January 24, 2016 5:48 p.m.
Karns_Pyromancer says... #9
I bought 5 packs last night and pulled a Chandra, Flamecaller and Kozilek, the Great Distortion.
thejadefalcon says... #2
I grabbed two booster boxes, but haven't opened them yet for the most part (I do a round Winston draft every day, keeps things interesting). Feel really gypped on my prerelease pulls though. My promos were fun, but nothing special (and one was already bent >.<), but the girl next to me got a promo Chandra and the guy across from me a promo Kozilek.
January 24, 2016 1:42 a.m.