Good Older Booster to Draft
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Posted on March 27, 2014, 10:32 a.m. by ducttapedeckbox
Hey guys,
A few friends and I wanted to draft an older Magic set (before ISD) and was wondering what a good box would be. We don't want to spend more than $200 on the box, and we aren't exactly looking for value out of the box (although that would be nice) ... Any suggestions?
Thanks!
zendikar, fetches are normal rares 2 fetches pay for the box
March 27, 2014 11:16 a.m.
mymanpotsandpans says... #4
You should totally do Homelands look 60 pack for less than 200 dollars WHAT A DEAL!!! http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/111295957120?lpid=82.
In all serious Mirrodin Besieged and Alara Reborn might be you best bets for that price range. Alara Reborn is border line around 215 or something on tcg as a low. I think though that would be the best for value, cost, and overall fun. It has lots of Tri-duel colored costed cards it would make for some fun decks.
March 27, 2014 11:26 a.m.
TurboFagoot says... #5
Alara limited is awful.
If you want a good limited experience, get a box of Odyssey, or a draft set of Odyssey/Torment/Judgement. It's a limited environment with actual synergies and strategies, not just curving out and winning lol
March 27, 2014 1:01 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #6
If you don't want to spend a lot, go with M12. It may not be as complex as other sets, but its super cheap and the mythics are solid (as well as checklands that will go up in price once they get reprinted)
March 27, 2014 2:24 p.m.
lookoutimscary says... #7
Unforgivn_II They wouldn't go up if they get reprinted. When cards are reprinted, their values go down..
March 27, 2014 6:09 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #8
lookoutimscary - But then they become standard. There's always the standard premium for competitive cards.
March 27, 2014 7:35 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #9
Checklands bounce back to 5 bucks each and every time they become standard.
March 27, 2014 7:45 p.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #10
I'm looking for something fun to draft, most importantly. I would like to have the chance at getting value out of it as well. I'm not really interested in drafting a Core Set, nor Alara Reborn (I thought it was kind of boring compared to Shards of Alara, just my personal opinion).
What we may do is get five of us and order the five Commander 2013 decks as a pack for $150 (I've seen that deal floating around). I've been trying to get my friends into EDH and this is the perfect opportunity, while getting each person a decent deck.
March 27, 2014 8:54 p.m.
There will be arguments if you get commander 2013 as the price difference between them is huge
March 28, 2014 9:34 a.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #13
We plan on selling the very high costing cards like True-Name Nemesis and splitting it so they're cheaper. At least, we may do this
March 28, 2014 10:48 a.m.
If you can get your hands on a box of Legions, that would make for a fun draft. Nothing but creatures.
March 28, 2014 6:08 p.m.
If you can somehow find a place that does ModernMasters for that price, then do that. It will be pretty difficult to find one, however if you have a local game store that aren't dicks or something, then that is probably the best thing that you could get.
March 28, 2014 6:17 p.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #16
We managed to pick up all five Commander 2013 decks for $115, and selling the True-Name Nemesis will make it less than $25 for each of us to get a decent EDH deck to start, plus an entire other deck to split/have if we want to try something new.
I was originally thinking Modern Masters, but we couldn't find it anywhere for a cheap price. That would be a lot of fun though. I'm wishing that I bought a few extra boxes of Zendikar when I played heavily... open one now and sell a few for a rather nice profit.
Magiclover318 says... #2
Just go for worldwake or Zendikar ;)
March 27, 2014 10:59 a.m.