New Posts For Thread: 08/08/2011 Feature: "Developing Event Decks"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28097741/08082011_Feature:_Developing_Event_DecksThis thread is for discussion of this week's Feature Article, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.Problem is most of the lower priced mythics are low priced because they are not competitive enough. There's a few exceptions, like some of the original planeswalkers, but their price has to do with how often they've been reprinted. If they'd only bhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28097741/08082011_Feature:_Developing_Event_Decks?post_id=504383187#504383187Problem is most of the lower priced mythics are low priced because they are not competitive enough. There's a few exceptions, like some of the original planeswalkers, but their price has to do with how often they've been reprinted. If they'd only bWed, 10 Aug 2011 02:43:59 -0500I do have to wonder at some of the choices they make in the event decks.For example, take the green infect deck, "Rot From Within". My store owner buddy has a bunch of these sitting on his shelf. They don't sell. It isn't necessarily because it ishttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28097741/08082011_Feature:_Developing_Event_Decks?post_id=504315959#504315959I do have to wonder at some of the choices they make in the event decks.For example, take the green infect deck, "Rot From Within". My store owner buddy has a bunch of these sitting on his shelf. They don't sell. It isn't necessarily because it isMon, 08 Aug 2011 17:09:33 -0500While you're at it, replace the "perfect for FNM" with "perfect for SOME Friday Night Magic events". Buying an event deck, going to a store, and being told you can't play it (or worse, and probaly apocryphal... for now... pulling it out and getting dhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28097741/08082011_Feature:_Developing_Event_Decks?post_id=504315363#504315363While you're at it, replace the "perfect for FNM" with "perfect for SOME Friday Night Magic events". Buying an event deck, going to a store, and being told you can't play it (or worse, and probaly apocryphal... for now... pulling it out and getting dMon, 08 Aug 2011 16:58:21 -0500To be fair, a $25 buy-in that's good for two months or so isn't that bad of a deal. It's roughly the same buy-in as a single Sealed pool, and the huge majority of those cards are going to usable for only a few hours.[/quote]Assuming, of course, thathttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28097741/08082011_Feature:_Developing_Event_Decks?post_id=504314199#504314199To be fair, a $25 buy-in that's good for two months or so isn't that bad of a deal. It's roughly the same buy-in as a single Sealed pool, and the huge majority of those cards are going to usable for only a few hours.[/quote]Assuming, of course, thatMon, 08 Aug 2011 16:35:04 -0500Dear Zac Hill, Regarding your article "Developing Event Decks":First I'd like to say the email author option at the end of your article didn't work and said "unknown author" every time I tried sending the following message so I came here instead.Yourhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28097741/08082011_Feature:_Developing_Event_Decks?post_id=504312747#504312747Dear Zac Hill, Regarding your article "Developing Event Decks":First I'd like to say the email author option at the end of your article didn't work and said "unknown author" every time I tried sending the following message so I came here instead.YourMon, 08 Aug 2011 16:05:28 -0500