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Bknguyen
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Nov 3, 2017
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New to MTG here, so I'm wondering what the more seasoned folks think of this drop? 1000+ commons in comparison to single digit numbers of the rares, holos (which I'm assuming could just be worthless common holos), and mythics makes it seem like just someone dumping their unwanted cards to me. Being from Canada, it is nice to see MTG on Massdrop that can actually ship to me, though.
Flypanam
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Nov 3, 2017
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BknguyenI've jumped on some of these drops in the past and the quality varies by drop. Usually it's wholesalers getting rid of excess stock rather than collectors dumping their unwanted cards. In the past I've had shitty luck and have gotten packs with 10+ duplicates of multiple cards, and I've had better luck where I've gotten some decent or at least unique offerings. What I usually experience is that when the cards come all of the uncommons and rares are not randomly inserted through out the cards, but rather they are all bunched together and inserted into the box so that each shipment is guaranteed something decent. These bunches usually have more than the advertised number of rares but how much extra varies. My advice is to expect very little and you may be pleasantly surprised. If you expect a lot you'll probably be disappointed.
prplprince
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Nov 3, 2017
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BknguyenThese lots are hardly worth it. You're getting the left overs of someone who wants to make space in his/her store room so is dumping worthless commons. You will get 10-12 copies of the same card which is worth nothing and is worthless in almost any deck. Its better to just get singles of cards you want for decks vs getting 1000 cards and about 975 are useless.
RZR_LZR
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Nov 3, 2017
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BknguyenI think it depends on what you want to do. If you want to start to play competitively, this won't be worth your money. If you want to have a bunch of cards to play with around the kitchen table, make your own cube, or put together a pauper deck this offers more value.
Other posters mention getting a bunch of copies but I'll assume Massdrop's description is correct and their provider has limited those to 4-5 per card. Here's what I would expect: 1. No useful cards for competitive decks. These are pure bulk, and all cards are probably worth $0.25 at most if you were to buy them as singles. 2. Possibly not a good color or casting cost balance. These are pulled from a large amount of stock, not much care is taken to balance playability. 3. Full playsets of a lot of cards. They would try to give you 10+ if they could just to balance clearing out cards and keeping customers happy. 4. Set clustering. You'll probably get a mix of sets, but might only get 6-8 different sets in the whole box. 5. Lots of cards cheap.
So if you're creating your own environment (cube, danger room, etc.) or just playing for fun with some kooky decks this could be a fun purchase, and it's cool to see so much of the history of MTG. Also on the plus side, you don't have to worry about sleeving any of these cards since they're not really worth much. They're also fun to play with if you're introducing someone to MTG or buying a present for kids. If you're looking for a high-return competitive-enabling collection though, don't waste your money.
Other posters mention getting a bunch of copies but I'll assume Massdrop's description is correct and their provider has limited those to 4-5 per card. Here's what I would expect: 1. No useful cards for competitive decks. These are pure bulk, and all cards are probably worth $0.25 at most if you were to buy them as singles. 2. Possibly not a good color or casting cost balance. These are pulled from a large amount of stock, not much care is taken to balance playability. 3. Full playsets of a lot of cards. They would try to give you 10+ if they could just to balance clearing out cards and keeping customers happy. 4. Set clustering. You'll probably get a mix of sets, but might only get 6-8 different sets in the whole box. 5. Lots of cards cheap.
So if you're creating your own environment (cube, danger room, etc.) or just playing for fun with some kooky decks this could be a fun purchase, and it's cool to see so much of the history of MTG. Also on the plus side, you don't have to worry about sleeving any of these cards since they're not really worth much. They're also fun to play with if you're introducing someone to MTG or buying a present for kids. If you're looking for a high-return competitive-enabling collection though, don't waste your money.
CaptMcFizzle
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Nov 4, 2017
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BknguyenI disagree with people who think this drop isnt worth it. While a seasoned player looks at this now and wants nothing of it, this is a GREAT start to magic. you may not get the 1000 best cards (far from it) but you get a taste of what magic is and what it can be. You get to read the text of 1000 ish cards, and that gives you a ton of questions. Get those questions answered, now youre better at the game. these cards arent the best, which ones are? If you can start figuring that out for yourself? I think thats also a plus.
I started off by splitting a huge lot of commons and I had a ton of fun making sense of the game. Two years later, I think im pretty darn solid with the game. I wouldnt have wanted to start any other way.
C_h_u_c_k
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Dec 4, 2017
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BknguyenThis won't be much good to most people. Even new players won't find too much here because it's not going to be play balanced cards. However, there's one group that could benefit from this and that would be someone setting up a magic club in a school. Having several huge boxes of bulk jank can provide fodder for students to make pauper decks with cards from the boxes. You'll likely need to buy several boxes to get enough variety of cards and enough depth on staples to make that viable though. Other than that if you're into collecting cards this is a good way to get good common coverage since they're taking effort to limit duplicates.
CaptMcFizzle
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Dec 5, 2017
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C_h_u_c_kI still disagree. Brand new players likely wouldnt care about numbers balance. You need to learn the 150 keywords and the 15 stages of a turn and the game states and a whole whack of stuff before we think about if tarmagoyf is better or worse than vexing devil or whatever.
the thousand cards will give the new player a TON of info, lots of keywords, lots of strange things. Make some sample decks, obviously theyre going to suck, but youre brand new!
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