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Old May 22, 2007 | 03:17 AM
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im looking for people to trade cards with in the bay area.....preferably old school players and people who have good **** in their collection......
Old May 25, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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I used to play, only til the mirrodin block. I don't have those uber expesive/rare cards, tho...

MTG is a very nice hobby/pastime...
Old May 26, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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yeah the value of the cards always goes up every year for the power 9 especially
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i used to play a long time ago. we used to play like every day. makes me want to dig up my cards and play again.
Old May 31, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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I just played with my friend last weekend and my Affinity-Broodstar deck and wiped his type 2 deck. LOL!

But when he put out his type 1, I got my @$$ kicked.
Old May 31, 2007 | 04:28 PM
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haha affinity was the **** i kicked my friends @$$ with my zombie deck
Old May 31, 2007 | 04:38 PM
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I used to have a zombie deck too and it kicks butt. It was the Scion of Darkness/dark supplicant/rotlung reanimator/grave pact/oversold cemetery combo deck. LOL!
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exactly, you got any cards for sale/trade?? im looking for power 9 cards i have a mox sapphire for trade
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What's the power 9?
Old May 31, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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oh maybe im more old school than you im talking about the cards back in '93 that are worth like 300 and up
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LOL! I only started playing around the Onslaught Block.
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I played when it first came out. I had a ton of alpha and beta cards, played up until 6th gen. Really lost interest when the fallen empire expansion set came out. Still think i have a complete set of the dark expansion cards. But would have to find them, and not in bay area.
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^^ Those are worth thousands of dollars.....
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yes they are!!
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I really hate it when a powerful card gets reprinted and becomes type 2. Then they'll print a card that will be able to weaken or counter that card, thus, making it pricey.
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prices change a lot all the time!! but the good thing about MTG is that its been steady for over 14 years +
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I have never been so confused in my entire life...

It's like, "Oh yea, I gots me a level seven gremlin queef deck! Shazaam!"

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I dont have the alpha or beta anymore. i kept the dark set cause i put a lot of effort in opening packs/boxes to get a complete set. I might have to look into selling them.......
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the only card worth any money in that set is the ball lightning which is about $18 +/-
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Still the one card for me is the Black Lotus.



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