Double-faced MtG cards in Innistrad
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I think we all use opaque sleeves, but I also think it's a bad idea to be flipping theese cards beacause the sleeve with a dobule faced card will have a lot of wear more than the others...
I will definitely use the checklist and I´ll keep the double faced cards in a transparent sleeve (but has hard as the opaque ones).
Can wit to see the misprints xD
I will definitely use the checklist and I´ll keep the double faced cards in a transparent sleeve (but has hard as the opaque ones).
Can wit to see the misprints xD
Apart from this being extremely stupid in my opinion it is actually extremely stupid to print any non mtg back tournament legal cards.
Not all types of sleeves (UltraPros would most likely not do the job here) cover up the backside 100% and I think if any of the cards will see a lot of play it will cause a lot of trouble. People appealing because of marked cards all the time does not see unreasonable to me.
I am simply not able to understand why they did not bring the old Kamigawa mechanic back.
Hopefully there will be double sided flip cards with 4 pictures on them drawn by 4 different artists one day so that you signed card junkies get something real to accomplish
Not all types of sleeves (UltraPros would most likely not do the job here) cover up the backside 100% and I think if any of the cards will see a lot of play it will cause a lot of trouble. People appealing because of marked cards all the time does not see unreasonable to me.
I am simply not able to understand why they did not bring the old Kamigawa mechanic back.
Hopefully there will be double sided flip cards with 4 pictures on them drawn by 4 different artists one day so that you signed card junkies get something real to accomplish
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See, I think this is a great example of how proxies will have to be allowed. Take some old basic land, write on it, then grab your double sided card. It might just have to be that way.
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Well, MY question is:
How will they do artist proofs? The logical answer is two proofs per card but will they do that?
My take on the whole thing is: "When you run out of good ideas, this is what you get..."
How will they do artist proofs? The logical answer is two proofs per card but will they do that?
My take on the whole thing is: "When you run out of good ideas, this is what you get..."
thulnanth wrote:Just be sure to ask the artist to sign BOTH sides in the letter you send with them. I did that with all my Rage cards and never had a problem
Take it easy,
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Haha there you go! Mind telling me what it says at the top of the card?
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Has anyone seen how these will be available? Will they send them to the TO/store or will they be in boosters (like in the place of the t/t card or land)?STUNT wrote:You can mark the card to represent a double-sided card in your library or your hand.fvzappa wrote:Haha there you go! Mind telling me what it says at the top of the card?
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Since it's supposed to have a normal back, it could be mixed in with the commons. I can see it also being in the t/t slot though.mystical_tutor wrote:Has anyone seen how these will be available? Will they send them to the TO/store or will they be in boosters (like in the place of the t/t card or land)?STUNT wrote:You can mark the card to represent a double-sided card in your library or your hand.fvzappa wrote:Haha there you go! Mind telling me what it says at the top of the card?
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its in rosewater's article. Its printed on the basic land sheet and that is their reason for only printing 3 arts of each basic land.mystical_tutor wrote:Thanks, did I miss that in the WotC blurb--thought I read it all.psrex wrote:The checklist card is supposed to be in 3/4 of packs, and it will replace a land.
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There will be a double face card in every pack as it replaces a common.
Card frequencies
We now know that there are 20 Double-Faced Cards (DFCs) in Innistrad. They break down as 1 Mythic = Garruk, 6 Rares, 7 Uncommons & 6 Commons. Although they all appear on 1 sheet, the rarity is surely a guide to the frequency of the card (unlike in the recent Commander set where the rarity colour was purely decorative).
I can't be the first to have figured out that if these appear in the ratio 1 : 2 : 6 : 11, then they will exactly cover a 121-slot sheet. This compares to single-faced cards which are 1 : 2 : ~6 : ~9.6. So the commons DFCs are marginally more frequent than they should be, especially when taking into account the substitution of a common from time to time by a foil.
Discounting the DFCs, the rest of the non-basic lands have the familiar pattern 15 Mythics, 53 Rares, 60 Uncommons & 101 Commons. 15+2*53 = 121 and the significance of 101 was explored here in the context of M10:
http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... highlight=
which I generally stand by except that I think that I should have taken the variable f to be 15/67 not 16.67.
But the fact that the basic number of commons / booster is odd rather than even in ISD I think may make a difference to how one can sample from the Good versus Bad sections of the sheets. If you are opening lots of boxes and you happen to capture the common order, please circulate.
And if someone is opening enough boosters to figure out the solution for Uncommons, then I would be very grateful. Even if it is just to announce that one uncommon is 50% more frequent than the others!
Because of the DFC checklist cards occupying say 91 slots of the "Basic Land" sheet, each of the 15 ISD lands will occur twice, and hence has the same rarity as a regular Rare! Snap them up! :D
The Common foil sheet normally has 101 Commons + 20 Basic Lands. Surely in ISD 5 of the foil basic lands wills be duplicated.
I can't be the first to have figured out that if these appear in the ratio 1 : 2 : 6 : 11, then they will exactly cover a 121-slot sheet. This compares to single-faced cards which are 1 : 2 : ~6 : ~9.6. So the commons DFCs are marginally more frequent than they should be, especially when taking into account the substitution of a common from time to time by a foil.
Discounting the DFCs, the rest of the non-basic lands have the familiar pattern 15 Mythics, 53 Rares, 60 Uncommons & 101 Commons. 15+2*53 = 121 and the significance of 101 was explored here in the context of M10:
http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... highlight=
which I generally stand by except that I think that I should have taken the variable f to be 15/67 not 16.67.
But the fact that the basic number of commons / booster is odd rather than even in ISD I think may make a difference to how one can sample from the Good versus Bad sections of the sheets. If you are opening lots of boxes and you happen to capture the common order, please circulate.
And if someone is opening enough boosters to figure out the solution for Uncommons, then I would be very grateful. Even if it is just to announce that one uncommon is 50% more frequent than the others!
Because of the DFC checklist cards occupying say 91 slots of the "Basic Land" sheet, each of the 15 ISD lands will occur twice, and hence has the same rarity as a regular Rare! Snap them up! :D
The Common foil sheet normally has 101 Commons + 20 Basic Lands. Surely in ISD 5 of the foil basic lands wills be duplicated.
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Reference the contents of a box I documented the following:
By name
20 duel sided cards
7 Mythic Rare
31 Rare
61 U
106 commons
9 Basic Lands
26 Proxy cards
9 of 12 tokens, missing black wolf, Wurm, Angel
15 of 16 tips, missing Got a Plainswalker problem? (Garruk)
Uncommons:
3 Dissipate
1 or 2 of each the rest
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Reference the contents of a box I documented the following:
By name
20 duel sided cards
7 Mythic Rare
31 Rare
61 U
106 commons
9 Basic Lands
26 Proxy cards
9 of 12 tokens, missing black wolf, Wurm, Angel
15 of 16 tips, missing Got a Plainswalker problem? (Garruk)
Uncommons:
3 Dissipate
1 or 2 of each the rest
Gary
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I had even less basic lands :(mystical_tutor wrote:Andy
Reference the contents of a box I documented the following:
By name
20 duel sided cards
7 Mythic Rare
31 Rare
61 U
106 commons
9 Basic Lands
26 Proxy cards
9 of 12 tokens, missing black wolf, Wurm, Angel
15 of 16 tips, missing Got a Plainswalker problem? (Garruk)
Uncommons:
3 Dissipate
1 or 2 of each the rest
Gary
I find it really irritating to not have even the half of each basics in one box, and so many sh**** proxy cards that I won't be using ...
Given what you pay for a box, at least all the basic lands and commons should be secured.
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