Magic: The Gathering,GO TEAM MS!

[Kinetic]

I finally broke down and got MTGOnline.

[xRECKONERx]

lame.

I refuse to reinstall. I REFUSE.

EDIT: oh well apparently I already had it installed on my desktop

[Shadow1psc]

I'm going to do an AVR swiss. Or an 8-4, not sure. Anyone else wanna play?

[Sudo_Nym]

I just reinstalled MTGO; was thinking about attempting a first real draft.

[Shadow1psc]

My name on mtgo is JediShadow

[AGar]

Do a 12-6, or an 8-4 if you don't have the extra 3 tix.

[Shadow1psc]

I don't know that I'm confident enough to go into an 8-4, I like that if I can go 2-1, my next draft is less than half price.

[Shadow1psc]

Gonna try that 8-4. I saw absolutely no blue come my way.

[Shadow1psc]

2-0 match one.

[Sudo_Nym]

Not tech savvy to post a screen shot on the fly, but got a Boros Human deck. 2x Riot Ringleader, 2x Goldnight Commander, 3x Thatcher Revolt. Won R1 2-1 against UG annoying combat tricks.

[Sudo_Nym]

R2 opponent flakes out, and I get a time limit win into the finals.

[Sudo_Nym]

So there's the deck. Won the finals against a 5-color durdle deck. Game 2 was awesome, though- had Kruin Striker, Riot Ringleader, and Goldnight Commander in play against a Craterhoof Behemoth. Then Thatcher Revolt for the win. Exactly what I pictured when I was drafting.

[AGar]

Two Commanders? Wow.

[xRECKONERx]

The prospect of Champion of the Parish + Thatcher's Revolt + Cathar's Crusade is enough to make me want to turn my monowhite deck into redwhite.

[bv310]

Wound up with this monstrosity in a 12-6 draft. Hoping for the best.

[bv310]

These are awful quality, but some pictures of my new spare-card hobby:

[xRECKONERx]

SHIT that's cool.

[Sudo_Nym]

My sister's a magic fanatic, and she made a few, too:

[bv310]

I saw that Wolf one on someone's thread on MTGS as a commission. Your sister's got some skill.

If you get to talk to her, find out where she gets her pins for the beads, and also where she gets the small beads. Also also, find out how she got that plastic sleeve thing in the Swamp one. What kind of glue does she use?

My next goal is going to be with either:



or

[Frivolity]

I saw that Wolf one on someone's thread on MTGS as a commission. Your sister's got some skill.

If you get to talk to her, find out where she gets her pins for the beads, and also where she gets the small beads. Also also, find out how she got that plastic sleeve thing in the Swamp one. What kind of glue does she use?

Haha, this is Sudo's sister I figured since he linked this to me, then immediately left for work, I ought to make an account and reply. Or something.

Firstly, thanks! I've only made the ones pictured, so it's nice to hear they look good for first tries!

The wires are from a plain ol' hardware store, just ask about straight, super thin wiring. I wish they'd come in silver, but brass was all they had there but the color seems to look alright with most cards.

I got the beads from JoAnn's, the craft store. You can find them in the jewelery making section of the store, they're the ones I got come in little plastic tubes and are called "6/0 Czech Glass E-Beads" and, minus a few weird ones in the tube, they fit perfectly on the wires I got. Try to get the tiny wires first, then bring one with you to get beads, the tubes are openable, and you can make sure that they fit before you buy them (since they're kinda... weirdly expensive for beads.)

The plastic sleeve I cut into the right size to fit over just the image part of the card with a little overlay (just enough so I could glue it to the card below it and above it without it sticking out the sides), then glued in place underneath the very top layer of cards (I always cut a just-the-border layer for the top).

As for glue... believe it or not, I just use Elmer's "Washable Gel School Glue Stick" it was all I had handy, and it works just fine. It gives me time to position the layers appropriately against each other, then it dries fairly quickly and solidly.

And the most important thing to remember when making the 3d cards: always, always, *always* use a sharp x-acto knife. Anything less than very sharp gives you some icky cuts. You can see the difference between the swamp, which was the first one made and I used the only blade I had at the time which was old and dull, and the Instill Infection, where I used a brand new, very sharp blade.

I also recommend coloring the inside edges in with a sharpie, 'cause the insides of magic cards are white, and they kinda kill the 3d effect by sticking out so poignantly. I have... all the sharpie colors, so I do a little bit of color matching on a spare card, and do the best I can to use the right colors. When doing this, if you go in from the back side of the card with the sharpie, you get fewer crazy doodle marks on the front side of the card.

If you have any questions, IM me... or Sudo. Probably Sudo. He'll get back to you faster on here, lol.

[xRECKONERx]

fuck sudo, let's get her to stick around

[Sudo_Nym]

fuck sudo, let's get her to stick around

[hitogoroshi]

[bv310]

fuck sudo, let's get her to stick around

You know, I was thinking the same thing.

[Thestatusquo]

I quite enjoy the swamp one.