Hello everybody! It's been a crazy year here on MTGS for me, but it seems appropriate to end it with a flurry of holiday cheer. This year, will be the sixth installation of the event and based on what I've seen around the forum (I see a lot of it now), there is a lot of great creative energy getting tossed around. So, lets put that stuff on cards and give it to others.
A few of you have asked if this was going to happen this year and my only answer is, "Duh, of course." Lesurgo moved on and left some pretty big shoes to fill but luckily, I can help!
For 2012, the MTGSalvation Holiday Magic Card Exchange returns for its sixth year!
Here is an introduction for those of you new to this - or - a refresher for the old timers. I am taking this directly from Lesurgo:
How the exchange works
The premise is simple. First, MTGSalvation members from all over the world send me (Galspanic) personally altered cards. Then, as Christmas approaches, I randomly send their cards to someone else who participated. It's a fun gift exchange that's always a blast.
What do I mean by personally altered? Does that you mean you have to be as good as the people over in the official altered art thread? Not at all! What's important is that you personalize your cards. For example, here are just a handful of cards done over the past few years:
As you can see, there is a lot of variation in what people choose to do. Featured is wide range of artistic talent, from doodles to full-blown alters. Just make it fun. In general, if you wouldn't be happy with receiving it from somebody else, you should alter it until you would be.
How to Participate
Participating is easy! Just send me a PM with your address, and I'll send you mine back. All you have to do after that is send me your cards along with a self-addressed and stamped envelope with my address as the return address. After that, just relax and wait for your return package to make its merry way to you. It's that simple!
All participants must have their cards to me by December 15th. They will be redistributed and sent off over the weekend, and hopefully everybody will have theirs by December 25th. Please remember to budget enough time for your cards to arrive. For reference, I live in Oregon, USA.
Brand new accounts are excluded to avoid gaming the system. If you try and game the system to get more presents, I will catch you. Please don't do it. It will just result in a sad face for both of us.
This event is not sponsored or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast in any way. It is purely something done for fun by people who love Magic, and is not for for any financial gain or otherwise.
Tips and Checklist
Over the past three years, I've seen a lot of cards come through. Here are some recommendations to help make the holiday exchange fun for everybody!
Try and modify cool cards. They don't necessarily have to be rares, but it's great when somebody can play the cards they receive in a deck and then tell the story of how they received them! If you are on a budget, think an altered playset of playable commons, an EDH staple, or basic lands are great... as long as it's playable it's cool!
Stumped for cards to alter? Try sending cards related to your name, avatar, or signature! That way there's a connection between MTGSalvation and the card's you're altering.
What you receive is random and a gift from someone else to you. Regardless of how you feel about the quality of cards you received, please be grateful. After all, it's a gift!
Part of the fun is ripping open the package when it finally arrives to see what you received. Do not post the alters you did ahead of time - though vague hints can be fun. We don't want to ruin the surprise!
Sending items such as letters, notes, or pictures along with your cards to the other person is not only allowed, but encouraged!
You might want to take a picture of your cards before you send them so that you can still show them off if the recipient has no way to upload an image.
You may submit as few or as many cards as you would like. Take your time and make some great alters!
IMPORTANT RULES --> READ THIS!!!
Things are going to go down a little differently this year than in years previous. No, none of the actual exchange-y goodness is going to be changed. The end goal will hopefully be the same. But there are a few procedural changes.
1. You absolutely must, must, must include a self-addressed and stamped envelope with my return address written on it. If you do not include one, I cannot promise you that you will receive any cards back.
2. In the past, a couple of people have sent extra large/heavy items. This is great, and often these items are very cool! However, if you're going to do this, please include an extra envelope that is the appropriate size and/or has the right amount of postage on it.
3. If you are an international participant, please tell me in your PM so we can discuss how international shipping will work out best in your case.
4. Along with your cards and SASE, please include a slip of paper with your MTGSalvation username. There will be a lot of cards coming in and if I don't know who sent me something I can't really let them know - which I'd like to do
Checklist
Send me a PM with your address
Refresh your inbox over and over until I reply with my address. You all know I am always on here so it shouldn't be long.
Alter cards!
Write your MTGSalvation username on a slip of paper.
Send me your cards, that slip of paper with your MTGSalvation username, and a self-addressed stamped envelope with my address as the return address, inside another envelope. Don't forget any of those steps!
Time travel to later in December and check your mail. Enjoy your gift!
I send out a lot of altered cards myself, but the only altered cards I've ever received were from Mobo and Bristol, so I'm pretty excited to see what you guys can do.
I will be in as always... I took part from Italy since I lived there, then from Norway and ... Actually I am in Alberta (Canada), is it ok if I paypal to you a couple of dollars for the postage? (I will enclose an envelop as well with my address of course).
If you prefer other ways just tell me!!
I suggest to sticky this thread or make it bolder on main page so it could be easier to see for other interested members
Fortunately, the government has slackened their observation of me long enough to enable participating once again. My apologies in advance to whomever gets my cards. They've killed at least once, and Dakmor Queen had to be imprisoned at the bottom of the ocean after the madness that she suffered from receiving my cards.
So it did take off this time, great! Now all that remains is figuring out the international logistics of this whole affair. I'll try to send my cards by next Monday.
Looking to try out a new card site, but need an incentive? Want to buy 2 NM Hallowed Fountains for less than $13 shipped? Send me your email in a PM and I can get you a coupon for $5 off of your first order of $10 or more at cardtitan.com!
EDIT: I need a day job so that people can look at my alters and tell me not to quit it
2 alters finished, while they may not be pretty, they're packed with Joy and Love! heh
It is with great sorrow that I must inform all of you that I've finished my cards for this year's exchange, and they will be mailed by the end of the week. Nothing pains me more than the necessity I feel each time I participate, the necessity to cause such visceral suffering to whomever gets the cards I alter.
If any among you possess faith of some sort, make room in your prayers for the friends and family of the MTGS member who has the monumental misfortune to recieve my cards. Their burden will be increased in the coming years as they attempt to soothe and care for a soul ravaged by horrible artistic qualities and crude, ungentlemanly humor that would make Jerome soberly shake his head.
I have scans if the poor, damned soul is instantly stricken upon opening their package and is unable to share them.
YAY! EPIC EXPERIMENT TIME!
Wait... that's a card now...
Well, whoever gets mine is gonna get something new... experimental... just out of my regular style of doing things... Should be fun and nice.
yay, i always forget to look for this thread until december. let's see what kind of deviltry... err, good, happy, fun times i can have.... Ideas are a-churnin.
Hello everybody! It's been a crazy year here on MTGS for me, but it seems appropriate to end it with a flurry of holiday cheer. This year, will be the sixth installation of the event and based on what I've seen around the forum (I see a lot of it now), there is a lot of great creative energy getting tossed around. So, lets put that stuff on cards and give it to others.
A few of you have asked if this was going to happen this year and my only answer is, "Duh, of course." Lesurgo moved on and left some pretty big shoes to fill but luckily, I can help!
For 2012, the MTGSalvation Holiday Magic Card Exchange returns for its sixth year!
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Here is an introduction for those of you new to this - or - a refresher for the old timers. I am taking this directly from Lesurgo:
The premise is simple. First, MTGSalvation members from all over the world send me (Galspanic) personally altered cards. Then, as Christmas approaches, I randomly send their cards to someone else who participated. It's a fun gift exchange that's always a blast.
What do I mean by personally altered? Does that you mean you have to be as good as the people over in the official altered art thread? Not at all! What's important is that you personalize your cards. For example, here are just a handful of cards done over the past few years:
As you can see, there is a lot of variation in what people choose to do. Featured is wide range of artistic talent, from doodles to full-blown alters. Just make it fun. In general, if you wouldn't be happy with receiving it from somebody else, you should alter it until you would be.
Participating is easy! Just send me a PM with your address, and I'll send you mine back. All you have to do after that is send me your cards along with a self-addressed and stamped envelope with my address as the return address. After that, just relax and wait for your return package to make its merry way to you. It's that simple!
All participants must have their cards to me by December 15th. They will be redistributed and sent off over the weekend, and hopefully everybody will have theirs by December 25th. Please remember to budget enough time for your cards to arrive. For reference, I live in Oregon, USA.
Brand new accounts are excluded to avoid gaming the system. If you try and game the system to get more presents, I will catch you. Please don't do it. It will just result in a sad face for both of us.
This event is not sponsored or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast in any way. It is purely something done for fun by people who love Magic, and is not for for any financial gain or otherwise.
Over the past three years, I've seen a lot of cards come through. Here are some recommendations to help make the holiday exchange fun for everybody!
IMPORTANT RULES --> READ THIS!!!
Things are going to go down a little differently this year than in years previous. No, none of the actual exchange-y goodness is going to be changed. The end goal will hopefully be the same. But there are a few procedural changes.
1. You absolutely must, must, must include a self-addressed and stamped envelope with my return address written on it. If you do not include one, I cannot promise you that you will receive any cards back.
2. In the past, a couple of people have sent extra large/heavy items. This is great, and often these items are very cool! However, if you're going to do this, please include an extra envelope that is the appropriate size and/or has the right amount of postage on it.
3. If you are an international participant, please tell me in your PM so we can discuss how international shipping will work out best in your case.
4. Along with your cards and SASE, please include a slip of paper with your MTGSalvation username. There will be a lot of cards coming in and if I don't know who sent me something I can't really let them know - which I'd like to do
Checklist
I send out a lot of altered cards myself, but the only altered cards I've ever received were from Mobo and Bristol, so I'm pretty excited to see what you guys can do.
Questions?
Please post below.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
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Don't forget to PM me with the required information above.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
If you prefer other ways just tell me!!
I suggest to sticky this thread or make it bolder on main page so it could be easier to see for other interested members
H/W - Website
PM sent.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
Done by Rivenor of Miraculous Recovery signatures!
PM sent, and I hope to be able to make something happen this year ^^
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I've also made over 95 bucks on this site since I started on 11/24/09. Give it a try!
Looking to try out a new card site, but need an incentive? Want to buy 2 NM Hallowed Fountains for less than $13 shipped? Send me your email in a PM and I can get you a coupon for $5 off of your first order of $10 or more at cardtitan.com!
Let us just say...pyro314 is a pyro....314......
EDIT: I need a day job so that people can look at my alters and tell me not to quit it
2 alters finished, while they may not be pretty, they're packed with Joy and Love! heh
Thanks to Rivenor for the signature and XenoNinja for the Avi!
Quotes:
If any among you possess faith of some sort, make room in your prayers for the friends and family of the MTGS member who has the monumental misfortune to recieve my cards. Their burden will be increased in the coming years as they attempt to soothe and care for a soul ravaged by horrible artistic qualities and crude, ungentlemanly humor that would make Jerome soberly shake his head.
I have scans if the poor, damned soul is instantly stricken upon opening their package and is unable to share them.
Wait... that's a card now...
Well, whoever gets mine is gonna get something new... experimental... just out of my regular style of doing things... Should be fun and nice.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
Perfect!!! Did my cards arrive too?
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Today I got them along with Powdered's cards!
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
Thanks for having organized this crazy and funny game this year too, I am so excited ^^
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