As I was about to leave the card shop today, the FedEx guy came and dropped off a package. A guy opened it and out popped promo Mogg Fanatics and Mind Stones. I only saw that Japanese thread (here) so I started a new one.
They both have the DCI foil logo as the watermark, so I'm assuming they're Arena, but I don't play in that league, so I wasn't quite sure.
The Mogg Fanatic is the same pic (which I still didn't like) so I didn't look at that one very much.
The Mind Stone one look amazing, with an actual brain in the pic inside a library, though it was snatched away before I got a good look and say what the artist was. It's very beautiful.
Sorry, I don't have scans (the Shop still has the cards), so I can't provide them, but thought I would share about the info. If I'm able to bargain with them, maybe I can take a pic of them tomorrow and put them up (as of this posting, they're not up on eBay just yet).
Edit: 10-07 - I went to the store and the guy who handles the Magic wasn't there, and he put the cards away. So, Yurei, we're counting out you (I was only going to get horrible pics anyway, and if you're going to scan them, that's even better).
If for whatever reason you needed acceleration in a non-green mono colored deck, I would agree unconditionally. In any deck that can utilize 2-5 colors of mana, there must be debate.
I run a Green and Blue deck online that splashes white for a few copies of pacifism variants (specifically 2x Fetters, 2x Isolation) with a 4 of Ancient Law Kami in the board. Mindstone would rarely help that deck at all since it needs to realistically access UU, G, and W rather consistently depending on the draw.
Really, this boils down to the fact that the two cards have different uses.
Hi, I work for a shop and we just got ours in- these actually come in what's called "Tournament Support Kits" you buy directly from WOTC. These were labeled as the "Lorwyn Support Kits", but as my rep told me late yesterday, there was a last minute change and for whatever reason, they went and used tenth ed cards instead. So there's probably going to be no lorwyn promos like this. Which is fine with me, since they never made a "tenth Ed Tournament support kit" anyway. If no one gets a mind stone scan, i'll see about scanning one at work on Monday.
I don't think we can get the llanowar elves though, from what I've seen every TS kit you buy for a set is identical, and always the same 2 cards.
Basically, to get them you have to find a store that runs sanctioned events and chooses to buy these support kits. They're not freebies given out by WOTC.
These kits are meant to be used for any sanctioned tournament that doesn't come with prizes, like summer of magic, release tournaments, FNMs, etc.
My store gives these out at things like...
our weekend Type II/block tournaments, City Champs, etc. We also give them out as extra prizes at FNM.
I snagged a picture today at my friendly local gaming store. Cell phone camera, bad photograph, etc.. Card looks gorgeous though.
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I snagged a picture today at my friendly local gaming store. Cell phone camera, bad photograph, etc.. Card looks gorgeous though.
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Wow, that's much better than anything Adam Rex could make up. And the flavor text by a famous philosopher is just gravy. Too bad I'm using Coldsteel Hearts instead...
the promo's are Gateway promo's....a Llanowar elves is the third....at my local store they are giving them away :D:D
Giving them? Even the elves? You are one lucky bastard.
At my store the owner ordered them and will now sanction free T2 tourneys on saturday, with stone and fanatic being given out for entering in them. The elves are prizes, one for the winner. I find this incredibly stupid, as about half the people in our area care more about the fanatic than stone or elves, and aren't as interested in the elves. I will have to trade with the winner for them every ****ing week to get a set, or I will have to win myself.
Absolute stupidity. I hate my store.
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The Mogg Fanatic is meh ... hard to top the old pic along with the flavor text. The original Llawnmower art has sucked for years and the text is nothing special.
I disagree. While hard-pressed to compete with the 9th/10th art, Me along with a number of long-time players agree that it has a certain classic quality to it, that certain players just can't appriciate for some reason. Around here we play revised elves, just because of the art.
I will be getting a set as soon as possible.
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Giving them? Even the elves? You are one lucky bastard.
At my store the owner ordered them and will now sanction free T2 tourneys on saturday, with stone and fanatic being given out for entering in them. The elves are prizes, one for the winner. I find this incredibly stupid, as about half the people in our area care more about the fanatic than stone or elves, and aren't as interested in the elves. I will have to trade with the winner for them every ****ing week to get a set, or I will have to win myself.
Absolute stupidity. I hate my store.
oooooooooo I'm soooooooo sorry that you get a free mind stone and mogg fanatic for just showing up at a free tournament. if they're not even interested in the elf, it shouldn't be too hard to trade it. I don't see what you're whining about, but my store doesn't even give out those promos.
on subject, really nice of wotc to make these promos. the mind stone has awesome art.
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That Mind Stone is fresh as hell. Me likely. I need 4.
That Mogg Fanatic is horrible. I hope they don't become popular, because I don't want to be looking at Goblin ass for the next 2 years.
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The Mind stone is frickin gorgeous!! I totally have to get 4 of those.
That's lame that they just made another Llanowar though, and with the same pic. Especially since they made that other one before.
I think what they should have done with the Llanowar is like made it go along with the Lorwyn style sorta, like how the textless mana leak and hinder kinda were Kamigawish.
Lorwyn elves are supposed to be super pretty and conceded, they should have printed really hot looking boy and girl elves standing side by side doing some sorta mana thing with their hands. That would have been really cool, sexy elves, we needed them to be sexy.
Ohh man, I love the use of real world quotes on the Mind Stone and the Mogg Fanatic. That really pleases me. I wish they'd use those more often, at least in core sets.
The Mindstone is gorgeus, I definitely need a playset. I hate the new Fanatic art, he looks like a freak, but luckily I have 4 Korean fanatics. Same with the elves, although I wish they had new art.
They both have the DCI foil logo as the watermark, so I'm assuming they're Arena, but I don't play in that league, so I wasn't quite sure.
The Mogg Fanatic is the same pic (which I still didn't like) so I didn't look at that one very much.
The Mind Stone one look amazing, with an actual brain in the pic inside a library, though it was snatched away before I got a good look and say what the artist was. It's very beautiful.
Sorry, I don't have scans (the Shop still has the cards), so I can't provide them, but thought I would share about the info. If I'm able to bargain with them, maybe I can take a pic of them tomorrow and put them up (as of this posting, they're not up on eBay just yet).
Edit: 10-07 - I went to the store and the guy who handles the Magic wasn't there, and he put the cards away. So, Yurei, we're counting out you (I was only going to get horrible pics anyway, and if you're going to scan them, that's even better).
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If for whatever reason you needed acceleration in a non-green mono colored deck, I would agree unconditionally. In any deck that can utilize 2-5 colors of mana, there must be debate.
Really, this boils down to the fact that the two cards have different uses.
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I don't think we can get the llanowar elves though, from what I've seen every TS kit you buy for a set is identical, and always the same 2 cards.
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As far as I know these are Gateway promos - these are what remained from Arena in Europe. Not sure that these sort of events are run in the US.
These kits are meant to be used for any sanctioned tournament that doesn't come with prizes, like summer of magic, release tournaments, FNMs, etc.
My store gives these out at things like...
our weekend Type II/block tournaments, City Champs, etc. We also give them out as extra prizes at FNM.
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Wow, that's much better than anything Adam Rex could make up. And the flavor text by a famous philosopher is just gravy. Too bad I'm using Coldsteel Hearts instead...
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Giving them? Even the elves? You are one lucky bastard.
At my store the owner ordered them and will now sanction free T2 tourneys on saturday, with stone and fanatic being given out for entering in them. The elves are prizes, one for the winner. I find this incredibly stupid, as about half the people in our area care more about the fanatic than stone or elves, and aren't as interested in the elves. I will have to trade with the winner for them every ****ing week to get a set, or I will have to win myself.
Absolute stupidity. I hate my store.
I disagree. While hard-pressed to compete with the 9th/10th art, Me along with a number of long-time players agree that it has a certain classic quality to it, that certain players just can't appriciate for some reason. Around here we play revised elves, just because of the art.
I will be getting a set as soon as possible.
oooooooooo I'm soooooooo sorry that you get a free mind stone and mogg fanatic for just showing up at a free tournament. if they're not even interested in the elf, it shouldn't be too hard to trade it. I don't see what you're whining about, but my store doesn't even give out those promos.
on subject, really nice of wotc to make these promos. the mind stone has awesome art.
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That Mogg Fanatic is horrible. I hope they don't become popular, because I don't want to be looking at Goblin ass for the next 2 years.
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The Mind stone is frickin gorgeous!! I totally have to get 4 of those.
That's lame that they just made another Llanowar though, and with the same pic. Especially since they made that other one before.
I think what they should have done with the Llanowar is like made it go along with the Lorwyn style sorta, like how the textless mana leak and hinder kinda were Kamigawish.
Lorwyn elves are supposed to be super pretty and conceded, they should have printed really hot looking boy and girl elves standing side by side doing some sorta mana thing with their hands. That would have been really cool, sexy elves, we needed them to be sexy.
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