Trading Card Games?

Quote (Terastas @ Mar. 10 2004, 9:47 pm)

My memory isn't that good, but I remember his favorite card was called Sarah Angel.

I have that card!! That card is damn tough.. and its name is Serrah Angel.  It's white, and its power and toughness is equal to your health.... and a 20/20 monster is DAMN tough to beat. :\  It's my favorite, too '>

[Raust Shieldra]

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote (Terastas @ Mar. 10 2004, 9:47 pm) My memory isn't that good, but I remember his favorite card was called Sarah Angel. I have that card!! That card is damn tough.. and its name is Serrah Angel.  It's white, and its power and toughness is equal to your health.... and a 20/20 monster is DAMN tough to beat. :\  It's my favorite, too

          A common mistake here, the serrah angel is a 4/4 angel that doesn't tap to attack, the serrah's avatar is the card that has p/t based on your life and it goes to your library when it goes to the grave yard.
          On a players note, it is not that hard to deal with a serrah's angel or avatar just gotta have a good deck. *cough backlash cough*

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Quote (raging gryphon @ Mar. 12 2004, 11:43 am)

A common mistake here, the serrah angel is a 4/4 angel that doesn't tap to attack, the serrah's avatar is the card that has p/t based on your life and it goes to your library when it goes to the grave yard.

Actually that's Serra Angel and Serra Avatar; no h. Anyway, the avatar is only good when your life total is. I played a game once where I had my opponent down to 1 life (he had worship so I couldn't kill him.) And he played the avatar, so he payed 7 for a 1/1.

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On a players note, it is not that hard to deal with a serrah's angel or avatar just gotta have a good deck. *cough backlash cough*

Fling?

[Raust Shieldra]

back lash taps an untapped creature your oponent controlls and makes it do that damage equal to it's power to it's controller, i've also mirror striked one as well as blocked one with a cockatrice ^v^. theres almost always an answer for whats on the board just gotta know when to do what.

Quote (raging gryphon @ Mar. 12 2004, 6:41 pm)

back lash taps an untapped creature your oponent controlls and makes it do that damage equal to it's power to it's controller, i've also mirror striked one as well as blocked one with a cockatrice ^v^. theres almost always an answer for whats on the board just gotta know when to do what.

You know, I have absolutely NO idea what you just said.  That's always been my problem with Magic- nobody can dumb it down enough to explain it to me so it always sounds really complex.

Although I guess, on the opposite end, I could say:

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Use Change of Heart on your opponent's monster and use it as tribute to special-summon Blue Eyes White Dragon.  Equip him with the Ring of Magnetism, then equip another monster with Shooting Star Bow and attack directly.

-much to the delight of the non Yu-Gi-Oh players.   '>

[Kamui]

I play Magic:TG. Fun game, though I gave most of my cards to my little brother I still have a few decks. My favorite combo is Jareth: Leonine titan (4/7 that gets +7/+7 when it blocks and tap one white to give him protection from the color of your choice until end of turn) with a pariah (all damage that would be dealt to you, is dealt to target creature isntead), great combo so long as your not playing against a white deck. Have a suicide zombie and a beast deck too, suicide zombies are fun '> .

[Running_Wolf]

I still got a folder-full of Pokemon cards I might be selling. I'm starting to get into Yu-Gi-Oh but I haven't bought any of those cards yet. Just seen a bunch of kids at my school playing with them. looks like fun.

[WolfJester]

I play Yu-GI-Of in tournaments all the time, I win the tournaments some times, mainly with my controll deck but my Friend deck and Arch-Fiend deck can win tounament too.

[LiteMoon]

I played Magic and Poke`mon for a few years,then after everyone here suddenly went into Yu-gi-oh,I just became a collector...Arrgh!I don't enjoy Yu-gi-oh for some reason,maybe it's because I'm still loyal to Magic.*Plays Terror.*

[Keshiji]

I used to play Pokemon, Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh...

I've sold all my Magic (with the exception of some) and Yu-Gi-Oh cards, but I still keep my Pokemon Cards in its folder (Over 150 rare cards which 80 or 90 of them are holofoil, heh!'>

Oh, I also played other card games, such as X-Men and WWE.

[Raust Shieldra]

Okay every one seems proud of thier collections and wants to brag so i'm gonna give the tale of my rise and fall, I was once extremely serious into both pokemon and magic. I tried to get into playing magic on the pro level, my first qualifier i attended i placed 22nd out of 84 and even beat the guy who won in the first round (it was a point system). I was the only player to ever be ejected from the pokemon league for skill, (stupid toys r us >v<) and before my collection and decks were stolen i had easily 7k worth of rare cards in mint condition in my binder, but my back pack containing most my decks and all my rare cards was stolen and i just haven't been nearly as deep into it as i used to be. The decks i lost will never be replaced and the power i used to have at my finger tips is gone for good, it breaks the spirit to lose so much and i just don't trust myself with these weaker decks like i used to. there you have it my rise and fall, if you don't mind i have to go cry now.....

[Eidolon]

Quote (raging gryphon @ Mar. 21 2004, 5:15 pm)

Okay every one seems proud of thier collections and wants to brag so i'm gonna give the tale of my rise and fall, I was once extremely serious into both pokemon and magic. I tried to get into playing magic on the pro level, my first qualifier i attended i placed 22nd out of 84 and even beat the guy who won in the first round (it was a point system). I was the only player to ever be ejected from the pokemon league for skill, (stupid toys r us >v<) and before my collection and decks were stolen i had easily 7k worth of rare cards in mint condition in my binder, but my back pack containing most my decks and all my rare cards was stolen and i just haven't been nearly as deep into it as i used to be. The decks i lost will never be replaced and the power i used to have at my finger tips is gone for good, it breaks the spirit to lose so much and i just don't trust myself with these weaker decks like i used to. there you have it my rise and fall, if you don't mind i have to go cry now.....

Yeah, the number one rule when going to a public TCG meet is to watch your posessions like a hawk. You can't trust anyone, it'd also be a good idea to buy locks for your bag and such. I've been fortunate enough to never been stolen from, but I never leave anything for more than a nanosecond (like picking up a fallen coin). Sorry about your cards, I know I'd feel horrid if my Pokemon collection dissappeared.

I play both Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh...I stopped collecting Yu-Gi-Oh really, since everyone began to get too easy or too hard to beat. It just became no fun anymore. I still play Pokemon whenever I get the chance, I have nearly 400 rare cards with about a fourth of them holos...I also have 20 lbs of commons and uncommons...my decks are always killer sweet, and I've came in high places in every tourny I've been too...speaking of which I need to go build a new deck for anime club this week, we're having TCG day and another one of the top players in the state is going to be there...I gotta' build something to cream him...wish me luck...

Quote (raging gryphon @ Mar. 21 2004, 5:15 pm)

Okay every one seems proud of thier collections and wants to brag so i'm gonna give the tale of my rise and fall, I was once extremely serious into both pokemon and magic. I tried to get into playing magic on the pro level, my first qualifier i attended i placed 22nd out of 84 and even beat the guy who won in the first round (it was a point system). I was the only player to ever be ejected from the pokemon league for skill, (stupid toys r us >v<) and before my collection and decks were stolen i had easily 7k worth of rare cards in mint condition in my binder, but my back pack containing most my decks and all my rare cards was stolen and i just haven't been nearly as deep into it as i used to be. The decks i lost will never be replaced and the power i used to have at my finger tips is gone for good, it breaks the spirit to lose so much and i just don't trust myself with these weaker decks like i used to. there you have it my rise and fall, if you don't mind i have to go cry now.....

Umm... Not sure if this will help at all, but...

Pokezorworld

You can get some really good ones there for, like, fifty cents.

Quote (raging gryphon @ Mar. 21 2004, 5:15 pm)

Okay every one seems proud of thier collections and wants to brag

I wasn't aware of this. XD

Well, if I must... I used to have a box full of magic cards.  It's been years since I counted (1996) but I think I had somewhere near 500 cards.  Anyway, I remember having three Black Lotuses and quite possibly a lot of other rare cards.

One night my dad, brother and I all went out to eat.  We came back to see cop cars in our driveway.  The old lady across the street saw someone walking around in our house with a flashlight and called the cops.  The guy left before the cops got there, though.

All our stuff was still in the right places, except the burglar had taken my Magic cards.  '>  Somehow it got out that it was my brother's friend Zach, who lived a few houses down, and the theory was he had sold them for drug money.

So yeah.  I have very few cards left over from the raid and I guard them preciously... like my Lhurgyof and Polar Kraken. NOOOO ONE shall be purchasing those anytime soon. x(

[edit]  It has just been brought to my attention that my friends at high school still have the (non-supported by the administration) M:TG club I started.  I feel important somehow. :B

[Daxter]

i am a deuling master at the yugioh, i have rather a lot of cards and enjoy thrashing all i meet, apart from the dreded simon, who has more money than god and the cards to prove it

[Jy the Parrot]

I like mtg for its style and good art on the cards. very cool game.

[Raust Shieldra]

I'm curious, has any one ver gotten as bored as i have and combined 2 games into a hybrid game? *digs up the old hand written rules for "pokemon vs magic"*

Quote (raging gryphon @ Mar. 23 2004, 8:03 pm)

I'm curious, has any one ver gotten as bored as i have and combined 2 games into a hybrid game? *digs up the old hand written rules for "pokemon vs magic"*

That would certainly be interesting, but somehow I don't think the games are similar enough that it would be possible.  In Pokemon, could I use Change of Heart to take control of my opponent's Mew and then use it as tribute?

[Rukan Hisashi]

Yu Gi Oh and Magic... though I got rid of my magic cards cause I stopped playing and now I'm working on getting them back cause all my Yu Gi Oh cards are now apparently obsolete because they made ungodly powerful cards now that are like. "I am god! PH34R ME AND DIE BEFORE MY UNHOLY POWER!" and I just sit there and go O,o that's retarded.

[Raust Shieldra]

I'm not sure how I would do the rules for pokemon vs. yugi-oh. Came up with a very good system that blended the rules of magic and pokemon beautifully to where no single game player REALLY has the advantage. takes ALOT of skill in both games to not get overrun by a good mixed deck.




Raust-00gryphon

Quote (Rukan Hisashi @ May 21 2004, 4:46 pm)

Yu Gi Oh and Magic... though I got rid of my magic cards cause I stopped playing and now I'm working on getting them back cause all my Yu Gi Oh cards are now apparently obsolete because they made ungodly powerful cards now that are like. "I am god! PH34R ME AND DIE BEFORE MY UNHOLY POWER!" and I just sit there and go O,o that's retarded.

Those would be the God cards; Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra.  Their a lot more common than they should be and the cards themselves don't specify how to use them in their descrptions.  And trust me, based on my experience, anyone that bothers with trying to acquire one of those cards usually sucks at dueling- all you need is a Gravity Bind or a Michizure and they'll throw two tantrums, one after you beat them, and another when they finally figure out that God Cards are supposed to be unnaffected by trap cards.. '>

[TheIronMaiden]

I put two out of four. I never played any of the trading card games because I found the rules too complicated (expecially Magic), but I did collect Pokemon and Magic: the Gathering cards and still possess every card I ever bought.

[Murrg]

You name i play it heh though its getting harder to find people willing to play me

[Rune]

Quote (Terastas @ Mar. 10 2004, 5:20 pm)

I just find it (Yu-Gi-Oh) a faster and generally more enjoyable game. Its been six years since someone first tried to teach me how to play Magic, and I still don't understand how it works to save my life.

Same here. I just don't get magic, it's a bit too complex. (My boyfriend tried to teach me wih a green deck) And I agree Yu-gi-Oh is much easier and enjoyable. I stopped playing though because I didn't get any new cards for awhile and all these new packs came out so I just gave it up  '> I used to collect pokemon cards cards. I still have all of 'em.

[SatisWindpaw]

*Has an insane amount of pokemon cards, and still occasionally splurges on them*
*Remembers her favorite game being the time she totally trashed four high-powered creatures with just two little Ekanses   '>  *
*Two fire, one water, one psychic, though I don't remember the exact names anymore*