Best Use of Crystals?

AettThorn
AettThorn Posts: 125
edited January 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion
So I've got 650 Crystals built up. I have neither Arlinn nor Sarkhan yet, nor Liliana2. The only other planeswalker I am missing is Kiora.

With that in mind, with the SOI packs available now, and me not having a decent amount of the rares and mythics from that set, I'm wondering what the best use of my crystals would be:

1) But a SOI Big Box
2) Buy Sarkhan or Arlinn (think I'd prefer Sarkhan)
3) Wait until Liliana2 comes around
4) Save up more crystals for when Kiora is available next.

What say you, oh wise forum-goers?

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  • buscemi
    buscemi Posts: 673 Critical Contributor
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  • THEMAGICkMAN
    THEMAGICkMAN Posts: 697 Critical Contributor
    Firstly, planeswalker.
    Secondly. Which one really depends on your card collection, if you have a lot of great zombies L2 might be for you. Otherwise if a planeswalker for a certain node colour is unimpressive or you don't have one for a certain node then that should come into consideration. So it really depends on those factors, there's probably a couple of more that I'm missing but those are the 2 I use to judge which planeswalker I buy. If you take those factors into consideration you should be able to make the best decision for you.
  • SpaceDuck
    SpaceDuck Posts: 85 Match Maker
    AettThorn wrote:
    So I've got 650 Crystals built up. I have neither Arlinn nor Sarkhan yet, nor Liliana2. The only other planeswalker I am missing is Kiora.

    With that in mind, with the SOI packs available now, and me not having a decent amount of the rares and mythics from that set, I'm wondering what the best use of my crystals would be:

    1) But a SOI Big Box
    2) Buy Sarkhan or Arlinn (think I'd prefer Sarkhan)
    3) Wait until Liliana2 comes around
    4) Save up more crystals for when Kiora is available next.

    What say you, oh wise forum-goers?

    This is just my two cents, but I have resolved to use my crystals for PW only. They are a "sure thing" and it is a serious gut punch to drop 600 crystals for duplicates or garbage.

    Once I have a complete set of PW I could see buying big boxes, but not until then.

    As for which PW, it all depends on your cards...Kiora is a powerhouse with anything, but if you have Ulrich/GRB or powerful dragons, the argument could be made for Arlinn or Sarkhan. Lili 2.0 is pure evil if you have Diregraf, Prized Amalgam and some other key cards.
  • morgue427
    morgue427 Posts: 783 Critical Contributor
    have to agree with him lilly 2 needs certain cards honestly to be truly efective same with a lot of others, i am just in the same place have a lot of cards but far from all. i am saving for the planes walkers i have good enough cards to use effectively, it also has the plus of allowibng me to save up runes to level them as i get them. only you can really make that descision, so what works for you is what is best for you, no help i know sorry.
  • AettThorn
    AettThorn Posts: 125
    Thanks all. I do have most of the cards I'd need for Liliana2, so I'll probably just wait for her to come up for sale.
  • killer465
    killer465 Posts: 4
    It looks like she is coming up next, so enjoy! I know it's a ways off before they do it again but she should be fun for the Halloween zombie challenge if they do it again.
  • morgue427
    morgue427 Posts: 783 Critical Contributor
    lilly 2 is alright but with relentless dead it is hard to do fast damage unless you get zombies out and running fast like with oath or from under the floorboards. next biggest problem is not really and good flyers so a thoper deck can still wipe you pretty good.
  • Theros
    Theros Posts: 490 Mover and Shaker
    PWS are first priority,then cards. You can always get cards later. you may get arlinn now and save enough for L2 before she leaves the vault. You have enough time to accumulate 295 crystal.
  • buscemi
    buscemi Posts: 673 Critical Contributor
    morgue427 wrote:
    lilly 2 is alright but with relentless dead it is hard to do fast damage unless you get zombies out and running fast like with oath or from under the floorboards. next biggest problem is not really and good flyers so a thoper deck can still wipe you pretty good.

    L2 may not be quite as limited by her reliance on zombies as Arlinn is on werewolves, but she is still quite limited. We're more likely to see more zombies than werewolves in the future, but currently I'd say that there's a single 'best' zombie deck you can build, which makes her a little dull... and that 'best' zombie deck isn't actually a fast deck or a Tier 1 deck, so she's not particularly handy to have for QB or Events at high levels/tiers.

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