Elite Pack #8 - Masterpiece Collection

sjechua

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sjechua

And a SS for reference ...

Laeuftbeidir

Rhonas. Meh. But could be worse. Could be the retainees

andrewvanmarle

allready have Rhonas: dont want the rest

Thuran

Temmet, not bad at all. Defibetly a boost for the "embalm 3" events

HomeRn

Mythics in this batch aren't that bad - the only real bad mythic would be Samut... unless you can work a way to cheat Samut out instead of the 24 mana cost.

Masterpieces are also solid.  Pact of Negation is effectively a better Insidious Will, Loyal Retainers can really cause problems if there are a number of creatures already in the graveyard, and Consecrated Sphinx will grow rather quickly (especially if you play Lost Hope as Tezzeret [eek!]).

However I have no plans on buying since I already have 3 of the Mythics already... and I really don't want to contend with the dupe problem right now.

tinyau

Got Consecrated Sphinx

morgue427

i got one also, not what i was hoping for but ecent enough card by all means.

wereotter

Really want Cruel Reality, but already have Rhonas and Temmet, so not wanting to risk a dupe.

Gotcha617

Literally got the card I wanted least. But Temmet will help for the embalm 3 or more matches. I will get another pull and will gladely take another shot at sphinx or cruel

babar3355

Has anyone pulled Loyal Retainers?  The text is confusing a bit.  At first I thought it would be like Scrapheap Scrounger where you could self miss creatures to "destroy" them and then get your retainers killed for a quasi deploy.  But the text says, "last 3 creatures you controlled other than Loyal Retainers that were destroyed are returned to the battlefield."  Does this mean that the current copy of Loyal Retainers wont be returned or no copies? If I use turn against on an enemy creature and then kill it, will it join my team once the retainers die?

hawkyh1

babar3355 said:

Has anyone pulled Loyal Retainers?  The text is confusing a bit.  At first I thought it would be like Scrapheap Scrounger where you could self miss creatures to "destroy" them and then get your retainers killed for a quasi deploy.  But the text says, "last 3 creatures you controlled other than Loyal Retainers that were destroyed are returned to the battlefield."  Does this mean that the current copy of Loyal Retainers wont be returned or no copies? If I use turn against on an enemy creature and then kill it, will it join my team once the retainers die?

my understanding of controlled means under your
full control regardless of if it has entered the
battlefield or not. turn against don't count but
confiscation coup will count. I think the text means
loyal retainers cannot loop itself or any copies from
the graveyard.

HH

naphomci

Finally did my first pull at the elite pack and got the worst--Samut. Literally the only one I didn't want. Guess it was destined

HomeRn

babar3355 said:

Has anyone pulled Loyal Retainers?  The text is confusing a bit.  At first I thought it would be like Scrapheap Scrounger where you could self miss creatures to "destroy" them and then get your retainers killed for a quasi deploy.  But the text says, "last 3 creatures you controlled other than Loyal Retainers that were destroyed are returned to the battlefield."  Does this mean that the current copy of Loyal Retainers wont be returned or no copies? If I use turn against on an enemy creature and then kill it, will it join my team once the retainers die?

Loyal Retainers will return 3 creatures from the graveyard that are not named Loyal Retainers.  Meaning it cannot return itself in any way, shape, or form.  However Loyal Retainers can and will bring back creatures that you may have been forced to discard (discarded cards go to your graveyard - just like creatures that are destroyed on the battlefield)!

If Loyal Retainers could bring itself back... that would be REALLY BROKEN - even more so than black's Prized Amalgam.  Then again... you could bring it back with Dark Petition, a 9 mana rare from the Origins set, in a Sorin deck (black/white resurrection shenanigans)!

WiLDRAGE

May I suggest adding another option for the next Poll?

• Not willing to chance getting a duplicate

I might have gotten a pack if not that I already own Rhonas and don't want to deal with dupes.

hawkyh1

@Brigby can you confirm that if I purchased an
elite pack and got a dupe that I would get another
roll of the dice? what about if subsequent rolls
were also dupes and they occurred after the
duplicate system is in place?

HH

Brigby

@hawkyh1
As of right now, if you purchase an Elite Pack, and receive a duplicate card, you can submit a support ticket to be credited another Elite Pack. This policy will no longer be available after Booster Crafting is implemented.

Hypothetically if you had a support ticket that was still in progress both before and after the implementation of Booster Crafting, I would recommend requesting it be escalated at that point.

arNero

Since none of the cards listed this time is something I already have, I gladly picked one. Got Rhonas. Not bad, I say

steamer

Pulled twice and got As Foretold and Samut, Voice of Dissent

wickedwitch74

"As Foretold". A decent pull.

Abenjes

Rhonas, not a dupe, now have 4 of 5 gods.

Would have loved anything else