[Community Discussion]: Most expensive opening turn?
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Posted on Dec. 15, 2014, 10:22 p.m. by Epochalyptik
So some of us love to optimize and pimp out our decks with ABUR duals and tons of foils/alters. My friends and I commend whoever gets the most money on the field on turn one.
Opening turn playing Dominus - Dreamcrusher Edition:
- Polluted Delta (German ONS)
- Tropical Island (Mint signed 3ED)
- Exploration (Foil CNS)
- Underground Sea (Mint 3ED)
- Imperial Seal (Mint Japanese P3K)
I'm not counting the cost of the card I found with Imperial Seal.
Total cost: $1,525 USD
What's the most expensive opening turn you've seen? Played?
ThisIsBullshit says... #4
Jesus Christo
Quick, someone summon all the legacy players!
Er, wait, I mean, Vintage
December 15, 2014 10:45 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #5
Aww I guess I can't do accents on letters. Sad panda is sad. So much for Mexican Jesus.
I have no meaningful contribution to this discussion since my most expensive card is about 30 dollars so
December 15, 2014 10:48 p.m.
TheAnnihilator says... #6
Ha, I'm too much of a poor student for this. Oh well.
Oh, and:
Turn 1: Island, exile Elvish Spirit Guide, play Storm Crow. Monies = Infinite.
December 15, 2014 10:55 p.m.
Blizzicane says... #7
Talk about setting the bar... My most expensive cards peak at mid 30 after that my wallet holds me back so I don't have anything to offer either... :C
December 15, 2014 10:56 p.m.
Stand back guys. I got this.
SLIGHTLY PLAYED Windswept Heath all up in that Khans-ness. Fetch for a Magic 2014 CORE FREAKING SET fores (There's inking on the "t"). Tapping that for 1 manana. And then I shall summon the Elvish Mystic!!
December 15, 2014 10:57 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #10
I feel like we need to call up fluffybunnypants, that was beautiful
December 15, 2014 10:59 p.m.
I can't match that with recent games, but I can tell an old story.
I can't recount the exact turn of events as it was so long ago, but my most expensive turn is easily with my old Academy deck. Vintage even then with added Ancestral Recall, Timetwister, and a few better artifacts like Sol Ring and Mana Crypt though I didn't have original Moxen or Lotus.
As anyone who's seen it knows it was a completely stupid deck, so I only actually played it once to demonstrate how ridiculous it was to a friend. I fizzled out after the first Twist so total value of Turn 1 at the time was around $250, but I did get the turn 2 kill.
Total value now? A lot more than $250, and more than it has any right to be.
December 15, 2014 11:05 p.m.
Holy shit...everyone else loses...guaranteed. haha. Damn. I guess mine would be in standard.
Swamp (Onslaught F Promo)
Haha. Nothing crazy here.
December 15, 2014 11:05 p.m.
I can't top Epoch's, but the closest I can get is involving Mox Opal.
December 15, 2014 11:16 p.m.
T1: Black Lotus, Mox Jet, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, Mox Emerald, Ancestral Recall. Total: a lot.
Beat that, fellas.
December 15, 2014 11:18 p.m.
Misty Rainforest foil>Overgrown Tomb foil>Thoughtseize foil> Surgical Extraction promo. that's what I got.
I don't own a foil misty anymore :(
December 16, 2014 12:06 a.m.
What sets are Overgrown Tomb and Thoughtseize from?
December 16, 2014 12:31 a.m.
That's no fun. Foil Lorwyn Thoughtseize is sexy as all hell.
December 16, 2014 1:34 a.m.
miracleHat says... #20
F*ck no. Anyways, my most expensive turn 1 would probably be:
Arid Mesa
German Plateau
Sol Ring
Lightning Greaves
equaling a grand total of
$100 (15.25% of epochs)
December 16, 2014 1:42 a.m.
KnightsBattlecry001 says... #21
My most expensive first turn.
Foil Vault Skirge
It makes me feel sad that this is nothing compared to other people's first turns I've seen.
December 16, 2014 3:58 a.m.
TelleoStar says... #22
I can't match that, but I did once, in my Sidisi, Brood Tyrant deck, do the following:
T1: Forest-> Sol Ring
T2: Lotus Cobra-> Forest->Azusa, Lost but Seeking->Polluted Delta finding Overgrown Tomb->Verdant Catacombs finding Watery Grave->Oracle of Mul Daya->revealing and playing a Misty Rainforest finding a Breeding Pool->Dimir Signet. Reveal a Crucible of Worlds on top of my library.
T3: Crucible->Play and sac all three fetchlands from graveyard, finding basics. Reveal Genesis Wave on top of my library.
T4: Fetch three times, then GeniWave for X=17. My opponents scoop after I turn over Grave Titan, Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Creakwood Liege, Rune-Scarred Demon, Butcher of Malakir, Vela the Nightclad, Hell's Caretaker, Genesis, Avenger of Zendikar, Mycoloth (which promptly ate all of the Avenger and Titan tokens to enter as a 17/17 (actually 18/18 because of liege) that spawns 13 1/1's each turn (actually 2/2's because of Liege), simultaneously dealing 13 damage to each opponent via Vela, and making them sac 13 creatures via Butcher) and an assortment of lands/non-permanents.
December 16, 2014 4:04 a.m.
Well, when I get the deck complete, my most expensive T1 will be
Foil Verdant Catacombs
Full art Snow-Covered Forest
Foil Mana Crypt
Full art Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Foil Misty Rainforest
Full art Snow-Covered Forest
Foil Ancient Tomb
Foil Exploration
Foil Strip Mine
Foil Sol Ring
Foil Crucible of Worlds
I highly doubt that would ever happen, but sometimes it's come close. It's also T1 win.
That's roughly $750. About 50% of Epoch's.
December 16, 2014 4:12 a.m.
My most expensive turn one, Foil promo Polluted Delta $300, into unlimited Bayou $250, with judge foil Sol Ring $160 with a judge foil Mana Crypt $220 a foil conspiracy Exploration $50 and a foil MMA Sword of Fire and Ice $130. Emptying hand with a final land, Tropical Island revised $220. Total $1170. Couldn't believe my eyes, and in a cube drafted EDH deck too! Felt like a moral victory lol. Never happen again lol
December 16, 2014 8:03 a.m.
@vault full art Azusa and full art snow covered lands? These alters I take it?
December 16, 2014 8:06 a.m.
EddCrawley says... #26
Actually, i don't want to be 'that guy' but miracleHat you're running at 6.55% of Epoch $1,525
December 16, 2014 8:57 a.m.
I don't think I've seen any truly insane T1 plays that can shake even the smallest of sticks at Epoch's.
My best deck can only manage Scalding Tarn > Underground Sea > Sol Ring > Basilisk Collar > Relic of Progenitus, which is only about $340.
December 16, 2014 10:19 a.m.
i would say 95% of people don't care about this when they play magic, and the other 5% can go circle jerk themselves in a private chat.
this feels like a waste of a community discussion.
December 16, 2014 10:23 a.m.
slovakattack says... #29
Best I got is:
Polluted Delta
(KTK, Russian): 1,300
Swamp (guru) 167
Dark Ritual (judge promo) 74
Entomb (graveborn) 20
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (judge promo) 629
Total: $2195
December 16, 2014 10:26 a.m.
slovakattack says... #30
lel jokes. I'm so broke.
goes and sits in the poor people's corner.
December 16, 2014 10:27 a.m.
slovakattack says... #32
meecht People often pay premiums for certain alternate languages due to greater rarity. Russian in particular gets absolutely ridiculous. I see more sold for 1100 than 1300, but that's the 'list price', as it were.
December 16, 2014 12:37 p.m.
@maiden77: Yea, they would be alters. Essentially tack on another $20 to the list price, as that's pretty common for good alters.
@slovakattack: I wish I could get some Russian cards. I can actually read them. Not well, but I can.
December 16, 2014 2:13 p.m.
slovakattack says... #34
vault: I got a bunch of khans stuff, if yer interested :3
December 16, 2014 2:25 p.m.
slovakattack says... #36
Lemme check. As a matter of fact, yes, I do have one! It's not in a deck currently.
December 16, 2014 2:31 p.m.
Havok.Bane says... #37
Mymost expensive first turn ain't that expensive but here goes: First a Wooded Foothills into a Stomping Ground then put down an AEther Vial
December 16, 2014 2:36 p.m.
smash10101 says... #39
I've had a few good ones playing proxy vintage, but that probably doesn't count for all that much, so I guess my best would be a turn one Daretti, Scrap Savant powered by a Mountain, a Mana Crypt judge promo, a Mana Vault and a Sol Ring because the vault wasn't good enough.Total: about $220, not counting the cards I tossed/drew with the +2.
December 16, 2014 4:46 p.m.
OceanicLyricist says... #40
Well, here goes nothing special.
Needless to say it's not very impressive and this was when Rabblemaster was still running a respectable price.
December 16, 2014 5:36 p.m.
ChiefWannaHacka says... #42
The most expensive I've seen was Tocco's turn one in the finals of this year's Eternal Weekend Vintage Championships.
My most expensive turn one that I've personally, consistently hit is :
Foil Russian Bloodstained Mire $350 --> German FBB Bayou $350 --> Foil Theros Thoughtseize $60.
Not close, but still respectable given the difference in format.
December 16, 2014 6:34 p.m.
December 16, 2014 6:38 p.m.
DarkMagician says... #44
Island into Ancestral Recall (beta) drawing and playing Black Lotus (beta) sacking for Show and Tell revealing Omniscience into Griselbrand. About 11,300.00 according to tcg mid. Not counting a bunch of stuff he played off of drawing with Griselbrand since it was a bunch of surprisingly cheap stuff.
December 16, 2014 7:49 p.m.
Justin_Bop says... #45
Wow... Rekt... I'm gonna cry...
Turn 1- Swamp (M15 Version), Thoughtseize (Theros Version, heavily played)
The End.
December 16, 2014 8:29 p.m.
fluffybunnypants says... #46
I borrowed my friend's fully powered Vintage Shops deck for a Vintage tournament earlier this year, pretty sure I got this even though I own zero of the high price cards that I'm about to mention. Mishra's Workshop, Black Lotus, Mana Crypt, Sphere of Resistance and Chalice of the Void on one. I think that comes out to somewhere around $6k-$7k in one turn.
December 16, 2014 8:43 p.m.
Black Lotus alone, if it's mint condition (not necessarily graded, but you get the drift) is probably $10k at least.
December 16, 2014 8:57 p.m.
Hjaltrohir says... #48
Flooded Strand (KTK) into foil GTC Sacred Foundry into Path to Exile (CON foil)
Not much, I know, but oh well...
December 17, 2014 10:27 a.m.
zyphermage says... #49
I've had mox diamond ($35) -> discarding wasteland ($80 if foil 200+). Play verdant catacombs ($35 if foil $140) -> fetching tropical island (3rd edition nm $200), play exploration ($11 urza's) and drop The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale (NM english about 800) on some opposing goblins.
My non foiled drops totals up to $1,161, minus $80 if you don't count discarding wasteland. Foiled it would be about $1,430, with beta tropical island it would be around $2,600.
cian114 says... #2
Damn...
December 15, 2014 10:25 p.m.