Comments on: Insider: Touch of the Eternal — Looking Through the Portal https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-touch-of-the-eternal-looking-through-the-portal/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Schumann https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-touch-of-the-eternal-looking-through-the-portal/#comment-46193 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:42:26 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36655#comment-46193 In reply to Kevin Liu.

Thanks Kevin. I actually didn’t know that (I began playing legacy within the past couple of years), but it does make a lot of sense. He would trump Delver in that way. Gotta love those portal oddities.

]]> By: Kevin Liu https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-touch-of-the-eternal-looking-through-the-portal/#comment-46156 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:49:16 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36655#comment-46156 Just a small comment – Sea Drake used to be worth much more, as it was played in Legacy Stompy. The reason wasn’t that bouncing two lands was an inconsequential drawback, it was actually that the ability required two targets (much like, say, Hex). That meant that if you played Sea Drake off of a land that generated two mana (Ancient Tomb, City of Traitors) and a colored source that wasn’t a land (Lotus Petal), you actually didn’t have to return any lands to your hand, so you would get a 4/3 flyer on turn 1 with essentially no drawback.

]]> By: David Schumann https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-touch-of-the-eternal-looking-through-the-portal/#comment-46024 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:10:44 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36655#comment-46024 In reply to Sigmund Ausfresser.

Ya…I have a Portal: Second Age Archangel because I’m a huge rk Post fan…I had him sign it in Atlanta and he told me it was probably the 2nd or 3rd of those he’d ever signed. I got mine probably 8 years ago..and even then they were hard to find.

]]> By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-touch-of-the-eternal-looking-through-the-portal/#comment-46022 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:46:48 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36655#comment-46022 This is a great article, and I’m surprised one like this has not been written before. Very well done.

Some of these portal artworks really takes me back. I just may have to buy a couple for kicks. And being an Angel collector, I know all about the obnoxious Portal Angels which are absolutely horrible but also unique and harder to find. Thank goodness P3K had no Angels 😛

]]> By: David Schumann https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-touch-of-the-eternal-looking-through-the-portal/#comment-46021 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:29:20 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36655#comment-46021 It really depends on the card itself (I originally thought that the EDH cards would have a really low spread…For example the spread on Norwood Priestess is 12% and the spread on Ebon Dragon is 50% (so I assumed that the collectors cards would have a higher spread)…but then look up Angel of Light and the spread is 6%. To be honest I’ve never really sold many of these, in fact I pick them up in trades when I see them simply due to rarity.

]]> By: WeQu https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-touch-of-the-eternal-looking-through-the-portal/#comment-46016 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:49:32 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36655#comment-46016 What is your experience with buylists for these cards? I would assume the spread is high on most of them?

]]>