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Post by vladdswrath on Feb 17, 2007 14:11:17 GMT -5
Is it worth buying a case of Cryxotic plague? I was considering buying a case of something, but I'm not sure where to sink it. I've fixed my Valor army, I picked up 2 clawclans, pearlthorn castle and the brighthammer I needed to make it work competitively. I now only need to acquire the noble dragon. The trouble I have, is that I don't have pieces to build anything else.So........ What do you guys think is the best case to buy to give you lots of building options. It seems like the base set has all the best pieces as well as all the worst, and it's such a huge set that a case can be a real dud. Is Baxar's war the way to go? It doesn't seem like Cryxotic plague is chock full of must haves, and I already have a world eater and an octorilla (when Dave isn't kidnapping it  ) Any thoughts? |
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Post by pipgamer on Feb 17, 2007 17:41:30 GMT -5
I really think base set is the way to go, it has alot of good playable rares in it like voodoo, temple, charm, noble dragon, and reaper. Although Baxar does have a few good rares as well, you can get all of them except for the rage drake at reasonable price.
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Post by Zxqueb on Feb 18, 2007 3:12:57 GMT -5
The nice thing about buying a case of BW or CP is that you will get almost the entire set in one go. It seems to me that there are a bunch of duds in BW -- The standout pieces are: Angel (which you have IIRC), Bloodhawk, Ragedrake, Baxar (to some degree -- lord slobber gives more reliable graveyard recursion in my opinion), sprite and puppeteer.With a few exceptions the uncommons are so-so too. Kit WAS good, vanguard you have, CCS you have, Buzzclaw is ok. Gothic is a common and shouldn't be hard to get.
As for CP, you have more goodness in my opinion. I like many more of the uncommons (hut, preacher, slobber, sludger, firebrand, creeper, arsonist, akiza guardian) and some of the rares are outstanding (boogeyman, World eater, Octy, slaughterwheel, Thrice crowned, Pearlthorn DK). I think there are more utility pieces in CP.
But the deciding thing might be this -- the value of the pieces go up on the older sets more as sets move forward. The base set rares are steadily gaining value (temple, voodoo, charm, dragon, etc) but the supporting pieces are kind of bland. Plus you own more base set then the others, right?
The army I ran today had 7 pieces from the base set, 8 from CP and only 1 from BW. I guess that is indicitive to me about how useful each set is. And yeah, it's only one army, but I've found myself pulling the most useful pieces for my bands from both those sets.
my $.02,
Z
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Post by vladdswrath on Feb 18, 2007 9:46:54 GMT -5
 The nice thing about buying a case of BW or CP is that you will get almost the entire set in one go. It seems to me that there are a bunch of duds in BW -- The standout pieces are: Angel (which you have IIRC), Bloodhawk, Ragedrake, Baxar (to some degree -- lord slobber gives more reliable graveyard recursion in my opinion), sprite and puppeteer. As for CP, you have more goodness in my opinion. I like many more of the uncommons (hut, preacher, slobber, sludger, firebrand, creeper, arsonist, akiza guardian) and some of the rares are outstanding (boogeyman, World eater, Octy, slaughterwheel, Thrice crowned, Pearlthorn DK). I think there are more utility pieces in CP. But the deciding thing might be this -- the value of the pieces go up on the older sets more as sets move forward. The base set rares are steadily gaining value (temple, voodoo, charm, dragon, etc) but the supporting pieces are kind of bland. Plus you own more base set then the others, right? Z The set I have the most of is the base set...but what I have is basically giant piles of commons. I have a whopping 1 tournament (which was a sealed) under my belt in the new environment so I have no idea what figures are making a splash from the new set. Best bet is probably just to buy singles but I just can't bring myself to pay 35 bucks for a single piece of plastic. 35 bucks for 21 pieces of plastic for 35 bucks, 20 of which I will never play is ok.  I know it's dumb, but true nonetheless. I suppose I should just look on ebay and see if I can make back a bit of the case by selling off unwanted rares...Most of the action there would probably come from the base set... I'l ponder, of course I have to find a case of base set to buy. Thanks, -vladd
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Post by warlord1985 on Feb 19, 2007 1:06:45 GMT -5
Baxars War has Ragedrakes and Angel.
Base Set has Noble Dragon, Heartsblood Temple, Dark Hearts Cottage, Scarab, Brighthammer.
Base Set is a good bet that its worth the most. A Temple and your golden. Plague has good pieces but Octorilla you have.
My bet is base set.
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Post by vladdswrath on Feb 19, 2007 11:37:29 GMT -5
Baxars War has Ragedrakes and Angel. Base Set has Noble Dragon, Heartsblood Temple, Dark Hearts Cottage, Scarab, Brighthammer. Base Set is a good bet that its worth the most. A Temple and your golden. Plague has good pieces but Octorilla you have. My bet is base set. The only problem with base set are there are so many figs. I think I'd be happy with everything out of a cryxotic plague case (if it is the uber utility set Z says it is), If I get a dud case of base set that would make me sad in my pants; As I have no use for anything out of the base set but the rares... -vladd |
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Post by warlord1985 on Feb 19, 2007 13:05:35 GMT -5
But if you get a Temple, you rock. Temples go for 40-50 bucks. Dark Hearts Cottage is an awesomely hard-to-find piece. A dud case sucks, but the chance for goodness is high.
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Post by vladdswrath on Feb 27, 2007 20:00:46 GMT -5
I got a temple...and I rock.
-vladd
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Post by Zxqueb on Feb 27, 2007 21:01:22 GMT -5
whoo hoo -- anything else good in there?
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Post by pipgamer on Feb 27, 2007 22:47:59 GMT -5
nice, i love how you only specified the temple lol
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Post by vladdswrath on Feb 28, 2007 11:59:43 GMT -5
because I bought 2 boosters and pulled a temple...
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Post by vladdswrath on Feb 28, 2007 12:04:29 GMT -5
The other was the big hellbred pumping demon dude, didn't figure it important enough to mention...The cases I picked up was Cryxotic Plague, lots of goodness there...I also got a cheap case of Baxar's War, and all I can say is there was a reason it was super cheap  At least I got my 3 Kitsunes ::grrrr:: |
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I know it's dumb, but true nonetheless.