Two months ago I decided that I'd been playing Magic for almost 16 years, so it's about fucking time I assembled the power 10. I had had a piece or two here and there, but never more than 3 at a time, and only 6 different pieces. After two months and $0, it finally happened.

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Yeah, I figured if people thought it was He-Man, more would open it. So yeah, the power 10 (originally power 9, then Time Vault was added, then Time Vault was banned and quickly removed so everyone forgot except me) are 10 of the most powerful cards in the game. Technically Time Vault not being part of it makes sense, because in the format where these are legal, EVERY deck uses all 9 of them (With the possible exception of Time Twister at this point).

As for the signatures, the Black Lotus is signed by artist Christopher Rush, and the Time Vault is signed by artist Mark Tedin.

And how did I get a Lotus? Getting them was actually really easy, considering I did it in two months. I just did a LOT of trading until I was able to find people willing to give these up. Four of them are from the same person (A dealer friend of mine who I get to do dealer trades with, what with me also being a dealer and all). Oh, and that's actually the second Lotus I've owned, SH. (Also the second Ancestral Recall, Mox Sapphire, Mox Emerald, and the third Time Vault and Mox Ruby.)

It was originally the power 9, coined by either Scrye or The Duelist. It then became the power 10 as people on usenet tried adding both Library of Alexandria and Time Vault. I think technically Library was added first, though they happened within like 3 months of each other. Unfortunately, neither card REALLY meets the necessary criteria: Library wasn't from Alpha, and Time Vault doesn't go in every single deck.

Wheel of Fortune is never better in Vintage. Vintage decks run a LOT of one-ofs, what with the cards all being restricted and all. Turn one Black Lotus sac for Ancestral, Time Walk, drop a land. Next turn drop a couple moxes, another land, and Time Twister. Now you can get your Ancestral, Time Walk, and Lotus back. You can also do something more efficient.

Lots of decks are dependent on Time Vault to win, and you can only have one of those. Also, if your vintage deck is running Megrim then you suck, so who the fuck cares that Wheel works with that? Nice consistency in your argument.

Black Zarak wrote:

Blah blah blah my name is Dr. Jeebus and I'm better than you blah blah blah...

Look, I'm excited. There IS someone on these boards with both a set of Alpha power and a set of Beta power, so it's not like I have the most impressive Magic collection here.

Syd Lexia wrote:

Pandajuice wrote: How did you get all 10 cards for $0? It's sort of a lie. He didn't spend any money DIRECTLY on the Power 10, but he did trade cards for them. And many of those cards cost him money (either as singles or packs) at one point. Also, he works at a card store so he gets singles and packs at cost. For example, if his store gives a guy $12 cash for a Koth of the Hammer, he gets the option to buy it at $12. Then, he'll trade it to someone at market value, which is currently around $30. As a result, I try to avoid trading with him at all costs. It's hard to trade for stuff at market value when you know it was obtained at far less than market value.

If that's the case, I will never trade for a card that you pull from a booster pack, cause you only paid $3.30 for that pack and expect me to give you market value for the card. And those dual lands of yours I want to trade for? You probably paid like $8 for those, but you want me to give you $30 each? Fuck you.

#edit: Also, I only use my discount to buy singles that I actually want. I don't just buy every good card we get so I can trade them away; the store needs to make money for me to have a job, so that would make me retarded.