When I started playing MTG back in ’95 there was a rule that said that your deck was to be Full Alpha or No Alpha, it quickly translates into Alpha is banned from tournament play which is the mood I had when I started buying in Oldschool 93/94 in 2014! That means I had tons of Beta staples and once (2017) I wanted to pimp my deck / complete my sets I had to face a hard choice :
- Rob a bank to upgrade to Alpha
- Keep buying Betas that won’t feel like the final upgrade
- Buy Unlimited and play budget
I chose a mix : I sold my Beta cards, « upgraded » into Heavy Played Alpha when it was cheaper than my EX/NM Beta or buy HP Unlimited to have them extended and look « finally upgraded » / « mine ».
I’ve got lucky I found Stef Margouya to do my extensions and here I’ll show you the results…
Feel free to contact him / check his other work on Facebook or ask me for closer pics in the comments.
Artifact staples :
Stasis friends!
The Deck and beats like that!
Blue staples :
Love to be hated. Note that Tedin signed the Geyser after the alteration and he loved it; he even saved a picture of it 🙂
« Staples » :p
White staples :
Sexy White Weenie!
Nice Spells ! I’ve got another Balance in the works, not an extend tho 🙂
Red & Green Staples :
My least favourite (Birds) and my favourite (Bolts) with a sexy Wheel
Black staples and Lands :
Great extension on a card I wish I’ll be able to play someday. Bazaars to pimp my EC Naya Zoo deck =) THE staple – got another one (not extension) in the works!
To those who think I’m an asshole for « ruining » old school / reserved list cards : they were never gonna be for sale ever again in the first place so let me enjoy them as I want to!
I still wanna do Mana Vaults and Disks but since I play them often it has been complicated.
I’m also starting to get non extensions alters for the 1-of staples but that will be for another post in a couple months.
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