The MTG Pimp Chronicles

There are many reasons to become involved in Magic the Gathering. Many players enjoy playing casually with friends, preferring to think of magic as just something to do while hanging out. Others get involved in various levels of competitive magic, where they enjoy the abundance of tournaments that Wizards of the Coast has made available. A smaller number of people are involved in magic for the trading aspect of the game. In an average hobby store you will see at least one guy trying to go Infinite and be the next Jonathan Medina. This series will be about the always-present yet often overlooked aspect of Magic, collecting.

To demonstrate the art of collecting rare and unusual Magic cards, I am going to build an EDH deck from the ground up. At the end of this article, I have posted my deck list. Presently, I do not own any of the cards on the list, in the version listed. Over this series, I will illustrate the methods I use to collect these rare and unusual cards.

The List. (Final Versions May Very)

General
Arcum Dagsson (Foil)

Creatures
Kar, Silver Golemn (Arena Foil)
Memnarch (Foil)
Memnite (Foil or Extended Art Promo)
Myr Retriever (Foil)
Ornithopter (Japanese Foil)
Scarecrone (Foil)
Silver Myr (Foil)
Solem Simulacrum (Foil)
Trinket Mage (Foil)
Voltaic Construct (Foil)

Sorceries
Beacon of Tommorows (Foil)
Braingeyser (Alpha/Beta)
Fabricate (Japanese Foil)
Stroke of Genius (Judge Foil)
Transmute Artifact

Instants
Capsize (FNM Foil)
Counterspell (Masques Japanese Foil)
Foil (Foil)
Forbid (FNM Promo)
Force of Will
Intuition (Judge Foil)
Mindbreak Trap (Japanese Foil)
Mystical Tutor (From the Vault Exiled)
Personal Tutor (Chinese)
Cryptic Command (DCI Foil Promo Textless)
Stoic Rebuttal (Foil)
Thwart (Foil)

Planeswalkers
Jace Beleran (Book Promo)
Tezzeret (Japanese Alara Foil)

Enchantments
Artificers Intuition (Foil)
Power Artifact
Dream Halls (Japanese)

Artifacts
Scroll Rack (foreign)
Basalt Monolith (Beta)
Candelabra of Tawnos
Core Tapper (Foil)
Crucible of Worlds (Chinese Foil)
Darksteel Forge (Foil)
Darksteel Ingot (Arena Foil)
Expedition Map (Foil)
Grim Monolith (Japanese Foil)
Gilded Lotus (Foil Japanese)
Isochron Scepter (Japanese Foil)
Lightning Greeves (Foil)
Magistrate's Scepter (Foil)
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault (Alpha/Beta)
Mind Stone (Gateway Foil)
Mindslaver (Japanese Foil)
Mox Diamond (Japanese)
Mox Opal (Foil)
Mycosynth Latice (Foil)
Myr Matrix (Foil)
Nevinyrral's Disk (Alpha/Beta)
Planar Portal (Foil)
Prototype Portal (Foil)
Rings of Brighthearth (Foil)
Sensei's Divining Top (Foil)
Sol Ring (Judge Foil)
Thousand Year Elixir (Foil)
Thran Dynamo (Foil)
Voltaic Key (Urza's Saga, Chinese)
Worn Powerstone (Japanese)

Lands
Academy Ruins (Foil)
Ancient Tomb (Foreign)
Blinkmoth Nexus (Foil)
Boseiju, Who Shelters All (Foil)
Dust Bowl (Foil)
Eye of Ugin (Foil)
Flooded Strand (Foil Promo)
Gargoyl Castle (Foil)
Ghost Quarter (Foil)
Hall of the Bandit Lord (Foil)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Island (Foil Zendikar Full Art)
Maze of Ith (Judge Foil)
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (Foil)
Mishra's Factory (Italian)
Mishra's Workshop
Misty Rainforest (Foil)
Mystifying Maze (Foil)
Polluted Delta (Judge Foil)
Scalding Tarn (Foil)
Seat of the Synod (Foil)
Stalking Stones (Foil)
Stripmine (From the Vault: Exiled)
Tectonic Edge (Foil)
Thawing Glaciers (Judge Foil)
Tolaria West (Foil)
Urza's Factory (Foil)
Vesuva (Foil)
Wasteland (Judge Promo)


Thank you for reading, I will update as often as I can.